Though Celkon not that renowned brand in the smart phones/feature phones segment in the Indian market, but already giving tough competition to the other well-established brands in India. Celkon, the Indian manufacturer, coming up with smart phones that not only guarantees quality build, but also centric customer service. Recently, the company rolled out the Celkon Campus A40 in three colours viz., the blue, yellow and white. The device created a buzz with success among the consumers because of its good features. Well, the question now, what makes it special? Given below, the detailed review of the gadget which makes it clear to understand.
Looks and design
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| New Celkon Campus A40 |
The 4.0 inch display, the screen resolution and the bright resolution catch the attention of the prospective buyers. The surprise that unlike other devices, this device comes with pointed edges. This may appear to some awkward as far as the looks concerned. However, some may take it in the casual way and think about it as one of those shifting trend in the latest mobile phone segment. Besides, a closer look clarifies it has the lessor number of hardware buttons on its body. One could find two buttons of the body apart from the soft keys. The volume button is on the side whiles the power button is located at the top above the body. Moreover, below the screen lies the three keys viz., the Home, Back and the Option keys.
Software features
The Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Operating System runs the system. Though this is not the latest one, but it featured to carry on most of the task with ease. The device has the five Home Screens to place shortcuts of applications and widgets. Moreover, the preloaded application like the BBM and the Opera Mini Browser are the top intelligent additions to the device. The device has a media player to play the music and videos. The sound quality output noteworthy and acceptable.
Hardware features
It runs on the 1.3 GHz Dual Core Processor and 512 MB of RAM. Besides, it has the 5.0 Mega pixel rear camera and a front VGA camera. Not difficult to understand, it does not shoot great quality pictures. However, it could play media rich games. It has the 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth as the connectivity options as any other smart phones these days. Besides, it has the dual Sim (GSM+GSM) feature and to insert the Sims, one has to remove the battery. Moreover, the 1500 mAh battery lasts for a day with a single recharge.
Verdict
The device available at the market price of RS 5,999. Now, taking the price into consideration, one must accept that the company providing good features at a moderate rate. The phone deserves some good rating because of its noteworthy preloaded content, the good quality sound output, more than decent battery strength and its capacity to play graphic rich games. However, if one could compromise with the picture quality and the less internal memory factor does not add as a burden, then surely one should not think twice before buying this gadget. Though, at this price range one or two alternative device option exists, but expecting too much from those devices on the quality score would not prudent enough.