So, first things first, I am writing this review based on a few hours of playing around with this phone at a friends place. So, keep that in my mind. I obviously took feedback from my friend as well. And I hope this review helps.
The Good
HD Display. The display quality is good and viewing angles are good too.
4G Support. A phone at this price with 4G, now that’s awesome. Couldn’t test the speed, due to lack of support on the network. But, 3G speeds were pretty good.
Dual SIM. I find it really odd that value for money phone always have Dual SIM support but expensive phones from Samsung and alike don’t. Get an S6 or Note 4 and you only get single SIM support. What’s with that? However, both SIM’s don’t support 4G/3G. SIM 1 supports 4/3G and SIM 2 only supports 2G.
Good speakers. Sound quality is adequately loud and clear and Dolby sound enabled.
Weight. It’s not heavy and is very light to carry around.
Decent Build Quality. Okay, it’s now awesome but for the price it’s not bad at all.
Battery backup. Not something I could test, but while I played around it didn’t seem to discharge very fast. My friend said the same. Though, his friend who had another A6000 didn’t have such a great battery life. I am not sure if it’s to do with any updates or software difference. But, keep that in mind if you are buying this phone
The Bad
Average Performance. Surprisingly, inspite of the specs I wasn’t very impressed.
No Gorilla Glass. Now, you have to be really nit-picking at this price to complain like that. I personally don’t think it’s a big deal. All glass scratches and and all glass breaks and I think that’s what needs to remember.
RAM issues. My friend told me that often he had to clear the RAM. I am not sure if that’s got do with the apps he has. But, I think this can be fixed with an update or installing any of the system RAM tuning apps.
Picture Quality. Though it’s an 8MP camera, the picture quality isn’t that great. Same goes for the front camera, decent for selfies but nothing great.
3G calling. The phone seems to lack support for 3G calling but I guess it’s not a big issue if you use other video calling apps like Skype, Viber etc.
The VIBE UI. I don’t like it personally; it’s clumsy and not very user friendly. But, you can install other launchers.
Do I recommend this phone? Oh, god it’s a very difficult decision, really. Because it’s a value-for-money but so are the so many out there now. But, that said, if you are looking at a value for money and want to avoid the chinese clones, don’t get the A6000, instead get the A6000 Plus. That’s right; the A6000 PLUS is the same phone but with more RAM( 2GB) and more RAM( 16GB) so it works and performs better and the price difference between the two models is around Rs.500. At the time my friend bought the A6000, he didn’t know that but you can make a better decision:)
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