Videocon A30 - Small Price Offering With A King Size Experience!

Price: $155

Ratings: 3/5

First impressions

Videocon A 30 is one of those budget Android Phones, which you do want to consider purchasing but it fails miserably in impressing you on the looks that you would not pick it up. A white back panel and black from the front, this bar phone would only impress you once you switch it on. From a shelf placement perspective, it loses interest but on perfor­mance it impresses. With a touchscreen that is 4 inches in size, the phone is trying to make an impression on two of its aspects - price and the hardware.

Videocon A 30 is one of those budget Android Phones, which you do want to consider purchasing but it fails miserably in impressing you on the looks that you would not pick it up.

Review

When we started using the Videocon A 30, we were impressed with the way it functions on dual SIM. It offered seamless performance and did not drain the battery as much as we expected. The TFT touchscreen is highly re­sponsive and it was fun playing games on the phone. The 1 GHz Dual Core processor along with the Android 4.0 - Ice Cream Sandwich OS is a great combination for a budget phone. It does offer connectivity over Wi-Fi and the sleek design make it an extremely handy phone. The phone comes with built - in apps like Facebook and TOI that also work perfectly. Internet browsing was good until we used it for general web pages. Streaming videos was a pain on the device.

The drawback of this device, is its camera. The 5 megapixel camera does not offer the perfor­mance one expects from it. Sound quality of the device while playing music is quite average too. The auto brightness features is pretty useless, you might want to stick to adjusting the brightness manually. When we connected the device to the charger, the touchscreen stopped functioning immediately.

The 5 megapixel camera does not offer the perfor­mance one expects from it.

Verdict

Videocon A 30 is a smartphone that offers value for money. Targeted at those who are looking for utility and not an swanky look­ing phone, this is a great pick. Although, from its build quality it appears to be fragile but it does offer great performance. Basic functions like calling, messaging, gaming, etc. work without a glitch. The battery life is not too bad either. When compared to its competitors like the Samsung Galaxy Y Duos, Videocon A 30 is surely worth consid­ering prior to making a purchase decision.

Videocon A 30

Specifications ·         3.5-inch (480×320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display ·         Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with Dual Standby ·         Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS ·         1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor ·         3MP rear Camera, VGA front-facing camera ·         3G (HSDPA 7.2Mbps), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth with A2DP and GPS ·         FM Radio with Recording ·         256MB RAM, 512MB Internal memory, Expandable memory up to 16GB with micro SD ·         1350 mAh battery