Here’s another cheap Android smartphone called Coolpad Illumina from the stable of Coolpad. This device, like many others of its sort from Coolpad targets those people who may not have much money to spend on buying a smartphone. These set of individuals may want to pay for a smartphone that is cheap, yet has all the basic features that satisfy them.
However, they must not be asking too much. Let’s dive into checking out what makes Coolpad Illumina a smartphone worth having.
Design and Display of Coolpad Illumina
Dimensions are like 73.7 x 147.3 x 10.16 mm. Also, it weighs 139 grams, which shows everything inside the Coolpad Illumina is very minimal. Furthermore, the device comes in black, blue, and champagne. The device is neither water resistant, nor does it have a secondary display feature.
The screen size in Coolpad Illumina is 5 inches of FWVGA IPS LCD capacitive touch screen. It comes with 480 x 854 pixels resolution of 16 million colors. Similarly, the pixel density is 196 ppi, screen to body ratio is 63.66 percent, aspect ratio 16:9. For protection, it is multi-touch capable, up to 10 fingers.
Camera Features
In the camera department, there is a poor 5 MP camera that comes with LED flash capacity and able to operate with f/2.4 aperture. The video recording is FHD quality and other features such as auto focus, continuous shooting, face detection, exposure compensation, geo-tagging, HDR, panorama, are available.
In the front camera side, there is a 2 MP camera feature which comes with adjustable front flash. The aperture is f/2.8 and it comes with a few other good attributes. Also, the following sensors are found on the device – Accelerometer, proximity, and ambient light.
Coolpad Illumina Hardware and Software
Operating system of Coolpad Illumina is Android 8.1 Oreo. It comes with a modified user interface. In addition, it has Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 process technology 28nm. In like manner, there is a Quad core 1.1 GHz 4-Cores CPU, and Adreno 304 GPU 2-Cores.
Storage Capacity
Space, as you may be thinking is minimal here too. There is a variant of 1GB of RAM with internal storage of 8GB; while the other variant is also 1GB of RAM but the internal storage is 16GB. Use a microSD card slot and increase things up to 32GB externally.
Network and Connectivity
The internet network in Coolpad Illumina is well rounded because from the start, one would be fooled to think that this device will be devoid of 4G LTE network. But we got a surprise here – Coolpad Illumina is 4G compliant. The dual SIM cards meant for it are able to make use of 2G, 3G, and 4G networks.
Other connectivity components include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, hotspot, USB Type-C, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, 3.5mm audio jack and more. However, Illumina lacks NFC and infrared.
Battery Life
There is a 2150 mAh Li-Po non-removable battery to power the Coolpad Illumina. This battery has no fast charging capability, and no wireless charging technology. In view of this, charging your smartphone becomes a real chore that takes longer.
Price and Availability of Coolpad Illumina
This device price starts from $70 USD. One may be able to pay more but hardly less for this mobile device. It is now available for purchase, having been released in the month of October, 2018. No doubt, this is a back-to-school kind of smartphone.
