It can also be expected to see tremendous enthusiasm about this device. The phone has HD screen, 4G LTE support, fast-moving processor and high-quality camera. And all these things in less than Rs 5,000. If the company manages to reconcile between demand and supply, it is possible that it fully defeats the other Chinese brand smartphone with Xiaomi in the market. This will also affect Samsung and other high-end devices making companies. This will be very interesting.
Look and design
From today’s level, U Unik is a very compact phone and the reason is 4.7 inch screen. The dimensions of the phone are 134.5 x 67.5 x 8.3 millimeters and weighs 128 grams, although it gives a feeling of being smaller. Overall, the look is a large extent premium, but as soon as you take it in your hands, confusion seems to be broken. You will realize that the rear part is made of plastic on which a rubber -like coating. It usually starts to be uprooted from different places after long use or becomes slightly glued.
The U Brand logo is built above the screen. There is a front camera on one side and LED sensor next to the earpiece grill. The micro-USB port is at the bottom and a 3.5 mm headset socket top. The power button is placed in the middle of the volume button, we did not like it. As long as we had this phone, we could not get accustomed to this setup and kept pressing the wrong button again and again.
The rear part has a camera with LED flash. Its design is very similar to the camera setup of U Euphoria. Another logo of U brand in the device is at the bottom of the rear panel.
The micro-SIM slot camera is made on either side of the lens and also has a micro SD card slot. U Unique comes with a charger and a USB cable. For some reason the company has given a bright blue color LED in the charger. Its light is disturbing in the dark.
Specification and software
U is not the first product of the company in which efforts have been made to present powerful hardware in the budget phone, but the company is gradually getting better in this matter. The smartphone comes with a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor and 1 GB of RAM, but the company is emphasizing the phone’s HD 720X1280 pixel display and LTE support in marketing. The inbuilt storage of the handset is 8 GB and the battery of 2000 mAh. The rear camera has an 8 megapixel sensor and the front camera of 2 megapixels.
Almost in every way the Younik phone is similar to Xiaomi Redmi 2. However, it is cheaper by Rs 1,000 and also more sleek. More differences between the two devices will be detected in the software.
The U Unique Android runs on the stock version of the 5.1 Lollipop. This is the first handset in the U family with a distance from CyanogenOS 12. The company says that if the users want, they can install the cyanogen.
U has inserted a new web browser which has been named Uunivel. This is mainly the customized version of the opera. In addition to one or two features, the operating system is a complete stock version of Android, which is a good thing.
Camera
The performance of Xiaomi’s cheap smartphone camera has been good. In this case, UNIK seems to be lagging behind. The photos taken from the smartphone camera had less detailing than expected. Pictures were good when the camera screen or Facebook was posted, but the lack of view on the computer screen was clearly visible.
The pictures taken at night became more weak. When there was more motion, they became blurred. Until the picture was taken in the straight light, the shots came very noble. We had trouble locking focus on the subject many times. It was also learned that if you are not dependent on the autofocus, the results will be better.
The camera app is fine. The video output of the camera was also not great, but we also have to take care of the price of the phone. Perhaps we have become more used to. It is so clear that in other cases, even though this device is trying to compete with the device above its range, the camera is very average.
Performance
We did not have any problem to use this phone. The device realized being more expensive than its price. The screen is sharp and crisp, but the viewing angle is not the best. In sunlight, reading anything on the screen of the handset is bothering.
Our 1080 pixel resolution test video handsets run easily. The sound is loud than the built in speaker, but it is scattered on low volumes too. The good thing is that even after playing the game for a long time, we did not realize the warmth of the handset. The battery video lasted for 9 hours and 12 minutes on the loop test. The results of the benchmark test were also fine.
Our decision
U Unique is identified by its price. In this case it defeats Xiaomi Redmi 2 by a huge margin. In some cases it is a better device, such as its own different style and stock Android experience. However, the battery is weak and the performance of the camera is also average. Apart from this, UNIK is available through the flash cell which does not fall for the consumer. At the same time, Xiaomi has improved the supply in view of the increasing demand in India and has also made the sale process easier.
You have to make some compromise with U Unique. If you are ready for him, save Rs 1,000 and be happy. By the way, both phones have good performance. The displays are also excellent and also 4G LTE support. Until some time ago, a smartphone with such a great specification in this price could not be imagined. But today, the user has many options. This is a great time for those who buy cheap phones.