Sep 06, 2016 12:05 AM
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The 5-inch on-cell full lamination display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and a pixel density of about 441 PPI is good. It is bright and offers vibrant colors since it has 80% NTSC color gamut. Viewing angles and the sunlight legibility are good too, but the display is a bit glossy and is prone to fingerprints. It also has Asahi Dragon trail Glass protection. You can even use the bundled scratch guard to protect the display.
The smartphone is 144.6mm tall, which is slightly taller than most of the smartphones with a similar 5-inch screen, mainly due to huge bezels. It is 72mm wide, which is good for a phone with a 5-inch screen.
It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash, similar to the first BLACK smartphone. It also has the usual set of proximity and ambient light sensors on the top along with a notification LED that glows in red color. Flash on the front helps to brighten up the images and it even has face detection, but it doesn’t focus properly. It is decent for video chats and selfies.
There are the usual set of menu, home and back keys below the screen on a black bezel. These are not backlit, but offer haptic feedback when pressed.
The smartphone is just 7.6mm thick and has a smooth metal frame, but it is prone to scratches easily. The volume rockers and the power buttons are present on the left side. The micro USB slot is present on the bottom along with loudspeaker grill and a primary microphone. The 3.5mm audio jack is present on the top. It has leather-like finish on the top and bottom that gives it a premium look. Wish it had the same leather finish on the sides too.
It has hybrid SIM / microSD slot on the right side that can be removed using the bundled ejector tool.
The primary slot accepts nano SIM cards and the secondary slot can take a nano SIM or a microSD card. It accepts cards up to 128GB. This might be a disadvantage for some who need both, but the phone comes with 32GB of internal storage, hence it is acceptable.
There is a 13-megapixel camera on the back with single LED flash. The back has fiber glass finish, but it is glossy and is prone to fingerprints. Wish Xolo had bundled a case with the smartphone. The phone weighs just 125 grams, which is good compared to other smartphones in the range. It packs a 2400mAh battery under the back cover, which is not removable. Overall the build quality of the smartphone is good.
Camera
The BLACK 1X packs a 13-megapixel rear camera with single LED flash. It has f/2.8 aperture and uses Samsung 3M2 sensor. It also has phase-detection auto-focus ( PDAF) that lets you focus in just 0.15 seconds, according to Xolo. It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture.
It has a familiar MediaTek camera UI with several modes like Live photo, motion tracking, panorama and multi angle view, different scene modes ( Mono, Sepia, Negative, Posterize, Aqua, Blackboard, Whiteboard, Fresh, Movie, Calm, Memory, Gorgeous, Elegant and Cool) . It also has gesture capture that captures images when two finger ‘V’ gesture is detected.
Coming to the image quality, daylight images are decent, but it’s not the best. Since it has only f/2.8 aperture it doesn’t focus properly for macro shots. Thanks to PDAF it focuses quickly. HDR images are the best among the other modes that captures every detail in bright colors, but you need to keep the camera steady to prevent ghosting. Low light images are full of noise and doesn’t have any details. Flash helps in capturing images in low lighting conditions and is not overpowering. Overall, the camera is below average compared to other smartphones in the price range.
Check out some camera samples below ( click the image to view the full resolution sample) .
