Speaking to Gadgets 360, CEO of Coolpad India Syed Tajuddin said that the company aims to get a 13-15 per cent stake in the smartphone market priced below Rs 8,000. He also confirmed that the first batch of coolpad mega 2.5D would come from China. After this, the handset will be built under the ‘Make in India’ program in India itself. At the launch event held in New Delhi, we spent some time with Mega 2.5D. How did we like this smartphone at first glance? Let us tell you.
Coolpad Mega 2.5D A smartphone with a full-metal body is seen, while it is only the frame of metal. It gives a feeling of being strong, but it is not easy to use it with one hand due to a 5.5 -inch display. We had difficulty in reaching the notification shed with one hand while using mega 2.5D. Apart from this, it gives a feeling of being very sharp in the hands due to not being curved on the edge. The weight of 140 grams is low in view of its size.
Power buttons are on the right side. This cannot be easily accessible. The volume buttons are on the left side. The audio jack is in the upper part and the micro-USB port and the microphone at the bottom. The brand of coolpad is present under the display on the front panel.
The rear panel of coolpad mega 2.5D is very clean. The rear panel has a primary camera with LED flash. Speaker grills are provided with branding of coolpad at the bottom.
The 5.5 -inch HD (720×1280 pixels) is the pixel density of the IPS display 294 PPI. It is clear from the name itself, 2.5D curved glass is given in the front of it. During the use we found that its display was sharp but the black levels were not very good. The viewing angles were fine.
The important feature of Coolpad Mega 2.5D is an 8 -megapixel front camera, which the company is presenting by exaggerating. The sensor of the front camera is F/2.2 aperture and is equipped with a field of view of 83.6 degrees. The handset also has an 8 -megapixel rear camera with Sony sensor. The camera app has features like smart beautification and age detection. Apart from night, beauty and pro mode, it has photos and video modes.
In a short time spent with coolpad mega 2.5D, we found that the pictures taken from the rear camera were crisp in the appropriate light. However, some of them lacked details. Photos taken from the front camera were vibrant. Pictures taken from front camera in low light came better than the rear camera. However, these were also slightly blurred and the lack of details was clearly visible. For the performance of the camera, you have to wait for our review.
This phone comes with the company’s cooluI 8.0 skin based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It is very customized. You will not get an app drawer. The icons of all apps are divided into three home screens. The company has told about the ‘Screenshot 2.0’ tool. With this help, users will be able to take screenshots from three fingers gas students. Coolpad Maga 2.5D uses 3 GB RAM with 1 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT 6735P processor. Inbuilt storage is 16 GB and users will also be able to use 32 GB microSD card. In a short time we spent with the phone, we found that it works fast. There was no problem in going between one app to another. However, we will give the final decision on the performance and software of Coolpad Mega 2.5D.
The smartphone has a 2500 mAh battery. It has been claimed to give talk time of up to 9 hours and standby time of up to 200 hours. The phone supports 4G LTE.
Last idea
Coolpad Mega 2.5D is a good package for Rs 6,999. However, the quad-core MediaTek MT6735P processor looks less powerful according to this price range. This phone will be available through flash cell. In such a situation, it will be fun to see how much is the demand for this phone?
The option of coolpad mega 2.5D for customers also contains Xiaomi Redmi 3S. Its price is also Rs 6,999 and it comes with a metal body and 4100 mAh battery.