REVIEW SMARTPHONE OPPO N1 MINI A stylish smartphone with an innovative camera and a refreshing user interface — Rohit Arora premium. But it’s not scratch resistant. The champagne coloured ring that borders the edges, adds a class to the overall design. Another phone at somewhat same price with a good design is Sony Xperia T2 Ultra. Inside is a 1.6 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 CPU which is not the best you can get at this price as phones like Xiaomi Mi3 packs Snapdragon 800. However, we didn’t encounter any lag in the day to day performance. Ni Mini is a snappier device and performs tasks such as basic screen navigation, loading of apps, browsing, etc. without a single snag. Multitasking on the phone is a delight as the 2GB RAM handles everything easily. But, the 2110 mAh battery lasted for 4 hours 50 minutes and you will need to charge the device twice a day. Call quality is good, but not consistent as the volume gets a drop sometimes. Color OS over Android 4.3: Complementing the Price: `26,900 (16 GB) hardware is a smartly coded Color OS that includes a set of icons and widgets with a refreshed design. It seamlessly integrates with Android 4.3 and offers a snag free experience in a week’s usage. The floating style incoming calls, texts notifications and the whole set of gestures such as double tap on screen to wake up, three finger swipe to capture eeping innovation alive, Oppo has screenshot and smart call features are quite handy. introduced the affordable version of their You also get battery manager, a holiday mode that KEY SPECS: Kflagship N1 by the name N1 Mini with the restricts notifications and calls, a guest mode that 5” 720x1280P display, Android 4.3 with same 13 MP rotating camera as was seen in N1. protects your data and a powerful theme engine. Color OS, 1.6 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon The swivel wizard: The 13 MP rotating cam- Moreover, the O click remote is a bonus with the 400 CPU, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB inbuilt era is undoubtedly the centerpiece of the phone. package. As said, it helps in taking pictures, flashes memory, 2140 mAh battery, The daylight pictures are decent with good detail for notifications and helps to locate phone. 13 MP swivel camera and accurate colours. The pictures in pitch dark 50000 are equally good due to the powerful LED flash. PROS: N1 Mini’s camera performance is better than 1431 Premium design with matt finish, 40000 2045 HTC One E8, images are sharp with no sign of 4866 innovative camera, good display, feature 1864 4912 Vellamo HTML blurriness. The Ultra-HD mode is capable of cap- 5654 rich beautiful Color OS 30000 turing 24 MP images with more details. You also 10888 13359 3DMark ISU get HDR, Beauty, Panorama, etc. Despite of a CONS: 9498 number of tweaks, camera interface on N1 Mini 20000 Quadrant Average battery back-up and inconsistent is a delight, unlike Samsung’s camera interfaces call quality, poor speaker, a bit pricey, 22315 21547 Antutu takes scratches easily, no micro SD slot, where you find yourself lost. The camera can 10000 19620 tag of a new Chinese brand rotate to 206 degrees and is the best thing selfie lovers can get. 0 High on features: The 720P HD display is Xperia T2 Ultra Oppo N1 Mini HTC Desire 816 WRITE TO: sharp and vivid. The screen is very responsive Oppo Mobiles India Pvt Ltd. Bottomline: Oppo N1 mini is a perfect com- Phone: 0124-4727777 and offers good viewing angles. Another striking bination of style and performance. However, the Email: [email protected] feature of N1 Mini is its beautiful design. The need of micro SD card slot, a powerful battery phone comes with a matt finish, high qual- and fear of a new brand are the obstacles for the ity plastic that offers a good grip and looks Chinese smartphone maker. PRICE PERFORMANCE Features OVERALL 80 PCQUEST OCTOBER 2014 pcquest.com twitter.com/pcquest facebook.com/pcquest linkd.in/pcquest [email protected].