INTRODUCTION:
Xolo Era 1x is the new small budget smartphone designed with the best features available at the price level and nowhere compromised in the built quality as well. Going into the deep details about the device.
DESIGN:
On the box, the device comes with plastic bud earphones which are of average quality and considering the price point of view these are good. The device comes in a rectangular shape where the edges are narrow but smoothened. There is a thin metal strip running around the sides of the panel which is placed just for adding beauty. The volume rockers come to the right side.
The control keys are provided with the metal finish. On the top of Xolo Era 1X comes the 3.5mm audio jack as well as the USB charger so comes at the top. The loudspeaker is placed at the bottom of the phone on the rear side. The branding comes on the rear side accompanied by the camera and LED flash. The camera is rounded. On the bottom panel, you can see the three capacitive touch buttons.
The secondary camera and the sensors are at the upper panel of the display towards the front. There is a dual LED flash on the front side. On the front, the branding is nowhere. The display looks pretty glossy and the design is attractive. It has 145.5 x 72 x 8.6 mm. It is available in Black, Brown/Gold colors.
DISPLAY:
Xolo Era 1X comes with a 5-inch display made of IPS panel giving around 16M colors. It is packed with 720 x 1280 pixel resolution. The body to screen ratio is 65.8% and the pixel density is 294ppi. It is a multi-touch capacitive screen.
FEATURES:
Xolo Era 1X is a dual sim smartphone running OS Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow). It is powered by Quad-core processor ticking at 1GHz. It has Spreadtrum SC9832A chipset. It has an internal memory of 8GB and RAM of 1GB. The expandable memory provided up to 32GB. Having primary camera of 8MP autofocus camera coupled with LED flash.
The camera is also featured with Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR options which might help for better photography. Recording video at 1080p@30fps Stereo speakers is given. Wi-Fi, Hotspot, Bluetooth, GPS options are available. 5MP Secondary camera is provided with dual LED flash.
It has 2500mAh li-on removable battery which provides backup facility to the device of around 185 hrs and talk time of 22hrs on 2G and 13hrs 30mins on 3G. It has dual sim support with GSM and HSPA connectivity. Accelerometer, proximity sensors are available. It is a GSM device with 4G support.
PERFORMANCE:
This is a very good and low budget smartphone with the performance that is apt for the price range. Seeing the SAR value I would say that this is safe from the radiation. The display is worthy and lively, the touch is very fast and responsive. The gaming experience is smooth with good graphic content.
It can run all games other than graphic intensive games. The video playback quality is upright. The stereo speakers give outstanding audio quality in this price range. The earphone audio quality is also very good. It is just a basic device. The call quality is good enough and no droppings are seen.
VERDICT:
Yes, the Xolo Company always comes with a very good display and well-designed smartphones and this time it happened again. When you are going to buy a low-end phone this may be your choice. The price of the device is around 4K.
General | |
Brand | XOLO |
Model Name | XOLO Era 1X |
Model ID | |
Release Date | 2016, September |
OS | Marshmallow V6.0 |
Body | |
Weight | Na |
Dimensions | 145.5 x 72 x 8.6 mm |
Network | |
2G Network | GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
4G Network | LTE |
SIM | Dual SIM |
Display | |
Type | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
Size | 5.0 inches |
Screen Protection | Na |
Touch | Multi touch |
Sound | |
Speakers | Yes |
3.5MM Jack | Yes |
Alert Types | Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones |
Noise Cancellation | Na |
Mic | Na |
Camera | |
Primary | 8 MP, autofocus, LED flash |
Secondary | 5 MP, dual-LED flash |
Video | 1080p@30fps |
Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR |
Data Connectivity | |
Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n |
GPS | Yes |
Edge | Yes |
3G | Yes |
WLAN | dual-band, DLNA, hotspot |
Bluetooth | v4.0 |
NFC | Na |
Infrared | Na |
USB | microUSB v2.0 |
Speed | HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps |
Memory | |
Internal Storage | 8 GB, 1 GB RAM |
External Storage | up to 32 GB |
Memory Slot | microSD |
Features | |
Chipset | Spreadtrum SC9832A |
CPU | Quad-core 1.3 GHz |
Graphics | Mali-400MP3 |
Sensors | Accelerometer, proximity |
Browser | HTML5 |
Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
Radio | FM radio |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS |
Java | No |
Others | - MP4/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/WMA/AAC player - Photo/video editor - Document viewer |
Battery | |
Battery | Removable Li-Po 2500 mAh battery |
Talk Time | Up to 22 h (2G) / Up to 13 h 30 min (3G) |
Standby Time | Up to 185 h |
Colors | |
Colours | Black, Brown/Gold |
Warranty | |
Warranty | 1 year manufacturer warranty for Phone and 6 month |
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