First Look Of Max: Coolpad's Most Expensive Smartphone

New Delhi, Sat, 28 May 2016 NI Wire

Priced at Rs. 24,999 - Coolpad Max has turned out to be the most expensive smartphone from the Chinese smartphone make Coolpad. With this huge price take, it is supposedly going to compete with the mighty ones in the market like Xiaomi Mi 5.

Is this price tag justified? Well, this we can say only once we get through the details of the device and understand its specifications in detail.

Design

One look at the Coolpad Max and you'll find it to be sharing a striking resemblance to that of the elite iPhone 6S. It comes all decked with a metal body, cured glass screen and round edges. The smartphone is indeed a bit heavy when held in hand.

There is a non-removable back panel where you'll find its 13MP main camera with LED flash, the fingerprint sensor as well as the Coolpad branding. On the left side of the device you'll find the volume keys and the power key is placed at the right. At the bottom edge of the device you'll have 3.5mm audio jack, its speaker unit and micro-USB port.

Display

Coming to the display, the Coolpad Max sports a 5.4-inch Full HD display which offers 1080x1920 pixels resolution. Its display is quite good and offers amazingly sharp colors. Even under bright sunlight, the smartphone will offer better visibility. The viewing angles also perform well.

Hardware

The all new rich Coolpad Max is backed by a 1.5GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor coupled with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. The powerful processor and RAM size indeed make it a great performer. It appears to be good at handling multiple apps and gaming but the real picture would be out once we have the final review in hand.

Software

At the software front, the Coolpad Max runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop along with Coolpad's personalized UI. Max's UI offers no app drawer and its app icons can be seen on the home screen. So far, Coolpad Max has been drawing in attention for its 'Dual in One' system which apparently creates two essential spaces - Private and Main, within the OS. The files, personal contacts or any information which is stored in Private space will only be accessible to the owner.

In the Private space you can even create a separate phone book, WhatsApp account and lot more. The Main space allows both owner and other uses to access general information and access to apps like we see normally in other smartphones.Apps like Facebook and WhatsApp come pre-loaded in the device and you'll get a lot more apps pre-installed.  Some of which are specifically designed for Coolpad like the Rock Wallpaper and Cool Services store.

Camera

Moving on to the camera, Coolpad Max has a 13MP primary camera backed by LED flash along with 5MP front-camera for selfies. Camera app as seen in Coolpad Max is quite simple to operate and it comes with the different photography modes that allow you to capture various types of pictures and even improves your camera experience. The camera quality is said to be good but it is yet to be seen how well it fares in this department and the low light images are of prime concern because of late we've seen many budget and high-end devices lagging in producing good quality images under low light.

Verdict

As we said in the beginning of the article, it's too early to say or predict the future of Colpad Max. The device for sure is company's most expensive handset till date, its specifications are also good but how far they will justify its high price is something we'll have to wait and watch for.

Do watch out this space for more updates on the Coolpad Max!

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