The Xolo X500 runs Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), and on the
surface, looks similar to the stock build of the OS save for a widget
placed at the top of the notification bar which features toggles for
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, location, data sync and brightness. There are five
customisable home screens that can be filled with app shortcuts and
widgets. The phone does include a few pre-loaded apps including Xolo
Care, Quick office, and doubleTwist, a multimedia playback and
management app. Apart from the default Android browser, you'll find the
Chrome browser bundled as well.
The Xolo Care application helps customers to contact the customer care service via SMS, email or phone call. There's also a SIM configuration utility since it's a dual-SIM phone that allows users to select the Active SIM. The phone also includes Swiftkey 3 for Intel, as the default keyboard although one can switch to the standard Android keyboard. The SwiftKey keyboard offers text predictions based on the user's usage pattern.
There are some other minor changes that have been made to first party apps. The phone app's dialling pad has separate call buttons for both SIMs so that users can choose the connection through which they'd like to make the call after keying-in the number. OS updates on the Xolo X500 take place through the MobileUpdate utility integrated with the phone settings.
We were able to use most popular apps including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and Foursquare, and games like Jetpack Joyride, Temple Run 2 and Angry Birds Star Wars. However, some popular games such as Subway Surfer and Shadowgun crashed as soon as we launched them.
The company has so far given no indication if this smartphone will get updated to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Most Indian handset brands do not roll out Android updates for their existing Android smartphones but Lava had earlier rolled out an Android 4.0 update for the Xolo X900 and we hope that they update the X500 to run Jelly Bean.
The Xolo Care application helps customers to contact the customer care service via SMS, email or phone call. There's also a SIM configuration utility since it's a dual-SIM phone that allows users to select the Active SIM. The phone also includes Swiftkey 3 for Intel, as the default keyboard although one can switch to the standard Android keyboard. The SwiftKey keyboard offers text predictions based on the user's usage pattern.
There are some other minor changes that have been made to first party apps. The phone app's dialling pad has separate call buttons for both SIMs so that users can choose the connection through which they'd like to make the call after keying-in the number. OS updates on the Xolo X500 take place through the MobileUpdate utility integrated with the phone settings.
We were able to use most popular apps including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and Foursquare, and games like Jetpack Joyride, Temple Run 2 and Angry Birds Star Wars. However, some popular games such as Subway Surfer and Shadowgun crashed as soon as we launched them.
The company has so far given no indication if this smartphone will get updated to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Most Indian handset brands do not roll out Android updates for their existing Android smartphones but Lava had earlier rolled out an Android 4.0 update for the Xolo X900 and we hope that they update the X500 to run Jelly Bean.
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