Reviews : Himax Zoom

Reviews : Himax Zoom

Himax Zoom - Brand Himax company from Japan precisely in Tokyo has now been issued, named Himax Zoom. Himax give Himax Zoom name based smartphone that has a 5.5 inch screen with which the previously issued series 4.0 inch to Himax Pure 1 which sailed 4.5 inches, mashed 2 sail 4.7 and 5.0 for Pure screen 3, Polymer and Polymer li.

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Specifications

• GSM / GPRS: WCDMA900 / 1900/2100 MHz, GSM850 / 900/1800 / 1900MHZ
• EDGE : GSM850 / 900/1800 / 1900MHZ
• Sim Card : Dual Sim
• Size : 157.3 x 77.6 x 7.9 mm
• Weight : 104 g
• Display : 720 x 1280 pixels, 5.5 inches (~ 312 ppi pixel density)
• Sensor : Acceleration Gravity, Light, Proximity, Gyro, Direction, Rotation vector. 
• OS : Amigo 4.2.5 (Base on Android 4.4.2 Kitkat)
• CPU : MT6591 Cortex - A7, Hexa-core 1.5 GHz
• GPU : Mali - 450MP4
• RAM : 1 GB of RAM
• Battery : Li-lon 2400 mAh
• Connectivity : HSPA +, WIFI, Bluetooth, GPS
• Rear Camera : 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, Ovi OV8835 sensor, autofocus, LED flash, 1080p video
• Front Camera : 2 Megapixel
• Internal Memory : 8GB
• External Memory : microSD, up to 32 GB

Design

Himax designs on the zoom rectangle is made like and looks very neat that makes the phone look attractive and memorable. At the time of Himax Zoom grasping it feels comfortable because of its size that fits in the hand so easily grasped with one hand.  Himax Zoom has dimensions of 157.3mm x 77.6 mm with a thickness of 7.9 mm and weighing 104 grams weight.

The Himax Zoom  pick a fairly simple design, where the laying of a physical button that is focused on the right side of body. Audio jack port located in the upper body and the lower body side Himax Zoom mounted USB slot.

For SIM slot-cardnya, you first have to remove the back cover body to insert the SIM-card manifold Micro SIM-card, after the back cover is open, we can see the availability of dual SIM and MicroSD slot for external memory up to 32GB.

In the front section there Himax touchscreen display measuring 5.5 inches, on the top of the screen and a 2MP front camera mounted speakers that serves as the earpiece.

On the back, the back cover are made of plastic with a glossy finish, in addition to white Himax provide with black color variants. Then there is a capacity 8MP main camera equipped with a flash on the upper left corner, the upper right is the speaker, the middle there is a logo Himax and below the logo that reads ZOOM adjacent to the speaker at the bottom right position.

The screen size is 5.5 inches having a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi pixel density), screen protection by Dragontrail which protects it from scratches.

Interface

Himax Zoom interface similar to the previous generation of smartphones that use the default interface is Amigo. Himax Zoom running operating system Android 4.4 Kitkat. At the lockscreen, displays the time and date, for lockscreen method available with the method Slide, Face Unlock, Pattern, Pin, and Mixed password.

On page by default homescreen Himax offers 3 pages, you can also add up to 9 pages. On that page you can insert widgets, applications and shortcuts.

At the notification center, you can find the weather information, notification of the application and quick setting. In view of quick setting memory booster Himax has a default, and displays some settings such as Alarm, GPS, Flight Mode, and much more.

For text input methods are available in 3 options, the Android keyboard, Google keyboard, and Google voice typing.

Camera

Himax Zoom is equipped with a capacity of 2 MP front camera which can be used for video calls and selfie. Then to use 8MP main camera using OV8835 sensor that provides several features such as the presence of HDR, scene mode, exposure, white balance, and much more. In normal lighting conditions, Himax can produce images with good quality. However, if the display light conditions are dark, you can use the LED lights.

Himax Zoom can record a video that produces resolsui up to 30fps Full HD 1080p.

Other

In this section, such as music and video player, Himax Zoom is quite satisfactory, Himax entrust the multimedia section by using the application of their own making, To display Gallery, it looks simple because it only displays for photo content only.

Himax default music player, there are a sleep timer feature, so if you want to relax while listening to your favorite music, do not worry overslept because you can set the time to turn off the music player automatically. The resulting sound speakers DTS sounds clearer and firmer.

The video player of this Himax default to a basic course, there are no features, and can not display subtitles in movies, but when trying to play 1080p resolution movies, the film runs smoothly.

If you're want to browse to find a variety of information, Himax provides 2 browser is Google Chrome and default browser of Himax.

Connectivity

• GSM / GPRS: WCDMA900 / 1900/2100 MHz, GSM850 / 900/1800 / 1900MHZ
• EDGE: GSM850 / 900/1800 / 1900MHZ
• HSPA +, WIFI, Bluetooth, GPS
• Micro USB v2.0 port

Benchmark Results

• Antutu V 5.0: 24 907 points
• Quadrant: 7862 points
• Nenamark: 55.2 fps

Battery Life

Himax Zoom has a Li-Ion battery with a capacity of 2400mAh, then when the smartphone is being used for in the reviews on the initial conditions of a 90%, was then used to test his camera for 2 sampi 3 hours to spend up to 77%, and then used to test the performance for 4-5 spend up to 40% like to watch movies, download benchmarks and gaming.

Excess

• Speaker DTS
• Simple design
• Sleep Timer feature on the music player default

Shortage

• Only 1GB of RAM
• Features only slightly

Conclusion

With the medium price range, pretty much you get out of Himax, such as 1080p screen, simple design. Despite some shortcomings, Himax is suitable for you who want a smartphone with a simple look and affordable price.