Indian smartphone brand Xolo has officially launched a new smartphone, Q1200 at Rs 13,999. The phone looks and feels premium and promises some software value adds too. We spent some time playing with the phone. Here's what we think about it...
Compared to other Xolo smartphones, Q1200 features a more premium design with its partially metallic back panel and slim frame (it's just 6.85mm thick). The phone is as slim as the iPhone 5 if you discount its protruding camera lens.
However, as soon as you pick up the phone, you realise that the use of metal has also added to the weight of the phone. Yes, the phone feels bulky and Xolo has not specified the weight of the phone.
It's also one of the few Xolo phones that don't come with a removable cover (and battery). We have no qualms in saying that Q1200 is one of the better built phones out there compared with the ones from other Indian brands.
The front panel is made of glass and features a 5-inch HD IPS display (720x1280p, 294PPI), which is a LG panel, with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection to guard against minor scratches. The panel supports gestures like double tap-to-unlock and unlock-via-pattern to open a specific app.
The display panel looks bright and offers vivid colours, great viewing angles along with good touch sensitivity. The gestures work really well and the phone responds to them instantly.
Images and text appear crisp and sharp. The display is flanked by capacitive keys for navigation at the bottom and a 2MP front camera and sensor array at the top.
The power/screen lock key and the volume rocker key are located at the left edge while a tray that houses slots for micro-sim card and microSD card is placed at the right edge. While the location of the keys facilitates easy access, the keys don't really offer good tactile feedback and are a bit soft.
The back features a big metal panel sandwiched between two plastic pieces. It features an 8MP rear camera with Sony's Exmor R Sensor and a dual-LED flash, besides two speaker grills. The camera lens protrudes out, but Xolo has protected it with Gorilla Glass to prevent scratches.
We clicked a few pictures indoors and found the image quality to be pretty good. There were very few grains, and colour reproduction was also accurate, with exposure levels being optimum. We'll have a detailed review of the camera when we put it through our paces.
The phone features DTS technology to enhance audio while playing music and videos. However, the effect is not available in the FM radio app. We tried playing some music and felt that the sound output was good in terms of both clarity and loudness, but cannot match the like of HTC phones with front speakers.
Xolo Q1200 runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and the company has promised to deliver Android 4.4 KitKat via software update in the first week of July.
It is powered by a 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6582 quad-core processor and 1GB RAM. The phone has 8GB built-in storage, a microSD card slot and a 2000mAh battery. Connectivity options include 3G, Wi-Fi , GPS and Bluetooth 4.0.
Xolo has skinned the user interface to a large extent with custom toggles in the notification tray and a new settings screen that looks similar to the one found in some Lenovo phones.
The phone's UI can be themed and some themes even eliminate the app launcher, placing all app icons and widgets on the home screen, similar to the UI seen in MiUi, Gionee and Lenovo software. It includes some transition effects as well but in our brief use of the phone, we did not notice any lags and navigation was very smooth.
Xolo Q1200 offers features like gesture control, double tap-to-unlock, dual window and cold access apps. We tried using the gesture control features and found that these worked pretty well. However, we'll need to spend more time with the phone before we give a final verdict. Watch out for our full review.
Compared to other Xolo smartphones, Q1200 features a more premium design with its partially metallic back panel and slim frame (it's just 6.85mm thick). The phone is as slim as the iPhone 5 if you discount its protruding camera lens.
However, as soon as you pick up the phone, you realise that the use of metal has also added to the weight of the phone. Yes, the phone feels bulky and Xolo has not specified the weight of the phone.
It's also one of the few Xolo phones that don't come with a removable cover (and battery). We have no qualms in saying that Q1200 is one of the better built phones out there compared with the ones from other Indian brands.
The front panel is made of glass and features a 5-inch HD IPS display (720x1280p, 294PPI), which is a LG panel, with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection to guard against minor scratches. The panel supports gestures like double tap-to-unlock and unlock-via-pattern to open a specific app.
The display panel looks bright and offers vivid colours, great viewing angles along with good touch sensitivity. The gestures work really well and the phone responds to them instantly.
Images and text appear crisp and sharp. The display is flanked by capacitive keys for navigation at the bottom and a 2MP front camera and sensor array at the top.
The power/screen lock key and the volume rocker key are located at the left edge while a tray that houses slots for micro-sim card and microSD card is placed at the right edge. While the location of the keys facilitates easy access, the keys don't really offer good tactile feedback and are a bit soft.
The back features a big metal panel sandwiched between two plastic pieces. It features an 8MP rear camera with Sony's Exmor R Sensor and a dual-LED flash, besides two speaker grills. The camera lens protrudes out, but Xolo has protected it with Gorilla Glass to prevent scratches.
We clicked a few pictures indoors and found the image quality to be pretty good. There were very few grains, and colour reproduction was also accurate, with exposure levels being optimum. We'll have a detailed review of the camera when we put it through our paces.
The phone features DTS technology to enhance audio while playing music and videos. However, the effect is not available in the FM radio app. We tried playing some music and felt that the sound output was good in terms of both clarity and loudness, but cannot match the like of HTC phones with front speakers.
Xolo Q1200 runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and the company has promised to deliver Android 4.4 KitKat via software update in the first week of July.
It is powered by a 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6582 quad-core processor and 1GB RAM. The phone has 8GB built-in storage, a microSD card slot and a 2000mAh battery. Connectivity options include 3G, Wi-Fi , GPS and Bluetooth 4.0.
Xolo has skinned the user interface to a large extent with custom toggles in the notification tray and a new settings screen that looks similar to the one found in some Lenovo phones.
The phone's UI can be themed and some themes even eliminate the app launcher, placing all app icons and widgets on the home screen, similar to the UI seen in MiUi, Gionee and Lenovo software. It includes some transition effects as well but in our brief use of the phone, we did not notice any lags and navigation was very smooth.
Xolo Q1200 offers features like gesture control, double tap-to-unlock, dual window and cold access apps. We tried using the gesture control features and found that these worked pretty well. However, we'll need to spend more time with the phone before we give a final verdict. Watch out for our full review.
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