<p style="text-align: justify;">Karbonn has managed to hang around and maintain a decent spot in the Indian smartphone market thanks to some interesting smartphones in the budget segment. The newest member in the portfolio is the Titanium Mach Five which comes with price worthy features especially the inbuilt Infra-red blaster port that is can be used control your TV and Set-top box system.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The smartphone comes with a not-so-innovative design and resembles a lot like some of the HTC models, of course without the use of metal. Keeping in mind that it is a budget device, it looks still manages to get some points for aesthetics. The back-panel has a light textured finish and overall the handset feels well balanced. Karbonn has used a flash for the front camera to aid the selfie lovers and the display is sharp offering fair viewing angles with the 720p HD resolution. The specifications include a 5-inch 1280x720 resolution display, 16GB of storage which is expandable by up to 32GB, a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor with 2GB of RAM, an 8MP rear camera, 5MP front camera, dual SIM card slots and a 2,200mAh battery.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://bw-image.s3.amazonaws.com/mach-five-4.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 483px;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Mach Five runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with close to stock Android experience. This makes the UI smooth but there are some pre-installed apps which do take up some space on the internal storage. There are some useful apps nonetheless like Paytm, SwiftKey Keyboard and Peel Smart Remote Control. Which takes us to the USP of the smartphone which is the ability to use it as a remote control. This is certainly not the first handset to do so as smartphone makers like LG, HTC and Samsung have had smartphones offering the same feature. The app recognizes almost all the set-top boxes and television sets and runs flawlessly. It even shows a guide that offers you a list of movies and shows available on your service provider.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://bw-image.s3.amazonaws.com/mach-five-3.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 481px;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Overall the user experience is great although a few personalization option could have made it even better. High-end gaming and 3D intensive tasks aren’t handled very well and take a toll on the performance, but lightweight games and standard videos didn’t give any issues. Both the cameras aren’t anything exceptional but manage to take good pictures in daylight. While there is a tiny LED flash for the front camera, it doesn’t light up the face all that well. Picture get grainy when shooting indoors or in low light. In the battery department, it managed to run almost for a full day, but excessive usage drains the battery fully in about half a day.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://bw-image.s3.amazonaws.com/mach-five-2.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 444px;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Titanium Mach Five might not be a path breaking handset in the sub Rs.6000 category, but at this price you get 16GB of storage, stock-like Android Lollipop experience and with the added IR-blaster port, it goes beyond the functionality of what traditional a smartphone offers. </p>
