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Infinix Zero 5: Premium looking mid-range smartphone (Tech Review)
By Krishna SinhaChaudhury
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) China-based Transsion Holdings made its debut in India in August with Infinix Note 4 and Hot 4 Pro smartphones that did not make much of a noise in the competitive domestic smartphone market.
Now, the company has launched Infinix Zero 5 that joins the race of dual-camera devices coming from its Chinese counterparts that have flooded the Indian market.
Infinix Zero 5 sports a dual-camera set-up at the rear and has a single sensor for the selfie camera at the front.
Launched at Rs 17,999, Zero 5 with 64GB onboard storage and 6GB RAM essentially competes with the likes of Honor 9i.
Here is how the smartphone fares in everyday usage.
Infinix Zero 5 sports a metal unibody design that is free of any creek and felt top-notch.
The edges are smooth and offer an ergonomic grip while adding to the premium feel even as the phone sports a big design language.
The 5.98-inch Full HD display with 2.5D glass atop it was rich and bright.
The colour reproduction was great and the viewing angles were good. Sunlight legibility of the display was impressive too.
The rear camera placement in the device reminds us of Huawei P9’s camera design language sans the “Leica” lens branding.
A much-talked-about feature of Zero 5 is its dual-primary camera with 12MP wide-angle lens and 13MP telephoto lens that added good “Bokeh” effect to photos with blurred background.
We found the pictures to be satisfactory in proper lighting conditions. Colour reproduction was good; so was the saturation level.
Two antenna bands run through the top and bottom of the phone that give a rich look.
The fingerprint sensor lies below the camera set-up and was quick to unlock the device.
An octa-core MediaTek Helio P25 processor, coupled with 6GB RAM, does its job well in terms of multi-tasking and running several applications simultaneously.
We did not notice any significant stutter while playing games, browsing YouTube and using social media apps.
A hefty 4350mAh battery powers the device that easily lasted over a day for us on moderate usage, with 4G running on one SIM slot.
We especially liked the battery performance of the smartphone which gave us close to five days of stand-by time on a single charge.
The bottom of the device houses a USB Type-C charger port and a single speaker grille that is loud enough.
The company’s custom XOS 3.0 user interface (UI) based on Android 7.0 Nougat operating system (OS) is smooth but do not expect it to be similar to stock Android OS.
What does not work?
The 16MP selfie shooter with f/2.0 aperture and flash is strictly okay. Images taken from the front shooter lacked detail.
Image taken from the primary camera took quite some time to process — there was significant shutter lag. The photos clicked under low-light conditions had noise.
The device’s hefty battery gets support of “XCharge” (which is fast-charging feature) but that is not one of the fastest-charging technologies out there.
Conclusion: The bright, colourful display, premium build, primary camera performance and solid battery life are among the high points of the device and makes for an interesting option in the Rs 15,000-Rs 18,000 segment. It can appeal more to buyers if the company introduces updates (let’s say for camera improvement) to fill in a few caveats.
(Krishna SinhaChaudhury can be contacted at [email protected])
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International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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