Review Of Srt- Phone

Photo Showing the Front View of Srt-Phone

Our Verdict

The srt.phone offers a impressive and bright display, good build quality (but that it is of plastic) and impressive performance. However, a poor camera, low battery life and heating issues seem to be recurring problems from the manufacturer. This issue was faced in the t.phone too from the same manufacturer, and Smartron needs to do better to be competitive in the current market because there are many competitor in today's market for example if we talk about Redmi Note 4, Honor 6x, Motorola G5 etc..

PROS

Very Impressive and Bright Display
A Very Good build Quality

CONS

Camera Quality is not up to the mark comparing to other competitors in this price point.
Battery Life Issue

Info. at a Glance

GENERAL

Alternate names	T5524
Release date	May 2017
Form factor	Touchscreen
Dimensions	153.00 x 77.00 x 8.90 mm
Battery capacity	3000 mAh
Removable battery	No
Colours	Titanium Gray
SAR value	Not Available

DISPLAY

Screen size	5.50 Inch
Touchscreen	Yes
Resolution	1080x1920 Pixels
Pixels per inch Type	401 ppi FHD

HARDWARE

Processor	1.44GHz Octa core
Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon 652
RAM	4GB
Internal storage	32GB and 64 GB
Expandable storage	No

CAMERA

Rear camera	13 MP
Flash	Yes
Front camera	5 MP

SOFTWARE

Operating System

Android 7.0 (Stock)

CONNECTIVITY

Wi-Fi	Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported	802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
GPS	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes
NFC	Yes
Infrared	No
USB OTG	Yes
Headphones	3.5mm
FM	Yes
Number of SIMs	2 (Dual Sim)
SIM 1
SIM Type	Micro-SIM
GSM/CDMA	GSM
3G	Yes
4G/ LTE	Yes
Supports 4G in India (Band 40)	Yes
SIM 2
SIM Type	Micro-SIM
GSM/CDMA	GSM
3G	Yes
4G/ LTE	Yes
Supports 4G in India [Band 40]	Yes

SENSORS

Compass/ Magnetometer	Yes
Proximity sensor	Yes
Accelerometer	Yes
Ambient light sensor	Yes
Gyroscope	Yes
Barometer	No
Temperature sensor	No

Build and Design

The device we have is ash grey with a single orange line running across the back. It sports a metal frame with slightly curved edges, and a removable plastic rear panel. It doesn’t look or feel as premium as some of its competitors, but it certainly feels good in the hand.

While the back is removable, the battery is not. However, you do get the option to place a different back cover. Since Master Blaster Sachin is the brand ambassador, we got two extra covers with his graphics and signature. The quality of the graphics is pretty good and I can see why a fan of cricket would like such a cover. You will have to remove the back cover to access the two micro SIM card slots.

Photo Showing Different back covers and the Build Quality

At the bottom we may see a USB Type-C port for charging and data syncing purpose and 2 Speaker Grills, however only 1 one them works, the device also doesn't pack any notification Led.

The volume rocker is placed on the right edge of the device, while the power button is located on top. This setup creates a bit of a problem — when holding the device with your right hand, the power button is too awkwardly placed to reach with your right index finger or your thumb. In your left hand, the button easy to reach with the index finger, but has other problems — when pressing the button, you naturally squeeze the phone a little bit in order to stop it from sliding out from your hands. As a result, we cant use this setup properly.

Photo Showing Volume Rockers

Photo Showing the awkwardly Placed Power button

Display and UI (User Interface)

The phone packs a 5.5-inch Full HD display with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. The display is pretty bright with luminance of about 660 lux. Definately , sunlight visibility is very good. Viewing angles are pretty nice with warm colours. Touch response is decent and you get Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for protection from Scratchs.

A View of FHD Screen of the Phone

The Smartron srt-phone comes with Android Nougat v7.1.1, and is currently one of the few devices in this category to offer Nougat right out-of-the-box. The device comes with the company’s tronx launcher, which (besides changing a few icons) adds a couple of the company’s own services. These include the tstore, tclould, tcare and forum.

The tstore is where you can buy other products and accessories from the company, while tcare lets you contact customer care. You can email the company, call them up or have a live chat with a customer service representative. Next, tclould is the company’s cloud service, which offered unlimited storage. This is pretty handy considering you don't get an option to expand storage with a microSD card. However, you get 64GB of in-built storage (on the Rs. 13,999 variant), which is pretty good. Besides these, you get Microsoft’s apps, like Word and Excel, already installed.

Over all It is pretty well planned UI, and Android 7.1.1 makes it more attractive since that's the latest version of android till date.

Photo Showing the UI(User Interface) Of the Device

Performance

The Smartron srt.phone is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 652 SoC with combination 4GB of RAM. While it may not offer the efficiency of the Snapdragon 625 found in the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 or the Lenovo's P2, it makes up for it in raw power. The phone is pretty snappy but with little lag while switching apps. Gaming on the device will quite an enjoyable experience. In Asphalt 8, there was little lag between menus and the game ran at about 29fps on average (Gameloft caps it to 30fps).

However their is heating issue in the device, which has to be discussed while gaming in an A/Cdevice reached upto 42 degree Celsius and outside upto 50. Definitely it is a cause of concern.

Camera

The smartphone sports a 13MP rear camera with an LED flash and a f/2.0 aperture lens. The camera is not reliable and performs poorly at times. It fails to balance light efficiently and either overexposes in bright light or fails to light up frames in low light. Further, images are persistently soft, which leads to lack of details and sharpness. Colours appear undersaturated, even bold colours. Low Light and Aritificial Lighting conditions it performs very poorly, Therefore the camera performance is not so good. Smartron needs to improve it a lot. The Device also packs an single LED Flash which is pretty good.

Pic showing Camera Architecture

At the front is a 5MP sensor and it doesn’t fare much better than than the rear camera. Focusing seems off and the subject lacks sharpness along the edges with lack of details. The Smartron srt.phone is not one for camera lovers.

Battery

The Smartron srt.phone packs an 3000mAh battery. However, its bright display and the powerful processor don’t help too much in the battery department. After charging to 100 percent, the phone dropped to about 65% in about 2 hours with Adaptive Brightness turned on. This included about half an hour of gaming, with a couple of calls, social media and instant messaging put together. In tests, the phone ran for about 5 hours and 45 minutes. It is advisable to carry a charger or a powerbank when using this phone. In general, you're expecting at least two charges per day on regular usage, while heavier users will need one more charge. A larger battery would perhaps have made this a better deal.

Conclusion

The Smartron srt.phone offers a very bright display, good build and impressive performance from the device. It Also Adds lots of storage to this and unlimited cloud storage (Offer from Smartron Itself) and you have the makings of a good device. However, the phone's poor camera, heating issues and battery life make it hard to recommend over competitors like the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4. Phones like the Moto G5 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 offer better value overall, while the Honor 6X and Coolpad Cool 1 have much better cameras. Overall, the phone is a step in the right direction for Smartron, but heating issues, a poor camera and low battery life were issues faced with the Smartron's earlier smartphone which was t.phone, which means the company needs to clean up its act if it is to be competitive in todays market.

So,the Indian Company Smartron Needs to Improve a lot to be challenger in the market.

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