The Lava 3G 356 features a 3.5-inch HVGA display with a resolution of 320x480 pixels. It is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor coupled with 256MB RAM. The device runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. There is a 1.3-megapixel rear camera with flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It includes just 150MB of internal storage space(available to the user) but supports microSD cards to expand storage up to 32GB.