Xolo Black Review!

[Indus Monk]

How is everyone doing? Today i am here to review the Xolo Black! A very decent looking smartphone for $200...so let's get started!

 

 

The phone is about 6 inches in size (top to bottom), has a 4.7 inch screen with a 5mp front camera with an LED flash. The resolution of the screen is full HD 1920x1080p, and has a pixel density of over 300ppi.The build of this phone is also great. The phone has a 3100 mah battery

 

 

Though the device feels semi-premium, the front and the back of the phone is covered in Corning Gorilla Glass. The side is made of metal colored in gray, which is supposed to be premium.

 

 

At the bottom, there are 2 grills; where one is a speaker grill and the other one is a microphone grill. It uses a standard micro USB port for charging. The charger is 5 volt 2 ampere.

 

 

On one side, there are the volume keys and the power key. The keys are not very tactile, so you will end up pressing them by mistake.On the other side; is the hybrid dual SIM tray, the tray is a chore to use, just putting a SIM card in there is very difficult, let alone the micro SD card.

 

 

The cameras are decent too, the front is a 5mp camera with a flash and the rear has one 13mp sensor and one 2mp depth sensor.

 

 

The pictures it takes are decent. They are very sharp, detailed and have just the right amount of exposure. Shutter speed is also very good, there is 0 lag in shutter speeds. But at the rear it has a rather dubious dual camera setup!

 

TOO BIG TO UPLOAD

^^Rear camera^^

 

^^Front Camera^^

 

Hardware, Benchmarks and Software

It has 2 GB of DDR3 RAM and is powered by a mediocre Snapdragon 615. The device runs android 5.0.2 Lollipop with Hive UI on top.

 

 

 

Verdict:

 

The battery life is mediocre, it may just last more than half a day. The CPU is mediocre but the performance is fine. When gaming however, it can be bad and jittery. The camera is good at the back when the normal camera is used (i.e. one sensor) but when coupled with a secondary camera, it makes zero difference. Heck, I am yet to learn how to properly use the back camera.

 

 

Rating: 2.3/5

 

Price: $199