ZEN u105 Fire Ultrafone Firefox OS Mobile review

ZEN U105 FIREFOX OS

Specs:

Display

3.50-inch

Processor

1GHz

Front Camera

 0.3-megapixel

Resolution

 320x480 pixels

OS

 Firefox OS

Storage

256MB

Rear Camera

2-megapixel

Battery capacity

1200mAh

 My Verdict: 

The Zen U105 Fire has been launched in the market at a selling price of Rs.2299 and currently retailing on hopeshop18 Rs. 1,999.The objective of the phone is to give a smartphone experience to users who have never owned a smartphone. If one looks at it with that in mind it might be a huge win due to it's lightweight and sleek design. They offer the phone with a touch screen which is an added feature to this low cost phone. The quality of the touch screen is great and the swipe is easy to manage.

The disadvantage is the OS. Despite it being the key feature, the operating system still isn't a winner when it comes to the UX. The interface is easy to manage but when a user wants to download a few apps to make his experience better the user will be thoroughly disappointed. Even though this isn't really Firefox's fault and is the fault of the creators of the app, when one wants to buy an phone for entertainment and not just looks this phone looses out on points.

Firefox OS is a mobile operating system based on Linux and Mozilla’s Gecko technology. It is built up on open web standards like HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Every app in Firefox OS including the Camera and the Dialer is a web app, i.e. a website in the form of an app.

Even though the camera was a mere 2MP it wasn't disappointing when I tried clicking pictures in well lit areas. The front camera was redundant because of it's poor quality. Videos are very patchy and blurry to view.

The quality of the speakers are great. Probably the best feature of the phone are it's speakers!

In this price range one does get a few Android rip-offs and when it comes to the UX of Android, Firefox does have to bow down to it. The rip offs might not be as good quality in terms of UI but in terms of UX the phones will make the customers far more satisfied than the Zen phone.

With everything in mind I will rate this phone as a 2.5 out of 5.