Thursday, June 28, 2012

Overview of UMTS / GSM-phone Philips W626

Scope of supply:

    
Phone
    
AC adapter and USB-cable
    
Removable panel
    
The film on the screen
    
User's GuidePositioningIn April 2012, Philips announced its first 
two sim card smartphone Android 2.3, called W626. The device is available immediately, and now the price is about 6000 rubles. It is equipped with 3.5-inch display, MTK6573 chipset clocked at 650 MHz processor, 256 MB RAM, 3-megapixel camera without autofocus. In the presence of 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS.As I see it, the device was in not the best time with not the most successful features. The fact that now is the overabundance of "android" in the lower price segment. It took a strong position brands such as Highscreen, Fly, teXet and others. In fact, Philips offers all the same thing in smartphones from these companies, but for a little more money. Therefore, W626, is likely to be of interest to those who used to trust a major concern and / or merely skeptical "Hayskrinam", "Flayam" and their ilk. 
 
Philips W626
The design, size, controlsOn the computer rendering and even photos of the device looks nice, but unfortunately, in real life is not so. Despite the traditional strict design for Philips, the appearance of W626 does not differ from the majority of Chinese smartphones. The top and bottom is slightly sloping to the right and left body takes the form of grooves, the back side of the hipped hipped (if you speak the language of the builders) with smoothed corners.Case plastic. Part of the front panel - glossy black bezel - semi-gloss, dark gray. The back cover is also made of plastic, and its cover - a nice touch soft touch. Comes with an additional socket. It is painted in bright red, and semi-gloss surface. The impression is that the different colors of caps tried to please both men and women.With the assembly, there are some problems: the rear panel has a small gap in all directions, with pressure on the central region of caves to the battery, while squeezing the very crispy. Otherwise, everything is fine. There is a chance that I came across not a good test sample.In general, housing non-marking, but the screen is covered with fingerprints quickly, they are relatively easy to erase. The screen is not protected by a durable glass, so in order to prevent scratches suggest stick tape. However, a month of testing or scratches on the display, or abrasions on the body did not appear.Dimensions of the device are small - 116h62h14.3 mm, weight - 102 grams. In my opinion, Philips W626 somewhat thickish by today's standards. For example, direct competitors Fly Blackbird - 12 mm,and the Fly Firebird at all thickness of 11 mm. In his hand is good because of the streamlined body shape and light weight.On the front side the front camera,lighting and proximity sensors, as well as the earpiece.  
 Philips W626
Its 
volume is average (strange, but almost all devices from Philips, it is the same level), mainly tapped mid and high frequencies, the interlocutor can hear clearly and legibly, wheezing or congestion are absent. Below the display are the traditional touch-sensitive buttons Android: «Search", "Home", "Menu" and "Back." Their white backlight, not very bright.The microphone is located under the "Search" button. At the bottom end - 3.5 mm audio jack and a microUSB under a plastic flap. The power button, recessed into the case - at the top end. On the right are the key thin-volume rocker (feels easy) and a flat camera activation button. Big eye of the camera, flash, and speakerphone are on the back side.In general, it is sufficient ergonomic design.To open the lid, it should be gently pull the recess microUSB-socket on the bottom. Slot SIM1 - left and under the SIM2 is above the battery from the bottom, a slot for microSD - the right of the SIM1.Philips W626 and  Samsung Galaxy S IIIPhilips W626 and LG Optimus 3D MaxPhilips W626 and Explay SL240.DisplayThe manufacturer has established a matrix is ​​the same as in the Fly IQ240 and IQ245: the screen has a diagonal of 3.5 inches, the resolution in this case is 320x480 pixels, ie the minimal standard for Android-devices. The physical size of the matrix - 49h73 mm, density - 164 pixels per inch. Type of screen made of technology TFT-LCD, supports the display 262 thousand color shades. Type of sensor - capacitive, with working up to 5 simultaneous touches (in the "Flayah" - only up to two). Sensitivity is good.Viewing angles are small: the screen at an angle away from you falls contrast, over - the image is inverted, inclined at an angle to the left or right, the brightness is lost. In short, the usual budget matrix.In the present device, proximity and light (CM3623). They had no problems, as reacting quickly. There is a triaxial accelerometer (MT6516) and magnetometer (MT6516). In the "Settings screen" exhibited 
auto-shutdown and auto-rotation screen animation. The brightness is adjusted either manually or 
 Philips W626
automatically. Its maximum value enough to make the information on the sun was relatively readable.Viewing angles.BatteryIn the Philips W626 uses a removable lithium-ion (Li-Ion) Battery 1530 mAh, 3.7V, 5.7 Wh. Model AB1530SWMC. The manufacturer shall report on battery life: talk mode will last up to 9 hours and standby time - up to 437 hours.Frankly, the numbers are too high double. Do not rule out that encounter such a sample, but I got some data: if you use the phone for about eight - nine hours, the battery is fully discharged if: 15-20 minutes a day, three hours of Wi-Fi-Internet (Twitter, E-mail, downloading applications and installing them), about three hours of mobile internet, a couple of hours listening to music. When playing music, the battery of the village after 16 hours, video - 5.5 hours. Approximately the same figures, and went on smartphones Fly Whizz / Wizard. In any case, good energy efficiency.W626 can be recharged from the USB 3 hours or on a network adapter for a little less time.Communications capabilitiesThe smartphone works over cellular networks, 2G (850/900/1800/1900 MHz, both simkarty) and 3G (2100 MHz, only the slot SIM1). The main body is a signature. The speed HSDPA - up to 7.2 Mbit / s, HSUPA - 5.76 Mb / s, GPRS class 12.Instead of names simkart «SIM1» / «SIM2» You can specify any other name, as well as the background color of the indicator network.In the presence of Bluetooth version 2.0 (A2DP) to transfer files and speech. There is a wireless Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g. The device can be used as a access point (Wi-Fi Hotspot). In the "Settings" there is a special item "Tethering" which contains: «USB-Modem" and "access point" and setting the access point.Interestingly, the budget model was a place for Wi-Fi-Direct.For "transportation" files and synchronize data using USB 2.0 (HighSpeed).For all time of operation was seen disappearing Network, Wi-Fi worked steadily, using Bluetooth-headset too, everything was in order.Memory and Memory CardBy today's standards, the machine is set a little memory, only 256 MB. However, oddly enough (average was free up to 70 MB - about the same as in the Fly IQ240/245), it was enough for most tasks.For data storage is allocated 150 MB, but not more than 100 free MB. Unfortunately, the card is not supplied, have to buy separately. The maximum amount it can be 32 GB.CameraThe device uses a 3.2-megapiselny camera without autofocus. There is a small one-section LED flash. Shines up to 20-30 cm (first lights to estimate the exposure, then there is a flash). The average quality of photos: low detail, high intensity and very narrow dynamic range, ie virtually no smooth transition from black to white color. The best pictures are obtained at a distance of 1-1.5 meters from the subject. Photographed on a sheet of A4 text is quite possible to recognize. Video shoots well, at least 720x480 pixel displays at 20 frames per second.Runs through the camera menu, with shortcut keys, or long-term retention of the camera. The interface and setup will not describe - everything is standard for Android version 2.3.Characteristics of the video:Format: 3GP  Video codec: MPEG-4 Visual, 9000 kbit / s Resolution: 720 x 480 resolution, 20 k / s Audio Codec: AAC, 128 kbit / s Channels: 1 channel, 16 kHzExamples of photos:Sample video (3GP, 13 MB).PerformanceThe device operates on a "beloved" and is well acquainted with the chipset from the Taiwanese manufacturer MediaTek - MT6573. It seems that the "library" gives out chips almost free, since almost any budget, "android" is running on the MTK. Processor - ARM 11 (ARMv6) with a frequency of 650 MHz. As a graphics accelerator performs PowerVR SGX 531. It supports: OpenGL 2.0, Microsoft Shader Model 3.The speed of exactly the same as on the Fly IQ240/245/260/270, Highscreen Yummy and many others. Not sure if this is good, at least for Philips: already the biggest company could not afford the processor poshustree.Short facts:Benchmarks:Quadrant StandartNenaMark II

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