Here comes the gaming beast by XOLO, the Play T1000 with NVIDIA core

XOLO, which is the world's first brand to bring Intel processors to mobiles through their X-series, has now become the first Indian brand to launch an NVIDIA Tegra 3 based smartphone, titled, the Play T1000. As its name suggests, the phone is aimed at folks who need hardcore gaming on their phones.

The most interesting aspect of the phone is the processor. Xolo Play features a Tegra 3 processor. The phone is not a quad-core phone but a 5-core phone! Yes, that’s right. The phone will come with a quad-core 1.2 GHz processor with a special “5th battery saver processor”. Although the processor is a little outdated being just more than a year old, its gaming performance is definitely better than that of other budget phones with MediaTek processors. Since XOLO is marketing the phone as a ‘gaming device’ but the internal memory is still pretty low at 4 GB. How could they assume that gamers would not load their device with GBs of games! But the XOLO Play enables to directly save and install your apps on your SD card.

Here are the basic specifications:

• 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) capacitive IPS display at 312 ppi
• Android 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean) OS
• 1.5 GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor with 416 MHz 12 Core NVIDIA ULP GeForce GPU
• 8 Megapixel camera with BSI sensor, LED Flash, 1080p video recording
• 2 MP front-facing camera
• 10.4 mm thick and weighs 167 grams
• Full HD 1080p video playback
• 3G HSPA+ 21 Mbps | WiFi 802.11 b/g/n | Bluetooth 3.0 | GPS / aGPS
• 1 GB RAM | 4 GB internal memory | upto 32 GB expandable memory
• 3.5 mm audio jack | 2000 mAh battery

PROS:

• Crisp display and very good viewing angles
• Smooth multitasking
• Great gaming performance
• Decent images in well-lit conditions
• Good build quality
• Vanilla Android UI with very few bloatwares

CONS:

• Camera performance is bad in low-lit situations
• Low internal memory
• Older gen Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

If playing games on the go is an absolute requirement, then XOLO Play is the obvious choice around the budget of Rs. 15,000. If gaming isn't your primary requirement, you have a good variety of budget phones around the Rs. 15,000 price point to choose from including the Xolo Q1000, Canvas HD, Zen Ultrafone 710HD and Lenovo A706 to name a few.