Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
Lenovo
Phone model
A278T
Year of release
2013

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
116 mm (millimeters)
Body width
61 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
12 mm (millimeters)
Weight
116 g (grams)
Volume
84.91 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Plastic
Colors

Processor (CPU)

Processor model
  • Spreadtrum SC8810
CPU clock speed
1000 MHz (megahertz) place #110
Number of processor cores
1

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM
256 MB (megabytes) place #25

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 512 MB (megabytes)
place #46

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards
  • microSDHC (Micro Secure Digital High Capacity)
  • microSD (Micro Secure Digital Card, TransFlash)
Maximum expandable memory
32 GB (gigabytes)

Operating system

Operating system
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)

Battery

Battery capacity
1500 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Removable battery
Charging the battery from USB

Screen

Screen diagonal
3.5 in (inches) place #132
Screen resolution
480 x 320 pixels place #120
Pixel density
165 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
TFT
Color depth
18 bit (262144 colors)
Touch screen
Touch screen type
Capacitive
Aspect ratio
1.5 (3:2)
Auto-rotate screen

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
2 Mp (megapixels) place #43
Maximum photo resolution
1600 x 1200 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Shooting settings
Video capability
Movie settings

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
2
Mode of operation of multiple SIM-cards
Alternating
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Ability to mute the microphone during a call
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
Unlimited
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
2.5G (115 kbps phase 1, 384 kbps phase 2)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz
  • GSM 1900 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards
  • EDGE (E-GPRS, 384 kbit/s)
  • GPRS (64 kbit/s)

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi
  • 802.11 b/g/n

USB

USB connector
USB connector type
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
USB standard
2.0 (up to 480 Mbps)

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth
Bluetooth standard
2.1
A2DP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS
A-GPS support

Radio

Built-in radio receiver
Radio range
87.5 - 108

Sensors and gauges

Accelerometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Images

Geo tags

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • 3GPP (.3gp)
Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio, .wma)
  • WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave)
MP3 support
Dictaphone
Voice notes
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Control elements

Touch input
  • 2 touches
Multitouch
Pinch zoom
Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)
Office document support
Supported document formats
  • PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format, .pdf)
Email
Convert speech to text

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection
Synchronization with services
  • Gmail (Google Email)
  • Gtalk (Google Talk)
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • Google Search
  • Google Maps

Software features

Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages
SMS T9 support
SMS output in the form of a chat
MMS support

Security

Installed VPN

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)