Mar 25, 2017 05:27 PM
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I bought this phone in mid-December 2016 from one of the biggest players in the online shopping market of India. I do not regret my purchase, as I did not have much expectations from this phone, because I needed a feature phone that looked good, and could make calls and receive text messages. But, it is disappointing that there aren't many features on this phone.
SOUND RECEPTION & SPEAKER: The sound from the speaker during a phone call is average, but I need to admit that the speaker performs better while playing music, it is really LOUD(EVERYONE expects that kind of loudness from a feature phone).
EASE OF USE: As they had to make it look like an iPhone 5s from all sides, they had to include a button above the volume buttons, which apparently turned out to be a camera trigger, because a DEDICATED button for changing the mode to'silent' would never make sense on a feature phone! Other than this FORCEFUL addition there isn't any significant one that makes this phone'EASIER' to use when compared to others!
STYLE & DESIGN: This phone looks like an iPhone 5s on the rear side, and that is certainly the reason I bought THIS feature phone, out of the many available! As mentioned earlier, I wanted a'Good looking' feature phone!
RANGE OF FEATURES: There isn't any feature that is specific to this phone, but, yeah, it does all the'expected stuff' like longpress 0 for torch light, and longpress'end call' button to switch off, and switch on the device! But, I want to mention that this phone does not display the'video' when a video file is layed, instead it plays it as an MP3, no visuals, only sound.
It does support micro SD cards upto 32GB, and I have one on the phone, but that feature is barely put to use, as the only file that works properly on this device is a MP3, no videos, no documents or any other file. How can I put songs equal to 32GB on this phone, even If I do so, half of my day would be wasted on scrolling down the list of songs, as this phone does not even feature a search option! Haha!
RELIABILITY & DURABILITY: The most used part of any feature phone is the keypad, may it be to type a number or even to send a long text message. The keypad on this phone is divided as rectangular blocks divided on every line, for example 123 are on the same block and 456 is on another block. There is a gap betweeen every block, when I type something, the keys move up and down, which makes typing uncomfortable on this feature phone. If you expect this phone's keypad to be similar to the legendary NOKIA feature phone keypads, then you will be proved wrong!
But, I need to appreciate the company on the addition of a transparent back cover made out of plastic, which is easily prone to breaking, but still, it is protecting the'Beauty' of the rear side of my phone.
VALUE FOR MONEY: I bought it for almost 1500 INR, but I believe even that price is more for this below average device. The earphones that they provide are the only ones that work perfectly with the device, when I use any other earphone, sound is heard from only one of the earphones, and I have tested that fact with many earphones from branded ones to the local ones. Battery life is kind okay, and it easily lasts for 2 to 3 days, beacuse I do not use it much rather than calling and recieving text messages. Another downside, other than the many, is that the phone only supports 2G, which tends to be a problem sometimes as 3G is the most used network, some areas only support 3G, and I receive no network. The charger supplied with this phone is pretty slow, and gives only an output current of 0.5 A, therefore I normally charge it with another charger which gives an output of a higher current.
