Operating System Android v4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS
Screen Size 5-inch qHD IPS Capacitive Touchscreen
Internal Memory 4 GB RAM 1GB
Camera 8MP Rear and 2MP Front Status
Available Price Rs. 11,990
Total average 7.6/10
About the Phone Karbonn Titanium series has been made so that it can tackle all the upcoming challenges of Android OS. So in the great battle time Karbonn has defended itself by introducing a mid-ranged but high-end device Titanium S5 which seemed the a true competitor of Micromax Canvas HD and also the XOLO Q800 while the great Handset Manufacturer Samsung left far beyond them in the battle. So, let’s have the look on Karbonn Titanium S5.
KEY POINTS
Dual SIM (GSM+GSM).
5-inch qHD IPS Capacitive Touchscreen.
8 MP Primary Camera with LED flash. 2 MP Secondary Camera.
1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad Core Processor. 1GB RAM. 4GB ROM.
Android v4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS.
Priced at Rs. 11,990.
ADVANTAGES
1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad Core Processor.
1GB RAM. 5-inch qHD IPS Capacitive Touchscreen.
8 MP Primary Camera with LED flash.
Android v4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS.
DISADVANTAGES
Slipper back panel, not allowing you to type comfortably with single hand.
SIM 2 doesn’t support 3G.
BUILD AND DESIGN
S5 has the great build quality and a simple and sober design with the perfect dimension so that you can easily put it inside your jeans pocket. Since all Smartphones coming now a days offers very brilliant and an eye catching look and most of them seems of patents of other smartphones, so S5 also followed the same and got the design similar to Samsung Galaxy S IV with an exception of Physical Home Button. The front of the device sports the Three Android capacitive buttons of Tabs, Home and Return and above the 5-inch display you got the front faced camera and few Sensors. Volume Rockers and the Lock/Standby Buttons are located to the left and right respectively. Back of the device is simple with little smooth plastic and there you got the rear camera with LED flash and the Speaker Grilles. Since the device is very slim so the camera indulges out of the panel which can be clearly seen form the side view. The device is large with the giant 5-inch screen so you got the holding problem with hand while typing and this time the grip will not be accompanied by the back panel also, which is unscrupulous in nature.
DISPLAY
5 Inched display of S5 has the 250.33 ppi pixel density. The qHD Resolution of 540 x 960 Pixels and a Color of 16 M. the display offers great output even in bright Sunlight and got the great brightness and great contrast as well. The Light Sensors works great while moving into different surrounding situation by resetting the brightness level with respect to the surrounding. Color Saturation and great brightness controls makes the display awesome enabling the true HD video streaming with a 3D option too. IPS panel included to the display allows utmost no reflection and offers vivid colors.
CAMERA
Titanium S5 is equipped with the amazing 8MP rear camera with powerful LED Flash and the video calls on the handset is very nice with the 2MP front faced camera. The still shots taken from the rear shooter has vivid colors as well color saturation. Images taken outdoor contains great details with good hue and color temperature while the indoor shorts were comparative to the one taken outdoor. Since with the powerful LED you got the brilliant camera performance in low-light conditions. Capturing videos from rear camera is fun, I meant that S5 supports Full HD video shoots at 30fps, since the output video still had some noise disturbance, but is quite worthy for this price. Talking about the front facing camera of 2MP which really good for the video calls and presents detailing and works fine even in dim light situations.
HARDWARE AND PERFORMANCE
Hardware of S5 seemed yummy and thus the total configuration of the device is higher than all the handsets under 21k, including the best-selling Galaxy Grand or Canvas HD or the XOLO’s Q800. Since S5 comprises of Quad Core Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC clocked at 1.2 GHz and 1GB of RAM with ROM of 4GB. 2000 mAh Battery ascendancy hold the 6 hours of video playback and allows the great talk time of 12 hours. For the gamers it will nice for you that you got the 4 hours of normal gameplay time, since the time will decrease if are using the deice excessively for gaming all the time. Surfing time of 8 hours on 3G will be available to you with a full battery recharge. Titanium S5 gives ultimate gaming and multimedia performance, with its Quad band Processor and 1GB of RAM it is awarded with the Full HD playback and you got every game support for this amount of hardware. With its high speed 3G internet, browsing and downloads on the handset is also enjoyable.
CONNECTIVITY AND CALL QUALITY
Connectivity options provided by Karbonn on S5 are of greater expectations, and the drawback of S5 found with the absence of 3G on SIM 2 while SIM 1 gets the 3G network support. No matter with absence of 3G on SIM 2, but it has extra WAP, GPRS as well as EDGE support instead so you get the maximum speed on SIM 2 of 256kbps while the SIM 1 get the great speed of both uplinks and downlinks up to 5.2mbps and 7.2mbps respectively. S5 has the wide operating frequencies including the GSM – 900, 1800; UMTS – 2100, which ensure that the networks of both GSM SIMs will not fluctuate. The Wi-Fi support along with Wi-Fi Hotspot tethering and Navigation allowed of A GPS with the Google Maps Support enrich the main Android functionality and provide wider approach to the new ways of productivity. The voice and video calls on S5 are great; while the voice calls on S5 has nice clarity and when tuned to loudspeaker then also the voice sounds very fine. Video calls on S5 has right amount of crispness and brightness and doesn’t lags with connection of 512kbps.
MULTIMEDIA AND GAMING KARBONN’S S5 HAS HIGHER MULTIMEDIA DECODING AND ALSO THE GAMING
Competing with the great manufactured Canvas HD, Karbonn’s S5 has great processor which allows great Multimedia decoding and also the gaming. Canvas HD has been manufactured over MediaTek’s Quad-Core which is best of all in today’s quad core while this S5 has the Qualcomm’s trust, so S5 renders fine and support over the rich media contents brilliantly. Titanium S5 support full HD video playback with over 30fps. Initially you are allowed with the basic codecs being specific you have MP4, H.263, AVI, 3GP, WMV, H.264 and further can be increased by installing advanced players from Play Store or can be installed from offline .apk files. Extra features of 3D and other amazing video playback options will be great with this Quad-core, if you have the 3D supported player installed within your handset. GTA 3, NFS Most Wanted, NFS Shift, Temple Run 2, Temple Run Brave, Temple Run and Angry Birds all parts; these all are the games which we have tested in the Titanium S5 and got the medium to high frame rates respectively. These HD and 3D games gave the amazing results and proved that S5 is among the finest Smartphones and best budget gaming device of the gamers.
OS AND UI
Karbonn S5 has the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS with a bit customization over the UI for maintain the brand distinction and amaze the users with their additional effect over the stock UI. Lock screen of the device contains several utility apps and very fine home screen extended to 6 pages and decorated with different apps as well as widgets. Gravity sensors works great while we rotate the device to portrait and Landscape view. Sensitivity of OS seemed very fine and similar to high end devices. I can’t express the reality of the device within words, so you need to get this one at least one time so that you can experience this experience. S5 got many other features and apps allowed by Karbonn including the MMS and EMS, Power On or Off Animation, Caller ID, Embedded Games, Mobile TV, Multi Language Support, Calculator, Alarm, Stopwatch, World Times, Voice Recorder, Voice Input, Google Play, Skype and may more preloaded aps and games.
CONCLUSION
Karbonn Titanium S5 from the Karbonn mobiles has lots and lots of features, but many of customer disgraces seeing the Indian device and think that this will not work out even a single month, but that’s not true; these are packed with all need features or we can say have many more features for their price. And if you want the device under 15k then this can be among the great option for you. Beware, since it is time of stiff competition and new smartphones are coming with large quantity and greater quality.
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