When it comes to buying a feature phone with 4G VoLTE support there are few options available in the market. Here is one such handset the Micromax Bharat 1, a feature phone that supports VoLTE and it is a better option when compared with the JioPhone.
All the key features that you wished the Reliance JioPhone had, you will find that on the Micromax Bharat 1 handset. This feature phone like the other feature phones come with alphanumeric keyboard, supports dual SIM and houses a 2000 mAh removable battery.
Performance is good, this is a basic phone but it does offer access to Facebook, YouTube and even whatsApp. But there is more to it, read this Micromax Bharat 1 review to know more. This feature phone is priced at approx Rs. 2,200.
Micromax Bharat 1 specifications
Processor : Qualcomm Snapdragon
Screen : 2.4 inches with QVGA resolution
SIM Type : Dual SIM
RAM : 512MB
ROM : 4GB
Box content : Handset, charger, battery, earphone and user manual
Features : Wi-Fi (Hotspot), Bluetooth and GPS
Other : Supports Facebook, YouTube and Whatsapp
Battery : 2000 mAh (removable)
Performance
The display quality is good, this is not a touch screen. You will need to use the navigation buttons to navigate through the menu. Overall performance was good, don’t expect much out of a feature phone.
However it does come packed with apps that one simply cannot live without – you can use Facebook, Youtube and even Whatsapp on this handset. Apart from this in settings you also get Wi-Fi Hotspot option which means you can share the data from this feature phone with other devices via Wi-Fi Hotspot.
Battery life is very good. You will easily get 1 to 2 days of battery life on a single charge depending on your usage. It takes about 2 hours to charge the battery. There is 2MP camera on the back and a VGA camera on the front – ignore the camera they are no good.
Micromax Bharat 1 Vs Reliance JioPhone
There are 3 things that make the Bharat 1 a better option.
- Micromax Bharat 1 supports dual SIM and you can use any SIM from any service provider. Whereas the JioPhone comes with a single SIM slot and you can only use a Jio SIM on the JioPhone.
- Bharat 1 supports whatsapp, JioPhone for now does not.
- Bharat 1 supports Wi-Fi Hotspot whereas there is no such option on JioPhone.
Verdict
As you can see in the Micromax Bharat 1 and Reliance JioPhone the Bharat 1 is a much better option. It comes for a good price tag of Rs. 2,200 (approx). There are some offers you can avail – BSNL Rs.97 unlimited.
Rating 4 out of 5
You can buy the Bharat 1 smartphone from official site.
Nishad
Pros:
1. Smooth interface
2. Battery backup is fine.
3. Has 4G native Video calling (ViLTE)
4. Both sim supports LTE(only one at a time!)
Cons:
1. ViLTE clarity is pathetic and so is the UI/UX
2. Display is also bad
3. Camera clarity is pathetic
4. WhatsApp video calling lags. Feels like you are still in 2001!!!
5. Buggy dialler. Very difficult to use. So many issues while scrolling the call log
6. KitKat version
7. Won’t be able to clear the cache/ram
Jahid
Whatsapp video calling using 3G or 4G SIM works flawlessly. I had observed Super and smooth quality video call in daylight and also in night near the artificial light source ,
Dhirendra Kumar
One more good thing is this phone also support native video calling from dial pad also
Sk Jahid
Yes , I noticed that but I got ‘Video call’ options only if I insert JIO sim card in any slot otherwise video call option is not available there, and also after getting that option if click and choose 2ND SIM (Idea 4G sim in my case) sim for video calling I had seen that the call was automatically started by SIM 1 (JIO Sim) , and in the call history that call was termed as 4G Voice Call ..
As I did not recharge my JIO sim so My call got disconnected every time ,so I want to know how does it work actually ? Do you able to video call any non-jio caller ??
Dhirendra Kumar
Didn’t try from other Sim cause I’m using jio only
Nishad
Can you please let us know, who are the other service providers with 4G video calling facility!!?
Sk Jahid
Sir, I had purchased this phone from snapdeal as did not find in local store and using since 3rd December 2017, I must say at this price point this phone delivers really good , android in keypad phone is a different and nice experience, not just for senior citizen I would recommend it to everyone who does not need apps and games but needs the basic things like 4G VoLTE, Hotspot, Wifi, Whatsapp,facebook, few TV channels.
Anyway I also should talk about the problems I had found on this phone and What Micromax did to solve that so far.
1. In photo viewer you can not zoom Pictures ( But within whatsapp you can zoom )
2. In defalut video player and also in Youtbe or in any other Online video streaming websites I did not find any options to rotate the video to play in landscape mode. ( But Inside Micromax LIVE TV App all the TV channels and Videos are loaded in landscalpe mode by default )
3. A major bug I found – If you use PIN Lock mode and whenever your phone get locked while you are inside Whatsapp applications then the locked screen gets overlapped with Whatsapp screen so that after entering PIN the phone can not be unlocked and nothing worked , you must reboot phone.
4. In Micromax TV all the channels are not playable such as Zoom , Aaj Tak , Food Food TV etc.
Well, Micromax actually fixed two issues (Problem number 3 and 4 both ) with another update. I got that 2nd system update of 41 MB on 6th December 10 pm. This Update also slightly improves the response and speed of phone. But This Update created another issue – though all the Live TV channels work smoothly but now they are only played in portrait mode and I can not find any options to rotate the video similar to normal video player, Micromax should fix this by pushing another update because Videos can only be enjoyed in landscape mode, also now in portrait mode It’s hard to read the news headlines on News channels. I don’t know why micromax did that suddenly.
Sir, is it possible to give this feedback directly to micomax team for fixing those issues in the phone ???
anand
Try in social media
Vikas Jay
Out of stock in Snapdeal e-commerce site; many people buy as secondary phone which can we used after battery running out of primary device.
Al
I don’t understand why everyone is hating on the jiophone now. Jio delivered what it promised. Nothing more, nothing less. They make limited number of jio phones based on the number of pre-bookings, so it is quite obvious they won’t refund the rs 500 paid during pre-booking.
Sanjay
This Bharat 1 phone is showing “out of stock” in Snapdeal…
Moosan
I purchased this phone from sñapdeal .But it has not included the sim.So I cannot avail the BSNL offer.Offlline retailer sell the phone with sim which is to be activated at the BSNL center.So if you want BSNL 97 offer avoid online purchasing.