The A60 is actually a rebranded ZTE Penguin, and it has been designed for emerging markets. While the intention is good, the biggest disappointment with the A60 has to be the screen. Now that everyone is used to super-sensitive capacitive touchscreens, the small resistive touchscreen on the A60 feels like a major step backwards. The sensitivity of the screen drastically reduces towards the edges of the screen. Resolution is a bog-standard 240 x 320 pixels and viewing angles and colours are not too great either. The screen is obviously one big way that Micromax has cut costs; the other being the inclusion of a dual band GSM module, as opposed to quad band.
The look and feel of the A60, while not premium, is satisfactory. On the front of the device is a D-pad and answer/end keys. Just below the display is a row of touch-sensitive buttons for home, menu and back, though like the resistive touchscreen, even these need a fair amount of pressure to register a press. Thankfully, you get dedicated volume adjustment, a 3.5mm audio out and micro USB for data transfer and charging.
With the small resistive screen and a tiny on-screen Android keyboard, it is almost impossible to type accurately while holding the phone in portrait mode. The saving grace is an XT9 keyboard, using which you can type a word by drawing a line through the word you want to type, starting at the first letter and ending at the last. Use this in landscape mode, and you can type. Else, use a stylus (one is not provided).
Performance, battery life and camera quality are all acceptable. The camera has no flash, so daytime photographs are what you will be clicking most. All the apps from the Android App Market work just like any other Android phone. Factor in the cost of a good navigation software and maps (about
`2,500 extra for the Sygic Mobile Maps for example) if you plan to use the built-in GPS.
For `7k, going with Android is way better than going for a feature phone. The free apps alone can add so much more functionality to the phone that it is hard to resist. If budget is tight and you need Android, there really is no other viable choice. But be prepared to heavily compromise on the screen. If you can spend about `3,000 more (`9,990), you can go for the Spice Mi-300 Android phone. The Mi-300 has a higher resolution capacitive multi-touch LCD, 5MP camera with LED flash and quad band GSM radio, keeping all the other specs of the A60 intact.
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