<p> <i> 16.18 pm </i>  Wickedleak Wammy Passion X with octa-core processor launched for Rs 22,500.

Wickedleak, the Mumbai-based smartphone company, has launched a new smartphone in its Passion series. The Wickedleak Wammy Passion X will be available for Rs 22,500 and its USP is water-resistance.

Wickedleak says it has used AquaProtect technology to make the phone hydrophobic. The phone can be exposed to water for up to 30 minutes. It must be noted that this doesn’t have the IP57 or IP67 certification that waterproof smartphones from Sony and Samsung have. In addition, the Passion X is also one of the first octa-core smartphones to hit the market. It is powered by a MediaTek (MTK6592) processor clocked at 1.7GHz.

Up front is a 5-inch full-HD IPS display with a 1080×1920 pixel resolution, translating to a pixel density of 443ppi, and One Glass Solution (OGS) has been used for manufacturing the display. It comes with a healthy 2GB of RAM and includes 16GB of inbuilt storage, along with support for microSD cards (up to 64GB). It runs Android 4.2 out-of-the-box, but there’s no word on any OS updates for this phone. The Passion X is a dual-SIM (GSM-GSM) phone with dual standby support.

It also gets a high-end 13-megapixel primary camera that boasts a LED flash and BSI sensor. On the front is a 5-megapixel shooter, which is a something we are seeing in a lot of high-end Indian phones. There’s Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, AGPS, EDGE, GPRS and 3G for connectivity and a rather disappointing 2500mAh battery, considering the other specs.</p>