Review : Motorola Moto 360

By: Unknown on 6:07 AM

Motorola Moto 360 Reviews

Motorola Moto 360 Reviews - The higher the modern world of technology is also offered by several vendors, now Wearable Android-based devices continue to evolve, smartwatch has been the trend since 2014 which is likely due to replace manual watches that have been widely circulated over the years.

At this time many vendors competing smartphones in making Android smartwatch, one of which is a vendor that comes from Mountain View United States is Motorola. Motorola makes smartwatch called Moto 360 is the design circle shaped like watches in general. They continue to innovate in making the operating system is user friendly and has features to facilitate users.

One of the innovations made in the latest Google Android operating system Wear, OS which is devoted to the Wearable Devices, been 3 major companies that use Android smartwatch Wear on which they are marketed, ie Samsusng, LG, and Motorola

Specifications are owned by Moto 360 is arguably relatively high compared with Samsung and LG artificial smartwatch, Teknokerz curious about the specifications and performance offered by the 360's motto? Check out the reviews Moto 360 more just in TeknoUp.

Specification

• 1:54 inch LCD screen 320 x 290 pixels, 205ppi Corning Gorilla Glass 3
• Weight 49 grams
• 40mm thickness
• 4GB Internal Memory
• 512 RAM
• 3 1GHz TI OMAP CPU
• Battery 320 mAh
• Connectivity Bluetooth 4.0
• Android OS Wear

Design

Moto 360 has a circular design that is the same as the name implies, which probably meant that 360 ° is shaped like watches in general, Moto 360 looks simple and classic fashionable and suitable for young people who love the world of fashion to add prestige or presitige in his circle, SmartWatch has a fairly light heavy weight only 49 grams.

Then, on the part of his wristband made of leather that is Korween Leather, besides leather Motorola also provides a Slim Metal are made from stainless steel for Moto 360 wristband.

Screen

Smartwatch Moto 360 uses an LCD screen that is round with a diameter of 1:56 and a resolution of 320 x290 pixels with 205 ppi pixel density reached. Moto screen 360 is equipped with IP67 certificate that makes Moto 360 is resistant to water, in addition smartwatch screen is resistant to scratches because it is equipped with a protective Gorilla Glass Corning's third generation artificial.

Performance

Moto G offers a 1GHz single-core processor manufactured by TI OMAP with 512mb RAM size. Arguably Performance Moto 360 is good enough for the size of the SmartWatch, in addition to the Moto 360 provides 4GB of internal memory that can accommodate many applications from the Android Wear.

Features

Moto 360 is equipped with features Voice command or voice commands because the screen size is quite small, To run the application in it, you can simply say Ok Google, then you can directly access and use all the features such as sending a text, make phone calls, view the agenda or notes and set the alarm. Smartwatch is almost entirely controlled by voice commands.

Moto 360 has a fitness features in real-time, which can give you information mileage while jogging or running, and the Google Maps application that is useful as a road user navigation features. All the features of the Moto 360 average use application made by Google, such as Gmail, Google Hangout, and Google Play Music as entertainment features.

To receive notification of various Android application compatible with Android Wear, you can menguhubungkan this device with a Smartphone or Tablet Android, but only Android Jelly Bean version 4.3 and above who can connect with the Moto 360. The SmartWatch is almost entirely controlled by voice commands

Battery Life

To equip Motorola Moto battery capacity 360 mAh battery with a capacity of 320, which is considered quite large for a range smartwatch, when at the time I use this smartwatch for daily activities to display notifications, chat reply and exercise, this smartwatch able to survive so that one day over 12 hours to dicharger back.

Excess

• Simple design premium
• There are a lot of various features
• A high specification to the ranks SmartWatch

Shortage

• The price is quite expensive
• The new Voice Command can only speak English.

Conclusion

Smartwatch showing a different design with other smartwatch, with a simple round shape like watches in general can add style or your lifestyle.

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Review : HTC One (E8)

By: Unknown on 5:51 AM

 HTC One (E8) Reviews

HTC One (E8) Reviews - Taiwanese company, HTC has released a smartphone product named HTC One (E8). HTC offers a fairly high specs on this one smartphone. HTC One (E8) have been embedded chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 which has been supported with a capacity of 2 GB of RAM.

If you are one of lovers of Android-based devices, must be wondering How powerful performance of the smartphone? Wait for the HTC One (E8) with information and complete details, just in here.

Specification

2G Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 SIM 1 and SIM 2 (optional)

3G Network: HSDPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100

4G Networks: LTE 700/900/1800/2100/2600

Height: 146.4 x 70.7 x 9.9 mm

Weight: 145 grams

Screen: 5 "(1080 x 1920 pixels)

Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, ambient light

OS: Android 4.4.2 KitKat

CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8975AC 801 quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400

GPU: Adreno 330

RAM: 2 GB

Battery: Non-removable 2600 mAh

Connectivity: WIFI, Bluetooth, GPS, microUSB v2.0

Rear Camera: 13 MP, auto focus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, Panorama, Touch Focus

Front Camera: 5 MP

Internal Memory: 16 GB

External Memory: microSD, up to 128 GB

Type SIMcard: Nano-SIM

Design

HTC One (E8) has an ergonomic design as the hallmark HTC in general. In addition, this smartphone offers a sleek design, slim wrapped in unibodi made from polycarbonate lightweight but very strong. The first impression of grasping smartphone HTC output (E8), can be practically convenient because the back is curved design, makes the user will feel fit when holding the handset this one. With dimensions of 146.4 x 70.7 x 9.9 mm and weighs 145 grams weight, simply use one hand to operate. Not only that, the smartphone is also convenient when it is inserted into the bag.

Turning to the side of the frame, on the underside of the frame, the HTC One (E8) provides a slot for a USB port and a 3.5 mm audio jack. Then, on the right side only available slots for various nano SIMcard should use a pin if you want to open it. Then, on the left, there is a microSD slot to put that must be opened with a pin as well, as well as volume up and down buttons. On the upper side of the frame, there is only the lock / power.

Switch to the back side, there is the main camera is 13 MP and LED flash and a small hole for the microphone. Then, typical HTC logo attached in the middle between the abrasive material on the back of the smartphone. Then, on the side of the front, a 5 MP camera appears on the screen, and there beside the notification light. Not only that, this smartphone has two stereo speakers with technology BoomSound at the top and bottom of the screen.

Talking about the display, the HTC One (E8) has a screen size of 5 to 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution that is capable of reaching 441 ppi for the depth of color. Produced fairly good quality because it has been supported by Super LCD3 type screen. Thus, produces a sharp and bright colors. When under the sun, the screen can adjust the conditions well, especially this smartphone provides a light sensor that can automatically adjust the screen caption if you set it to automatic mode.

Interface

HTC One (E8) using the HTC Sense interface 6. This smartphone has been running the operating system Android 4.4.2 KitKat. On the lockscreen area, there is a shortcut calls, messages, browser, and camera. Turning to the homescreen, you will be shown 3 default homescreen pages. However, when you pinch the screen on the homescreen, then you can add up to a maximum of 6 pages. Additionally, you can add widgets, apps and shortcuts as you want.

On the main menu, the handset can display the entire application, either the default application or download an application frequently used. In addition, the HTC One (E8) also offers a feature to hide the applications available. Then, you can adjust the order of application with custom options, alphabetical, and the most recent. Then, for the application field can be adjusted with two options namely 3 x 4 and 4 x 5.

Switch gets typing, this handset is equipped with features fairly complete text input such as a keyboard trace, fast quotes, word prediction, calibration tools, and so forth. HTC One (E8) have three methods namely Google Korean keyboard typing, Google voice typing, and HTC Sense Input. For typing, you have to use two hands to be more effective in typing. Additionally, typing on the smartphone feels comfortable, no lag, delay, or halting.

Performance

Perhaps after reading the details above, you are increasingly wondering about the performance of this HTC smartphone output? With the specification screen resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset MSM8975AC 801 quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Adreno 330 GPU, 2 GB RAM make this handset performance is good enough to devour all the heavy work such as playing games and watch full HD movies without problems and smoothly.

Camera

HTC One (E8) offers the main camera is 13 MP with BSI sensor and aperture f / 2.2. Equipped with auto-focus and LED flash. Turning to the features, the HTC One (E8) does not provide an attractive feature. Features available only Camera, Video, Zoe Camera, selfie, Dual capture, and Pan 360. For the shooting was only provided the option of auto-smile capture and touch capture. Moreover, the settings on the HTC One (E8) is the same as the standard settings of smartphones in general.

For the front camera, this smartphone only offers a 5 MP front camera. Interesting feature is not available on the front of the camera, just the same as any standard settings on the camera settings back. However, there is a feature to edit the default photo of the HTC One (E8) itself to the photos main camera and front camera.

For video quality, this smartphone offers video recording facility which is quite good. This handset provides quality video recording features full HD 1080p. Features offered on this video recording are Slow Motion and Fast Full HD (60fps).

Other Features

HTC equip this smartphone with built-in applications are quite abundant. These applications include, 7digital, Calculator, Calendar, Camera, Car, Chrome, Clock, Downloads, Drive, Facebook, Fitbit, Flashlight, FM Radio, Gallery, Gmail, Google, Google Settings, Google+ Hangouts, Backup HTC, HTC Guide , Internet, Kid Mode, Mail, Maps, Messages, Music, Parent Dashboard, People, Phone, Photos, Play Books, Play Games, Play Music, Play Newsstand, Play Store, Polaris Office 5, Scribble, Settings, Setup, Stocks, Tasks, Tips & Help, Twitter, Voice Recorder, Voice Search, Weather, WeChat, YouTube, and Zoe.

This smartphone combines photos and video files in an application that is Gallery. In this application, you will be presented with a page Timeline, Albums, and Locations. After that, the display on the left side, there are the words Gallery that if you press it, there will be a system of order photos by Events, Day, Month, and Year. In the Timeline page, here provides a slideshow display. Then, back on the bar top. There is an icon you used to create the file in one album. Then, beside icons leading to the camera application. At the left end of the bar, there are icons to indicate the option to Settings, media servers, and Tips & Help.

Switch to the music player. HTC One (E8) provides two applications, namely Music and Play Music provided by Google Play. When you open the Music application, you will be shown a notification that tells for Auto updating content. In this application, in the form of music files will be grouped by Recent Played, Artists, Albums, Songs, and Playlists. The audio format that can be played this smartphone is .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .MP3, .WAV, .wma (Windows Media Audio 10).

For a video player, same as photo files, video files will automatically be entered into the Gallery application. Video formats that can be played on HTC handset output (E8), among others, 3GP, .3G2, .MP4, .WMV (Windows Media Video 10), .avi (MP4 ASP and MP3).

On the other hand, HTC has provided ZOE application to create video clips by viewing the photos and footage from the camera features are available. In addition, this application can be slipped soundtracks and transitions as you want.

HTC One (E8) provides built-in applications and also HTC and Google Chrome as explorers engine cyberspace. Performance when operating the website version of the desktop with the content that is quite a lot, it still feels comfortable, fast and smooth. However, if you use the number of tabs that very much, the performance will begin to decline. Two of the application features and default settings such as New Tab, Incognito, Share, Save, and so forth.

Connectivity

• Dual SIM (Nano SIM)
• NFC
• Bluetooth 4.0 with APTX ™
• Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 a / b / g / n (2.4 & 5 GHz)
• DLNA for wireless streaming media from the device to the computer and TV
• micro-USB 2.0 port

Benchmark Results

• Antutu: 43 164 points
• Geekbench 3.0: single-core 988 points, multi-core 2876 points
• Quadran Standart: 24 171 points
• GPU Bench: 18 772 points, 36 372 points normalized screen resolution
• HTML5test.com: 368 points out of 555 points

Battery Life

Taiwanese smartphone has embedded a large enough battery capacity of 2,600 mAh ie. With a fairly good specifications, this smartphone can not last more than one day if you use it in normal usage and data connectivity switched on.

We test the battery life is to watch full HD 1080p video, in a time of 1 hour 28 minutes 9 seconds, the battery is reduced from 51% to 38%.

Excess

• Premium Design
• Specifications are qualified
• Applications are quite abundant
• Battery power is high enough

Shortage

• High prices
• The camera features unsatisfactory

Conclusion

HTC One (E8) is a smartphone that is pretty good class. With qualified specification and design made plikarbonate give a plus for your prestige level higher. However, the high price relatf, making it look half Taiwanese handset though somewhat qualified specifications. Because, HTC manufactures One (E8) is a cheap version of the HTC One (M8). Then, with prices still high, whether it is a good innovation?

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Review : Oppo R5

By: Unknown on 4:04 AM

Oppo R5 Reviews

Oppo R5 Reviews - The number of Android-based smartphone models in the market by offering a charming specs, but what about the design that offers to display the captivating performance?

Oppo Releases Oppo R5 is the same with the launch of the N3 in Singapore, Oppo comes with a captivating design that is formed with Micro Arc Frame technique that provides precision grooves so comfortable when gripped, material or materials used for this Oppo R5 is arguably this premium uses aluminum heat-resistant alloy with elements made of metal in it.

Yes, this time we would discuss and review Oppo smartphone R5 is claimed as the thinnest smartphone in the world with a thickness of 4.85 mm with a 5.2-inch AMOLED screen resolution of 1080 x1920 pixels, with ~ 423 ppi pixel density, which is equipped with a Corning Gorilla Glass 3. How the performance of which is owned by The thinnest smartphone? Take a look at the reviews below ..

Specification

• Sim Card: Micro SIM
• Dimensions: 148.9 × 74.5 × 4.85 mm
• Weight: 155 g
• Display: AMOLED, 5.2 Inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels), 423 ppi
• Internal Memory: 32 GB
• External Memory: -
• Ram: 2 GB
• Connectivity: HSPA +, LTE, WI-FI, GPS, Bluetooth V4.0, NFC, USB OTG
• OS: ColorOS 2.0, based on Android 4.4
• CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 Octa-Core 1.5GHz (MSM8939)
• GPU: Adreno 330
• Rear Camera: Sony Exmor IMX214 sensor BSI, Aperture f / 2.2, face detection, panorama, HDR, 2160p @ 24fps Video
• Front Camera: 5 MP
• Battery: Li-Po 2000 mAh

Design

The first impression when I saw the first time is very interesting in terms of their physical body like a supermodel gorgeous slim,Oppo R5 has a thin body which only has a thickness of 85 mm and dimension 4. 148.9 mm x 74.5 mm, it makes sense to get a nickname smartphone world's thinnest smartphone , in addition to the terms of  R5's design looks elegant with a frame made of stainless steel.

At the front there is a 5.2-inch AMOLED screen resolution size of 1080 x 1920 pixels with a pixel density of 423 ppi reaches ~, on the screen Oppo entrust the protection of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 is resistant to scratches. At the top of the screen 5MP camera mounted, double sensor and earpiece grill. At the bottom there is a capacitive dock, Oppo R5 uses the old control settings are Menu, Home and Back, the dock icon is painted silver using white backlighting.

Oppo R5 focuses laying the physical button on the right side of the body, such as the power / lock and volume control, on the left side has a compartment MicroSIM ejectable using metal pins that are provided in the sales package. Then on the upper side there are dual speakers, to its USB port located on the bottom. But what about Jack audio port? Unfortunately Oppo air R5 thin body does not have an audio jack port, but you do not worry, because in the sales package Oppo R5 has provided VOOC mini adapter, connect the usb port to port audio jack.

Then on the back there is a 13 MP camera in the top left corner is equipped with LED flash, but there is a secondary microphone that works for at the time of recording video and a noise canceling on incoming calls

Interface

Oppo's Interface R5 run the operating system OS v 2.0 Colour same as Android OS 4.4 KitKat. This customization Launcher uses the services and applications from Google, but there are a few of its own as a theme, locksreen, homescreen, and general settings menu.

On the lockscreen display by default using the slide motion to open the lock, then there is a shortcut icon to call and send messages, you can use the system just knocking on the lock screen display only.

Unfortunately Oppo R5 does not have the app drawer, so you can simply insert the application shortcuts or widgets on the home screen. By default Oppo offers three pages, you can insert as many as 20 shortcuts shortcuts, 4 horizontal x 5 decreased located above the dock that has been provided, then you can also customize the dock section.

In addition it provides a one-page Oppo specifically for music players that look like vinyl reader, you can also change the theme you want, when you feel less fit in with the theme that has been provided, you can download a theme in Oppo Theme Store for free.

In view of its notifcation bar by default displays a new one quick toggles, sliders brightness and brightness shortcut to activate the automatic mode. Then you can access the notification bar to perform a slide down from the homescreen empty.

Performance

In addition to the attractive design and charming, in terms of performance Oppo R5 is not also lose miss, the smartphone is equipped with Octa-core processor chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.5 GHz speed 615 with 64-bit, GPU Adreno 405 and has 2GB of RAM, when the smartphone is trying to play games with a fairly heavy graphics such as Fast & Furios 6, there are problems such as lagging or stuttering.

Camera

Behind the beauty of the design Oppo R5 also meet the needs of the moments that happen daily or when the important moments, Oppo R5 uses 13 MP main camera Sony Exmor IMX 214 with F2.0 diaphragm reinforced with technology Pure Image 2.0 and has been certified Schneider Kreuznach which is the standard professional camera.

Then, the main feature of the camera is very much thanks to Pure Image technologies such as; HD Picture, Colorful night shoot, Slow Shutter Speed, Expert Mode, Beautify, HDR, Panorama, Take Photo with Double Exposure Sound Animation GIF, RAW, Super Macro, and UbiFocus.

Do not worry for fans selfie, because Oppo provide capacity front camera of 5MP with diaphragm F / 2.0 with a 83-degree wide-angle lens that comes with the features of the technology Pure Image 2.0+ is Beautify, Take photo With Sound, GIF Animation Double Exposure.

Other Features

In this section, such as music and video players, Oppo R5 is quite satisfactory, Oppo entrust made their own applications in the multimedia section, later in his Gallery separate display becomes Photos and Videos.

Oppo default music player, there are two interesting features is the sleep timer and voice identifier. To Sleep Timer feature you can set the time to turn off your music player with a maximum time of 90 minutes, then for voice feature identifier identifies the function for the music that is being played around us, if you're curious about what song is playing and we do not know the title of The song you can use these features.

Oppo default video player is divided into two parts, the camera recording to display your recordings while Local video featuring movie or video clip that you input from a PC or laptop. However, when watching a movie you've been able to use subtitles, while testing performance when watching a video with 60 fps is displayed with no stuttering or lag smoothly.

If you want to make browsing you can use the Google Chrome browser has been provided by this R5 Oppo smartphone

Connectivity

• GSM, HSPA +, LTE
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
• Bluetooth v 4.0
• GPS
• MicroUSB v 2.0

Benchmark Results

• Antutu: 29 267 points
• 3D GPU benchmark: 12 879 points
• Quadrant: 17 264
• Nenamark: 57.0 fps

Battery Life

Perhaps this is one drawback Oppo R5 because, Oppo equip capacity of 2000 mAh battery only course, you could say the battery is called the battery is very small for the size using the above 5-inch AMOLED screen is, the time we tested for use such as downloading applications, browsing, testing try the camera, watch videos, random, that this smartphone can last up to 10 hours.

However, Oppo also has the same features in a smartphone Find 7, namely VOOC Rapid Charge, this is the function of the user can perform battery charging briefly, at the time tried the feature where the current condition of the battery 0% could be 75% in just over 30 minutes.

Excess

• Design premium
• Specifications high enough
• Many of the various features

Shortage

• Small battery capacity

Conclusion

Usually thin smartphone sacrificing some aspects such as low processors but Oppo R5 can overcome these limitations, though thin body Oppo R5 is a specification that can be fairly high, in addition to the terms of the camera, has interesting features of the technology Pure Image 2.

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Review : Xiaomi Redmi 2

By: Unknown on 10:01 PM

Xiaomi Redmi 2 Reviews

Xiaomi Redmi 2 Reviews - Xiaomi has introduced the successor to the legendary series Redmi Xiaomi 1S with the name Redmi 2, no-frills equipped with the letter "S" on the back. This smartphone is still equipped with a screen measuring 4.7 inches with a resolution of 720p as its predecessor. However, Redmi 2 also some technical specifications better than its predecessor, especially in the sector of System-on-Chip, connectivity, and other operating systems.

What kind of overall performance Xiaomi Redmi 2? We have done a comparison with Redmi Xiaomi 1S. Consider the following full review.

Design 

The design concept Redmi 2 still thick with its predecessor, yet the design looks more modern touch with rounded corners, so it is not a traditional look and design standards than Redmi 1S. Redmi 2 134x67.2x9.4 mm dimension and weighs 133 grams. Yes, the whole body of the smartphone that is relatively more compact and sleek, the most striking is high when compared with the size of Redmi 1S. Feels good and comfortable when held and easy to operate with one hand. Although the body of the phone is made of plastic but good finish and quality.

The face pinned selfie camera, earpiece, proximity sensor and light. Do not forget the three capacitive buttons with red accents are now more modern icon, unfortunately still does not have a backlight. That is, in a dark room condition you have to guess own position because there is no light switch. For now more subtle notification LED which is right below the home button.

The back is inhabited by the main camera, LED flash and speaker. Bottom of only the logo Mi which teremboss into the chrome. SIM card slot and microSD micro size are inside, so it should open the back cover in advance for access, where you also find a removable battery. Redmi 2 comes with a choice of bright colors on the back cover, such as Black, Green, Pink, Yellow and White.

The left side of the phone there is a volume knob, the lock / power and plain to the right side. The upper part is filled with a 3.5mm audio port, and the bottom is filled with the microUSB port and mic.

Screen

Affairs of the screen there is no significant improvement, still measuring 4.7 inches with a resolution of 720p with a 312ppi density. With this resolution, is enough to be used to watch videos and play games. This smartphone also has a very good level of responsiveness.

Redmi 2 now use IPS panels supplied by Sharp, so dull impression on the display screen is gone Redmi 1s, the display screen is now brighter. There is also the setting '' color temperature ', which can be selected as warm, cool, and standards as well as setting the saturation mode (standard and brilliant).

For the protection of the screen has also been improved with Gorrilla Corning Glass 2, previously only armed with a glass of Dragontrail, thus making Redmi 2 more resistant to scratches from sharp objects and pressure, despite that does not mean unbreakable.

Interface

The first product of the Xiaomi is not a smartphone, but the user interface is called MIUI. Until now, MIUI is one of the very popular interface. In Redmi 2, MIUI version used is current, the Android-based MIUI 6 4.4.4 KitKat. Unlike Redmi 1S Android base used is 4.3 Jellybean with MIUI interface 5. MIUI 6 offers better notification, anonymous call blocking, and IVR features. This ROM was first announced by the month of August 2014 Xiaomi ago. One point that most characterizes MIUI is a high customization capabilities almost every aspect. Display becomes more cheerful because the use of bright colors.

Lockscreen appear to function unlock the screen, but the area also displays notifications lockscreen.

Sign of the lockscreen will be presented a mix between homescreen pages and apps drawer. Yes, indeed there is the drawer MIUI apps, so all the applications installed will be displayed here along with widgets and folders.

Position icons only 4 x 5. There is also customizable animation effects movement between pages, themes and wallpapers that can be downloaded from the store dedicated, and others.

Notification window is divided into two tabs, the first and the second notification for quick access and display a variety of music widget.

Performance

Specifications Redmi 2 also improved, using a quad core processor capable of 64-bit, 410 Snapdragon 1.2 GHz speed. At Qualcomm SoC has also been planted Adreno 306 GPU chip and 4G LTE modem chip.

For comparison, Redmi 1S is powered by a 1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon GPU Adreno 400 and 305. Unfortunately, the capacity of the RAM is not changed, still supported 1GB and 8GB of internal memory.

Significantly, the performance Redmi 2 is not much different, but now look smoother movement.

One drawback is the default MIUI still no option to move apps to microSD, you need to root first in order to find a way to move apps to the SD card.

Camera

Unfortunately for the camera sector, there is a significant upgrade. The main camera Redmi 2 still has a resolution of 8 MP with 28mm wide-angle lens and an aperture of f / 2.2 and can record 1080p video resolution. While at the front there is an increase of 1,6MP into 2 MP which can record 720p video resolution.

However, the user interface has been updated, more intuitive, icon for taking photos and video as well as to see the shots on the right side. If we wipe the screen from the top down will bring up filters or effects, while to display the camera settings, wipe the bottom-up, quite detailed settings, there is a manual mode is suitable for users who are not satisfied with the settings atomatis.

To make a video recording made in the same interface with the camera, rear camera capable of recording up to 1080p FullHD resolution.

Other

Gallery has a slightly different look with MIUI 5. When you get to the application will appear where the camera catches collection if you want to see content from other folders you have to choose local images to the content that is in memory or cloud images that exist in the service Xiaomi.

Video playback, now available dedicated application, but can play it through the gallery. Display interface standard course and minimal features, but already supports many popular formats, there is a setting to display the video info, capture, and change the aspect ratio. Video files such as MP4, MKV, MOV and has also been supported by its video player.

For matters of song playback can be performed using the default application MIUI. Display this music interface also got a touch of MIUI 6, just like the video, it's just that simple adjustments needed when using. The music player supports MP3, OGG, FLAC, AAC, and WMA. For setting the output processing available music equalizer presets and also options for artificial earphones Xiaomi (MiSound enhancers, Xiaomi has given some fruit profile. When we attach to the earphones Xiaomi Piston-2, the sound output sounds good, sound better than the sound standards. However, the battery will be drained if you activate this enhancer MiSound. Performance music player seamlessly. for laying speakers carefully enough, though behind but because it is out of the way at the arch so the output does not sound muffled when placed on their backs.

RadioFM still available with timer capability, as well as recording. As always do not forget to plug the headset that serves as an antenna before listening to your favorite radio station.

Xiaomi provide default browser, owned almost all the standard features of this browser, such as multi-tab, mode read, share, Night mode, synchronization with Google account, QE code and other settings. Performance standards alone, and sometimes feels heavy and lag when opening more than one tab.

Connectivity

Xiaomi Redmi 2 also increased in terms of network support. This dual SIM GSM device supports 4G LTE dual connections. This means that both the SIM card slot supports 4G LTE speeds up to 150Mbps. In addition to 4G, there are also other connectivity such as Wi-Fi b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, and A-GPS + GLONASS + Beidou.

There is also a microUSB 2.0 connector that supports QuickCharge 1.0 features allow users Redmi 2 can charge the battery capacity of 2200mAh Li-Po quickly and microSD up to 64GB.

Benchmark Results

• AnTuTu: 19 745 points
• Quadrant Standard: 10 712 points
• NenaMark2: 57.3 fps
• Epic Citadel: 57.5 fps
• Multitouch Tester: 10 touch
• HTML5test.com: 406 out of 555 points

Battery Life

Redmi 2 equipped with a Lithium Ion battery with a capacity of 2200 mAh removable, an increase of 200 mAh battery 2000 mAh compared to belong Redmi 1S. Based on our test results, test watch 1080p HD video: Within 1 hour the battery is reduced from 40 percent to 20 percent

Mediocre battery resistance is like the Android phones in general. Such a result indicates that this smartphone is not necessarily the last day of the current can be used with regular usage. With minimal usage level to standard, Redmi 2 will last about + -12 hours.

Excess

• Support 4G connectivity on both the SIM slot
• Android ROM that more fresh and awake updates
• Camera reliable
• Powerful sound output and sound pretty good

Shortage

• Capacitive buttons on the body without backlight
• Native Move to SD
• Standard battery life

Conclusion

Redmi 2 does not offer much different specifications Redmi 1s, merely a refresher, especially the processor side, the design of a more modern, more brilliant screen display, operating system, selfie improved camera, and a slightly larger battery.

For the price of this Smartphone is sold at a price not much different from the previous series, or both are sold at affordable prices. For its own official price Xiaomi Redmi 2 released at a price of US $ 110.

The performance offered by this smartphone is sufficient for daily needs such as socmed, gaming, work, and multimedia.

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Review : Acer Liquid Z205

By: Unknown on 5:24 AM

Acer Liquid Z205 Reviews

Acer Liquid Z205 Reviews -  Acer Liquid Z205 is a smartphone aimed at the low-end. Acer Liquid Z205 offers standard specifications can indeed be said and not so special, but the use of two speakers with clear audio makes the smartphone Acer Liquid Z205 into music that should be tested, with a tiny dimension so the smartphone is an easy and comfortable grip with one hand. You are curious about the specifications of the Acer Liquid Z205 this? This is the only full review here.

Specifications

• GSM 900/1800/1900
• HSDPA 900/2100
• Dual SIM GSM
• Body Dimensions: 126 mm x 65 mm x 10.3 mm
• Weight: 130g
• Display: TFT touchscreen capactive 480 x 800 pixels 4 inches (~ 233 pixel density)
• Accelerometer sensor
• Chipset: MediaTek MT6582
• CPU: Dual-core 1GHz Cortex-A7
• GPU: Mali 400
• RAM: 1GB
• Internal Memory: 4GB
• External Memory: Micro SD, up to 32GB
• Main Camera: 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels, fixed focus
• Capacity Battery: Li-Ion 1300

Design

Acer Liquid Z205 is the next generation smartphone from Acer Liquid Z200, Z205 in terms of design is quite different from the Z200 looks facade, this smartphone dimensions 126 mm x 65 mm with a thickness of 10.3 mm which is quite flexible on when held and used with one hand with a fairly light weight and weighs 130 grams.

At the front there is the Acer Liquid Z205 4-inch screen resolution of 480 x 800 pixels with a density of ~ 223 pixels, equipped with two speakers on the top and bottom. But unfortunately there is no front camera so it can not make video calls.

On its side part is focused on the right button for the power button and volume along with a usb port. For audio jack port located on the top. On the down side there is a gap to open the back cover.

On the back, the back cover are made of plastic and the Acer logo and DTS, equipped with a 2MP camera, in addition to black Acer provides a variant of white, orange, and light blue. For the SIM-card slot, you must remove the back cover first, then open the lid behind him, on the back available for dual SIM card with a SIM Card ordinary manifold and another manifold Micro SIM. In addition to the dual SIM slots, there is also a slot for Micro SD external memory supported up to 32GB.

Interface

Z205 Acer user interface is the same as the previous generation of smartphones Z200 using the default interface of Acer, Z205 is run the operating system Android 4.4.2 KitKat. At the lockscreen, Acer Z205 offers a unique display of live wallpaper, if we wiggle smartphone that water contained in the wallpaper moving in the direction of our movement, then there is a time and date display, along with the weather icon, contacts, messages, browser, and camera

On the Home page screennya Acer Z205 offers three pages and underneath there is a dock to display the shortcut 5. You can add pages to a maximum of up to 9 pages. On these pages you can insert widgets, applications and shortcuts you need.

At the App Drawer or the main menu, featuring applications with 4 icons horizontally, and 4 icons decreased, amounting to 16 icons on the page the app drawer, you can adjust the location of the icon in the order of names, the order of frequency of use of the application and the order based on when you download the application The.

To display the notification center you can wipe down from the top, the notification displays shortcut icons such as, setting the wifi, airplane mode, setting data packets, and general settings. and is not immune from the notification of the application you are using.

For Acer text input method only provides default keyboard when typing you can use one hand because this tiny size.

Camera

You could say this is one of the shortcomings of smartphones Z205, because its camera is only available in the back just so you can not use the video call feature and to use the rear camera 2 MP camera. So you can not expect more than images produced at the time of taking pictures.

To record a video of this camera can only produce a recording with 480p resolution.

Other

In the music player and video, Acer Liquid Z250 is entrusted with using the application of their own making. To display Gallery, looks simple displayed horizontally down.

Acer's default music player has a view that is quite interesting, but it does not have a music player feature equalizer settings, you can set equalizernya through DTS Studio Sound.

The video player

The video player of innate Acer is only normal that could be considered for the basic course, because it does not have any features, and have not been able to display subtitles in movies

If you're too late, Z205 provides a browser Google Chrome for browsing for entertainment or information that you want.

Connectivity

• GSM 900/1800/1900
• HSDPA 900/2100
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n
• Bluetooth V 4.0 with A2DP
• MicroUSB V 2.0

Benchmark Results

• Quadrant: 3929 points
• GPUbench: 7478 points
• Antutu V 5.0: 10586

Battery Life

Acer Z205 which is armed with a tiny body is only able to use the battery capacity of 1300mAh, so that less usage time last long. This smartphone can not last less than half a day in a single charger, although small capacity battery is capable of providing standby time of 200 hours and is able to give a talk time up to 3 hours.

Excess

• An affordable price
• There is technology DTS Studio Sound
• Using the Android operating system v 4.4.2 Kitkat

Shortage

• Does not have a front camera
• Do not have the LED flash on the main camera
• Battery capacity 1300 mAh only

Conclusion

Quite pretty much what you get from Acer Z205 with low price, which became one of the factors of interest for this Z205. Perhaps the specifications used are not too special, but it's worth a shot smartphone to your music lovers

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Skype Adds Features to Android and iOS !

By: Unknown on 10:46 AM

Skype Adds Features to Android and iOS - Now Microsoft has launched the latest version of Skype for IOS and Android users recently that increasing applications in both the operating system.

This reform should make for great Skype users on both platforms, because they have to focus on what you have complaints or complaints from users of previous versions.

For Android users, Skype adds features that today you can send photos to your friends though Skype status of your friends are not online or offline, Skype is also promising to fix some minor bugs to refine overall.

Meanwhile, for fans of the iPhone Skype chat notification has been improving on the previously problematic on Skype for IOS. Microsoft says "we are still working on to fix the problem," So if the renewal is not working, you can press your profile picture to report it.

then Skype also added the option to save the number after inserting them into the dial pad or on the tab of your last call.

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BBM to iOS Platforms Get Latest Update!

By: Unknown on 10:27 AM

BBM to iOS Platforms Get Latest Update! - For iOS users, present good news for you as a messenger application, BBM has now released the latest update to version 2.6.2.39. The latest update of the fuel is presenting two new features related to photo sharing.

The first thing that brought fuel, ie, the latest version is 2.6.2.39, BBM to iOS users can send more than one photo at a time simultaneously. Secondly, the user can determine whether the contacts that you send a picture already receive and view images sent or not.

The latest update of this application should have been able to directly installed automatically if you have set the system to automatically download in the App Store settings. However, if you do not get the latest updates BBM version 2.6.2.39, your iOS platform users like iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch can get it in the App Store.

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Microsoft's Press Conference Title on March 2 at MWC 2015

By: Unknown on 6:58 AM

Microsoft's Press Conference Title on March 2 at MWC 2015 - After CES in early 2015 and then, observers today's mobile world prepares to welcome the MWC 2015 event that took place in Barcelona. MWC 2015 this time was also enlivened by Microsoft which has distributed invitations to a press conference on the 2nd of March.

Microsoft event took place at 8:30 am local time, or about 14.30 pm. Unfortunately, Microsoft does not provide specific information about what will be announced at that time.

Tom Warren, one of the world's senior reporter, said he also received the invitation. According to him, Microsoft is not likely to announce the flagship product in the event, despite the fact that Microsoft is not long enough to announce the flagship Lumia line of smartphones.

In addition to Microsoft, the other big vendors that will hold the event at MWC 2015 is Samsung. Samsung unpacked event will take place one day before the event Microsoft.

via GSM Arena

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Review : Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro K920

By: Unknown on 5:33 AM

Review : Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro K920

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro K920 - Industry competition becoming increasingly crowded smartphone. Moreover, coupled with the concept of smartphone lineup of premium unibody and nuanced, it will add to the intense competition among smartphone manufacturers.

Lenovo, the Chinese-based company has released Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro K920 in September last year. As discussed earlier, Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro is touted as the closest competitor LG G3 because both use a screen resolution of 2K (Quad HD), has a fairly high specification.

Although it still uses Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset 801 MSM8974AC, CPU 2.5 GHz quad-core, but the specifications of this smartphone is a god-class specifications for hardware and software components used are the best in 2014. This smartphone also has supported the 4G LTE network, which is wrapped with a body which is made from aluminum which gives the feel of premium thick.

Then, how the performance of Lenovo's Vibe Z2 Pro K920? Here we present the full review for you.

Specification

• 2G Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 - SIM 1 and SIM 2
• 3G Network HSDPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
• 4G LTE network 800/850/900/1800/2100/2600
• Dimensions: 156 x 81.3 x 7.7 mm
• Weight: 179 grams
• Screen: IPS 6 "Quad HD 2560 x 1440 pixels
• Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, light, e-compass
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC
• CPU: Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
• GPU: Adreno 330
• RAM: 3GB
• Internal Memory: 32GB
• External Memory: -
• Camera : 16MP camera with dual LED flash, front camera 5MP
• Type SIMcard: dual micro-SIM
• Battery: 4000 mAh non-removable

Design

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro has an innovative design that is sleek, slim and luxurious impression. With unibody concept, which uses aluminum clad, makes Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro has the feel of a thick premium. On the back of this smartphone, using abrasive aluminum material, so that the handset is not slippery and not easy to slip or slump when you hold it.

First impressions grasp Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro, was once a premium shades. This smartphone is suitable for executives and young professionals who have high taste. With dimensions of 156 x 81.3 x 7.7 mm and weighs 179 grams weight, makes this smartphone have to use two hands to operate it. Unfortunately, with the dimensions and weight as the weight, the handset is uncomfortable when placed in a pants pocket.

On the bottom side of the frame, Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro provides a slot for a USB port as well as the loudspeaker is on the right. Then, switch to the right side. On the right side of the frame, Lenovo just give up and down volume buttons on the smartphone. Then, on the left side of the frame, there is the lock / power and also for microSIM slot that must be opened with a pin that is available in the sales package. On the upper side of the frame, only there is a slot for a 3.5 mm audio jack.

On the back, there is a main camera that measures 16 MP with dual LED flash. In addition, the Lenovo logo attached to the middle, making it look more elegant smartphone. Then, to the front, there is a front camera 5 MP size. Next to it, there is light for notifications as well as a light sensor that can not be seen by naked eye.

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro has a screen resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels with a size 6 with a color depth reaches 490 ppi. The resulting quality is quite good with the look sharp and bright colors. For under the sun, the screen can be overcome with good, especially there is a light sensor that can automatically adjust the screen description if you set it to automatic mode.

Interface

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro K920 smartphone interface follows the latest high-end output Lenovo, the Lenovo Launcher version 6.0. Vibe Z2 Pro has been running the Android operating system 4.4.2 KitKat. If you are one of Lenovo's smartphone users, surely you know that Lenovo has many customizable interfaces ranging from themes, effects, icons, live wallpapers and many others. Then, on the part of the lockscreen, there is a time display, as well as the shortcut icon of the camera, phone, and messaging.

Log in to the homescreen. The default page on the homescreen is provided by 3 pages. However, you can maximize these pages to 18 pages. In addition, here there is also customizable themes, transition effects, decorations icons, and others. Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro does not have any homescreen app drawer that also serves as the main menu.

Turning to the notification center. Notification center comes with a toggle connectivity, setting, and the activation of several other features. On the top left side of the notification center, there are also shortcut to the settings icon. Here also provides Pocket mode that automatically increase the volume when the smartphone is inside the pocket. Then, there Decrease tone which automatically lowers the volume when the phone is being held. Not only that, features like 3D Gesture, Micro Screen, Shake Lock, Smart Dialer, and others are also available in this Lenovo's smartphone.

Turning to the typing. This Smartphone have the dimensions are quite large, so if you want to do the typing, you have to hold the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro with two hands for typing can be done well. Then, this smartphone has 4 input method, namely Google Keyboard, Google Pinyin Input, Google Voice Typing, and Google Zhuyin input. Typing is done on a smartphone is very comfortable, there is no lag or stuttering.

Performance

What about the performance of Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro? With the specification that reaches 2K screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset 801 MSM8974AC, CPU quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Adreno 330 GPU and RAM capacity of 4 GB, the performance of this smartphone is somewhat qualified to operate gaming weight and have been very good to support your daily activities . Not only that, Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro also can devour all the heavy work without constraints such as stuttering or lag excessive.

Camera

Lenovo's handset output, has offered the main camera that measures 16 MP which has been equipped with a dual LED flash. The main camera also uses the RGB and BSI sensor. Features embedded therein, providing Normal Mode, Panorama, Night Scape Art, Artistic HDR, trajectory, and Effects. In the settings, there is a professional feature info displays information about the focal length, light temperature, speed, and ISO.

Switch to the front of the camera. Front camera Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro equipped with a 5 MP size using RGB sensor. There are no features as the main camera. This camera only provides Beautify features that can be set as desired. Then, the feature to take a picture like #s timer, Tap, Voice, Blink, and Hand sign. The aspect ratio can be set with a choice of 1: 1, 4: 3, 16: 9.

The quality of the video Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro, fairly good. With a maximum resolution of 4K Ultra HD with 30fps. As a result, it is good for smartphones in the high-end. The sharpness of color make this video recordings look fabulous.

Other 

Lenovo equip Vibe Z2 Pro with built-in applications that can be quite abundant. Default application available on smartphones, among others, Gmail, Google+, Play Music, Play Books, Play Newstand, Play Games, Drive, Photos, Hangouts, Google, and Google Settings are made in one folder. Then, there is the folder that contains Gamestore games, Asphalt 8, Green Farm 3, Real Football 2014, and Sipder-Man: Ultimate Power. Some games are provided should be updated first. Other folders such as the Social, contains Facebook, Skype, and Twitter. Then, hereinafter called the Tools folder that contains Calculator, Recorder, Clock, Radio, Hotspot, Compass, CLONEit, and Evernote.

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro combines the images and videos on the Gallery app. In this application, when opened, you are immediately presented thumbnail photo and video files. However, if you want to see from the list of albums, you just need to select the album and you will see the album in accordance with the available storage memory. Then, there are settings to adjust the album Privacy album which does not need to be displayed in thumbnail. In addition, there are features such as photo editing Beautify and Collage.

Beautify a photo editing features to refine the desired photo. This feature has an option such as whitening, smooth skin, big eyes, and a face-lift that can be arranged according to your wishes.

Collage is a feature to make multiple photos into one frame. Here also you can adjust the shape of the frame, and the frame design available. Photos are combined can be maximized as much as 9 photos

Switch to the music player. Default application from Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro is Play Music. The file is a song that is available in the memory, it will automatically grouped by Genres, Artists, Albums, and Songs. Results of the sound coming out of the loudspeaker sounded broken if it is at 100% volume. However, the sound will be heard on the sound clear when the volume of 50% - 75%.

Then, for a video player, although it has been put together with the photos in the Gallery application, but the Lenovo Vibe  Z2 Pro  Videos has its own application. All files are in the form of video storage memory, will automatically be grouped based Intelligent, Date, and Name.

Connectivity

• Dual SIM (micro SIM)
• Bluetooth v4, Supported Profiles (HS)
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n / ac
• USB
• 3.5mm jack

For data connectivity, Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro supports 4G LTE GSM network (optional). For 3G networks, this smartphone supports download speeds up to 50 Mbps and 150 Mbps for LTE 4G network.

Benchmark Results

• Antutu: 43 086 points
• GeekBench3: 977 points single-core, multi-core 2901 points
• Quadran Standart: 22 281 points
• GPU Bench: 23 167 points, 85 403 points normalized screen resolution
• HTML5test.com: 467 out of 555 points

Battery Life

Lenovo's smartphone has been embedded large-capacity battery that is 4000 mAh. Is in accordance with this smartphone is quite high considering the specifications of the handset are buried. However, battery life can last no more than one day in normal usage and data connectivity enabled.

We test the battery life is to watch full HD 1080p video, in a time of 1 hour 28 minutes, the battery is reduced from 57% to 35% in normal status.

Excess

• Premium design
• High specification
• Great battery

Shortage

• The dimensions are too big
• Results from the main camera features are not too special

Conclusion

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro is a smartphone with a high specification and offers interesting features. With a fairly high specification, this handset is capable of exceptional performance. With a screen resolution that reaches 2K, this smartphone has a screen that is quite sharp. Although, it has an abundance of camera features, but do not make the results of the camera shows something special. However, enough to support your daily activities.

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Review : Asus Fonepad 8

By: Unknown on 6:34 AM

Review : Asus Fonepad 8

Asus Fonepad 8 - While this is fairly easy to find a tablet with an affordable price, but most tablets with low prices inevitably has the disadvantage that, for example, the performance of the less qualified. In addition, users also began to require a tablet with a larger screen that is easy to grip with one hand.

ASUS combines tablet and smartphone functions on Fonepad 8, 8 inch tablet supports dual SIM with 3G connectivity, which is able to make phone calls and SMS. KitKat Android 4.4.2 Tablet is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z3530 64-bit, 1.33 GHz speed, GPU PowerVR Series 6, 16GB of internal storage and 2GB of RAM.

At a price tag of 2.6 million, specifications Fonepad 8 certainly very tempting in a mid-end segment, how the overall performance? Check out the reviews selangkapnya below.

Specification

• Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 - SIM 1 and SIM 2
• HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100
• Dimensions 214 x 120 x 8.9 mm, weight 328 grams
• 8 inch IPS LCD screen 800 x 1280 pixels
• Android 4.4.2 KitKat
• Intel Atom Z3530 1:33 GHz Quad-core
• GPU PowerVR Series 6
• Internal 16 GB, 2 GB of RAM, microSD up to 64 GB
• 5MP primary camera and 2MP front camera

Design

Fonepad 8 using body material of quality plastic with a touch of bright color on the back cover. There are four colors to choose from, namely Black, Gold, Red and White. To allow you to customize the style.

Comes with dimensions of 214 x 120 x 8.9 mm and weighs 328 grams, 8 inch tablet is indeed quite slim and light, plus the distance between the screen bezel frames a thin, making the size of 8 Fonepad concise, easy to carry anywhere and prioritizes simplicity in its use.

To feel grip, although the material body is made of plastic, but it is very good quailty build, body feels very solid. Fonepad 8 is indeed designed by ASUS for the use of one hand.

The concept of the design itself, Fonepad 8 inherited characteristic shape as its predecessor, the speaker holes are pinned on the front, top and bottom sides. Top speakers can also function as the earpiece, accompanied by a light sensor and a 2MP front camera (no proximity sensor). Rear there unaccompanied 5MP main camera flash.

Port 3.5 mm audio jack and a micro USB port can be found at the link above. While at the bottom there is only the mic. While the power button and volume control appears to inhabit on the left side of the body. Last two micro SIM slot and MicroSD can you meet on the right side.

Screen

Asus Fonepad 8 using 8-inch screen with a resolution of 1280 x 800 which has about 189 ppi pixel density. The screen has been using IPS technology that provides a wider viewing angle. Unfortunately, ASUS still provide a layer of reflective glass that disrupts the display screen under sunlight, although the screen brightness is set to maximum level.

However, Fonepad 8 ready to pamper users with ASUS Splendid which allows users to set up their own saturation and color temperature according to taste. Overall the display is bright enough to accommodate carried entertainment, such as watching movies, view photos or play games.

ASUS also provides a reading mode setting to make users more comfortable when using this phone for reading e-books and articles on the internet.

Interface

Carrying the operating system Android 4.4.2 KitKat, Fonepad 8 presents a ZenUI interface that has many features. ASUS seems it so seriously working on their own distinctive UI. Seen from the regular updates to bring a more complete ZenUI from time to time.

On the lockscreen area contains information, such as time, date, weather, three quick access to the camera, calls and messages. There is also information on the security features ASUS, What's Next. Do not forget at the bottom, there is a shortcut to access Google Now.

Go to the homescreen, by default you will be presented with three pages which you can add up to seven pages. Part dock, there are six application shortcuts, which you can change its composition.

To display the homescreen settings, you simply hold the screen in an empty area of the home screen, there is the option to add applications or widgets, edit the page, change the wallpaper and advanced settings, to lock the app with a password, set the transparent screen wallpaper on the main menu, change and transition effects enable access to notifications on homescreen.

Entering the menu page, you will be greeted by two main parts, namely applications and widgets. There is also a search, to facilitate the users search for apps or widgets more easily. The menu consists of four categories of applications each all, downloaded, customized and frequent.

The main menu can you reset, there are quite a lot of settings to customize the user's taste. There are settings Edit to change the layout of the application (customized), Smart group to group applications according to its type, Sort by which you can set from A to Z or vice versa, Lock apps to secure the application with a password, hide Hide apps for your application want, Uninstall / disable the fast way to remove or disable applications, grid size to change the layout of the display 4x4 to 6x6, access to app store Play, and homescreen settings we have explained above.

To display the notification bar, you can wipe down from the top of the screen using a finger in the left area, while in the left area will display the quick settings. If rubbed using two fingers on the right or left of the arena will still be plastered quick settings easier for you to access certain applications or settings on the fly. There Boost function to relieve RAM, Calculator, Quick memory, Cameras and more. On it there is a brightness setting, and the three main access on the upper right to change the layout of shortcuts, system settings, and switch to the notification.

Just like other ASUS products, Fonepad 8 also get firmware updates for bug fixes and performance improvements on a regular basis, and also updates the default application ASUS regularly to maximize the features carried.

Camera

Capture the image using a tablet is not a common thing to do, therefore ASUS pinned 5-megapixel main camera and a 2 megapixel front camera with PexelMaster technology, for the convenience of users to capture images and video chat or video call. With PixelMaster, tablet camera you can produce professional quality like a photograph. PixelMaster ASUS is a technology that combines software, hardware and optical design to provide better image quality.

Unfortunately the main camera is not equipped with a flash, making it less suitable for use in areas at night or in low light. However, there are many comprehensive features that apat cover one of the shortcomings of the Fonepad 8, there are modes Auto, Time rewind, HDR, Panorama, Night, selfie, Beautitication, Miniature, depth of field, Smart remove, All smiles, and GIF animation . Unfortunately, low-light mode is absent in Fonepad 8.

What about the quality of the camera Fonepad 8? For outdoors with abundant light conditions, the results are quite detailed, but inversely if in the room with dim light, not much can be done Fonepad 8 camera.

Here's a brief explanation of some camera modes contained in Fonepad 8 :

Selfie Mode

To facilitate users photographed himself (selfie) or together with others, the workings of this feature is when the user is ready to take a photo of himself or with others, then the faces to be photographed will be automatically detected by the camera when it is in the frame, then camera would instantly do a countdown then take three photos, you can choose the one most flattering images to be stored and shared.

Depth of Field Mode

Allowing users to get results like the photo using the camera upscale, these features create an object that is behind the object becomes opaque and the focus becomes sharper.

Time Rewind

Function so that users can get the exact moment when shooting. Take a photo 2 seconds before and 1 second after pressing the camera button. You can choose the best of the 3 photos are drawn. No moment missed.

GIF animation

For dynamic animation function, press and hold the shutter to take a series of images continuously which is then automatically converted into an animated GIF.

There are also the effects of camera that is exciting, such as Cartoon, Edge detect Hue, Grayscale, LOMO, Negative, Pencil, Sepia, Romantic, Snow, Pixelize, and Vintage. There is also an advanced camera settings, such as anti-shake, face detection white balance, ISO, timer, burst and others.

Fonepad 8 has an interface for camera and video recorder, then from the available two dedicated button for taking photos and recording videos. Its 5MP camera can record up to 1080p Full HD resolution.

Other

Music and video player, multimedia use ASUS entrust the affairs of their own making application, to view gallery look more attractive, because the main folder is able to display a preview. In the default condition of the content of photos and videos displayed by folder or album, you can change to a wide selection of categories, for example only display photos or videos alone.

To enjoy the song, you can use the built-in music player that has been equipped with equalizer settings, bass booster and 3D effects. ASUS SonicMaster audio technology brings designed by ASUS Golden Ear team, in order to provide superior sound with improved frequency and audio clarity.

To play a video no video applications dedicated to Fonepad 8 this. So to watch the video to go through galleries. The video player too basic course, can not bring up the subtitle, but Fonepad 8 is capable of playing 720p or 1080p .mkv format smoothly without stuttering or lag.

Fonepad 8 does not come with earphones in the sales package. As for the installation of an application, the user can select the external memory as the default installation location.

There are two options browser, Google Chrome or ASUS default browser. Browser ASUS brings the system tab in the browser just like a desktop computer. You can open a tab to a maximum of 16 tabs. For the performance when opening the desktop version of a website with a lot of content is still pretty fast, but if you have a lot of tabs, of the performance will be reduced. ASUS browser is integrated with Do It Later, so when you find the article interesting but have not had time to read, just select the Read Later option. Features include complete as Incognito, Read later, Find on page, Share a link, Request desktop site, Close other tabs, Save for offline reading, Page info, and advanced settings such as General, Privacy & security, accessibility, Advance, bandwidth management, Labs and others.

Connectivity

• Dual SIM (Micro SIM) supports 3G
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n
• Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP
• Micro USB
• Micro SD
• 3.5mm audio jack

Explore the virtual world increasingly comfortable with the provision HSPA connections that offer download speeds of up to 42Mbps and upload to 5,76Mbps. With two micro SIM card slot, the user is given the flexibility in choosing the appropriate communication rates with the ability pockets.

Benchmark results

• Antutu: 34 523 points
• Quadrant Standard: 13 329 points
• Nenamark 2: 60.6 fps
• Epic Citadel: 59.9 fps
• Multitouch Tester: 10
• HTML5test.com: 404 out of 555 points

Battery Life

Fonepad 8 equipped with non-removable battery type Li-Po (15.2 Wh) not mentioned it to the actual battery capacity of the people, probably around 4000 mAh. The capacity of the people are able to make calls to 21 hours on 3G networks. ASUS claims a battery life of 8 Fonepad can survive 12 hours in normal use, of course, depends on many things. To work around this, there are applications Power Saver lucky, there are three profile options, Ultra Saving Mode, Optimized Mode, and Customized mode to extend battery life.

Excess

• Intel 64-bit processor quad core 1.33GHz
• Dual micro SIM
• Large internal memory of 16GB
• 8 inch size fitting
• Audio Output powered

Disadvantages

• Reflective screen
• without flash
• The results of a standard camera
• Without the proximity sensor

Conclusion

Armed with an Intel Atom Z3530 64-bit, 1:33 GHz Quad-core, PowerVR Series 6 GPU and 2GB of RAM Fonepad 8 ready suguhkan fast performance minimal lag. The tablet also has supported also with 16GB of disk space and a microSD slot up to 64 GB. Not only that, you also can enjoy a free lifetime Asus Webstorage 5GB.

With a fast response time, Fonepad 8 very fit for you who need a serious device with office applications or into entertainment media such as audio, video or play heavy games. It seemed all the ease and speed of Android devices can be enjoyed on this tablet.

In terms of form, Asus Fonepad measures 8 inches, a size that is very fitting, considering the 7-inch tablet has been felt small, but feels oversized 10-inch tablet, 8 inch size deemed suitable to be grasped so convenient to use for your daily support.

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