Low-range smartphone makes Spice has launched India's first smartphone running FireFox operating system.

Priced at Rs. 2,299, this phone is cheaper than the cheapest Android smartphone available in the market currently. The Spice Fire One Mi - FX 1 boasts of a 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touch screen along with a 2 MP rear camera and 1.3 MP front camera. The phone is powered by a 1 GHz processor and has dual-SIM functionality with 2.5 G connectivity. The phone lacks 3G connectivity.

Spice has said that the Fire One is aimed at those feature phone users who are willing to switch to low-cost smartphones.

"With the ultra-low cost Spice Fire One, we at Spice, aim to convert the feature phone users into smartphone users, thereby, aiding them with the power of Internet," said Prashant Bindal, Chief Executive Officer, Spice Mobility Ltd.

The phone has unique features like Adaptive App Search or the Single Window Search and allows users to find all relevant information and apps available on the web tby a single click. This device also supports several Indian languages like Hindi, Tamil and Bangla and comes preloaded with Facebook, Twitter and Connect A2 apps.

Meanwhile, Intex is also looking forward to launch its first Firefox smartphone called Cloud FX on August 25. It is expected that this phone would be priced under Rs. 2000.