14 DAY TRIAL // As expected, Indian company XOLO launched its first BLACK series smartphone called simply, Black. The smartphone is exclusively available in India via Flipkart beginning July 13.
Customers who wish to purchase the XOLO Black will have to come up with Rs 12,999 outright, which is about $205 or €185.
It's also worth mentioning that customers who purchase the Black will also receive 1GB of free data per month for 2 months from Vodafone, as well as Vodafone Music for two months. Around 100 Vodafone stores will also offer customers Black smartphones for hands-on experiences.
Moving on to specs, the smartphone comes with a decent 5.5-inch OGS (One Glass Solution) capacitive touchscreen display that supports full HD (1080p) resolution and features Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
In addition, the Black is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor clocked at 1.5GHz, an Adreno 405 graphics processing unit and 2GB of RAM.
Also, the device is packed with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory and microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB).
On the back, XOLO Black boasts a 13-megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash, f/2.0 aperture and full HD (1080p) video recording, as well as a secondary 2-megapixel camera for depth sensing that features f/2.4 aperture.
Hybrid Dual allows for second slot to be used as microSD slot
In the front, there's another 5-megapixel camera for video calls and selfies, which features 5-element lens and f/2.0 aperture.
The smartphone is powered by Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system right out of the box, along with XOLO's Hive Atlas UI on top.
Last but not least, XOLO Black offers dual-SIM and 4G LTE support, and is powered by a decent 3,200 mAh battery, which has yet to be rated by the manufacturer.
“The online smartphone market in India is growing manifold, driven by the digitally-smart generation for whom experience matters. BLACK is designed to cater to this segment, promising great smartphone experience that goes beyond just the specs.
“With every product under BLACK, we aim to deliver a fresh design approach with future ready technology that is backed by full potential of the hardware, complemented with our proprietary customised software platform- HIVE,” said Vishal Sehgal, co-founder & director, LAVA International.