Karbonn A90 White Silver, 512 MB
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Detailed Review
Display
You get IPS Display possesses in this phone along with the standard ones, enabling fine usability. The display size provided by the phone may not work in your favour as much as a slightly bigger screen. This smartphone presents a resolution of WVGA, 480x800 pixels. The display sported by Karbonn A90 measures about 4 inches.Battery
Camera
With the Yes recording modes of this smartphone, and a resolution of Yes, 5 pixels, shooting video is as much fun as clicking pictures. The kind of pictures and videos your camera produces does not depend only on megapixels. You can get surprisingly good results even with a Yes, 5 megapixels camera when the sensor is of good quality. Though it's taken over by the latest entrants, yet the Karbonn A90 does feature a Yes MP front camera; but no point spending money on a feature that might be of not much use to you.General Features
If your smartphone is the lifeline of your business life, then Document Viewer, Outlook Email of the Karbonn A90 will definitely simplify and declutter your professional activities. The handset colour featured here is White Silver. The Karbonn A90 comes with a touchscreen, as expected from a smartphone.Connectivity
Whether it is about at par features or advanced features like Loudspeaker, this Karbonn A90 smartphone is crafted with all such features in it. The wireless connectivity of the built-in Bluetooth of this phone is is one that you'll be grateful for in a hectic lifestyle, as it lets for current syncing with compatible devices for file sharing and hands-free communication. If you primarily utilize your device for at par purposes such as emailing, chatting, calling and messaging, then the 2G connectivity offered should meet requirements. If you want to avoid the exuberant charges levied by the 3G and 4G networks, the standard 2G network connectivity of this smartphone makes it a cellphone that's definitely up your lane. A higher network type are able to result in increased power consumption, and you occasion to contemplate on this while making a decision. The smartphone audio needs are accommodated by the 3.5 mm headphone jack. Your device further has Wi-Fi connnectivity, as a bonus to the mobile data. You get a Dual Sim, GSM, GSM sim with this smartphone.Memory
Many users find multimedia FM a refreshing change from their regular playlists. All your images, videos, music and books have the flexibility to easily be accommodated in the 32 GB extendable storage offered by this Karbonn A90; this entire space is available for storage unlike the pre-loaded internal storage. A few eyebrows may be raised at the low capacity for internal memory as it satisfies only basic utilities. Stay off graphic intensive games and applications and the lower internal RAM of this smartphone will suffice. With the help of microSD memory cards, it is possible to expand the existing internal storage offered by the device.Performance
The Android v4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) operating system is responsible for the pleasurable performance of this device. The Karbonn A90 assures an excellent performance with its 1 GHz processor frequency. A lower frequency would mean the device would tolerate longer to respond, so for a smoother performance, a higher frequency would be ideal. The speed required by most typical apps are accommodated by the Karbonn A90 without any hindrance. The Karbonn A90 possesses a platform that operates at GSM - 900, 1800 GHz. With the android operating system,all the latest apps and trends are at your fingertips.Mr. Ajmera's Review (A business user)
If there is one thing absolutely vital in my smartphone apart from great call management, is it being able to download and edit most email attachments; and much more such as Document Viewer, Outlook Email present in this device. No point fidgeting with a screen that poses real difficulty both while watching videos and typing on the cramped keyboard, the portability that is offered by the smaller screen seems futile against the little value it offers with respect to functionality. Not an hour goes by without my phone ringing, that's why I always go for something like the Karbonn A90 that has all the advanced features to ease the communication. Although I am not so much into file sharing via Bluetooth as I am more of an email guy, but it is quite essential for hands-free calling.Mrs. Iyer's Review (A homemaker)
The size of the Karbonn A90 makes it extremely portable, but with its tiny and cramped keypad it's really not of much use to me. I never let a special occasion pass by without recording it, right from cake cutting to dinner parties; and the Karbonn A90 with good recording features is really good for me. I don't like the camera in particular, and I won't be buying the Karbonn A90, however good the other features might be. Smartphones with larger memory is always preferred by me; this phone can't even hold images and videos which I save in a single week. I always feel the more the better when it comes to smartphone storage and I would always chose the Karbonn A90 with expandable memory against any other smartphones that are overpriced and overloaded with confusing features.Ishan's Review (A geek)
Although the display looks great, the tiny screen size is too awkward to please the gamer or the ardent bookworm in me. Well, the frequency never bothered me so much with reading, but gaming on this 1 GHz device is a nightmare. I wouldn't recommend such a low RAM even for the most amateur gamer; in fact for anyone. No clue what's the point of storage which can't even make enough room for my apps, leave alone my books and games. Even if your smartphone offers good amount of internal storage, extendable memory never hurts and is good to know that there's room left if you need.Technical Specification
General Features | |
| Brand: | Karbonn |
| Business Features: | Document Viewer , Outlook Email |
| Handset Color: | White Silver |
| Form: | Bar |
| Call Features: | Loudspeaker |
| Model Name: | A90 |
| Touch Screen: | Yes , Capacitive |
| SIM Type: | Dual Sim , GSM , GSM |
Camera | |
| Video Recording: | Yes |
| Other Camera Features: | Flash Support |
| Rear Camera: | 5 MP |
| Front Facing Camera: | Yes |
Multimedia | |
| Video Player: | Yes |
| Music Player: | Yes , Supports MP3 |
| FM: | Yes |
Internet & Connectivity | |
| WAP: | Yes |
| Audio Jack: | 3.5 mm |
| Preinstalled Browser: | Android , WAP |
| Bluetooth: | Yes |
| Internet Features: | |
| Wifi: | Yes , 802.11 b/g/n |
| GPRS: | Yes |
| EDGE: | Yes |
Other Features | |
| Sensors: | G-Sensor |
| Phone Book Memory: | Yes |
| Call Memory: | Yes |
| SMS Memory: | Yes |
| Important Apps: | Google Play Store , Gmail , Google Search and Voice Search , Widgets |
| Additional Features: | Games , Touch and Swipe Gestures , Notification Panel , Sound Recorder |
Display | |
| Display Resolution: | WVGA |
| Display Resolution: | 480x800 Pixels |
| Other Display Features: | IPS Display |
| Display Size: | 4 inches |
Warranty | |
| Warranty Summary: | 1 year manufacturer warranty for Phone and 6 months warranty for in the box accessories |
Battery | |
| Capacity: | 1400 mAh |
Memory And Storage | |
| Expandable Memory Card Type: | microSD GB |
| Expandable Memory Capacity: | 32 GB |
| RAM: | 0.512 GB |
| Internal: | 0.512 GB |
Platform | |
| Operating Freq: | GSM - 900 |
| Operating Freq: | 1800 |
| OS: | Android v4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) |
| Processor Frequency: | 1 GHz |
Prachi's Review (A social butterfly)
For me the 4 inches display is the first thing I noticed in the Karbonn A90. I love texting and all my friends too prefer texting over talking, so I find the screen size of the Karbonn A90 very cramped. Yes, 5 MP is not that great camera resolution. There are so many smartphones with better megapixels sometimes even cheaper than this phone. I love clicking pictures with my smartphone and this one doesn't seem up for it. I can't imagine my smartphone without the secondary camera. I and my friends simply love the selfies and groupies and click hundreds of them. It's too much effort to do it with the main camera, so having a cool front camera is much better; it is more fun to have front camera with higher megapixels. My smartphone should do a lot of things simultaneously and not just basic messaging, emails and browsing. And the 2G network is too slow to do anything more than that. The internal storage in the Karbonn A90 is quite stingy with the tiny 0.512 GB. I don't know what it is good for when it can hardly hold any of my media files.