Karbonn A99 Review
Score: 45.1 / 100
Karbonn A99 is a decent quality Android cellphone, which features a medium sized 4 inches touch-screen, a 5 MP back side camera and a good performance 1300 megahertz Dual-Core processing unit.
Karbonn decided to design this phone using a good performance 1.3 gigahertz Dual-Core processor and 512 MB of RAM memory. This phone counts with a 4 GB internal memory, a common quantity that should be enough knowing that this cellphone also has an external SD slot .
This cellphone is sold in 2 color options, black and white. The Karbonn A99 is just 0.38 inches thick, taking it to the thinnest cellphone's category.
Karbonn equipped this cellphone with a very good 4" display, and a resolution of 800 x 480 , which makes all pictures and videos look beautiful. Its display uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch for gestures like pinch and zoom.
The Karbonn A99 counts with wi-fi connection (although it can't be shared with other devices around, acting as a modem) and 3G data connection, using EDGE technologies. The Karbonn A99 comes with two SIM cards to be able to to work with 2 different carriers or phone numbers at the same time.
The Karbonn A99 only has a 5 mega-pixels back side camera. Additionally, the camera includes auto-focus and flash.
This phone comes with a mid sized 1400 mAh Li-Ion removable battery that provides this cellphone a below average battery duration comparing with other similar devices. Karbonn informs a 168 hs stand by time and a 5 hs talk time for this cellphone.
This cellphone also includes a handful of useful characteristics as Bluetooth, GPS and FM Radio, and plenty of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.
The Karbonn A99 costs about $ 155, which is expensive for this kind of phone.
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Specifications
| Device Type: | Phone |
| Brand: | Karbonn |
| Operating System (OS): | Android 4.2 |
| Dimensions: | 5.24 x 2.60 x 0.38 inchesMetric13.31 x 6.6 x 0.97 cmImperial |
| Weight: | ouncesMetric0 gImperial |
| Colors: | Black and White |
| Price: | $ 155.00 |
Display | |
| Screen Type: | IPS LCD (16M colors) |
| Size: | 4 inchesMetric10.2 cmImperial |
| Resolution: | 480 x 800 pixels |
| Pixel density: | 233 pixels per inchMetric91.73 pixels per cmImperial |
| Touch screen: | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
Hardware | |
| Processor: | Dual-Core 1300 MHz |
| RAM Memory: | 512 MB |
| Graphics Processor: | Yes |
| Internal Memory: | 4 GB |
| SD Card Slot: | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) |
Battery | |
| Battery type: | Li-Ion |
| Removable: | Yes |
| Capacity: | 1400 mAh |
| Stand-by Time: | 168 hours |
| Talk Time: | 5 hours |
Camera | |
| Back camera: | 5 megapixels |
| Flash: | Yes |
| Camera features: | Auto-Focus |
Networks | |
| Wi-Fi: | Yes |
| SIM Card Type: | SIM |
| Dual SIM: | Yes |
| UMTS Bands: | 2100 |
| GSM Bands: | 900, 1800, 1900 |
| Technologies: | EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
Other Features | |
| Bluetooth: | Yes |
| GPS: | Yes |
| Radio: | FM Radio |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |