Spice Stellar Virtuoso Pro Mi-491
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Spice Stellar Virtuoso Pro Mi-491 Mobile Price in India
Very silently Spice has launched new version in S-series with the name Spice Stellar Virtuoso Pro Mi-491 which is an affordable device and have very decent specifications. Though the specifications provided in this device are very common and also available in very few devices. Every mobile manufacturer is trying these days to develop such smartphones which are affordable and Spice is another who has joined this race. This device is here in market now and is ready to give a tough competition to all other mobile manufacturers. The analysis of the device is done in detail below.
Features and Specifications
The weight of this smartphone is 143g which supports dual SIM both of which need to be mini SIMs. The size of screen is 4.5inch made up of TFT capacitive touchscreen with resolution of 480x854pi and also offers multi-touch. The Android 4.1 Jelly Beans has been provided in it as OS along with 1GHz dual core processor. RAM here is 512MB and the built-in storage is 4GB which can be extended further to 32GB with the help of microSD card. The rear camera is 5MP capable of recording video while the front camera is 1.3MP. The battery is 1700mAh Li-ion while the connectivity options are FM radio, microUSB, GPS, Bluetooth, A-GPS, GPS and GSM. It is available in black color.
Design and Quality
The look and feel of this device is nice. The black body of this device is quite decent but is made up of plastic. The edges of the device are nicely curved. Towards the front, there is speaker, sensor and front facing camera at the top of the screen while the three navigations keys are found at the bottom of the screen. Towards the back is the rear camera while at the top is the 3.5mm headset jack. The screen is quite bright and viewing angles are also decent. The design of the device is not bad.
OS and Tech
Jelly Beans though is not very latest OS but not old as well so this device has been loaded with Jelly Beans OS which works decently though the performance of the device is not to the standard as the RAM is very limited while the processor is also not very powerful. There can be lags clearly observed in the working of the device so looking at other hardware features, Jelly Beans OS is well suited here since if latest OS has been loaded in it, it would have been a complete collapse of the device performance.
Camera and Multimedia
Camera is very mediocre in this device. 5MP camera having no support of LED light works hardly fine and that too under good light conditions. Under low light, the performance of the camera gets completely deteriorated. Even under good light, noise and blurriness can be observed in the still images as well as videos recorded by it. Front camera works decent for the selfies only but the quality is not good enough.
Battery and Memory
1700mAh Li-ion battery has been provided in it which according to the claims of the company can provide up to 210hrs of standby time and up to about 5hrs of talk time. Looking at the specifications of the device, this much battery is not bad but it cannot last for whole day and even under moderate use, this would require recharging. Though, the performance of the battery is satisfactory. 512MB of RAM is a total disappointment. This should have been at least 1GB while the internal storage is also unexpected. 4GB of internal storage is not at all suitable for any mid-range device even but the 32GB of expansion is not bad.
Pros and Cons
For Pros:
· Affordable price
· Decent battery
· Decent design
· Nice screen
· Expandable memory
For Cons:
· Old OS
· Limited RAM
· Limited internal storage
· Less powerful processor
· Poor camera
Verdict
This device is if not very bad but is good enough for those people who are particularly concerned with the price. It can be given priority over some of the other device by comparing its features and specification and the first among them is the affordable cost. It has bigger screen than Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562 and is slimmer to that one along with better battery than Galaxy S Duos. Little more up gradation in the device would make it apple of every one’s eye for sure.