Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Spice Mi 410 Review


Hi Guys,
Spice has finally launched its another android phone, Spice MI 410. I was eagerly waiting for this mobile to hit the market from months. The expected price of this phone was around 15k - 16k but surprisingly Spice launched it at a price of rs 13,999/-. As this is my first attempt please leave your feedback. So coming back to review. If you want to buy this phone, currently only one website offers this in India, its Saholic, A Spice Group.

Box Content:
One Unit
Ac Adapter
Micro usb Cable
Battery
Headset (Good Quality)
Leather pouch.

Looks and Built quality: When holding this phone you get the HTC feel. Back of the body has metal cover, looks are awesome. Built quality is pretty nice. This phone comes with pre loaded scratch guard because of this touch response is very laggy at times. Best option is to remove that and replace it with another good quality scratch guard. It's size and dimension is almost same as HTC HD7 so anyone out there looking for leather case you can try that.

User Interface: Spice Mi 410 has this stock Android interface. Nothing special, but you can customize it as you need from android market. I kinda like the stock interface. It comes with stock froyo version 2.2.2. After switching on the phone, loading was pretty fast thanks to snapdragon processor.

Performance: The phone at this price beat the phones in range of 20-35k segment. I got the Quadrant score of 1600, but i was expecting more cause i have seen benchmark score of welcomm a99 (which is same as MI 410 but with different name) , it was above 2000. May be some custom rom will fix this issue, but still ahead of nexus in benchmark. After running Neocore test this phone's fps was 56.1. 3D Gaming experience was very good, there was no single lag. But Brightness is not up to the mark. Below pic shows that this phone is capable of 2033 benchmark. I got this pic while researching. source: http://androidforums.com/huawei-ideos-x6-u9000/254641-huawei-ideos-x6-2.html

Messaging and Telephony: Messaging is a lot easier thanks to 4.1 inch display of this phone. It comes with Touchpal keyboard which is nice, but swype is better. Call clarity so far is very good. There has not been a single issue of call drop. All sensors are working fine.

HD Video: As this phone is capable of HD recording and playback, i tried playing video of 1080p, but it was lagging very much. When I tried to play video of 720p it was very smooth no problem at all and clarity was very good. It has got MicroHDMi slot next to Microusb. Thus you can connect it to your HDTV and enjoy Games And Movies. It comes with an video editing app, so now you can capture video and edit it right from your Cell phone.

Video Calling: Though it has got front cam, you cannot make video call. Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 will solve this problem, so lets hope we will get custom rom version 2.3.4 in some months for mi 410. Why I said custom rom is for the reason Spice has told us that they will not release Gingerbread 2.3.4. Now that's disappointing.

Sound: Sound quality is nice. Headset gives very clear output. It has got two speakers at the side. For noise cancellation there is a second mic in the back.

Camera: MI 410 has 5 mp camera in the back and vga camera in the front. Quality of the pics is you can say satisfactory not outstanding. It has got autofocus. Will post the pics taken from my 410 in the next post. You be the Judge of pic quality as I am not that into clicking pics from my cell phone.

Connectivity: Had no problem with wifi, not a single disconnection. It has got bluetooth v3 so the transfer speed is quite increased.

Battery Life: Battery backup is good. As it is an android phone you cannot expect it to last for 2-3 days. With no Wifi, 3G or gaming Battery lasts for nearly 1 and half day. With Wifi and 3G you will get battery backup of 24 hrs. (light usage)

Overall this phone is value for money.

15 comments:

  1. Can u plz upload some photos of your phone.
    i want to see the colour which is shipped.
    plz put the photos of both sides of the phone

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  2. Hi,
    Thanks for the review , can we also upgrade this to 2.3 in future ?Do you also have any coupon code this should be my first android device and i was confused to buy my first android but after reading your review and the price tag which fall under my pocket so i will defiantly going to buy it this has great hardware features thanks a lot ...

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  3. Hey can you upload more snap and price of this phone,how is the camera quality

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  4. quite good review, gave a nice insight of the phone!!

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  5. Thnx Man !!!
    Howz the Video recording Quality...?

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  6. @lally weather conditions here are not suitable for clicking pics, i will post the pics as soon as the weather is good.
    @asad i don't have any idea about coupon code but yes it can be updated with 2.3 i near future but from other company.
    @dipak cam quality is decent not awesome
    @axay thanks man :)
    @gurinder it has got 720p video recording, its nice :)

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  7. Plz post some pics and video samples... everybody is getting restless here buddy !!!

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  8. www.saholic.com has more detailed specs and pics... guys... check out there...

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  9. #Does android market recognise this phone.. Unlike mi-310.
    #is it preloaded wit doc editor..
    #video frame rate
    #whether it has gorilla glass..?
    Plz ans my these question..

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  10. @chethan
    #yes android market does recognize this phone.
    #its preloaded with doc reader, but u can get doc editor.
    #by video frame rate, do u mean fps?? if it is then neocore test showed me 59fps.
    #no it does not have gorilla glass.

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  11. still waiting for sample pics and 720p video !!!

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  12. whats the display resolution of this phone
    HVGA or WVGA?
    and what is the number of colours?
    16M or 262k?
    Plz reply

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  13. @anuj
    its wvga and sadly 256k but hardware compensates for its display.

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  14. I want this mobile Can U tell when it will be available in market.

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  15. @jai its available in spice hotspots :)

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