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Celkon Millennia EPIC Q550 Review

Score: 52.9 / 100

Celkon Millennia EPIC Q550 is a mid-to-low level Android cellphone, counting with an exceptional 1.3 gigahertz Quad-Core processing unit, a big size 5.5 inches multi touch display, and two cameras, an 8 MP back-facing camera and a 2 mega-pixels front side camera.

This cellphone has a beautiful design, with a thickness of just 0.31". Though the Celkon Millennia EPIC Q550 only has 5.98 inches long, it is still able to fit a a 5.5" screen. This device is sold in two colors, black and white. This cellphone is much lighter than what you would expect from a device like this.

The Celkon Millennia EPIC Q550 ships with an extremely powerful 1.3 GHz Quad-Core processing unit, packed into a MediaTek MT6582 chip and only 1 GB RAM which is a little bit poor considering its impressive processor. To help with graphic rendering, it also uses an ARM Mali-400 MP2 GPU working at 416 MHz. This phone counts with a 16 GB interesting internal memory and an external SD slot, allowing the user to store hundreds of applications and games without running out of space.

Celkon equipped the Celkon Millennia EPIC Q550 with a very good 5.5 inches screen, and a 1280 x 720 (HD) resolution, making everything look beautiful. Its screen uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch gestures.

The Celkon Millennia EPIC Q550 features WiFi connection (and it can be provided to other devices as a mobile hotspot), HSPA+ (4G) data connection, which is not so fast as LTE-A or LTE networks and fast 3G internet connection, over HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. The Celkon Millennia EPIC Q550 comes with two SIM cards so it can to use two different phone numbers and even different carriers.

This phone has two cameras, an 8 megapixels back-facing camera and a 2 mega-pixels front camera. The Celkon Millennia EPIC Q550 also shoots videos up to 1280x720 (HD). This camera also includes flash.

This phone features a great 3500 mAh Li-Ion replaceable battery that provides this phone an impressive battery life.

The Celkon Millennia EPIC Q550 also comes with a handful of interesting characteristics such as Bluetooth (allows communication with other bluetooth devices, computers, and accessories), GPS Navigation and Radio, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.

This phone is very overvalued considering it is sold for 249 dollars, and other similar cellphones cost much less than that. If you are looking for a social phone, you will probably be very happy with this phone.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Celkon
Operating System (OS):Android 4.4.2
Dimensions:5.98 x 2.99 x 0.31 inchesMetric15.19 x 7.59 x 0.79 cmImperial
Weight:5.07 ouncesMetric143.73 gImperial
Colors:Black and White
Price:$ 249.00

Display

Screen Type:IPS LCD (16M colors)
Size:5.5 inchesMetric14 cmImperial
Resolution:720 x 1280 pixels (HD)
Pixel density:267 pixels per inchMetric105.12 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:MediaTek MT6582
Processor:ARM Cortex-A7 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz)
RAM Memory:1 GB
Graphics Processor:ARM Mali-400 MP2 (416 MHz)
Internal Memory:16 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li-Ion
Removable:Yes
Capacity:3500 mAh

Camera

Back camera:8 megapixels
    Flash:Yes
Front camera:2 megapixels
Max video resolution:1280 x 720 (HD)

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:SIM
Dual SIM:Yes
UMTS Bands:2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
Technologies:HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM

Other Features

Bluetooth:Yes
GPS:Yes
Radio:FM Radio
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor