Xolo Black Review

Xolo Black Review

Xolo has launched its first smartphone under its premium 'Black' brand. Called the Xolo Black, the smartphone will be priced at Rs. 12,999 and is on sale on Flipkart.The dual-SIM (Micro-SIM and Nano-SIM) Xolo Black runs on the Hive atlas UI that's based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop).

It has a 5.5 inch Full HD IPS display with a pixel density of 403ppi, oleophobic coating, and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection (which extends to the back of the smartphone). The power key also doubles up as the notification light. 

The Black smartphone is powered by what is being called the second-gen 64-bit Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) SoC, with four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.0GHz, and four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.5GHz. It features an Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of built-in storage that is expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB).

Full Specifications

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH	Announced	2015, July
	Status	Available. Released 2015, July

BODY	Dimensions	155.5 x 76.6 x 7.3 mm (6.12 x 3.02 x 0.29 in)
	Weight	-
	Build	Corning Gorilla Glass 3 back panel
	SIM	Dual SIM (Micro-SIM/Nano-SIM)

DISPLAY	Type	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.5 inches (~69.3% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1080 x 1920 pixels (~403 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 3
		- HIVE Atlas UI

PLATFORM	OS	Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
	CPU	Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53
	GPU	Adreno 405

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 32 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
	Internal	16 GB, 2 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	13 MP + 2MP (Dual camera), 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
	Video	1080p@30fps
	Secondary	5 MP, LED flash

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
	Bluetooth	v4.0
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
	Radio	FM radio
	USB	microUSB v2.0

FEATURES	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML5
	Java	No
		- DivX/MP4/H.265 player - MP3/WAV/WMA/AAC player - Photo/video editor - Document viewer

BATTERY		Li-Po 3200 mAh battery
	Stand-by	Up to 736 h (2G) / Up to 699 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 36 h (2G) / Up to 24 h (3G)

MISC	Colors	Black
	SAR EU	0.13 W/kg (head)     0.27 W/kg (body)
	Price group	4/10