Did you know that the Lava Iris Pro 20 is the lightest smartphone in its category? The Iris Pro 20 takes many of its features including the design and hardware specs from the Pro 30, but there are some things that sets it apart. Join us as we take you through its review in pictures along with the mention of the key differences between the two siblings.

1. Lava Iris
Pro 20
Review in pictures

2. If looks could kill…
• One of the better designed
smartphones from an Indian
vendor
• At 112g, the Lava Iris Pro 20
is the lightest smartphone in
its category
• It’s quite sleek as well with a
thickness of 7.7mm
• Has the usual layout of
buttons and ports
• The blue rear panel is highly
flexible, but lends it a
distinct look

3. Rich display even with lower resolution
• The smartphone features a 4.7-inch display
• Even though it bears a low resolution of 960 x 540 pixels,
the display is pretty good
• Legible outdoors as well, though you’ll need to increase
brightness
• Protected by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass

4. Rear shooter is good enough for casual
purposes only…
• At the back, the Iris Pro 20 has
an 8-megapixel camera
• It’s supplemented by a dual
LED flash for shooting in low-
light conditions
• The camera app is stock
Android
• It offers options like smile
detection, best shot selection,
HDR, panorama, multi-angle
view, etcetera
• The camera captured accurate
colours, though image quality
isn’t extremely impressive

5. … and the secondary camera might not lure
selfie-addicts
• Just a VGA camera at the
front
• Good enough for
Skyping purposes, but
not for taking selfies
Here are a few samples from the
primary camera:

6. Nothing much to talk about in terms of
software
• The operating system on
offer is Android 4.2 Jelly
Bean
• Minimal amount of
customisations on top
• Graphs for viewing the
status of battery, CPU, etc
are a valuable addition
• It also comes with
preinstalled apps like Lava
Care and OfficeSuite

7. Gets you through the usual tasks
• The smartphone is powered
by MediaTek’s 1.2 GHz
MT6589 quad-core SoC
• For rendering graphics, it
has PowerVR SGX544MP
• This combination is mated
with a gigabyte of RAM
• The smartphone performs
fairly well for the usual tasks
• There are some lags while
playing heavy games like
Riptide GP2

8. Battery that lasts you through the day
• Powered by a 2,000mAh
non-removable battery
• Once charged, it can run
for more than a day of
moderate usage
• In our standard battery
test, the smartphone
lasted for a period of
eight hours while playing
a 720p video non-stop
• Offers a power saving
mode shutting down non-
essential features when
the battery level is low

9. Huge disappoint in the storage department
• The device offers a paltry
4GB of onboard storage
• Out of which only 1.4GB
is available for installing
apps and 0.9GB for
personal data
• This means that you can
neither install heavy
games nor too many
regular apps and games
• However, the memory
can be extended via a
microSD card

10. Bundled goodies for protecting your device
• The retail pack includes
a screen guard to
protect the display
• It also comes with a flip
cover, which can be
adhered to its rear
panel
• The cover also supports
the device in upright
position in landscape
mode, making it ideal
for watching movies

11. At a glance
• 4.7-inch, 960 x 540 pixels (234
ppi)
• 1.2GHz quad-core MediaTek
MT6589 processor
• PowerVR SGX544 GPU
• 1GB RAM
• 4GB in-built storage with
microSD slot
• 8-megapixel main camera with
dual LED flash, VGA secondary
camera
• Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
• 2,000mAh battery
• 2G / 3G dual-SIM (one is regular
SIM and other is micro-SIM),
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS

12. -
• Run-of-the-mill specs
• Average rear camera
• Low internal storage
• Priced on the higher
side
Pros and cons
+
• Distinct design
• Great handling

13. Sibling rivalry: how is the Iris Pro 20 different
from the Iris Pro 30
• The devices are strikingly similar both in terms of their looks and the
internals
• However, there are some differences which makes the Iris Pro 20 one rung
lower than the Iris Pro 30
• The Lava Iris Pro 20 has a qHD (960 x 540 pixels) display as compared to
the 720p display offered by the Iris Pro 30
• The Iris Pro 20 gets only a VGA camera at the front
VS

14. Price: Rs 12,799
Pricing and verdict
“The Lava Iris Pro 20 takes the
philosophy of the ‘Pro’ series
to deliver a stylish smartphone
at an economical price tag
further. It surely is successful
in that regard, although its
average hardware
configuration and camera
sour the deal slightly”