QiKU Q Terra detailed specifications
GENERAL
Release date November 2015
Form factor Touchscreen
Dimensions (mm) 157.60 x 79.80 x 8.60
Weight (g) 185.00
Battery capacity (mAh) 3700
Removable battery No
Colours Gold, Silver
SAR value NA
DISPLAY
Screen size (inches) 6.00
Touchscreen Yes
Resolution 1080x1920 pixels
Pixels per inch (PPI) 386
HARDWARE
Processor 2 GHz Hexa-core
Processor make Qualcomm Snapdragon 808
RAM 3GB
Internal storage 16GB
Expandable storage Yes
Expandable storage type microSD
Expandable storage up to (GB) 128
CAMERA
Rear camera 13-megapixel
Flash Yes
Front camera 8-megapixel
SOFTWARE
Operating System Android 5.1.1
Skin 360 OS
CONNECTIVITY
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported 802.11 b/g/n
GPS Yes
Bluetooth Yes, v 4.10
NFC No
Infrared No
USB OTG Yes
Headphones 3.5mm
FM No
Number of SIMs 2
SIM 1
SIM Type Micro-SIM
GSM/CDMA GSM
3G Yes
4G/ LTE Yes
Supports 4G in India (Band 40) Yes
SIM 2
SIM Type Nano-SIM
GSM/CDMA GSM
3G Yes
4G/ LTE Yes
Supports 4G in India (Band 40) Yes
SENSORS
Compass/ Magnetometer Yes
Proximity sensor Yes
Accelerometer Yes
Ambient light sensor Yes
Gyroscope Yes
Barometer No
Temperature sensor No
Many Chinese company wanted to capture Indian  market.This time, it's a joint venture between Qihoo 360 Technologies and the handset maker Coolpad, who have formed the brand QiKU. Its debut offering, the Q Terra , is yet another "flagship killer", if you will, but comes with a unique set of features which should help it stand on its own feet. Priced similarly to the Moto X Play , let's see if the company's debut offering in India has what it takes to get noticed.

Coolpad phones are well-endowed in terms of hardware. The Cooolpad Note 3 is one good example. The Qiku Q Terra similarly is a phone that offers beastly hardware at a price that makes us instantly sit up and notice

Look and Design
No doubt in that q tera is massive phone.Its screen doesn't measure 5.5 inches. It's not even 5.7 inches. This phone packs in a big 6-inch screen. It's important you -- the buyer -- knows that from the outset. Size is an important parameter when someone's out to buy a new phone. There will be buyers who would love -- and appreciate -- a 6-inch phablet, and yet there will be others who would find it too overwhelming. There have been a lot of a 5.5-inch phones around this price point. But, 6-inch phones, not so much. Gionee's Elife E8 and Oppo's R7 Plus are some of the prominent 6-inch phones we have in the market right now. But, they cost more in comparison.

QiKU has tried to minimise this by shaving down the bezels to a razor-thin 1.4mm and leaving only enough plastic on the top and bottom for the earpiece and navigation buttons. The end result is quite stunning, mostly because almost all you see is the display. The near borderless design looks cool, but it isn't the most practical. We had to put up with many accidental presses of the touchscreen and navigation buttons during daily usage, which got annoying after a point.
The Qiku Q Terra is heavy. At 185 grams it is easily among the bulkiest phones we have right now at its price. Only Gionee's Marathon M5 and Lenovo's Vibe P1 are heavier, but they are basically living and breathing power banks.

The two SIM slots (one micro and one nano) sit on the left while the volume and power buttons are placed on the right. The second SIM slot is a hybrid one and can alternatively accept a microSD card of up to 128GB. The headphones socket sits on the top while at the bottom, we have the mono speaker and Micro-USB port.

Coming to the back of the handset we have two 13-megapixel camera sensors, a dual-tone LED flash unit, and a fingerprint reader. We'll get into more detail about the two camera sensors later on but essentially, they are used for reproducing more accurate colours in pictures. Underneath the hood, we have a non-removable 3700mAh battery that supports fast-charging.
The Q Terra comes in a very interesting box shaped like a book, and is bundled with a modular charger and flat USB cable. You also get a protective case and a screen guard. The quality of the accessories is very good and they feel durable.

Display
Speaking of the display, it's a 6-inch full-HD IPS panel, which produces very good colours and has a high maximum brightness level. Sunlight legibility is good and so are the viewing angles.That's slightly lesser pixels per inch when compared to 5.5-inch phones like the OnePlus 2 and Asus ZenFone 2. That being said, the difference would be indiscernible for most users as long as you don't compare it with phones like the LG G3 (5.5-inch QuadHD) and Google's Nexus 5X (5.2-inch FullHD). The latter phones are just brighter.
The Qiku Q Terra has a visibly better display than the OnePlus 2 and even the OnePlus X if you're looking for more natural colours. The OnePlus X's screen -- although not as bright -- shows more saturated colours.

The phone, however, gives you infinitely more options to tinker about its display than any other phone in and around its price bracket. Unlike top-end Xiaomi phones, sunlight display isn't automatic here. You can manually choose when you want to opt for it, which is when you're outdoors. There's an eye protection mode that lowers the brightness, warming up the colour tone in the process. There's also a power-saving black and white mode apart from a user defined manual mode that lets you selectively alter colour saturation, contrast and temperature.
The phone maintains good viewing angles when outdoors and the fact that the screen doesn't accumulate smudge and fingerprints that much helps legibility even in bright sunshine.

Specifications
Hardware fanatics will instantly fall in love with the Q Terra as it is currently the most affordable smartphone to come with a Snapdragon 808 SoC, bringing 4K video recording and playback support to a new price segment. You also get 3GB of RAM, 16GB of onboard storage and Cat 6 LTE support on both SIM slots. You get Wi-Fi b/g/n, voice over LTE (VoLTE), Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, and USB OTG. NFC and FM radio are sadly missing.

Software
The Qiku Q Terra runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop-based 360 OS, which is a custom ROM built by Qihoo 360. Back in China's tech circles, Qihoo 360 is known for its aggressive marketing manoeuvres.
The Theme app lets you customise the phone's wallpaper, ringtone and font size; New Wall is a widget that randomly applies a new wallpaper with a single tap; Speedup is a widget that frees up RAM with a very cool animation; 360 Security keeps track of junk files and also includes virus protection; Freezer lets you suspend less frequently used apps so they don't run in the background and eat up resources; 360 Transfer helps you migrate data when you're switching between phones; and QiKU Cloud lets you back up messages and call records to the cloud. Other preloaded apps include SwiftKey and an antitheft app to locate your phone if stolen or misplaced.
There is also a lot of focus on the improved RAM management. The UI comes with features like Freezer and One-key speed that lets you better manage your system resources. If you're wary of uninstalling a particular app that consumes significant RAM storage, simply drag it into the Freezer. The said app would be shut down -- can't access internet -- for the period it lies therein. Meanwhile, One-key speed is simply a glorified Clean Master. Another notable highlight of the UI is its in-built heat tracer. The feature keeps track of the phone's CPU temperature and reminds you when the CPU hits a pre-determined temperature via a dedicated alarm. Security centric features include Application Authority Manager and Private Space.

Camera
The Qiku Q Terra comes with a dual camera set-up -- 13-megapixel -- on the rear with autofocus and dualLED flash. There's also an 8-megapixel camera on the front.

The phone stacks the capabilities of one Sony IMX 278 colour sensor and one IMX 214 monochrome sensor, in order to capture better pictures. The monochrome sensor supports HDR video and stills at up to 4K resolution. The primary colour sensor has a large f/1.8 aperture, which helps with clearer low-light shots.
The Qiku Q Terra is an equally capable camera phone in tricky light situations as well, which makes it a better deal overall if you're looking particularly for a good camera phone in and around this price category.
The combination of each one's strengths results in very good daylight images, both in macros and landscapes. Indoor shots aren't as sharp as we would have liked but they aren't too bad. Low-light shots are also relatively well detailed with very little noise creeping in. Video recording quality is good although videos come out a bit shaky, since there's no stabilisation. We also noticed slight artifacting in the left corner of videos when panning, which is visible when viewed on a PC but not on the phone itself.
Best part is you don't have to be a pro to get good quality bokeh in images with this one. The auto mode would be sufficient for most users. For those looking for a little more control, there's a very useful pro mode on board.
Images clicked in tricky light situations also came out well with good detail and some metering issues (a mix of over and under exposure depending on available light). HDR does help achieve better results in such situations. Low light photos were fairly decent too with much of the details intact although at the cost of some noise.

Performance
The Snapdragon 808 is one of Qualcomm's top-tier CPUs right now, the other being the Snapdragon 810. There's at least one phone in and around this price that comes with either of the two processors. While the OnePlus 2 comes with SD 810, Google's Nexus 5X carries the SD 808 (but with 2GB RAM).
We're happy to report that the fingerprint sensor is highly sensitive and almost never fails to do its job. 4G works well and call quality is good too. The Q Terra is powerful enough to handle demanding 3D games with ease, though its sheer size might make on-screen controls awkward to use.Whatever be the case, the Snapdragon 808 certainly seems like a better bet right now, with all the heat dissipating issues of the Snapdragon 810. And it's certainly no less a performer.

The Qiku Q Terra breezed past every game (basic + graphical) that we played on it without a hiccup. Frame rates were excellent for a phone at its price.
To top it off, it doesn't get hot no matter how you push it. Majority of phones in and around its price point tend to get hot sooner rather than later. The Qiku Q Terra gets only warm even when you're out pushing it.
The Qiku Q Terra comes with a single speaker vent on the bottom and offers very good-quality sound. The phone gets sufficiently loud and there's little or no distortion at peak volume. All in all, the giant 6-inch screen combined with some fine audio make the Qiku Q Terra a good multimedia playback device.
Phone calls made with the phone are of acceptable quality and we did not encounter any odd call drop issues on our review unit. The phone supports 4G LTE and 3G connectivity options.

4K video playback is enjoyable thanks to the crisp display. The volume from the speaker can get fairly loud, but it feels off-centre. The audio player is easily one of the worst stock apps we've seen recently and appears to have been taken from Android Gingerbread, for some reason. We hope QiKU fixes this in an update. Thankfully this isn't a big problem as third-party alternatives such as Poweramp can be downloaded from Google Play.

Battery
The Qiku Q Terra uses a massive 3,700mAh battery which is substantially bigger than what rival phones give you. Battery life in a word is fantastic, even more so because this is a big phone with a FullHD screen and a juicy processor.
We subjected the device to three hours of 1080p video playback, one hour of music playback, half an hour of graphics intensive gaming, phone calls to the tune of one hour over 4G and web browsing. We also clicked some photos with the device. This gave us close to 16 hours of battery life on the device. Most users with more a more generalised usage will be able to get at least one and a half days out of the phone, without any hiccups.

Conclusion
The Qiku Q Terra has left us mighty impressed. This is a phone that screams out premium from every nook and corner. The build quality is good and those non-existent side bezels make one-handed operability a possibility on this 6-inch phone. Top that with some fine display and fantastic audio and what you have here is a top notch multimedia device.
However, as it turns out, this phone can easily go toe-to-toe with more expensive offerings as well. QiKU's debut handset scores big because of its build quality, vivid display, strong battery life, and competent cameras. Cat 6 LTE support, fast charging and 4K video are all added bonuses.
One factor that might deter people from buying this phone is its large footprint, which can be inconvenient. We would also have preferred backlit capacitive buttons, NFC, and FM radio. If these factors don't bother you, then the QiKU Q Terra is a solid choice in its price segment.