Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Huawei Ascend D2. Almost latecomer flagship.

In a series of 5-inch Android smartphone with FHD dies from most international manufacturers , probably one of the last made ​​it to store shelves flagship company Huawei. And despite the fact that the finished copy Ascend D2, which will be discussed today , we have already tried and sank in February at the Mobile Congress in Barcelona. But the road to the Russian retail sector was thorny, and in the sale of the unit appeared only in the summer.

Perhaps by then there were objective reasons , because the final version is essentially deprived of real water resistance , the test sample at the show , becoming a real competitor of Sony Xperia Z on this part of the unit is protected from dust and water according to standard IP54. It is from the spray , ie immerse the whole unit into the water, even for a short time is not recommended. However, and this is not such a bad thing , because in my mind there were cases where a banal answer the call in the shower, of course in the pause between baths , resulted in the complete failure of the iPhone system. So that for bryzgozaschitu already thanks)

So, we have a very large unit , as I mentioned equipped with a display diagonal of 5 inches and a resolution of FHD. On the screen there are no surprises. This is a high-quality IPS matrix with a density of 440 PPI, uniform colors and excellent viewing angles .

For this indicator, D2 can be safely put on a par with the best solutions of the current year . Also worth noting is that the screen is covered by a durable glass Gorilla Glass and oleophobic coating that prevents the appearance in it of dirt and fingerprints.

As for the case , please forgive me, but it is huge . This is probably the most massive machine with a 5- inch screen on the market, and pereplyunuvshego Sony Xperia Z and Oppo Find 5, not to mention the HTC One. The first impression of the size and thickness is complemented by nearly 1 cm and a weight of 170 grams. However, and the thickness and weight can be forgiven thanks to one view details not visible gadget is equipped with the largest battery of any I've ever seen on smartphones . Its capacity is 3000 Mah, that if you do not take into account the larger smartpedy , perhaps the best indicator in the classroom.

Probably it was to hide the monstrosity filling Huawei released the machine is on sale in the white guise. And the glossy top and bottom sandwich shared not painted plastic as it may seem at first view , but a real aluminum frame, which is under the varnish it looks like painted plastic .

It is also worth noting that despite the large space under the touch screen keys is not here - the developers decided that the display , they will look more appropriate . By the way the buttons here are not so much, but rather they are only 2 - is a power button and release , as well as dual swing volume , located on the starboard side , not from above , but rather closer to the middle. This is probably a nod to strontium people with not too large hands )

No other controls or to the left or right here. At the upper end of the same micro USB connector is located and the tray micro sim card , and the bottom can be found hidden under the grille is quite loud speaker, headphone jack, and just two microphones, one of which is probably used for noise reduction . And now the bad news . As you can see slots for microSD on the body is not provided, so the user will have to be content with 32 -name gigabytes of internal memory. Also , as it was not great and cool the local battery, it unfortunately is not removable , which means that in case of problems can only be replaced in service. But the reverse side of this monolithic structure is very well assembled housing that does not creak or flex , even if you apply enough force to it . Finally, the finishing touch to the portrait , I would mention a bay about half a millimeter main window 13- megapixel camera , thus , put back the unit will immediately start scratching on the table a piece of glass lens. A trifle, but unpleasant.

Next, go to the stuffing , and here we will have the same processor , which first debuted on its own tablet Huawei Mediapad FHD 10 . I mean 4 -core Hi Silicon K3V2, born in the bowels of the company in the autumn of 2012 the last goda.I in this, perhaps, his main problem . After all, if then he could fight on equal terms with the same Nvidia Tegra 3, then in 2013 its 4 cores and 1.5 GHz do not look so cool .

To be precise, the sintechesky Antutu test showed only 9099 parrots, and this is one of the weakest results among devices calling themselves flagships . Of course , do not forget that here is set FHD matrix , but also a 10- inch screen was too mediapade similar resolution, but even one tablet showed us the best numbers. But damn it , the speed of the interface is a fact does not affect. While the machine is not on the freshest Android 4.1.2 with its own shell Huawei Emotion UI, everything is moving very quickly and smoothly , maybe 2 GB of RAM play in this important role.

And I'm ready to do some strange conclusions , or test Antutu personally do not like HiSilicon K3V2, or other shamanic Huawei know the secrets of how to make the unit work smartly on the far the most powerful hardware. Let's try one more objective test , such as Nenamark 2 . And here , too, D2 shows far better results. Yes, it seems heavy toys and serious graphics on this resolution, the device will simply not cope .

They are very pleased with the support OTG cable and the ability to connect external hard drives directly. The chip is more typical of the plates was not implemented here is very bad, and even point updates for the section - update from the USB drive . And when you connect the stick immediately opens the embedded file manager ! Bravo Huawei, got a great highlight in the list of the functional. It would be nice to other manufacturers have also taken it on board.

Cloudy, with a speed sorted out now for the camera. Its resolution is on the level sensor from the flagship Samsung or Sony. This is also a 13 megapixel , autofocus, Stitch Assist and support HDR. It is worth noting that the default interface of the application has to shoot in widescreen 16 by 9 and resolution of approximately 10 megapixels. If we want to get the best quality , it should translate the shooting mode to 13 megapixels and the ratio of 4 to 3, but then the picture will occupy only a portion of the visible area of ​​the screen . The photo quality is generally acceptable, and really is on par with the best solutions , at least sometimes , and I noticed , not too steady focus on the general, failures in the exhibition and a rattling noise in low light conditions.

But like HDR photography, which is really in some cases can save the day. The main thing at this point not to shake the unit , and do not take so moving objects , because the dynamic range is obtained from gluing the frame immediately 3 pictures taken one after another at different exposures . In the video section is also worth noting that the default is not the best quality shooting mode 720p . At first I thought it was the limit of possibilities , but it turns out no one bothers to pick and 1080p.

Well, Well , let's sum up . The unit left me with mixed feelings . Manufacturer's specs are impressive on paper yet more reality . Of the strong points I would note bryzgozaschitu , fantastically cool screen, capacious battery , a decent camera , and a well -designed interface , and support for OTG cable. But the performance is " huaveevskih " 4 cores, and especially when dealing with three -dimensional graphics leaves much to be desired. I think that with the processor to D2 guys still got excited , and processing permits, such as FHD he is given the already struggling . On the other hand, if you do not confuse the size and the toys you prefer a more serious problem , the choice of D2 can be an appropriate solution .

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