I was using Moto G for nearly 2 years. I wanted new phone so I researched for 1 month and settled for Vibe P1. I got this phone for 14.5k after applying SBI Credit card for 10% discount. Reasons why I chose Vibe P1 are given below:
Bad things people say about Vibe P1:
1. Less RAM: As I wanted to show off to my friends 3GB or 4GB. But personally I know that 2GB is more than enough for my regular use, and also fair for the price I'm paying. So no comments.
2. Screen is not so bright: But you can observe that only when you put another phone beside P1. In regular use you won't feel it. Also from settings you can turn on Super brightness mode to get amazing quality of brightness to put other phones to shame.
3. Heavy weight: It almost slipped twice from my hand the day I received it. Its heavy plus the back side don't have grip and even the cover also not helps in gripping. But after some days of use I'm used to its grip (See Update in the end of my review). I also don't feel weight too much because being Moto user which are usually heavy.
4. Camera: I don't know why people are complaining too much about camera, come on it's mobile not DSLR. I think its ok for the price you are paying. And also all mobiles' cameras are not good as professional cameras and struggle in low light conditions. I own Sony cybershot, so anyways I'm not going to use my phone for clicking vacation pics, this Vibe P1 camera is sufficient for my occasional use. If you know how to use mobiles camera (touch to focus and other adjustments), then you can get awesome pictures by it. It click the pic as soon as you touch the button, super-fast. You can click pics even when screen is off by double pressing any volume button.
5. No earphone: It's clearly mentioned in contents section of flipkart page, so why you people complain? It may have helped them to put a OTG adopter+ Screen guard+ Back cover, which you usually don't find with other phones.
6. Heating: Only people who have not updated 215MB+38MB update are complaining about heating. When you get this phone, immediately install these two updates to lower your frustration. ;) I played 4 hrs game today and found no unusual heating etc. And people stop using your phone while its being charged, as you know its 4900mAh huge battery and it is getting charged in only 1.5 hrs so its normal to generate some heat. So let it charge peacefully for for 1.5 hrs then you can use it for 2 days without interruption.
7. Creepy sound coming form home button: Some users complain this bizarre problem, but I didn't found it. May be its unique problem to some devices only.
Good things about Vibe P1:
1. Battery: I'm a heavy user, I play games, browse internet over wifi, make long calls. On extreme use by me on this Saturday, it gave me around 24 hrs of backup (includes 4 hours of gaming, 11 hours of Wifi use, 2 hours of call, Few hours of Video playback and other stuff). In normal use it would last 2-2.5 days OR 9-10 hours of Screen on time.
2. Fast Charging: It Gets full charge in 1.5 hrs, which is superb. Moto X Play also supports fast charging but they haven't provided a fast charger with Moto X play so you have to spend 20k for phone+ Price for charger. Whereas I got my Vibe P1 for 14.5k only. So its value for money.
3. Fingerprint Scanner: It works very well, with nearly 9:10 successful recognition. You don't have to press power button to wake phone, just put your finger and it will wake+unlock the device. My friend owns iPhone 5S and this Vibe P1 makes his phone ashamed by its fast wake+unlock feature.
4. Loooooud Speaker: Its too much loud, can wake up the neighbors ;) And the audio output is good too. Also note that the only right grill is for speaker, left grill is for microphone. So if you don't hear sound form left grill, just don't freak out. They give both sides same design to maintain the look of the phone.
5. Looks: This phone looks so premium like >30k phones by other companies. No one can guess its price by just looking at it. It has full metal body, which is also good to dissipate heat if any generated.
6. Miscellaneous: This phone does not lag on normal use, heats or anything else. Also note that only top part of back side opens to insert 2 SIMs and 1 microSD card.
I found no proper review of this phone on any site, but I'm thankful to all users on flipkart for clearing my doubts by their positive reviews. Thanks for bearing with my poor English, but I hope you get all what I wanted to say.
UPDATE (26 DEC 2015): It fell form my hand (credit goes to its grip less back) while I was on bike, display broken into pieces and looking so ugly, but touch & fingerprint working. The free transparent back cover broken into pieces. Lenovo Service Center will charge 9k for display replacement. So as soon you get this put tempered glass and good quality of back cover to prevent any accidental damage.
- Chandra Kant Singh16 Nov, 2015