As the market gets flooded with large display devices at ever more appealing price points, buyers are spoilt for choice. While the likes of Micromax and Spice are the elephants in the room, Karbonn isn’t far behind either. The brand new Karbonn Titanium S5 Pro brings a large display, above average performance to a very appealing price point. Read on to find out our opinion of the phone.
Hardware
First impressions make a difference and the Karbonn Titanium S5 Pro certainly makes a good one. Clean lines are visible with the white front surrounded by a faux chrome bezel. Above the display is an earpiece grille flanked by the front facing camera and the proximity sensor. The dimensions of the phone are quite svelte at just 138 x 70.5 x 7.9 mm. The slim bezels around the display further make the device feel quite small.
Software
The Karbon Titanium S5 Plus runs on Android 4.2.2 with a custom interface layer on top of it. Karbonn has done a fairly decent job at optimization here and the interface remains lag free at all times. Additionally, the changes while not exactly minimal are quite pleasing to the eye.
Within the notification drawer are the standard set of quick access toggles that you can activate depending on your requirements. Some of the built in applications like the music player have been giving an interface overhaul too. A few additional apps like a File Manager, Flashlight, WhatsApp, demo version of Modern Combat 4 amongst others have also been installed. In our testing the interface proved to be well optimized and quite appealing to look at.
Performance
Under the hood of the Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus is a 1.3GHz quad-core processor paired with 1GB of RAM. Performance of the phone remains consistently good for the most part. The 1GB of RAM facilitates an above average multi tasking experience. Using resource intensive apps does induce a bit of lag due to budget minded processor but in day to day usage this isn’t an issue. Gaming too is generally good though the latest games exhibit dropped frames when played at the highest settings. We ran the phone through standard benchmarks and here are the results. Synthetic benchmarks don’t tell the entire tale but are a reliable means of putting a number to the performance of the device. The device scores consistently well in most of the benchmarks.
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| GENERAL | 2G Network | GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 3G Network | HSDPA 2100 | |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Mini-SIM) | |
| Announced | 2013, December | |
| Status | Available. Released 2013, December |
| BODY | Dimensions | 138 x 70.5 x 7.9 mm (5.43 x 2.78 x 0.31 in) |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 104.5 g (3.70 oz) |
| DISPLAY | Type | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 540 x 960 pixels, 5.0 inches (~220 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 32 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Internal | 4 GB, 1 GB RAM |
| DATA | GPRS | Yes |
|---|---|---|
| EDGE | Yes | |
| Speed | HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, with A2DP | |
| USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
| CAMERA | Primary | 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Geo-tagging | |
| Video | Yes | |
| Secondary | Yes |
| FEATURES | OS | Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Quad-core 1.3 GHz | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, proximity | |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM | |
| Browser | HTML | |
| Radio | FM radio | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support | |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| Colors | Black, White | |
| - SNS integration - MP3/AAC/WMA/WAV player - MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - Organizer - Document viewer - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input |
| BATTERY | Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery | |
|---|---|---|
| Stand-by | ||
| Talk time |
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