MOTO Z THE FINEST LARGE FORMAT SMARTPHONE

Thinner than any other PHABLET, Moto Z is also a highly modular model. Unfortunately for him, his finesse is also a disadvantage: its battery is far from the more durable the market.

First high end model of Motorola designed entirely under the banner of its new owner Lenovo, Moto Z is characterized by a system of additional modules. We will soon return to these accessories. We will content ourselves, in this testing, we look at the pure performance of the smartphone.

With only 5.2 mm thick, Moto Z ranks as one of the thinnest smartphones on the market. It must be acknowledged, the effect is really striking when taken in hand. Unfortunately, such a design implies that the Photo block exceeds the back cover prominently.

Another defect: very sharp edges that make the sometimes unpleasant handling. The smartphone is fortunately comes with a magnetic protective cover (This is the same mounting system present on the Mods) which is pressed to the back. If it helps give the mobile a more pleasant hand made, it increases, however, the overall thickness of the device.

NO JACK ... EXCEPT ON HEADPHONES

On the low range, we also note the absence of audio jack. If this makes you think about the iPhone 7, it's normal, it's exactly the same principle as Lenovo adopted here. Except that the audio signal transmission is not done via a Lightning port, but by USB Type-C. To remedy this lack, the manufacturer has also included in its box a USB Type-C to Jack Adapter.

We will necessarily use this device with headphones come with the smartphone, their connections remaining jack. For consistency, we can forget. Other ergonomic inconvenience the cable of quick charger, very cumbersome moreover, is crimped into the outlet. so it is impossible to use it to connect the Moto Z to a computer. A choice really not practical that requires the user to purchase a second USB Type-C cable, for example, synchronize the phone with a computer.

ANDROID WITHOUT A OVERLAY OR ALMOST

On the interface, the manufacturer has chosen to continue the policy that made its previous models very pleasant to use. The Moto Z and uses almost no overlay on its Android 6, inherited a choice from Google few years, at the time when the US giant acquired with the manufacturer. This especially enables faster deployment updates of the operating system. 

Use side, we note the presence of a fingerprint reader at the bottom of the screen. Devoid of mechanics, it is not a real button, plus a touchpad. However, it can pause the device (or unlock) when used leaving his finger placed on it during a big second.

Question screen, Lenovo has here chosen to equip this model of a slab AMOLED Quad HD (2560 x 1440 pixels) 5.5-inch. As always with this technology black are perfect. The brightness rises in return only 375 cd / m². This is significantly worse than the Galaxy S adopts the same AMOLED technology but manage to exceed 600 cd / m².

POWERFUL, BUT NOT VERY AUTONOMOUS

The display is managed by classical Adreno 530 graphics chip coupled to the processor Snapdragon 820 Qualcomm, clocked here at 1.8GHz, when competitors using the same processor usually choose a speed of 2.2 GHz. This choice is wise to use. The processor and especially its graphics chip proves sufficiently powerful for navigating the interface is ultra fluid, like 3D games. The test with the application Epic Citadel, one reaches also the 60 frames per second, without noting any slowdown after several tens of minutes. This attests to a great technical mastery from the Chinese manufacturer, especially with a Quad HD display. 

With a form factor of such finesse difficult for Lenovo to cram in this Moto Z a huge battery. This is only a model of 2600 mAh which team so this smartphone, away from the usual capabilities of these large formats. This feels so logically on the results of our versatile test where the model performs only 7 hours 18 m. It is in much better fate in communications with 26 hours 21m, but the overall autonomy remains very mixed. The choice to curb the processor at 1.8GHz nonetheless limited the damage.

We could say much the same of photographs taken with the 13-megapixel sensor Moto Z. Rather good in the light, they are marking time as soon as the last drop. However, it remains in the top of the basket of the Photo quality, but without reaching the performance of a Galaxy S6 or S7, for example. Small also regret the video side: if the image is stabilized it is still too choppy and distorted for a smartphone price level. Finally, note that the 5-megapixel sensor on the front accompanied him as a flash to make selfies in the dark.

Moto Z Very powerful, with a beautiful display, but less convincing as to its autonomy and photos skills, Moto Z remains, after all, if not a total success, at least an extremely attractive smartphone. It is furthermore helped by interesting design and modularity.

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Sony Xperia X Compact, Best In Everything Except Photo

If the new smartphone from Sony impresses on many aspects (display, performance, battery life), it was expected on a particular point: the photo. Unfortunately, the manufacturer remains entangled in his choixtechniques still amazing.

This is already the fourth model of the Year of the series Xperia X. Unveiled at IFA in Berlin at the end of August, the Sony Xperia X Compact inaugurates new brand Photo device in which much hope is placed. It is supposed to reduce the backlog in the field by Sony.

When the out of the box for the first time, it is first seduced by its design and color "blue haze" of our exemplary, such as Sony has christened. It is also available in black and white, much more classic colors. The catch in hand is pleasant, despite the exclusive use of plastic to its hull. The finish is beautiful and does not suffer any default. We simply note its thickness of 9.5 mm, larger than competing models. But it allows, for example, the lens of the camera not to exceed the hull, as now on almost all smartphones. Note also the absence waterproofing on this model, unlike its big brother, the sony Xperia XZ.  

SCREEN AND GOOD HOLD PERFORMANCE

Note that the screen still occupies as little space on the front. The bands top, bottom, sides are always important, just like what Apple also be still with his iPhone. This plays on the footprint of the phone and is not involved in its compactness. However, Sony delivers here a 4.6-inch HD panel in good order. It offers a brightness of 526 cd / m² and a contrast of 1143: 1. The manufacturer is therefore continuing its habits in the area of the display that will make the screen readable in all circumstances, including in the sun

Question performance, midrange Snapdragon processor 650 to 1.8 GHz coupled with a HD display only promises rather good results especially in terms of 3D performance. They are excellent reality. Never the sony Xperia X Compact is be found wanting There have been no slowdown at the interface navigation. Its Adreno 510 graphics chip turns out to be perfect for 3D games which do not undergo any stutters. This is confirmed by our tests with Epic Citadel smartphone application that displays 58 frames per second. Best of all, the entire manages the heat very well and has never unpleasant in hand.

AUTONOMY A MARKED INCREASE

Another pleasant surprise: autonomy. The Xperia X Compact and its battery of 2700 mAh realize 9 am to 15 our versatile test and 22 h 13 in communication. Good scores, especially compared to the rest of the Xperia range that had disappointed us on this point. One could thus compare the Xperia X, it also equipped with a Snapdragon processor 650 and a nearly equivalent battery of 2620 mAh, who had reached only 7 h 13 to our versatile test. The use of a Full HD screen, more resource hungry, surely has played a negative role.

Finally comes the question of the photo characterized by two points: the application responsiveness and image quality achieved. Was repeated for several generations of Xperia, Sony has a concern about the image processing time. After pressing the shutter button, the result is only available to two seconds later. Certainly not enough to make the phone unusable, but still baffling at a time when the competition offers a snapshot.

THE INCONSISTENCIES FROM SONY PHOTO

Despite Sony's efforts on this Sony Xperia X Compact thanks to the triple image detection helping a tune actually very fast focus we found exactly the same shortcomings as the previous models. We even compared to the reactivity of the Xperia X tested last June and since updated. But the conclusion remains the same, both models are equally slow to process the image. 

On the second point, there either, no particular improvement in image quality. Sony still uses its "smart" mode to deliver only a default image to 8 megapixels, built from the 23-megapixel sensor. This process is supposed to improve the quality of shots, but finally made that slow processing. The Sony Xperia X Compact remains still lagging behind compared to the best models on the market. 

If the photos are far from bad, they do not offer, despite everything, not even a stung Galaxy S7 or iPhone 6s, both high in low light. Thus the repeat again, it is urgent that Sony software review its approach to photography, strange for a company that provides some of the best devices of the market and its team of sensors of many smartphone brands.

SONY XPERIA X COMPACT

Although more successful than previous Xperia X, thanks to a much better managed autonomy, smartphone, however, leaves a sense of unfinished business. The fault still and always the quality of the photos, a notch below the best market players. When Sony will solve this problem, the company will finally be able to play on equal terms with its competitors.

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LG G4 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 vs iPhone 6 Plus

LG has officially announced the new flagship of its range of smartphones, the G4. What is it on paper against the Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6?

After Samsung and its Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, it was the turn of LG announced its new high-end smartphone, the G4. And as indicated some rumors in recent weeks, it is well equipped with a screen of 5.5 inches QuadHD (2560 x 1440 pixels). The G4 also features a unique 808 Snapdragon processor developed in a very specific purpose: overcoming the problems 810. The performance Waiting to shed light on the capabilities of the CPU, this is a match on paper between the new flagship LG and its two main rivals: the Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

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LG G4 technical details first tests, all we know about this smartphone.

LG has unveiled its new high-end smartphone. Now we know in detail its technical platform. We also subjected to some tests.

LG G4 was the announcement of strong telephony day. Writing essaypages.com attended the presentation of the brand new iron spear: a mobile treated in many ways. For its finish first, with its hull genuine leather, but also by the quality of its screen 5.5 inch IPS HD Quad whose Quantum Display technology offers excellent contrast ratio. If the quality of photos and videos by the G4 is one of the very important elements for LG, we will wait to have it in hand more time to deliver us.

But we took our first contact with LG G4 to subject it to some test tools, namely AnTuTu and GeekBench. Two benchmarks already suggest nice performance for the G4 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor. If the power remains down compared to those of tenors that are direct competitors in Android, Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, GeekBench the tool appears to place the six core processor at 1.8GHz LG G4 to a level of performance close to that of the HTC One M9 ... to be confirmed at the complete test.

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