The Starmobile Diamond X1 is the first octa-core Android smartphone manufactured and marketed in the Philippines and released in January 2014 by Starmobile.
Specifications
Design The design of the Starmobile Diamond X1 features two distinct color variants, utilizing a polished metal frame, rounded corners, and a 2mm thin side bezel. One configuration pairs a black front panel with a white accents and a removable brushed aluminum rear cover, while the alternative version presents a uniform two-tone black finish paired with a matte metallic back panel. The front of the phone hosts three capacitive navigation buttons alongside sensors and the camera. Physical controls include a power button and a headset jack sitting at the top frame, with a dedicated volume rocker placed on the right side and a microUSB interface sitting at the bottom boundary.
Hardware The device is powered by a MediaTek MT6592 system-on-chip that features a 1.7 GHz octa-core processor alongside a Mali-450MP4 graphics processing unit.
It comes built with 2 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal flash storage, which can be expanded by up to an additional 64 GB via a dedicated microSD card slot. It relies on a removable 2,400 mAh lithium-ion battery, which provides roughly 6 hours of local video playback under testing conditions.
Audio Unlike many contemporary smartphones that utilize generic loudspeakers, the Starmobile Diamond X1 features an audio system engineered by Yamaha, a Japanese manufacturer of audio equipment and musical instruments.
Display The phablet is equipped with a large 6.0-inch IPS LCD panel sporting a High Definition resolution of 1280×720 pixels.
Cameras The smartphone utilizes an 18-megapixel backside-illuminated (BSI) sensor complete with autofocus tracking and a single LED flash. The default camera application includes several specialized shooting presets such as High Dynamic Range (HDR) exposure, smile detection, multi-angle stitching, and built-in image filters. Video recording with the rear setup captures up to 720p resolution footage at a fluid 30 frames per second saved into a 3GP file format container. Facing forward, an 8-megapixel BSI sensor handles selfie photography and basic mobile video calling tasks.
Software The handset ships out of the box running the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean mobile operating system natively. Starmobile layers a lightweight proprietary custom user interface on top of the base Android platform to keep animations and navigation transitions highly responsive. To minimize software bloat, third-party system applications are kept to a minimum, though it does feature select factory pre-loaded tools such as the Starmobile App Store and Starmobile Sync utilities alongside core social networking apps.
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