Kodak Ektra 21 MP camera-centric smartphone Vs best camera smartphones

| Updated: Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 11:46 [IST]

Kodak has unveiled its camera centric smartphone the Kodak Ektra in India for Rs. Mmmm. The smartphone offers several camera features to users, however critics have been skeptical about its performance as a smartphone.

Kodak Ektra 21 MP camera-centric smartphone Vs best camera smartphones

Well, the Kodak Ektra is available on Flipkart at a discounted price. The smartphone originally costs Rs 29,900 but users can get it for a 33% discount bringing its price down to Rs. 19,990 for a limited time period.

Kodak Ektra hopes to leave a mark on the Indian smartphone market. This smartphone 21-megapixel fast focus camera sensor along with an f/2.0 aperture, Optical Image Stabilisation, Phase Detection Autofocus, dual-LED (dual-tone) flash and 4K video recording. The rear camera also captures pictures in RAW format. The front facing camera of the smartphone has a 13-megapixel sensor.

Kodak enters the Indian market in am attempt to outdo camera centric smartphones and for that matter it is being offered at a competitive price factor.

Key specs:

5"FullHD(1920×1080), Capacitive Multi-Touch
21 MP Main Camera & 13MP Front Camera
DSLR style with 8 Scene Selections: Smart Auto, Manual, Landscape, Panorama, Portrait, Sport, Night, Bokeh
HDR Imaging with PDAF
4K Video Capture
32GB Expandable Memory
Android 6
3000mAh, with 5V 2A charging, and Pump Express ready

We have compiled a list of camera centric smartphones that will face challenge from Kodak Ektra.

Most of these smartphones have cameras that have already been tried and tested. However, their camera performance in comparison to Kodak Ektra is something to watch out for

OnePlus 5

Buy At price of Rs 37,999
Key Features

5.5-inch (1920×1080 pixels) Full HD Optic AMOLED 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla Glass 5 display
2.45GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 64-bit 10nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 540 GPU
6GB LPDDR4x RAM with 64GB storage
8GB LPDDR4x RAM with 128GB (UFS 2.1) internal storage
Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) with Oxygen OS
Dual SIM (nano + nano)
16MP rear camera with dual LED Flash and secondary 20MP camera
16MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
3300mAh battery with Dash Charge (5V 4A)

Gionee A1

Buy At price of Rs 17,375
Key Features

5.5-inch (1920× 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS in-cell 2.5D curved glass display
2GHz Octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 processor with Mali T860 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB Internal memory
expandable memory up to 128GB with micro SD
Android 7.0 (Nougat) with Amigo OS
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
13MP rear camera with LED flash
16MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
4010mAh battery with fast charging

Vivo V5s

Buy At price of Rs 16,895
Key Features

5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750 (4 x 1.5GHz A53 + 4 x 1.0GHz A53) processor with Mali T860 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal memory
expandable memory up to 256GB
Hybrid Dual SIM (micro + nano/microSD)
Funtouch OS 3.0 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
13MP rear camera with LED Flash
20MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
3000mAh battery

Vivo V5 Plus

Buy At price of Rs 27,980
Key Features

5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD In-Cell display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 processor with Adreno 506 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal memory
Dual SIM (nano + nano)
Funtouch OS 3.0 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
16MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF
20MP front-facing camera with Moonlight Flash with secondary 8MP front camera
Fingerprint sensor
4G LTE
3160mAh battery with fast charging

Samsung Galaxy A5 2017

Buy At price of Rs 26,900
Key Features

5.2 Inch FHD Super AMOLED Display
1.9GHz Octa-Core Exynos 7880 Processor
3GB RAM With 32GB ROM
Dual Nano SIM
16MP Camera With LED Flash
16MP Front Camera
4G VoLTE/WiFi
Bluetooth 4.2
NFC
Type-C
Fingerprint Sensor
3000mAh Battery

HTC U Ultra

Buy At price of Rs 43,900
Key Features

5.7-inch (1440 x 2560 pixels) Quad HD Super LCD 5 display with Gorilla Glass 5 protection
2.0-inch (160 x 1040 pixels) 520 PPI Super LCD 5 secondary display
Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 64-bit processor with Adreno 530 GPU
4GB RAM, 64/128GB internal storage
expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD
Android 7.0 (Nougat) with HTC Sense UI
Hybrid dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD)
12MP (UltraPixel 2) rear camera with dual-tone LED flash
16MP front-facing camera
4G LTE
3000mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0

ZTE Nubia M2

Buy At price of Rs 22,999
Key Features

5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD AMOLED 2.5D curved glass display
2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
4GB LPDDR3 RAM
64GB storage
expandable memory up to 200GB with microSD
Nubia UI 4.0 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Hybrid Dual SIM (micro + nano/microSD)
13MP (Monochrome) + 13MP (RGB) dual rear cameras
16MP front-facing camera
4G LTE
3630mAh battery with fast charging

HTC U Play

Buy At price of Rs 29,990
Key Features

5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super LCD display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection
Octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 processor with up to Mali T860 GPU
3GB RAM with 32GB storage
4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage
expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD
Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Hybrid dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD)
16MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash
16MP front-facing camera
4G LTE
2500mAh battery with fast charging

Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro

Buy At price of Rs 31,900
Key Features

6-inch (1920×1080 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED 2.5D curved glassdisplay
Octa Core Snapdragon 653 processor with Adreno 510 GPU
6GB RAM
64GB Internal Storage
expandable memory up to 256GB via micro SD card
Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Dual SIM (nano + nano)
16MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash
16MP front camera,f/1.9 aperture
4G LTE
4000mAh battery with fast charging

Oppo F1s 64GB

Buy At price of Rs 15,999
Key Features

5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection
1.5 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6750 64-bit processor with Mali T860 GPU
4GB RAM with 64GB storage
3GB RAM with 32GB storage
expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with ColorOS 3.0
Dual (nano) SIM
13MP rear camera with LED Flash
16MP front-facing camera
4G
3075mAh battery

Sony Xperia XA Ultra Dual

Buy At price of Rs 22,956
Key Features

6-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Mobile BRAVIA engine 2
Octa-core (4 x 2.0 GHz + 4 x 1.0 GHz) MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755) processor with 700MHz Mali T860MP2 GPU
3GB RAM
16GB internal memory
expandable memory up to 200GB via microSD card
Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Dual SIM (Optional)
21.5MP Primary Camera
16MP front-facing camera
4G LTE
2700 mAh battery