Coolpad introduced Conjr, its latest budget smartphone with unibody metal design at the CES 2017 last week. Now the company has announced that the phone could launch in India as early as this month. The phone packs a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor, has 3GB of RAM and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Cool UI 8.0. Continue reading “Coolpad Conjr with 5-inch display, 3GB RAM, metal body expected to launch in India this January”
Coolpad has been on a roll recently. From the Mega 3 to the Cool 1 Dual, the Note 3S marks the third handset launched within the last month. The phone takes a renewed focus on design and well-balanced performance. Here’s our review of the Coolpad Note 3S. Continue reading “Coolpad Note 3S Review”
The Coolpad Cool 1 Dual was born soon after LeEco’s Jia Yueting took as Chairman. A phone that combines the best of LeEco and Coolpad’s technical capabilities and retains the essence of what makes each company distinctly unique, we’ve been testing out the handset over the last couple of days. Here’s our review of the Coolpad Cool 1 where we explore what we liked and disliked about the device. Continue reading “Coolpad Cool 1 Dual Review”
Coolpad just launched Cool 1, the company’s latest smartphones that was introduced back in August in collaboration with LeEco and Coolpad. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 SoC, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has dual 13-megapixel rear cameras with f/2.0 aperture, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), dual-tone LED flash offering depth sensing and with bokeh. It also has an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Coolpad Cool 1 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 652, 4GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 13999”
They say that necessity is the mother of invention and true to that, Dual SIM smartphones were born out of the needs of business users, users who travelled a lot and those who often faced signal issues with specific networks. The uptake has been slow but today, a vast majority of phones across categories ship with Dual SIM support. You could say that it is a prerequisite for budget smartphones in India. With the advent of new telecom players like Jio though, those users are now in a dilemma of which SIM card to replace with a Jio SIM. Jokes apart, that certainly seems to be the thought behind the Coolpad Mega 3 as the company recently launched its first Triple SIM device in India. We’ve been using the device for a couple of days now and here’s what we think of it. Continue reading “Coolpad Mega 3 Review”
LeEco and Coolpad jointly announced Cool Changer 1C last month, now these companies have joined hands once again to introduce their flagship Cool smartphone called Cool Changer S1. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by a Quad-Core Snapdragon 821 SoC and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with EUI on top. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) for quick 0.1-second focus and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Cool Changer S1 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 821, 6GB RAM, 4070mAh battery announced”
Alongside the Note 3S, Coolpad also launched the Mega 3 in India. In addition to being a decently specced and built device, the Mega 3 has one trait that sets it aside from the competition. We check that out and more in our impressions of the Coolpad Mega 3. Continue reading “Coolpad Mega 3 Hands On & Photo Gallery”
At an event in Delhi, Coolpad today announced two new devices as part of their Note & Mega series. In our previous reviews of the Coolpad Note 3 and Note 3 Lite, we found the devices to offer a solid experience with design being a relative shortcoming. This time around, it seems that Coolpad has worked to fix just that on the Note 3s. We spent some time with the phone at the launch event and here’s some quick impressions about the device. Continue reading “Coolpad Note 3S Hands On & Photo Gallery”
Coolpad has launched Mega 3, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone with triple SIM support in India, as it had promised. It has a 5.5-inch HD display with 73.5% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) OS with CoolUI on top. It has 8-megapixel camera on the back and front with LED flash. Continue reading “Coolpad Mega 3 with 5.5-inch HD display, Triple SIM support, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6999”
Coolpad has launched its Note 3S, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone and the successor of Coolpad Note 3 in India, as it had promised. It packs a 5.5-inch HD 2.D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 415 processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Cool UI on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Coolpad Note 3S with 5.5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 415, 3GB RAM, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 9999”
LeEco and Coolpad jointly announced Cool 1 with dual 13-megapixel rear cameras back in August this year. These companies have joined hands once again to introduce a new Cool smartphone called Cool Changer 1C that has similar specifications as the Cool 1, sans the dual cameras. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 SoC and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with EUI on top. Continue reading “Cool Changer 1C with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 652, 4060mAh battery announced”
Coolpad has scheduled an event on November 30th to launch two new smartphones, Mega 3 and Note 3S in the country. The Coolpad mega 3 is expected to be a budget smartphone, while the Note 3S could be the successor of Note 3 that was launched last year. The company launched the Note 3 Plus smartphone back in May, and it recently launched the Mega 2.5D smartphone with 3GB RAM at a competitive price of Rs. 6,999.
In the highly competitive entry level Android device market, Coolpad has managed to carve out a niche for itself. From the Note 3 to the Mega, each device has promised and for the most part delivered a great balance between price and performance. Yes, there have been a fews misses along the way but once again with the launch of the Coolpad Note 5, it looks like they might have a winner on their hands that can finally give stiff competition to a market mostly dominated by the likes of Xiaomi’s Redmi series. Continue reading “Coolpad Note 5 Review”
Coolpad just launched Note 5, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the Note series in India. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 78% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Cool UI on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Coolpad Note 5 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 10999”
Ahead of the launch event today, some new images of Coolpad’s upcoming phone have leaked that point to a more premium take on the upper mid range handset. Continue reading “Leaked images of upcoming Coolpad phone hint at premium design”
