Micromax Had Climbed The Crown Of Top Selling Phones in India, Though The Bad Reputation of After Sale Service it Maintained its Place, But Now Micromax Wants to be a Standout From Other Companies Offerings, The Result is YU-Televentures a Subsidiary Brand of Micromax With Cyanogen Mod as Partner. The Main Aim of Yu is to Target Youth and Tech Savvy with Tight Budget Constraints and Intelligent Marketing.
Unlike The Micromax Regular Bloatware, YU Comes With Clean and Yet Powerful of CyanogenMod OS 11 (KitKat 4.4.4). The Box in Which it's packed Looks Similar to That of Xiaomi. Looks Like Micromax is Trying Hard To Sustain, So did YU Justify The Requirement?? Find Out.
Display: Though The Phone sports 5.5 Inches it is Good Enough to Operate With One Hand and also when compared with the Redmi Note 4G which is the competitor of Yu this Device looks premium and also the Back of the device looks similar to that of One Sandstone Black. The Device is 13.97 mm HD IPS Display with 1280*720p Resolution and 267 PPI with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Protections. The Viewing angles are not the bestThough the said it has 80-degree viewing angles.
Physical Overview: Though it is the device, they are no signs of its branding on the device nor the box. The volume buttons and power lock/unlock buttons are on the sides that are easily reachable though the fact that it is. USB slot is at the bottom and headphone jack on the top. On opening the back panel, you can find, SD card slot and two micro slots while on back the device has 13MP Auto Focus camera and on the front 5MP camera.
Performance: Yurekha is one the few devices powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chipset with 64Bit support, Clocked at 1.5GHz with 2GB Ram. Games like Modern Combat 5 and Asphalt 8 which ran without any issuesWith Some Intense Testing we Say that YU Can run anything you through at it provides that you have memory in it.
Camera: There is 13MP f22 aperture Sony IMX 135 CMOS Sensor Rear Camera With 5P Large with Blue Lens Architecture Can Record 4K Videos also and 24FPS frame rate and 5MP Front Camera. The Camera Has Decent Amount of Tweaks Like Live Filter, Exposure Control, Burst Mode and Video Can Recorded in SLO-MO and Time LapseCamera Interface is Simple Enough For Modifying the Filters and Options. The Day Lighting Pictures are Clear and Had Very Less Noise in Them with lot of details Captured, The Focus was Sharp and the Closeup Shots were Sharp, but the low lighting was a bit of as it sometimes struggles with no sufficient ambient light, as a result, he wider shots and long distance shots turned out good but close-ups were a hit or miss here with no doubt best camera in this price range
Battery: The Battery on YU is 2500, which might be less in numbers but then the battery backup was decent. We played games for around half n hour, and the battery dropped by 9% and on continuous video playback the battery lasted for around 9 hours. So to sum it up the battery performance is decent and depends on individual's usage.
Software and Connectivity: YU Comes with Android 4.4.4 on top of Cyanogen mod OS 11. is themes that change the complete look and feel of the device. From the boot animation to everything can be customized. As far as the connectivity the device supports 4G bands for faster connectivity and faster speeds with CAT4 150mbps Download speeds.
Bottom Word: YU Got it Correct on Some Levels. It's a Tough Competitor For Redmi Note 4G and Asus Zenfone 5 (3G)
Pro's
- Camera
- 615 Octacore Chipset
- 4G Connectivity
- Customization Levels
- Pricing
Con's
- Heating Issues
- Limited Availability
- OS Glitches
