Coolpad Max vs Xiaomi M5 vs Smartron Phone: Which Phone is the Winner?

Coolpad has officially launched its flagship smartphone, Coolpad Max in India. At Rs 24,999, it's a big leap for Coolpad which is known for its sub-Rs 10,000 smartphones. Coolpad has built a reputation for its Note 3 series smartphones and now it wants to establish itself in the premium mid-segment flagship category.

Coolpad Max, which was launched first in Indonesia, is priced on par with Xiaomi's Mi 5 which in fact beats flagship from Samsung and LG in terms of pure hardware specifications. Coolpad says it's not competing with Xiaomi or any other smartphone brand.Coolpad, which has transformed from an ODM to OEM, wants to establish its brand in the sub-Rs 25k smartphone space will have a tough road in the form of competition from Xiaomi Mi 5 and new entrant Smartron phone.

Coolpad Max: Coolpad Max looks just like all other devices available in this space. It has a unibody metal design and sports a fingerprint scanner below the camera module like Google's Nexus 6P. Coolpad Max features a 5.5-inch full HD display with 2.5 curved Corning Gorilla Glass on top. The smartphone looks a more premium version of company's Note 3 with little tweaks in design. Under the hood, Coolpad Max is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 SoC coupled with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage.
Smartron is a relatively new entrant in the smartphone space. For Smartron phone is just the second product but has a huge backing from the man considered 'God of Cricket' himself. Smartron, a new hardware startup funded by Sachin Tendulkar has launched t.phone, its second hardware product in India. The t.phone features metal unibody design and has a camera module at the left hand top corner, which is very similar to designs we have already seen on Vivo smartphones. Smartron phone runs Android Marshmallow and comes with company's own cloud offering with unlimited free storage space. Smartron phone also comes with top of the line specs like Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC, 4GB RAM and 64GB storage.

Xiaomi Mi 5 is undoubtedly the most advanced smartphone with latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC. It scores the highest in Antutu benchmark with its 3GB RAM and 32GB storage version. Xiaomi has not launched 4GB RAM, 128GB storage version in India. Xiaomi Mi 5 is the smallest of the pack with its 5.15-inch Full HD display has a 16MP primary camera with 4-axis optical image stabilisation and has a 4MP secondary camera for selfie and video calling. However, Xiaomi Mi 5 is not a perfect smartphone even with such great specifications.