Lava Iris 506q sports a 5-inch display. The smartphone packs in 1.2GHz quad-core processor with 512 MB of RAM. The smartphone packs in 4GB of internal storage, which can be expanded by up to 32GB via microSD card. Lava Iris 506q runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). For camera, there is a 5-megapixel camera. The smartphone also has a front snapper on-board and is powered by a 2000mAh battery. The gesture motion feature on the Lava Iris 506q allows users to interact with the phone with just a swipe of the hand in the air. The gesture control feature can be used for clicking photos, changing tracks on the music player and video player, tuning FM channels and browsing entertainment gallery on the smartphone.