Review: Xolo Omega 5 Series

Introduction

Xolo has finally launched much awaited Omega series of smartphones –  Omega 5.0 & Omega 5.5 that too on an exclusive Twitter launch. Xolo phones are known for their impressive specifications at an affordable price. However their penetration has been relatively slow and these two phones will surely increase their arsenal & bring some positive news for the phone maker.

Omega Series from Xolo

Getting to know about Omega series

Both the variants will come in 5-inch plus display and will have a price differential of just Rs 1,000 between them. The look and design will be almost similar & comes with Hive UI which is customised version of Android Kitkat

Xolo Omega - sleek & elegant

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Build & Quality

Inside the hood, both the variants are quite similar:

Display: The Xolo Omega 5.0 features a 5-inch display with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels whereas Omega 5.5, features a 5.5-inch display

Camera: The Omega 5.0 features an 8 MP rear camera and a 2MP front camera whereas Omega 5.5 sports a 13MP main camera same 2MP camera for selfie lovers

Octa-core powered Omega

Battery: The Omega 5.0 phone is powered by a 2100mAh battery whereas Omega 5.5 is powered by 2600mAh battery

Processor & RAM: Both the Omega variants are powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa core Processor from Mediatek and 1GB of RAM

Storage: Both the variants boasts of 8GB of internal storage expandable upto 32GB using SD card

OS: The Omega series run a customised version of Android called Hive UI. Based on Android 4.4, Hive comes with features that allow users to share real-time feedback, new feature ideas, interact with the development team and other Hive users through the Connect app.

General Observations & Verdict

The Xolo Omega 5.0 is priced at Rs 8,999, while the large screen Omega 5.5 is priced at Rs 9,999. The company has announced that the phones will be available from December 10 and December 20, 2014 respectively.Only two aspects we felt could have been improved. Firstly RAM should have been around 2GB as future apps will be hardware hungry. Secondly, battery should have been atleast in 3000mAh category as current day apps eats a lot of memory.

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