Wynncom Y95 – Match your dress code with three colourful backpanels Review

VERDICT:

The lack of good keypad design and ergonomics is the major setback for such a basic budget phone. Also, its cheap build quality puts the Y95 in a spot of bother, when compared to better designed models like the Byond Q99, Fly MV135, iBuzz iQ-3, even though they sell at a slightly higher price of Rs. 3,500. If you are a music buff, you should strictly consider the likes of Fly MV135 or if you are a business professional you would want a decent QWERTY phone like the Byond Q99 or the iBuzz iQ-3. As the Wynncom Y95 fails to meet our expectations on more than one criteria, we strictly do not recommend it.

Look and Feel

[RELATED_ARTICLE]The Wynncom Y95 is sleek and tall like its elder sibling Y100. It comes with a glossy white finish on the front and backpanels. The interchangeable rear panels – light grey and pink, provide you the privilege of match-making with your dress code. As this is the only major value addition to the feature set, we wished to have a choice of more than just two interchangeable backpanels. The cheap build quality of the battery cover and its lack of proper latch mechanism represent poor ergonomics.The glossy silver finish on the keypad adds a touch of class. However, the mediocre keypad design and its cheap build quality result in too much of flex or sideways tilting of keys. This actually hinders typing accuracy and speed particularly while messaging, which will surely disappoint the SMS freaks and the power users. The Y95 surely fails to do justice as a youth-centric smartphone with a sub-par keypad design coupled with a shoddy D-pad interface and lacklustre ergonomics.

Features

The two notable features that are worth mentioning are the STK (SIM ToolKit) and the gesture based motion sensor functionality. The STK allows you customise the dual SIMs with individual settings for Airtel Live. Meanwhile, the motion sensor feature allows one to change the wallpaper or an MP3 song or a video during playback by just a sideways flip of the phone. However, the one notable omission is the lack of pre-installed motion sensor games. Another feature that really distracted us, was the vibrating alert which seemed louder than normal and more distracting than the ringtone itself.

Read on to know the performance, our take, specifications, ratings and test results on the next page…

 

Performance

[RELATED_ARTICLE]The interface isn’t snappy and lags intermittently, particularly while opening large applications like the still camera or the video camera. This is partially attributed to the low internal memory on the phone (240KB). The Y95 delivered decent call quality in areas with good signal strength, while there was a slight drop in voice clarity across low-signal strength areas. There was an instance of echoing on the receiver’s end and slight distortion on the source end, while testing the loudspeaker at more than 50% volume levels. The loudspeaker and the bundled earphones audio felt choppy at volume levels exceeding 50%, which makes it a below par performer in music tests. The display reveals washed out colours and banding when viewed at certain angles. Also, the display fonts are blurred out beyond a certain viewing angle, which indicates poor image rendering capability of the display. Overall, the Y95 is an ordinary performer and does not impress the likes of power users.

Our Take

We have seen an appalling number of dual SIM mobiles hitting the market and trying to outsmart one another in the recent past. While a few have shined with their overpowering feature-set and a balanced performance, most have fallen by the wayside and have failed all expectations. Unfortunately, the Y95 joins the list of the latter. We have seen a lot of competition in the sub Rs. 3,000 category to capitalize on the ever-increasing demand for the dual SIM budget segment from the likes of Intex, Fly, Micromax, Tech-Com and iBuzz. The lack of good keypad design and ergonomics is the major setback for such a basic budget phone. Also, its cheap build quality puts the Y95 in a spot of bother, when compared to better designed models like the Byond Q99, Fly MV135, iBuzz iQ-3, even though they sell at a slightly higher price of Rs. 3,500. If you are a music buff, you should strictly consider the likes of Fly MV135 or if you are a business professional you would want a decent QWERTY phone like the Byond Q99 or the iBuzz iQ-3. As the Wynncom Y95 fails to meet our expectations on more than one criteria, we strictly do not recommend it.

Specifications: SIM(GSM GSM); Display: 2.4-inch TFT screen, Resolution: 240 x 320, Colours: 262K; Battery: 1000mAh, Talk-time: up to 6 hours, Standby-time: up to 240 hours; Weight: 90grams; Memory: microSD, expandable up to 8GB;

Ratings
Features: 6
Performance: 5
Build Quality: 5
Value for money: 6.5
Overall: 5.5

Contact: Wynn Telecom Ltd.
Phone: 18001029299
E-mail: info@wynntelecom.com
Website: www.wynntelecom.com
Price: Rs. 2,999