Check it out! Coolpad tipped to launch Coolpad Note 3S - Is it a worthy sucessor?
Coolpad was once a brand that disrupted the market with specs-loaded Note3. Not only the, it even launched Note 3 Lite which has 3GB of Ram at a pocket-friendly price of Rs.6999. After all this disruptive start, something happened. Something went wrong. It seemed like Coolpad had forgotten which segment of customers it has to target.
Trust me, a person in India will buy a Coolpad device only when there is no other option left and the person loves more specs at a much lesser price. Coolpad is nowhere a BRAND in India. It has negligible fan base. So, its strategy should be to make such devices which will at least be comparable to the other Chinese or Indian manufacturers out there.
Now, Coolpad has launched not one but two devices on the same day i.e, 30th November, 2016 in India. One of them is Coolpad Mega 3 and other one is Coolpad Note 3S. We will talk about them one by one and tell you whether they are good enough to be considered or not.
In this blog, we will talk about the note 3 successsor, Coolpad Note 3S which has been launched at Rs.9999 in India. I guess 'S' here is for successor, but is it a worthy successor to its predecessor or not? Well, let us find out.
Specifications:
Coolpad Note 3S specifications include a 5.5inch HD display, Snapdragon 415 chipset which is octa-core clocked at 1.36 GHz, 3GB RAM and the common 13&5MP camera combination. First of all, we will start this discussion with the design of the smartphone. It comes with a unibody design having a 5.5inch HD display with 2.5D curves at the edges which make the device comfortable to hold. But again, why the hell have they given that ugly black border around the display and that too so wide that it appears a civil engineer had designed the phone and he ended up making a ring road around the display. I personally hate this device just because of this reason which makes it look ugly and distracting. By the way, unibody structure comes with an expected hybrid sim card slot.
Now, you already know that we have a smartphone with Snapdragon 430 in the market selling for the same price with almost the same specifications. Obviously, there is a very little naming difference in between Snapdragon 415 and Snapdragon 430 and even a little lower clock speed can also be accepted but what makes Snapdragon 430 really powerful is its generation-ahead GPU. SD430 comes with Adreno 505 againt Adreno 405 in SD415 and it is really superior in terms of performance. This is the primary reason why Coolpad went with only an HD display because Adreno 405 will take a hit entertaining the extra amount of pixels. So, processing power remains below average in this device considering its price. And yes, I don't want to talk about Redmi Note 3 which comes at the same price with Snapdragon 650!
As far as RAM is cnsidered, 3GB of RAM is good for multitasking. It comes with 32GB of internal memory which can be expanded upto 32GB with a microSD card provided you sacrifice a sim card usability. There is also a fingerprint sensor which makes unlocking easier. The phone also supports 4G VOLTE which is a good thing. The device comes with Android 6.0 with Cool UI 8.0 on the top.
I will not go in the details of camera because it needs to be tested carefully before making any comments. But, it comes with a good 13MP camera module at the back and a nice 5MP sensor at the front. Photos should come out to be good in good light environment.
Now the last thing which will stop any potential customer from buying this device is its battery. Yes, in today's age, a 5.5inch phone which weighs close to 170gm comes with a 2500mAh of battery. Ridiculous! Can the makers not see the current market? Can't they see how far technology has come? A 5inch phone today can fit a mammoth 4000mAh of battery and still look good. Why Coolpad
came up with such a low-standard capacity battery inside? Well, only Coolpad knows! So, final review - consider other options in the market which gives you better value for money and a better overall usability. Coolpad Note 3S is not a device to be considered at this price.
Even then if you can't stop yourself from buying this device, it will be exclusively available on Amazon starting December 7th.
