Friends+Design
- Good looks, and good build quality - actually feels like a more expensive phone than it is
- Large, somewhat bulky size, with significant bezels
- Glossy back feels slippery
- The volume rockers and the power button are too flush with the body, making them difficult to feel around
Display
- Very good, bright display - colours in HD movies and photos look rich and visibility from wide angles is flawless
Software
- Features a hardware notification mode button to quickly silent the phone, or put it in priority mode (similar to iPhones, and OnePlus phones)
- Clean, stock Android interface keeps things simple and familiar
- The native VR app is not really well designed
Performance
- Struggles when stressed - despite the clean Android, the phone’s overall performance is not always smooth - while it can handle individual tasks well, the phone feels sluggish with 5-6 apps running in the background
Camera
- Average camera - struggles even in daytime - colours look washed out and the overall image looks blurry
Audio
- Good loudspeaker, which is uncommon at this price point
- Decent call quality
Battery
- Good 2, 800mAh battery - lasts a whole day of modest use on single charge
- Charging speed for the battery is on the slow side
More
- Supports VR - Intex is bundling a card board-based virtual reality (VR) headset (similar to Google Cardboard) with the phone, and will work with the VR apps available on the Google Play Store, as well as with VR videos - on the whole the VR experience is fun
- Also has an Emergency rescue feature which sends out text messages to numbers configured as emergency contacts
- Has a limited 8GB of internal storage, which will become a problem if you install a lot of apps/games on your phone
- On the whole, the Intex Aqua 5.5 VR is certainly not meant for a power user, but only for a basic user who needs a good-looking display for watching movies and the daily dose of news, e-books and Facebook posts, and maybe wants a taste of VR
