Comparatively new in the mobile market, Obi has launched its new budget Android budget, Obi crane S550. The price of the device is AED 600, which makes it a reasonable entry level smartphone with amazing configuration.
The operating system installed in the device is Android 4.4 aka KitKat, while the processor is 1.3GHz quad-core designed by MediaTek. The device is fuelled with 1 GB RAM, forming a decent combination to with OS and processor to run the device smoothly without any hanging issues and offers you to run even most extensive applications and multitask with utmost ease.
The Obi crane S550 comes up with a 5.5 inch TFT IPS capacitive touch screen, which offers you a wide and visual view. The screen resolution of 540 x 960 pixels makes it a decent phone, but not enough to provide clear picture quality. The phone gives you a quick, responsive quality when touched, with good input and output quality which makes the navigation process easy and fun.
Apart from the screen’s performance, the looks of the phone is equally highlighting and smart. The dimensions of 151.80 x 79.00 x 9.00 mm and weight of 177 grams make easily handleable and fits in the pocket with not much of weight. The sleek and stylishly looking phone has a classy profile
The device is blessed with 8 MP back camera which that is coupled with features like LED flash, Geotagging, HDR, panoramic mode and face detection and is capable of recording fine videos and click sharp pictures. The front camers is of 5 MP which allows you to click perfect selfies or making a video call using apps like skype, facebook etc with clear view of the face.
The internal storage capacity of the device is 8 GB, which can be expanded up to 32 GB through an external microSD card. This amazing storage capability makes sure that you are able to store a lot of pictures, applications, songs, videos and important documents without even worrying about the stirage space.
Apart from the camera quality, the phone also has a music player and video player in pocket which can be run on several formats. The phone has a pre-installed amazing gaming file with amazing android supported games and along with that a set of useful pre-installed apps, including some social networking apps like Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram which would keep the users entertained.
The connectivity options induced in the device are Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth and a USB port that allows you to connect to your friends and family with ease. 2400 mAh 3.7V Li-ion Removable battery provide power to the device, which will make sure that you don’t have to carry the charger all the time. It is a dual SIM device that allows you to connect to two networks at the same time.
Affordable price, good camera quality, decent processor makes Obi crane S550 worth buying if you do not wish to invest heavily on hi-fi smartphones.
Price: AED 600 approx.
