Turbo x6 z: Budget giant. TURBO X6 B Mobile Phone

In the current variety of smartphones it is difficult to find something original. Not so long ago, a smartphone from the Russian manufacturer Turbopad arrived in our editorial office. Turbopad is engaged in the production of smartphones and tablets since 2012 and during this time 13 smartphones and more than 20 tablets were released. Today we find out that the smartphone is Turbopad Turbo X6 Z Star.

Packaging and equipment

Smartphone Turbo X6 Z Star is packed in a small black matte box, on the lid of which the name of the smartphone is applied.

The device name is duplicated on all side faces. In addition, the side of the device features are also present on the side sides.

The technical characteristics of the smartphone are painted in detail.

TURBO X6 Z Star equipment is very interesting and rich. If earlier, in the kit we met the case, then Turbopad was slightly more taken care of the owners of the devices and put an additional battery.

The package includes:

Smartphone Turbo X6 Z Star
Case
2 batteries
Protective film;
USB cable;
Headphones;
Charger;
User's manual;
Warranty card.

Specifications

Chipset:	MTK6582.
CPU:	4-nuclear ARM Cortex A7, frequency 1300 MHz
Graphic accelerator:	2-core Mali 400
RAM:	1 GB
Built-in memory:	8 GB
Support for memory cards:	micro SD up to 32 GB
Display:	IPS OGS, 6 inches, 720x1280 resolution, aspect ratio 9:16
Multitach:	5 Touchpoints
Accelerometer:	there is
Operating system:	Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
Battery:	2300 mAh (+ spare 2300 mAh)
Working hours:	5-6 hours in video view mode
Charger:	AC100-240V 50 / 60Hz 150mA DC5V-800MA
Bluetooth:	4.0
Wi-Fi:	IEEE 802.11b / g / n
Net:	3G.
Number of SIM cards:	2 SIM cards (1 standard and 1 Micro SIM)
Navigation:	GPS.
Camera:	frontal 2 MPIX, rear 8 megapix
Flash:	there is
Video:	1080p, MPEG4 (3GPP, MP4), H264 (3GPP, MPEG-4), H263, VC1 (WMV, ASF)
Miracast:	there is
Audio:	AAC, AAC +, EAAC +, WAV, MP3, MIDI, AMR
E-books:	supported
Dimensions:	83.2x166x7.6 mm
Weight:	180 g (without battery 91 g)
Interfaces:	micro USB connector (1), 3.5 mm headphone jack (1), SIM card connector (1), Micro SIM card connector (1), Map for Micro SD card (1)
Color:	white
Equipment:	smartphone Turbo X6 Z Star, Case, Protective Film, USB Cable, Headphones, Charger, User Guide, Warranty Coupon, 2 Batteries
NFC:	there is
Images:	JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP

Appearance

The Turbo X6 Z Star smartphone has a classic rectangular shape in which an individual drawing line is present or other words of the raisin. The body of the device is completely made of plastic, and on the side of the sides there are metal inserts. Somehow quite a bit resembles 5 series iPhones. It is worth noting that the upper corners are rounded in the same style.

On the front part, under the large display, three standard smartphone control buttons are located, and above the display - front camera and speaker.

On the left side face there is a loudness adjustment swing.

On the right - the button on and activate the camera.

Despite the large dimensions of the device, the volume swings and the power button are located quite conveniently, but it is impossible to say about the activation key. Even if the device is to keep with a few fingers, it's quite difficult to talk about convenience.

On the upper side there is 3.5 mm input for the headset.

And if you look at the bottom edge, you can find an imperceptible microUSB nest.

The main chamber is located at the top of the reverse side. It is worth noting that the chamber has a small metal rounded frame that protects the lens from scratches. To the right of the camera is a flash.

Just below the logo, and at the bottom - speaker.

Screen

As previously mentioned earlier, TURBO X6 Z STAR is equipped with a 6-inch display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels and an IPS-matrix and the ratio of the side 16: 9. According to today's standards, this is a good result, but also far from the best. Given the cost of the device, up to 10 thousand rubles, it is not very bad.

There are no problems with the brightness and color reproduction of the smartphone, it is even noticeable with bright daylight. Even with high corners of the review, not only clearly visible picture, but also the text read.

Operating system

Turbo X6 Z Star is running the Android 4.2.2 operating system with a castened shell. In our opinion, these changes in the shell look pretty more pleasant than the standard dark "skin". Light tones clearly look easier. But there are also their negative points.

The functionality is almost no different from the original operating system, partially changed the order of the menu and some location of the blocks.

All customized shells have a big drawback - manufacturers do not often take care of the release of updates for OS. Considering that the brands of the premium segment sooner or later release the updated firmware, tentatively after half a year. And the rest of the market, unfortunately, postpones this important point for the last plan.

Another little lack of Android 4.2 is that the original applications are also installed under this version. For example, PLAY MARKET, it will be necessary to update it to a newer version to work with other applications.

In addition to the standard software list, the manufacturer has taken care of additional applications. The list includes: Navitel, Moboplayer, Documents to Go, A.1.TypeKeyboard and others.

Performance and autonomous work

The device from Turbopad has a four-core Arm Cortex-A7 processor with a frequency of 1300 MHz, working on the MEDIATEK MT6582 chip. All standard features are built into this platform: work in GSM, WCDMA networks, Bluetooth 4.0 + HS and Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n adapters, GPS receiver.

MediaTek MT6582 supports displays with a resolution of 1280 x 720 points, a camera with a matrix resolution to 13 MP, as well as RAM RAM LPDR2 / LPDR3 with a frequency of up to 533 MHz and inand and EMMC memory chips (MOVINAND).

Also, our device has 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB on the hard disk, of which 5.6 GB is available to us for free use. The rest of the OS and pre-installed applications.

Synthetic tests:

Antutu Benchmark.

Antutu 3D Rating

Nenamark.

Vellamo.

As mentioned earlier, two lithium batteries with a capacity of 2300 mAh are included with the device. With the active use of one battery, there is enough of 5 hours to days. The minimum value is the operation of a smartphone with active Wi-Fi and with constant use of applications. With moderate use of the smartphone, one battery will be enough to two days. Do not forget that the kit lies and an additional battery, thanks to which the smartphone life can be enlarged twice.

With the results of battery tests, you can get acquainted below.

Camera

The smartphone has a camera with an 8 megapixel matrix. It cannot be said that the photos are excellent, but it is impossible to attribute them to badly. For example, the quality of the photo is above average, as in many smartphones like a similar type. The functional for shooting is standard, there are no super interesting features, but the standard is more than enough.

In daylight, without zoom

With the maximum zoom

Output

As a result, we can say that we got a high-quality smartphone. He has neither a unique chamber, nor a unique firmware, nor a supreme battery. This is a high-quality smartphone with standard functionality. On the smartphone market, you can rarely meet the device from domestic manufacturers, and in this case you can safely say - they did not hit the face in the dirt. Stylish design and good performance. For a relatively young participant in the smartphone market - this model is a good indicator.

Undoubtedly, it is worth noting as a unique plus - the presence of a second battery bundled. If you drive somewhere on the far path, or forgotten the charger, then the second battery can save you.

Benefits:

Good screen
Good build quality
The presence of a second battery bundled
The presence of a cover and film for the screen

Disadvantages:

No firmware update

Testing

The Turbo X6 Z is really noteworthy, so it looks. The exterior of the gadget is strict. In the case, straight lines are dominated, the radius of the angles of the corners is small. Nevertheless, the ribs do not stick into the palm if "wrong" take the device. Smartphone looks strictly discreet. Ready to argue, he does not know a single funny joke.

By the way, "Turbo" can qualify for the title of one of the most subtle smartphones in his class. The thickness of the housing X6 Z is 7.6 millimeters. A distinctive feature of this "Furniture" is a very small weight. Together with the battery, the device weighs 180 grams - you see, quite a bit for the six-fingered apparatus.

TURBO X6 Z - Keys on the front panel

The location of the control elements at the gadget is standard, time-tested. The switching key of the device is on the right end, under the thumb, and the volume control keys are on the left, slightly higher, right under the middle finger. Manage the device is conveniently smoothly as much as it can be convenient to use a sixdhass smartphone. The front panel contains three standard keys: "Menu", "Home", "Back".

Turbo X6 Z - Rear Panel

The "back" of the device is removable, it is made of plastic. The panel itself is made on the Korean manner: very thin and easily bends. The rear is located the lens of the main, thirtextantimegapixel chamber with two LED flares. At the bottom of the panel there is a small slot of the external speaker.

Turbo x6 z with rear panel

Under the rear panel hides the battery at a 2300 mA * h, as well as connectors for "SIMIC" and MicroSD cards. The device supports working with two SIM cards, and one of them can be full-sized, and the second is a Micro-SIM format. This decision will noticeably simplify the life of those who often travel and buys local SIM cards. Did not find in microsimki communication salon? Not a question, you can take and ordinary.

Turbo x6 z - rear panel and sides

In general, the ergonomics of Turbo X6 Z we have no complaints. A collected device is good. For a week of testing, we did not find any hoptes, when squeezing the side of the sides, there are no characteristic color "divorces".

Turbo X6 Z in "native" case

Obvious, the main advantage of the device is a six-inch screen with a resolution of 1080x1920 points. In the case of "Fablets" Full HD - not luxury, but necessity. It is very good that even manufacturers of inexpensive devices understand. Pixel density at the X6 Z screen is high - 367 dpi. Thanks to this, individual pixels are visible, only if you bring the device close to the nose and only to those who want to see them. In fact, the picture looks very smooth, and in its nature it resembles high-quality printing, as, in fact, and conceived. Even small fonts look very sharply, and movies and pictures - in detail and worked out. Pocket "Ful Eich di", so to speak, in all its glory.

The display is based on an IPS type matrix (in-Plane Switching), thanks to which he has excellent viewing angles - information on the screen is visible without distortion, which side does not look at it. The gadget quickly and accurately responds to touch, it recognizes gestures without any problems and supports up to five simultaneous touches.

Turbo X6 Z - Antutu MultiTouch Test test results

Unlike many "classmates", the X6 Z screen is covered with oleophobic and polarization filters, and he does not have an air layer. All this is most positively affected when working with the device under the right sunlight. Of course, the screen is challenged, but the information on it remains accessible to perception. The maximum luminosity of the white field is high - 377 cd / m 2. It is most likely that on the TURBO X6 Z display it will turn out to watch a movie or read the book, even under the beach. In the dark, the device does not rape eyes - the boundaries of brightness adjustment are quite wide.

The luminosity of the black field, unfortunately, is also quite high (in this case, the less - the better) - 0.53 cd / m 2. With the maximum brightness of the display, black color is not enough depth. The contrast is nevertheless about 700: 1 is quite a good value. There are, of course, more contrasting matrices, but not in this price category. The color coverage of the display almost completely coincides with the SRGB space - amazing! The TURBO X6 Z display is one of the best that we have ever seen in devices price up to $ 500. To be honest, it is even difficult to believe: six inches, Full HD, good contrast and "correct" color rendering in an inexpensive smartphone.

Turbo X6 Z - Color scope of a smartphone screen (black triangle) in comparison with SRGB space (white triangle)

The gadget is built on a well-known MEDIATEK MT6589T platform, and run forward, we can conclude that X6 Z did not receive in the name Literature "M" precisely because of it. The fact is that there are four not too distillery kernels ARM Cortex-A7 as part of this system-on-chip, operating at 1.5 GHz. Given that it is necessary to serve them a major display with high resolution, it is impossible to call the gadget quickly by definition. By the way, this is a fairly widespread mistake of many manufacturers - "Eich di" set, and forgot due.

However, in the case of Turbo X6 Z, still not so bad, as it might be. The main tasks of the gadget performs quite smoothly, but the feeling is constantly created that the processor works at the limit of its capabilities (it is likely that it is that it is), and there are small brackets periodically. Well, at least that the device "tight" never depended. With multimediazda and Internet surfing, the device copes without significant difficulty. RAM in the device two gigabytes (and it helps heavily - it's good that you did not save on the memory), built-in "flash drives" - 16 gigabytes. The volume of the drive can be extended using MicroSD memory cards.

TURBO X6 Z gamers, unfortunately, contraindicated. Even simple three-dimensional toys on the device significantly slow down - SOC clearly does not have time to process information and display an image on the screen. In 2D and 2,5D arcades, you can play on the device, but no more. Perhaps this is the main defects x6 z. The graphic controller in the gadget is far from the most advanced - single-core PowerVR SGX 544.

Turbo X6 Z - OKLA Speed \u200b\u200bTest test results

Wireless modules in the device full ammunition. In addition to standard Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, there is NFC in the smartphone. It is not enough unless IR port, without which, however, can and do. All modules operate without any shortcomings. A device without difficulty connects to public access points and continues to receive data at good speed even when deleting from the source. In the home Wi-Fi network, the gadget accelerated to 5-6 Mbps - a comfortable speed for working on the network and watching streaming video. The device of the navigator device performs using the GPS module with the support of the hot-"A-GPS start technology. Outdoors without access to the Internet, the device has been found in less than a minute eight satellites and focused on six of them, while the navigation error was around 4-5 meters.

TURBO X6 Z - SIM Card Settings

Many MEDIATEK platform gadgets can work with two SIM cards, and "X-six" has not exceeded. As we wrote above, the device has a slot for one "normal" (Nano) SIM card and one for Micro-SIM. Working with cards is carried out in the usual way: after installing SIMs in the socket, the smartphone will offer to choose which card to call, send messages and go to the network. Everything is as usual. This solution is tested by time - it is very convenient, it is almost impossible to get confused in the cards. We have no complaints about the quality of the signal receipt.

TURBO X6 Z - regular batteries

As we have already noted above, X6 Z is not equipped with one, but at once two batteries. It is likely that this is a non-verbal apology of the manufacturer for the fact that the regular battery has a very low capacity - only 8.5 W * h (2300 mA * h, 3.7 V). Of course, for a six-inch smartphone with a bright Full HD display and a quad-core processor of this is not enough. Put in "X-six" a latter battery did not allow the small thickness of the case.

Turbo X6 Z - Antutu Battery Test Test Results

The profile test Antutu gadget "unscrewed" in two hours with a little, that is, pretty quickly (during this time the device was discharged from 97% to 16% at maximum screen brightness and Wi-Fi enabled). The final result is 389 points. With active operation, the device does not survive until the end of the working day. You have to either carry a charger with you - the gadget from the usual Micro-USB (in the package of 800 mA), or the second battery. As far as convenient, everyone will decide for himself.

TURBO X6 Z - Main Camera

The smartphone cameras should be part more in detail: there are many pleasant surprises here. For example, the front camera in the device is already 8 megapixel and even with autofocus. Rarity? Even some! Nevertheless, self portraits are pretty "noisy", but you can even call with a video with a bad lighting. The picture, of course, the grainy, but the features of the face are visible very well - for the "selfie" it is quite suitable, and you do not have to go to the mirror.

The camera application interface is standard for the device on the MediaTek platform. In the left side of the viewfinder there is a slide bar, in which the functions typical for the "digits" seems to be adjusted for exposure, color effects, autobunities of smiles and shooting panoramas. More detailed settings are hidden in the appropriate menu, but there is no need to climb them - the automation perfectly copes with everything yourself.

TURBO X6 Z - Viewfinder

With good lighting using the main chamber TURBO X6 Z, you can create quite suitable for social networks. However, if you look at, you can see that in the corners of the picture sharpness fell significantly, and the color reproduction of the turbo pictures loses, for example, the color reproduction of photos taken on Sony Xperia Z1. The grain level is acceptable.

With the shooting of the text, the smartphone coped well - words around the page are visible clearly and disassemble them quite simple. However, comparing the resulting image with a photo from "Sonia", you can see that the black color of Xperia Z1 looks more saturated, and the picture as a whole is sharper.

Crop fragments of the photos above

With a bad lighting of Turbo x6 Z, sometimes it cannot be focused on the first attempt, but immediately rushes to correct. Automation Sometimes incorrectly processes the picture - in our case the picture has a clear red shade. The photo made on Z1, the color rendition is more realistic, and sharpness is better. However, again, for complete darkness and so good. The main camera is good, but no more. Smartphone can shoot video in Full HD 1080p format.

The gadget works on the Android 4.2.2 operating system Jelly Bean, which comes in a full-fledged version, without any abbreviations. Changes are also a bit - new wallpaper Yes Advanced set of built-in software, among which there are useful applications like an office package or flashlight.

Nevertheless, he has small shortcomings that are somewhat darling pleasure from using Turbo X6 Z. Here are the main of them:

Low performance SOC;
Small capacity of the regular battery.

Taking into account the price, you can close your eyes on these disadvantages. However, we want to believe that the leadership of Turbo will think and will release the version of X6 M on some "Kluckommom" and with a battery of 3500 mA * h. Let it be somewhat more expensive, but it will be perfectly honest at the ratio of price and quality. However, as well as TURBO X6 Z tested.

Screen Type: IPS (in Plane Switching) is a high-quality liquid crystal matrix that was created to eliminate the main deficiencies of matrices on TN technology. The IPS matrix in all the spectrum most adequately transmits colors at different angles of view, with the exception of some positions also colors. The TN-matrix has the best response than IPS, but NE always. Thus, when moving from gray in gray, the IPS-matrix behaves better to the IPS matrix. Another majority is still resistant to pressing. Touching the TN- or VA matrix will bring to the "excitation" or a certain reaction on the screen. There is no such effect on IPS-Matrice. In addition, ophthalmologists confirm that the IPS matrix is \u200b\u200bmost comfortable for the eyes. Such * E * M * Actually, the IPS matrix brings a bright and sequential picture regardless of the corners of view, the best for work in the intersese, watching movies. But the most important thing is to process images and view photos. LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) - Liquid Crystal Displays. The most first displays used in the mobile devices, and not only in the phones. The main feature is that they have very low power consumption, due to the impossibility of displaying the color image. They do not emit light and therefore telephones upgrade lighting lamps. On some phones there were several different colors of the backlight based on the presence of different LEDs around the perimeter of the display. This extraordinary solution was used, admit, in the phone Ericsson A3618. On such a type of displays, pixels are clearly visible, and such displays can not boast such displays. In order to extend the life with such displays, they made them inversion, i.e. The text and symbols were displayed not filled with pixels, but, on the contrary, inactive against the background of filled. Thus, a bright text was obtained on a dark background. Currently, this type of displays is used in the cheapest budget models (Nokia 1112) and as an external in some "clamshells" (Samsung D830).

TFT (Thin Film Transistor) - Liquid-crystalline displays based on thin-film transistors with an active matrix. For each pixel, there are three transistors corresponding to three colors (RGB red, green, blue). At the moment, these are the most common displays with a number of advantages over other displays. They differ in minimal response time and rapid development - a constantly growing resolution and number of colors. The most common displays data in the middle class phones and above are the most common. Work permits for them: 128x160, 132x176, 176x208, 176x220, 240x320 and other, less common. Examples: Nokia N73 (240x320, 262 thousand colors), Sony Ericsson K750i (176x220, 262 thousand colors), Samsung D900 (240x320, 262 thousand colors). TFT is very rarely used as external display for clamshells.

CSTN (Color Super Twisted Nematic) - Colored liquid crystalline displays with a passive matrix. Each pixel of such a display consists of three combined pixels, which correspond to three colors (RGB). Some time ago, almost all phones with color displays were based, precisely, on such a type. And now the lot of such displays is budget models. The main minus of such displays is their slowness. The undoubted advantage of such displays is their cost, it is significantly lower than TFT. Based on simple logic, it can be assumed that in the future TFT will displacing such a type of displays from the mobile machine market. The evolution of chromaticity of such displays is quite extensive: from 16 to 65536 colors. Examples: Motorola V177 (128x160, 65 thousand colors), Sony Ericsson J100i (96x64, 65 thousand colors), Nokia 2310 (96x68, 65 thousand colors).

UFB (Ultra Fine and Bright) - liquid crystalline displays with increased brightness and contrast on the passive matrix. It can be said that this is an intermediate option between CSTN and TFT. This type of displays boasts lower power consumption compared to TFT. For the most part, such displays used Samsung in middle-class phones. This type of displays has not received widespread. Examples: samsung C100/110 (128x128, 65 thousand colors).

TN is one of the TFT screens matrix types. If rude, TN is the simplest and cheap TFT matrices. The viewing angles are the most narrow.

I use the smartphone month, before such devices did not come across for sale, before that I used the Samsung tablet with the screen 7 "In addition to the usual phone, it was possible to combine them in this apparatus. Now I use it only and I do not plan to refuse it completely.

Turbo X6 B caught my eyes in January 2014 in the DNS store, there were almost no reviews, the price was 9990 rubles., I got the price, I bought because of a large screen with a good resolution, a powerful battery (3300 mAh and Charger in 1 , 5 A), good performance (at the level of Galaxy S3), configuration (spare battery, silicone bumper and Cover-cap type Samsung Flip Cover with a window).

In comparison with the tablet, it is like that you can safely hold in one hand, not afraid of torturing. Easy to use them in public transport as a "rental", not tightening for his safety, because I'm not afraid to drop. Like battery life (7-8 hours of video), there is simply no equal, but there is still a spare battery! Any games are excellent, including asphalt 8 on the maximum settings, the video file in 4 GB freely starts from any place, the applications are easily installed on the memory card, while they work well. The second SIM card saves the Internet and communication costs and get rid of a separate phone, by the way, as the phone works perfectly, the interlocutor is heard well, me too, acceptable.

From his weaknesses, I will note the camera, it does not justify expectations, the camera of a 3.2 megapixel tablet gives almost the best pictures for the quality, and there is also a smaller volume, the outbreak is also weak. The GPS receiver works worse than that of the tablet, the satellites were caught in seconds, here you have to wait (or I already come for?). The film pasted on the screen from the factory, low quality, instantly scratched and passed with bubbles, it's good that all this is not visible when the screen is enabled. I also don't like that the shutdown and volume buttons are opposite each other from different sides of the device, you want to press one, and you press both. The headset connector is too deep, the housing interferes to stick the plug, so any headphones will not fit, check them when buying. And buying will have to buy, since native will not arrange everyone. In the dark, the screen is too bright, but it is treated with the installation of a free program "Screen filter", there are many on the market, to choose from.

It would be nice somehow to envisage the possibility of charging the battery separately from the phone, through the adapter, to raise less often to remove the rear lid. It would be nice to make an OTG cable, the price of 100 rubles, had to be ordered separately from the Chinese, it would increase the functionality of the device.

I often use a smartphone for calls, reading books, games, Internet, music, photographing, navigation, less often for removing and viewing videos and communication through special applications such as skype, as well as set, scanning and translation of texts, and also used as a level or plumb ! As a voice recorder and the DVR, not yet used.

Another longest time passed to talk about the reliability of the smartphone, but the warranty in 2 years soothes and use it easily. So far, no trouble happened. The level of glitches does not exceed the one to which I used to use far from the worst, judging by the reviews, the tablet, so far everything was treated with a reboot, I am not very often resorted to it, not every day. Sometimes they hung up programs (the response to the touch of the sensor disappeared). Now the inadequate response of the sensors of the approximation or light sensors is manifested (we carry out the work desks on the screen), it did not try to treat it, prevents slightly, see what will happen next.

In any case, this device is much more convenient than the tablet due to compactness, and I used to carry a tablet with me and without him it is already inconvenient, as without hands.

In general, my expectations from this "Plafon" were justified completely, and when there were reviews of other owners, it was also good, it became clear that the developers managed to create a device quite balanced in their consumer properties, well jointly combined the dignity of the tablet and phone, so I I recommend it to everyone who is only thinking about the acquisition of such a giant smartphone.