NEW DELHI: Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility India has launched its new Android-based handset Flipout in the Indian market, priced at Rs 15,990.

“We further enhance our smartphone portfolio in India with a unique and trendy form factor for the young at heart with the Motorola Flipout. It merges Motorola’s design heritage with Android capabilities to deliver a unique smartphone form factor,” Motorola Mobility India Country Head Faisal Siddiqui said.

The Android-powered handset has a QWERTY keypad and is equipped with 2.8-inch screen, 3 megapixel camera and expandable memory up to 32GB. The phone promises talktime of upto 357 mins and standby time of up to 365 hrs.

Connectivity options includes 3.5mm headset jack, USB 2.0 HS, and Stereo Bluetooth and aGPS

Android is a mobile operating system, which was initially developed by Google and later by the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), a consortium of 50 hardware, software and telecom companies.

It allows developers to design applications independent of the handset type and users can download over 70,000 applications like games, music, music players and location-based services.