Android One expands to Spain and Portugal with the Aquaris A4.5

Google's Android One initiative has now made its way to the European market with the launch of Aquaris A4.5. The phone is manufactured by Spanish phone maker, BQ, known for making Ubuntu OS-based phones. The BQ Aquaris A4.5 will be available in Spain and Portugal, where it is priced EUR 169.9 and EUR 179.9 respectively.

BQ Aquaris A4.5 features 4.5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) IPS display with Dragontrail glass coating and is powered by 1GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735M processor with Mali T720 GPU, 1GB RAM and 16GB storage. There is microSD card slot for storage expansion up to 64GB and Dual-SIM slot. It runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out of the box and the audio is powered by Dolby Sound system.

For imaging, it sports 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash, f/2.0 aperture and 5P lenses. On the front there is 5-megapixel selfie camera. On the connectivity front, it supports 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. It is fueled by 2470mAh battery and comes in Black and White colors.

In addition, the BQ Aquaris A4.5 will come with 3-month subscription to Google Play Music All Access and a 5-year smartphone guarantee.

Launched in India first, the Android One Initiative has so far got expanded to Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, Turkey, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, and most recently Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria in Africa.