2 YotaPhone Review: pros and cons
Many of us were waiting anxiously regarding a review smartphone with two touch screensArranged on the front and back of the case, YotaPhone 2. The terminal offers a welcome breath on the market of Android phones because it offers easy access to notifications and basic functions, delegating certain tasks to the secondary screen, which must not be turned off to save battery.
If you look at the front of the smartphone, 2 YotaPhone conjures devices Series Galaxy Nexus si Galaxy S3. The case, without the manufacturer's logo, has rounded shapes and is carefully finished. A small disadvantage is the slippery material on the back of the case, which makes the phone difficult to handle with one hand. The front screen is protected by Gorilla Glass shield 3Which gives the impression of a solid construction, confirmed by the plastic housing which is resistant to press. The great advantage is oleophobic treatment application and antireflexii high quality, touch fingers sliding surface with minimum effort and without leaving fingerprints difficult to remove.
The back cover of the smartphone offers us an unusual design: a transparent panel with a matte finish that hides under a E-ink screen with a fairly generous surface, provided with its own touch interface. The screen is slightly curved towards the edges, adapting to the case narrowed on the side.
Along with unconventional design, YotaPhone 2 comes with a non-removable battery. Main camera remained in traditional location on the back side, instead the speakers have been moved to the lower side near micro USB port to make way for E-ink screen. Power button and volume damper are placed on the right side of the housing and are easily operated using finger opponent, even if you use the phone with one hand. Volume flap doubles as a slot for nano-SIM cardAccessible when entering a bar tacks accessory included in the package.
Getting a skeleton mm thick and weighing only 8.95 145 grams is a fabulous achievement, if we take into account that YotaPhone 2 is arranged with two touch screens.
With a sleek and lightweight construction, the device comes with a mAh battery 2500 with a platform Snapdragon chipset 800 and 2 GB RAM. Also GB internal memory is 32.
The AMOLED screen can play back images with a 5 ″ diagonal, using a 1920 × 1080 resolution and a color palette of 16 million colors. secondary display, negligible in terms of battery consumption, measures 4.7 ″ and can compose monochrome images using 960 × 540 resolution. Optimized for "electronic paper", The secondary screen uses ambient light in the room and can display still images without consuming battery power. A small disadvantage is that the E-ink screen is not visible in total darkness.
YotaPhone 2 comes with version Android 4.4.3, Adreno 330 graphics processor, Full HD video shooting and nano SIM.
Unfortunately, E-ink screen technology has several weaknesses that can not be lightly dismissed. Lag effect pronounced makes it difficult to scroll through lists of messages and to interact quickly using touch commands. It is another rather unpleasant aspect ghosting effect Scared by updating content displayed on the screen in the form of shadows felt that reflects the content displayed before.
Secondary display, managed using Yota Manager application, Has three main modes: lock screen with support for notifications and display photos gallery pictures shortcut-s for accessing the phone function, SMS messaging, email and Android notification alert and homescreen containing widgets for weather. To save battery life during reading electronic books, it can use the shortcuts mode.
Regarding the main screen, it uses 440 ppi density, sharpness of displayed images reaching the top smartphone standards. Although it has the advantages generous viewing angles and excellent black level, the main screen disappoints by faulty calibration color temperature, brightness and adjusted according to the type of content displayed.
Moving on now to review your camera, it is appreciated that it has a resolution of 8 MP system autofocus si LED flash unpretentious. The lack of HDR can cause a "dark" capture of certain areas of the photo. We have to take into account the fact that YotaPhone 2 is a basic subtitle of pocket cameras. In terms of shooting function, it offers very good results, compression algorithm used providing good conservation details.
The device, launched in December 2014, has a rather steep price: 3000 lei in retail package.
In conclusion, YotaPhone 2 is a good accessory for reading eBooks and a perfect support for text messaging enthusiasts. This enables a secondary display prominently saving battery life, but the terminal is somewhat disadvantaged by the sober appearance and its high price.
