XOLO Q1000

Not even a month has passed & the power button has stopped working.nCustomer care number (1800 3010 0104) is always busynCustomer care executives are not eager to help & are misinformednPick & drop service on paper but not available in realnThey need 5 days to repair a button and won't provide a standby phonnThere is only on e service center in Delhi/NCR. There are some collection points insteadnThe collection points won't repair but send your device to a service center in JanakpurinThey have very few "Collection points" (6 in Delhi, 1 in Gurgaon)nYou won't be allowed to go to the service center directlynnThey will not reply to your specific questions on mails & would repeat some crap like "take backup and drop your defective phone at collection point....."nnI am disgusted & frustrated. Now i am planning to send a consumer court notice.

I am writing my review on Day 2 of possessing my phone.n Full disclosure : n1. Since I like this phone so far, some of my reviews may be out of positive emotions any new gadget can bringn2. I am not a hard-core gamer so my review will be for average to power-users.nnFlipkart :n I think there's no second thoughts here that Flipkart has been exceptional. I ordered this phone on Sunday (2nd June) and got it on 3rd June in the evening. So kudos to Flipkart!nnXOLO Q1000: nThe specs of this phone are wonderful almost akin to Samsung Galaxy S3. Let me point out what the short comings of the actual product are and how big a deal-breaker can they be.nnPhyisical appearance : This phone is quite a handful. Looks very pretty. Operating with one hand might be a slight problem because of the giantness of this phone. Your thumb can stretch and ache a bit moving from one end to another. But then, am not overly worried about it. It's fun. The back of the phone is rich looking but buttery smooth. Butter-fingers need to be careful while handling this, as the phone might pop. Having a phone-case should fix this problem. nnDisplay : Gorgeous. 720p is pretty awesome and the colors look true and running You-tube 720p videos make you jump with the clarity you get. Full marks here.nnSound : Little disappointed here. Make no mistake, I can hear the other party well. But I really need to focus to hear them out well. So, be prepared for a limited volume phone reception. This is not a big deal for me and for people whom this could be, I'd suggest using a headset.nnPerformance: I was using an Apple Iphone3 before this and I didn't find that big a jump in a quad-core processor. Scrolling screens is ultra smooth but there were a few occassions when the phone did take a little more time in fetching data or populating a setting screen that I'd expect. The capacitive buttons too did not respond a few times as the phone was busy processing. I guess this happens is Samsung galaxy also. Again this issue was isolated and at this point ignorable.nnBattery : On day 1, I used up 50 percent in 3 hours. But I was fully browsing and downloading non-stop as any gadget-freak would be fiddlig with their phones on day 1. On day 2, I emptied the fully charged battery in 10 hours. Bug again I was having heavy browsing and downloading. So battery I am sure would last better than this, but being such a monstrous phone with quadcore and 720p display, I don't expect miracles honestly. So expect a full day's charge with moderage usage. nnOn the battery front I noticed two more things. Having both the SIMS loaded will gobble up more battery because the phone has to be in radio contact with two towers. I'd suggest to disable the second one and use it only when absolutely necessary. but then this is my take on it.nThe second thing I noticed is, I tried to drain the battery to empty and then recharge it so that the system recalibrates. I was stunned to notice that the last 1 percent lasted for 40 minutes. I am thinking that the battery was not calibrated at all. So this could be another tip. Drain it the first day to absolute zero and recharge it.nnCamera: didn't experiment in detail. On the surface, it looks strictly okay. Nothing fantastic. I will update this review if possible in days to come.nnOverall am happy with this phone so far. A very good buy if you ignore the few inconveniencess that make this phone.