The collision is tight and companies like Xiaomi and Lenovo are presenting strong smartphones in this segment. Coolpad Note 5 Lite has a lot to challenge these devices. Will this phone be successful in the market? Let’s know in review.
Coolpad Note 5 Light Design
Coolpad Note 5 Lite is a good looking device and is available in space gray color. The company says that it is made of metal unibodited, but it does not give a premium. When touching the frame and button, they are plastic.
The body has power and volume buttons on the other side. The power button is given the right place and is easy to use. This phone comes with a hybrid dual SIM tray i.e. two SIM cards or a SIM card or a microSD card can be used simultaneously.
The coolpad note 5 light display is given 2.5D glass. We will advise you to use an adapter for screen safety in the phone. There are three capacitive buttons under the display that are given in reverse order of Google’s stock layout. These buttons are not backlit and are difficult to use in the dark.
The rear of the phone is folded on the edges, which makes it look convenient to hold the phone in the hand. The camera is in the middle of the rear and has an LED flash near it. The Note 5 Lite has a fingerprint sensor and a loudspeaker under the camera. There is a small plastic tab under the loudspeaker, so that the voice does not press the sound by being placed in the superficial place.
Coolpad Note 5 Light Specification and Software
The Coolpad Note 5 Lite has a 5 -inch display that comes with 720×1280 pixels resolution. And looks crisp. The resolution of the display is good but the color reproduction is not very accurate. Everything seems washed out. If you have ever used an AMOLED display, it will take you some time to get used to this display.
Budget level specifications are given in this phone. The Coolpad Note 5 Lite has a MediaTek 6735 processor that runs at 1.4 GHz. The processor is slightly old. And due to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 and 430 processors given in the rival phone, the note 5 lights are left behind. Coolpad could use the new MT6737 processor, this processor has been used in more expensive Asus Zenfone 3S Max.
This phone has 3 GB of RAM and we got more than 1 GB of RAM empty in the phone at all times. Inbuilt storage gets 16 GB which can be increased to 64 GB via microSD card. Keep in mind that in the event of using another SIM, you will have to work with limited storage.
Talking about software, the coolpad note 5 lights run on Android Marshmallow based Cool UI. Comparing the popular stock to Android, this UI is quite different. A separate panel has an installed togle such as swipe from the bottom from the bottom on the screen like iOS, while the notification shade can be seen by swiping up from top to bottom in a normal way. There is no app drawer and all apps appear on the home screen when installed. This smartphone consists of Zuimei Weather, Explore Keyboard and Touchpal Keyboard.
The command center of the device is Cool Manager App and with this you can set the function according to your need. This provides the facility of RAM, permission and battery management in one interface which is very useful. For battery management, already common, outdoor and ultra mode sets will be found. Apart from this, there is also a cool store where the user will get the deal list of e-commerce sites and you can also download the popular games and apps here. The good thing is that it does not provide spam notifications.
Coolpad Note 5 Light Camera
The Note 5 Lite has a 13 -megapixel camera with an LED flash on the rear. It comes with aperture F/2.2. The camera app has been customized by coolpad and has some other options. The phone has a Pro mode that provides manual control, a beauty mode and a different night mode.
They can be improved by removing the stains of photographs from the beauty. The shutter remains open with night mode. When keeping the hand stable, pictures taken in low light are better than normal mode.
The camera app of Coolpad Note 5 Light also provides the option to record Jif and Panorama. The phone has an HDR mode that can be turned on during auto or every picture. Video recording of Note 5 to 720 pixels can be done. Taping on screen during recording can adjust the focus.
Photos taken from coolpad note 5 lights are good. While taking pictures, the hand needs to be kept stable, otherwise it becomes blurred. On the HDR mode, there is a delay in getting photos. The picture turns into a ghost image due to any movement when taking a picture on HDR mode. Close-up shot in good light comes good and sharp.
Coolpad Note 5 Lite has an 8 -megapixel front camera with flash. During the use of the front camera, the beauty mode becomes default as a default. It has a fixed focus but can be shared directly on social media. Selfie flash helps when taking pictures in low light.
Coolpad Note 5 Light Performance
Note 5 Lite did not get much better figures. And it lagged behind the Redmi 3S Prime (Review) with Snapdragon 430 processor. Apart from this, the recently launched low -priced Redmi 4A also left the Note 5 behind.
We also played games in Coolpad Note 5 Lite and the results were satisfactory. We loaded Esfalt 8 and Real Racing 3 and took more time to load but did not have any problem in playing. Despite playing the game for a long time, the phone did not heat up. Although the phone felt hot on touching, but it was not inconvenient to catch.
Coolpad Note 5 Lite has a 2500 mAh non-removable battery. It has a MediaTek 6735 processor and the phone battery runs one day with general use. In our HD video loop test, the phone battery supported for 9 hours and 7 minutes. During GPS navigation for about an hour, 20 percent of the battery was spent but the phone did not heal too much, which is a good sign. In the event of battery discharged, the 7.5 watt charger in the box charges the phone from 0 to 100 percent in about two hours and half an hour.
The fingerprint scanner given in the coolpad note 5 light has been given the perfect place in the phone. And this price is the fastest scanner in the phone. Different fingerprints can be set for different user accounts, so that you can unlock the phone from the appropriate fingerprint and switch to work or personal account. Fingerprint sensors can also do other tasks such as locking the app, responding to an incoming call, recording a call, turning off the display.
Our decision
Coolpad Note 5 Lite is currently in a price segment where a new smartphone enters every week. There are high expectations from the phone and it gives a good option compared to some other big brand phones. However, it will still give a tough challenge from Chinese companies, and especially Xiaomi Redmi 3S.
Some things are very good in the phone. The build quality of Note 5 Lite is good. There is 3 GB RAM and a fingerprint scanner. The only flaw in the phone is the MediaTek processor that makes the phone slow. But if you are tired of trying your luck in Xiaomi’s flash cell, Note 5 is a good affordable option.