We continue to talk about cheap Chinese smartphones that can compete with eminent brands. Today, on the order of budget smartphone UMI Touch – phablet with long battery life in a metal case for $ 150.
CONTENTS OF DELIVERY BUDGET SMARTPHONE UMI TOUCH
UMI Touch comes in a neat black box with a basic set of accessories. Taking into account the capacity of the built-in battery smartphone, complete unit on the 1 Amp, power is puzzling, because in this case, charging will last for at least 4 hours.
For cable also has a claim, because the voltage drop even at a current of 1 A reaches 0.4-0.5 volts. Yes, and the appearance thereof is not credible.
DESIGN, USABILITY AND FINGERPRINT SCANNER BUDGET SMARTPHONE UMI TOUCH
What do you get when you cross a Meizu Metal and something out of the lineup of smartphones Xiaomi Redmi third generation? That’s right, you get hero of this review. Chinese manufacturers are never ashamed to play other people’s achievements and UMI or unknown to us OEM-manufacturer among them is no exception. The choice of three color schemes available: dark gray, silver and gold. Following the specifications on the official site Display UMI Touch is covered by glass Gorilla Glass third generation.
During the 3 weeks of active operation, no damage was observed on the smartphone display. But oleophobic coating quality leaves much to be desired, because the prints is hard enough to be removed from the glass surface.
Characteristic of most low-cost Chinese smartphones have replaced the tricolor LED flash something like the front, which by default works only in Camera application. To use thereof as a notification light will have to resort to third-party software.
At the bottom of the front panel is a hardware key “Home” combined with a fingerprint scanner. For the latter, surprisingly, the claims are not so much, especially if you add in the prints used fingers several times (a total of 5 slots available). In this case, the recognition success ends in 9 cases out of 10, and the speed by feel not lower than Meizu Metal, for example.
The very same button to get us to the test version of crudely made, with the touch-and, again, a fingerprint scanner have no complaints. Functional touch keys with backlight are located on both sides of the mechanical: the right is responsible for the action of the “Back”, and the left – for a call setup. Hold the center key to open the multitasking menu.
Unlike Xaiomi Redmi Note 3, from which, by and large, UMi Touch is copied, the aluminum back cover is only a decorative element (video dissection). While the metal base body gradually becomes a frame framing the display.
Because of the large number of constituent parts inherent smartphone appreciable clearance test pieces in torsion, but in the daily operation of these properties does not occur.
Power button and volume rocker are located on the right side. It should be noted a pleasant tactile feedback and convenient location of metallic buttons. Combined tray for 2 SIM-card or a micro SIM + microSD format settled on the opposite side.
Returning to the back cover. The upper and lower ends of the smartphone are covered with plastic plugs for the smooth passage of the signal of wireless modules. Most of the holes at the bottom – fine, and the multimedia speaker is shifted to the left side of the back cover of the smartphone. The speaker is loud, but its quality is close to the maximum setting is poor.
The camera lens is framed by protruding beyond the housing metal ring. In turn, the glass covering the unit, recessed relative to this ring, which should contribute to the preservation of his own with smartphone contacts with flat surfaces.
Due to rounded edges in hand smartphone is convenient as possible for the 5.5-inch PHABLET. To summarize, we note that the smartphone has some problems with the build quality, but most of these shortcomings is still not felt in everyday use.
DISPLAY BUDGET SMARTPHONE UMI TOUCH
Safety glass, which we discussed in the previous section, is positioned as 2.5D. The really rounding minimum and does not reach the level of Meizu smartphone using appropriate technology.
The color temperature is a bit overpriced, and ranges from 7200K to 7600K, respectively, all the colors on the display are endowed with a touch of cold. The display was originally pasted protective film, and not glued very carefully. Such move casts doubt on the statement on the use of protective glass Gorilla Glass.
Heating smartphone surface when working with demanding applications does not exceed 40 degrees Celsius.
Touch is equipped with modules Bluetooth 4.1, dual-band Wi-Fi a / b / g / n / ac (2.4 / 5 GHz) and GPS / GLONNAS modules. With active A-GPS satellites are found fairly quickly, but the location of the definition is not always accurate. Because the sensors on board the smartphone accelerometer and there are only a bunch of standard proximity / ambient light. No gyro or a digital compass for orientation in space no.
In everyday use smartphone running smartly and without complaints. MT6753 despite their budget allows quick launch of applications, interface smooth and stable operation of the whole software, with the exception of demanding games.
AUTONOMY BUDGET SMARTPHONE UMI TOUCH
When buying native Chinese smartphones it never deludes ourselves on the characteristics, especially the built-in battery capacity. In this case, the alleged 4000 mAh more like 3 Ah, if not less. The fact that the major smartphone InFocus production of the author with a battery capacity of 2450 mAh with identical platform and display stands similar UMi Touch 3-4 hours of screen activity in the usual mode of operation.
From complete power supply 1 A smartphone is charging about 4.5 hours, so quickly recharge the device will not work before you leave home. In addition, the charge controller is poorly calibrated, because when it reaches 10% of the battery charge is literally melting before our eyes.
SOFTWARE BUDGET
Fresh phones from China are beginning acquires the sixth version of Android, called Marshmallow. As in most such devices, the system is represented here in pure form and devoid of any add-ins. two OTA-update with minor fixes were received just a few weeks of operation.
Settings fingerprint sensor housed in the menu “Security”. Opportunities to establish a fingerprint for blocking specific application no. In total, the system can be made up to 5 prints.
If you have forgotten your password or a graphical PIN-code, fingerprint scanner, for example, out of order, the smartphone will have to reset to factory settings by means of recovery. Opportunities to restore access and store data there.
It is also worth noting the automatic change of the localization of the smartphone after a reboot. Every time the phone will return to Ukrainian localization, provided that you are in Ukraine.
CAMERAS BUDGET SMARTPHONE UMI TOUCH
Expect from the smartphone for $ 150 spectacular photographic opportunities it would be foolish, but most of these overlooked smartphones do not even reach the level of famous classmates. It is best to take pictures with UMI Touch look at it as your own screen, especially the photos in the dark.
When viewing images on a large screen catches the eye and related white halos on the contrasting objects. Even with little ambient light level falls smartphone starts to increase the shutter speed, because of what the photo is often blurred.
Due to the use of low-quality camera optics both tangible lather on the edges of the frame. About HDR mode and does not want to remember.
Camera modules and to this day remains a major scourge and inalienable most inexpensive Chinese smartphones.
PROS BUDGET : DISPLAY; FINGERPRINT SENSOR; DUAL SIM AND THE ABILITY TO INSERT A MEMORY CARD; STABLE OPERATION ANDROID MARSHMALLOW
CONS BUDGET SMARTPHONE UMI TOUCH: BUILD QUALITY; BOTH CHAMBERS; GAMING PERFORMANCE; THE ABSENCE OF A DIGITAL COMPASS, COMPLETE ACCESSORIES, CONTINUOUS CHARGING
CONCLUSION BUDGET SMARTPHONE UMI TOUCH
Before us again compromise the unit on the basis of the budget of the hardware platform, with the frankly weak places and mediocre camera assembly. Taking into account purchases specificity in China, where through the use of various coupons and cashback services can be achieved at least a 10% discount (from the original price of $ 150), UMi Touch seems to be not such a bad option for Android fans in a “pure” form. For the rest of this purchase is not the best option, taking into account on the market other than state employees from Xiaomi or Meizu.
Source: nsmartphone
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