Philips Xenium i908 - specifications. Philips Xenium I908 - Specifications The main mobile camera camera is usually located on its back panel and can be combined with one or more optional cameras.

Detailed testing of a new model on an eight-year platform MTK6592

Over the past year, the list of smartphones built on the MEDIATEK MT6592 eight-core platform has expanded to several dozen diverse models. Following two small, but terminated Chinese manufacturers of mobile equipment, Zopo and Thl, who had time to release their smartphones on this eight-year SOC at the very beginning of the year, did not hurry the other developers. Per lately We tested many different eight-year models, including those that are quite officially represented in our market (for example, Fly Ego Art 2 and Highscreen Thor). China Electronics Corporation (CEC) has now contributed to his contribution, which has an exclusive license for promotion and selling mobile phones Under the Philips and Xenium brands. The PHILIPS premium smartphones line replenished with a new model - Philips Xenium i908. The new apparatus is a five-lifted IPS display with a full HD resolution, a productive eight-year processor, support for Xenium technology, two SIM cards, and all this is enclosed in a fairly compact case. But the most noticeable of characteristic features New products are the presence of a large battery for 3000 mAs in combination with the apparatus accessory to the legendary Xenium line.

Philips mobile devices have gained wide fame in Russia precisely thanks to the Xenium line with its very long time. autonomous work. Recently, the manufacturer positions the Xenium is not even just like a series of "long-playing" mobile devices, but as some separate technology. It is unlikely, however, it is really about extraordinary new technology - Moreover, even a totality of technical means, which at one time really allowed to significantly save the energy of telephone sets, today is difficult to apply. REDUCED POWER AND SPECIAL OPERATING OPERATING RADIODAME, SAVING ON THE BEAUTY TRANSFER AND QUALITY OF THE SCREEN, Not too productive iron, and, of course, a large battery volume - all this could well help achieve impressive autonomy results to the old Xenium devices. The hero of today's review, smartphone Philips i908 is also nominally ranked by the creators of the legendary series of Xenium, but there is no separation from similarity in terms of competitors in terms of autonomy. Even traditionally large battery will not help: a productive and demanding hardware platform, a high-resolution Full HD, built into Philips Xenium I908, made their business. As a result, the smartphone works from one battery charge as much as competitors similar in terms of characteristics. Nevertheless, the device for a totality of characteristics came out very interesting, and certainly this smartphone is quite worthy of a separate detailed review.

The main characteristics of Philips Xenium i908

Philips Xenium i908. Huawei Honor 6 TCL Idol X + Fly Ego Art 2 Highscreen Thor
Screen 5 ", IPS 5 ", IPS 5 ", IPS 5 ", IPS 5 ", IPS
Resolution 1920 × 1080, 440 ppi 1920 × 1080, 440 ppi 1920 × 1080, 440 ppi 1280 × 720, 294 PPI 1920 × 1080, 440 ppi
SOC. Hisilicon KIRIN 920 (4 kernel ARM Cortex-A15 @ 1.7 GHz + 4 kernel ARM Cortex-A7) MediaTek MT6592 (8 Arm Cortex-A7 @ 2.0 GHz) MediaTek MT6592 (8 Arm Cortex-A7 @ 1.7 GHz) MediaTek MT6592 (8 Arm Cortex-A7 @ 1.7 GHz)
GPU. Mali 450mp4 MALI-T628 MP4 Mali 450mp4 Mali 450mp4 Mali 450mp4
Oz 2 GB 3 GB 2 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Flash Memory 16 GB 16/32 GB 16 GB 4 GB 16 GB
Memory card support microSD. microSD. microSD. microSD.
Operating system Google Android 4.4 Google Android 4.4. Google Android 4.2. Google Android 4.2. Google Android 4.2.
Battery non-removable, 3000 mA · h non-removable, 3100 mA · h non-removable, 2500 mA · h removable, 1800 mA · h removable, 2000 mA · h
Cameras relean (13 megapixel), frontal (5 MP) relean (13 megacles; video 1080p), frontal (2 MP) relean (8 mp; video 1080p), frontal (2 MP) rear (13 megacles; video 1080p), frontal (5 MP)
Dimensions and mass 143 × 70 × 8,8 mm, 156 g 140 × 70 × 7.5 mm, 130 g 140 × 69 × 7.9 mm, 120 g 143 × 72 × 8.3 mm, 123 g 145 × 70 × 7.6 mm, 143 g
average price T-11001944. T-10891267. T-10632117. T-10820844. T-10731643.
Philips Xenium I908 offers L-11001944-10
  • Soc MediaTek MT6592, 1.7 GHz, 8 cores, ARM Cortex-A7
  • GPU ARM MALI 450MP4
  • Android Operating System 4.4.2 Jelly Bean
  • Touchscreen IPS, 5 ", 1920 × 1080, 440 ppi
  • RAM (RAM) 2 GB, inner memory 16 GB
  • Support card microSd memory up to 32 GB
  • Support for two SIM cards (Dual SIM Dual. Standby, 2 × mini-SIM)
  • Communication 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  • Communication 3G: WCDMA 900/2100 MHz
  • 2G, 3G data transmission (HSDPA +, up to 21 Mbps)
  • Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n, point access Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct
  • Bluetooth 4.0.
  • GPS (A-GPS)
  • Camera 13 MP, Autofocus, LED Flash
  • Camera 5 mp (frontal)
  • Sensor approximation, lighting, magnetic field, accelerometer
  • Lithium-ion battery 3000 mA · h
  • Sizes 143 × 70 × 8,8 mm
  • Weight of 156 g

Equipment

The device is delivered on sale in a large-scale cardboard box with multiple compartments inside. Packaging does not pretend to premium: a variety of mass text information And the pictures make it enough alyappish and a rustic look.

The accessory kit consists of a compact charger (output current 1 A), a Micro-USB connecting cable, a simple wired stereo header with a thin round wire without vacuum ambush, as well as protective film On the screen and several books of paper documentation.

Appearance and ease of use

The design of the smartphone is very simple, there is nothing special in the appearance of Philips Xenium i908, but the device has been surprisingly pleasant in appearance. Obviously, all components approached each other well here: both accurate design, and the case materials, and their color, and dimensions with a mass. The smartphone with its impressive five inches of the screen turned out to be unrigible, it perfectly placed in the palm. True, due to its considerable mass, due to the volumetric battery, the device is felt in the hand sufficiently sweaty.

The enclosure of the smartphone is a monoblock solution with a removable rear cover made of plastic. The surface of the back is matte and rough, the "leather" texture is pleasant to the touch and absolutely not marquay. In the hand, the smartphone is held securely. The back cover is put on the cunning cozle in the entire cover, covering himself not only the back, but also all sidewalls. Thus, all the hardware keys located on the sides of the device are attached not on the housing, but on the lid itself, so that the smartphone is not possible with the removed casing becomes impossible. In general, the smartphone turned out very pretty, although he, of course, does not prevent himself on the high cost of it, and not finding special sings in his appearance.

The back plastic cover is traditionally fastened on several latches and is easy to remove from the case - for this side there is a small nail ledge. Under the lid, you can detect a standard set of slots: two - for mini-sim, and the third is for a microSD memory card. The battery is fixed here, it is tightly closed with a metal casing and is not available for the user. Both SIM cards are inserted into their slots from the sides and can even be replaced without the need to restart the device.

Cards in all slots are held only due to the friction force, the spring-loaded capture mechanisms are not here. A tightly sitting card can always be pushed from another end - in this regard everything is implemented successfully, especially for the case when you have to use a smaller card (Micro-Sim, Nano-SIM) with an adapter.

On the back surface of the smartphone there is a chamber window, a single LED flash eye, as well as a grating to output the sound from the speaker, made in the form of an array of small round holes. The speaker here is one, it is located behind, so that the sound goes in the opposite direction from the user. There are no protrusions near the grille, the sound is muted by the surface when the smartphone lies on the table on the screen up.

The chamber window is framed by a metal chrome rim embedded with a closure with a surface. The smartphone does not have an initially pre-installed software that can turn the flash into the flashlight - you have to download a third-party application from the Play Store store.

Front panel fully covered protective glass ASAHI Dragontrail II, resistant to the appearance of scratches. At the top in the glass, the hole is cut under the grille of the telephone dynamics, there are sensors and a front camera sensors near it. Also here is such useful element, as led indicator Alerts: It shines with a round point, signaling about various events and charging status.

Below, under the screen, there is a traditional row from the hardware control buttons of the system and applications. All buttons, naturally, touch, they have a very neuropy, but are quite sufficient to distinguish between the illumination of a blue color in the twilight. Influenced by the duration and modes of the backlight using the settings are not possible.

The remaining control elements are traditionally located along the side perimeter of the case. Both keys are volume and locks - are located on side faces, right under the fingers, the location is thoughtfully and convenient both left-handed and right. But the keys themselves drank very little outside the housing, they have a short and hard, and this is perhaps one of the most notable minuses of the device. If you can still cope with the power button and blocking, you can press the side sides of the two-position swing of volume adjustment completely uncomfortable.

Both standard universal connector - Micro-USB and audio output for 3.5 mm headphones are placed on the upper end of the device body. They are located very close to each other - problems may arise with the plugs of third-party accessories, although there are no them.

The Micro-USB connector here does not support external stable connection mode (USB OTG). No plugs on their connectors do not have a smartphone, as it is not equipped with protection against water and dirt. Do not find here and fastening for the strap.

As for coloring, then judging by the description on the company site, the model I908 is also represented in white color - and it is literally everything.

Screen

The Philips Xenium i908 smartphone is equipped with a touch IPS matrix with OGS technology (One Glass Solution), which removes the air layer between the layers of the screen. Outside the display is covered with ASAHI Dragontrail II protective glass. Screen sizes are 61 × 110 mm, diagonal - 5 inches, resolution - 1920 × 1080 points. Pixel density is 440 PPI.

The thickness of the side frame from the edge of the screen to the edge of the case is more than 4 mm - the framework is wide enough. The display brightness can be manually adjusted, and you can use automatic adjustment. Multitouch technology here allows you to process up to 5 simultaneous touches. There is a smartphone and an approximation sensor that blocks the screen when making a smartphone to the ear. The screen can be controlled in gloves, for this you need to enable the appropriate display of the display sensitivity in the settings.

Detailed examination using measuring instruments He conducted the editor of the "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" sections, Alexey Kudryavtsev. We present his expert opinion on the screen of the sample under study.

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface resistant to the appearance of scratches. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen is not worse than the Google Nexus 7 (2013) screen (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, we give a photo on which the white surface is reflected in the screens off (left - Nexus 7, right - Philips Xenium i908, then they can be distinguished by size):

The screen at Philips Xenium i908 is even a bit darker. Two reflected objects in the Philips Xenium I908 screen is very weak, this suggests that between the layers of the screen (more specifically between the outer glass and the surface of the LCD matrix) there is no airbap (OGS-One Glass Solution type screen). Due to the smaller number of boundaries (type of glass / air) with highly different refractive ratios, such screens look better in conditions of strong external illumination, but their repair in the event of a cracked exterior glass costs much more expensive, since it accounts for a whole screen. On the outer surface of the screen there is a special oleophobic (fat-repellent) coating (efficient, but noticeably worse than Nexus 7), so traces from fingers are removed significantly easier, and appear at a lower rate than in the case of conventional glass.

When manually controlling the brightness and when the white field is output, the maximum brightness value was about 370 kD / m², minimum - 44 cd / m². The maximum brightness is high enough, and considering excellent anti-glare properties, readability even on a sunny day outside the room will be at an acceptable level. In complete dark, brightness can be reduced to a comfortable value. In stock Automatic brightness adjustment over the illumination sensor (located in the upper right corner on the front panel). IN automatic mode When the external lighting conditions change, the screen brightness both rises and decreases. In complete darkness, the auturance function reduces the brightness of up to 44 cd / m² (normal), in conditions of an artificial light of the office (approximately 400 lux) sets 150 kD / m² (suitable), in a very bright environment (corresponds to the lighting clear outdoor day, but Without direct sunlight - 20,000 LCs or a little more) increases to 370 cd / m² (to a maximum, as needed). As a result, the function of the auto-adjustment of the brightness works absolutely adequately. At any level of brightness, the backlight modulation is practically absent, so there is no screen flicker.

IN this smartphone Used IPS type matrix. Micrographs demonstrate a typical structure of subpixels for IPS:

For comparison, you can familiarize yourself with the micrographic gallery of the screens used in mobile technology.

The screen has good viewing angles without a significant shift of colors, even with large looks from the perpendicular to the screen and without inverting shades. For comparison, we give the pictures on which the same images are displayed on the Philips Xenium i908 and Nexus 7 screens, while the brightness of the screens is initially installed by about 200 cd / m² (on a white field in full screen), and the color balance on the camera is forcibly switched to 6500 to the camera. . Perpendictively to the screens White field:

There is some visible non-uniformity of brightness and color tone of the white field. And test picture:

The color rendition is good and colors saturated from both screens, but Philips Xenium i908 the picture is very darkened. Now at an angle of about 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:

It can be seen that the colors did not change much from both screens, but Philips Xenium i908 decreased to a greater extent due to the strong decrease in the black and greater decrease in brightness. And white field:

The brightness at an angle at the screens has decreased (at least 5 times, based on the difference in exposure), but in the case of Philips Xenium i908, the brightness drop is slightly larger. The black field during the deviation on the diagonal is highlighted strongly, but remains approximately neutral gray. Photos below are shown (the brightness of white areas in the perpendicular plane of the directions of the direction is approximately the same!):

And at a different angle:

With perpendicular view, the uniformity of the black field is imperfect and the black field has a pronounced shade:

Contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is not the highest - about 680: 1. Response time when switching black-white-black is 15 ms (8 ms incl. + 7 ms off.). The transition between the halftons of gray 25% and 75% (for the numerical value of color) and back in sum occupies 24 ms. Constructed by 32 points with an equal interval in the numerical value of the shade of a gray gamma curve did not reveal in neither lights or in the shadows. An indicator of approximating power function It is 2.83, which is significantly higher than the standard value of 2.2, so the image is darkened. At the same time, the real gamma curve deviates little from power dependence:

Color coverage is close to SRGB:

The spectra show that the matrix light filters to moderately mix the components to each other:

As a result, visually colors have natural saturation. The balance of shades on the gray scale is not very good, since the color temperature is higher than the standard 6500 K. The deviation from the spectrum of absolutely black body (ΔE) to the most part of the scale is significantly higher than 10, which even for the consumer device is considered a bad indicator. In this case, ΔE and the color temperature are strongly changed from the shade to the shade (even within the limits of reliable measurements) - this adversely affects the visual assessment of the color balance. (The darkest areas of the gray scale can not be considered, since there the balance of colors does not matter, and the measurement error of the color characteristics on the low brightness is large.)

Let's summarize. The screen has a sufficiently high maximum brightness and has good anti-glare properties, so the device is likely to be able to use outdoor summer sunny day. In complete darkness, brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. It is permissible to use the mode with an automatic adjustment of the brightness that works adequately. The advantages of the screen should include an effective oleophobic coating, no flickering and air gap in the layers of the screen, as well as close to SRGB color coverage. The disadvantages are low stability of black to the rejection of the view from the perpendicular to the screen plane, the overall dimming of the image and is far from the best color balance. However, taking into account the importance of the characteristics for this class of devices, the screen quality can be considered high.

Sound

In the sound plan, the Philips Xenium I908 smartphone does not represent anything special. The device is built in only one major speaker, the maximum volume level is medium, the sound is ringing, without a noticeable presence of low frequencies. During a telephone conversation, the voice of the interlocutor, the timbre and intonation remain familiar and clearly distinguishable. The sound published by the conversational speaker is natural and pleasant for hearing.

To control the quality of sound, it is possible to use the Besloudness speaker volume amplifier and sound improvement system for Besaudenh headphones. To play melodies in the smartphone, a regular play music player is used with the ability to choose from several preset equalizer values.

FM radio in the full configuration of the smartphone is available, and a voice recorder was found. Radio is able to record programs, without connected as external antenna Headphones will not work. Write down telephone conversations With line staffing Smartphone can not.

Camera

Philips Xenium i908 is equipped with two digital camera modules with a resolution of 13 and 5 Mp. The front camera takes pictures with a maximum resolution of 2560 × 1920, the maximum video size is 640 × 480, during video recording it is not possible.

The main, rear camera is equipped with a 13 megapixel Sony Exmor RS module with a BSI sensor and autofocus, and also equipped with a single-section LED flash and can shoot video in a resolution of 1080p. Here it is also impossible to take pictures during video shooting. The settings menu is a classic, familiar to other smartphones on the Android system in which the manufacturer has not installed any alternative shells. The menu sections are intuitively easily located, all inscriptions are large and clearly drawn, use the camera is quite comfortable even with bright sunlight.

The camera can shoot video, several permissions are provided to the selection to 1920 × 1080. An example of a test roller is presented below.

  • Roller №1 (50 MB, 1920 × 1080, 30 frames / s)

Examples of photos with our comments are presented below.

Some unpleasant artifacts can be seen on the contours of objects.

Good sharpness throughout the entire field of frame. Shadows - a clearly weak point of the camera.

The foliage is worked out very well, which cannot be said about the grass in the shadows.

Good sharpness on distant plans.

Even with such a distance you can disassemble some cars.

Sharpness with removal of the plan falls very smoothly and slowly.

The numbers of the nearest machines can be disassembled.

With macro shot, the camera copes normally.

Only on the fighters of the foliage plans merged, which is a very decent result.

Shooting text manual is good.

To say that the camera was able, perhaps, there will be little. For such a smartphone, the camera is excellent. Although it is possible to find the disadvantages of it: it does not always choose the exhibition, the work of the noise is too "grainy", and in the shadows the result and it looks terrible. The rest of the camera is beautiful. And the sensor, and optics well work out parts throughout the field frame and even on medium plans. Noise sensor is pretty, judging by the noticeable work of the noise.

The camera is perfect for documentary, and sometimes for artistic shooting with good lighting. In any case, in such conditions, it will be able to capture many details.

Telephone part and communication

Smartphone standard works in modern networks 2G GSM and 3G WCDMA, support for LTE (4G) in the device. You can standardly organize a wireless access point through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth channels, there are Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi Display modes, and the NFC technology is supported. The device supports work with GPS / A-GPS.

Spontaneous reboots / shutdowns during testing were not observed, there are no problems with this, the interface works very quickly, delays and inhibitions are not observed. The smartphone screen is large, so the drawing of letters and numbers of virtual keyboards is quite comfortable for control. Layout and location of the keys Standard: Languages \u200b\u200bswitching is carried out by pressing the special button with the image of the globe. There is no dedicated top row with numbers - you need to switch the layout each time. The phone application supports Smart Dial, that is, during a set telephone number Immediately, the search for contacts is immediately carried out, but there is no favorite for many users of the input type swype here.

The smartphone supports working with two SIM cards, and in general, working with them in the menu is organized by a familiar principle: you can assign a major for organizing voice calls, data transmission or sending SMS messages to any of the SIM cards; When the number is dialing, you can also select the desired card in the context submenu. 3G networks can operate a SIM card in any slot, but simultaneously in this mode only one of the cards can function. To change the settings of the slots of the card, you do not need to change places - it can be done directly from the phone menu. Working with two SIM-cards is organized by the usual Dual SIM Dual Standby standard when both maps can be in active standby mode, but simultaneously it cannot work - a radio module here is only one.

OS and Software

Philips Xenium i908 works in this moment On the Google Android version 4.4.2 Kitkat software platform. The manufacturer did not establish any alternative shells, so the organization of all menus, desktops and the functionality of the notifications panel here are exactly the same as in the "stock" of Google Android OS. In the smartphone only redraws the theme icons, which is installed by default, there are no other changes. Of third-party applications The device is pre-installed the file manager and office package Kingsoft (WPS) Office.

Performance

The Philips Xenium I908 hardware platform is based on an eight-core single-core system (SOC) MediaTek MT6592, officially represented a year ago. A feature of SOC is that eight full-fledged in its configuration processor cores, [at the same time] functioning at a frequency up to 2 GHz (in this case, 1.7 GHz). True, only the Arm Cortex-A7 kernel is used.

The MALI-450MP4 video screen is responsible for the graphics processing. Own memory for the user's needs in the device is originally available about 13 GB, it can be enlarged using a microSD memory card to 32 GB. Volume random access memory Here is 2 GB, which is quite modern. Connection mode external devices The Micro-USB port (OTG) is not supported here.

According to the test results, the platform showed very good results, the productivity of the smartphone is above the average (approximately 30k in Antutu V 5.x). For comparison: smartphone Fly EGO ART 2, functioning on the exact same platform, but with one gigabyte RAM, demonstrated in the same version of the benchmark about 22k points. As for competing platforms, the fresh eight-year Soc Huawei called Hisilicon Kirin 920, installed in Huawei Honor 6, shows much higher results in the same test (approximately 41k). And if we consider that the results of our checks established the similarity of the results of this new platform With the top Qualcomm Snapdragon 801, therefore, the hero of the review with exactly the same large detachments will give way to her. This is primarily due to the fact that more productive platforms are used as the main KRAIT 400 / Cortex-A15 kernels. Nevertheless, the smartphone described today is quite powerful, the performance of the eight-core platform will be enough for a long time to perform most tasks.

All results obtained by us when testing the smartphone in the most fresh versions Popular benchmarks, we have brought to the table for convenience. The table usually adds several other devices from various segments, also tested on similar recent versions Benchmarks (this is done only for visual assessment of the resulting dry numbers). Unfortunately, within the framework of one comparison, it is impossible to submit results from different versions of the benchmarks, so many decent and actual models remain "for the scenes" - due to the fact that they at one time passed the "bar of obstacles" on previous versions test programs.

Testing in MobileXPRT, as well as in the latest versions of Antutu and Geekbench 3:

Testing the graphic subsystem in the Epic Citadel game test, as well as Basemark X and Bonsai Benchmark:

Browser cross-platform tests:

As for the benchmarks to estimate the speed of the JavaScript engine, it is necessary to always make a discount on the fact that they are significantly dependent on the browser in them, in which the comparison can be truly correct only on the same OS and browsers, and such an opportunity is available when testing not always. In the case of Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.

Video playback

To test "omnivities" when playing video (including support for various codecs, containers and special capabilities, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats that constitute the bulk of the content available on the content network. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have the support of hardware decoding of videos at the chip level, since to process modern options due to the processor nuclei are most often impossible. Also do not wait from mobile device decoding is just because of the flexibility leadership belongs to PC, and no one is going to challenge it.

According to the results of the testing of Philips Xenium I908, it was not supplied with all the necessary decoders that are needed to fully play most of the most common files in the network. To successfully play their playback, you will have to resort to the help of a third-party player - for example, MX Player. True, and it will have to first change the settings by switching from hardware decoding to software or in a new mode called Hardware +.(Not supported by all smartphones).

Format Container, video, sound MX Video Player. Full video player
DVDRip. AVI, XVID 720 × 400 2200 Kbps, MP3 + AC3 reproduces normal reproduces normal
Web-DL SD AVI, XVID 720 × 400 1400 Kbps, MP3 + AC3 reproduces normal reproduces normal
Web-DL HD MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 3000 Kbps, AC3 Hardware +.
BDRip 720p. MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 4000 Kbps, AC3 reproduced normally with decoder Hardware +. video is reproduced normally, no sound
BDRip 1080p. MKV, H.264 1920 × 1080 8000 Kbps, AC3 reproduced normally with decoder Hardware +. video is reproduced normally, no sound

¹ Sound in MX Video Player was played only after switching to software decoding or on mode Hardware +.; the regular player does not have such a setting

The MHL interface, like the Mobility DisplayPort, we did not find in this smartphone, so I had to restrict ourselves to testing the display of the video files on the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files moving to one division per frame with an arrow and a rectangle (see "Methods for testing reproducing devices and displaying a video signal. Version 1 (for mobile devices) Red markers indicate possible problemsrelated to playback of relevant files.

By the output criteria, the quality of video files on the screen of the smartphone itself is good, since frames (or frames of frames) can (but not obliged) to be output with more or less uniform intervals of intervals and without frames of frames. For some reason, the screen update frequency was 62 Hz, as a result, for example, for files 60 frames / with pair frames had an increased duration. When playing video files with a resolution of 1920 to 1080 pixels (1080p), the image of the video file is output one-in-one, exactly along the screen border and in the true resolution of Full HD. The brightness range is displayed on the screen corresponds. standard range 16-235 - in the shadows and in the lights are displayed all gradations of shades - which is required to correctly reproduce typical video files.

Battery life

The lithium-ion battery installed in Philips Xenium i908 has much greater than that of competing solutions on the same platform, the capacity of 3000 mAh. Nevertheless, a smartphone on the basis of testing did not demonstrate records in autonomy. Any specific corporate energy-saving modes, as it would be expected from Xenium, there is no smartphone. There was only one standard energy-saving mode, which is always present in all the firmware of smartphones on this SOC MTK and which is always turned on by default - otherwise the level of charge of these eight-core devices is disappeared in front of the eyes. This, by the way, is the exceptional case when we have to test the devices using the power saving mode, in the event of any other platforms, we turn off any function saving function. Another curious moment is related to the fact that in the official specifications of the smartphone, the use of a lithium-polymer battery is indicated, but the CPU-Z identified its battery as lithium-ion.

Battery capacity Reading mode Video mode 3D game mode
Philips Xenium i908. 3000 mA · h 9 h. 30 m. 7 h. 30 m. 3 h. 20 m.
Fly Ego Art 2 1800 mA · h 8 h. 00 m. 4 h. 10 m. 2 h. 00 m.
Huawei Honor 3x. 3000 mA · h 12 h. 30 m. 8 h. 40 m. 5 h. 00 m.
Zopo 998. 2400 mA · h 8 h. 15 m. 3 h 40 m. 2 h. 10 m.
THL T100S. 2300 mA · h 9 h. 05 m. 5 h. 15 m. 2 h. 30 m.
TCL Idol X + 2500 mA · h 12 h. 30 m. 7 h. 20 m. 3 h. 00 m.
Fly Luminor IQ453 2000 mA · h 10 h. 00 m. 7 h. 00 m. 4 h. 10 m.
Meizu MX3. 2400 mA · h 13 h. 20 m. 8 h. 00 m. 4 h. 25 m.
Lenovo Vibe Z. 3050 mA · h 11 h. 45 m. 8 h. 00 m. 3 h. 30 m.

Uninterrupted reading B. fBReader program (with a standard, bright theme) with a minimum comfortable brightness level (the brightness was set per 100 cd / m²) lasted until the battery was completely discharge of only about 9.5 hours, and with unlimited viewing video in high quality (720p) with the same level of brightness through home wi-Fi network The device lasted 7 hours. At this place it is worth noting that we have ceased to use when testing youtube service.Having stopped playing through the Wi-Fi network of your own test roller (MP4, 720P) using the popular MX Player video player. In 3D-games mode, the smartphone worked less than 3.5 hours. Full charge Batteries lasts long enough, about 3.5 hours.

Outcome

Despite some inconsistencies in the declared characteristics of the smartphone with its real possibilities (problems with the recognition of GLONASS satellites, a battery of a different type), as well as not a record autonomy, which goes into a section with the stated belonging to the "long-playing" series Xenium, the device, however, The totality of the technical characteristics turned out to be quite interesting. He has a neat and practical, though not too expressive design, good quality and resolution large screen, powerful hardware platform with decent performance, and, moreover, a smartphone supports working with two SIM cards. On the other hand, it is not visible than Philips Xenium I908 justifies a considerable price, according to which the device is officially sold on the Russian market (at the time of publication, it was about 14 thousand rubles). The smartphone does not have the slightest hint of presence additional featureswhich usually remove the mobile apparatus at such a price level: there is no own user interface, support for gestures, USB OTG, LTE, second wi-Fi band, moisture protection and a lot more. You can list for a long time, so it is enough to just state that despite the very good hardware database, the smartphone lacks the masses of those little things that make working with a mobile device for a truly comfortable, and the device is transferred to the category of advanced. Without them, such a high declared price sees a very overestimated and not corresponding to the true level of smartphone.

Specifications
Sim 2 mini.
Chipset MediaTek MT6592, 8 cores
CPU frequency 1.7 GHz
Standard GSM: 850/900/1800 MHz WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
Diagonal 5"
OS. Android 4.4.2
Camera rear 13 MP Autofocus
Front camera 5 MP.
RAM 2 GB
ROM 16 GB
Screen type IPS, OGS.
Screen resolution 1920x1080.
Memory card support up to 32 GB
Bluetooth / NFC. 4.0 / is
GPS. GPS / GLONASS / A-GPS
Battery capacity 3000 mAh.
Dimensions 143х70x8.8 mm
Weight 150 g

Contents of delivery

  • Telephone
  • Battery
  • Wired headset
  • Power Adapter with USB Cable
  • Warranty coupon
  • Film on screen


Introduction

CEC (China Electronics Corporation), which belongs to the Philips brand, released a fairly compact smartphone to the Russian market, which has an eight-year processor, two gigabytes of RAM, a five-year IPS matrix with FHD resolution. The model refers to the Xenium line, which means that there is a capacious battery. On this chips, I908 do not end. It is worth highlighting a high-quality main chamber on 13 megapixel and high-angle three-megapixel frontal. And all this is supported by the latest version of Google Android 4.4.

The appearance of the device also did not go without the attention of Chinese manufacturers: the thickness of the case made relatively small, given the powerful battery, 8.8 mm. But by the Samsung products practically no one passes: the rear Philips cover is made about the same style as the lids. Galaxy Note. 3, S5 or Note 4, that is, "fashionable" plastic under the skin.

With the price, it was not very twisted, I can buy I908 from 12,500 rubles.

Design, dimensions, control elements

In small margins, the Chinese CEC began producing smartphones in a medium-high price range. Fast processors, good screens and cameras appeared. The design also changed in best side: The devices have become thinner and easier, more convenient in circulation. Of course, I had to borrow something from other manufacturers. Someone is trying to use the metal to the maximum, imitating HTC or Apple, and someone rivets plastic rear covers under the skin, repeating Samsung. Those who save, choose the last option.



Actually, in appearance Philips I908, In addition to the unusual "soft-touch" textured rear panel, there is nothing original, everything is quite familiar: a rectangular shape with slightly smoothed corners, slightly convex top and bottom ends. A thin cap on the perimeter is made of glossy plastic, plastic has no relief on the sides, but still "Soft-touch" remains. The material is not very slippery, but if the hands are wet, the device will easily slip.


For some information, the front panel protects the Japanese glass Asahi Dragontrail II (Dragontrail is six times more resistant to mechanical effects than ordinary glass). For several weeks of active use, the smartphone screen was not damaged. A oleophobic coating is applied to the surface, however it is weak, fingerprints quickly cover the entire front panel, erased non-completely. On the display finger slides freely.

Philips smartphone is available in two color solutions: white and black.

The dimensions of Xenium I908 - 143x70x8.8 mm, and the weight is 150 grams. In principle, the gadget is compact, at least in his hand lies very well, apparently, due to lower edges and a small width. In the Moscow metro seen advertising this model. It seems to me that the poster specifically moved with photoshop: the device was made so subtle that he himself wanted to feel the device and make sure the right-point marketers? On top and bottom of the screen frame 16 mm, and on the right and left - 4 mm.


When compressing the device in hand it hits a little, there is no backlash, the back of the back is a bit beyond the battery. I would like more monolithic assembly, but for now - so-so comes out.


On the left on the left on the front panel there is an indicator of missing events, a little to the right - the front camera, even the right - the lighting and approximation sensors, the spoken speaker - in the center from above. His volume is high, the interlocutor is heard clearly and picking up, the timbre is pleasant (there are low and high frequencies).

Under the screen, there are traditionally sensory buttons "Back", "Home" and "Menu". They are indicated by white translucent paint. The backlight is, it is weak, but the day the characters are visible, and at night the light does not blind eyes. Sensitivity is normal.



On the lower end - the microphone, on the top - standard 3.5 mm audio output and micro-usb connector. The volume keys of the volume adjustment is located in the left corner, and the power button is in the right. They are comfortable, to measure convex, their move is large, pressing soft, there is a sound "click".





On the back of the Philips I908 there is a camera framed by a metal rod, a flash, and at the bottom - speaker speaker.



To remove the panel, it must be pulled out for a special recess. On the top of the device - microSD slot, left and right - connectors under Minisim. I do not quite understand, for what purpose the manufacturer installed here "mini", and not "micro". The battery is built-in, the NFC antenna is pasted on it.



Comparative sizes:


Philips and iPhone 5


Philips and Nexus 5


Display

The diagonal of the Philips Xenium I908 screen is 5 inches - a certain standard of the average android smartphone. The physical size is 62x110 mm, and I told about the framework in the section above. The display resolution is FullHD, the matrix is \u200b\u200bmade using IPS technology, the air layer is missing (OGS). Anti-glare is missing, the screen reflects the surrounding space so that the device can be used as a mirror.

The viewing angles are maximized, at the angles the picture is completely not distorted. There is not enough, in my opinion, only greater saturation, the colors are somewhat flexible. The brightness of the backlight of the matrix is \u200b\u200baverage, and it lacks for a comfortable reading of information in the light and the sun. Generally, good screenBut no more.

Touch layer of capacitive type exercises up to 5 simultaneous touches. Sensitivity is excellent.


Corners review


White color

Black color

Battery

Since the smartphone refers to the Xenium series, the device is expected to detect a large capacity battery. This time the manufacturer did not dreamed at all - 3000 mAh (lithium-polymer battery).

If you use the phone about 21-23 hours, the battery will be completely discharged, provided: 20-25 minutes of conversations per day, 8 hours of using Wi-Fi Internet (Twitter, mail, downloading applications and their installation), about 7 hours mobile Internet and couples listening to music.

You can listen only to music within 65 hours, watch only video (maximum screen brightness, high volume, movie resolution - HD 720p) - just under 6 hours. If you want to play toys (such as Modern Combat 5), then the energy also does not have to save - the battery will sit only after 4 hours!

From a USB battery charges for 7 hours, from a network adapter for 3 - 3.5 hours.

Communication capabilities

Like most modern inexpensive devices, Philips I908 works only in 2G and 3G (both slots are switched through the settings). there is Bluetooth version 4.0, Wi-Fi b / g / n, USB 2.0 and even NFC chip. The OTG function does not work.

GPS / GLONASS work. Or I got an unsuccessful apparatus, or all I908 models with great difficulty function with a location. During testing, I managed to find only a couple of satellites on Philips. And those coordinates did not decide.

Memory and memory card

Inside the device, the memory of RAM is used for 2 GB. On average, about 1 GB is free.

Integrated memory - 16 GB. This volume is quite enough for the first time, and it is still convenient that you can install several "large" toys to the built-in Flash, and not on the microSD card.

Camera

The device was provided with two chambers modules: the main on 13 megapixel, 5 MP front. There is a single-section LED flash. Maximum photo resolution - 4160x3120 pixels, video - 1920x1080 pixels at 30 frames per second. The diaphragm of the main chamber is F2.2, the focal length is 30 mm, frontal - F2.8, the focal length is about 25 mm.

The quality of photos is good, especially pleased with the pleasant blur of the back plan when creating frames in macro mode. The nature of noise does not cause dislike (usually in such cells the picture becomes muddy, and the color reproduction is strongly disturbed), the viewing angle is relatively wide, especially in the "frontal". Of the minuses: the picture often goes into warm shades.

The minimum ISO value is 66, the maximum car - 500, the maximum shutter speed is 1/10 s, the minimum is 1/2000 s.

Video device writes in FullHD resolution. The image is good, does not float, sharpness is high. Sound quality, mono. The rear camera removes in the resolution of only 640x480 pixels.

Flash functions correctly!

Characteristic video file.:

  • File format: 3GP
  • Video codec: AVC, 17 Mbps
  • Resolution: 1920 x 1080, up to 30 k / s
  • Audio Code: AAC, 128 Kbps
  • Channels: 1 channel, 48 kHz

Examples of photos:

Example photo on frontal chamber:

Performance and software platform

The main chip of this apparatus is to consider the MediaTek MT6592 chipset: 8 Arm Cortex-A7 cores with a clock frequency from 1.7 GHz to 2 GHz, technical process 28 nm, graphic accelerator ARM MALI-450MP4 ( clock frequency 700 MHz). I tested the apparatus on most common benchmarks. They showed a very high result. Games go all, and without any hints of lags, they start very quickly. If in HighScreen Thor I noticed the light lags of the interface, then I did not observe this in Philips I908 and Huawei Honor 3x. The smartphone is very fast, responsive, no problems during testing occurred. The only thing I can find face is to low animation speed. Maybe spoiled LG Nexus 5?

Information about the brand, model and alternative names of a particular device, if any.

Design

Information on sizes and weight of the device presented in different units of measurement. Used materials offered colors, certificates.

Width

Information about width - meant the horizontal side of the device when it is standard orientation during use.

70 mm (millimeters)
7 cm (centimeters)
0.23 ft (ft)
2.76 in (inches)
Height

Information about height - meant the vertical side of the device when it is standard orientation during use.

143 mm (millimeters)
14.3 cm (centimeters)
0.47 ft (ft)
5.63 in (inches)
Thickness

Information about the thickness of the device in different units of measurement.

8.8 mm (millimeters)
0.88 cm (centimeters)
0.03 ft (ft)
0.35 in (inches)
Weight

Information about the weight of the device in different units of measurement.

155 g (grams)
0.34 LBS (pounds)
5.5 OZ (oz)
Volume

The approximate volume of the device calculated on the basis of the size provided by the manufacturer. Refers to devices with a form of rectangular parallelepiped.

88.09 cm³. (Cubic centimeters)
5.35 In³. (cubic inches)
Colors

Information about the colors in which this device is available on sale.

The black
Brown
White
Case Production Materials

Materials used for making the device body.

Plastic

SIM-card

The SIM card is used in mobile devices to save data certifying the authenticity of mobile services subscribers.

Mobile networks

Mobile network is a radio system that allows multiple mobile devices to exchange data among themselves.

Mobile communication technology and data transfer rate

Communication between devices in mobile networks is carried out through technologies that provide different data transfer rates.

Operating system

The operating system is system software, controlling and coordinating the hardware components in the device.

SOC (crystal system)

The system on the crystal (SOC) includes all the most important hardware components of the mobile device in one chip.

SOC (crystal system)

The system on the crystal (SOC) integrates various hardware components, such as a processor, a graphics processor, memory, periphery, interfaces, etc., as well as the Softera needed for their operation.

MediaTek MT6592.
Technological process

Information on the technological process to which the chip is made. The nanometers in the nanometers measured half the distance between the elements in the processor.

28 nm (nanometers)
Processor (CPU)

The main function of the processor (CPU) of the mobile device is the interpretation and execution of instructions contained in software applications.

ARM Cortex-A7
Processor discharge

The processor bit (bits) of the processor is determined by the size (in bits) of registers, targeted tires and tires for data. 64-bit processors have a higher performance compared to 32-bit, which are more productive for their part than 16-bit processors.

32 bits
Architecture of a set of commands

Instructions are the commands with which the software is set / manages the operation of the processor. Information about the command set (ISA) that the processor can perform.

Armv7.
First Level Cache Memory (L1)

Cache memory is used by a processor to reduce access to more frequently used data and instructions. L1 (level 1) cache memory is characterized by a small volume and works much faster as system MemoryAnd other levels of cache. If the processor does not detect the requested data in L1, it continues to look for them in L2 cache. With some processors, this search is performed simultaneously in L1 and L2.

32 KB + 32 KB (kilobytes)
Second Level Cache Memory (L2)

L2 (Level 2) Cache memory is slower than L1, but in return, it is distinguished by a large range that allows caching more data. It, as well as L1, is much faster than system memory (RAM). If the processor does not detect the requested data in L2, it continues to search them in L3 cache (if available) or in RAM memory.

1024 KB (kilobytes)
1 MB (megabytes)
Kingdom of processor cores

The core of the processor performs software instructions. There are processors with one, two or more nuclei. The presence of a larger number of nuclei increases performance, allowing parallel execution of a plurality of instructions.

8
Processor clock frequency

The processor clock frequency describes its speed by means of cycles per second. It is measured in megahertz (MHz) or Gighellians (GHZ).

1700 MHz (Meghertz)
Graphic Processor (GPU)

The graphics processor (GPU) processes the calculations for various 2D / 3D graphic applications. In mobile devices, it is used most often by games, consumer interface, video applications, etc.

ARM MALI-450 MP4
Kolynism of the core processor

Like a processor, the graphics processor consists of several working parts, which are called nuclei. They handle graphic calculations of different applications.

4
Clock frequency graphics processor

The speed of work is the clock frequency of the graphics processor, which is measured in Meghertz (MHz) or Gighellians (GHz).

700 MHz (Meghertz)
RAM (RAM)

RAM (RAM) used operating system And all installed applications. Data that are stored in RAM is lost after turning off or restarting the device.

2 GB (gigabytes)

Built-in memory

Each mobile device has a built-in (non-removable) memory with a fixed volume.

Memory cards

Memory Cards are used in mobile devices to increase the amount of memory to save data.

Screen

The mobile device screen is characterized by its technology, resolution, pixel density, diagonal length, color depth, etc.

Type / Technology

One of the main characteristics of the screen is the technology on which it is manufactured and on which the quality of the information image directly depends.

IPS.
Diagonal

Mobile devices the screen size is expressed by the length of its diagonal, measured in inches.

5 in (inches)
127 mm (millimeters)
12.7 cm (centimeters)
Width

Approximate screen width

2.45 IN (inches)
62.26 mm (millimeters)
6.23 cm (centimeters)
Height

Approximate screen height

4.36 in (inches)
110.69 mm (millimeters)
11.07 cm (centimeters)
Aspect ratio

The ratio of the size of the length of the screen to its short side

1.778:1
16:9
Resolution

Screen resolution shows the number of pixels vertically and horizontally screen. Higher resolution means a clearer image item.

1080 x 1920 pixels
Pixel density

Information on the number of pixels on a centimeter or an inch screen. Higher density allows you to show information on the screen with clearer items.

441 PPI (pixels per inch)
173 ppcm. (pixels for centimeter)
Color depth

The color color depth reflects the total number of bits used for the color components in one pixel. Information about the maximum number of colors that the screen may show.

24 bits
16777216 Flowers
Screen

Approximate area in percent, occupied by the screen on the front panel of the device.

69.07% (interest)
Other features

Information about other features and screen characteristics.

Cucitive
Multitach
OGS (One Glass Solution)

Sensors

Various sensors perform various quantitative measurements and convert physical indicators to signals that the mobile device recognizes.

Rear camera

The main mobile camera camera is usually located on its rear panel and can be combined with one or more additional cameras.

Sensor type

Information about the camera sensor type. Some of the most widely used types of sensors in mobile devices cameras are CMOS, BSI, ISoCell, etc.

CMOS (Complemenient Metal-Oxide Semiconductor)
ISO (photosensitivity)

The value of the ISO indicates the sensor sensitivity to the light. Digital chamber sensors operate in a specific ISO range. The higher the number of ISO, the higher the sensor sensitivity to the light.

66 - 500
Svetlomilaf / 2.2.
Exposure (shutter speed)

Exposure reflects the exposure time. Indicates how long the optics shutter remains open during shooting and, accordingly, the time during which the camera sensor is exposed to light. The longer this time, the more light reaches the sensor. The shutter speed is measured in seconds (for example, 5, 2, 1 second) or in fractions of a second (for example, ½, 1/8, 1/8000). In contrast to DSLR cameras using a mechanical shutter, in mobile devices it is electronic.

1/10 - 1/2000
Focal length

The focal length indicates the distance in millimeters from the sensor to the optical center of the lens. The equivalent focal length (35 mm) is the focal length of the mobile device chamber, equalized to the focal length of the 35mm full-length sensor, in which the same viewing angle will be reached. It is calculated by multiplying the real focus distance Cameras of a mobile device on the crop factor of its sensor. Crop-factor can be defined as a ratio between diagonals 35 mm of a full-format sensor and a mobile device sensor.

30 mm (millimeters) * (35 mm / Full Frame)
Type of outbreak

Rear (rear) mobile cameras mainly use LED flashes. They can be in configuration with one, two or more light sources and differ in shape.

Led.
Image resolution4160 x 3120 pixels
12.98 MP (megapixels)
Video resolution1920 x 1080 pixels
2.07 MP (megapixels)
Video recording speed (personnel frequency)

Information about the maximum recording speed (frames per second, FPS) supported by the camera at maximum resolution. Some of the most basic speed recording speeds 24 FPS, 25 FPS, 30 FPS, 60 FPS.

30 frames / sec (Frames per second)
Characteristics

Information on additional software and hardware features of the rear (rear) camera.

Serial shooting
Digital zoom
Digital image stabilization
Geographic labels
Panoramic shooting
HDR shooting
Touch focus
Face Recognition
White balance setting
Setting up ISO.
Exposition compensation
Self-timer
Scene selection mode

Front-camera

Smartphones have one or more frontal chambers of various designs - POP-UP camera, swivel camera, cutout or hole in the display, camera under the display.

Svetlomila

Lights (also known as a diaphragm, aperture or F-number) is an indicator of a lens aperture size that determines the amount of light falling onto the sensor. The lower the number F, the greater the diaphragm and the greater the light reaches the sensor. Typically indicates the number F corresponding to the maximum possible aperture of the diaphragm.

f / 2.8.
line of sight

The field of view shows which part of the scene in front of the camera will be removed. It depends not only on the focal length, but also on the size of the sensor. It can be calculated through the angle of optics and the sensor crop factor. The viewing angle is the angle between the two most long-range diagonal points of the frame.

88 ° (degrees)
Image resolution

One of the main characteristics of the cameras is the resolution. It is the number of horizontal and vertical pixels in the image. For convenience, smartphone manufacturers often indicate permission in megapixels, indicating an approximate number of pixels in millions.

2560 x 1920 pixels
4.92 MP (Megapixels)
Video resolution

Information on the maximum allowing video allowing that can record the camera.

640 x 480 pixels
0.31 MP (megapixels)

Audio

Information on the type of loudspeakers and supported by the audio technology.

Radio

Mobile radio radio is a built-in FM receiver.

Location

Information on navigation and location devices supported by the device.

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is a technology that provides wireless communication for data transfer to close distances between different devices.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is the standard of secure wireless data transfer between different devices of different types for short distances.

USB

USB (Universal Serial Bus) is an industrial standard that allows different electronic devices to exchange data.

Plug for headphones

This is an audio connector, which is also called the audio connector. The most widely used standard in mobile devices is 3.5 mm headphone jack.

Connecting devices

Information on other important connection technologies supported by the device.

Browser

The web browser is a software application for accessing and viewing information on the Internet.

Formats / Codecs Video Files

Mobile devices support different formats and codecs of video files that are respectively preserved and encoded / decoded digital video data.

Battery

Mobile batteries differ from each other in its capacity and technology. They provide an electrical charge needed for their operation.

Capacity

The battery capacity shows the maximum charge that it is capable of saving, measured in milliamme aperture.

3000 mA · h (milliamper watch)
A type

The type of battery is determined by its structure and, more specifically used by chemicals. Exist different types Batteries, and most often in mobile devices are used lithium-ion and lithium-ion-polymer batteries.

Li-Ion (lithium-ion)
Talk time 2G.

The time of the conversation in 2G is the period of time for which the battery charge is discharged completely at a continuous conversation in 2G network.

37 h (clock)
2220 min (minutes)
1.5 days
2G waiting time

Waiting time in 2G is the time period for which the battery charge is discharged completely when the device is in standby mode (STAND-BY) and connected to 2G network.

1080 h (clock)
64800 min (minutes)
45 days
Talk time 3G.

The conversation time in 3G is the time period for which the battery charge is discharged completely with a continuous conversation in the 3G network.

37 h (clock)
2220 min (minutes)
1.5 days
3G waiting time

Waiting time in 3G is a period of time for which the battery charge is discharged completely when the device is in standby mode (Stand-BY) and connected to 3G network.

1080 h (clock)
64800 min (minutes)
45 days
Characteristics

Information on some additional characteristics of the device battery.

Non-removable