Yu
Yutopia is the new flagship smartphone from Micromax’s YU Televentures. Priced at Rs 24,999 this one comes with
specifications that are set to pit the Yutopia phone against some of the
top-end phones, a fact that YU Televentures didn’t shy away from highlighting during the launch.
Design,
Screen:
There’s no doubt that Yutopia has an impressive design. It is sleek
(7.2mm in thickness), comes with a metal uni-body and has an overall premium
look and feel.
Yutopia
has the familiar saturn-ring design camera bang in the centre of phone’s back, which we also saw in Yuphoria. However, the Yutopia camera
unit is much bigger, and does jut out from the rest of the phone. On the right
side of the phone, there is the dual-SIM and the micro-SD slot, all combined in
one. It looks a bit jarring to see such a big slot for SIMs, expandable memory
and one wonders if YU could have divided this into two for a neater look.
The
screen is 5.2-inch 2K Display (1440x2560) that offers 565 ppi and by bumping up the specs YU has outdone other
competitors like OnePlus, Moto X Style (which costs Rs 31,999 for its 2K
screen) who’ve been challenging the
flagship market.
Processor,
Camera, Storage:
The phone
has a 64-bit Snadragon Qualcomm 810 processor (2 Ghz)coupled with 4GB RAM and 32GB internal storage space and expand via MicroSD card slot up to 128GB. For those obsessed with the specs, the numbers should be good
enough to pique their interest. In the little time we had with the phone, we
didn’t notice any lag; switching
between apps, getting the camera to respond quickly, all functioned smoothly.We
were able to multitask between around 20 apps without any hiccups. Games such
as Asphalt 8 and Modern Combat 5 were handled well by the smartphone.
The
21-MP rear camera has a Sony Exmor RS IMX230 sensor, true-tone dual-LED
flash, a 5P lens, and optical image stabilisation (OIS) and 8
MP on the front snapper with 77.3 degree wield range. The Camera further offers 4K recording and Slow motion Capture. The
fingerprint sensor on the back can also be used to take a selfie and this works
accurately most of the time. The camera’s auto-focus is definitely one of the fastest in
its segment.
Battery:
One of the highlights of the device is its bumper 3,000 mAh battery with Quick Charge 2.0 that the company claims to offer 75% faster charging as compared to the standard mechanism with the battery charging form 0 to 60 per cent in just 30 minutes.
Sound:
The phone features DTS sound and Yu is offering Little Bird in-ear headphones by House of Marley in the box.
OS:
Yutopia
comes with CyanogenMod OS 12 on Android 5.1.1. At the launch, Cyanogen said
that it is currently working on OS 13, which is their version of Android 6 aka
Android M, and that once it is ready, they will roll it out for Yutopia users.
There are several optimisation features, themes, etc available which fans of
Cyanogen will love.
Yutopia
also comes with its own Around YU services. Around YU is a slew of location
based services, integrated within the smartphone where users can shop, book a
hotel, flight, bus or a cab, order food, check PNR for trains all from one
place. Instead of the Google Now launcher, you can choose to use to the Around
YU one.
Around YU
will appear when users swipe to the left-side of the homescreen and users won’t have to open different apps for each. For YU, this service
platform could be the key differentiator for its smartphones, as it puts a
variety of services and use cases for a smartphone under one platform.
While the
idea is interesting, it’s too soon to say whether
Around Yu will be good enough to convince users to give up their dependence on
apps, or even Google Now. Its success will also depend on how YU can expand
this platform to include more services.
0 comments: