Coolpad is a famous brand from China with a very good reputation in technology and innovation. This is the company that brought Dual SIM technology to the world for the first time. Since 1993, Coolpad has been pioneering in the mobile phone industry globally. Now, Coolpad has stepped into Nepal with a new partner. Jaima Intercontinental Pvt. Ltd. is the official partner that is introducing this brand in Nepal. They debuted with Cool 1 and 3 other smartphones in the launch event at Hyatt Regency yesterday.
Coolpad is Europe’s 2nd biggest Chinese phone supplier, China’s 1st 4G phone manufacturer, and has around 8000 plus patents. Coolpad inaugurated and announced its Nepal journey in the presence of hundreds of people, media, dealers, and senior company staff. There were informatic presentations and provisions for entertainment shows like beatboxing for the viewers. Coolpad is planning to offer the best smartphones at the most reasonable price tag compared to other companies.
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Coolpad Launch in Nepal and Initial Launches
Company CEO, JIPL chairman, and Qualcomm’s engineer were also present at the Coolpad launch event. After the program ended, the experience zone was opened for everyone. We checked the new smartphones and we are quite impressed. Coolpad Cool 1 is the focus of their portfolio. “Cool” is the brand made by LeEco and Coolpad together. Here are the details of all the latest smartphones launched by the company.
Coolpad Cool 1 Dual Specification
- Display: 5.5 Inches IPS LCD Screen
- Resolution: 1080×1920
- SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 (Octa-Core)
- CPU Details: 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 and 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 quad-core sets
- GPU: Adreno 510
- Memory: 4GB RAM
- Storage: 64 GB eMMC 5.1 Internal, (No SD Card)
- Battery: 4060 mAh
- Charging Rate: 18 W (Quick Charge 2.0)
- Back Camera: 2 Modules
- 13 Megapixel with f/2.0 aperture (Main)
- 13 Megapixel B/W Monochrome
- Front Camera: 8 Megapixel with f/2.2 aperture
- OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow (eUI 5.6)
- Connectivity: USB Type-C, 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Sensors: Rear-Mounted Fingerprint Scanner, Compass, IR Blaster
- Price: Price: Rs 30,996
Coolpad Mega 3 Specification
- Display: 5.5 Inches IPS LCD Screen
- Resolution: 720×1280
- SoC: Mediatek MT6737 (Quad-Core)
- CPU Details: 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
- GPU: Mali-T860
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Storage: 16 GB eMMC 5.0 In-Built, Micro SD card support
- Battery: 3050 mAh Lithium-Polymer
- Back Camera: 1 Module
- 8 Megapixel with f/2.2 aperture
- Front Camera: 8 Megapixel with f/2.2 aperture
- OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow (Cool UI 8 Skin)
- Connectivity: micro USB 2.0, 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Sensors: Accelerometer
- Price: Rs 17,496
Coolpad Note 3s Specification
- Display: 5.5 Inches IPS LCD Screen
- Resolution: 720×1280
- SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 (Octa-Core)
- CPU Details: 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 and 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53 quad-core sets
- GPU: Adreno 405
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Storage: 32 GB eMMC 4.5 In-Built, Micro SD card support
- Battery: 2500 mAh Lithium-Polymer
- Back Camera: 1 Module
- 13 Megapixel with f/2.2 aperture
- Front Camera: 5 Megapixel with f/2.2 aperture
- OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow
- Connectivity: micro USB 2.0, 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Sensors: Rear-Mounted Fingerprint Scanner, Proximity
- Price: Rs 20,996
Coolpad Mega 2.5D Specification
- Display: 5.5 Inches IPS LCD Screen
- Resolution: 720×1280
- SoC: Mediatek MT6735P (Quad-Core)
- CPU Details: 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53
- GPU: Mali-T720MP2
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Storage: 16 GB On-Board, Micro SD card support
- Battery: 2500 mAh Lithium-Polymer
- Back Camera: 1 Module
- 8 Megapixel with f/2.2 aperture
- Front Camera: 8 Megapixel with f/2.2 aperture
- OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow (Cool UI 8)
- Connectivity: micro USB 2.0, 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity
- Price: Rs 16,496
These are the phone introduced by the company for the first phase during the launch. As per company officials, their goal is to be in the top 5 vendors in Nepal within 2017. As for the specs and quality, the quality of the phones is very good. The best feature of all currently launched phones is the camera. The company has highly focused on the cameras of its phones. In the launch presentation, officials compared the camera of Cool 1 and iPhone 7. The comparison showed better low-light performance and Bokeh. It was highly appraised by THT Photo Journalist who tested the camera for 2 weeks.
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Impressions
Among all the phones, we simply tallied price and hardware specifications. In our view, Cool 1 is the best mid-range phone being offered at this price. It has a bigger battery, superior camera, powerful processing, and lots of features. All specs are quite good but there is one big restriction. In Cool 1, users won’t be able to add an external SD card. That is a huge barrier because this phone can record 4K videos and those files are big. Cool 1 is capable to shoot at 4K which is impressive because mid-range phones of this price don’t have such luxury.
Nepal just got 4G which was announced during NTC’s 13th anniversary. However, Coolpad is already working in 5G and they were working with 4G way before. So obviously all these newly launched phones are 4G. As the company is a pioneer of dual SIM technology, we also get dual SIM support for all these 4 new phones. A few things Cool 1 has that impresses me is that it has Fast Charging and a fingerprint sensor.
All these new phones are pretty great and the prices are also within the budget of average Nepali consumers. The company actually gave a good initial impression of its portfolio and pricing strategy. By the way, most people will compare Indian and Nepali prices. But there are many reasons such as import cost, transport, TAX, and market size. Market size and sales are a big factor because it affects margin. In high volume, profit is easy but in a small market like Nepal, it is hard. For now, we wish JIPL and Coolpad a successful journey in Nepal.
