Qmobile Noir A20 complete review (The cheapest Quadcore in pakistan)
Qmobile Noir A20 is essentially the cheapest QUADCORE device available in the country, Specification summary is 1.2 ghz MTK 6589, Quadcore processor with 1GB RAM, 4GB internal storage, 8 MP rear camera with 1.3 MP front facing camera, Sporting Screen size of 4.5 inch QHD display, IPS LCD. and 2100 mAH battery to power on the device.
Memory & CPU
Synthetic Benchmarks
Noir A20 scores similar to all Quadcore devices available with mediatek Quadcore MTK6589. Antutu Score was 13354, below is image.
Quadrant score was decent at 3785 and 3951, The score of 3951 was before installing different application followed y a lower score when their were already almost 15 to 20 apps downloaded.
Gaming Capability
The 1 GB ram lets you have enough memory for games and apps at the same time. You also get 4GB of internal memory with about 1.7GB available. You would not have any problem installing heavy games. But do nt expect performance similar to S3 chipset, It is a
quadcore but its performance is below Krait dual cores provided by Qualcom.
Camera
An 8 megapixel camera with LED flash, Lets you take pictures of decent quality it is certailnly better than the dual core phones provided earlier by Qmobile, but its quality is just average compare to any branded phone form Sony, Samsung and HTC, obviously we can not take even name of Nokia's Lumia 920 8 MP camera as none of Android branded companies have been able to compete with 8MP range phones of Lumia 920. The pics were more than decent, But they have colors saturated. They were not able to produce greens and actual red natural colors. We will upload its pictures later, So stay tuned
Battery life
Battery life is decent for a user having 1 hour Wifi. 1 hour gaming and rest 1 hr calls in a total day battery will keep you entertained 20 to 24 hours. Which we think is a decent timing for average to little high end users as other branded handsets have similar or little more timing.
Price
Its priced at PKR 19,000, But we hope very soon it should be lowered down to PKR 17000, which is its real price in international market where ever available with different brandings.
Other Functionalities
It does not support UTG(usb on the go i.e you can not make it a host for usb devices)But this phone does support Wifi Hotspot, Goto settings–wireless & networks–more–Tethering & portable hotspot Slide the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot slider to the side to activate it. Set up the name of your wireless network and create a password and you are ready. Note: ( With wifi hotspot you can connect any wifi supported wifi device with it, while using internet on this device with a sim, Other thing to be known is , Wifi hotspot and normal Wifi do not work at the same time i.e you other will be receiving wifi, or you will emit as a hotspot, dual functionality is not supported, for all the smartphones)
3G Support
We have already mentioned that this phone supports 3G, as it was rumored or mis informed by other websites and bloggers, just have a look at the option to select between 2G and 3G here
Design and usability
Easy to use , sleak design, comes with a back cover as well, the back in the black version is mate finished but as far as we know for white version its glossy finished. Over all build quality is decent but not too great. This is the single reason we are getting it for the low price.Memory & CPU
The phone comes packed with a mediatek MT6589 1.2 GHz quad-core processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU and does not lag one bit for the normal usage and game play. One benefit of the device is that it supports apps to be stored to SD card. So memory is not a big issue for this and you can install upto 32 GB card and we are saying after checking 32 GB card but note that card was only 5 GB filled. But installing 32GB card and using along with 5 GB data did n't make it slow or Lag.
Synthetic Benchmarks
Noir A20 scores similar to all Quadcore devices available with mediatek Quadcore MTK6589. Antutu Score was 13354, below is image.
Quadrant score was decent at 3785 and 3951, The score of 3951 was before installing different application followed y a lower score when their were already almost 15 to 20 apps downloaded.
The 1 GB ram lets you have enough memory for games and apps at the same time. You also get 4GB of internal memory with about 1.7GB available. You would not have any problem installing heavy games. But do nt expect performance similar to S3 chipset, It is a
quadcore but its performance is below Krait dual cores provided by Qualcom.
Camera
An 8 megapixel camera with LED flash, Lets you take pictures of decent quality it is certailnly better than the dual core phones provided earlier by Qmobile, but its quality is just average compare to any branded phone form Sony, Samsung and HTC, obviously we can not take even name of Nokia's Lumia 920 8 MP camera as none of Android branded companies have been able to compete with 8MP range phones of Lumia 920. The pics were more than decent, But they have colors saturated. They were not able to produce greens and actual red natural colors. We will upload its pictures later, So stay tuned
Battery life
Battery life is decent for a user having 1 hour Wifi. 1 hour gaming and rest 1 hr calls in a total day battery will keep you entertained 20 to 24 hours. Which we think is a decent timing for average to little high end users as other branded handsets have similar or little more timing.
Price
Its priced at PKR 19,000, But we hope very soon it should be lowered down to PKR 17000, which is its real price in international market where ever available with different brandings.
Other Functionalities
It does not support UTG(usb on the go i.e you can not make it a host for usb devices)But this phone does support Wifi Hotspot, Goto settings–wireless & networks–more–Tethering & portable hotspot Slide the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot slider to the side to activate it. Set up the name of your wireless network and create a password and you are ready. Note: ( With wifi hotspot you can connect any wifi supported wifi device with it, while using internet on this device with a sim, Other thing to be known is , Wifi hotspot and normal Wifi do not work at the same time i.e you other will be receiving wifi, or you will emit as a hotspot, dual functionality is not supported, for all the smartphones)
We have already mentioned that this phone supports 3G, as it was rumored or mis informed by other websites and bloggers, just have a look at the option to select between 2G and 3G here
Final Verdict
It is a decent phone but currently overpriced PKR 2000 in pakistani market, So you should consider this point as well, And as the A600 and next coming Noir A950 with a 4.65 " Amoled plus screen is also in the Que, you should wait a little if you want a quadcore after comparison, and may be you end up buying this phone at a reasonable price of PKR 17,000 very soon.
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