Qiku
Q Terra
Q
Terra is a top-of-the-crop device through and through, sporting a massive,
6-inch, 2.5D Sharp display with a Quad HD (1440x2560) resolution, good for
490 pixels per inch. Qiku claims that it's managed to fit this otherwise
beastly panel within a very compact, aluminum-magnesium alloy body, managing an
excellent screen-to-body ratio of 83% (157.6 x 79.8 x
8.6 mm). Our own calculations, however, indicate that the Q Terra is closer to
79%, though we don't take rounded corners into account, as Qiku is sure to have
done.
Moving
on, Qualcomm's top-of-the-line, 64-bit Snapdragon 810
processor with four by four Cortex-A57/A53 cores and an Adreno 430 GPU, coupled
with generous 4 gigs of RAM. While the Snapdragon 810 is reason enough nowadays
to cause some anxiousness, Qiku claims that it's paid a lot of attention to
thermal dissipation during design QA, so the chip will hopefully behave itself.
Onto imaging, Qiku has a little surprise for would-be buyers: a dual 13 MP
camera setup, courtesy of Sony.
The
idea behind the camera config is for the first sensor — a 1/3.06" Exmor RS
IMX278 unit — is to capture most of the light and color of the composition,
while the secondary IMX214 sensor is of the MONO type (black & white). The
idea here is that the two should, according to Qiku, allow for some wicked
low-light photography, though we wouldn't get excited before testing this out
and putting that claim to the test. In any case, you're getting a super-wide,
f/1.8, 6-piece lens, and a ton of camera shooting modes including 4K video,
bokeh, a full-blown manual mode with shutter controls, and others. As for the
selfie snapper up front, we've got a respectable, 8-megapixel shooter with
1.4μm pixels.
Q Terra will be backed up by a strong battery — a
3,600 mAh unit is on board, complete with quick charging. Qiku has also
included a touch-type fingerprint scanner on the top, and a supposedly very
safe 360 OS based on Android 5.1
Lollipop. Finally, it's worth mentioning that the Q Terra packs a number of
dedicated audio chips, among which an ESS ES9018K2M DAC, which should ensure
high fidelity of sound.
How much? ¥ 3,599 for folks in China, or the equivalent of US$ 562. The device
will be sold through Qiku's online platform, and, at a later date, Chinese
telecoms. The phablet will make its presence known beyond China, too, and
eventually reach India, Indonesia, Russia, Brazil, and Turkey. Unfortunately,
the exact release date remains unclear.
