The coolpad note 3 lite is a device that follows up one of the most
succesful devices of 2015 Priced to undercut its stablemate and designed
to impress with solid internals, the coolpad Note3 lite is an intriguing
device that is poised to surprise and exceed expectations Add to that the fact that this is a made in india or at least and assembled in india product you do start getting excited about it.
Design
Between the coolpad note 3 and the lite variant, design sensibilites
remain similar if not identical for the most part the heavy handed use of plastics is expected given the positioning of the phone but without a doubt, there is absolutely no questioning the quality of materials.
The front of the phone sports a 5 inch dispaly that is flanked by reasonably sized bezels
the black border takes away form the otherwise seamless edge aesthetics of the phone there are three capacitive buttons below that do not have backlighting while you find a 5mp
fornt facing camera at the top . Yes, a notification LED is also included here.
Running along the edges of the phone is a metallic band that at least in our white variant, adds some flavor thanks to its champagne color. Just beyond the band the plastics taper off towards the rear giving th handset a smooth curved finish that fits well in the hand over on the left side is the volume rocker while the right side of the phone has the power key.
Tactile feedback is just sufficient in both these cases though we really wouldn, t mind some extra depth here.
The rear of the phone has nice and grippy design that is guaranteed to prevent slipping here you find the coolpad logo down low while up above lies the 13 mp camera the fingerprint sensor module we like how ergonomics and higer quality materials a move not often seen in this category.
In fact ergonomics are great all the way through form the volume rocker, power button and fingerprint sensor all being easily reachable the phone has a thickness of 8.9 mm which ins’t the slimmest around but is far from chubby The 142 grams of weight is also very easily manageable.
SOFTWARE.
Fore all the great hardware on a device the software experience makes or breakes the experince The coolpad note 3 lite continues the tradition established by the coolpad note3 and provides software that is likable for the most part It is based on android 5.1 and hadset, we noticed a slight slow down only when running two apps side by side.