Jul 20, 2013 09:14 PM
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(Updated Jul 21, 2013 02:59 PM)
Hi All,
Let me tell you one thing clearly. Don't buy this product bcoz of the positive reviews. Most of them who gave positive review have used the mobile only for few days.I also thought to write a positive review initially but waited to put a valid review after using the mobile for quite some time.
You will feel happy only for the first few days. The touch will attract you in the initial few days. It will be a different experience only for some days. There will not be any lag or hangs.
After using the mobile for around two months let me give my experience with the phone.
The phone lags and hangs a lot nowadays. Sometimes it restarts by itself with no reason. Whats more when the phone hangs you have no way to restart it through buttons. There is no reaction from the phone when u give long press for the power button. The only way you could recover from the hang is to remove the battery and put it again. When the net is ON and you play games, the phone will hang for sure. Even when texting, sometimes lag will be there. These problems I didnt have for first few days.
There is no control of volume through the screen. You can manage only through volume up and down button. My volume up button got loosened after one month. Now my volume up button gone and I am not able to increase the volume.(I went to nokia care they are asking for Rs.850 to repair this saying that physical damages not covered under warranty).
Worst battery backup. Am charging my mobile twice a day. I don't have long calls and all. I used to switch on the internet whenever needed and switch it OFF when not in use. All other stuffs like bluetooth, wi-fi and location etc will always be in OFF. I have also blocked all apps that could run in the background. I have also set to synchronize the mails manually. I play games a little. Seeing my usage the battery should come at least for one day but am getting battery backup hardly for 12hours. If you want to use the mobile continuously, then the mobile has to be plugged in always.
Now the screen back button is not functioning properly. When I press it, the screen goes inside. These problems were not there initially. It is occurring often. I have to switch off the screen and on it to recover from it.
The power button is very very sensitive. I just dropped the phone over a pillow, the phone got restarted which means that the hardware is not sturdy.
Lack of file manager is a big minus. As few people say the software manages everything for you, it is not true. Am not able to locate the photos sent by my friend through bluetooth. This is how software manages for us. You cannot move your files across phone/memory card.
In all the applications, select option is given but nowhere select all option is given. When I want to Select all the files to delete I cant do in single shot.
While listening to songs, 'add to now playing' option has been given but when I select songs and give add to now playing then it is not getting added to the playlist nor the selected song is played.
Mute option is not given either in the music player or in video player.
Making calls is not user friendly. You need to have "RapDialer" app to make calls easily. Call duration is also not provided with the caller in the mobile.
IE is ok but not the best. Pop-up blocker has been enabled so am not able to open web lync. No control is given to disable the pop-up blocker. Also JavaScript is disabled and there is no option to enable it. I was trying to edit this review from my mobile but I couldn't do it because of JS being disabled. No forward button in IE. Screen back button works as back button for IE. Tabbed browsing is not proper. If you want to open another window, you need to minimize the current window and open a new open. When u go back to the first window the page refreshes again. Websites with Flash content is not loading properly. You cannot download files through IE. SO I downloaded UC browser even that one is not good. Not able export files downloaded through UC.
Phone doesn't come with inbuilt PDF reader. You need to download it from the store which is free.
Good apps and games are paid. Even some good apps/games(free) are there with high file size which you cannot download via mobile data network. You need wi-fi for that. Surprisingly Temple Run has come for this device. But it quits by itself often.
The phone heats up like anything when playing games or using net.
Obviously headset coming with this phone is of average quality.
Most of the screen display is like portrait type. Landscape view is not there. So if you have to go through a list you have to scroll a lot. Ofcourse search option is given. One pain point I experienced is that when browsing, I wanted to select a value from a big drop down list which had some hundreds of value, I had to scroll for some minutes. But in Android you can hold ur finger and go through a list easily.
You need "Ringtone Maker" to set a custom ringtone for your phone. Otherwise it is not easy to set.
Touch may be butter smooth but u will feel hatred when it starts giving lag and hang problems.
Inbuilt games provided are of waste. You can download some better games and uninstall those inbuilt.
As in android, you cannot swipe and open bluetooth, wi-fi, music player etc from the top of the main screen when it is running.
On screen pattern locking mechanism is not provided(security feature).
Even though front camera is there, video call option is not provided. I think we need to depend on skype for this. Not yet tried it.
Camera is ok and Screen quality is good.
Map features are good.
Still many basic features are missing which I might have forgot while writing this review.
The only thing I find more useful about the phone is the outlook . I used to check office mails and reply, which am finding it very easy.
In initial few days I had many positive comments about this phone which all turned into negative after usage of two months.
The mobile is worth only for 8k. So if you are getting the phone for 8k purchase it.
This mobile is not worth for 14k. I feel worried that I had spend this much money on this failure model. I would have been happy if at least the battery backup comes for one day.
I wont recommend this model for anyone. May be go for Lumia 520 which you could get it for 9k.
You will be disappointed for the money spent. :(:(
