Trёhsimochny Tornado smartphone from Explay – a tool for business, but also an attractive appearance is not deprived. The fact that this popular gadget represents, today we cover in our review.

Now come to the fore, especially products with the best “price / quality” – of course, in favor of the buyer.

Design

It is known that low-cost smartphones often suffer external “faceless” black or gray when one model is almost impossible to distinguish from the other, but about Explay Tornado can not be said in any case. Moreover, complete with an elegant appearance in his slim body, framed in textured plastic under the skin with a soft skin flirting and “stitched” to the contour of the rear cover of the corresponding color embossed “stitch sewing.” Front panel – the traditional black, but it does not give the same “faceless” gadget, because the rear end and along the lower part of the “from the front” can be one of the five colors (white, black, green, blue, red) – a great gift for the modern young man or woman, not burdened by stereotypes style. Color, by the way, now is still in vogue. But as you see, and strict black and white versions, too, have – for fans of the classics.

Smartphone Explay Tornado

The dimensions of the smartphone average in terms of compliance with 4.5-inch display with a thin bezel around the screen, which gives as a result the size 133h66h9 mm. Floor, by the way, is resistant to scratches and even reminds oleophobic in much more expensive devices because there is not enough fingerprints.

Mechanical control buttons are located next door on the right side (the power button and volume control button in body color that fits) minidzhekovy headphone jack into the port of micro-USB – also neighbors, only the top. No more foreign elements on the housing are not found except for the microphone hole bottom.

Remove the back cover – and under it we see three adjacent slots for SIM-cards (one micro-SIM and two nano-SIM). There, between them, you can insert a MicroSD card and lock it all battery 1550 mAh.

As far as supplied, it is extremely laconic, there is nothing superfluous. In color box found himself smartphone, battery, micro-USB cable and some papers: garantiyka, a brief instruction in the form of a booklet and a card manufacturer.

Technical elements

The question of why the buyer need three “Sims” – the sole responsibility of the buyer. If you buy – it means you need. If you sell – then you need to. With an abundance of offers of mobile operators in the market that deal with calls and messages within a particular group (eg, family), a matter of SIM-cards in one case is relevant, and highly. In the case of Tornado significant advantage is the fact that all three “Sims” support 3G communication, coupled with the transfer of data: it is known that the majority of low-cost competitors in the same price range offer this option only on one card, and the other “Sims” are left with obsolete 2G without any “buns”. Here it is not about the Tornado, in general.

Slots three SIM-cards and memory cards smartphone Explay Tornado

Then – display. As we have said, it 4.5 inches diagonally, IPS-matrix with wide viewing angles (178 degrees, which is almost a full turn) and good color. Screen resolution – WVGA (480×854 pixels), which gives the density of points in the 217 ppi. Mul maintained up to five simultaneous touches.

Camera, connectors and buttons smartphone Explay Tornado

RAM is not very much – 512 MB – but to start is enough. Four gigabytes of internal memory also means that you need to buy an additional MicroSD-card (supports cards up to 32 GB), but without it today in any smartphone and so nowhere. And MicroSD cheaper right before our eyes.

Options smartphone Explay Tornado

Hardware platform smartphone modern, it’s a good quad MediaTek MT6582, specially designed for smartphones and tablets budget class. Cores running at a frequency of 1.3 GHz, has a dual-core gaming accelerator Mali-400 MP2 400 MHz on the core modules WiFi 802.11b / g / n, modern Bluetooth 4.0, aGPS-module and FM-radio. Chipset, incidentally, supports 720p camera and up to 13 megapixels, and, in principle, can process and output video format Full-HD 1080p. But do not do it for obvious reasons.

Camera

And, as it should have, even in the low-end segment in Explay Tornado present two cameras: a five megapixel rear and front 0.3 (it is the same – VGA-resolution). The rear camera is in a convenient location in the upper left corner, and fingers will not interfere with shooting, if at this time to turn the smartphone into a horizontal position, as the lens will remain on top. It is also worth noting an interesting and convenient solution: a still image mode volume key acts as the shutter button. On the one hand, allows not “clutter up” unnecessary elements butt, on the other – does not force dodge and allocate extra finger is not always easy to buttons at the bottom end, well and in general, compactness – our all.

Camera Setup smartphone Explay Tornado

The test photos were taken back camera is used mainly as a front for video calls. In the budget smartphones her self is not recommended because of the poor quality of this module.

The rear camera also allows you to take in the Tornado with a resolution of up to 2560h1920 pixels and an aspect ratio of 4: 3. When the GPS module in the technical information recorded images geo coordinates shooting. Next we show a few images taken under different conditions.

Video smartphone records in MPEG-4 with a profile 3GPP Media Release 4 (file format respectively – * .3gp). The maximum video resolution is 640×480 pixels with an aspect ratio on 4: 3. Mode frame rate while variable, from 15 to 30 frames per second, Color Depth – 8 bits, and the sound is spelled with a bit rate of 128 kbit / s and up to 48 kHz AAC.

Software chips

On a smartphone Explay Tornado operating system Android version 4.4 KitKat. Not the latest version, but it’s for the better – today it is 4.4 can be called the most optimal version of Android for smartphones with RAM less than one gigabyte, and it is easier to “five” after all. Pre-installed software gadget rendered in the form of labels on two screens, and they are not very much for a smartphone, plus separate: it is known that the majority of pre-installed software users are not very favor.

Desktop and smartphone application Explay Tornado

Of useful preinstalled applications may be noted free antivirus Dr. Safety and a few games: Green Farm 3 racing simulator GT Racing 2 football game Real Football 2015 and World at Arms. Explay own services is not established, they are not designed for such a device, in principle, and most people this state of affairs is quite satisfied. And by the way, is also reduces the final price of the device, which is good for the buyer.

Testing

Testing was conducted fairly standard set consisting of AnTuTu Benchmark v5.1.5 with additional tests AnTuTu 32 / 64bit CPU Test v5.1.5, AnTuTu HTML5 Test, AnTuTu Video Tester 2.2, and Vellamo and a set of utilities 3DMark.

In AnTuTu Benchmark Tornado «flown” to 18296 points, “browser-‘test – to 8445 points, and processor – 2818 and 10819 points, respectively.

Utility AnTuTu Video Tester 2.2 has assessed 376 points, and the results we can conclude that Explay Tornado has shown good results, especially for its class (screenshots tests and a summary table of the results can be seen below).

Vellamo popular test is divided into three categories: Browser, Metal, Multicore. In the Browser test Tornado scored 1539 points in the Metal – 782, but with Multicore could not quite that, in principle, it is logical.

About the test 3DMark have to tell a little more. It consists of three parts: Ice Storm, Ice Storm Extreme and Ice Storm Unlimited. Ice Storm is a basic test, Ice Storm Extreme more resource demanding devices, and Ice Storm Unlimited is designed exclusively for testing high-performance vehicles, usually gaining sky-high values in the previous two.

Therefore, it is logical that the last of them Tornado has not passed, but the other two is quite able to show itself: Ice Storm 3215 device received points, and Ice Storm Extreme – 2125 points.

Finally, the battery is 1550 mAh Tornado tested no less popular AnTuTu Tester and scored as typical for its class results.

Is not so difficult as it seems

In general, for “state employee” smartphone Explay Tornado shows strong and reliable results without the incredible miracles and annoying surprises. Quite good battery and screen, a small amount of RAM (it really could have been more – platform allows), in general, the smartphone from the technical point of view typical, but nice and bright. Budget option with three SIM-cards that can be used as a business phone, and conventional, and to communicate with the closest.

Finally it must be said that buyers smartphone Explay Tornado – a very popular thing. For example, according to the federal network of stores communication “The Messenger” it is on the second place among smartphones Explay after model Fresh and boasts 6,500 pieces sold in the last week of the previous year. Given the economic situation is very, very decent numbers.

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If you look at the specifications, the Explay Neo – a typical representative of the budget segment. But things are not so simple with this model. Firstly, the case surrounds the metal frame, not painted metal under plastic, but a real aluminum. And secondly, the machine installed 13-megapixel main and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, which surprised and pleased with the results during testing.

Packaging and accessories – Explay Neo

Area under the cover of light brown boxes filled Neo Explay fitted to each other boxes, something resembling “Tetris”. Experience strengthens smartphone, placed in an indentation on one of them. In other cardboard boxes stacked: your charger, cable micro-USB, warranty card, written in very simple language user manual, headset, and clip to extract slot micro-SIM – in a separate bag.

Headset – In-ear headphones – kept loosely in the ears, but it sounds pretty good, except that the high frequencies at high volume cut ear. Of course, sound from the “plugs” should not wait, and loud music are quite audible to people around them. However, for telephone calls is not so important.

Appearance – Explay Neo

Explay Neo certainly appreciate the beautiful half of humanity. And it’s not just metal inserts color “champagne”, but in the subtleties, finesse and elegance device. Small (134 x 71.4 x 7.7 mm) and lightweight (131 grams), though it is designed for small hands. However, this does not mean that the unit does not fit men.

The smartphone has a golden metal ring and insertion of a golden brushed metal on the bottom. At this color variety does not end there: the back panel is made of smooth plastic with interesting variegated texture of small bright points. Frame around the screen is black.

Molded body of the gadget has an excellent assembly – dense, without gaps, the smartphone does not bend or pressed. Connectors for SIM-cards are arranged symmetrically on the right and left ends of the device.

Headphone jack is put to the upper end, micro-USB port and microphone – on the bottom.

The left side of the body there is no button. On the right is the volume rocker, and below – the power button. Metal buttons, easy to press.

On the rear panel is placed in the main camera lens with a metal obodochkom next to him – a flash. In the lower part of the body are the manufacturer’s logo and an external speaker.

Explay Neo came out very beautiful, with interesting details: especially showy side golden frame and beveled edges on the bottom of the metal insert. Anyway metal and slim body for sure many will like.

Ergonomics – Explay Neo

In terms of ergonomics Explay Neo has raised questions. First of all, press “Menu”, “Back” and “Home” are highlighted very weak and hardly visible. It is clear that over time, the habit of the host, but when you start using it causes some inconvenience: it is necessary to look closely to the icon, and in most cases just to poke at random.

The second question – body material. Yes, it was beautiful, but plastic, which is made from the back panel, quite slippery, and the view is not very durable. And if the scratches we can only assume, then slip in hand immediately noticeable and can not be doubted. Have to compress the device tightly.

Finally, fingerprints. On the first day of testing the device has gathered them all, who at least once took him in hand – and on the body, and the display. Regular wiping if the situation improved and, for a short while.

Another niggle – you can not call it a serious problem – the developers decided to put the power button on the bottom of the right side, under the volume rocker. As a result of the capture of the smartphone right hand is quite difficult to click on it with your thumb, as is usually done. Of course, it is possible to keep the gadget in his left hand, or, for example, to hold with one hand and unlock the other. But, you see, it’s quite a strange place for the most used buttons on the device.

Of course, all this stuff, but they have an impression of a small imperfection of trends in terms of ergonomics. And if the problem is solved prints with a protective film on the screen or cover, and to the location of the buttons can be used, then that’s a slippery plastic housing can play a cruel joke with the user.

Interface – Explay Neo

Explay Neo running the operating system Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Externally, the firmware is not very different from the original, at once visible only redrawn application icons.

On your phone is not set for the traditional Android-devices Play Market (but you can just download it in a format APK), but there is Yandeks.Store with a much smaller selection of applications. Almost all the major applications – from Yandex: browser, maps, navigation, weather, cloud storage. Not without Yandex Music, Yandex Yandex trains and Metro.

Office applications there, but got a couple of smart-readers, “the movie poster”, Get Taxi, and several lesser-known stores games and applications. Separately touches pre-installed with cartoons Masha and the Bear ..

On the Home screen widget set – green android, which teaches us to use the OS, giving clues about the ability to customize the interface.

Another original widget – customizable shortcut button, which can be freely dragged across the screen. When touched, it takes place in a small circular menu, where you can take a screenshot, go to the home screen, lock the smartphone or open one of the applications. Their set, the user must make himself.

System performance can be considered ideal, here comes more word “average.” Case of delay, the device is quite measured responsive to the user, but global deadlocks and no other problems. It was also noticed that the reception of the incoming call comes with a two-second delay.

The onscreen keyboard works well, typing quite comfortable.

Screen – Explay Neo

One of the main features of the new device was a five-inch touchscreen IPS-display with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels. It is made by technology OGS, which means that no layer between the sensor and the liquid crystal layer, due to which increases the brightness and viewing angles.

Indeed, the display is very bright – all perfectly visible even when used outdoors on a sunny day. Colors are transmitted correctly. HD resolution is enough for 5-inch diagonal: pixels are distinguishable only under very close inspection. Viewing angles are excellent.

Sometimes it does not work the proximity sensor, a couple of times had a chance to hang up his ear.

It is also worth noting that there is no oleophobic coating.

Performance – Explay Neo

Performance Explay Neo provides quad-core CPU MTK 6582 1.3 GHz, RAM size is 1GB. For storage applications, and user data are available from 12 to 16 GB of internal storage.

Explay Neo is easily managed with a lot of open tabs in the browser and video playback up to 1080p, so that in everyday use no problems. As for the performance in games – basically they are normal, but with a little braking, for example, Asphalt and 8 Dead Trigger 2. A Minion Rush slightly heats the device.

Dimensional Angry Birds and Cut the Rope, of course, flitting without question.

The external speaker sounds good, it’s loud, so that the ringing tone is heard almost always. Spoken as a super-loud will not name, but not abuse for that, buddy always heard.

Smartphone cope with the tests and showed the following results: 16 567 points in Antutu and 2935 in the test 3DMark Ice Storm, 1970 in Ice Storm Extreme, 2838 in Ice Storm Unlimited.

Luggage – Explay Neo

If you thought that Explay Neo many shortcomings – forget them all. Any quibbles compensated unusually good camera. It does not have some kind of transcendent resolution, but takes amazing clear. To appreciate it, you need to open the photos on the big screen and enlarge them. In this case, the application itself is not started immediately, works pretty measured, have to wait.

Luggage wonderful photographs in the dark, with a moderate amount of noise. The only thing – in low light is focused for longer than usual.

Ability to manually configure limited exhibiting ISO. There is a self-timer, continuous shooting, the search function of persons. Flash is also possible to manually enable and disable this, or leave the definition of need for it at the discretion of the camera.

Interest to us are shooting modes. Here, apart from the usual automatic, has smile detection and focus on the landscape, when the smartphone beeps when recognizing landscape. HDR mode works very interesting – look at the examples of such a survey. However, in some cases the photographs there is an effect “peresharpa” – harshness. But attention to detail and dynamic HDR-images in the case of Explay Neo, as they say, off scale.

Now move on to the panoramic shooting mode, which also works well. We did a lot of pictures, including in the dark – it turns out beautifully.

Camera blurs background when shooting at close range. The only small remark: autofocus sometimes does not fire the first time, and it usually occurs at macro photography.

Pleasantly surprised that to get a good picture for a long time do not have to dance with the camera and display settings. The device excels itself in automatic mode, you can “click” on the go. Perhaps that is why in the smartphone and not possible to manually adjust the exposure, shutter speed and so on. Success rate is high enough photos, blurry there is little, even in the dark. In general, all that is required from the user – point the camera at the subject and press the shutter button.

Except that you can not find fault with the most logical location of the module: the lens put to the edge of the body, and while shooting in landscape orientation instead of the target of the plot sometimes it turns photos of your finger. However, quite a well.

Front-facing camera 5 MP also stands out against fellow price segment: it gives a fairly high-quality and allows you to not only use the video, but also to make clear “self.”

Finally will show video, shot on camera Explay Neo.

Wireless interfaces – Explay Neo

The smartphone can be equipped with two cards microSIM, however, a radio installed in it alone, so their simultaneous operation is not supported. With cellular communication all good, no problems with voice calls, and in general with the transfer of information.

Smartphones have FM-radio, it works when you connect a headset. It may be noted decent quality radio reception. Save to your device, however, can only be five stations.

Autonomy – Explay Neo

Novelty was the battery capacity of 2000 mAh. As you might guess, the autonomy – not the strongest place Explay Neo. But there were no surprises: Smartphone keeps quietly without the outlet of the day and a half. To put exact numbers, it is 4-5 hours of continuous video playback with maximum display brightness. In games, it takes about 20% per hour, and in normal everyday use, which includes calls, messages, social networking, camera and a few games, the device surely survive till the evening, and he still remains the reserve charge.

Results – Explay Neo

Main advantages of Explay Neo – elegant appearance and outstanding for its price segment camera. At the same weaknesses and strengths frankly “sagging” characteristics in Neo still not filling its standard for its price segment (except for the camera). Yes, there are flaws in ergonomics, but given the price of $220, is unlikely to find fault.

Pros Explay Neo:

• great camera;
• quality display;
• spectacular appearance.

Cons Explay Neo:

• no oleophobic coating;
• no lights in the buttons “Menu”, “Back”, “Home”;
• slippery body.

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In early October 2013 the market will do a new smartphone Explay X-tremer. It will please its owner an 8-megapixel camera with MagicCamera, 4 -core, glass Gorilla Glass, and other characteristics. The model has a bright 5 -inch HD IPS display, 1280*720 pixels. OPS – technology (one glass solution), applied in Explay X-tremer, uses one glass instead of two , improving the quality of the screen image color and brightness. The pixel density of the screen is 320 pixels per inch. The display has an increased viewing angle, no glare, rendering colors.

Screen Explay X-tremer protected by glass GorillaGlass. The powerful quad-core processor with a frequency of 1.2 GHz can solve the most complex problems without delay, stable performance for multitasking and graphics , with increases efficiency battery. Explay X-tremer runs on the operating system of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

The smartphone is equipped with 8 – megapixel camera with autofocus and high-speed shooting, and 2- megapixel front-facing camera . The main camera is capable of doing the panning and Magic Camera function allows you to remove unwanted parts of a photo, and some fragments of the picture remain in motion.

The model supports 3G and Wi-Fi, GPS. The amount of RAM is 1 GB of internal memory – 4 GB. Due to the slot microSD memory can be expanded by another 32 GB.

Like all smartphones Explay, X-tremer supports two active SIM-cards. Function OTA (Over The Air) update the comfortable your smartphone.

Explay X-tremer has a metal back cover that protects the device and makes it interesting and attractive design. Weight 153 grams smartphone. In the sale of the unit will come at the price of $260.

Features ExplayX-tremer

• Operating system : Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
• Processor: Quad MTK 6589, 1.2 GHz
• Memory: 4 GB ROM , slot micro-SD up to 32 GB , 1 GB RAM
• Display : IPS, 5,0 -inch, 1280 x 720 pixels, the screen pixel density – 320 pixels per inch
• Glass Gorilla Glass
• Camera: 8 MP, flash, HD-video recording , a front facing camera (2MP ), the function of Magic Camera
• Communications : Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0, GPS, OTA ​​function
• Upgrading the air – OTA
• Battery : 2000 mAh
• Dimensions : 144×74, 4×10, 7 mm
• Weight: 153 g
• Color : Blue

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Explay announces first fableta Explay Communicator, running on Google Android operating system version 4.2 Jelly Bean with a standard interface. A distinctive feature of the new flagship of the Explay is a slim stylish body thickness of only 8.9 mm. Despite this, fablet holds two sim card, which is convenient when traveling abroad. Due to its size body (162h82, 7×8, 9, weighs only 172 grams), Communicator is convenient and compact enough for daily use as a phone or a car GPS-navigator.

Novelty has a 5.7 – inch HD-display with excellent color reproduction. The display is made by IPS-technology, has good natural colors, decent viewing angles, the screen is not blinded by the sun.

Fablet is based on a 4-core CPU MT6589 with a frequency of 1.2 GHz, has 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal memory to store a variety of content, expandable up to 32 GB. Another advantage of the new items is a 13 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, front camera has a matrix with a resolution of 2 megapixels. Explay Communicator is equipped with interfaces Bluetooh and WiFi, built-in GPS and FM-receiver.

Explay Communicator is equipped with a navigation system iGO Primo and maps HERE (map of Russia with the most current data).

The device will go on sale in mid-August in black, the kit includes battery, manual, stereo headset, a cable MicroUSB, USB adapter for 220V. The recommended retail price of the device in the territory of the Russian Federation will be $ 395.

Explay Communicator Features

• Operating system: Android 4.2
• Processor: Quad Quad Core, 1,2 GHz,
• Memory: 8 GB ROM, slot micro-SD up to 32 GB, 1 GB RAM
• Display: IPS, 5,7-inch, 1280 x 720 pixels
• The number of SIM cards: 2
• Camera: 13 MP, flash, front facing camera (2MP)
• Communications: Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0, GPS, 3G
• Navigation: iGO loaded with maps of Russia
• Battery: Removable, 2500 mAh
• Dimensions: 192×82, 7×8, 9 mm
• Weight: 172 g
• The official price at the start of sales: $ 395 (August 2013)

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