Symphony Xplorer H250 Review

Symphony Xplorer H250 Review

Symphony launches another member of H-series Symphony Xplorer H250. There is no much more difference between specifications of Symphony Xplorer H175 and Symphony Xplorer H250 but there is bit difference in battery and sensors, no geomagnetic sensor in Symphony Xplorer H175.

Symphony Xplorer H250 launches with 5” HD IPS display. The smart phone brings android lollipop 5.1. Symphony Xplorer H250 carries 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM with external support up-to 32GB. The smart phone has rear camera with 13MP and the front facing camera with 5.0MP. Flash light with the rear camera but no flash light with front camera.

Symphony uses mobile anti-theft application in its smart phone which will help you to find your lost or stolen smart phone. Mobile anti-theft application already installed in Symphony Xplorer H250, when phone get stolen or lost and SIM card is changed the app will send you current location through SMS or email to the alternative mobile number and email provided.

Symphony Xplorer H250 Unboxing:

Symphony Xplorer H250 has black and white box which contains all universal accessories like headphone, data cable/charging cable and AC adapter, exciting is that there is white plastic back cover and a screen protector in the mobile box. All accessories covered with plastic bags for the safety of the accessories.

Price and Specifications of Symphony Xplorer H250:

Dimensions
  • 142 x 71 x 7 mm
Weight
  • N/A
Memory
  • 2 GB RAM + 16 GB ROM
  • Expandable upto 32 GB
OS
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop
Processor
  • 1.3 GHz, 64-bit Octacore processor,
  • MediaTek MT6735
  • Mali-T720 GPU
Network
  • GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  • HSPA+: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz
Camera
  • Primary: 13MP AF with LED Flash
  • Secondary: 5 MP AutoFocus
Display
  • Size: 5” HD IPS
  • Resolution: HD (720 x 1280) pixels
  • Pixel Density: 320 dpi
  • Protection: No
Battery
  • Embedded 2350 mAh, Li-Po battery
Features
  • SIM: Dual SIM (1 Micro + 1 Nano / MicroSD™ card expandable up to 32 GB)
  • WLAN: WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Dual-Band, WiFi Direct
  • Bluetooth: v4.0, A2DP
  • GPS: A-GPS
  • USB: MicroUSB v2.0
Sensors Accelerometer, Proximity, Light 
Price 18,999 PKR

Pros:

  • Beautiful Design
  • Elegant 13MP camara with 1080p video recording
  • Smooth touch
  • 3G (HSPA+)
  • Price 18,999/-
  • 5.0″ HD IPS shiny display

Cons:

  • Fixed battery and drains out rapidly
  • No OTG
  • Fragile Glass cover on the back, although it looks attractive
  • Heating issue while using 3G network technology

Design and Display of Symphony Xplorer H250:

Symphony xplorer H250 carries shiny and bright 5” HD IPS display on the front mesmerizing with 320 dpi. The display of phone has 720 x 1280 pixel. The brightness is controlled by light sensor yet it can adjust from Quick settings. The screen has no issue in sunlight you can easily use the smart phone without facing the reflection problem. The virtual buttons are placed outside of the touch screen.

Design of Symphony Xplorer H250:

The design of Symphony xplorer H250 is slim, shiny and catch, the smart phone we had for review has beautiful sapphire color on the four sides. The edges of the Symphony xplorer H250 are not curved like other smartphones.

All the sides with 142 x 71 x 7 mm dimensions carry some ports for external connectivity. The top side has audio jack for hands free, now come straight down to the bottom edge, it is a home of speaker, MicroUSB port and Microphone.

The volume rocker and power keys found their place on right side and under the access of right thumb, conversely the left side has sim tray for inserting SIM and memory card.

The back side smart phone is provided with fragile glass yet it enhances the look design of the smart phone. The rear camera is placed at top right corner and Flash is appeared below the lens. Let me tell you the back cover is  non-removable hence there is no way to access battery.

Processor of Symphony Xplorer H250:

Symphony xplorer h250 is powered with Media tek MT6735, 1.3GHz Quad core processor, which is processor is designed for mid-range smart phone and good choice for symphony xplorer h250. The processor support 4G/ LTE network communication but it is not available for this smart phone; this may be due to price range of smart phone. Symphony xplorer h250 is designed with 13MP lens which is supported by MT76735 chipset with HD 1080p video recording.

Here is the main feature of processor

  • ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit quad-core processor (1.3GHz)
  • ARM Mali-T720 GPU
  • 13MP image signal-processor
  • 1080p Full HD video recording and playback at 30fps
  • GPS module

Memory for Symphony Xplorer H250:

The smart phone carries 16 GB ROM and 2 GB RAM with the combination of 1.3 GHz Quad core processor so it multitasking would be smooth task for processor. 16 GB RAM is enough to store important data like documents and multimedia things, besides this symphony Xplorer H250 supports external micro SD card up-to 32 GB.

Camera within Symphony Xplorer H250:

Symphony Xplorer H250 is architected with front and rear camera. The front camera of the smart phone is 5.0 MP and the rear camera of the smart phone is 13.0 MP. There is nothing new as compare to other smartphones just bit difference of interface. Flash light with rear camera. HDR, panorama and face beauty options available in the camera and different effects can be applied.

Videos can be recorded in full HD mood at 1080p (1920×1080) @30fps.

Rear Camera of Symphony Xplorer H250:

Symphony Xplorer H250 brings 13.0 MP (4128x3096p) rear camera. Image quality of the smart phone is good. Different color effects and different modes of the rear camera like HDR mode, PIP mode, live photo mode, motion tracker mode, panorama mode, multi angle view mode and face beauty mode. Too many Setting options you can set them according to your choice or according to the situation, setting options like Exposure, white balance and image properties.

Front Camera of Symphony Xplorer H250:

5.0 MP of the symphony Xplorer H250 with no front flashlight. There are different scene modes to take picture like sunset, night, party, sports and etc. the image quality of front camera is very good

Network/ Connectivity of Symphony Xplorer H250 Review:

Symphony Xplorer H250 is a 3G supported smart phone. The smartphone is dual sim and both SIM are 3G supported, one sim is Nano and the other sim is micro. Symphony Xplorer H250 has Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth. USB/Charging port that can be used for sharing your data through data cable with other devices.

Battery Performance of Symphony Xplorer H250:

Symphony Xplorer H250 turn on with 2350 mAh li-polymer battery. It gives good battery performance like stand-by time is 385 hours and talk time is 10 hours. The back cover and the battery of the smart phone are fixed.

Interface of Symphony Xplorer H250:

After power the Symphony Xplorer H250 starts with the lock screen, before swipe to unlock the screen you will find camera shortcut at the right bottom side of the mobile and a dialer on the left bottom side of the mobile along this you can use drop down notification panel before go to the home screen.

On the home screen you will see time and date, and the Google search bar but no weather information widget set on the screen that mostly smartphones uses by default on their home screen.

Some gadgets and icons by default placed on the home page. Symphony Xplorer H250 has pre-loaded with Office suite 8 which help you to open files like PDF format, Excel files, and word files, it also can help you to create word, excel and power point documents. Mobile anti-theft application which help you to find your lost/stolen android smart phone. SHAREit application is already installed to share your content like photos, videos, music, contact, etc.

Interface of Symphony Xplorer H250 is user-friendly easy to use.

Antutu Benchmarking of Symphony Xplorer H250:

Antutu benchmark tests the different part of Symphony Xplorer H250 like, CPU, storage, sensors, and information about the operating system which uses in the smart phone.  Symphony Xplorer H250 got 31479 points which are very good for a mid-range smart phone. Unlucky Symphony Xplorer H250 got last position in the ranking table.

Vellamo Benchmarking for Symphony Xplorer H250:

Vellamo Benchmark compares the performance of browser, metal and multicore with other devices and give them points, in vellamo test browser got 2,467 points, metal core got 932 points and multicore got 1,438 points which is impressive and delightful for provided SoC in mid-range smart phone.

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Conclusion for Symphony Xplorer H250 Review:

Symphony Xplorer H250 with the specifications declared above are always trustworthy and have better performance in the mid-range smartphones. The smart phone with the combination of 1.3 GHz processor with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB ROM and Android 5.1 lollipop is a pleasant thing for mid-range smartphone buyers.

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