Below is my review after using the phone since September 2016.
After searching nearly for 15 days, resisting the Chinese phones which offered a better configuration at lower prices, I settled for this model taking into consideration after sales and service and brand power.
Looks:
Gold one looks royal.
Phone back although made of plastic dosent slip from hands.
Light weight to carry.
Battery:
Battery is replaceable unlike Chinese phones, so if the battery goes bad I can replace it myself than go to the service center.
With 2G it lasted for 1.5 days.
With 4G it lasts for a day.
Charging takes 2.5 hours.
Battery cable is short.
Ultra power saver mode servers is extremely useful when your battery is dying.
Memory:
out of internal 16 GB, 10.2 is available, OS and internal apps consume the rest
out of 32 GB Sandisk memory card 29.5 GB is available.
Both internal and external memory work fast, no lag while watching videos or listening to audio online and offline.
The video streaming on 4G is good.
Screen:
I put a Affix tempered glass on the screen.
Screen touch works fine but could have been better .
This isnt AMOLED display however I am satisfied with the TFT display and its colors.
Checking phone in outdoor needs the’outdoor’ setting to increase the brightness, It could have been better.
Camera:
Clarity of pictures from rear camera is good with size of an image to be 3-4MB.
Selfies from front camera have a wider selfie angle allowing more people to come in the selfie with fine quality.
Sound:
Sound during conversation is crystal clear.
VoLTE works.
Loudspeaker sound is okay.
Sims:
I am using Jio 4G on sim 2 and Vodafone on sim1.
Both work seamlessly.
Heating:
Phone dosent heat after watching movies/videos for 2 hours both online and offline.
I dont play games hence no comments on heating there.
OTG, Blue tooth, hotspot, wifi work.
Apps:
Phone dosent come with any basic apps like Share it, Facebook, Whatsapp.
But like Chinese phones it isnt bloated with unwanted apps.
Notification indicator:
The phone dosent have a notification indicator.
This is a blessing in disguise for me as I dont wish to be bothered with pings/indications.
The keys dont have a back light.
There are only 3 keys and with the frequent usage of it you do come to know which key is where.
Voice recorder:
Useful for me to record lectures.
My learnings:
Take screen shots by pressing the power button and home screen button simultaneously for 2 seconds
When using 2G data pack ensure that in network selection’Only 2G’ is selected else mobile data hangs after some hours.
Memo is useful to type short notes.
Bad experiences:
I returned the 1st phone.
Replacement came after 15 days.
My friend ordered the same after seeing mine, she is satisfied too.
Update on December 19, 2016: No issues till date.