Philips xenium v. Philips Xenium V387 - Specifications

Key Features of Philips Xenium V787+

Screen	S-IPS, 5", 1080x1920, multi-touch 7 touches, Asahi Glass DragonTrail 2, SoftBlue
Iron	1.3 GHz, MediaTek MT6753, 64-bit, 8 cores Cortex-A53, Mali-T720 MP3
Memory	RAM 3 GB, ROM 32 GB, Micro-SD up to 128 GB
Mobile Internet	LTE cat.4 150/50 Mbit/s HSDPA, HSUPA EDGE
Mobile networks	LTE Bands 2,3,7,20,38-41 UMTS 900, 2100 GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
Battery	Li-Pol, 5000 mAh
Dimensions	143.2 x 71.5 x 9.8 mm
Weight	164 g
Camera	13 MP, flash, autofocus, Isocell, f/2.2, phase detection autofocus front: 5 MP FF
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS
OS	Android 6.0 Marshmallow, planned to upgrade to Android 7
Sensors	Accelerometer, Compass, Proximity, Light
SIM	2 x Micro-SIM
Price	12000 - 14990 rub.

Philips Xenium V787+ is a small modification of the Philips Xenium V787 smartphone, which I tested about a year and a half ago. A brief summary of that previous testing - a normal mid-range smartphone for the money with a huge battery, but why the hell is the screen so dim?

A lot of water has passed under the bridge in a year and a half. And what Philips did looks a little strange. They just took their flagship from the year before last. They increased the amount of memory - it was 2 + 16, now it is 3 + 32. They installed a fresher Android - 6.0 instead of the completely indecent 5.1. And... That's it? The same processor - for 2017 it is already ancient. The same body. Still no fingerprint sensor. Yes, even the name can be considered the same. In stores and on the website the smartphone is called V787+. On the box, as before - simply - V787.

In fact, there is still one more important difference. The screen became bright. Not a record holder, no. But it’s far from the dull dullness that I encountered when testing its ancestor. Even in the sun everything is visible very well.

So what's the total? Outdated appearance. An ancient, although far from the slowest processor. Camera - a year and a half ago I called it mediocre. Now this level is already somewhat below average. But it has a good screen, a lot of memory and a great battery.

Strange smartphone. No, he's completely normal. Nice appearance and overall. I put my SIM card there and walked around with it for a couple of days. Everything is fine. But it’s strange - such a light feeling of déjà vu.

Price

The official price is 15 thousand rubles. But it seems that in small stores you can find it for 12. The main thing is that they don’t slip the predecessor “by mistake.”

Equipment

Without changes. Everything is the same as the V787. Headphones, charger plus Micro-USB cable. And a protective film, which, in my opinion, this smartphone does not need at all.

Appearance

Weight	164 g
Size	143.2 x 71.5 x 9.8 mm
Protection	No

Also no change. Still the same metal body. Still the same black color. Weighty, well assembled.

To get to the cards, you need to remove the upper part of the back cover - it is plastic. If it seems to you that it is being picked out with some difficulty, then most likely you are picking it out from the wrong corner - it should be from the left.

The card slot is separate - two Micro-SIM and one memory card.

The buttons are not on-screen, touch-sensitive, backlit. There is an LED.

Boring details

The front is traditionally all glazed.

Above the screen there is a front camera, sensors, and LED.

Below the screen are backlit Android buttons. Like its ancestor, the backlight is very competent. In the light, even dim light, you don’t see it - only a drawing. And in the dark it glows lightly but clearly.

Rear The top and bottom are plastic, the middle is metal. There is a factory film on the metal. You will, of course, peel it off. I didn’t do this - it’s already clear what’s there. According to my ancestor’s experience, metal behaves rather sloppily and becomes covered with fingerprints.

The top piece of plastic is removed, there are slots for two Micro-SIM and one Micro-SD memory card.

The plastic itself has holes for the camera, flash and noise-canceling microphone.

On the bottom piece of plastic is an external speaker.

On the right side is the power button. And the energy saving mode button - turns off Wi-Fi, GPS, reduces brightness...

On the left is the volume rocker.

On top is a 3.5 mm audio output.

At the bottom there is a Micro-USB connector and a hole for the main microphone.

Internals (iron)

AnTuTu	37875 (v6.2.7)
AnTuTu	33555 (v5.7.1)
Chipset	1.3 GHz, MediaTek MT6753
Cores	8 x Cortex-A53 1.3 GHz
GPU	Mali-T720 MP3
RAM	3 GB
ROM (free)	32 GB (24 GB)
Micro-SD	Up to 128 GB

The MTK6753 chipset was announced in early 2015 as an eight-core chip for not too expensive devices. And a lot of these devices have been produced on it over the past years. Lately, 6753 has, of course, gone out of fashion. Almost. Let's say Alcatel Idol 5, announced last month - it is also based on exactly the same chip.

Performance? Fans of the super-latest flagships will be disappointed and proudly turn their noses up. For the rest, I inform you that life is quite possible. Moreover, there is a lot of memory.

That's right. Upgrading to three gigabytes of RAM and thirty-two gigabytes of flash memory is wise. Why smartphones need even more RAM is something I still have a hard time understanding. But three is just right, it’s not a shame to look people in the eye. 32 GB of flash is also great. And if anything, you can expand using a memory card, fortunately there is a separate slot for it.

The set of sensors is typical. Accelerometer, compass, lighting, proximity. There is no gyroscope.

The fact that there is no fingerprint sensor is sad. It's a pity we couldn't attach it here...

Communication with the outside world

Everything is fine. All the necessary LTE bands are in place. Wi-Fi on two bands.

For complete happiness, the only thing missing is NFC support.

Screen

The screen is in perfect order. High resolution, good oleophobic coating, nice colors. No comments.

There are no roundings. On the contrary, the screen is surrounded by a low side.

Strange multi-touch - for seven simultaneous touches. This is the first time I've seen this. The old V787 had a regular one, with five touches.

Operating system and other software

V787+ was announced in the summer of 2017. Therefore, the fact that Android is only the sixth is a little strange. Well, that is what it is. And you can hardly hope to update to more recent versions. Correction. Informed sources report that an update to Android 7.0 is expected soon. Good news.

Everything is clean and tidy. The device is certified by Google - great. The search bar from the same Google disappeared from the screen without any problems - absolutely magically.

Battery

Huge battery - as much as 5000 mAh. The battery test results are 189% of my standard standard. The result is as expected great. The Philips Xenium V787 had a slightly better result - 199%. Mainly due to the fact that the newcomer “failed” the telephone test.

Philips Xenium V787+ as a flashlight

A flashlight from a smartphone is not a record holder for brightness, but 5 lux from 180 centimeters is still a reasonable result. You can highlight puddles under your feet easily and naturally.

Philips Xenium V787+ as a photo and video camera

The camera, apparently, remained exactly the same as in its predecessor.

This article will review the Philips Xenium V387 mobile phone. It will please its owners with a fairly powerful battery. The battery capacity is 4,400 mAh.

In principle, this capacity is not a record figure. However, for a device of this thickness (and it is 9.5 millimeters) this is very, very good. The Highscreen company, for example, has established itself with smartphones with a larger battery capacity, which, accordingly, operate on battery power for a longer time. One of her creations has a battery capacity of 6,000 mAh. However, it is worth noting that the same model has a thickness of one and a half centimeters.

Design

If anyone has had experience with the W6610, they will immediately notice the resemblance between it and the V387. Both devices have almost the same body shape. Two edges - both upper and lower - are slightly curved. In this case, the side edges have a rounded shape. It is worth noting that the corners of the smartphone are arranged in the same way. It is precisely due to the fact that the outlines of the device are smooth and the edges are not sharp that the device lies comfortably in the hand without digging into the palm.

Even though the battery capacity is relatively large, and accordingly its dimensions are impressive, the dimensions of the smartphone itself in all three planes form a rather pleasant picture: length - 144 mm, width - 74 mm, thickness - 9.6 mm. At the same time, the Philips Xenium V387 mobile phone weighs 171 grams.

In the smartphone market, the device is available in black and white color options. In any case, no matter what color you purchase the device, the kit will include replaceable back covers. For example, in some cases, the black Philips Xenium V387 smartphone comes with a yellow replacement cover. One thing worth noting is that these lids may be quite flexible, but even so they have not lost any of their strength.

Front and side view

The front panel has a small edging. It is made of plastic (glossy) and decorated in black color scheme. The edging helps protect the display from damage if the Philips Xenium V387 smartphone is left on a rough surface.

The side edges are also made of plastic, but semi-glossy. Plastic was also used in the manufacture of the back cover. They are covered with a small relief pattern on top.

Strength

Regarding the reliability of the screen, device users leave in most cases neutral reviews. Philips Xenium V387 black has an oleophobic coating. There should be no problems when using the screen, since your finger glides smoothly over the coating, and fingerprints can be wiped off the protective glass without any effort.

In the center of the device, at the top, there is a speaker. It is covered with a dark metal mesh. The volume of the speaker is impressive, but the quality of the signal transmitted through it leaves much to be desired. The fact is that high frequencies are lacking, but low frequencies, on the contrary, are enough, as they say, for the eyes. Well, or by the ears, as in our situation. Due to this, the interlocutor’s speech will be a little difficult to understand.

To the left of the speaker are the sensors, and to the right is the front camera. At the bottom of the front edge there are buttons that are applied with paint. Although the buttons are backlit, it is still not enough.

The bottom end accommodates a MicroUSB input. The primary microphone is also located there. An input for a 3.5 mm wired headset is integrated into the top end. On the left side there are volume buttons, and on the opposite side there is a power button. Just above it there is a lever, through the use of which the device can be switched to energy saving mode.

The reverse side accommodates the main camera recessed inside the body, as well as a flash to illuminate the subject in the dark. You can remove the panel without any problems by simply prying it by the recess located on the left side. Having removed the cover, on the left you can see a slot designed for using MicroSD-type flash cards. The SIM card slots will be located on the right.

It is worth noting the excellent build quality of the Philips Xenium V387. Reviews say that the phone does not crunch or make other sounds even when squeezed, and its back cover, right down to the battery, does not bend under any circumstances.

Display

The display diagonal in this device is 5 inches, and it has frames. Its size in the upper part is one and a half centimeters, while at the bottom it reaches 18 mm, and on the sides - 5.5 mm.

In terms of high-quality display, users will not be pleased with the Philips Xenium V387 Black model. Reviews clearly demonstrate that even with high resolution, which is 720 by 1280 pixels, the picture loses contrast at the slightest tilt of the screen. The phone simply cannot reproduce yellow and purple hues. Speaking more specifically about the matrix, it has an IPS type.

But in terms of sensitivity, manufacturers have done their best: the smartphone can respond to seven touches at different points on the surface at once. The touch display has particularly high sensitivity.

Nutrition

In the introduction, we already said that with such a thickness, a smartphone battery has a fairly good capacity. The Xenium line, which has excellent devices in terms of energy efficiency, includes the Philips Xenium V387. Reviews about the battery power set this model apart from other smartphones.

If you believe the data provided by the manufacturer, the phone can last up to 1442 hours in standby mode. At the same time, you can talk on it without stopping all day long. And this is not said in a figurative sense: 25 hours of continuous work are allocated for talking on the phone. Well, the Philips Xenium V387 distinguished itself with its autonomous power supply. Reviews of his work fully confirm this fact.

If we talk in more detail about this factor, then about 65 hours are allocated for continuous listening to audio files. But at maximum screen brightness and high resolution, high volume, you can watch movies for 13 hours. In terms of energy use when playing, the smartphone can please you with 6 hours of operation. This is very, very good.

Charging is possible both using AC power and by charging from devices with a USB input. For example, from a personal computer or laptop. If you use an electrical outlet, the phone can be charged in 3 hours, while a full charge from a PC will take three times longer.

Communications

If we talk about cellular networks, the model operates in the 2G and 3G bands. Bluetooth version - 4.0. As mentioned earlier, the phone connects to devices that have a USB 2.0 interface. Wi-Fi supports b, g and n standards. The Philips Xenium V387 still does not have any special communication capabilities; reviews indicate that sometimes Wi-Fi in standard A is not enough.

Memory

The RAM has a capacity of 2 GB. Minor “lags”, “glitches” and other inaccuracies in the operation of the operating system are somewhat mitigated by the use of this size of RAM. In addition, the operating system is installed without any unnecessary shells, which allows the user to provide almost 1.5 GB for personal needs.

In terms of long-term memory, the model will also please potential and actual users. Its volume is 16 GB. 4 of them are allocated for system operation, but even 12 GB is enough for personal use. If it’s a bit cramped, you can buy a memory card separately. The maximum supported volume is 32 GB.

Well, here, as in energy efficiency, the success of the Philips Xenium V387 Black is obvious. Reviews in terms of memory do not contain almost a single minus.

Camera

As you know, the device has two cameras. The main one has a resolution of 8 megapixels. The additional one is also not bad, its resolution is 2 megapixels. There is a cool glow flash on the back panel. Photo resolution can be about 3264 by 2448 pixels. Depending on the quality of lighting, the frame rate when shooting video falls in the range from 16 to 30. In this case, the shooting resolution is 1920 by 1080 pixels.

However, despite such technical characteristics, the quality of the pictures taken is not very high. In most cases, the problem lies in the detail of the photos if the lighting level drops. In this case, you may notice noise. We can say that the solution to the problem will only be upgrading the module.

The front camera should appeal to those who use the Philips Xenium V387 phone. Reviews about it are neutral, since although it shoots decently, it does not belong to the wide-angle type.

Performance

The device is based on a Taiwanese-made MediaTek chip. The processor has 4 cores that operate at a frequency of 1.3 GHz. The clock frequency of the graphics accelerator is 400 MHz.

The Philips Xenium V387 smartphone cannot be called an ideal gaming device. Performance reviews show that games with the highest graphics on mobile devices today (games like Dead Trigger 2) may experience stuttering, lag, and so on. However, they don't happen that often, and regular games can be played with interest.

Philips Xenium V387: owner reviews. Conclusion

Currently, this smartphone model is quite acceptable in terms of technical supplies. Ordinary users can find smartphones that are more optimal in terms of price-quality ratio, but active users may well purchase this device.

Thanks to the high-capacity battery, they will be able to spend more time on the Internet, actively “surf” web pages, listen to music and watch videos. You shouldn’t ignore the large screen diagonal either. Due to this, reading the text will not be so difficult, and your eyes will strain less.

Most users note the good and convenient design of the model, and the only disadvantages they write down are not very high-quality color rendition and not very high quality of the pictures taken, since the “filling” of the camera requires higher-quality photographs.

The price of the smartphone is 10,500 rubles, which, in principle, is acceptable by today's standards.

For more than two months now. I will give my own impressions and feelings from using this smartphone.

Contents of delivery

The smartphone itself, a charger, a USB cable (for charging and for connecting to a PC), an additional yellow back cover, a protective film for the screen, various papers. The additional yellow cover personally surprises me - when installed on a smartphone, it looks alien and does not in any way harmonize with the black body of the smartphone. However, this is a matter of taste.

The interesting thing is that the protective film included in the kit is a bonus: even on the smartphone box it is not indicated in the list of contents.

Preparing for work

The slots for SIM cards are located in a “hard drive” - i.e. one above the other and it is impossible to remove the bottom card without removing the top one. Pulling out the top one is also very difficult - the card must be pulled out by catching it with something very sharp. Both SIM cards and microSD cards can only be inserted and removed when the battery is removed. And the battery itself with a capacity of 4400 mAh is striking in its size. My initial battery charge was 55%.

Body and grip comfort

In the process of choosing a new smartphone, I held in my hands many different devices from different manufacturers with different screen sizes. The task was this: to find a smartphone with the largest screen possible, but at the same time not lose the comfort of “holding” and the ability to work with one hand. As a result, I decided that a smartphone with a 5" diagonal was not suitable for me, because none of the smartphones with such a diagonal that I had reviewed fit comfortably in my hand, and I settled on the fact that I needed a smartphone with a diagonal of 4. 5" to 4.7". Philips V387 at that time it was not yet on sale, and I saw it by chance a few days before I was about to go buy another Philips - W8510 with a diagonal of 4.7". But His Majesty chance intervened - I saw it, decided, just in case, to hold it in my hands and realized that it was convenient for me. Very comfortable. It lies so confidently and firmly in the hand that there is no fear of dropping it when manipulating the screen with one hand.

Subsequent operation showed that I was not 100% right - with this device it is convenient to do everything with one hand except one thing - pressing the "Return" touch button. I don’t have a small palm, but I can’t press this button without using my other hand, and it would be much more convenient if it were located on the right.

But this is the only drawback related to the ergonomics of the smartphone. Even the location of the volume and power buttons on opposite sides of the smartphone does not cause problems for me (I happened to use a smartphone Philips S388 with a similar arrangement of buttons, and there, when turning the smartphone on and off, I constantly pressed the volume buttons and once even entered the engineering menu - it is called up when the device is turned on with the volume button pressed). True, Philips S388 The screen is smaller (4.5") and it fits differently in the hand. In this case, the larger screen size changes the location of the fingers on the body and the volume buttons are not pressed when turning it on and off.

Scrolling through screens when working with one hand does not cause any problems.

Marking of the case: almost absent. The surface of the back cover has something like embossing, and only traces of frankly dirty fingers remain on it. Moreover, even if these traces are not removed, they disappear on their own during further use. This material is neither hard nor soft to the touch - just comfortable.

There are no backlashes or creaks in the body.

Screen

When the smartphone is tilted by about 45 degrees, the brightness is slightly lost, but there is no color inversion and the image remains decent. IPS is IPS. In addition, the above-mentioned loss of brightness is the only phenomenon - with further tilting, the image no longer changes in any way until the screen is still visible at all.

As for the oleophobic coating of the screen, I can’t say anything definite about it: immediately after removing the protective film with which the smartphone was sold, I pasted on the film from the kit.

When I was still choosing a smartphone, there was information on the Philips website that the smartphone had Asahi Glass Dragontrail II tempered glass, but then I didn’t see this on the website. In any case, I decided that since the film was included in the kit, it should be installed. The logic is simple: I am not insured against my smartphone falling, and the film on the glass (even tempered glass) significantly increases its resistance to impact. Moreover, the sliding of fingers on the film is good.

Automatic brightness - there is a drawback here. Even two. The first is that the “default” brightness is too low, the screen turns out too dark, 10-15 percent is missing. The second is that the smartphone reacts too quickly to changes in lighting. As a result, in the subway, for example, the screen changes brightness continuously and this is annoying. Contacting Philips support about this did not yield any results: they suggested that I contact the service center without explaining how the service center would help me. They excluded the possibility of using the engineering menu, saying that they do not give advice on such issues. I had to “cure” the problem by installing a third-party program, fortunately there are many of them - I chose the Lux program, and it turned out to be significantly better than one-time setting the “default” brightness level through the engineering menu. This program (even in the free version) allows you to adjust both the default brightness level and the reaction time to changes in light, and in general allows you to easily control lighting modes directly from the notification shade.

The screenshot shows a “curtain”, in the upper part of which there is a control panel for the backlight brightness of the Lux program.

Touch keys at the bottom of the screen: in good lighting, their symbols are visible. In low light conditions they are completely invisible and only light up when they manage to hit one of the keys. A common problem with all touch keys.

I would also like to say about the sensitivity of the screen when pressed. In the reviews, I came across comments that sometimes you have to press the screen several times before it reacts. I periodically encounter a similar problem, but this is not a problem with the screen, but with my fingers. After all, do not forget that the screen is capacitive and in order for the screen to “understand” that it has been pressed, the pressing object must be conductive. As Wikipedia says: "A capacitive... shield takes advantage of the fact that a large capacitance object conducts alternating current." If your finger is currently too dry or has something like a callus on it, etc., i.e. if the conductivity of the finger at the point of contact is insufficient, then the screen will not respond. And the pressing force does not matter (this fundamentally distinguishes a capacitive screen from a resistive one, where the screen reaction is based precisely on the fact of pressing, and not just touching).

Battery

You need to be very careful when talking about how long the battery lasts.

Because even the conditions for receiving a regular cell tower signal significantly affect energy consumption. Even a comparison of video or music playing time cannot be considered correct, since screen brightness, volume, the codec used (after all, different codecs require different processing costs), etc. matter.

Therefore, battery parameters must be assessed exclusively under the same test conditions.

For myself, I “assigned” the amount of battery charge loss per night in the apartment with this parameter.

Nights on weekdays are approximately the same “test” time, this means a guaranteed absence of calls, GPS, Wi-Fi and other communications are turned off, and always the same place in the apartment.

The result is as follows.

My "old" smartphone HTC Touch Pro 2(1 SIM card) with a “native” battery - from 2 to 3% per night. The same with a non-original Craftmann battery - from 3 to 4% per night. By the way, the same smartphone without a SIM card loses about 1% of its charge overnight (on the issue of energy costs for simply maintaining contact with a cell tower).

Philips V387(2 active SIM cards) - from 0 to 1% discharge per night. But there is a nuance here. These numbers were true in the early days of my smartphone ownership. Then Google, WhatsApp, Evernote, etc. accounts appeared, which significantly increased the “appetite” of the smartphone; even the Xtreme alarm clock I set “eats” 2% of the energy consumed. And now the discharge per night is 2-3%. It seems to be the same as it was on my “old” smartphone, but we must take into account that there is Windows Mobile (which does not “climb” into the Internet on its own and does not waste energy), there is not a single account and 1 SIM card.

Therefore, from my point of view, the issue of energy efficiency in Philips V387 very well resolved.

The battery has a peculiarity - the rate of charge reduction depends on the absolute amount of charge. In other words, if the smartphone is “freshly charged”, then the 100% figure will last from 5 to 8 hours, depending on the intensity of use of the smartphone. As the amount of charge decreases, the decrease in percentage will occur more and more quickly, and after reaching the amount of charge of approximately 16-20%, the charge begins to drop rapidly. I had a situation where the charge decreased from 17% to 8% in 1.5 hours. Entering the metro - it was 17%, exiting - 8%. Communications were turned off and I did not use the phone. Therefore, I made it a rule not to bring the matter even to 20% and consider the charge level to be critical at 30%.

Charging from the “native” charger from 10% to 100% takes exactly 3.5 hours.

Memory and memory card

2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory. Plus an SD card. The set is impressive.

13.3 GB of main memory is available. In Settings, select the "Default recording disk" - Device memory or SD card.

Convenient because You don’t have to think about it every time. However, there is a nuance here. If an SD card is selected as the default disk, then after connecting to the PC as a USB drive (and most importantly - after disconnecting!) the default device will be the device memory and here, as they say, “no options”. Is this a feature of Android or a problem with the smartphone - I don’t know, but you need to keep an eye on it.

Speakers

Speaker. Loud, clear, high quality. It's nice to listen to your interlocutor.

Speakerphone, also known as the speaker from which calls and alarms sound. Located on the back cover in the form of a slot measuring 1.2x9 mm. If you place the smartphone on a flat surface on the back cover, this speaker will be completely covered. Why the smartphone rings very loudly, regardless of its location, remains a mystery to me, but this is a fact: with the speaker seemingly completely blocked, the call is as loud as when the smartphone is in your hand.

Microphone. At first, those I called asked me not to shout. As a result of the survey, it turned out that I could be heard much better and more clearly than before.

Energy Saving Switch

A very useful thing. With a slight movement of the hand, the button moves down and the smartphone goes into energy saving mode. What this means, the user configures himself: screen brightness, sleep time, turning off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, data transfer, closing running applications. If you don't want to configure it yourself, there is a "default" mode. If you need to save the remaining charge, then this is almost a panacea. Of course, you can do all this yourself without any power saving mode, but, firstly, moving the button is much faster than navigating through the menu, and secondly, by moving the button back you restore everything to the form in which it was before.

Communications

Both SIM cards can work on 3G networks, but only one is available for the 3G network at a time, and transferring 3G from one SIM card to another takes 10-15 seconds. True, the operation is not trivial - I believe that this is a feature of Android, and not a specific device, but simply switching 3G from one card to another is not enough, you need to “go” to Settings and “allow” 3G for this card there.

Bluetooth is no problem, Wi-Fi is no problem either. And it “holds” the network well, and as a Wi-Fi access point it works decently.

GPS is worthy of a very high rating - when located near a window, reliable reception of 7 satellites is, to put it mildly, a very good result. In a car, usually from 8 to 10 satellites are “working” (I installed a separate satellite visualization program and know exactly how many satellites the smartphone sees and how many of them are used for work). Positioning accuracy from 3 to 7 meters.

Separately, it should be said about NFC. The device does not have an NFC module, but all menus related to communications mention the possibility of its use.

Working with 2 SIM cards is organized in a standard way and does not cause any problems - everything is convenient (except for switching 3G, but, again, these are questions for Android, not for the device).

Connect to a computer as a USB drive. There's a problem here. Firstly, the smartphone may not connect to the PC - after connecting the cable and pressing the “turn on USB drive” button, the process begins, but does not end, and at this time the computer “understands” that something is connected to it, but writes: that the file system is "undefined". At first this didn’t happen at all, then it began to appear more and more often, then it became the norm and connecting a smartphone to a computer as a USB drive became impossible.

Secondly, even after the smartphone correctly shuts down as a USB drive, the “Default recording disk” in the smartphone Settings changes - if the SD card was selected, then “Internal device memory” becomes that and vice versa. This happens almost always (but there have been exceptions). In addition, the ringtone of the notification of SMS receipt changes - it is reset to the “default” ringtone and its designation becomes a number (for example, 2639). In practice, resetting the SMS ringtone occurs less frequently than changing the default drive. Melodies assigned to contacts “fly” even less often. Of course, we are talking about melodies recorded on an SD card.

In general, the classic picture of the “crooked” operation of the function.

Thirdly, the function of operating a smartphone as a USB drive works “literally” - i.e. Only the SD card is visible in the computer's file manager. There is no access to the internal memory of the device.

However, in addition to connecting to a PC as a USB drive, it is possible to connect a smartphone to a PC as a “Media device (MTP)”.

Using a smartphone as a “Media Device (MTP)” does not cause the problems described above and has another significant advantage: the internal memory of the device becomes visible in Explorer. True, working with files is less convenient than using a file manager. Yes, and getting to the smartphone files in this case is more difficult: in Windows 7, in the “Start” menu, you need to select “Devices and Printers”, there on the phone shortcut labeled “V387”, right-click and in the menu that opens, select the top item “Browse files” ", the item "V387" will open, and by left-clicking on this item, you will enter Explorer, in which both the device memory and the SD card will be visible.

As for the problem with connecting a smartphone as a USB drive, correspondence with the support service provided little useful information. They recommended storing ringtones for calls, SMS and alarm clocks in the appropriate folders in the main memory, and to fix the problem with the USB connection, reset the settings to factory settings. When the situation reached the “edge”, I reset the settings to factory settings and decided to conduct an experiment: given the presence of 16 GB of internal memory, I decided to install third-party programs in the internal memory and after installing the next 2-3 third-party programs, I connected the smartphone to the computer - problems did not have.

Then I restored Contacts and SMS from a backup and connecting as a USB drive did not work. However, after rebooting, connecting as a USB drive worked fine. Since then, problems with such connection have become isolated.

Another “communication” feature is that the smartphone has an internal CD-ROM. When connected to a computer via USB, “Internal CD-ROM” can be selected in the settings, and a CD-ROM icon with some content will appear on the computer in the file manager. I don’t understand what it (the content) is needed, because there is no information on this topic, it looks like these are drivers, but for what devices or purposes I didn’t understand.

Camera

As I understand it, the Android camera interface in this smartphone is unchanged.

The interface itself is well organized, there is geotagging, exposure correction, the ability to select a color effect, select a shooting mode (auto, night, sunset, party, etc.), different white balance modes, flicker reduction, voice control, shooting mode with face detection (works even if there are a lot of faces in the frame, but the face should be more or less “in front”), self-timer for 2 sec. or for 10 sec., continuous shooting for 40 or 99 frames, the ability to select the photo size, select the ISO sensitivity, enable electronic stabilization when shooting video, mute the microphone, audio selection mode (normal and meeting), time lapse (from "off" to 10 sec.), selection of video quality (4 options - but it would be more correct to say selection of video resolution - similar to selection of photo size). It is also possible to apply filters to the photo (monochrome, sepia, negative, etc.). Of course, it is possible to use the flash in manual or automatic mode (or not use it at all).

I believe that some explanations need to be given regarding the operation of some functions.

Geotagging: This is the recording in a photo file of information about the location where the photo is taken. Information is recorded when GPS is turned on and satellites are available - you should not expect that you will take photographs in an apartment and the photo will contain information about the shooting location: satellites are “not visible” indoors, therefore, there will be no information.

Electronic image stabilization: This is in addition to the already included (and not described anywhere) image stabilization for both photos and videos. Checking the presence of such stabilization is very simple: you need to turn on the photo or video mode and slightly shake the smartphone body in the horizontal and vertical planes - if the vibrations of your hands are not very significant (but still will be), then you will see that the image on the screen does not move , i.e. the hands with the smartphone move, but the image does not move. In my experience, turning on electronic stabilization in Settings only makes sense if you are shooting without moving your smartphone. Otherwise, when viewing, you will see a jumping image - this is an inevitable consequence of the stabilization system, which perceives the initial moment of movement as hand tremors and, as it were, freezes the frame, and then, when its capabilities are exhausted, a jump-like change of the image occurs. Professional photo lenses with optical stabilization have a special mode for disabling horizontal stabilization for shooting with tracking.

Time lapse: in this mode, there is no continuous video recording, but shooting of individual frames at a specified time interval. But the result of such shooting is reproduced as a video - i.e. if, for example, you set the Time Lapse settings to 10 seconds, then in 40 seconds the smartphone will take only 5 frames (shooting will be done at intervals of 10 seconds) and when playing the video you won’t even have time to understand that it has already played and ended - after all, the video will only have 5 frames, and the playback speed will be the same as for a regular video - 30 frames per second. The purpose of this mode is clear for a classic camera standing on a tripod, but for a smartphone?

As for the shooting results. This is still not a SLR camera, but, although “smart,” it is a phone. Therefore, if you want to get acceptable photographs, you will have to work with your head (however, professional cameras differ from amateur ones precisely in that they have a minimum of automation and a maximum of manual settings, so from this point of view, this smartphone is almost a professional camera. Just kidding).

In sunny weather the pictures are wonderful. It's worse when it's cloudy, but acceptable. In conditions of severe lack of light, a head is already needed. Yes, there is a flash. Moreover, in my opinion, quite strong (considering that this is just an LED, and not a professional device with a guide number of 68 - photographers will understand) - a room with an area of ​​17 square meters. m is well lit and the shot turns out well.

But there is a nuance: if the shooting mode is “ISO - auto” in the settings, then the ISO will be set to no more than 610 units. (I once had 640). Although when manually selecting ISO, you can set up to 1600 units. Therefore, to obtain acceptable images in conditions other than normal daytime, you must either manually set the ISO sensitivity, or select the appropriate shooting mode (night, sunset, party, snow, etc.). However, even if you select the “night” shooting mode, the ISO will only be 1225 units, but this is already better than 610.

And one more thing: each shooting mode ("night", "sunset", etc.) implies not only a change in ISO, but also a change in exposure parameters and even color temperature.

The most common image problem, even on cameras, is automatic errors when determining the color temperature of the subject. When using the camera Philips V387 I did not observe any errors with determining the white balance - even on “auto” the white balance was set very well.

Digital zoom 4x: the higher the magnification, the less sharp the resulting image, which is not surprising, because the increase is carried out through software image processing.

Short summary: if you want normal photos, don’t be lazy in going to Settings - it won’t take long, but the result will be fundamentally better.

Things are not so rosy with the video. It’s pointless to shoot in the dark (ISO settings don’t work), and the only shooting modes left are “auto” and “night” - but this doesn’t help much.

When shooting video, the flash ceases to be a flash (which is quite logical) and becomes just a flashlight, which helps little.

If the smartphone considers that there is not enough light, then the frame rate decreases - instead of 30 frames per second, shooting occurs at 15 frames per second.

So you can get a normal video only in good lighting.

Zooming when shooting video is available, but this can only be done using the classic “pinch” method for capacitive screens - by moving or spreading 2 fingers on the screen. To do this, you need to hold the smartphone not with two hands, but with one, and move 2 fingers across the screen with the other - as a result, the smartphone will inevitably shake. It would be much better if the zoom scale was displayed on the screen and then you could control the zoom without taking your hand off the smartphone, and the image would be much better quality.

Recording format: 3gp, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec.

Alarm

Alarm clock, timer and stopwatch in one bottle. Nothing unusual, convenient. There is only one “but” - the alarm clock’s week starts on Sunday and this cannot be changed. Personally, I find it very uncomfortable. "Cureed" by installing a third-party program.

Performance

There are many different tests on this topic. I take a practical approach: I need screens to be flipped easily, applications to open quickly, and videos to be played “without lag.” The smartphone does all this without stress. The number of open applications does not affect performance. Heating during operation (including when playing full HD video) is very insignificant.

Therefore, for me personally the performance is more than sufficient.

Music

Until now, I have not been interested in music from a smartphone, but in the process of testing the functionality of this device, I listened to music through the smartphone’s speaker and, of course, through the included headphones. I must admit that I liked it. Unexpectedly, I liked it. The headphones fit very comfortably in the ears and give, in my opinion, very decent sound.

Radio

In order to give the selected wave a name, you must add this wave to your “Favorites”. And in total there can be only 6 stations in “Favorites”. Therefore, in order to give names to a larger number of stations, it is necessary to constantly remove already named stations from “Favorites” (stations are removed from “Favorites”, but are saved in “Settings” with assigned names) and only after completing the setup, place the desired stations in “Favorites” ". I believe that this is also an Android problem, not a smartphone problem.

operating system

"Naked", as I understand it, Android. And I really like it. Very. Firstly, I am free to configure everything myself (with the help of additional programs and widgets) the way I need it, and not someone in the office of the manufacturer, and secondly, the “add-on” does not take up memory space or load processor and does not drain battery power.

To be fair, it must be said that at the moment Android 4.4.2 is a well-thought-out and perfected system in which little needs to be changed or completed. Of course, I don’t mean unimportant things like tuning the radio, which can easily be “treated” by third-party programs.

Dictaphone

You can select different recording quality: "standard" and "high" - and recording mode: "normal", "meeting" or "lecture". You can record your conversation on the phone - to do this during a conversation, just press the right touch button. With its help, the recording stops. The recording quality is very good.

Recording format *.3gpp, "Windows Media Player" plays these files without problems.

Indicator

It works very informatively; when messages are received, it blinks green often enough to see at a glance whether there are messages; when charging it lights up cherry-purple, when fully charged it turns green, when the battery is low it lights up (or blinks? - I don’t remember) red. The main thing is that it is clearly visible, even if you look at the screen from a decent angle, and not just perpendicularly.

Results

I really liked the smartphone. Yes, there are some shortcomings. To eliminate them, I installed only 2 third-party programs: an alarm clock (in the “native” one the week starts on Sunday and this cannot be changed) and adjusting the screen brightness (the “native” brightness “by default” is too low and reacts too sharply to changes in illumination). All other programs, as they say, are “to taste,” depending on your needs.

The problem with connecting as a USB drive after resetting to factory settings hardly manifests itself.

Therefore, in general, it’s a complete pleasure from comfortable work.

Sergey