Karbonn Titanium S12 Delite
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Karbonn Titanium S12 Delite Mobile Price in India
Karbonn Mobiles lay its foundation of producing budget-friendly, high-technology smartphones in India in 2009, and has since risen fast to be amongst the top three mobile manufacturing companies of the nation. Offering eye-catching phones which do not prove a burden on your pocket, but do provide most of the latest features, this company managed to become famous globally as well, providing theinternational companies tough competition for the price.
Features and Specifications:
The smartphone has a 4.3" TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen, the screen has a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. With the dimensions of 131 x 67 x 10 mm, it weighs roughly 130g. Running on Android v4.4 (KitKat) out of the box, this dual sim phone is clocked at 1.3 GHz quad core processor. It has a 1600 mAh battery has a charging time of 3 hours, and provides the user with about 3 hours of talk time. In the memory department, the Karbonn Delite has a rather low 512 MB ram whereas the internal storage of the phone is also pretty low at just 4 GB, but it can later be increased by the micro SD card slot which can house a card by up to 32 GB, allowing the users the choice to customize their phone memories according to their usage. This phone comes with a 5 MP main camera and LED flash, and a secondary camera of VGA quality, which allows for video calls. Other than these features, this phone offers GPRS, Edge, 3G, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, micro-USB connectivity, Bluetooth with A2DP, and an audio jack of 3.5 mm. The sensors this phone has to offer are proximity sensor, accelerometer, G-sensor, and light sensor. Basic additional features that come along with this phone are calendar, calculator, alarm, and clock. Important applications that are preinstalled in this phone are Google Play, Gmail, Hangouts, Google Search, Outlook email, and Regional language support. This handset (with a year worth's manufacturer warranty) comes with a battery, charger, and a user guide.
Design and Quality:
Available in candy bar form with a 4.3" screen, this handset is available in two colors - white, and black. It has a white backlit keyboard and three main navigation buttons on the front. The powerswitch is located on the rightside of the smart phone, with the volume toggle key right beneath it. The back of this phone has the camera on top and the LED flash to its left, and the speaker grill at the bottom of the back located on theleft side. This phone in its slab form looks very appealing due to its simplicity of design.
OS and Tech:
This dual sim phone (GSM + GSM) is both 2g and 3g enabled, and is powered by the Android v4.4 (KitKat) out of the box, which is one of the latest Android operating processors in the market. Clocked at 1.3 GHz quad core processor, this phone allows the user ease of usage due to its smooth running of applications along with multitasking. Apart from this, this phone has multiple connectivity features to boast of, including 3G, Wi-Fi, Edge, GPRS, A-GPS, micro-USB connectivity, Bluetooth with A2DP, and an audio jack of 3.5 mm.
Camera and Multimedia:
The main camera of this phone is of 5 MP, with an LED flash, digital zoom, and video recording. It is good enough to capture candid moments with to reminisce upon later. This phone comes with a secondary camera as well, but it is of VGA quality and is hence only good enough to make video calls with, since the pictures captured with the front-facing camera would not turn out of high quality. Other than this, this phone offers a music player, FM radio, and a video player supporting H.2643GP and MP4 formats.
Battery and Memory:
The Karbonn Titanium S12 Delite is a handset that comes equipped with a 1600 mAh Li-Ion battery, which takes up to 3 hours to charge. The phone has a battery backup for around 3 hours of talk time which then again isn’t the best backup time since you’d expect much more as the charging time is also so long. This smartphone has a low ROM of just 512 MB and the SD card slot comes preloaded with a 4 GB micro SD card which can be increased to up to 32 GB.
Pros and Cons:
Pros:
- Android v4.4 (KitKat)
- Affordable
- Fast processor
Cons:
- Low RAM
- Low battery-life
Verdict:
All in all, the Karbonn Titanium S12 Delite is not only pocket-friendly, but a phone that is pleasing to one's eyes, too. Compared to the Karbonn A14, the S12 Delite proves as a better choice because of the faster processor it possesses and because of better battery performance. However, the Huawei Ascend G6 could offer competition to the S12 Delite since the former has better cameras, battery life, screen size and screen resolution, though the S12 Delite performs better due to the fast processor it comes equipped with.