Meizu X – a new smartphone in a glass case for $245

Just a few hours ago the company Meizu spent at home a presentation of new smartphones, but also showed an updated version of its shell Flyme 6. Let’s start with a phone called the Meizu M3 X and wine glass phone case Meizu X specs. The even with a ruler in this system and there are similarities, X- series will already be more expensive and therefore more interesting.

The wine glass phone case Meizu X specs received a glass body with metal inserts on the sides. On renderers is all, of course, looks very cool. But still, you need to hold the device in their hands, in order to understand what it really is. So now, just focus on what is available Meizu X will be in four colors: black, white, blue and gold. And yes, according to the company, this unit is intended only for the Chinese market . Whether its international version displayed is not yet clear.

The screen smartphone has 5.5-inch (Sharp production) with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. 2,5D-glass there. As for the iron works Meizu X running eight-processor Helio P20 with a clock speed of 2 .3 GHz, and is responsible for the graphics accelerator Mali-T880. Meizu X will be available in two versions, they will be the different LPDDR4X amount of memory (3 GB or 4 GB), as well as built-in storage capacity (32GB or 64GB). Support for memory cards not delivered.

As cameras situation is as follows: The main unit is equipped with a Sony IMX386 twelve megapixels with an aperture of f / 2 .0, and the front – a five megapixel unit with the same aperture. For the autonomy of the smartphone meets the battery on 3200 mAh. It also supports fast charging mCharge . USB here, by the way, Type-C.

As I wrote at the beginning, at the launch of Meizu company also announced a new version of its shell (well, or operating system) Flyme 6. That she is set to wine glass phone case Meizu X specs. The Meizu If, based on 6 Flyme Android Marshmallow.

For younger smartphone version (3 GB RAM 32GB ROM) in China will ask for 1699 yuan, or 245, but for the top-end version (4 GB RAM 64GB ROM) have already put 1999 yuan or 290 dollars.

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Overview Ulefone Future – in search of the future frameless

The frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review received a 5.5-inch LTPS in-cell display with a resolution of Full HD, covered with Gorilla Glass the third generation with rounded edges. Even not being active, the device display has attracted attention due to significantly protruding from the casing glass surface.

But the real effect of “wow” comes just after the appearance of images on the screen. The image looks like whether it is not under glass, namely “inside” him.

The display of the frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review has a fairly natural colors, with a slight skew in the cold tone, to correct that you need to go to the menu.

Viewing angles frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review practical maximum and allows you to use your smartphone without sacrificing image in any orientation.

Construction using rounding the edges of the glass in this case significantly affects the image on the perimeter. In the dark picture may be noticeable more light streaks across the screen at the edge of the matrix, and the place of bending glass when you change the image angle becomes slightly more shaded dark stripes.

About geometric distortion of the content in the field of glass curvature, I think, especially not need reminding. All this does not bring much discomfort when using – get used to it quickly, in addition, realize that this is only a small sacrifice spectacular view external solutions.

An interesting fact that despite the fairly impressive glass rounding, and the screen without frames, the occasional trip to the edge of the screen does not bother the user. To solve this problem we use a special software algorithm.

With the exception of the screen, the rest of the frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review – a solid piece of aircraft aluminum, in which the sides and on the back side with enviable precision insert implanted antenna.

On the sides of the largest number of members went to the right side – here placed the swing volume, lock / power, and a fingerprint scanner. On the left is located at the top of the tray for two SIMs – Nano and Micro, or as an option for SIM and micro SD memory cards with a capacity up to 128GB.

The upper end accommodates headset jack mini-jack a standard format, which closes a metal cap, she is a part and the key to the SIM tray. With chrome surface, this item is not the best way is combined with the overall appearance of the device.

The lower bound is equipped with a connector Type-C, on either side of which there is a perforation for the speaker and the microphone only.

Most metal surface frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review – is the rear side. At its very center the logo with italics. At the top of the left set square with rounded corners, box camera, and long lens flares bitonal. Slightly protrudes from the camera body, which has a roughened metal surface.

Giving an overall assessment of the assembly, I want to mention is not the perfect joint of the display and casing, as well as different amounts fingerprint clearances and landing slots for SIM and memory cards.

To the best parties, I’ll take a metal exterior design of the frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review, the exact landing ports, buttons, and, of course, the inserts antennas. The appearance of these insertions can not be called attractive, and we still perfectly remember all the criticism on similar solutions implemented for the first time by Apple in the iPhone version of the sixth, but Ulefone designers apparently it did not hear anything.

Weight 5.5-inch frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review with a fairly thin profile is surprisingly large, it is difficult to explain why the aid with not the biggest battery weighs as much as 185 grams, but the Redmi Note 4 to the battery to 4100 mAh – 175 well, Meizu MX6 with a similar battery capacity – only 155 grams.

In the struggle for the frameless screen phone, Ulefone Future review performance of the company went on not to the standard way. Ulefone Future processor equipped middle-class Helio P10 (China, how can “slap” smartphones P10 ?!) from MediaTek with a frequency of 2 GHz and eight cores such as Cortex A53. This percent is pretty good and is paired with a 700-megahertz graphics accelerator Mali-T860. But Ulefone decided that a more positive user experience such an ensemble must be supplemented with a RAM capacity of 4 GB.

Indeed, thanks to this configuration, the smartphone playfully cope with a large number of applications in the background, allowing you to keep a lot of tabs open in the browser.

Games, including heavy Mortal Kombat X, thanks to the optimization of the developer go without problems, of course, apart from the problem of a significant heating of the back of the smartphone after ten minutes of battle. After some time, heating extends to the screen, but am glad that at least the performance Ulefone Future are not affected.

The frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review benchmark shows outstanding results and considerably inferior  to many colleagues in the price category.

Resolution frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review camera is 16 MP from the main  and 5 MP at the front. The main camera has CMOS sensor Samsung S5K3P3 and  phase detection autofocus. The Happy shooting of the camera is quite satisfactory – frames are rather contrasting, and only a small bust software  Scharping.

In the evening, accompanied by a marked intensification of shooting noise, a very strong slowdown in autofocus , and as a consequence – a decrease definition photo .

Another unpleasant feature of the camera – the lack of  autofocus when shooting video is available only focus on  by touching the screen .

But the most unusual camera capable of providing macro. The smartphone is able to take pictures almost point-blank to the subject, and this Superpower is maintained even during video recording.

The frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review camera also can shoot Slow Motion video with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels.

The frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review is different premium sound in the headphones , and external speaker emphasis on pays – the volume and  quality are absolutely average . several switches for better sound speakers can be found in the menu, headphones, and switch to make the  sound volume.

The operating system of the frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review – Android 6.0 with a small “pumping” from the manufacturer . We are talking about custom on-screen navigation buttons . In the menu you can choose the most convenient location option, there is the possibility of hiding the  navigation bar, and add a call button shutter notifications .

CONCLUSION

The frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review – this is not quite what it shows us renderers manufacturer, and yet it has its own peculiarity.

The smartphone has a very good appearance with a predominance of metal. The case is quite thin, and thanks to the almost total absence of frames on either side of the screen, the model a good grip, and managed it with only one hand (with the screen diagonal of 5.5 inches).

The frameless screen phone Ulefone Future review – this is the main culprit was not the lowest cost and of course, spectacular appearance. But the very broadband antenna inserts on the back of the Future – an obvious mistake developer, and probably because of this feature Ulefone were missing many potential buyers.

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Sony engineers were able to win Bose with the help of Sony MDR-1000X

Sony MDR-1000X – wireless headphones closed type, with active noise cancellation system. The model has a modern design and a streamlined silhouette with flowing lines. Like the headphones Bose, Sony MDR-1000X wireless noise cancelling headphones is not designed to stand out, their main focus – high-quality sound.

Despite the modest appearance, the headphones are highly functional. The left cup embedded NFC chip for easy pairing over Bluetooth, and on the right is hidden touch control panel. What really distinguishes Sony MDR-1000X among competitors, so it is the presence of some smart modes that allow full control of whatever you’re listening to.

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Authoritative sources say that Sony MDR-1000X wireless noise cancelling headphones worth the money you pay for them, and it is neither more nor less than 430 euros. Of course, these headphones can not be considered a budget option, but they have all the characteristics necessary for high-quality portable audio equipment. Even audio and video streaming start to sound great, that only complements the overall picture quality of the gadget.

Sony MDR-1000X have enough time to work offline, and some additional features focused on those who travel frequently. Bose is considered the gold standard in this respect, but Sony has set a goal to break this record, and the result of their efforts are MDR-1000X – the most advanced in terms of technology headphones.

Another interesting feature of the Sony MDR-1000X – the ability to mute the music. You can also choose other options that provide the enhanced flow of ambient noise, or even the complete filtration of all sounds, except the voice. Thus, even when you’re at the airport, you will not miss Ads Manager while listening to music.

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Overview of Microsoft Surface Book i7: A unique, productive, and incredibly self-contained

Trying to find the right category for hybrid laptop-tablet Microsoft Surface Book always involves certain difficulties. Here and now, holding a new hybrid laptop Microsoft Surface Book i7 review, I find it hard to come up with a niche, for which he would fit best.

Before delving into the details, I would like to note that the extremely fast hybrid laptop Microsoft Surface Book i7 review. For performance, it is no less than two times faster than the original Surface Book, which at one time on speed and left all his rivals behind. In addition, Microsoft’s new product is characterized by a remarkable lasting battery life. None of our tested notebooks could keep up with him in this regard.

So what? It turns out that all the competitors are sorry lagging behind? Not really. After all, the world is not the same as it was a year earlier. Competitors hybrid laptop Microsoft Surface Book i7 review are not asleep, and Microsoft hybrid device in some respects far from ideal.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT

If you still do not know, said the hybrid laptop Microsoft Surface Book i7 review – this is the second iteration of the “transformable” Microsoft notebooks. The upper half is a very beautiful tablet with perfect proportions and a touch screen «PixelSense» with a diagonal of 13.5 inches and supports the electronic pen.

Inside the base unit with the keyboard (it is called here Performance Base) is a discrete graphics chip, whereby Surface Book and outperforms any other portable computer.

These two components are connected by means of the same hinge, which is present in the first Surface Book. There were rumors that Microsoft will abandon the “hinge axis with a dynamic” and eliminate a gap, but still remained the same, and the proposed design, as before, is one of the main features of the Surface Book i7.

Whether you like a joint or not, but it gradually migrated in the new model Surface Book i7. It seems that compared to last year (pictured), its design has not changed

OLD AND NEW

The hybrid laptop Microsoft Surface Book i7 review looks identical to the previous version. Outwardly, nothing has changed. Screen PixelSense provided with the same IPS panel with a resolution of 3000 x 2000 pixels. Behind the screen lies a dual-core processor Intel’s sixth-generation Skylake Core i7-6600U. Volume LPDDR3 memory (8 or 16GB) and solid state drive (from 256GB to 1TB), customers can choose according to your taste. (We got a model with 16 GB of memory and solid state drive capacity of 1 TB, which is offered on Amazon for $ 3,300.).

Fans of the latest equipment, probably deem this processor complete disappointment. Why, at a time when laptops are based on Intel processors seventh generation Kaby Lake already being manufactured a variety of manufacturers, Microsoft has suddenly lost contact with reality and chose the old processor?

It seems that in the first place, Microsoft decided to pay attention to upgrade the graphics subsystem. The original version of the Surface Book supplied with a discrete processor, Nvidia GeForce, which was made to order, but, by all accounts, very much like the GeForce GT 940M.

New hybrid laptop Microsoft Surface Book i7 review chip is equipped with Nvidia GeForce GTX 965M with 2GB of GDDR5 memory. Now, the graphics processor is much faster, but also heated at the same time stronger. In Microsoft reported that effective cooling had to add a second fan and the housing Performance Base from the increase in the size of the fan became thicker than that of the original model.

Under load the fan noise louder, but in general the acoustic background is normal. A little bit rather tartly, but perfectly acceptable. It seems that fans cooled the graphics processor is good enough. On the Surface Book i7, I performed a load test of the GPU within an hour. In this notebook, of course, it is hot, but before that it was impossible to hold in their hands or use, it did not come. So that the proposed technical implementation of Microsoft rose to the occasion

PERFORMANCE SURFACE BOOK I7

Performance CPU hybrid laptop Microsoft Surface Book i7 review can be described with just one phrase: it is a dual-core Intel chip. Sixth-generation processor Skylake about 10% slower than a comparable Kaby Lake seventh generation. In most situations, this difference is not particularly noticeable.

HANDBRAKE

The chart shows the performance of hybrid laptop Microsoft Surface Book i7 review in comparison with the best laptops available on the market. For greater contrast and variety I have included here as a large quad Dell XPS 15 and Microsoft Surface 3 with quite anemic by today’s Atom X7 processor. During testing, the size of 30 GB MKV files to convert using Handbrake 0.9.9 software.

Most dual-core laptops (including models from Dell XPS 13 and HP Spectre x360 with Kaby Lake processor) to perform the test took more than two hours. Because the chips are heated during the test, and their performance has dropped, the performance difference was minimal. This does not mean that there is any difference in general no, but Skylake sixth-generation chip proved to be very worthy.

The diagram shows how little has changed since the first version of the Surface Book. In the test, Cinebench R15, which also evaluates the performance of the CPU, the results Surface Book of the year of manufacture were absolutely identical to its last year’s version.

ALL OF THE GRAPHICS PROCESSOR

But what we really care about, it’s the performance of the GPU, hidden in the Surface Book i7 under the keyboard. All we were hoping for a revelation on the part of the new graphics processors AMD and Nvidia and the GeForce GTX 965M does not disappoint us.

3DMARK SKY DIVER

The synthetic test 3DMark Sky Diver, developed by Futuremark, assesses performance graphics PC. Despite the fact that video games are real engines are not used, the test is one of very illustrative. For comparison, I ran it on the Dell XPS 15 – 15-inch laptop with a quad-core CPU and graphics components of the GeForce GTX 960M, which is much thicker and larger. As an overall assessment depends largely on the number of processor cores, the XPS 15 has gained the upper hand here.

Yielding XPS 15, Surface Book nevertheless broke away from the rest. Thank for it must be GeForce GTX 965M graphics chip, which is almost three times the performance of integrated graphics for other laptops.

The composition of 3DMark is included and a separate test to evaluate the performance of the graphics subsystem without reference to the central processor. And when we have learned four cores of the brackets, Surface Book i7 won. Not such a landslide, as expected, but still good. Thus, it can be argued that the Surface Book i7 very fast.

Not everyone, however, trust in our time the synthetic tests, so I decided to turn to the old, though (she was already three years), but it is still my favorite game Tomb Raider. at my disposal, Comparable computers were few, but you can see how the two models of the XPS 13 behave in the game at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and High settings. The slowest appeared laptop processor Kaby Lake seventh-generation graphics and HD 620. When you go to Dell XPS 13 with a processor Intel Core i7-6560U and Iris 540 graphics we get a decent performance boost. The original Surface Book with the GeForce GT 940M is even faster but produces only 35.4 frames per second. Play with these parameters, I would not like. But everything changes on the Surface Book i7, which shows already a really good rate to 80.8 frames per second, and even ahead of the Dell XPS 15 with a GeForce GTX 960M.

LONG OBSCENELY

As mentioned earlier, in the flatbed of the hybrid laptop Microsoft Surface Book i7 review has not changed, and it is running the same battery capacity of 18 Wh. Modernization has undergone block Performance Base, the thicker profile is allowed to install the higher capacity battery. And if the original Surface Book with GeForce cards come with a battery capacity of 53 Wh, the new model battery capacity increased to 63 Wh. Thus, in the amount we get quite a respectable 81 Wh. To see how this will affect the duration of the work, I ran the standard VideoTesT Surface Book on the last and the previous generations.

During the test, we reproduced the film in a circle with a resolution of 4K using Windows 10 Movies & TV app. The choice of this application was due to its super-efficient video player. Before performing the test, the laptop was transferred in airplane mode, and brightness is set at a typical day for viewing at home or at the office level of 250-260 nits. The sound was turned on, but we used a couple of small headphones.

And what is the result? Battery life was a long obscene. The movie for 13 hours was a new record for us. The original Surface Book worked deserve respect 10 hours, while the nearest competitor Dell XPS 13 is turned off, barely topping the mark of 11 hours.

PROJECT ARA, WHICH CAN BE PURCHASED

Since the new tablet hybrid laptop, Microsoft Surface Book i7 review looks exactly the same as in the original version, I naturally wanted to know whether it is possible to connect the unit to the updated original Performance Base, who underwent the basic modernization. As expected, both parts perfectly approached each other, and after loading multiple drivers all earned. Do not believe me? As proof, take a look at a snapshot of last year’s tablet screen Surface Book, connected to the new Performance Base from the GeForce GTX 965M.

With some stretch hybrid laptop, Microsoft Surface Book i7 review can be called the first modular notebook. Theoretically, to modernize enough to buy a new base part. All in the same way as that of the deceased the project Google Project Ara, but in front of us a product that really can be bought at the store. The only problem is that Microsoft does not sell the base part separately. And this is bad because the company failed to open her capabilities. Many of those who purchased the Surface Book last year, quite happy and tablet processor Skylake part, but the components of the GeForce GT 940M is already obsolete. If I was interested in graphics performance, in the presence of the original, I would not fail to buy as an upgrade Performance Base from the GeForce GTX 965M.

WHAT’S WRONG

The most obvious problems still have not disappeared. The original Surface Book impressed everyone at the time of issue, but for many months disconnection and re-connection of the tablet were associated with certain difficulties. By changing the firmware developers long time correcting errors identified with the connection and disconnection of the tablet, as well as the transition to sleep mode and exit from it.

I must admit that for the past ten months, I regularly translate the original Surface Book (though not the one that we used in the writing of this review) in various modes. The problems were not so much, but from time to time they arose, and sometimes just drove me crazy.

Are these issues directly with the Surface Book, or from Windows 10 Insider Preview, I do not know. However, in spite of everything, the Microsoft product is, in my view, deserves close attention.
Although there is something to complain about. The most significant drawback I think the lack of Thunderbolt interface 3 or at least faster port with a capacity of 10 Gbit / s. With this level of performance “professional” ports must include in the package.

Another deterrent to buyers is the price of Surface Book i7. We tested the computer with a Core i7 processor, 16GB RAM, solid state drive capacity of 1 TB and graphic components of the GeForce GTX 965M is $ 3,300.

But! MacBook Pro 13 with similar specifications will cost you $ 2,900, and this is a real premium product sold at a premium price.

You can, of course, to throw off the price Surface Book i7 $ 500., Reducing the capacity of the SSD half. Or restrict configuration with 8 GB of RAM and a solid state drive capacity of 256 GB for $ 2,400. But this price is absolutely not competitive compared to the price that is asked in the market for laptops of comparable equipment. Naturally, it should be taken into account that nothing like the Surface Book i7 no PC maker does not offer.

LIGHTWEIGHT AND TOUGH AT THE SAME TIME

This is followed by touch size and weight of the hybrid laptop Microsoft Surface Book i7 review. When weighing devices that took part in our survey, the balance showed a 1 kg 645 This is 57 grams more than the original Surface Book, but the body of the new laptop is much more cumbersome. Dell XPS 13 model is a seventh-generation processor and a non-touch screen easier to approximately 450 g

If you move in the other direction, we will see that MSI GS63VR Stealth quad chip skylake, 15-inch screen and more powerful video card GeForce GTX 1060 weighs only 200 grams more than the Surface Book i7.
This MSI Computer Surface Book i7 superior in everything except for the duration of battery life and build quality. Well, the screen quality.

The eternal rival Surface Book i7, Apple’s MacBook Pro 13, has recently been put on a diet and are now weighs about 1 kg 360 g In this situation, the updated Surface Book i7 is a rather strange intermediate position. Its weight is small enough so that some buyers excluded from consideration larger quad alternatives, while others have stopped paying attention to even the lighter competitors.

CONCLUSION

When Microsoft unveiled details Surface Book i7, I was quite disappointed as the average specifications. But after testing, I concluded that he must have prepared for a long and successful life. The performance of the graphics subsystem hybrid laptop Microsoft Surface Book i7 review ahead of a large 15-inch laptop with discrete graphics, and it is impressive. If you add the tablet mode, luxurious hinge support pen, beautiful screen and shiny duration of battery life, how not to recall that the Surface Book, we fell in love at first sight.

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Philips S326 Review

Remember the conventional joke that can be launched ballistic missiles with an average home theater remote control? And how do you control, with which you can get online or call friends? Meet the budget phone Philips S326 Review with the infrared port.

EQUIPMENT

Packaging of the budget phone Philips S326 review, which is not typical for the price range, nice and intelligent. The color sleeve covers the white box in the split halves. Its interior space is divided into compartments for charging (5V 1A), USB cable, a wired headset. In a separate envelope hidden documentation and a protective film for the display.

APPEARANCE

Neprimechatelen. Any original designs budget phone Philips S326 review, you will not see. Touch keys (without light) on the front of the smartphone, as well as all exterior monobloc, refer to the fourth version of Android. Fortunately, the other elements of the body correspond to the industry worked out by modern standards. Slightly raised rim glass protects the screen from damage. Near the earpiece are a front facing camera and proximity sensors and hidden lighting.

The main speaker is provided with small protrusions that make a place for the propagation of sound waves is, even when the smartphone is in the slot.

Single microphone with Micro-USB connector, located on the lower end of the device. The upper bound holds a 3.5 mm connector and a feature of this smartphone – Infrared for controlling appliances.

Plastic lid covering the rear part of the body, sitting firmly in place, remove it easily. This was not without squeaks. Especially strong are heard when pressing on the upper left corner of the enclosure. At this point, it bends back and plastic, and the front glass. The problem, according to the network reportedly common.

DISPLAY

The standard for this price range unpleasant features – absent oleophobic coating and the protective glass of an unknown manufacturer, offset quality 5-inch HD-screen without any air gap. It is made by IPS technology, the image is not distorted even when viewed at an angle. Reduced contrast with weak.

Contrast losses low. The uniformity of the black and white fields, even the color rendition – pleasing to the eye. Matrix is calibrated so that the colors appear natural. Glow-effect manifests itself only when viewed diagonally.

The stock at the screen brightness average, the range of manual adjustment allows you to comfortably use the device in the dark. Adaptive brightness control operates correctly. The touch layer to recognize up to 5 simultaneous touches.

IRON

The budget phone Philips S326 review is ongoing and it is time to talk about the hardware of the smartphone. At the heart, the device is a little-known company Spreadtrum processor.

The model appears in the line under the number SC9830 has a 4-core Cortex-A7 1.5 GHz and a graphics subsystem Mali-400 MP. Its computing power is not impressive, but, nevertheless, sufficient for leisurely perform many tasks that a user can assign to the Philips S326. But the amounts of memory as RAM – 1 GB and a built – 8 GB, of which the user’s needs is available only 5 and a half, is clearly insufficient. Applications, better to move on microSD. The separate slot supports memory cards up to 32 GB.

Slot tests revealed that old man Mali-400 MP still capable of producing adequate for games frame rate, at least at low settings.

SOFTWARE

The budget phone Philips S326 review runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop. The manufacturer had replaced some of the icons, added the ability to edit the shortcuts in the notification bar and on / off function on a schedule.

Operating system of the budget phone Philips S326 review is outdated. The worst thing here is not even functional, which is poorer than in the newer versions of Android, and that the more years the OS version, the more it known vulnerabilities that malware exploits. The Android Marshmallow appeared monthly covering the identified vulnerabilities. Philips S326 Owners they can not count.

The phone memory is no partner applications, now eating up precious space. In addition to pre-installed Google services only a means for data backup and ZaZaRemote utility. It is necessary to control household appliances via IR.

Base devices, from TVs to air conditioners and impressive dimensions. We were able to pick up the approach to the whole technique that caught the eye. And to know the specific model it is not necessary, and sufficient instrument brand. The program will offer options from which you choose the operating control circuit. There has ZaZaRemote and widget, so favorite TV remote control will always be at your fingertips, right on your desktop launcher.

COMMUNICATION

The budget phone Philips S326 review has two slots Micro SIM. Hot-swapping of cards because the battery can not be located. The range of supported frequency radio module includes 4G. Admission network signal is weak on the smartphone. If the city did not notice that, where cell towers are not many, there may be problems with audibility and receiving incoming calls.

Navigation (GPS, A-GPS) is started reluctantly. More than six satellites for testing a smartphone and are not used. For the Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0 and FM-radio no comments. Connect to Philips S326 USB flash drive using the USB-OTG cable will not work.

BATTERY

Philips S326 Removable battery has a claimed capacity of 3000 mAh. The real figure, which we received as a result of measurements, turned out to be less than 100 mAh. The battery provides enough energy to smartphone worked in the editorial autonomy test 6:00 32 minutes. The indicator on the level of competitors, but not record. On the smartphone charge, it takes 3 hours and 50 minutes. And what do you expect from a feeble bundled adapter 5V, 1A?

To save energy, you can with a standard for Android mode, disable background data. In a separate menu-selected exclusion program, which at the same time will work normally.

CAMERA

The budget phone Philips S326 review equipped with 8 main pure single megapixel camera with flash and a 2 MP front-facing camera. The software provides the ability to manually control ISO (100 to 1600), contrast, saturation, brightness, focus and white balance. Shooting modes here are a few: HDR and five color effects – all they can count on amateurs.

The quality of shooting the main camera – below average even for an 8 MP. Surly autumn street smudgy, moving objects – lubricated.

At dusk autofocus incorrectly suggests the sharpness and noise come to the fore, and to ignore them if they wanted to, it does not turn. The front camera works even worse. For glamor, selfie smartphone does not suit.

TO SUMMARIZE

It’s time to finish the review of Philips S326. Praise him for the quality of a 5-inch HD-matrix support 4G networks, a separate slot for the SD card, capacious, for this class of device, battery, and an infrared port to control home appliances. But drawbacks too short. The most critical of them – a weak camera, small amounts of memory and storage capacity.

The budget phone Philips S326 review could become a popular budget smartphone, but not at the price of $115. IR unlikely to be a determining factor in the selection, at least for most of the buyers, and other characteristics are not so attractive. Even if you do not take into account the “gray” machines from China, CIS officially sold devices that the ratio of price / performance is noticeably better.

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ASUS X555SJ – BENCHMARK

ASUS X555SJ – an entry-level laptop, which by virtue of the simple daily tasks. It does not have a powerful stuffing, to cope with today’s complex computing, but for the owner, often goes on business trips, or a student to attend classes every day, it is – a real find. If you are looking for a simple budget device, start to the world of laptops is the laptop Asus X555sj review.

DESIGN

The laptop Asus X555sj review Ethnicity is not the original, but very attractive due to the unobtrusive texture. Device Cover Matte, on the background of the small pattern, looks good ASUS logo. The frame around the display looks like the most ordinary way, here the surface is slightly rough, but in the area of the keyboard you can see the same texture as the outside. Due to this coating, the laptop does not slide, so you can confidently handle.

The bottom of the laptop Asus X555sj review, like the rest of the panel, is made of plastic. It is whole, has four thrust square feet; holes hiding in stereo speakers; ventilation grates. To access internal components, you will need to unscrew the screws at least five.

Laptop assembled quite well, but with small deflections cover anyway, you have to face. In addition, the operation will display markedly rocking, apparently, too tight hinges can not hold it. But there will be problems with the size and weight as 382h256h26 mm and 2.3 kg will not prevent a laptop to take with you, even on a daily basis.

DISPLAY, SOUND, WEBCAM

The screen of the laptop Asus X555sj reviews most that neither is on the budget. It’s diagonal – standard 15.6 inches and a resolution of 1366×768 pixels. Too little merit in such a display to be called quality: brightness at 200 cd / m2, TN matrix is not able to provide good viewing angles, contrast and color saturation is only suitable for the amateur image processing. So, it pleases only matte finish, with whom there is no glare and reflections. Overall, the laptop display is perfect for everyday office tasks, content, etc.

The laptop Asus X555sj review has two stereo speakers, which goes through a pretty good sound for a laptop. Volume is enough for the average room, high frequencies are much higher than average, the sound is clear and without distortion. But the bass is almost inaudible. To achieve a more balanced sound SonicMaster help setup, however, still with headphones audio quality will be much better.

VGA webcam is powerful enough to support video calls into Skype. But do not count on high-quality photos.

KEYBOARD AND TOUCHPAD

The keypad of the laptop Asus X555sj review is a full-sized laptop, anyway complaints about the size of the keys, including the “shooter” and numpad, no. All buttons have a substantially flat surface, pressed very easily with a barely perceptible impact. In addition, the island key location principle creates the necessary comfort for typing.

Immediately below the keyboard is a touchpad. The touchpad in the laptop space, it is easy to find, even blindly, because its area is smooth in contrast to the texture. In addition, the touchpad hiding two mouse buttons below the surface, which is extremely convenient to use because of the clear and pressing deliberate marking zonally separating the buttons. Also, worth noting is that the sensor works fine, and multitouch gestures, such as zooming are performed correctly.

PERFORMANCE

The configuration laptop Asus X555sj review initially only the DOS, so immediately after purchase, you can put Windows, such as the latest version of the tenth. The basis of the filling is a quad-core Intel Pentium N3700. It is built on 14-nanometer technology, operates at a frequency of 1.6 GHz and a cache of the second level of 2 MB. Despite the presence of four cores, the chip can not be called high-performance. He confidently pulls many everyday tasks that do not require complex calculations. In particular, the laptop will cope with office applications, web surfing, etc.

Not very powerful, and built-in Intel HD Graphics graphics (Braswell) with DirectX 11.2 support. On it, of course, you can expect when playing videos, but not in the case of the games. So, it will be hard to cope even with the old toys for 2010-2013 (Anno 2070, Dishonored, etc.). That is why, along with an integrated graphics card there is a discrete video card NVIDIA GeForce 920M, built on the Kepler architecture. It has 384 shader graphics core, 1GB of its own video memory and supports DirectX 12. With such graphics will World of Warships Dirt Rally or at medium settings and native resolution.

As for the other components of the stuffing, here it is 4 GB DDR3L standard RAM and 500 GB hard drive with a spindle speed of 5400 rev / min. For a notebook of this level is more than enough.

PORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

There is nothing superfluous – just so you can say about the connectors in the ASUS X555SJ. The left facet of a laptop filled with the following interfaces: two ports USB 3.0, HDMI, VGA, RJ-45 network connector. In addition, there is provided the socket for charging and a slot for a Kensington lock.

On the right side of the body has a memory card reader 3-in-1 (SD / SDHC / SDXC), combo audio jack, and a USB 2.0 port. Most of this face takes a DVD SuperMulti drive.

On the front side, there is no port, there is a group of LEDs: laptop power, battery status, drive activity, and job flight mode.

As for the wireless modules, the presence of Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0.

BATTERY

The device is a 2-cell Lithium-Polymer battery with 37 Wh. With her laptop run for about 3-4 hours of web surfing time and a half hours under load.

CONCLUSION

If you are looking for a productive device, the laptop Asus X555sj review not for you. For $ 350, and that is how much will have to spend, you get a standard TN-LCD with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels, the most simple selection of ports and connectors, as well as the filling, which is enough to perform everyday tasks. Apparently, such a device will find its fans among those who need a first “trial” notebook or laptop for business trips / study.

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