Lava Iris 402 is the latest entrant in the entry level segment, but with some exciting featured previously not available in the sub Rs. 5000 price range. We have benchmarked the Iris 402 on a variety of available tools, including Quadrant, AnTuTu, Vellamo as well as NenaMark 2. The benchmarking video is embedded below and then we have the detailed scores of the various benchmark tests done on the Lava Iris 402.
Hardware Overview
The Iris 402 is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core processor based on the MediaTek MT6572 chipset although the box says it has a 1.2GHz processor. There’s 256MB of RAM and 165MB of internal storage which is expandable via micro-SD card. The phone also features MALI 400 GPU, which powers the graphics. It also has a 4-inches WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) display with 3G and GPS.
The phone also has a 3MP primary camera with LED flash as well as a VGA front-facing camera for video calls. The phone also has some sensors, namely:
- 3-axis Accelerometer – To detect change in motion from the initial configuration of the device i.e. laid flat on a surface.
- Light Sensor – Which seems to be disabled for some inexplicable reason.
- Proximity Sensor – As the name suggests, it checks how close objects are. The proximity sensor is calibrated in such a way that while you are in a call the screen goes off as the sensor detects that your face is close to the device.
Benchmarks
Quadrant
Quadrant is a CPU, I/O and 3D benchmark app for Android, which provides total as well as separate scores of the tests it conducts. Based on the total score, a graph is generated to show where the phone lies wrt to other devices.
The Lava 402 got a total Quadrant score of 3643, which lands it just below the Asus Transformer Prime TF201 and above the Motorola Atrix 4G. If we move into detailed scores, the Iris got a CPU score of 7221, Memory 3353, I/O 5333 and 3D score of 1847.
AnTuTu 3.3.1
AnTuTu is a comprehensive benchmarking tool, which tests the complete hardware of the device including the CPU, GPU, RAM as well the storage attached to the device. AnTuTu is different as it gives a summation score rather than averaging out scores like Quadrant.
The Lava Iris 402 scored 8047 in the full AnTuTu benchmark, some categorized scores are given below:
- CPU 3269
- GPU 2457
- RAM 1516
- I/O 805
These scores are quite respectable especially considering that the phone is available for less than Rs. 5000. As you can see in the image above, the AnTuTu benchmark for the Iris 402 puts it between the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S II. Therefore, we have a solid performer on our hands with the 402. Truly an entry level phone with mid-level performance.
NenaMark2
NemaMark is primarily a graphics benchmark which uses real rendered screens to check the performance of the GPU of the device.
The Lava 402 scored 36.6 FPS on the Nenemark2 benchmark, which puts it above the LG Optimus 2X, another dual-core phone processor. Seeing these benchmark scores, it seems that even with 256MB RAM, entry level games should be playable on the phone.
Vellamo
Vellamo has several chapters, we tested the HTML5 chapter which checks mobile browser performance, which includes SunSpider JavaScript and V8 benchmark. The Metal chapter measures CPU performance.
The Iris 402 scored 1424 on the Vellamo HTML5 test and 546 on the Metal chapter of Vellamo, which puts in just below the Galaxy S3 and above the Sony Xperia S. These are amazing scores for a dual-core phone, even though its an entry-level device in terms of price.
Multitouch Test
We tested the multitouch capabilities of the display in Lava Iris 402, and found that the display supports two points of touch. Therefore it is able to detect 2 individual touch inputs at once, which is pretty standard for an entry-level phone.
Conclusion
In our observation as well as the benchmarks that were done on the Lava Iris 402, it performs much better than we expected. It’s the only phone available in this price segment with a dual-core processor, 4-inch WVGA display, 3G with video calling, GPS and a 3MP camera with flash. At present it seems like a good buy. We’ll upload the gaming review, as well as the camera samples soon, followed by the full review.
