Xolo A500S with Android 4.2 review

Within two days after Micromax and Karbonn came out with their budget smartphones, Xolo also launched its low-cost smartphone, the Xolo A500S, at Rs 6,999. It may be recalled all the three handset makers arelaunching their handsets with the same frequency. Earlier this week Karbonn has launched its budghet Android smartphone Smart A11 at RS 5,799 and Micromax came out with A34 at Rs. 4399.

The Xolo A500S has a 4-inch WVGA display with a resolution of 480x800 pixels and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It is powered by a 1.2GHz dual- core processor and comes with with 512MB of RAM and a Mali-400 MP GPU for boosting graphics. The device is based on MediaTek's chipset, MT 6572W.

The Dual-SIM device sports a 5- megapixel rear camera with an LED flash and a VGA front facing camera. It has 4GB of internal storage expandabled up to 32GB through microSD card. it supports GSM+GSM with dual standby. It packs in 1400mAh battery. It has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPRS, EDGE, 3G, and Micro-USB as connectivity options.  It also has an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor and AGPS. The device would be available in black, blue, red and white colors.

Xolo seems to be targeting the budget Android segment with the A500S. The latest smartphone is believed to be a successor to the Xolo A500 which is now available for Rs. 6,499 at online retailers. In July XOLO launched Play T1000 smartphone powered for the first time by NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. The company is offering the device at Rs 15,999 on its website. The device with 4.7-inch HD IPS one- glass solution display runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It comes with NVIDIA TegraZone for gaming.
XOLO Play T1000 has 1 GB RAM, 4GB built-in memory expandable up to 32GB via microSD card slot. It sports 8MP rear auto focus camera with BSI sensor, 2MP front camera. For connectivity it has 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS/aGPS options. IT comes with 1900mAh battery.

Xolo A500S Specifications:

• Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).
• 1.2GHz dual-core processor
• 4-inch WVGA display with a resolutionof 480x800 pixels and pixel density of 233 PPI
• 1GB RAM
• 4GB of internal storage, expandable byup to 32GB via microSD card
• 5.0-megapixel camera with LED Flash
• VGA front facing camera 
• WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, AGPS 
• 1400mAh battery 
• Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)