Monday, August 1, 2016

Gionee Marathon M5 Plus


GIONEE Marathon M5 Plus Smartphone was launched in December 2015, comes with a 6-inch Full HD AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels at a pixel density of 368 pixels per inch. The screen is also protected by a Scratch Resistant display.

The phone is 8.4-mm thin, and tips the scale at 208 grams. The phone is powered by a 1.3 GHz Octa core MediaTek MT6753 processor and it comes with 3 GB of RAM. What this means is the processor has Octa cores in the CPU and 3 GB of RAM ensures the phone runs smoothly with multiple applications open simultaneously. The GIONEE Marathon M5 Plus also packs in a graphics processor, and 64 GB of internal storage which can be expanded to 128 GB via a microSD card.

The GIONEE Marathon M5 Plus runs Android 5.1 OS and is powered by a 5020 MAH battery. It’s a Dual SIM Smartphone, and connectivity options on the GIONEE Marathon M5 Plus include, GPS, HotSpot, Wifi, Bluetooth.
The main camera on the GIONEE Marathon M5 Plus is a 13 MP shooter with Auto Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Digital Zoom, Video Recording. The smartphone also has a Front Facing Camera capable of shooting 5 MP selfies.

GIONEE has launched a sleek and stylish metal build, Dual SIM (Micro SIM) Dual standby smartphone, GIONEE Marathon M5 Plus. GIONEE Marathon M5 plus runs on Amigo 3.1 OS which is based on Android 5.1 Lollipop and supports 4G connectivity on both the SIM’s. The Smartphone comes with a huge 6 inch HD Super AMOLED Multi touch display with 1080 x 1920 pixels’ resolution, 368 PPI pixel density and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for protection from scratches. This device is powered by Octacore Mediatek MT6753 processor, Mali T720 Graphics engine and a big 3GB RAM, where many cores and big RAM facilitate that numerous tasks can run parallel to each other without slowing down the User Interface.

The main highlight of GIONEE Marathon phones is their battery. GIONEE Marathon M5 plus comes with a 5020 MAH Battery, that is expected to give a backup of 2 days and a standby time of 829 hours. It supports fast charging and can be fully charged in under two hours. It features double charging chips that allow users to charge it quickly without overheating. The company has also worked on saving power consumed by both chips and the screen respectively. The smartphone will alert users about apps that drain the smartphone's battery. To capture memorable moments of your life, this device is equipped with a high resolution 13 MP Rear camera that gives clear and crisp pictures and a 5MP Front Facing Camera for selfies and video calling. The main Camera comes with many features like Digital image stabilization, AF Phase Detection, Auto Flash, Continuous Shooting, Exposure compensation, Face detection, Geo tagging, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR), ISO control, Touch to focus and White balance presets.


GIONEE Marathon M5 plus comes with a host of connectivity options like 4G, 3G, GPRS/EDGE, WiFi, WiFi hotspot, GPS, Bluetooth and Micro USB (Type C). On the memory front, it comes with 64GB Internal memory which is expandable up to 128GB via SD card, which is more than enough to store a wide range of photographs, songs and videos. The device comes with a fingerprint scanner in the home button, which the company claims can unlock the phone in 0.38 seconds. Users can store up to five fingerprints on the phone via scanner. Other sensors inbuilt in the phone are Proximity Sensor, Light sensor and Accelerometer. It comes in 2 color options- Gold and Silver.

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

One Plus 3 Soft Gold

NETWORK
Technology
GSM / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
LAUNCH
Announced
2016, June

Status
Available. Released 2016, June
BODY
Dimensions
152.7 x 74.7 x 7.4 mm (6.01 x 2.94 x 0.29 in)

Weight
158 g (5.57 oz)

SIM
Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
DISPLAY
Type
Optic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size
5.5 inches (~73.1% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch
Yes

Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 4


- Oxygen OS
PLATFORM
OS
Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)

Chipset
Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820

CPU
Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo & dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo

GPU
Adreno 530
MEMORY
Card slot
No

Internal
64 GB, 6 GB RAM
CAMERA
Primary
16 MP, f/2.0, phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash 

Features
1/2.8" sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR

Video
2160p@30fps, 720p@120fps, Auto HDR

Secondary
8 MP, f/2.0, 1/3.2" sensor size, 1.4 µm pixel size, 1080p
SOUND
Alert types
Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Loudspeaker
Yes

3.5mm jack
Yes


- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
COMMS
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot

Bluetooth
v4.2, A2DP, LE

GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS

NFC
Yes

Radio
No

USB
v2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
FEATURES
Sensors
Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer

Messaging
SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email

Browser
HTML5

Java
No


- Fast battery charging: 60% in 30 min (Dash Charge)
- DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/FLAC player
- Document viewer
- Photo/video editor
BATTERY

Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery
MISC
Colors
Graphite, soft gold

Price group
7/10
TESTS
Performance
Basemark OS II: 2677 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 2365
Basemark X: 32715

Display
Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.424(sunlight)

Camera
Photo / Video

Loudspeaker
Voice 62dB / Noise 71dB / Ring 77dB

Audio quality
Noise -93.4dB / Crosstalk -94.4dB

Battery life
Endurance rating 66h
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Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)

NETWORK
Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH
Announced
2016, March

Status
Available. Released 2016, April
BODY
Dimensions
151.7 x 76 x 7.8 mm (5.97 x 2.99 x 0.31 in)

Weight
170 g (6.00 oz)

SIM
Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
DISPLAY
Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size
5.5 inches (~72.3% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (~267 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch
Yes
PLATFORM
OS
Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)

Chipset
Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617
Exynos 7870 Octa

CPU
Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53
Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53

GPU
Adreno 405
Mali-T830MP2
MEMORY
Card slot
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Internal
16 GB, 2 GB RAM
CAMERA
Primary
13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm, autofocus, LED flash, check quality

Features
Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR

Video
1080p@30fps, check quality

Secondary
5 MP, f/1.9, LED flash
SOUND
Alert types
Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Loudspeaker
Yes

3.5mm jack
Yes
COMMS
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

Bluetooth
v4.1, A2DP

GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (region dependent)

NFC
Yes

Radio
FM radio, RDS, recording

USB
microUSB v2.0
FEATURES
Sensors
Accelerometer, proximity

Messaging
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM

Browser
HTML5

Java
No


- ANT+ support
- MP4/WMV/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer
FEATURES
Sensors
Accelerometer, proximity

Messaging
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM

Browser
HTML5

Java
No


- ANT+ support
- MP4/WMV/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer
FEATURES
Sensors
Accelerometer, proximity
BATTERY

Removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery

Talk time
Up to 23 h (3G)

Music play
Up to 96 h
MISC
Colors
White, Black, Gold, Rose Gold

SAR US
1.10 W/kg (head)     1.01 W/kg (body)    

SAR EU
0.35 W/kg (head)     1.39 W/kg (body)    

Price group
6/10
MISC
Colors
White, Black, Gold, Rose Gold
TESTS
Performance
Basemark OS II: 999 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 1007
Basemark X: 11199

Display
Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.902 (sunlight)

Camera
Photo / Video

Loudspeaker
Voice 64dB / Noise 71dB / Ring 68dB

Audio quality
Noise -92.4dB / Crosstalk -92.3dB

Battery life
Endurance rating 101h