This time Samsung got nearly everything right. nearly.
First and foremost I will not mention the obvious specifications and technical details, its all given and it doesn’t matter. What matters is the end user experience which I will talk about.
FAQ:
Yes its getting Lollipop update(UPDATE: The device now has been updated to Android 5.1.1)
Yes the body is made up of plastic, except the back cover
I’ll start with what makes this phone amazing:
DISPLAY: The best display you can get under the 25K price point. Period. I don’t need to say more, its very beautiful.
BUILD QUALITY: The premium and supreme feeling you get when you pick this is tough to explain. The phone is very light weight, no creaking noises, everything is intact and the buttons are super clicky and high quality.
BATTERY LIFE: Again, this phone has the BEST battery life under the 20-25K price point. You can easily get upto 2 days of battery life with moderate usage everyday. Heavy users can make it through the day easily too.
CAMERA: Again, never go on specs, this phone’s camera is exceptional. Better than Oneplus One and the phone gives sharp and non-grainy pictures even at night. Both cameras are excellent.
Things that are not so great with this device:
PRICE: Definitely a bit overpriced. It should be priced around 17K.
GAMING & PERFORMANCE: Don’t get me wrong, this device can handle the games like Asphalt 8 very easily at medium graphics setting but don’t expect playing games on high graphics setting at it. For everyday usage this device is lag free and super snappy, multitasking isn’t an issue at all.
Also some features which should have been in here are missing for no apparent reason, wtf Samsung?
NO LIGHT SENSOR: Hence there’s no auto brightness mode
NO USB OTG SUPPORT: You can’t connect pen drives etc to this device
NO SCREEN PROTECTION: There’s no gorilla glass protection which is available in low end devices as well
NO LED NOTIFICATION LIGHT: Not much big of a deal, honestly.
In ultra power saving mode, the screen doesn’t get gray-scaled like in other Samsung devices. Just, why?
Haptic feedback isn’t there. You know the mini vibration when you tough the screen / type? Yeah, its not there.