Karbonn Titanium S9 Review

Karbonn introduced their latest in the Titanium series- Karbonn Titanium S9 with the USP of a huge 5.5″ display. It looks very similar to the Samsung Galaxy Mega which comes with a little larger display.

I guess someone at Karbonn Mobiles was very patriotic to build up the Indian version of the flop Galaxy Mega. Check out the following Karbonn Titanium S9 review to know if its a hit or a flop.

Box Contains Following Accessories

Screensize and Camera

The Karbonn Titanium S9 comes with a 5.5 inch display, which should provide plentiful screen real estate even for the most demanding users. The biggest advantage of such a screen is realized when the user is browsing the web.

There is 12MP rear camera with flash but on the box its mentioned 13MP, but that hardly matters. There is 5MP front camera too. The rear camera is auto focus and shoots pretty good images.The night streetlight shot also looks good. The camera can record videos in 720p resolution only and the quality is also very good. You can play full HD videos using MX player.

Battery and Android Version

The phone comes with a 2600mAh battery which does sound impressive for a device of this calibre. The battery should have enough juice to take the large-screen phone through one work day, if you’re not an extremely demanding user.

Model comes with Android Version of V4.2.2 which can be further Upgraded via System Updates.

Processor and Memory

There isn’t much of a need to speak about the CPU, since the phone packs the MT6589 from Mediatek which is an extremely popular processor, even more among domestic manufacturers. The processor packs 4 Cortex A7 based cores, all of which are clocked at 1.2 GHz. The CPU is paired with a PowerVR SGX 544 GPU, which makes a very powerful combo.

The handset is loaded with 1GB RAM and 16GB storage. There is micro SD card slot that supports 32GB cards. When you switch on the handset for the first time the free RAM is 633MB. Of the 16GB internal space around 1GB is allocated for apps and 13 is available as phone storage. Apps cannot be installed on the external storage. OTG is also not supported

Connectivity and Additional features

Among other features, the Karbonn Titanium features dual SIM features, where both the SIMs can be used at the same time. The phone comes with usual connectivity features like 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.

Useful Apps: NoteBook, Backup & Restore, Flipboard, Kingsoft Office.

Extra Apps:  UC Browser, Opera Mini, Karbonn Live, Hungama.

Games: (Only Trial version available)Cricket Fever, Death Racing, Fruit Devil.

Summary of Features

Chipset                       MediaTek MT6589

CPU                           1.2GHz quad-core Cortex A7

GPU                           PowerVR SGX 544MP

RAM                          1GB

Display Type               IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen

Size & Resolution 5.5 inches 1280×720 pixels (267.02ppi)

Primary Camera 13MP, AF, LED flash, 4128×3096 pixels

Secondary Camera 5MP

OS                             Android 4.2.2 (JellyBean)

Battery                       2600mAh Li-Ion

Memory                     Internal- 16GB, microSD upto 32GB

USB                           Micro USB

EDGE                        Yes

HSPA+                      Yes

Wi-Fi                         Yes (with Direct & Hotspot)

Bluetooth                    Yes

GPS                           Yes

Dimensions                Weight 176.5g

Sensors                      Accelerometer, Orientation, Proximity, Light, Magnetic.

Dual SIM                   Yes

Colors                       White

Online Price               ₹ 12,700

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