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Spice Pinnacle FHD happens to be among the cheapest full HD phones in the country now, priced at Rs 16,499. Though popular brand Micromax has no such device in the market at present, the likes of Karbonn, Lemon and WickedLeak have smartphones with similar high resolution screens.
The full HD budget phone from Spice piqued our curiousity and got us thinking whether spending Rs 16,500 on this device is worth it. We reviewed the Pinnacle FHD to see...
Design
Spice Pinnacle FHD is not a good-looking device in the market, with the manufacturer departing from the design it has followed with its predecessors (like Stellar Pinnacle and Pinnacle Pro). The chrome ring around the body is much wider on top in this phone, as compared to its siblings, and does not really add to the looks.
Its 5-inch screen has three touch-sensitive keys below it, which light up only when touched. The user removable back houses the battery as well as the sim card and memory card slots. On the left is the Power/Lock key, while the volume key is on the right; both of them are quite tactile and easy to press. The plastic body feels solid, but the back is made of glossy plastic and makes gripping the device a little difficult many times.
Software
The new Spice phone is powered by Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Though the software has been tweaked a little with a few pre-loaded apps and wallpapers, it is mostly stock Android. The phone is fast on most counts, but we saw a slight lag while switching between the Apps and Widgets options in the Menu. Though the lag isn't much, it is still a bug that needs to be sorted out. Otherwise, the phone has enough computing prowess under the hood to perform most tasks.
Some of the apps preloaded in this phone are TOI, Facebook, WhatsApp and Spice Cloud. It also comes with the company's own NQ Mobile Security antivirus that offers features like remote locking, remote wipe and sim-card swap alerts.
Camera
The photos taken by Spice Pinnacle FHD's 8MP rear camera are average at best. Colours seem a little oversaturated and the detailing in the images is decent, but zooming upon them shows a little softness in all photos. Low-light images are noisy despite dual-LED flash, which is a problem plaguing most budget phones. There is also a little shutter lag in the camera. Video recording at 1080p is less than stellar, compared to what you get in other handsets in this price range.
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