Phone Review - Dell XCD 28

A friend of mine bought Dell's new entry the XCD28 cellphone. Operating on the Android platform,it is the cheapest phone available from Dell. Priced around INR7800 in the retail market, its closest competition is from Micromax Andro(INR 6800).



When i first came across the phone,the phone seemed to be quite nice looking one,with its matter back cover finishing. The display seemed nice and colourful,but not as sharp as of the Galaxy S(or even Micromax Andro in case).

The phone seemed small in size to me. You have to go back top the screen home very soon in order to flip through the menu items. Also,the resistive touch screen is less responsive than expected. Even Micromax Andro has a more responsive screen than XCD28.

The phone's standby time is okay,nothing very exciting. Had it been Samsung or Micromax,it would have been something better. The bundled headphones are nice,but their quality is less than what Nokia offers in its 5130, or other products in that price range.

In India,it comes with an outdated Android 2.1,which can be upgraded to 2.2 . Now considering that 2.3 is already out,and updates upto 2.8(or 3.0 for tablets) are out, its too outdated.

The video playback is good. HD videos play flawlessly crisp and clearly. The audio playback's good too,but its a little low pitched for situations when one needs slighty loud audio(especially when outdoors). So Personalising audio clips for ringtones might not work good.

I used the phone on Idea's network. I didn't find the audio quite clear. On using the camera,the picture quality of the image captured was good,but the preview of the camera application seems a bit blurred.

Dell India doesn't have any local service for its phones. This means that wheneever your phone stops working,Dell would replace it free of charge. But this means that you'd have to wait for your relacement phone to ship.
It's quite surprising to see that Dell who has such a customer base for laptops,doesn't have a service centre for hardware. Infact,their computer hardware service/warranty is provided by Wipro India.

In the end,to sum it all, i'd give it 2.5/5 .

Do you think similar on Dell XCD28, or have a different opinion? Feel free to pour in your comments