Ron of www.wahpinas.com brought a new smartphone when we went to Kabankalan City, he gave it to me in order to take a look at it and review it for my blog. I'm not yet ready yet that time to review gadgets because I’m more focusing on travel, food and lifestyle at the moment, but when I saw this Kata i3 quad core phone, It tempted me to try and test it. I have tried other quad core smartphones, they are fast and big, but sometimes they give you a poor touch screen responses. Kata i3 got the best touch screen feature for me, out of the major brands of smartphones, I bet this will be the new crowned quad core prince for the local market this year 2014.
I’m not yet familiar with Kata Mobile’s products, but my first impression with their Kata i3 mobile gave me new interest to go back in tech blogging and also try their other units and models, I heard they also have a series of tablet called Fish tab. When my son saw the wallpaper of a splash of water and a fish, my son said that I got a kick ass and awesome wallpaper, I guess the Super HD display really helped for the visuals, but my only complain is that the screen is too bright and even I power down the bright control, it still generate more bright, but its okay to have that good problem.
My only worry is the thin body and soft shell of the phone, I’m so afraid that I might break it because the body and screen is thin and I might be pressing or tapping so hard when playing some games. I hope they can come up a Kata i3 case for this phone just for protection. There are no removable battery inside the unit but they have is the built in battery, I think they cover up the whole back of the phone just to protect it from damage, but with its soft shell, you have to be very careful in removing it (because you might accidentally break it) and putting it back.
In running some apps and do multi tasking with the Kata i3, I can say that it’s the best..I have no complains (yet)
damn…I want this phone!
SRP PHP8499
For the price…not bad… it’s a best deal already.
Specs:
5 inch Super HD Display
1.3 GHz Quad Core Processor (Mediatek MT6582)
Android 4.2 Jellybean
Dual SIM
Color: Royal Blue
Size and Weight
Height: 5.65 inches (143.6 mm)
Width: 2.84 inches (72.2 mm)
Depth: 0.32 inches (8.3 mm)
Weight: 0.34 pounds (153.2g)
Storage: 16GB expandable up to 32GB storage
Display: 5.0� QHD IPS 960*540 Capacitive)
Camera: Front: 5 Mega Pixel camera
Support video call
Rear: 13 Mega Pixel camera auto focus
Autofocus
Battery
Built-in 2250mAh rechargeable lithium-polymer battery Charging
via power adapter or USB to computer system
Standby time 700hours
Talk Time 7 hour
Memory - Internal: 16GB / External: Support micro SD card, up to 32GB
Weight: 0.34 pounds (153.2g)
Audio Playback: MP3, WMA, WAV, APE, OGG, OGA, M4A, FLAC, ACC Audio
(specs lifted from http://www.katadigital.com.ph/index.php?route=mobilephone/katai3 )
let’s do another round of unboxing!
hello Kata i3
the box
Box is simple but it reminded me of an apple phone
Its big and black! aahaahah
Inside the box
- Kata i3 phone
- USB charger
- earphones
- manual
Front look
bottom side is the micro usb slot
left view: the volume controls
micro usb slot
Right view: the power button
top view: Earphone plugs
Back of Kata i3
13MP front camera
hands on use
under the hood – whoooppss! no removable battery
closer up look : dual sim slot and memory card slot
Power up!
select language…first menu in Android 4.2 Jellybean
I’m skipping the Sim card
Select wifi first before start up
sign up first with Google mail
credit card set up for Google Wallet, you can skip this if you don’t want to link your credit card.
Setup complete!! now the fun part is to install more apps
Start up…
Size and thickness
Kata i3 is much more thinner than my iPhone4s.
It’s a beautiful Android phone!
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