Got marshmallow update for my On7, around 800MB, Seriously am loving this phone more now,everything is smooth and fine.
I was using a galaxy core i8262 and decided for a small upgrade as its more than 2 years old now,So went with this one.
I was looking for a phone with a min of 2gb ram. Lots of options are available like the K3 Note, Xiomi Mi,Zenphone etc but the main thing which is important to me was the availability of service centers in my city,thats why i went with samsung.
Came to see on5 in flipkart at an offer price of 8990/-. upon reading its reviews and comparison with on7. i came to know that on7 got better CPU than on5, though both has only 1.5gb ram,i dont use much apps on phone,just some basic apps like fb,whatsapp,imo, shareit,cam scanner,instagram etc so i thought the 1.5gb ram wont be an issue for me. I dont game on mobile,so no comments on gaming.Again i strongly suggest you to get a 2gb ram phone if you do gaming.
Looks: Coming to the phone,Its looks boxy,rechangle in shape which i like very much, it depents on personal taste and i like this shape very much. back panel is plastic just like my old phone so it doesnt matter for me.
Screen: is a 720P TFT Display which also felt very good ,has good colors and very good touch response.
Internal Memory : Available free memory is only 4.29GB,again as i said before wont be an issue for me as my application installation wont exceed more than 2gb. also bought a samsung class 10 32GB memory card,which is giving 23MB/s write speed and 70MB/s read speed as per sd benchmarking app.
Interface: UI is lag free,no lags noticed while normal use,app installation and all.
Camera: Both front cam and rear cam is very good for the price,both supports 1080p video recording.front cam also have a 120 degree selfie mode which is really good. beauty face feature is also available. The rear cam is a bit protruded so make sure to get a good case otherwise you will end up with a scratched cam lens.
Battery: is a 3000mah battery,charged for 6hrs and after that i turned on wifi and started installing all my fav apps on the phone,made calls,clicked photos still 50% remaining when it completed one day of use. am really happy with battery performance.Overnight battery usage is just 1-2%, from 11pm to morning 7am.
RAM: the main thing everyone is worried about, after installing all apps ( about 2gb) still free ram is 550MB before clearing ram and after cleaning,more than 700MB is available for use.even after opening all apps like fb,messenger etc,still got 300mb ram free. which is very impressive,i guess lollipop is doing very good ram management.
OTG: This phone supports OTG too, but only FAT file system i think because when i connected my NTFS formated pen drive,it said unsupported file system.
Call Quality: Call quality was the main thing i was worried about this phone as i could not find a review here, Call quality of this phone is very good and clear voice, call quality was poor when i used a friends k3 note. only thing i felt was ,the call speaker is so loud than someone standing near can hear whats the other guy is telling us. again which can be solved by reducing the volume i guess.
Loudspeaker: Loudspeaker is average i guess, Core was also having very low sound, This one is much better than core.its ok,nothing to worry on it. Still samsung is nowhere near lenovo phone loud speakers.
Heating: The phone doesnt heats up, Just a small warmth only when kept in hands for a ling time,dont know whether its because of the climate here, No other heating,Didnt tried gaming,No heating during calls too,Phone remained cool even after on call for 30mins.
Size and Weight: Phone feels bit heavy at 172gms and 5.5" is bit big too. But i have big hands so no problem for me even for single handed use. 5.5" screen and big keypad made typing easier for me.
After 6 months:
No heating issues, never hanged or restarted, never reset till date and everything is fine and error free. Very good battery backup, camera isnt that great during low light conditions, but very good on sunny days and under good lighting. Front cam is very good. No signal problems, works fine with 4g too. Internal memory is less, only 2gb is free for me, if its a problem for you.otherwise no worries.no software issues. No battery drainibg issues, still overnight drain is just 1%, max 2% in 10hours. Display colours isnt that vibrant as amoled displays like j7, still happy with a good budget device from samsung.
- Aneesh Satheendran1 Jan, 2016