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Cardboard
Google Cardboard company has announced in the Google I / O conference in June 2014, and consists of two parts: a virtual reality (VR) headset, called technically scenes, and ecosystem programs that support it.
Not like Android Wear, it's one name applies to both hardware and software, and you will find often cardboard used to talk about the scenes made of cardboard, as well as applications that run in the world carton.
Google Cardboard is a virtual reality in its simplest form, designed to be a solution free of fuss and low cost to convert an existing device into one that can display content VR. In this sense, cardboard is empowerment in the end. But in another sense, is there anything of substance to play VR Google?
Google cardboard Review: Hardware
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With most systems VR there are some pieces of equipment you need. In this case - in this case
From these experiments a simple VR-based smartphones, it's the viewer. As the name suggests, Google Cardboard is just a piece of cardboard and two lenses in its purest form.
The viewers of cardboard and easy to get hold of, with many given with brands, especially in shops or at events companies. Really attractive thing for the viewer carton is that you do not pay out for something that's been made with a lot of spare parts, as it may be with some alternatives plastic.
The viewer is in the official Cardboard Figure II Gen. her, and sought to accommodate the larger size devices in the Google I / O conference in 2015, with the introduction of phones now up to 6 inches. You can buy a carton of so many places and in many cases for less than £ 10. Some viewers are delivered to support applications, and we are sure you will be seeing these things on a large scale in the future - Google says that 5 million people have so far been shipped.
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One thing to watch out for, however, is whether it's using the first or second general design. Apart from the size of the phone
This is absorbed, the big difference is the button. This is a clever application that allows interaction with the device that you put into it: the pressure on at the top of the button moves inside the crane capacitive touch-screen. It's the way that you choose or press on the screen, without stick your finger in the middle of it.
First Gen cardboard used magnets to confuse the compass sensor on your phone
Phone as a form of interaction, but there is also Google Cardboard scenes around that you do not have any form of interaction, and this is less than ideal. Look for works with Google Cardboard logo, or the button on top, to get the best experience.
The latest version of the viewer carton comes with a code to scan the bottom. In the case of our strength awakens Star Wars model, which tells the program what the viewer that you use so that they can achieve the best configuration.
Assembling cardboard viewer is about three steps, basically just sticking the bottom of some of the paintings. I was ready for then your smartphone slot into space in the front.
On a very basic level, there is no padding or head strap, so the viewer carton is largely dedicated: You'll have to hold the viewer on your face to display the content of the experience of playing on your phone
inside.
There is a downside to this arrangement: If there is light in the room, and this can seep in through the gaps around the face and the viewer and reflect off the lenses, and the erosion of the pictures you see. For best results, you'll want to use in darker conditions.
Works with Google Cardboard devices
As we said, carton is more than just physical cartoon scenes. There are plenty of choices for viewers that fall under the works with Google Cardboard system. Effectively, and the experience of the program is the same, but the hardware that may be used with different.
More importantly works with Google Cardboard program means that there is some consolidation which will offer you the best Google VR experience, because these are the criteria that are Cardboard program's design. A wide range of manufacturers with the Works with cardboard products, including some big names, such as with a Zeiss Zeiss VR One Mattel Show with MS.
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Some works with Google Cardboard products have their original program viewing, like watching the Masters, but the brands means that they operate within the carton ecosystem as well: the best of both worlds, if you will.
If you are looking to buy works with Google cardboard product, the important thing is that you have a smart phone compatible: If Zeiss, you need the correct stairs to the viewer that fits your phone. Clearly limit is that you are buying something that is not necessarily a buffer for the future: If you have the next
Does not fit your phone, you may not be able to use it. On the contrary, if you have an old
Phone which is compatible, you can turn it to the phone VR when you stop using it day after day.
However, many of these viewers more substantial VR to provide the amenities that the viewer basic cardboard does not, such as fillers face and perhaps head strap, leaving your hands free and provide better light seal, as mentioned above, but it does come at a cost.
Google cardboard Review: What is the best smartphone for VR?
Cardboard experience is defined by two elements. We talked about the scenes, but really smart is what cardboard needs to work. First, Google has been carton is designed to work with both Android and iOS, with applications on both platforms.
With viewers to accept the range of sizes of the device, there are a lot of options, but in fact you are looking at the display as a key element because it governs the viewing experience. First, you will need to make sure it is clean: Any stains degrade and distort the image you're viewing, and will any dust and debris are clearly visible.
I've been using Star Wars Google
Cardboard scenes mainly with Nexus
6. This device 2015 fits well in a carton and sports a 6-inch display with 1440 X 2560 pixels, 490ppi it's pretty much the largest organ you will get in there.
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Google cardboard used as lenses to enlarge the smartphone screen, high pixel density for the best. If you have a display with low resolution scattered over a wide area, and lenses make it easy to see the pixels and the picture would be nice also.
One of the highest pixel densities'll find on the Sony Ericsson Z5 is excellent, with a 5.5-inch 0.3840 x 2160 pixels, 806ppi. It is the highest organ accuracy there at the moment, with the highest pixel density. When under the magnifying glass to cardboard scenes, it provides better than anything else we've tested visual experience.
Despite the absence of a lot of using higher resolution content, pixel density difference, so something like the Samsung Galaxy S6 looks better than the iPhone 6. The only exception is the decision of YouTube 360, which gives access to content higher resolution content.
The Z5 Premium you can ratchet up to the highest accuracy, such as 2160 and you'll see the difference really full HD, as you can with the content on the 1440 Quad HD devices.
Otherwise, Google says that you'll be running Android 4.1 or cardboard to use the application, but also remember that many of the formations to take advantage of the rich graphics, which favors a more powerful devices that deal with those things better. Chances are, though, that as long as your smartphone and you will fall in
Google Cardboard scenes, you'll be able to use it.
Elsewhere you'll need headphones or speakers cranked on your phone. Because of the effects of virtual stereo surround used in a lot of VR content, if you are only using the phone's speakers, then the model with the front speakers facing twin would be better. Again, the bottom spokesman iPhone fits less. However, headphones
Providing the voice of a much more immersive and will be our preference.
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Google cardboard Review: Navigation
One of the obstacles facing the cardboard is casual in nature. Being his hand, it's a case of identifying what you want to view, and put the application to go and then put the phone in the viewer a lot. There is currently a minimum of external mobility options, such as control devices, which play a major role in the largest VR systems.
Button mentioned above and this is one of the available hardware you have. This is used as much as a click and, allowing you to pause a video or move through the landscape or some other interaction.
Mobility of the application differs to the application, but many take advantage of the work of hovering. This force on the list of open-click hovering point on the action that you want, or let you click to something - such as the size - and then click again to change the volume to the level you want.
Freedom of opinion is often about VR and motion sensors in your life
Phone allows you to look up, down and everywhere, enjoying a virtual environment.
Often, out of the application, you will have to tilt the phone back in the picture and inevitably take it out of the scenes. If you are using the viewer of cardboard, and this is very simple, but if it's a tray in a larger device, which may be little more than a faff. Sure, it feels as if the Cardboard application needs to expand the repertoire to provide a mechanism to improve navigation on the viewer, to change the content. Other applications must also embrace this - YouTube, in particular.
Google Cardboard Review: Games and Content
VR Google experience working initially through Google Cardboard application. This includes the setup program - a process that the lower limit - as well as a small number of preliminary experiments so you can see what is cardboard everything. Again, like Android Wear, it also lines popping up
VR applications that you can install a central place to quickly get many virtual reality have applications. It seems that some applications never be located in the section in the cartoon "My library", a situation which needs to be addressed.
There are a wide range of cartons of available applications, and here we focus mostly on the Android experience. We also tested the iPhone 6 with cardboard, but for the most part, we have been enjoying Android experience.
Here are some of the applications and the necessary expertise to Google carton.
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YouView channel 360 Video
YouTube video so much at the forefront of emerging technologies in the VR world there is a lot to take advantage of them. First, you can 3D display, because virtual reality is basically an evolution of stereoscopic 3D side by side, although it will not always be coordinated quite right for carton if it were loaded side by side. Where there is an option on the 3D video, and search for the cartoon logo and press the button to get the best viewing experience.
But YouTube really pays 360 video channel for this latter type of content VR. It was supported in some browsers, such as Chrome, which means that you can pan around the home video game to look anywhere else. But slot machine in a carton and once in the video can look everywhere. It's easy to miss work if you're looking the wrong way, but it's great to have the freedom to explore.
There are some incredible videos under # 360Video, but also in other places listed in general as 360 video. We love some of the videos fighter aircraft that are packed full of details with amazing views, but also some of the videos roller is immersive enough to give you that feeling inertial. Not for those who have a weak stomach.
Whatever you do, YouTube is a key element in the Google Cardboard experience. Just look for the Google Cardboard on the face icon to VR mode and then watch in any direction you want!
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Show the street from Google
Street Hella cool show, we love it. But out of that experience and put in VR makes perfect sense. In virtual reality there is this perspective that the 3D display 2D browser does not offer.
You will need a Google Street View application (rather than just use Google Maps pin Man) and then you can search for places or other street show featured sites. Some sites are amazing, as is the case in the mountains or other wide open spaces, with beautiful horizons.
But let's face it. We will look first at your front door, such as Street View in 2D, you can move along the way, in this case by pressing the button the viewer to move yourself along. There is a huge novelty factor here, but it works well.
Short trip VR
Short trip VR has a number of applications on Android, offering what it calls virtual reality film experience. This is a well put together content offers a wide range of expertise and display and displays some of the best navigation VR around.
The main application is a short trip VR is really like a lobby, giving you access to a wide range of content types into categories, although they are all movies. The best is the travel section, which offers some amazing video quality.
But the best thing about the show VR short trip is a slick navigation. If nothing else, it is a good view of how they should be held content of this kind together in a virtual reality environment. You can also access videos on YouTube, but that kind of misses the point: it's the application linking them together, this is a smart thing here.
Definitely worth checking out.
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star Wars
As you may have guessed from our choice of scenes, we are lovers of Star Wars. To enrich the application, Disney VR content and added in the form of Jakku spy. This adds a series of "messages" you can watch some content to give the original Star Wars immersive.
They are short clippings only, but put this in front of a fan of Star Wars and they are a few nuggets of joy. You can also skip from message to message from inside the viewer, so it's easy (once loaded) to display all the different pieces of the system.
Of stars BB-8, of course.
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Cardboard camera
Another 360 experience Google is the cartoon camera. This application allows you to capture an image 360, which is basically a panoramic image to go all the way around. It's interesting, though, that differ from the panoramic images, which I'll talk about below.
This carton images are linear, so there is no looking up or down here, just round and round until the bumps one end to the other.
Your application offers 360 images, as well as allowing you to capture them, which is made with a slow campaign with the phone in the picture. Cardboard camera is worth checking out, but it's not the best VR's experience on cardboard.
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PSViewer 2.0
And it provides much better imaging of panoramic images for Google experience. This has introduced a few years ago, with the capture enabled in the Google camera from KitKat onwards and still reside in the stock Android camera on a marshmallow.
And panoramic images of a group of pictures stitched to create the image of 360, and if you were looking at the inside of photography ball. Google allows you to upload them to Google Maps, so others can see it. Usually, this is by scrolling around your browser, but with the added VR potential there.
PSViewer application is a little neat to view panoramic images. It's a little clunky (and Google will add this capability in the cardboard camera in the future as we understand it), but you can add in PSViewer panoramic images and then dive in and displayed using the viewer cartoon for in the impact of VR glorious.
NYTVR
If you're looking for more content architecture, then there NYTVR of The New York Times. This application gives you access to a wide range of 360 videos that you have to download to be able to watch.
There are a wide range of content available, offering a beautiful approach to consume something a little more educational, not like the view of the short trip. However, NYTVR really does not make any attempt to provide VR movement within the application - it's consumption once you get there - and again you can find the video content on YouTube directly if you prefer.
However, there are some important milestones in the presence and worth considering.
The discovery of VR
The discovery has a range of content available VR spite of its application, which provides 360 videos on a wide range of topics. There is a wide range of content, from short films
That looks like a video sponsored by the tapes, even those that are more educational, to some that are a little more spoofy.
Inside the application you have the option to view in a carton with the benefit of a single button, such as NYTVR, and there is no navigation Once you're watching, basically you have to make copies of the video and return to the menu. But again, these videos directly through YouTube, so you can take your pick from for access.
The discovery is interesting because it VR large organization create a virtual reality which works with cartoon content, but at the same time, it could be the best virtual reality and quality of the experience can be even higher when viewed through the application.
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Caaaaardboard!
Ooooof, one here and that will give your stomach a bumpy road. Caaaaardboard! It is a game designed for cardboard, which means you have an advantage from the start of the application and put the phone
Directly to the viewer, instead of having to navigate the application outside of the viewer.
It's basically a simple game base jumping, where you can orient yourself as you are, and collect points and try not to hit anything solid on the road. But, yes, you fall and your stomach may not thank you for it, as we found it very difficult to continue for any length of time.
But this is a good view of the immersive
VR in a simple and fun game. Definitely worth a try.
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End virtual reality space for cardboard
Another game is the end of the carton space. This is basically a space shooter, where you're chasing the goals and blasting them.
Navigation is simple you just have to look and use the button to fire. As you destroy enemies you can collect power-ups and everything keeps rolling on.
We suspect that many of the VR games will follow this approach. As you ship your head gives you the freedom to move and without a complicated set of controls, it's simple enough.
Graphically it looks good as well as sounding good, so if you play with the cartoon, it's a good title for a check.
Google cardboard Review: current challenges
Google Cardboard is empowerment. The concept of scenes from cheap cardboard paper puts VR accessible to pretty much anyone with a smartphone. There are better phones to give you the best experience, but the global large-scale cardboard has a lot of appeal.
However, the scenes cartons will not last forever. When transmitted from one person to another, packaged up and carried around, it will attract wear fairly quickly. In these cases, if you turn into a cardboard power user, you may want to invest in a more substantial systems.
Lack of a head strap padding is also specific to the carton format. There are rumors that Google is trying to develop something more substantial, and we can see that there is a need to do so. If cardboard ecosystem is to grow, we will probably need to go beyond the scenes of cardboard for normal use.
Navigation is also something of an issue. Although there is some consolidation, there is a wide range of expertise. Something like a short trip VR is a long way to go before some other applications available.
YouTube is obviously a big part of the experience cartons. Google being the property, which makes perfect sense, and in many ways can be found on some of the most interesting content of the highest quality here. But in fact it is necessary to massage the thing to be the best virtual environment to navigate.
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Google Cardboard is largely a cornerstone of VR laptop. It's cheap and easily accessible and which are of vital importance. Although some of this is the evolution of 3D content, with viewers cartons being cheap, YouTube Support 360-degree video formats and a lot of free apps on Google Play, it is an important environment for VR content to flourish.
VR also capture devices are also becoming more common, it is likely that these cartons are to be the first point of consumption.
Cardboard does not compare to larger systems, but in some cases, we can see how there can be a transition. There is also a mobile phone games that jump on the IP of the console or computer games, we can see many developing franchises both complex complete virtual reality games for HTC
Vive or skylight Rift, and titles for casual carton.
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XIAOMI Mipad 2 Review
Participated in the December 31, 2015
By HumbleHumboldt
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Hey guys, what's up, this is a full review for XIAOMI Mipad 2. It is directly aimed at the iPad Mini 4, and costs only half the price. With a new processor Cherry Trail, and retina display, and excellent quality of construction, and you get a ton of stuff for $ 200. However, there is not a perfect device, so continue watching the good and evil of XIAOMI Mipad 2. You can get it from Gearbest. Continue reading after the break!
Key Specifications
7.9 "2048 × 1536 IPS display
1.33GHz Intel Atom Cherry Trail Z5-X8500 quad-core
2GB of RAM + ROM 16GB
Camera 8MP + 5MP
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Bluetooth, MicroHDMI, wire microUSB 3.0
OTG 6190mAh battery
333g, 204mm x 132.6mm x 0.69mm
Build quality
In my opinion, a "CD 8 is the ideal size of the disk. The easy to hold in one hand and large enough for media consumption. It's really a disk light metal, just a hair more than 300 grams.
4: 3 aspect ratio here makes a wider disc from 16:10 other tablets such as Samsung Galaxy Tab S2, so it's a little more challenging to hold in one hand, but not difficult. It's also really thin at 7mm, although not as thin as the iPad Mini 4 6MM.
The front of the simple plate. Find the front-facing camera, and the notification and MI logo up top light.
All of the buttons on the right side, and microUSB port type C is at the bottom and a headphone jack on the top. Unlike Mipad 1, there is no microSD card slot, which I think it is wrong.
Metal back is very nice to hold and give the painting feels real premium, and I'm really happy they chose metal instead of plastic, such as Mipad 1. the back of the painting is also very simple, with the rear camera, and MI logo and dual speakers.
So to summarize the quality of construction materials and a large, high-volume, a good idea in hand, and supplementation really simple and clean. Are there any downsides? Well, if you want to pass this off as the iPad, you will have to scrape MI logo.
Review THL SMARTPHONE
ThL has managed to make what is probably the cheapest 5 inch, 720p HD smartphone on the market. For the price there isn’t much to complain about. But if I have to moan about something then it is probably the battery life.
The Chinese smartphone maker ThL has released some interesting phones recently, including the ThL 5000, which featured a 5000mAh battery; the ThL T200 , with its 6 inch display; and the ThL L969 , the company’s first 4G phone. ThL has now launched the ThL T6 Pro . Not only does this 5 inch, 720p HD device use the same octa-core processor as the ThL 5000, but it costs less than $120.
So what kind of phone can you expect for $120? I got hold of a T6 Pro and I tested it out for a few days, and this is what I discovered.
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The T6 Pro is about the size you would expect for a device with a 5 inch display. It isn’t the world’s thinnest, at 8.6mm, but neither is it thick. The bezels down the sides of the display good, but not ultra-thin. Compared to say a Nexus 5, the T6 Pro is a few millimeters longer, 2 mm wider and about the same thickness. In other words to hit this price point the designers at ThL have made the phone’s dimensions distinctly middle-of-the-road, which is perfectly acceptable. I am used to 5 inch devices, my daily “go to” device is a 5 incher. So for me this means the T6 Pro is easy to handle, has a good grip and actually feels quite light.
On the front is the 720p HD display, with three capacitive buttons on the bottom (menu, home and back). Toward the front top edge is the speaker grill and the front facing camera. Looking around the sides, the power button is on the right, and the volume rocker is on the left. The power button can be easily reached by your index finger when held in your left hand. On the top is the micro USB port and the headphone jack. On the bottom is a small thumbnail space to help prise off the back cover, it also acts as the gap in the outer shell for the microphone. For a little bit of decoration the phone has two metal bands running down each side.
On the back is the slightly protruding camera lens, the LED flash, the “thl” logo and the speak grill. Since the camera protrudes from the back then the phone is prone to rocking when placed on a flat surface. This is most noticeable when trying to type. The back cover is matte plastic with a slight dimple effect. Overall the design is pleasing and the phone is easy to handle.
The 1280 x 720 pixel IPS display on the T6 Pro is good considering the price point of this phone, however there are some negative aspects. The viewing angles are OK, but not excellent, and overall the color reproduction can only be classed as fair. The display can’t be called vivid and when placed side-by-side next to a device with a better display, you can see that the whites are slightly grey and the primary colors lack punch. Also the display supports just two simultaneous touch points and not the more standard five, however that really isn’t a problem at all, except for the most advanced Fruit Ninja players! Having said all that, having a 293ppi display on a budget device is a big plus. Overall the display adds to the user experience, and although there are better 5 inch displays out there, you won’t find one on a phone in this price bracket.
For a budget device the choice of processor in the T6 Pro is excellent. The octa-core MediaTek MT6592M runs at 1.4 GHz and gives the phone more than sufficient processor power for most tasks. The processor packs 8 x Cortex-A7 cores and while the Cortex-A7 core isn’t as fast as ARM’s Cortex-A9 and Cortex-A15 cores, the Cortex-A7 is more energy efficient.
The T6 Pro’s AnTuTu scores are surprising for this price point. The device hasn’t been designed to take one of the top spots, however it still manages a score of 26696. These octa-core devices are very good for tasks which perform a lot of multitasking, however you will likely see the lower performance of the Cortex-A7 core on tasks that only have a single thread, for example when browsing the web.
For Epic Citadel, the demo app for the Unreal 3D engine, the T6 Pro managed 52.9 frames per second (fps) on the High Performance setting and 52.7 fps on the High Quality setting. These are good results considering that the processor uses the Mali-450 GPU. The Mali-450 is a good choice for budget phones, however it is starting to show its age.
In terms of GPS performance the T6 Pro does surprisingly well. I stepped outside and activated the GPS and within a few seconds the device had a lock. I then disabled the GPS and went inside. After leaving the phone for a few hours I activated the GPS inside the house, and although it took longer, the GPS acquired a lock indoors. It is also worth mentioning that the T6 Pro doesn’t have a built-in compass.
Previous ThL phones have had an issue with the GPS working simultaneously with Bluetooth. The situation had vastly improved by the time ThL released the ThL 5000. The T6 Pro behaves basically the same as the ThL 5000. In other words, there is still some stutter and lag in the Bluetooth output (tested by playing background music to a Bluetooth speaker) when some GPS related apps start. But the interruptions to the Bluetooth output are only temporary and last, at most, only a couple of seconds.
The battery tests I performed have turned out to be a little inconclusive. The combination of the 5 inch, 720p display and the octa-core processor could leave the 1900 mAh battery struggling to provide a full working day of power. However ThL decided to clock the processor at 1.4 GHz rather than the customary 1.7 GHz. This means that even with a sub 2000 mAh battery, the device should have reasonable battery performance.
I ran my customary set of tests: YouTube streaming, Epic Citadel, and playing an MP4 file from the internal storage. I had an initial problem that the battery didn’t discharge evenly. Tests conducted when the battery was near full yielded significantly different results than when the battery was half used. However after several discharge/charge cycles the results started to even out.
My Epic Citadel test showed that the phone will handle about 3 hours of intensive 3D gaming. Simpler 2D will likely run for much longer. YouTube will work for around four hours on a full charge, while watching an MP4 video stored locally will work for around four and half hours. I did a simple 3G calling test and the phone has a talk time of at least 20 hours.
All tests were performed with the screen on half brightness, with Wi-Fi and sync enabled.
The phone has all the standard connectivity options like Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth, 2G GSM and 3G, but it doesn’t have NFC or LTE. There are two SIM card slots, one normal sized and one for micro SIM cards. The device is compatible with two 3G frequencies, 900 and 2100MHz. The latter is the most common 3G frequency and should work in most places around the world, however a lot of carriers also use secondary 3G spectrum ranges. In Asia and South America this is often 850MHz and 1900MHz, for Europe it tends to be 900MHz. The 3G won’t work in the USA, however 2G calls should work fine. You need to check with your carrier to ensure compatibility or check the List of UMTS networks page .
I compared the Wi-Fi signals strengths of the T6 Pro with other devices I have and it performed equally as well. I was able to access the Internet from all around the house and outside without any problems.
However, there were a couple of times when I had to toggle the Wi-Fi off and on again to restore Internet connectivity. This happened mainly during my YouTube battery testing. After about 15 minutes of streaming, access to the Internet would cease. Stopping the Wi-Fi and restarting it again solved the problem. I had a similar problem with the ThL 5000. This could be a local problem at my end, I am not sure.
The 8 megapixel shooter on this phone is reasonable and certainly good enough for any snaps you want to take when you don’t have a better camera with you. It works best outdoors, but since it has a F2.2 aperture, the indoor results are OK. The back camera can be set to automatically extrapolate up to 13MP, however it isn’t the megapixel count or the aperture size that is the problem. The biggest problem is with the colors. For the most part the colors are bland. Having said that they can be easily tweaked in just about any photo editor.
For those into selfies the front camera is may be a little weak at only 2 megapixels, however it can be set to extrapolate up to 8MP. In terms of video, the rear camera can record at 1092 x 1088, while the front facing camera only records video at 640 x 480.
Overall the camera is OK but not exceptional. The camera app is the fairly standard app with features like HDR, face detection and burst mode etc. If you don’t like the built-in camera you can install Google’s default camera app from the Play Store.
The best thing is to judge for yourself. It is fall now where I live, so there aren’t many flowers out and there are lots of leaves on the ground, but I hope this selection of photos is useful:
The T6 Pro comes with stock Android 4.4.2 with a few minor tweaks like an extra setting under Battery which enables “CPU power saving mode.” According to the description this limits the maximum CPU performance to conserve battery life and lower the device’s temperature. There is also a section in the settings to enable the “Multitasking Window”, a little “always on-top” menu which gives you quick access to a few miniature apps including a notepad and a music player.
The Security section also features an Apps permission setting. When enabled you can control which apps have permission to make calls, send SMS messages, get your location and so on. Once enabled the default permission is for each app to ask before using a restricted service.
The built-in launcher is ‘Launcher 3’ from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and not the Google Now Launcher. You can install the Google Now Launcher from the Play Store if you don’t like the default one. This build of ‘Launcher 3’ also has some ThL custom icons. One minor point is that all the icon backgrounds are squares with curved edges. This means that if you install an app with a transparent background then it gets placed on a colored square.
The device comes with full Google Play support and all of the normal Google apps are available. For those Google apps not pre-installed, a quick trip to the Play Store gets you everything you need. It is worth mentioning that the 8GB of flash is divided into 2GB of internal storage and 4GB of phone storage. The 2GB partition does limit the number of apps you can install, however the storage is expandable and once you insert a memory card you can set the preferred install location to the SD card.
The ThL brand isn’t that well known outside of China, however in China the name is quite established and the company has over 340 stores across the mainland. The ThL T6 Pro is a great phone for the price and its excels in many areas including its performance. But it also has its weak points, like the lack of LTE and the mediocre display. However when you consider the price these lacks are more than forgivable. The T6 Pro is available for just $117 or 92 Euros, plus shipping and any local import taxes. Our review unit was supplied by
Chinavasion which ships worldwide.
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