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Coolpad Catalyst

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Coolpad is back with another handset for T-Mobile. The Catalyst is a low-cost Android smartphone for novice or older users. This phone may be inexpensive, but it suffers from several critical problems that limit its appeal to a small group. Find out what ails the Catalyst in our full review.Read more
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Pros

  • seams are all tight and everything fits together in a pleasing way
  • a great phone
  • The WiFi radio worked very well

Cons

  • The material is very coarse
  • almost bordering on rough
  • Battery life is very sensitive to changes in screen brightness

Key specs

  • 5 Mpx
  • 5 in
  • 854, 480 px
  • 196 ppi
  • 2200 mAh
  • Quad-core
  • 2 Mpx

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Coolpad Catalyst - Pros & Cons

Coolpad Catalyst

Pros

  • seams are all tight and everything fits together in a pleasing way
  • a great phone
  • The WiFi radio worked very well
  • The GPS radio and Google Maps worked well enough
  • to its shiny black color and it has an excellent profile

Cons

  • The material is very coarse
  • almost bordering on rough
  • Battery life is very sensitive to changes in screen brightness
  • device may be too hot or have other apps running in the background
  • this setting cannot be enforced by the benchmark app
  • coating
  • so fingerprints and oil form a nasty layer of slime on the glass
  • it is prone to a little bit of distortion
  • reduces screen brightness and turns off WiFi
  • Music pushed to a Bluetooth speaker sounded mediocre

Coolpad Catalyst - Technical Overview

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IconScreen size
5 in
Best:
Asus FonePad 8
Screen size: 8 in
IconBattery capacity
2200 mAh
Best:
Doogee BL12000
Battery capacity: 12000 mAh
IconPixel density
196 ppi
Best:
Sony Xperia Z6
Pixel density: 891 ppi
IconCPU clock speed
1.1 GHz
Best:
Motorola Moto G100
CPU clock speed: 3.2 GHz

Coolpad Catalyst - Full Specifications

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Hardware
Operating systemAndroid 5.1
CPU clock speed1.1 GHz
CPU coresQuad-core
CPU modelQualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909
GPU modelQualcomm Adreno 304
RAM memory1 GB
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Rear camera
Primary sensor resolution5.0 Mpx
Highest video resolution1280 x 720 px
Autofocusyes
Burst Modeyes
Digital zoomyes
Face detectionyes
Geo-taggingyes
HDR Captureyes
LED Flashyes
Night Modeyes
Panoramayes
Smile detectionyes
Touch focusyes
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Storage
Internal storage8 GB
Memory card readeryes
Maximum card storage32GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSD
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Dimensions
Height5.71 in
Width2.81 in
Depth0.43 in
Weight5.71 oz
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Connectivity
Dual sim supportno
Sim card sizeMicro-SIM
Bluetoothyes
Bluetooth version4.0
Headphone connection3.5 mm
Type of USB connectorMicro-USB
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Battery
Replaceable batteryyes
Battery typeLithium ion
Battery capacity2200.0 mAh
Standby time240.0 h
Talk time9.0 h
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Display
Screen size5.0 in
Number of colors16.7M
Panel typeLCD
Resolution854 x 480 px
Pixel density196.0 ppi
Multi touchyes
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Front camera
Primary resolution2.0 Mpx
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Design
MaterialPlastic
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Sensors
Accelerometeryes
Proximityyes
Digital compassyes
Ambient light sensoryes
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Cellular
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yes
Data transmissionHSPA+
Navigation systemGPS
2G GSMyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyes
LTE frequencies
  • 700 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
Mobile hotspotyes

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