Lately, Bkav (Bach Khoa Antivirus), one the oldest and most famous Vietnamese technology companies has launched Bphone, a smartphone designed by Bkav and made in Vietnam. In terms of tech, Bkav develops and produces products with main interests in security software, but now they try a new area of business: smartphone. Bkav’s new flagship smartphone is called Bphone and it has been gaining much attention from the very first start. With an livestreamed event on 26 May, 2015, the company introduced Bphone to nearly two thousand people attending the event and a lot of others following on the internet. Let’s take a look at Bkav Bphone specs.

Bkav Bphone Specs:

According to Mr. Nguyen Tu Quang, Bkav’s outspoken founder, the handset is made from 800 different parts, provided by 82 suppliers in the world with Bkav’s own design, which has been patented since 2011. In terms of specs, Bkav Bphone is a device of 7.5mm of thickness with a Sharp 5.0-inch Full HD display, featuring Corning Gorilla Glass and dressing a full aluminum cover. In addition, it is equipped with 3GB RAM LPDDR3 and powered by the Qualcomm CPU Snapdragon 801 quad-core 2.5GHz. At this point, Mr. Thieu Phuong Nam, CEO of Qualcomm Indochina, said that Bkav is the first Southeast Asia’s firm to directly contract with Qualcomm. That means Bkav is able to get the latest Qualcomm CPU as well as use all of Qualcomm patents in their phones.

The other specs include a 3,000mAh battery accompanied by Quick Charge 2.0, a 5MP front shooter and a 13MP f/2.2 rear camera that is covered with sapphire glasses. This cam is also one of Bphone’s key selling points. There are most modern techs supporting them such as Fast Tracking Auto Focus (used for Samsung Galaxy S6 to help capture fast-moving objects) and UbiFocus (allowing users to choose their focus after having already taken picture). Moreover, Bphone snapper can also take slowmotion video with 120 frames/s. As for operating system, Bkav uses their own one called BOS based on Android Lollipop for the Bphone.

Another outstanding feature about Bphone is that there is a built-in Bkav, the company’s flagship antivirus software, to make this device become “the safest of its kind on earth,” according to the CEO.

Bkav Bphone Price in Malaysia:

There are 3 main versions of Bphone with different amount of internal storage.

Bphone Black, 16GB – 9,990,000VND (RM1,677)

Bphone Black/White/Champagne 64GB – 12,960,000VND (RM2,175)

Bphone Gold plated 24K, 128GB – 20,190,000VND (RM3,388)

Note that all Bphone prices are exclusive of taxes and will not be on sale via retail chains but online via a Vietnamese website from June 2, 2015. Anyhow, no words are made for an official international release from Bkav, yet it is said that they are planning to bring this phone to the world. Perhaps a few months later, we can see Bkav Bphone Malaysia version on the market.

In conclusion, we can see that Bphone is kind of an ambitious first phone from Bkav. Basically, it boasts a 5” FHD screen with a slim body, Snapdragon 801 chipset, 3,000mAh battery and a remarkable back camera. Will this Bphone be able to create a hit in smartphone industry with such hefty prices? Let’s wait and see!