Have only played with the G in stores, so can't say. No complaints about performance, however, especially on the ART runtime. Haven't spent much time with Mediatek chips before, find myself pleasantly surprised thus far.
Yep, certainly seems to be. No complaints about colour representation or viewing angles, the whites are nice and crisp.
ETA: Lokhor asked me to benchmark it, it tests quite similarly to the Galaxy S III. Benchmarking plowed through ~20% of the battery, so it finally died on me at 3PM - just after hitting 5hrs screen on time.
Not too shabby, Smart 4 Power, not too shabby. Bring on the second battery cycle.
Yep, certainly seems to be. No complaints about colour representation or viewing angles, the whites are nice and crisp.
ETA: Lokhor asked me to benchmark it, it tests quite similarly to the Galaxy S III. Benchmarking plowed through ~20% of the battery, so it finally died on me at 3PM - just after hitting 5hrs screen on time.
Not too shabby, Smart 4 Power, not too shabby. Bring on the second battery cycle.
What's the resolution? qHD? What's that in pixels?
What's the resolution? qHD? What's that in pixels?
qHD = 960 x 540.
I've previously used a number of qHD devices with 4.3" screens (Motorola RAZR & Photon) & found it just fine at that screen size. While it's less dense over 5", it's a positive in the battery life department this particular device is focusing on.
There's definitely a market gap for a phone with truly tank battery life, IMO - wish Moto's RAZR MAXX series had made it to local retail.
ETA: Have just had confirmation that there will be 2x NFC tags included in the box, so that's a nice little bonus!
TyroneB: How does the phone handle intensive gaming? Say gta/real racing or modern combat? Or even fifa?
Thank you if you can help.
You'll definitely need a decent micro SD card if you intend to game on it, as it only has 2GB of internal storage. I don't have an SD spare to test at work right now (I normally would, but my Note 3 is in a metal bumper case that's screwed in place, can't get my trusty 64GB card out!), so can't give GTA a crack as it's ~1.22GB, but Dead Trigger 2 will fit just fine. Will let you know how that runs.
EDIT: Running just fine, even on high settings.
The Smart 4 power benchmarked similarly to the Galaxy S III, so I'd wager you'll be alright when it comes to gaming, as a lot of folks use S IIIs.
I have a new class 10 Samsung 32gb card I just got from amazon for $20 so that'll be sweet.
Sounds perfect. It's a surprisingly cool phone, think you'll dig it. Audio isn't too bad either, and camera's serviceable in the right lighting. Battery + 4G + HD voice are the real killer features, although the NFC tags in the box are nifty as well.
Speaking of audio, I know not to expect lumia/sony or htc quality sound but is there an equalizer? I mostly listen to music through Bluetooth alot and that was a major problem with my Lumia 520.
It's running a largely untouched version of Android 4.4.2, so includes Google's MusicFX EQ. You can access it from the Google Play Music app and some third-party music apps like Poweramp.
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