Is the latest product of carbon Titanium Mac Five (Titanium machine five). The specifications of this budget smartphone available for Rs 5,999 are going to woo. A 5 -megapixel front camera with flash, besides the device, has an IR blaster and a 5 -inch HD screen. Will Mach Five be able to create a distinct identity in the budget segment due to these features? We will try to know this in the review of the handset.
Look and design
Despite being in the entry-level price segment, Karbonn Titanium Mach Five seems interesting. There is so much specialty in its design that it looks fresh. The phone is available in champagne, silver and blue-white color. There is a thick black strip around the screen. Three soft (keys) are made at the bottom of the screen. These are backlit but only look effective in darkness.
The rear panel of the device is detachable. Detachebells of power and volume are made on the panel. The 3.5mm audio port and IR blaster is made on the top of the device, while the micro-USB port at the bottom of the device. This device with a thickness of 7.3mm is neither thicker nor completely slim. Given the price, we have no complaint with the look and design of this phone.
Specification and software
Karbonn Titanium Mach Five In the 5-inch (720×1280-pixel) screen, 16GB of inbuilt storage (support for 32GB microSD card) and 2GB RAM (RAM). The device runs on the 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor, this SOC is popular in the budget range device. The phone has a 2,200mAh battery and runs on Android 5.0 (Android 5.0) operating system.
The biggest rival of Mach Five is Motorola Moto E (Gen 2) (Review). Mach Five has defeated Moto E in terms of RAM, inbuilt storage, display size and resolution. Talking on paper, Mach Five appeals more in this price range than Moto E (Gen 2). However, a phone cannot be evaluated only on the basis of specification.
The user interface is very light and to a large extent like the stock version of Android Lollipop. Many games and apps on the device are already installed that can be removed. The Titanium Mach Five also has a Swiftkyy keyboard. Peel Smart Remote app is also present, so that IR blaster can be taken advantage of. After the initial problems, we managed to use the remote app and eye blaster with LG and Videocon TV present in our office. It did a good job. To a large extent like a normal remote.
Despite being very close to stock Android, Karbonn Titanium Mach Five does not have much control and customization option for the user. The biggest drawback is that the option to display the battery percentage on the status bar (it is not possible to do so through the third party app). The interface works well, but through this you cannot completely customize your phone according to your needs. It was very disappointed.
Camera
The Karbonn Titanium Mach Five has an 8 -megapixel rear and a 5 -megapixel front camera. Flash is also provided with both cameras. By the way, the front camera flash gives less light than the rear. The front camera works very well. Along with good selfie, it also takes fine pictures of low light. Camera software also did a good job on most occasions. And it also has some useful features. Shooting mode, filter, flash and camera switcher can be easily accessed. The sensor focuses rapidly.
Whenever we opened the camera app, we encountered the tutorial screen. Tabing on the back button closes the tutorial page and after that you can go to the page of your desire, but it was very disturbing. For this reason you are unable to take photos fast. However, we later came to know that once the entire tutorial is taken, it becomes disabled which takes about 30 seconds.
Despite being a budget device, the performance of its camera was surprised in a pleasant way. The 8 -megapixel sensor took sharp and detail picture in regular light. Low lights saw a decrease in sharpness and color. Even after having a device of Rs 6,000, the performance of Karbonn Titanium Mach Five in the camera department is good.
Performance
The performance of Karbonn Titanium Mach Five was average in daily use. Interfaces and apps smooth. Mach Five got 20,084 and 9,380 points in AnTuTu and Quadrant Benchmark Tests respectively. GFXBench and 3DMark Tests scored 6.9fps and 2867 respectively, this is slightly lower.
Playing our test video Karbonn Titanium Mach Five Had the problem. The phone played the light video easily. Even though Mach Five has a 720p screen, its GPU is not suitable for tasks with more graphics.
Talking about speaker volume, call quality, reception and Wi-Fi strength, the performance in this department is similar to another budget smartphone. We have a complaint about the sensitivity of the touch of the phone, which sometimes read the swipe. Soft did not register the tap occasionally, due to which we could not handle the phone comfortably. This device is weak in terms of battery life. The battery video of Karbonn Titanium Mach Five lasted for 7 hours 36 minutes in the video loop test.
Our decision
Despite the low price, the list of specifications of Karbonn Titanium Mach Five is very spectacular. Very few devices are available in the market with 2GB RAM, Android’s stock version experience and fine camera for just Rs 6,000. Apart from this, Titanium Mach Five also has front flash and an IR blaster, along with surprise look and HD screen.
The phone looks weak due to performance and software shortcomings. Customization options are not much and many such fine things are not available whose Android users have become accustomed. Software -related deficiencies can be corrected through firmware updates, but when they will come, nothing can be said.
This is a phone that is good in some cases and some bad in some cases. However, the Mach Five of Rs 5,999 will definitely appeal to the budget user who are looking for good cameras and beautiful displays. If your plan is to buy a budget device, then you can consider this smartphone.