In its quest to provide the latest innovations in smartphones, Starmobile has just announced its first device equipped with a fingerprint sensor, the Starmobile UP Sense.
Why need a fingerprint sensor?
Security: When your phone gets stolen, the fingerprint lock should keep anyone from easily accessing the contents of your phone.
Privacy: The fingerprint lock should also keep anyone from playing with your device without your permission.
Convenience: You can unlock your device without having to enter a password/PIN every single time.
The UP Sense is a dual SIM phone has a premium look and sports a beautiful 5-inch 2.5D 720p curved display with nice viewing angles. It runs on a Mediatek MT6580 chipset coupled with a Mali-400MP GPU, 8GB of internal storage expandable up to 32GB via Micro SD card, a 2500 mAh battery which can provide up to 12.5 hours of talk time or 13 days of standby, and 1GB of RAM. At the rear of the device is an 8MP camera with Flash, and up front is a 2MP camera. It also runs on the latest version of Android, Marshmallow.
Starmobile UP Sense
| Operating System | Android 6.0 Marshmallow |
| SIM Slots | Micro + Micro, Dual 3G Switching |
| Chipset | Mediatek MT6580 |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.3GHz Quad Core ARM Cortex-A7 |
| Video Card (GPU) | Mali-400MP @ 500MHz |
| Display | 5-inch 2.5D Curved IPS HD 720 x 1280 pixels (294ppi), Oncell Multi-touch Capacitive Screen |
| Network | 2G GSM: 850/900/1800/1900
3G UMTS/WCDMA: 850/900/2100 HSPA+: Download up to 21Mbps |
| Memory | 1GB RAM, 8GB ROM, Up to 32GB Micro SD |
| Camera | Rear: 8MP AF with Flash
Front: 2MP Video Capture: 1080p @ 30fps |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, FM Radio, GPS + A-GPS, OTA Update |
| Battery | 2500mAh Li-Po, Up to 12.5 hours talk, Up to 315 hours standby |
| Sensors | 3D Fingerprint, 3-Axis Gravity, Light, Proximity |
| Dimensions | 143 x 70.5 x 8mm |
| Weight | 145g |
The UP Sense is set to be available in Starmobile concept stores, kiosks, and authorized resellers nationwide next week for PhP 4,290.00.
Emman has been writing technical and feature articles since 2010. Prior to this, he became one of the instructors at Asia Pacific College in 2008, and eventually landed a job as Business Analyst and Technical Writer at Integrated Open Source Solutions for almost 3 years.
