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27.12.2019

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Pros: -Battery
-Design
-Fast
Cons: -Little memory
Review: The phone is good. We have been using it for more than 3 years

12/27/2019 Rating

Pros: Of course the BATTERY is 4000 - keeps on hurray. Metal and glass, and in general the design is restrained and presentable (only in blue). The assembly is also good: no creaks, no backlash. Cameras 8 and 5 are not bad for this level. A cool plastic cover, an overlay, gave the phone a nice translucent edging. Iron is not the saddest thing.
Cons: In the first months, and I bought it just in the first batches, the main camera filmed sucks (it washed), the GPS was generally inadequate. After the purchase, 2 updates came after a while, they just covered 2 of his main troubles, after the update they did not come back like that. The touchscreen is not the most sensitive, there are times when you have to press the icon twice. You cannot buy a normal cover for it, I really like the one that came in the box, but over time it broke, and the company does not sell them, but what it offers is only in the trash. There are glitches with music, it suddenly starts to deteriorate in the headphones after a long listening, when the screen is turned off. Rescues restarting the application. You can't reset everything at once running applications... Well, according to the law of meanness in the most the right time can tupanut) here, of course, maybe I have already scored applications and media, but like many androids, it is useful for him to reset to factory settings.
Review: The device is decent, I bought it with discounts in the first days of sales for 7800 rubles somewhere. There was a rich package bundle: a cover plate, normal bass headphones, a high-quality wire. Since the battery is large, and the charge goes through microUSB, it is clear that it will not charge up to 100 quickly. You bet at night, you live an active day (bluetooth is always on, geolocation and 4G, social networks, vidos and games, calls and sms), in the evening of the working day, somewhere 35 remained. And if purely calls, then there you can count on 4 days. In general, the performance is not ideal, but it will not work for a demanding person, the price and quality are respected. Would recommend to buy a year ago for sure, now there is a more interesting model.

24.09.2019

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Pros: Performance, battery, camera,
and the screen.
Cons: After a while, some parts of the sensor began to work oddly, especially in shooters, it gets in the way.
Review: The phone is good, but the sensor does not always work well.

14.08.2018

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Pros: At the time when the phone was bought (July 2016), almost everything was fine, most of all pleased with the battery, which lasted two days with the mobile Internet constantly on, playing games, reading books, etc. Was very convenient when traveling. The cameras were normal, the front cameras were generally good. Worked quickly, there was a minimum preinstalled apps, very rarely hung up.
Now it still holds the battery satisfactorily, although, of course, it is much worse. It loads pages relatively quickly, Multitasking also takes out, albeit slower than before.
Cons: First, I will list the shortcomings that were immediately apparent - gps worked very poorly, practically nothing, very inconvenient when there is a need to use offline maps abroad. Poorly catching wi-fi. Inconvenient keyboard. The camera did not shoot well in the evening and in bright light. Wide enough and heavy, the hand gets tired if used for a long time or in an uncomfortable position. Android has only been updated once for the entire time of use. There were almost no problems with mobile communications in the first year of use, in the second it became worse to catch Mobile Internet, hang more often. Over time, the cameras began to work worse, it became almost impossible to shoot in bright light on the main one. This is especially sad about the frontal, which was not bad. The glass cracked, and not even from a fall, but from an unsuccessful squeezing by the edge of a coin in a pocket. Well, the battery began to hold a charge two times less than the initial one. It began to heat up very quickly.
It is very difficult to choose accessories, only for Ali, and the choice is small.
Review: In general, this model did not cause strong complaints during the first year of operation - it was not buggy at all, the disadvantages did not outweigh the advantages. I took it mainly because of the battery, and expectations were met. But again, the model of this brand would not take, primarily because of the poor camera, lack of android updates and awkward bulky design.

Specifications

• Body materials: metal, glass and plastic
• Operating system: Google android 5.1
• Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE, LTE CAT 4, two sim cards of micro format
• Processor: 4 cores, 64-bit, MediaTek MT6735
• RAM: 2 GB
• Storage memory: 16 GB
• Interfaces: Wi-Fi (b / g / n), Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB (USB 2.0) connector for charge / synchronization, 3.5 mm for a headset
• Screen: capacitive, IPS 5 "" with a resolution of 720x1280 pixels
• Camera: 8/5 MP, dual flash
• Navigation: GPS, GLONASS
• Optional: accelerometer, proximity and lighting sensors, FM radio
• Battery: non-removable, Li-Ion (Li-Ion) 4000 mAh
• Dimensions: 143x69.9x8.5 mm
• Weight: 185g
• Price: 10 990 rubles (Q2)

Introduction

The device is a pumped-up version of Power Five with one caveat: the Ice battery is not 5000 mAh, but 4000 mAh. The rest of the devices are technically very similar.

Of the interesting moments for the user, it is worth noting the presence of a fourth-generation connection, two "gigs" of RAM and the ability to charge other gadgets, that is, Power Ice acts as an external battery.

Design, dimensions, controls

The Power Ice model looks quite attractive and strict, in addition, you can choose one of two colors for the design of the gadget: either dark blue or golden. Both colors look interesting. The shape of the case is classic: a rectangle with slightly rounded corners and smooth side edges. Since the screen is dark and the bezels are completely black, it seems that the display bezel is very thin. In fact, its width is approximately 3.5 - 4 mm. However, this is also a little.

The dimensions are usual for similar gadgets with 5-inch screens - 143x69.9x8.5 mm, Ice weighs not so much “ice” - 185 grams, that is, it feels heavy. However, it fits well in the palm due to the sloping edges and relatively narrow body.

The screen is protected by Asahi glass. There is an oleophobic coating, it is of high quality, the finger glides easily. Of course, the glass collects fingerprints, but they are erased without problems.

The sides are plastic. The thin edging is semi-gloss, and the thick edging is chrome-plated. The back cover is made partly of plastic: the upper and lower inserts, as well as the side edges, are made of this material. The metal is not felt in the hand.

On top of the front panel there are light and proximity sensors, a camera and a speaker. The speaker has a slightly higher volume than average, the intelligibility is excellent, the interlocutor can be heard clearly, there are no echoes and other third-party sounds.

Below the display - "Menu", "Home" and "Back". There is no backlight, invisible in the dark.

The microUSB connector and microphone are on the bottom, and on the top is a lone 3.5 mm audio output.

On the right are the metal power button and volume rocker.

On the back there are: a recessed camera, a flash and a speaker.

The cover is removed rather tightly, but the assembly is excellent. Under the panel on top there are two slots for microSIM and a microSD slot.

Highscreen Power Ice (left) and Power Rage

Highscreen Power Ice (left) and Power Four

Highscreen Power Ice (left) and Boost 3

Display

This device uses a 5-inch screen. The physical size is 62x110 mm, the frame at the top is 16 mm, at the bottom - 16.5 mm, on the right and left - about 3.5-4 mm each. There is an anti-reflective coating, which is quite effective.

The resolution of the Power Ice display from Highscreen is HD, that is, 720x1280 pixels, the aspect ratio is 16: 9, the density is 293 pixels per inch. IPS matrix without air gap.

The maximum white brightness is 380 cd / m2, the maximum black brightness is 0.4 cd / m2, the contrast is 760: 1.

The color rendition is pleasant, however, the white color is slightly shifted to warm shades, the picture is slightly violet at the corners. On the whole, the screen is normal, the brightness is disappointing - it is extremely low, the image is not readable in the sun.

Viewing angles

Battery

This model uses a 4000 mAh non-removable lithium-ion (Li-Ion) battery.

In my mode of working with the device, the gadget functioned for 3 days: an hour of calls, constant synchronization with Wi-Fi (every day from 9.00 to 01.00, Twitter, mail, Skype, Whatsapp), 4-6 hours of LTE. The screen glow in this mode is 4 hours.

If you turn off all power saving functions and use the screen for about 6 hours, then the device will sit down on about the third day.

With a minimum load, you can achieve 8 hours of luminescence of the screen at 100% brightness of the matrix backlight. With games, the situation is a little worse: the battery runs out after 6-7 hours of continuous "battle". The video device "spins" for about 10 hours (HD).

In the kit you will find network adapter 1 A. So it will take a long time to charge the battery - 4-5 hours.

From the original: Power Ice can charge other devices. The output current is about 1 A. Unfortunately, there was no special adapter included in the kit.

Communication capabilities

The device works not only in 2G / 3G networks, but also in 4G CAT 4:

• GSM / GPRS / EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz);
• 3G / HSPA + (900/1900/2100 MHz);
• 4G / LTE (1/3/7/20)

There is no NFC chip, the rest is standard for any Android smartphone: GPS and GLONASS, Wi-Fi b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0 with OTG support.

Memory and memory card

It costs 2 GB inside random access memory, usually about 1300 MB free.

Built-in memory 16 GB, about 10 GB available. There is a slot for a microSD memory card, the maximum volume is 64 GB.

Cameras

Traditionally, there are two camera modules: 8 MP (six-lens optics with Blue Glass filter, F2.2 aperture) and 5 MP (F2.8 aperture). There is one LED flash.

It uses modules similar to Power Five. Therefore, I will allow myself to quote myself:

“When I first saw the resolution of the main camera in performance characteristics, I was surprised, to put it mildly. Now almost everyone modern devices v price category from 10,000 rubles and above, as a rule, they are equipped with a 13 MP camera.

In practice, it turned out that the developers decided not to dissemble and put an "honest" 8 MP module, and not a camera with a supposedly 13 MP matrix. I liked the quality of the Highscreen Power Five camera: excellent detail, a small amount of noise even when shooting in poor lighting conditions, accurate white balance. Since I use an iPhone 5, it seemed to me that Highscreen has the same camera module as Apple, at least the nature of noise, color rendition and other parameters correspond.

The front camera shoots great. The angle is not very wide, but the face is not distorted either.

The main camera records video in FullHD resolution at 27 fps ( good lighting) and at 16 fps (insufficient lighting conditions). The picture is not wide-angle, the clarity is good, there is little noise. Cons - focus is very slow and inaccurate. The sound is of average quality. The front camera is HD 30 fps during the day and 16 fps at night. "

Unlike Power Five, Four, and Rage, Ice has manual settings shutter speed, ISO value, focus, white balance. The mode is called "Pro".

Sample photos

Performance

The device is powered by the Taiwanese MediaTek MT6735 chipset. It is a 64-bit SoC that contains 4 ARM Cortex-53 cores, 28nm process technology, clock frequency each - up to 1.5 GHz. Mali T-720 with support for Open GL ES 3.0 and Open CL 1.2 API is used as graphics.

Under the load of the processor, the case practically does not heat up.

If we talk about software optimization, then in Highscreen everything is fine with this: the interface works smoothly, without any hints of brakes, applications start quickly. With toys, too, everything is more or less normal, but you should not count on the maximum parameters and 60 FPS: for example, in Unkilled you have to set the settings to medium or even low, Brothers In Arms 3 also slows down.

It should be noted that the MT6735 chip was created as an inexpensive solution for use in devices that can function in various networks. Therefore, its main feature is LTE in our country.

Performance tests

And therefore, first of all, we naturally wanted to test the killer feature declared by the manufacturer. Have you ever seen how one smartphone charges another smartphone?

To implement this functionality, an OTG adapter was included in the Power Ice kit, and the smartphone itself was equipped with a non-removable 4000 mAh lithium-polymer battery. This is not to say that charging is fast, but it damn well happens! The fill rate of the donor smartphone battery strip is comparable to a standard adapter charging with an output current of 1 A.

The Power Ice's own battery life is quite consistent with the battery capacity. To discharge it in a day, it took us many hours of non-stop online video playback at maximum screen brightness. This scenario of using a mobile is not very applicable to real life, and in the standard mode of operation - browsing, instant messengers and the like - the smartphone loses no more than 35-40% of the charge per day.

When talking about the capacity of the battery, the dimensions of the Power Ice should also be taken into account. Still, this is not a chubby phablet shovel, but a completely standard 5-inch smartphone by modern standards, and quite thin. The case is only 8.5 millimeters thick, and Highscreen engineers have managed to fit everything you need into them.

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The Power Ice filling is not top-notch, but it can handle all current applications and not too demanding games. Inside the smartphone is a 4-core MediaTek MT6735, Mali T-720 graphics, 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB expandable storage via a microSD slot.

Power Ice is a two-symbol. 4G support is available, and given the manufacturer's focus on Russian market, worry about the support of certain LTE frequencies is not necessary at all. Other types of communication: Wi-Fi b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, GLONASS.

If you remember about the price of the device, then the constant expectation of a trick does not come out of my head. Well, what did the manufacturer save the most on? In fact, Power Ice has no frankly weak points, and the seemingly underestimated individual characteristics are compensated by other technological bells and whistles. For example, the main camera with a resolution of only 8 megapixels. Few? Perhaps, if you are going to closely engage in smartphone photography, but here is a pretty decent 6-lens optics with a smart filter that allows you to get better pictures in unfavorable lighting.

There are no complaints about the front camera at all. 5MP is more than enough for both selfies and video calls.

Power Ice's screen is not Full HD, but IPS. With a diagonal of 5 inches and a resolution of 1,280 × 720, the ppi index is still close to Retina, and you will hardly be able to see the pixels on the screen at the standard distance of the smartphone from the eyes.

The operating system is almost unchanged stock Android 5.1 Lollipop.

At the end of this short review, I would like to return once again to the Power Ice case and note the quality and materials of its execution. Fortunately, gone are the days when the budget of the smartphone was achieved by using the cheapest nasty plastic in combination with frankly no assembly. In this case, everything is in order with the case.

The back panel of Power Ice is made of metal, the front panel is completely covered with scratch-resistant glass. Most likely, it is Gorilla Glass 3. The smartphone fits well in the hand, when you try to squeeze it, there is no creak or backlash. The buttons fit exactly and don't dangle.

Not so long ago, Lifehacker came out, claiming that modern smartphone shouldn't cost more than $ 100. If we consider that the price of Highscreen Power Ice is only $ 19 higher than the "standard", but the device itself has quite impressive characteristics and a unique function of charging other devices, it turns out quite decent smartphone no overpayment for a well-known brand. What do you think?

How difficult it is to find a smartphone in an attractive case with good performance for little money! Russian company Highscreen introduced new model in thin metal case, with a capacious battery and good filling. Having seen Highscreen Power Ice for the first time, I can't believe that this is a state employee.

Specifications and performance

• Quad-core MediaTek processor MT6735 @ 1.3 GHz;
• Mali-T720 as a video accelerator;
• OS Android version 5.1;
• 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory;
• slot for microSDHC memory cards;
• support for two SIM;
• GPS navigation;
• capacity battery 4000 mAh.

As you can see, the filling is not weak. Of course, this is not top-end hardware, and it will not work to drive resource-intensive games on it. But the device copes with other tasks easily. Video playback, browsing heavy sites, mediocre games - it's all easy with Highscreen Power Ice.

Appearance

The design of the novelty can be called exemplary for budget smartphone... No logos and shiny things, everything is strict and laconic. The device is presented in two colors: graphite blue and gold.

A thin plastic edge runs along the perimeter of the front surface, which protrudes a millimeter above the glass, which is a good protection against scratches. Laconic style back cover the smartphone is diluted only by the large Highscreen logo in the center.

The weight of the smartphone is 180 grams, it gives solidity to the gadget. The combination of considerable weight, metal and compact size gives the feeling of a reliable and durable thing.

Screen

The five-inch screen received a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, which provides a fairly high pixel density. There can be no claims to the detail of the image. The matrix of the smartphone guarantees correct color reproduction and very wide viewing angles. The impressive range of backlight brightness is also pleasing. The screen is protected by Asahi Glass Dragontrail without an air gap. The sensitive sensor recognizes up to five simultaneous touches.

Camera

The main camera of the device received an 8-megapixel matrix with autofocus optics and LED flash. A smart application with a user-friendly interface and many useful functions... There are also a variety of shooting modes, including the imposition of all kinds of effects and HDR. The main camera produces good results. On a clear day, there can be no complaints about the quality of the pictures. With a lack of light, the quality is lower, noise appears, and the white color turns into green.

The front 5-megapixel camera provides a decent level of detail, which is enough for regular selfies.

Outcomes

It turned out to be a well-balanced product, it really can be called an ideal budget employee. The device has plenty of advantages, but the critical shortcomings are at a minimum. Highscreen Power Ice is available for $ 120.

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