Lava Xolo X900: First Intel-based smartphone. How will it be?

[bhaskar]

Hi Guys,

Came accross this article in Digit today.

Got tempted by this phone seeing its specs but is the Lava brand trustworthy? What do the TDF members say about this?

Full product specification here.

Network Frequency Bands GSM: 850/900/1800/1900
UMTS/HSPA: 850/900/1900/2100
HSPA+: 850/900/1900/2100
Edge/GPRS Class 10
WCDMA Yes
HSPA+ up to 21 Mbps (DL)
up to 5.7 Mbps (DL)

Processor Chipset Intel Medfield
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel® Atom™ with Hyper Threading
Graphics core Clock speed 400 MHz
Triangles per second 40 million/second
Design Dimensions 123 x 63 x 10.99 mm
Weight 127 grams

Display Display Size 4.03"
Resolution 1024 x 600
Colours 16M
Display Technology TFT LCD Capacitive touch
Corning Gorilla Glass

Operating System Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
(upgradable to Android 4.0)
Camera Rear camera 8 MP
Front camera 1.3 MP
Flash support Yes, single LED
Digital zoom 16x
HD recording rear 1080p
Video chat front 480p
Burst Mode 15 fps, 10 images in <1 sec
Modes supported Auto, Sports, Potrait, Landscape, Night, Night Potrait, Fireworks, Text
Bluetooth v2.1
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
NFC Yes
NFC Antenna 13.56 MHz
WLAN support Yes
Memory Internal Memory* 16 GB
RAM 1 GB

Battery 1460 mAh, 3.7V
Talk time (2G) up to 15.5 hours
Talk time (3G) up to 7.8 hours
Music playback (earphones) up to 43.9 hours
Video playback (earphones) up to 6 hours
Total standby time up to 14 days

[AndroidFan]

Most of the apps won't work properly... Its an x86 architecture. Just because Android runs on it does not mean all apps and games will run properly...

Stick to ARM based phones...

[sam]

and DEVs won't rewrite the whole thing for X86 just cause Lava & Lenovo have launched mobiles based on Intel Atom based SOC.

[abhidev]

If this processor is not battery hungry...then definitely its good step ahead

[sarthak]

Its specs are good but according to Engadget the build quality is bad.

[DeSmOnD dAvId]

There is already a thread dedicated to this.
Intel Atom based Lava Android Phone coming...

Please continue there.
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[ico]

Look at the possibility of install Arch Linux on this. Good stuff.

[masterkd]

last time intel tried to enter smartphone market was a massive fail..hope this one serves intel better!!

[bhaskar]

As mentioned in the article by Digit, the phone will be available in Croma stores from Apr 23rd. Can we expect some TDF members to give us a hands-on review about the build quality and looks.

[SuperH3art]

my post made at 10 am was closed for this post which was made at 3 pm,

anyway.. will discuss it here

[bhaskar]

my post made at 10 am was closed for this post which was made at 3 pm,

anyway.. will discuss it here

Sorry frnd, i did not notice your thread when i created this one. Regarding your thread closure, only MODs will be able to answer it... ... Sam, can you please clarify here?

[sam]

i thought of merging both threads but that will make things mixed up.

@SuperH3art, don't take things to heart. actually didn't notice that your thread was started earlier. and also thread made by you was in tech section. this was in mobile zone. thats why

[DeSmOnD dAvId]

I don't think there would be a problem of app compatibility here. Probably need a different Dalvik VM to run on x86.
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[SuperH3art]

No issue sam.... i m enjoying it

[SuperH3art]

Here is the first review from anandtech for xolo x900


AnandTech - Lava Xolo X900 Review - The First Intel Medfield Phone

[X-jo]

22k , not bad... if the price comes down then a yummy deal

[ajaymailed]

Lava brand trustworthy?

me n my friends make fun of buying a Lava mobile. It will be pretty shocking & ironic if this phone is a success. Being the first Intel powered smartphone, it already made into news.

all the best for Lava & other Indian cos entering smartphone segment.

[sam]

^^ how much they try, changing Indian mentality is next to impossible. We'll continue to love 2 names & 2 names only: Nokia & Samsung. This mobile is getting challenged by the likes of HTC Sensation, Motorola Atrix2, Galaxy S Advance, LG Optimus 3D and soon Samsung Galaxy S2 will come to give it a bite.

Aton is fast but hardly anyone cares about it. It may sell well has it been launched by Samsung or maybe Nokia. But Lava, no chance. They'll need to sell this for 14-15k.

Here is the first review from anandtech for xolo x900

AnandTech - Lava Xolo X900 Review - The First Intel Medfield Phone

an yndian mobile got shipped to AT (though anand himself comes here at times) for review. impressive

[tkin]

This is a reference phone, like reference GPU, so you are buying a Intel device, not usual lava cr@p, if warranty issues are fixed this looks like a great phone, specially the CPU performance(matching a 35k phone) and the camera specs and options.

[SuperH3art]

Cameon guys appreciate it... proud to be indian..

[X-jo]

if this gives me 24hrs of 2G usage and if am left with atleast 30% juice left, then i definitely will buy this.. i care less abt looks and more about stability and battery

[AndroidFan]

if this gives me 24hrs of 2G usage and if am left with atleast 30% juice left, then i definitely will buy this.. i care less abt looks and more about stability and battery

You are not serious... First of all, you want to buy an Intel Atom based phone, and then you expect excellent battery from it? Seriously? Ever thought why an ARM based iPad has a battery life of 10 hours, but the best laptops you buy don't last you more than a couple of hours? You are going to trust Intel for battery life? You are going to trust Lava for good built quality? You know you can get a brand new HTC Sensation for 22k, do you?

Also, how will apps work on your device? A different Dalvik VM? Not a chance... Even when you know that different ARM processors based on similar design like Tegra and Snapdragon have incompatible apps, how can you expect support for Intel processors?

This is unreal man...

If you really want to buy a good phone, it should
a) be sold in dozens of western countries successfully, only then will you get official updates
b) be well supported on XDA

Don't buy deadbeat phones like Lava Xolo and crap like that...

[sarthak]

Also, how will apps work on your device? A different Dalvik VM? Not a chance... Even when you know that different ARM processors based on similar design like Tegra and Snapdragon have incompatible apps, how can you expect support for Intel processors?

Anandtech review says that 90% of apps in android market work on it.

[ajaymailed]

Ever thought why an ARM based iPad has a battery life of 10 hours, but the best laptops you buy don't last you more than a couple of hours?

i really didn't know ARM based Ipad hardware is as powerful as intel powered laptop.

[montsa007]

Don't buy deadbeat phones like Lava Xolo and crap like that...

i really didn't know ARM based Ipad hardware is as powerful as intel powered laptop.

This thread is so hilarious
Hands on Review

[tkin]

You are not serious... First of all, you want to buy an Intel Atom based phone, and then you expect excellent battery from it? Seriously? Ever thought why an ARM based iPad has a battery life of 10 hours, but the best laptops you buy don't last you more than a couple of hours? You are going to trust Intel for battery life? You are going to trust Lava for good built quality? You know you can get a brand new HTC Sensation for 22k, do you?

Also, how will apps work on your device? A different Dalvik VM? Not a chance... Even when you know that different ARM processors based on similar design like Tegra and Snapdragon have incompatible apps, how can you expect support for Intel processors?

This is unreal man...

If you really want to buy a good phone, it should
a) be sold in dozens of western countries successfully, only then will you get official updates
b) be well supported on XDA

Don't buy deadbeat phones like Lava Xolo and crap like that...

You should check the battery life images at anandtech, this phone matches that of galaxy s2 and the others handily, the X86 battery life is a pure myth.

And also, 90%+ app works on it flawlessly. In android, the apps run in a virtual environment, there is no direct hardware access, like 99% apps in windows run on Intel and AMD CPUs having different architecture. So if Intel can translate the calls, it will work. The GPU is PowerVR as I recall, so games will run good as well.

And on the build quality part, this is a reference phone, so build quality should be good.

And finally, why a laptop has less battery life than iPad: Faster processor, faster memory(and larger too), mechanical had drive and optical drive, larger display, faster GPU etc etc.


My only concern is the warranty and ASA of LAVA. They make cheap @$$ phones usually.

[montsa007]

My only concern is the warranty and ASA of LAVA. They make cheap @$$ phones usually.

The phone box will have this text in small writing "Ok look kid, you bought the phone, congrats. We don't provide any after sales, so if you break this phone don't ask your mom to call us to get it repaired, its your headache then!, good luck with your new china toy"

[tkin]

^^ F*ck lava, Nokia should bring this out, with Windows OS, see how things do, they are screwed either way.

[montsa007]

^^ F*ck lava, Nokia should bring this out, with Windows OS, see how things do, they are screwed either way.

Nokia is currently like Titanic, playing at full volume hoping to survive, it won't unless it surrenders to Android.
Even their much advertised Lumia 800 couldn't make up for the sales.

[tkin]

/OT
N8 still holds as the best sub 25k cam phone, maybe nokia should screw windows OS, modify symbian belle and launch a 16mp camera phone for 20k or something, will sell as a good cam phone, lumia neither had the OS, nor the hardware.