Another day, another Chinese smartphone maker enters India. This time, it's a joint venture between Qihoo 360 Technologies and the handset maker Coolpad, who have formed the brand QiKU. Its debut offering, the Q Terra, is yet another "flagship killer", if you will, but comes with a unique set of features which should help it stand on its own feet. Priced similarly to the Moto X Play (Review), let's see if the company's debut offering in India has what it takes to get noticed.
Look and feel
The Q Terra is a massive phone and there's no getting around this fact. QiKU has tried to minimise this by shaving down the bezels to a razor-thin 1.4mm and leaving only enough plastic on the top and bottom for the earpiece and navigation buttons. The end result is quite stunning, mostly because almost all you see is the display. The near borderless design looks cool, but it isn't the most practical. We had to put up with many accidental presses of the touchscreen and navigation buttons during daily usage, which got annoying after a point.
Speaking of the display, it's a 6-inch full-HD IPS panel, which produces very good colours and has a high maximum brightness level. Sunlight legibility is good and so are the viewing angles.
The chassis is made from a magnesium and aluminium alloy, which feels very durable. However, this makes the sides of the phone slippery, so it's a good thing that QiKU bundles a case. The capacitive navigation buttons are unfortunately not backlit.
The two SIM slots (one micro and one nano) sit on the left while the volume and power buttons are placed on the right. The second SIM slot is a hybrid one and can alternatively accept a microSD card of up to 128GB. The headphones socket sits on the top while at the bottom, we have the mono speaker and Micro-USB port.
Coming to the back of the handset we have two 13-megapixel camera sensors, a dual-tone LED flash unit, and a fingerprint reader. We'll get into more detail about the two camera sensors later on but essentially, they are used for reproducing more accurate colours in pictures. Underneath the hood, we have a non-removable 3700mAh battery that supports fast-charging.
The Q Terra comes in a very interesting box shaped like a book, and is bundled with a modular charger and flat USB cable. You also get a protective case and a screen guard. The quality of the accessories is very good and they feel durable.
Look and feel
The Q Terra is a massive phone and there's no getting around this fact. QiKU has tried to minimise this by shaving down the bezels to a razor-thin 1.4mm and leaving only enough plastic on the top and bottom for the earpiece and navigation buttons. The end result is quite stunning, mostly because almost all you see is the display. The near borderless design looks cool, but it isn't the most practical. We had to put up with many accidental presses of the touchscreen and navigation buttons during daily usage, which got annoying after a point.
The chassis is made from a magnesium and aluminium alloy, which feels very durable. However, this makes the sides of the phone slippery, so it's a good thing that QiKU bundles a case. The capacitive navigation buttons are unfortunately not backlit.
The two SIM slots (one micro and one nano) sit on the left while the volume and power buttons are placed on the right. The second SIM slot is a hybrid one and can alternatively accept a microSD card of up to 128GB. The headphones socket sits on the top while at the bottom, we have the mono speaker and Micro-USB port.
Coming to the back of the handset we have two 13-megapixel camera sensors, a dual-tone LED flash unit, and a fingerprint reader. We'll get into more detail about the two camera sensors later on but essentially, they are used for reproducing more accurate colours in pictures. Underneath the hood, we have a non-removable 3700mAh battery that supports fast-charging.
The Q Terra comes in a very interesting box shaped like a book, and is bundled with a modular charger and flat USB cable. You also get a protective case and a screen guard. The quality of the accessories is very good and they feel durable.
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