At the time the device with a stylus were buried as a genre, and the gravedigger acted not just anybody, and “himself” Steve Jobs, who considered feather meaningless crutch. But as time has shown, he was mistaken. Interestingly, the fallacy of this statement has proven company Samsung, which created a whole line of Note, was extremely successful. Line, which included not only fablety but also tablets. But the point of view of Samsung – this is one point of view. There is another – the company ASUS, submitting fablet Fonepad Note 6. Fableta important feature of this is that it is made on the platform Intel.
Main specifications:
- Network: GSM / EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz; WCDMA 700, 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz
- Operating system: Google Android 4.2.2
- Processor: SoC Intel Atom Z2580
- Display: Super IPS + , 6 inch, 1920×1080
- RAM: 2 GB
- Data Memory: 16GB
- Camera: 8 MP with autofocus, 1.2 MP
- Communications: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB
- navigation GLONASS + GPS
- Battery: Li-Pol 3100 mAh removable
- Other: stylus
- Dimensions: 164.8 h88, 8×10, 3 mm, weight 210 g
- Price: 15 thousand rubles
Appearance
Fablet Fonepad Note 6 is made of plastic. Rear Matte very pleasant to the touch. The overall dimensions are 164.8 h88, 8×10, 3 mm, which is quite a lot. When you take Fonepad in hand, it becomes clear that the developers did not try to make it very thin or very easy. Such a view of the device – it is rather a compromise solution, one of the major components of which is the price of the finished product – 15 thousand rubles. To match the size and weight – 210 grams, which is quite fitting for the device with similar characteristics.
molded housing. Slots for SIM-card and memory card brought to the left face and hidden under a common plug. This is a reasonable approach. Usually more than one stub on such a small area considerably complicate use.
USB slot located on the bottom edge, 3.5 mm headphone jack – on the upper face. The volume buttons and the screen unlock and conveniently located to the right fall under the thumbs. Hardware button to launch the camera no.
Besides the above, on the bottom is still living and stylus. It is housed in the special slot, firmly fixed, but can be removed without the slightest difficulty.
Externally, the smartphone is a bit like HTC One, and I can not say that this is a bad example to follow. Very pleased with the speakers made at the front side for some time now it is becoming common place for a variety of brands. This solution significantly improves the quality and volume.
Quality materials and workmanship does not cause problems. The only serious complaint – posterior surface collects fingerprints. However, they are quite easily removed.
Display
For its price category Fonepad Note 6 is equipped with a superb display. And not for his – too. No, seriously – the screen is just great: Super IPS +, 6 inches, with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. Display very high quality color displays, image is natural, bright, contrasting, but not acidic. No problems with work outdoors in direct sunlight. No problem, you can watch videos, including FullHD. Problems with viewing angles no, it’s typical for IPS-matrix.
anti-glare screen is equipped with an impressive and excellent oleophobic protection. Fingerprints if and remain without problems removed. Bit confused automatic brightness adjustment, it is not perfect, and often behaved no better. But it happens very, very often, so it is unlikely the problem can be attributed to significant shortcomings.
Autonomy
Fonepad Note 6 manned permanent lithium polymer battery with a capacity of 3100 mAh, this average for devices of this type. Battery charging about 4 hours is a long time.
Battery life depends significantly on the type of load. When using the scheme “calls + sms + mobile internet + wi-fi + mail and social networks” battery is enough for the working day, ie 12-14 hours. If you add a preview video or HD-heavy game, while working on a single charge is reduced to 8-10 hours, which also fits into the common framework.
The system has two full master energy saving, highly recommend their use. As experience shows, these gadgets are able to give a noticeable increase in battery life.
hardware platform
mobile devices based on the Intel platform with each passing day more and more, but they still look very unusual background for Snapdragon or MTK, so stay here a little more. Fablet running Intel Atom Z2580 processor with 2 GHz. Dual-Core processor, but support JavaScript HyperThreading, which allows to obtain actually 4 cores. The platform refers to the generation Intel Clover Trail + and made 32 nanometer process technology. For processing graphic data meets chip PowerVR SGX 544 MP.
By the way, on this platform was made smartphone Lenovo K900, which last year it proved during the tests.
system is equipped with 2 GB of RAM and 10 GB of memory to store data, which is available from just over 5 GB.
If objectively evaluate the system, then all is well with the exception, perhaps, graphics coprocessor, which does not hold out to the general level. In part because of this Fonepad Note 6 received in synthetic tests are not very high marks.
regard to personal experiences, the interface flies, Full HD-movies played without lag and hang-ups. No problems on heavy surf and websites. The only thing that can be difficult – it’s 3D-games with high detail. It just does not affect the most productive graphics chip. However, from the very beginning we took it for granted that it was important for the developers to keep the device in the middle price segment. And sacrificing performance graphics coprocessor they, perhaps, have found a solution.
Communications
lack of support for LTE is now very serious drawback. 3G-network in Russia virtually ceased to develop, there are falling speed, and in this situation, LTE is a real alternative. So – here it is not. However, claims can not be addressed in the company ASUS, and Intel, which delayed the appearance of the updated platform, which support LTE implemented.
addition to 3G, which, incidentally, works very well for data transmission has a dual-band Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth USB 3.0 and with support for OTG. This means that the USB-connector to a special adapter can be connected to external devices, as well as hard drives and flash drives. Network signal is kept confident, dips and black holes have been found. In this sense Fonepad Note 6 performed better than twice as expensive Samsung Galaxy S5, which have similar problems. Navigation is done by satellites GLONASS and GPS.
Camera
Since Fonepad Note 6 – is not a smartphone, but fablet ideologically closer to the plates, it is not surprising that camera does not have flash. I can not say that I use the flash very very often, so that any serious problems during testing have not experienced.
itself average camera – 8 megapixels with autofocus. This is a standard 2013. Solid autofocus and its task fully copes. In particular, I can not mention the excellent macro mode. In general, nothing out of the ordinary, but for a tablet is more of an achievement than failure. The camera shoots without problems on the street in broad daylight, no complications and when shooting indoors. Worse, if you have to shoot in low-light – there is a very noticeable grain. Colors of the images a bit cold – it’s a feature matrix.
camera interface contains a lot of options and seemed a bit congested. That’s the whole story when the camera settings and video cameras are aligned, then you need to scroll – it’s not very convenient for users.
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software platform
device runs on Google Android 4.2.2, which is installed on top of a proprietary interface ASUS. The whole system looks very nice, fast interface, not overloaded. Let us consider the features and applications, and then separately talk about the stylus.
Perhaps the biggest challenge that confronts the developer smartphone with a screen of 6 inches or more – an adaptation of the interface to control with one hand. Simply because if the hand involves two components, it is exactly the tablet. Some of the manufacturers adapt to this specific blocks and applications, and ASUS went ahead and made it possible to reduce the screen itself. And several options for reducing, depending on the user’s needs. I can not say that I admired this approach, it seems a bit rude. But it’s better than doing nothing.
Important applications should include the services for access control, as Fonepad Note 6 is still the tool for the job. These two services: “parental lock” – allows you to restrict access to specific areas of the smartphone, and AppLocker, which allows to set a password for a specific application.
also worth noting a very interesting “read-only mode.” This service allows you to tailor the display backlight intensity and color temperature to make the displayed image is extremely comfortable for the eyes. Valuable service that can be configured to work with specific applications, not obfuscate including system interface.
Working with stylus
mobile device with a stylus – a rarity today. In fact, today, Samsung has occupied this niche previously revive it. More interesting to understand how the problem came in stylus ASUS.
stylus looks very traditional: Ink pen equipped with a button. Very small, so a little lost in the hand.
After removing the stylus automatically activated business application designed for handwriting. It’s called Super Note. The application allows you to save as handwritten information in the form of images and recognize it, turning it into typed text. Also, there is the ability to just draw. Funny, but the field for handwriting input built into the standard keyboard, so you can dial by using the stylus SMS, e-mail messages, etc. Average quality of recognition.
there in the system and the opportunity to work with screenshots. For example, you can make a screenshot of the card and then the stylus to draw a route on it. Or make the necessary notes on top of some other stored image. Or cut a piece of the image, the displayed menu, and save it. Loved that the system monitors and reports the stylus using the pop-up messages that the pen is removed. In addition, messages that contain information about when the stylus was used the last time. This greatly reduces the possibility of leaving it somewhere.
Conclusion
difficult to compare Fonepad Note 6 to the other devices of the same type as they are all much more expensive. At the same time we can not deny that the quality of some of the backlog fableta ASUS devices competing lines during the test was observed. The only serious drawback – it’s lack of support for LTE. As for the rest, yes, apparently gadget looks simple. And yes, the overall performance of the system is considerably lower than the competition. But all is not as important as the important opportunities that Fonepad Note 6 may provide for relatively little money.
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