Overview UMIDIGI One Pro - a low-cost smartphone with NFC and a good camera
Devices / / December 19, 2019
Table of contents
- Specifications
- Packaging and appearance
- Display and Audio
- Performance
- autonomy
- Camera
- Software
- results
UMIDIGI - one of the few Chinese companies of the second echelon, which recently made a significant step forward. A few years ago, it is not too smart phones stand out from the competition, focuses on low price, but not the quality of the products. However, in 2017 it was released quite a successful model UMIDIGI S2 and UMIDIGI S2 LiteWhich showed that the company is capable of more.
UMIDIGI One Pro - a representative of a new series of mid-level, in which the manufacturer has tried to collect the best features of famous brands of smartphones. It is beautifully shines the gradient color of the back cover in the Huawei P20 style winks "monobrovyu" a la iPhone X attracts and supports the NFC, which is usually found only in the flagships. It should be a device only about 11 000 rubles.
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Specifications
housing | Metal, glass |
Display | 5.9 inches, 1,520 × 720 pixels, IPS |
Platform | Processor Helio P23, the video processor ARM Mali-G71 MP2 |
RAM | 4 GB |
Built-in memory | 64GB, possibility of installing a memory card of up to 256 GB |
camera | Summary - 12 Mn (OV12870) and 5 M; Front - 16 Mn (S5K3P3) |
link | Combined slot two nano-SIM and micro-SD; 2G: GSM 2/3/5/8; CDMA1X BC0, BC1; 3G: EVDO BC0, BC1; WCDMA 1/2/4/5/8; TD-SCDMA 34/39; 4G: TDD-LTE 34/38/39/40/41; FDD-LTE 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/25/26 / 28A / 28B |
Wireless interfaces | NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n 2,4 / 5 GHz, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, GLONASS, A-GPS |
expansion slots | USB Type-C, 3,5-mm audio jack, micro-SD (up to 256GB) |
sensors | Accelerometer, fingerprint, geomagnetic sensor, gyro, proximity sensors, light |
operating system | Android 8.1 Oreo |
Battery | 3 250 mAh (nonremovable) |
Dimensions | 148.4 × 71.4 × 8.3 mm |
Weight | 180 g |
In UMIDIGI One Pro chip used Helio P23, developed in 2017 for use in the mid-priced gadgets. The chipset includes eight cores Cortex-A53, running at a frequency of 2.3 GHz. It is made of 16-nanometer process technology, the speed corresponds approximately Snapdragon 625.
Over the three-dimensional graphics meets GPU Mali G71 MP2, which is clocked at 770 MHz. His lack of possibilities not only for playback video and unpretentious puzzles, but also for modern three-dimensional games. Video accelerator supports API OpenGL ES 3.1, OpenCL 1.1, DirectX 11.1.
Smartphone UMIDIGI One Pro equipped with 4 GB and 64 GB permanent memory. This configuration is by far the most relevant because it provides smooth operation operating system and applications, and provides enough space to store user data.
Main surprise - the presence of the module NFC and support rapid wireless charging on 15W. In this price range nobody anything like until you suggested. However, as shown by our tests, it's not all surprises UMIDIGI One Pro.
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Packaging and appearance
UMIDIGIi designers decided not too bother to work on the packaging, so all units of the company are sold in exactly the same black boxes.
The package includes a charger, connecting cable USB Type-C, a protective cover, clip and accompanying documentation. Complete cover is made of high-quality plastic material which imitates the outside skin. It sits well on the device, comfortable to hold and looks great.
The phone is has a fairly compact dimensions, despite the fact that the diagonal screen close to 6 inches. This is achieved by the narrow upper and lower frames. So in this case, the notorious "monobrov" went only benefit.
Screen occupies 90% of the front surface. In the top notch is the front camera, earpiece and LED notification, which notifies the different colors of missed calls, unread messages, or low battery.
The side faces are made of shiny silver metal. On the left side is located slot for a combined tray that can be installed either two SIM cards or SIM cards and memory card.
On the right side is placed the volume rocker and the power button, combined with scanner fingerprints. Such an arrangement may seem surprising, but in fact it is very convenient. Now, you do two things in one motion: unlock the device and pass the authorization.
Infimum smartphone connector comprises USB Type-C, external speaker and microphone jack to connect wired headphones. It's nice that the developers did not give up on him.
Back cover - the most notable detail in the design UMIDIGI One Pro. It is made of glass with a spectacular gradient coating, which was reflected in different colors. Photos and videos can not, unfortunately, fully convey this beauty, so take our word for it - looks cool phone!
Depending on the angle of refraction surface is painted in dark green, the noble blue, then purple. Glass on the back cover has an oleophobic coating, so the prints fade after wiping lung.
In general, the design and assembly of UMIDIGI One Pro we liked. Smartphone comfortably in the hand, and high-quality body materials and protective cover is delivered using only the pleasant sensations. Combining fingerprint scanner to the power button is only at first seems unusual, but after a while it is convenient and logical solution.
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Display and Audio
Smartphone UMIDIGI One Pro equipped with a screen diagonal of 5.9 inches and a resolution of 1520 × 720 pixels, which gives 285 dots per inch. pixel density by modern standards are not very big, but some points can only see a careful study of the screen at a very close distance.
Almost all the Chinese manufacturers are now using quality displaysTo which it is difficult to present a serious claim. UMIDIGI One Pro is no exception. Image on the screen looks crisp and contrast. The Matrix shows rich colors, correct color balance and brightness of a good stock. There is an automatic adjustment of the backlight depending on the ambient light. You can activate a special night mode, which does not adversely impact on the eyes after prolonged use of the gadget in the evening.
The company's website says that when playing music in the phone work just two speakers that provide stereo effect. In fact it is not. The speaker is only one, and its sound, though pretty loud, but it is normal in terms of frequency response. Saves the headphone connection. When using a high-quality headset music fans may well enjoy a good sound to your favorite tunes.
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Performance
Chipset Helio P23 roughly corresponds to its speed Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, which, in turn, it is still one of the most popular platforms for the average smartphone level.
Synthetic test results showed that the speed of UMIDIGI One Pro is not inferior to such popular models as Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite or redmi S2. This performance is quite enough for comfortable solutions all user tasks. Applications run quickly lags and freezes absent. With a 4 GB memory switch between running programs already occurs almost instantaneously.
Fans of gaming, this smartphone also can be useful. Helio P23 is certainly not the ideal solution, but his performance in combination with a small screen resolution still allows you to run virtually any mobile game. Although in order to achieve a comfortable frame refresh values in the most clever games you have to use medium graphics settings.
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autonomy
The smartphone has a rather plump body, so we hope that the manufacturer will equip its good battery. However, One Pro is installed battery at 3250 mAh - even less than in the low-end model. In this case, the thickness of the case is explained, perhaps, by the presence of wireless charging.
In the test PC Mark Battery battery, which measures the time of the device during normal user tasks, UMIDIGI One Pro lasted 7 pm 27 minutes. All this time there was a smartphone-enabled screen. This means that a full charge should last for a full day of normal use. If you ask for, you can stretch the time of autonomous use up to six days.
We have, unfortunately, it was not possible to check the operation of the wireless charging, but the manufacturer says that by using a corporate device UMIDIGI Q1 smart phone can be fully charged in just one and a half hours.
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Camera
The smartphone main camera installed with two modules. the first resolution is 12 M, and the second applied during portrait shooting - 5 megapixels. The first pleasant surprise is that the second sensor here, unlike many other Chinese phones that really works. In the "Stereo" smartphone perfectly highlights the central object and beautifully blurs the background around it. Below - a few photos taken using a second sensor.
The quality of images in normal mode also did not disappoint. We tested UMIDIGI One Pro in bad weather, when the sun was almost completely covered by clouds. But this did not prevent the chamber to make good pictures with the correct color and good detail. Notice how well the equipment picks up the parameters for the different facilities.
And even during the evening walk UMIDIGI One Pro did not disappoint us. In difficult low-light conditions camera I was able to do almost artistic images. An excellent result, which can be repeated not every branded smartphone.
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Software
One word in the model name hints like to participate in the program AndroidOne. This is not true. UMIDIGI One Pro has no relation to the initiative by Google.
However, the smartphone boasts a completely clean version of Android 8.1, which is completely lacking third-party applications and services. "Out of the box" is set only a minimum set of Google software, including Google Maps, YouTube, Google Photos, Chrome. Everything else will have to install the software on their own from Google Play catalog of applications.
The smartphone is equipped with a module NFC, so can be used for contactless payment and authorization. The manufacturer has received all necessary certificates, so Google Pay installed without problems. We tried to pay with a UMIDIGI One Pro in the shop - it's all right.
The operating system is running smoothly and without brakes. On the first day of testing there were a few glitches when you unlock the device, one of which even led to a reboot. However, in the days that followed came two firmware updates to correct this problem. Let us hope that the enthusiasm of the programmers is over and they will also release patches promptly and on.
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results
The testing UMIDIGI One Pro We got about it quite clearly impressed. This is one of the most worthy of devices that you can buy in the category of up to 15 000 rubles.
In terms of design, assembly, quality materials UMIDIGI One Pro does not yield much more expensive smartphones. Modern chipset, and a sufficient amount of RAM you can easily perform any custom tasks. Communication works steadily, with the definition of the location is no problem. The camera takes good not only in the daytime but also at night. Cherry on the cake - NFC and wireless charging.
At the time of writing, the cost of the smartphone article UMIDIGI One Pro is 11 729 rubles in-store and GearBest 12 162 rubles in the official store on AliExpress.
The author expresses his gratitude to the company UMIDIGI for providing the test device.