Panda's Review: Micromax Q5 fb - 5/10

Micromax for sure is true to every word in it's tagline, but the catch is, I see it more on the negative side, indeed, Nothing like anything!

I am not posting the technical specifications of the device, sure you have many sites that do it, but I am going to jot down the positives and negatives of this device.

Positives

• Dual sim functionality (if working fine) can be a boon to people like me who study/work in one state and actually belong to a different state

• The QWERTY pad is really good, I never had trouble pressing any keys

• Can handle high jumps from tables and pockets on hard surfaces like the floor

Negatives

• The Trackball - Mother of all problems, biggest design blunder for a low end phone like Q5. If this phone did not have a trackball, it would have been a very big hit

• The Trackball - Easily gets spoiled in less than a month, and when it happens, the whole phone becomes handicapped, like without trackball you have no other keys that help you navigate

• The Trackball - Game breaker again, the trackball technology used in this phone is a cheap substitutes of the materials used in Blackberry phone's trackball, this somehow reminded me of the Mig plane scam that shook India

• Invisible Headset - Yes, you read it right, the phone automatically goes into Headset mode without even connecting a real head set, the service center guys say its the audio jack that is problematic on these devices

• Heavy - Yes the device is very heavy compared to other BAR phones with similar style and specs

• Dull Display - You cannot stare the screen continuously for more than 4 minutes

• Cheap Paint - Nobody likes a phone which loses its body paint with every month passing by

• 3rd rate firmware - I appreciate Micromax for delivering so much for such a low price, but I would have taken a cut on number of features over quality of the firmware. The phone restarts on its own, like it is possessed or something, and if you feel like updating your firmware, then I guess you will not find any

On a whole, it was a mistake on my part to buy this phone, it delivers a lot of features for a low price but Micromax needs to understand that many consumers prefer quality over quantity.