Anyway, the design is a no nonsense one, with the power button on the right and the volume rocker on the left, though I would have preferred to see them both on one side, so that the other side would have been clean and empty. The 3.5 mm headphone jack graces the top of the device, while the charging port is on the bottom. The spec list does not mention any sort of extra protection for the display and body, which means that the a screen guard purchase is a must with this device. Might as well throw in a body panel in there as well.Dimension wise, the phone does seem a bit chunky, with some reasonable weight on it, but not so much that it feel like you are holding a rock. The Fire also features the touch sensitive control feature, but with a device as elegant looking as this, the red accents in the controls only add to its looks.Overall, I would say that while the design isn’t exactly 100% original, InnJoo has kept it simple and elegant all the same, thus making it a device worth considering, if you are out looking for a device that is budget friendly and elegant at the same time.
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Display –
When it comes to budget smartphone displays, the standard these days is a 720p display HD display. The InnJoo Fire however falls a tad bit short here. So, what you end up getting is a 5 inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, which amounts to a pixel density of around 220 ppi, which isn’t one of the best . What this means is that, while the colours might not be as punchy as those on the 720p displays, the text and images might undergo a bit of pixelation when zoomed in on. 540 x 960 pixels was the resolution that featured at the time of the iPhone 4s, which is quite a while back, when you think about it. phones these days need to feature a really punchy display , and while people still don’t realise that the human eyes can’t perceive beyond 300 ppi, they still want the greater number in there. Now, in all honesty, I didn’t expect a retina pixel density in a mid ranger, but even if InnJoo had bumped up the resolution to 720p, and taken the pixel density to somewhere around 294 ppi, the phone would have been able to stand up against its peers in the display showdown.
What InnJoo also lacks here is the Gorilla Glass protection gimmick, that could have saved face even though their resolution is a bit rocky. In any normal scenario, InnJoo’s attempt would have been commendable, but in a market that is as fast growing as the smartphone market, specially the budget segment, one small mistake can cost you a lot more than just your position in the smartphone manufacturer rankings. In this case, it might just cost InnJoo their spot in the competition altogether.Overall, the display package is a bit below par compared to the ones you already get in the market. So, if I was to summarise the whole display package in one line, I would say that InnJoo has given the Fire a stick and pushed it into a gunfight. As far as the dialyse alone is concerned, I guess its back to the drawing board for them.
Performance –
The InnJoo Fire comes with the Mediatek MTK6582 chipset. Mediatek got its big break recently with brands like Xiaomi, Lenovo, Huawei, Alcatel, and even HTC opting to use their chipsets over the traditional Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets. InnJoo seems to have taken the Mediatek route as well by hooking up their device with the humble Mediatek MTK6582 chipset. For those who are new to the tech world, the MTK6582 chipset is one of the most basic chipsets that Mediatek has brought out exclusively for the budget smartphones. The MTK6582 is built on the 28nm process ARM Cortex A7 architecture , and features a Quad core CPU clocking around 1.3 GHz. The Chipset is designed to run on devices that feature a display resolution of upto 720p, which means that InnJoo could have capitalised and used the 720p display without adversely affecting the performance of this chipset.
