INTRODUCTION:  

Intex Aqua Q5 is another smartphone with a very premium look and budget smartphone. It says that the device is packed with excellent performance with quad core processor and supplemented by 1GB RAM.

DESIGN:

Intex Aqua Q5 comes with a very premium design this time. It looks absolutely gorgeous with its textured back panel. The upper and lower bezels are large and make the device looks larger. It is available in only white color. The stereo speakers are at the back. It is made up of plastic which is very smooth. The volume controls and power buttons are on the left side this time. The control keys are in gold color. The USB power slot at the bottom. The 3.5mm Audio jack at the top.

The brand name Intex is written at the back side of the device with Gold color. The speaker grill, front facing camera and the sensor are present on the top of the display. At the back you can see a camera and the LED flash, the camera is surrounded a metal rim which is in gold color and adds beauty. The navigation buttons at the lower panel of the display. The back panel is removable where you can find micro SD and sim card slots with the removable battery. It has dimensions of 133.00 x 67.00 x 8.90mm and weight 138 grams.

DISPLAY:

Intex Aqua Q5 comes with a 4.5-inch display made of IPS panel giving around 16M colors. It is packed with 480 X 854-pixel resolution. It is a multi-touch capacitive screen. The display comes with a good color saturation.

FEATURES:

Intex Aqua Q5 is a dual sim smartphone running OS Android v4.4.2 Kitkat. It is powered by quad-core processor ticking at 1.3GHz. It comes with a chipset of Spreadtrum SC7731G. It has an internal memory of 8GB and RAM of 1GB. The expandable memory provided up to 32GB. Having primary camera of 8MP with LED flash with geo tagging and smile detection features. Recording video at 720p@30fps. Stereo speakers are given. Wi-Fi, Hotspot, Bluetooth, GPS options are available. 2MP Secondary camera is provided for taking selfies and video calling. Accelerometer, proximity and gyro sensors are present. It has 1600mAh li-on removable battery which provides enough backup. It is a dual sim smartphone with GSM sim support and the sim1 supports 3G connectivity.

PERFORMANCE:

Touch is very responsive and smooth. The display colors are very bright and vibrant and the viewing angles are ok. The Camera interface is quite nice and it is taking very less time to focus and the capturing details are also very good. The camera interface is pretty normal and the low light photography is also very good. The front camera perfects for taking selfies and video calling. It gives a very good video calling. The battery backup is also very nice. We can say the overall performance of the device is above average. We tested the gameplay of games Subway surfers and Temple run it took a bit time to load the app but after that it is running very smoothly without any major hiccups. The graphic details are very good. The dual core processor gives its best performance running faster. The UI feels very regular and customizations are not done much.

VERDICT:  

Intex Aqua Q5 is a mid-range phone available at the very low price range. It comes with all the basic features with a very good camera there are not many cons to discuss. It is available at a price tag of Rs5500/-