Pros: design, decent platform, high-quality front camera

Cons: autonomy, the quality of the main chamber, the location of connectors and 3.5 mm Micro-USB

Conclusion: balanced smartphone middle segment, the success of which depends on its cost, which will be known closer to the start of sales

Most of the new products shown by Huawei at the MWC 2014, we can find in the stores only the beginning of the summer , but one of them we were able to meet now. In this review, we will tell you about the smartphone HUAWEI Ascend G6, which is actually a simplified version of the Ascend P6 . Most of the “mini-versions” of expensive smartphones look quite boring on the background of the original models, but suddenly the company was able to reverse this trend?

Supplied HUAWEI Ascend G6

For an overview of the sample we got marketing, packaging smartphone so we will not tell, but the show that will be waiting for you inside: a charging unit with an output current of 1 A and frosted optic, USB-cable, a wired headset and documentation.

Design and ergonomics HUAWEI Ascend G6

Externally Ascend G6 strongly resembles P6, but in the placement of controls and the materials used are enough differences. So, on the screen there is: the front camera lens, a set of sensors, mesh earpiece and a miniature LED indicates battery charge status and any missed events. Under the screen, instead of the onscreen virtual keys, now there are three physical touch “Back”, “Home” and “Menu”. Long press “Home” Assistant launches Google Now, «Menu» – list of recent applications that are running. On the right side are located the power button and the volume button on the left – 3.5 mm plug on the top edge – the interface connector. Physical keys protrude above the body, have a quiet short click, use them conveniently. Sensitivity of the touch buttons is good, but their lighting is not uniform, it can be completely disabled in the settings. See rear main camera lens with flash placed on a metal pad, second microphone hole miniature and small lattice ring dynamics. Under the cover of thin plastic is non-removable battery and memory card slots and a Micro-SIM.

At comparable with Ascend P6 dimensions in hand smartphone felt quite differently. The reason lies in the fully plastic case without metal elements. This may seem like a disadvantage, but it is not so obvious. In the original model were sufficiently sharp edges that dug into his palm, periodically causing not the most pleasant sensation. Saved from complete silicone case that makes the model less slippery, but understated sense of “things in hand.” In the case of Ascend G6 palm nothing hurts, it fits comfortably in your hand and felt moderately thin, though still the same slippery.

Assembling the machine at a good level – if there is a strong squeezing small creaking plastic, but the whole body is sufficiently rigid and tightly knit.

Screen HUAWEI Ascend G6

In HUAWEI Ascend G6 used IPS-matrix diagonal of 4.5-inches and a resolution of 960 by 540 pixels. Minimum brightness is 19.7 cd/m2 average – 216.7 cd/m2, maximum – 421 cd/m2, contrast – 679:1. Checking the quality of the factory calibration revealed that exceed the space gamut sRGB, other parameters are also very strongly deviate from normal values ​​- judging by them, used a matrix with a certain stretch, average quality.

If we talk about the subjective impressions, the screen looks good – the maximum viewing angles, color reproduction is calm, natural. No air gap, so it is readable outdoors on a bright day.

Finger slides easily on the glass, and the sensitivity of the sensor response is good, only the control mode in gloves in Ascend P6, not here. Glass quickly collects fingerprints, but they are easily removed. The only thing that upsets – is the work wear-leveling brightness. Indoor brightness understated want to increase it to the same brightness jumps occur periodically.

Interface HUAWEI Ascend G6

The smartphone runs on Android 4.3 operating system with a shell Emotion UI 2.0 Lite. At first glance – it’s the same Emotion UI 1.6, which has already been described in the review HUAWEI Ascend P6 and Mate . Similar functionality – supported themes, there is a manager power settings gestures (movements), Notification Manager.

Dwell only on innovations. Actually, it is exactly one – in the settings you can enable “simple” desktop mode, resulting in a matrix of icons is reduced to 2 to 4, and in embedded applications increases the font size. This display method may be useful for people unfamiliar with smartphones, the elderly or the visually impaired.

Calls and multimedia HUAWEI Ascend G6

The quality of spoken and ringing speakers no complaints – they are medium in volume, have a pleasant enough sound. Vibrating alert is average in power, there is not always the case.

Quality music with headphones is good, it will satisfy most users. There are built-in “improver” sound DTS, but its use is not always justified, in some cases it can turn track in the “mess.” Unpleasant moment darkens musical ability HUAWEI Ascend G6 – 3.5mm connector location. He was left in the same place and the older model – at the bottom left-hand end. Headset plug complete L-shaped and short, he almost merges with the body, but to find a third-party headphones with the same will be very problematic, any direct plug will interfere.

In terms of omnivorous embedded player is not pleased – he refused to play the files in the container AVI, regardless of their resolution, so that likes to watch videos on your phone, you are to select a third-party player.

Performance and memory HUAWEI Ascend G6

If you believe the information provided on the official website, Ascend G6 is based on chip Qualcomm MSM8X12, which (according to the information available on the network) refers to a family of Snapdragon 200. But based on what version of the smartphone with support for 4G frequencies is based on Qualcomm MSM8926 as well as information from the benchmark, used a version of Snapdragon 400 with 4 cores Cortex-A7 or Krait 200 operating at 1.2 GHz and GPU Adreno 305.

This is confirmed by performance tests and games support – on a smartphone without podlagivany are Real Racing 3, Modern Combat 4. Amount of RAM is 1 GB built-in – 4 GB, it can be expanded to a memory card. In the settings you can specify the type of memory used by default. If you select the SD-card, it is mounted on a permanent place, the smartphone will assume that it has a built-in storage for large volume. This makes it possible to completely avoid the problem of lack of space for data storage applications, but should refrain from attempts to produce “hot swapping” memory card.

In everyday use, smartphone runs fast enough desks scrolled smoothly, lack of performance is not felt. At execution time intensive tasks cabinet slightly heated.

Search for GPS satellites is rapid data transfer speed Wi-Fi-network almost maximum.

Camera HUAWEI Ascend G6

The smartphone has two cameras – the main with a resolution of 8 megapixels, autofocus and flash and a front facing 5 megapixel. Camera application allows you to select one of the shooting modes make the basic settings.

The quality of images is average. Despite similar Ascend P6 resolution main camera module significantly less quality. Even in near-perfect shooting conditions noticeable mediocre detail shots in low light there is a strong noise.

Against the weakness of the main unit, front camera seems a real revelation. It seems that it migrated from the older model without modification. Given the resolution of 5 megapixels, it can be considered one of the best cameras available in the front devices middle segment.

Autonomy HUAWEI Ascend G6

The smartphone is powered by a non-removable battery capacity of 2000 mA * h Under typical operating conditions for the author, with an average load, smart phone worked for about a day.

Personal impressions tests confirm autonomy. Given the diagonal screen, the platform used, the battery capacity, Ascend G6 has everything to work longer, but as long as autonomy – not his strong point.

Results HUAWEI Ascend G6

Creators HUAWEI Ascend G6 bit overdone with the simplification of the original model. Compared with Ascend P6, smartphone lost quality metal body, a great screen, good basic camera deteriorated autonomy. Unfortunately, retained controversial decisions: 3.5mm connector located on the side, Micro-USB on. At the same time, you can find small advantages over the original model: the body does not hurt the hand, and used the platform is more versatile in terms of support for games.

If you do not try to compare with the G6 P6, it turned out good middling smartphone. It has an interesting design, balanced performance, pleasant in everyday use. HUAWEI Ascend G6 can be an interesting choice for users who pay attention to design, looking for a device with a small screen. But now the market offers a lot of good models of low middle price segment as from top manufacturers, and from B-brands. Last year’s model HUAWEI stood out among competitors, including an attractive price / performance ratio. Cost Ascend G6 will be known at the time of its appearance on the market. If this will be expressed at the local presentation hryvnia 3000, the model simply get lost against the competition, but with a price tag of 2000-2500 hryvnia Ascend G6 become more attractive purchase.

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Huawei Ascend G610 – a smartphone with a 5-inch IPS-display and a hardware platform MediaTek MT6589. What novelty can stand out from the many similar devices, you learn from the review.

Design and Ergonomics

Design Huawei Ascend G610 can be described as unremarkable. The smartphone is large enough – 142×73, 6×9, 9 mm, but with rounded edges fits comfortably in your hand. The device weighs 170 grams, which is a lot. The boxes around the big screen, but this is not a flagship because it is forgivable. 

The keys and the following interfaces: located at the top of the front panel speaker, proximity sensors and lighting, LED missed events and eye front-facing camera, and at the bottom of the front panel are the hardware touch keys with backlight.

Located at the ends of the smartphone power button, volume rocker and a special recess for removing the rear cover (right), 3.5mm (top), Micro-USB and the main microphone (bottom). The left side is empty smartphone. Along the perimeter of the body passes the plastic chrome bezel.

On the back cover is the lens 5 megapixel camera, LED-flash and an additional microphone, and almost at the very bottom, under the grille, multimedia speaker. The back cover is dense, it is made of glossy plastic, with strong squeezing plastic creaks, but the lid is sitting tight. Under the hood there are two slots for standard miniSIM and a slot for memory cards microSD.

I liked the location of the power button – it is just in the place where it should be.

The operating system and shell

The smartphone runs on the operating system of Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean with its own interface Emotion UI 1.6. The shell looks fresh. Its key feature is the lack of applications menu.

By pressing the power key, we get to the lock screen, in the form of four labels: unlock, call history, camera, and messages. Top of the screen there is the name of the operator and the time and date. Unfortunately, to change the default applications lock screen to the other is impossible. By the way, the lock screen is almost completely repeat the solution used in the shell MIUI.

After the release we get to the desktop, where, as in the case of MIUI V5, can be located as widgets and application icons. You can create folders by dragging one icon to another. On the bottom panel can be taken up to five icons. Supported threads initially present three pieces.

Settings in interface Emotion UI 1.6 is not much. Select the desired effect is present when browsing the pages of the desktop. You can add or remove the required number of desktop and choose the main desktop, which will be performed during the transition function key is pressed home. Wallpaper is interesting settings. You can turn on an option that will change the wallpaper by shaking a smartphone, so there is an opportunity to change the wallpaper on a timer. Lock screen wallpaper and desktop may vary.

Despite all this, yet looked through the elements of a standard interface Android Jelly Bean. Manufacturer redrew not all standard applications. Applications such as a magazine, messages, phone book, calculator, clock, notes, and FM-radio have remained unchanged or have changed only slightly. Currently stands in sharp contrast with quite a pleasant appearance and causes a certain sense of incompleteness. During the test, the interface worked smoothly and without lag.

Among the standard program to highlight the music player. It can enable the display of folders, but there is no equalizer. Standard recorder is capable of recording both stereo and mono sound. There is an application for creating backup copies of software and settings.

Hardware Platform

The smartphone is based on system-on-a-chip MediaTek MT6589. The processor consists of four core Cortex-A7 with a maximum clock frequency of 1.2 GHz. Graphics accelerator PowerVR SGX 544MP. The amount of RAM is standard and is 1 GB. 4 GB of built-in storage available to the user 1.9 GB.

Synthetic tests show why MediaTek MT6589 platform is popular. The device performance is sufficient in order to Asphalt 8 was on high settings with a comfortable frame rate, improves its low resolution display. The lack of RAM is not observed. Applications are not unloaded from memory. Stable performance is excellent, however, as the majority of smart phones based on this chipset.

Voice quality speaker and microphone is good. Multimedia speaker volume is normal. You can miss a call except in noisy environments.

GPS works well but, unfortunately, there is no support for GLONASS.

Autonomy

Device is equipped with a battery capacity of 2150 mA * h If you try, you can defuse the smartphone and the day of active use. In the middle of use Huawei Ascend G610 is able to work for two days. Program to test the battery Antutu Tester issued 638 points.

In the read mode disables all wireless communications, including data transmission in a mobile network, and the display brightness set to 50%. When listening to music worked automatic data synchronization, data transfer. The volume level at 12 out of 15 possible levels. All music files in MP3, 320 Kbit / s. Navigation includes a route in Google Navigation app. Brightness exhibited 50%, all data communication modules disabled. When playing active video data transmission in a mobile network, display brightness set to 50%, the volume level on level 12 of a possible 15. A video file format MKV, resolution 1024h432 points, frame 24. Playing videos from Youtube accompanied not only by the work of the network Wi-Fi, but also the active data transfer. The display brightness is set to 50% volume in the headphones 12 of 15 possible levels.

Camera

Two cameras in the smartphone: 5 megapixel rear and front facing 0.3 MP. Of course, there is a photo in HDR mode and stabilization in video mode. The highest possible quality of recording 720p video.

The settings of the camera a little bit. Among the present panorama shooting mode, exposure metering, HDR, decoration, smile and series. White balance settings are standard. In general settings, you can select the ISO sensitivity from 100 to 800 units. Here you can also change the exposure, saturation, contrast and brightness. Video settings mode is even easier: the quality of the recording, enable or disable tags stabilization and GPS.

Image quality is below average. The pictures do not have enough detail, but the color reproduction is quite good. HDR mode takes pictures with a big delay because fast-moving objects are blurred. Also in HDR mode the colors are too bright. Examples of photos and videos can be seen below.

Display

Huawei Ascend G610 is equipped with IPS-display with a diagonal of 5 inches and a resolution of qHD. Glass protects the screen without oleophobic coating. Auto Brightness is working well and smoothly. The display brightness can be adjusted from 12 to 323 cd / m ², the average is 154 cd / m ². Viewing angles are close to the maximum. Grit screen is not evident and noticeable only under close study. 

The low level of the minimum brightness makes it comfortable to use your smartphone in the dark. The screen fades in the sun, but the information remains readable.

The results

Huawei Ascend G610 – an affordable smartphone with a 5-inch qHD IPS-display. One of the advantages of the device can be called a shell Emotion UI 1.6, delighting the user smoothness. We were pleased and ergonomics, high-quality display. The disadvantages are the camera and a lot of weight. But given the low price as a smartphone with a five-inch IPS-display, quad-core processor and 1 GB of RAM, some of the shortcomings can be forgiven.

Liked

+ Shell
+ Display
+ Performance
+ Ergonomics

Do not like it

– Glossy plastic
– Mediocre camera
– Weight

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