THE NEW GAME CHANGER IF IT PLAYS IT RIGHT

THE CREO MARK 1

GAME CHANGER

The CREO Mark 1 is a new startup company from Banglore and it has promised a lot of new things and lets see if it stands up to its promises.

The CREO Mark 1 is CREO’s first smartphone in the market. Keeping the Update USP aside for a minute, the Mark 1 also packs in decent specs to give the user the hardware opportunity for an enjoyable Android experience. Afterall, to get good software, you need good hardware in the first place.

On the front of the Mark 1 is a 5.5″ QHD LCD display, giving the phone a pixel density of 534 ppi. Powering the display is a MediaTek Helio X10 SoC clocked at 8x 1.9GHz. You also get 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of internal storage, which can further be expanded up to 128GB via a microsd card slot. There’s a decent 3,100 mAh non-removable Li-Po charging on board, which supports fast charging (standard unknown as of now) but no wireless charging. The Mark 1 is also a dual SIM phone with 4G connectivity. Notably missing from the hardware package is a fingerprint sensor, but more on this in our device review.

CREO’s second most talked about point in their keynote was the camera on the Mark 1. The rear camera on the Mark 1 is the Sony Exmor IMX 230 sensor, which is the same sensor as on the Sony Xperia Z3+, Motorola Moto X Play and Style and the Moto X Force. The rear camera comes with PDAF and can capture videos at 4K. Another feature addition is the ability to shoot 120fps Slo-Mo videos in Full HD. The front camera is an 8MP shooter, with a few feature additions such as 3D Photos and Live Photo Mode.

The Mark 1 runs on CREO’s custom OS, called Fuel OS, which is based on Android 5.1 Lollipop. Fuel OS attempts to bring some actually nifty features onto the stock OS. CREO’s modifications are made on top of stock Android, while staying true to its roots.

Many features which come inbuilt are the Fuel OS features smart and contextual system-wide search, called Sense,Echo is another of CREO’s addition, and is reminiscent of an answering machine on a phone,Also previewed on stage was Retriever, which is CREO’s version of Android Device Manager, albeit with a few additions. Retriever sends you an email on a new sim insertion even when the phone had been wiped clean. 

There are also other features built in, like Notification Manager, Smart inbox for messages (auto filters spam and segregates messages from people and companies), lockscreen gestures, customizable capacitive buttons and smart call forwarding.

The CREO Mark 1 will be available on CREO’s website as well as on Flipkart for INR 19,999 ($300). You can alsoengrave a personal message of 40 characters on the side of the device if you order from the CREO website. This facility will be free for the first 2000 users.

Will update you all ASAP when it gets in stock for sale.