Karbonn A27 Retina

  • Released 2013, March
    126.5g, 9.1mm thickness
    Android 4.1
    4GB 512MB RAM storage, microSD slot
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  • 4.3"
    540x960 pixels
  • 8MP
    Video recorder
  • 512MB RAM
  • 1800mAh
    Li-Ion

Karbonn A27 Retina - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 2100
Speed HSPA 7.2/0.384 Mbps
Launch Announced 2013, March. Released 2013, March
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 133.6 x 66 x 9.1 mm (5.26 x 2.60 x 0.36 in)
Weight 126.5 g (4.44 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Mini-SIM)
Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Size 4.3 inches, 51.0 cm2 (~57.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~256 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 4GB 512MB RAM
Main Camera Single 8 MP, AF
Features LED flash
Video Yes
Selfie camera Single 2 MP
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio FM radio
USB Proprietary
Features Sensors Accelerometer
Battery   Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 180 h
Talk time Up to 4 h
Misc Colors Black
SAR EU 1.00 W/kg (head)    
Price About 160 EUR

Karbonn A27 Retina - User Reviews

  • The Karbonn A27+ (White) is really a goo featured phone. its price is in budget. To know more karbonn.smartphonesale.in

  • Most disgusting phone I have ever had. Front Camera is good. But everything else is very poor. Moreover Karbonn service also sucks, kept my phone for a month still couldn't rectify the problem. Battery's life is pathetic, reqd to change the battery twice since purchase! Constant software upgradation is reqd otherwise even camera stops responding. Your local service centres can't upgrade it, as per them its only possible in Delhi, so it takes almost a month to get upgraded. I regret buying it.

  • This mobile browser not respondig few month please help me

  • V.V bad Service Not working this software

  • I am using this phone from last 14 months. I am not Happy at .model no A 1 1. Battery backup is very poor 2. Slow service- 2 months normally for Software issues. 3. after 2 months of servicing also there is no solutions. facing same problems. 4. don't have any solution for hardware problems. My phone's CPU have problem,but No solution from Service center.

  • Battery backup is very poor. 3g speed is much more slower then 2g.

  • a27 karboon battries problems androined properly not working

  • Very Poor battery Backup bad software bad phon signal

  • It is just a worst and useless phone .i am advising to all ,please don't buy it.it's battery is poorest device in the entire mobile . orai UP

  • Its a HORRIBLE Phone, Piir Battery Ridiculous Service, the Service Centre took 6 months to repair a Software problem, and returned the phone with a swollen battery, I REGRET buing this phone. Strictly advice others NOT to purchase Karbonn products as both their products as well as services is very very BAD.

  • I am using this phone from last 14 months. I am not Happy at all. 1. Battery backup is very poor 2. Slow service- 2 months normally for Software issues. 3. after 2 months of servicing also there is no solutions. facing same problems. 4. don't have any solution for hardware problems. My phone's CPU have problem,but No solution from Service center.

  • Thanks bro 4 ur information

  • install battery doctor and follow charging intructions for extand your phone's battery life...... and install juice defender app from play store, for long battery back-up...

  • Just dont buy this.. Battery is poor. if you want to buy new battery you wont get it. phone is too slow.

  • i hav bought this phn in mumbai n m using this phn in kathmandu...the worst battery back up phn ever...and the battery in not found anywhere..i have search it everywhere in nepal and even in delhi n mumbai too... my suggestion is dont buy this phn....n the company must exchange this phn with any other....

  • Really Really poor battery backup.. This phone is really not worth purchasing.

  • Masttt phone!!! All thing is very fine nice camera and feature but bateryy backup is very poor and its service center responce very late as 2 or 3 month hahaha dont buy karbonn product all the center of this i.d.i.ot and money waste

  • This phone was my birthday gift, and first smartphone to me, so was very excited. I've been using it since 1 year n 2 months now and I should tell you that i'm not at all happy with this phone. 1.The battery keeps on draining after 3-4 hrs, whenever I charge it to 100%. So I have to keep it on charging after every 3-4 hrs. 2.The RAM it claims it has 512MB but of no use, the apps keep on lagging, even if you have only one app active at a time. 3.And please do not try to upgrade it or add any apps, this will only slow down ur phone to dead speed.. 4.To ensure it works just fine, I factory reset it once in every 2 or 3 months. 5.And yeah... the heating problem, this thing gets heated every now n then, on call for more then 5 mins it burns my ears, and the funny thing is even if I m not using and it is in my pocket it gets heated for no reason.. as if I had paid for heater but mobile phone. 6.The camera seems fine to me, as for its budget it gives all it could. overall as per my personal experience with this phone and compared to the other ones that my friends use... I rate this thing 2.5 out of 10 (2.5 only bcoz it lets me attend my calls and use watsapp, And I swear it is the only two things i use it for, other than I rarely click pictures with it considering its camera quality)

  • same problem here dude.....please tell me where can i get new battery..when i chrged i showing 100% battery after using 2 min..then automatically switch off and on again and again...please tell me where can i get new battery..

  • from delhi...

  • Only338ram really

  • Hi, i m using dis phone since 1 year n m also facing the problem of battery... or battery backup. After 9 months during using this phone, I charged it 100%. After charging, when I use it, it become switch off. when I restart it battery show 0% and switch off again. after this I went to service center, they told battery is not available. thy submit my battery request and told me that they will call me. But still (from last month) no call... no battery... I think it was not my good design when I purchased this karbonn phone because - * Service is not good. * Battery is not available. * Charging lead not work more then 2 weeks. I changed 5 leads. now I am using local lead which is working perfectly from last 10 months.

  • Hi Guys, I have been using this phone for last one year, but the fact is that out of this one year this phone is in service center for more than 6-months. Nothing is positive in Karbonn phones. 1. Very Poor service & totally irresponsible. 2. Very poor battery back-up 3. When i ask for replacement of battery they have taken a original one & still i dint get the new battery & the phone becomes useless. 4. Bullshit service centers 5. Very poor customer care. 6. Cheap product 7. Finally please dont buy any Karbonn products becuase littarally we all wasting our money. A27 worst battery & wrost performance.

  • frnds karbon a27 is bad ya gud .... becz i purchase itt.. gve m answer...

  • Where u get this phone battery ... give me ur phone no. Plsss

  • never perches carbbon A27 retina. worst battery.

  • this phones battery back is very poor .

  • Hi, i m using dis phone since 1 year n m also facing the problem of battery... or battery backup. After 6 months during using this phone, when i charge dis phone to 100% n after use it to 80% it should be closed.. and then i open it, the battery will be 0%... then i go to the service center of karbonn and they give me a new battery of this handset.. after this my phone was running perfectly... but after 4 months i have connected my phone to the home theatre.. my phone was totally dead after connected to home theatre... now a days my phone was gone to the service center and they said it should be recover after 1 months... otherwise dis handset is good for me because i played gta san andreas, gta3, max payne, nfs mw, real racing 2 or 3, virtual tennis, asphalt 7, the amazing spiderman n the lots of heavy game.. n i really missed my phone...

  • the service centre ia not co oprative and the battry quality is very bad or it not avaliable in all over mumbai

  • karban s a27 cemara quality good , but battery very poor, nice mobile .

  • karboon a27 very very poor quality. never purchase the handsets of it. service centre is just horrible.

  • service center is very very bad response and its batter is not found in the market karbonn product purchase mean wast of the money

  • how is karbonn a27 camera quality????plz tell about the quality of this phone???i want to purchase this mobile

  • product is too bad never purchase any karbonn product because very poor service of service center and battery is not available any where in the market. so don't waste your money to purchase any karbonn product.

  • this phone cammera clearity is very poor & service center.......no comments

  • it is very very very poor mobile .... N battery backup is very lowww... plz don't buy karbonn mobile ...

  • please give review about Karbonn A27 plus

  • Customer Care Service Is Very-Very Poor. Pls pls pls "DON'T BUY KARBONN".

  • its very bad phone, we all should go to consumer Court for this kind of service, after 2 month use, my phone is now useless......not found battery for this handset, my opinion is no once should by karbon phone,

  • Worst Battery Backup...my Karbonn A27 Retina was demange.... how to purchase my karbonn a27 battery..

  • Same thing happening my mobile also

  • my karbonn a 27 plus is good battery life (2000mah)

  • karbonn a27 retina co.3rd class battery 3rd class & castmer cera center service veeeeeeery 3ed class

  • It has no good battery.So any person don't take this phone

  • It has no good battery.So any person don't take this phone.

  • It has no good battery.So any person don't take this phone.

  • very worst battery backup....

  • its very bad phone, we all should go to consumer Court for this kind of service, after 2 month use, my phone is now useless......not found battery for this handset, my opinion is no once should by karbon phone,

  • it is worst phone ever. its battery is very poor. no backup after recharge. even not find any where in market or service center. it is now dabba for me. wastage of money. No body should buy this phone

  • very bad phone....very slow....

  • karbonn a27 retina is a usless phone & 3rd class

  • very poor mobile please no body buy karboon mobile battery power very worse only looking wise good other wise very cheap

  • Awesome explaination boss.

  • it the worsest mobile ever manufactured in this universe. its battery is awsome...... will show 100% charge to 0% in sec. if i open an application.... it will take hours to launch . this feature of this mobile taught me the meaning of the word patiance. if any one plannig to buy this mobile... give that money to any poor person.... so u will atlst get some virtues.

  • it is the worsest mobile ever manufactured in this universe. its battery is amazing. it will show 0% charge to 100 c% in sec. you dont have even to touch the phone to restart. it will restart itself..... without any reason. it tought me whats patience.... it will take hours to launch an application...... :) amazing phone....

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  • Its very bad mobile......I purchased # months ago...and its battery giving very bad problem...it suddenly shows 0% ..suddenly 100%....and mobile continuously restarts...I don't like it totally....its service centers are total useless.....!! even in pune like city....I personally recommends ..go for standard companies mobile always..I have bad experience like this!!!

  • Very bad phone & hanging after 2 to 3 days & also getting hit Hidayath

  • it is dabba phone. ....this phone regularli hang. ....im west of my mony. ....an i. . broken this phone and happy

  • wifi direct of this phone is not connect to other phones so how to connect it ..... reply please!!!

  • wifi direct of this phone is not connected so how to connect it ..... reply please!!!!!

  • it cool cool

  • too much hang

  • Its a great phone for what u r paying, it does has the heating problem and hangs , for hanging problem try to factory reset every 2-3 months (u have a backup inbuilt function ). and all ways have a buffer memory or space on the card for better performance, this is applicable to any android or computer too. have used this phone for more then 5-6 months. and quite satisfied for what i have paid for.

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  • karbon A27 retina is good smatr ph,looking sexy,

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  • its not a cell phone...best of money...tomuch hang continue after 2 or 3 days

  • Look & feature is good,but it is not sufficient.... In the last 1.5 month.... Performance is too bad, low memory, less battery back up, hang regularly,some time display have problem due to handset will heat regularly as i observe. Over all handset is not good... Wastage of money, nothing else

  • YE mobaile bakwaz ,,,this mobaile full hd not saported ,,,camra best calitty,,,,

  • so good but less ram due to this it running slow

  • Good features but very poor performance,I'm using it since last 4 months,it hangs frequently.Just waist of money.

  • cn i listen Music through Bluetooth Handfree ?

  • It is great smartphone wit great features , game performance is vary good ,games r not lagging run smooth , temple run , subway surf , fl commando , CSR racing ,GTA and many games , camera is excellent Barry backup is good , fast multitasking , overall I like this phone , go for this this is the excilent phone with excilent features.........

  • V V V V Bad Using this phone since past 3 months. only disappointing factor is 338 MB RAM against 512 MB as claimed by Karbon. Due to less ram phone slow downs and hangs.

  • great experience with this model. just karbon need to upgrade RAM and also attache safety cover like flip cover

  • I am using this phone from three months. It has a ram ram of 338 mb whereas karbonn claimed 512. It hangs to much. karbonn should upgrade phone software to resolve problem. They can provide new software with virtual ram as it has much internal memory

  • How battry backup good 4 hrs talktime 180 hrs stand by not satisfactory. If have any solution plz suggest . Thanks in advance.

  • awesome phone. nice looking.excellent features

  • good in its price range

  • Does the phone hang?

  • battery back up is good

  • Using this phone since past 3 months. only disappointing factor is 338 MB RAM against 512 MB as claimed by Karbon. Due to less ram phone slow downs and hangs.

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  • nice phone... great battery backup.... camera quality satisfactory.... the only part i dont like is that i am not able to root this device.... if someone got a solution for this....plz help

  • best phone ever i had seen..... :)

  • it hangs too much.if any one has solution for this problem pls reply

  • Phone is called Karbonn A27 RETINA Wtf the phone is called retina and it doesnt even have the GPU Unit ,it sucks

  • not full HD support ..

  • it doesn't have any roms.wish more rom be made by the developer.

  • Best mobile

  • i can't listen music through Bluetooth handfree . is there any setting ?

  • u heat after our internet use

  • This phone heating or not? when i m internet using

  • this mobile one sim is micro

  • nice phone,,,,

  • Nice phone,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

  • looks ok.. Can it record hd videos...? pricing should not be more than 8k... no screen guard so disappointed...

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