Karbonn's A9 Smart is a new android smart phone from mobile manufacturer karbonn. One of our readers Amey Nevrekar has sent us the User Experience Review of the Karbonn A9 smart. Check out the review in his own words.
- Front camera is good to have.
- Processor 1GHz. It has decent speed
- Loaded with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) which is the most stable OS. Many software/apps to download from Google Play Apps. Plays Adobe flash, pdf, Office, Hindi text, Siri, Voice assistant.
- Flashlight
- Screen resolution and body quality is good.
- Tethering, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth works fine.
- Has Accelerometer.
- GPS Maps
- PC suite, manuals, Phone accessories (such as Scratch Gurad, Case, Cover, etc) are not available yet..
- Display goes blank when calling or receiving calls. You have to press power button to wake up the screen. (After investigating, I found, this problem exist in almost all smartphones). May need to install Screebl.
- No Gyroscope. Compass will not work..
- Sound quality is fair (could have been better & louder), but sometimes it seems Mono when loud, due to speakers at the back of handset.
- Qwerty keypad during calls & SMS does not rotate to landscape by default...Need to install Go SMS & other Go Apps to make it work.
- Available only in White color.
- Few service centers.
I would recommend everyone who wants to buy this phone. Yes..it is not branded like Nokia, Samsumg, HTC, but looks like a solid phone having acceptable quality & performance. I am sure Karbonn will try to improve their support and will give tough competition to other phones..just like Micromax already has..
Hope this helps others in their buying decisions.
Karbonn A9 User Review & Price
I am using karbonn A9 from past week & there are some significant advantages & disadvantages of this phone. Overall A9 is a great phone to have at low price which is just Rs. 8590/-
Karbonn A9 Pros:
- Camera of 5MP produces great pictures, even in the dark. You can record video with the flash on in the dark. Quality is decent.- Front camera is good to have.
- Processor 1GHz. It has decent speed
- Loaded with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) which is the most stable OS. Many software/apps to download from Google Play Apps. Plays Adobe flash, pdf, Office, Hindi text, Siri, Voice assistant.
- Flashlight
- Screen resolution and body quality is good.
- Tethering, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth works fine.
- Has Accelerometer.
- GPS Maps
Karbonn A9 Cons:
- Battery, though 1600mah (larger than most Smartphones in the market), is still weak to support features. It drains out within 7-8 hours..I guess that is with every phone.- PC suite, manuals, Phone accessories (such as Scratch Gurad, Case, Cover, etc) are not available yet..
- Display goes blank when calling or receiving calls. You have to press power button to wake up the screen. (After investigating, I found, this problem exist in almost all smartphones). May need to install Screebl.
- No Gyroscope. Compass will not work..
- Sound quality is fair (could have been better & louder), but sometimes it seems Mono when loud, due to speakers at the back of handset.
- Qwerty keypad during calls & SMS does not rotate to landscape by default...Need to install Go SMS & other Go Apps to make it work.
- Available only in White color.
- Few service centers.
Karbonn A9 Price
Overall, its a great buy. It blows off all the phones in the market with the similar specs.specially in Price,Any other phone with this spec would cost around 14k-15k. But this one comes for Rs. 8999 from Infibeam. Adexmart show Rs. 8590 but is out of stock there.I would recommend everyone who wants to buy this phone. Yes..it is not branded like Nokia, Samsumg, HTC, but looks like a solid phone having acceptable quality & performance. I am sure Karbonn will try to improve their support and will give tough competition to other phones..just like Micromax already has..
Hope this helps others in their buying decisions.
Karbonn's A9 Smart is a new android smart phone from mobile manufacturer karbonn. One of our readers Amey Nevrekar has sent us the User Experience Review of the Karbonn A9 smart. Check out the review in his own words.
- Front camera is good to have.
- Processor 1GHz. It has decent speed
- Loaded with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) which is the most stable OS. Many software/apps to download from Google Play Apps. Plays Adobe flash, pdf, Office, Hindi text, Siri, Voice assistant.
- Flashlight
- Screen resolution and body quality is good.
- Tethering, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth works fine.
- Has Accelerometer.
- GPS Maps
- PC suite, manuals, Phone accessories (such as Scratch Gurad, Case, Cover, etc) are not available yet..
- Display goes blank when calling or receiving calls. You have to press power button to wake up the screen. (After investigating, I found, this problem exist in almost all smartphones). May need to install Screebl.
- No Gyroscope. Compass will not work..
- Sound quality is fair (could have been better & louder), but sometimes it seems Mono when loud, due to speakers at the back of handset.
- Qwerty keypad during calls & SMS does not rotate to landscape by default...Need to install Go SMS & other Go Apps to make it work.
- Available only in White color.
- Few service centers.
I would recommend everyone who wants to buy this phone. Yes..it is not branded like Nokia, Samsumg, HTC, but looks like a solid phone having acceptable quality & performance. I am sure Karbonn will try to improve their support and will give tough competition to other phones..just like Micromax already has..
Hope this helps others in their buying decisions.
Karbonn A9 User Review & Price
I am using karbonn A9 from past week & there are some significant advantages & disadvantages of this phone. Overall A9 is a great phone to have at low price which is just Rs. 8590/-Karbonn A9 Pros:
- Camera of 5MP produces great pictures, even in the dark. You can record video with the flash on in the dark. Quality is decent.- Front camera is good to have.
- Processor 1GHz. It has decent speed
- Loaded with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) which is the most stable OS. Many software/apps to download from Google Play Apps. Plays Adobe flash, pdf, Office, Hindi text, Siri, Voice assistant.
- Flashlight
- Screen resolution and body quality is good.
- Tethering, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth works fine.
- Has Accelerometer.
- GPS Maps
Karbonn A9 Cons:
- Battery, though 1600mah (larger than most Smartphones in the market), is still weak to support features. It drains out within 7-8 hours..I guess that is with every phone.- PC suite, manuals, Phone accessories (such as Scratch Gurad, Case, Cover, etc) are not available yet..
- Display goes blank when calling or receiving calls. You have to press power button to wake up the screen. (After investigating, I found, this problem exist in almost all smartphones). May need to install Screebl.
- No Gyroscope. Compass will not work..
- Sound quality is fair (could have been better & louder), but sometimes it seems Mono when loud, due to speakers at the back of handset.
- Qwerty keypad during calls & SMS does not rotate to landscape by default...Need to install Go SMS & other Go Apps to make it work.
- Available only in White color.
- Few service centers.
Karbonn A9 Price
Overall, its a great buy. It blows off all the phones in the market with the similar specs.specially in Price,Any other phone with this spec would cost around 14k-15k. But this one comes for Rs. 8999 from Infibeam. Adexmart show Rs. 8590 but is out of stock there.I would recommend everyone who wants to buy this phone. Yes..it is not branded like Nokia, Samsumg, HTC, but looks like a solid phone having acceptable quality & performance. I am sure Karbonn will try to improve their support and will give tough competition to other phones..just like Micromax already has..
Hope this helps others in their buying decisions.