Today, CREO launched its first smartphone CREO Mark 1 in Indian market. This phone runs on custom Android-based Fuel OS and promises to offer amazing software experience. This phone is priced at Rs. 19999.
Talking about hardware specifications, CREO Mark 1 is a dual SIM phone but second SIM card slot can also act as microSD card slot. It features a 5.5 inch Quad-HD 2.5D Glass display with Gorilla Glass protection. Gorilla Glass protection has also been given to the back side and phone features a metal frame at edges. It is powered by a 1.95GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795) processor with PowerVR G6200 GPU and 3 GB RAM.
Internal storage of the phone is 32 GB which can be expanded up to 128 GB by adding a microSD card slot. This phone also supports USB OTG for plug and access storage.
It runs on Fuel OS based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. This is main thing we should talk about this phone. It has a Sense feature which lets you access everything on this phone quickly with 2 steps process. Just double tap on home button and then search. Various gestures have also been added in this. It also comes with a answer machine feature called Echo. So, phone will auto attend the call and save the message given by the caller. To make your phone safe, it also comes with a feature called “Retriever”. It send you email if a new SIM card is inserted in the phone. This feature works even after factory reset of the phone. In case you want to give this phone to someone else, you need to do proper phone transfer to other number using the same Retriever app.
Company has also promised the next update to push on May 13 with new features including new photo editor, customizable and intelligent Echo, selfie screen flash, automatic background data manager, performance enhancements and more.
It features 21 megapixels rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, PDAF and 4K video recording. It can also record slow motion videos at full HD. On front, it has a 8-megapixels camera with full HD video recording support and 86-degree wide-angle lens
It is packed with 3100mAh battery with fast charging. It offers 4G LTE, dual-band WiFi 802.11ac (Dual Band), Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS connectivity features.
This phone will be available from Flipkart and CREO website both. Company has also given an option to engrave your message on the side of the phone . But this is available only if you order the phone from CREO website.
CREO Mark 1 specifications
- Dual SIM (micro + nano / microSD)
- 5.5-inch (1440 x 2560 pixels) Quad HD display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
- 1.95GHz Octa-Core Mediatek Helio X10 (MT6795) processor
- PowerVR G6200 GPU
- 3GB RAM,
- Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) based Fuel OS
- 21-megapixels rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, PDAF, Sony IMX230 sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 4K video recording, 120fps slow motion at 1080p
- 8-megapixels front camera, 86-degree wide-angle lens, f/2.0 aperture, 1080p video recording
- 32GB internal storage, expandable up to 128GB with microSD
- 4G LTE, dual-band WiFi 802.11ac (Dual Band), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
- 3100mAh battery with fast charging
- Dimensions: 155.4 x 76.1 x 8.7mm
- Weight: 190g
