Xolo Black With 5.5-Inch Full-HD Display, Dual Rear Cameras Launched at Rs. 12,999
Xolo Black

Xolo has launched its first smartphone under its premium 'Black' brand. Called the Xolo Black, the smartphone will be priced at Rs. 12,999 and will go on sale on Flipkart on Monday.
Existing xolo customers can get the smartphone a day early between 4pm to 8pm on Sunday, but will have to register for that. The company has also tied up with vodafone to provide a bundled SIM offer with 1GB of free data a month for two months, and unlimited Vodafone music for two months. Users can also get their hands on the smartphone before their purchase at 100 Vodafone flagship stores across the country.he dual-SIM (Micro-SIM and Nano-SIM) Xolo Black runs on the Hive atlas UI that's based on Android 5.0 Lollipop. It features a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixel) IPS display with a pixel density of 403ppi, oleophobic coating, and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection (which extends to the back of the smartphone). The power key also doubles up as the notification light.

The Black smartphone is powered by what is being called the second-gen 64-bit Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) SoC, with four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.0GHz, and four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.5GHz. It features an Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of built-in storage that is expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB).Notably, the Xolo Black features a hybrid dual-SIM slot, where the second SIM card slot also doubles up as the microSD card slot. The smartphone also comes with a dual rear camera setup, with one 13-megapixel camera and one 2-megapixel camera. The two cameras work in tandem for faster autofocus (claimed to be 0.15 seconds) and depth-mapping. It also enables features like UbiFocus, which lets users refocus on objects even after a photo has been taken.
Other Xolo Black rear camera features that the company is touting include ChromaFlash for natural looking colours and skin tones in low light, apart from OptiZoom for enhanced digital zoom using image processing. The company is also touting the Adobe-powered Photo Studio tool that's integrated in the Xolo Black's image gallery. The front-facing camera features a 5-megapixel sensor, a wide-angle lens, and flash as well.As for connectivity options, the Xolo Black features 4G LTE connectivity, supporting both FDD-LTE Band 3 (1800MHz) and TDD-LTE Band 40 (2300MHz); Micro-USB v2.0 with USB OTG functionality; A-GPS; Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n.

The latest version of the company's proprietary Hive UI was also described at the launch, and apart from featuring Material Design, comes with an 'Underground' feature as a secure storage space for private apps and data, a special reading mode, and an updated Comet browser with battery saving features.
Xolo Black detailed specifications

GENERAL
Release dateJuly 2015
Form factorTouchscreen
Dimensions (mm)155.50 x 76.60 x 7.30
Battery capacity (mAh)3200
Removable batteryNo
SAR valueNA
DISPLAY
Screen size (inches)5.50
TouchscreenYes
Resolution1080x1920 pixels
Pixels per inch (PPI)403
HARDWARE
Processor1GHz  octa-core
Processor makeQualcomm Snapdragon 615
RAM2GB
Internal storage16GB
Expandable storageYes
Expandable storage typemicroSD
Expandable storage up to (GB)32
CAMERA
Rear camera13-megapixel
FlashYes
Front camera5-megapixel
SOFTWARE
Operating SystemAndroid 5.0
CONNECTIVITY
Wi-FiYes
Wi-Fi standards supported802.11 b/ g/ n
GPSYes
BluetoothYes
NFCNo
InfraredNo
Wi-Fi DirectNo
MHL OutNo
HDMINo
Headphones3.5mm
FMYes
Number of SIMs2
SIM 1
SIM TypeMicro-SIM
GSM/ CDMAGSM
3GYes
4G/ LTEYes
Supports 4G in India (Band 40)Yes
SIM 2
SIM TypeNano-SIM
GSM/ CDMAGSM
3GYes
4G/ LTENo
SENSORS
Compass/ MagnetometerYes
Proximity sensorYes
AccelerometerYes
Ambient light sensorYes
GyroscopeYes
BarometerNo
Temperature sensorNo

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