Based on my experience of almost a week of usage. Here is my feedback:
Battery: Massive battery with almost 9 to 10 hours of backup under Heavy usage
## I used my phone with WiFi and GPS on playing high end games. I also watched a movie with maximum brightness ##
Display: display is not very bright and it's difficult to focus on the screen in bright sunlight. But the screen is very vibrant and crisp.
Camera: front camera is very good and clear. Secondary camera is not that good under low light conditions. Dual camera is very good under good lighting conditions and clicks DSLR like clicks.
Performance: device performance is not much good. 1.8- 2.0 GB of Ram is also used and only 1 GB is free even with installing zero external applications.
Usage: as it is 6.4 inches in size, it can not be used with one hand only in short hands and difficult for quite larger hands.
Device gets heated up way too quickly while the camera is on, specially if you are using the dual camera mode
Don't get elated by the 3 GB RAM. 50-51% of the memory gets consumed by the OS. So practically you're left with 700-900mb RAM for the rest.
Finding stuffs in this phone is a pain though it has a customizable search feature. Despite several attempts I couldn't find the older codec for MX Player which is there in the device(showing in installed apps) but can't be found.
The storage display is also a bit f*d up. Despite deleting all the images and videos from the internal memory it kept showing the content with 0.0kb file size. Usually we think the 0 kb files are corrupt, but these are functioning as if they are very much there! It took a lot of time to free that space and reflect it on screen.
screen size for media consumption
sound quality makes video watching immersive
for the most part smooth touch screen
perfect budget purchase for average gamers
no overheating after 3+ hours of continuous gaming
low amount of bloatware
heavy weight you need to lean hands when using it for a long time
camera is grainy in low light
fits in pocket but can cause discomfort when sitting
battery lasts 2-3 days of average use but could have been a little better due to screen size
Overall Score
Would have given 5 stars if it would have quick charge 3.0 and gorilla glass 3 or 4 protection even for ?16, 999
JBL earphones is the reason for most of the people to buy it, but I must say that the earphones is not that good in terms of bass.
It's a good choice for those who need a tablet like phone or a phone with larger screen and light or medium use, but if you need to play high end games, then you should definitely go for other competitors.