Review of "Yandex. Phone "- a budget smartphone with the" Alice "
Devices / / December 19, 2019
Table of contents
- Specifications
- Equipment
- Design
- Screen
- Sound
- Camera
- Performance
- Software
- Protection
- autonomy
- bonuses
- results
Specifications
Colors | The black |
Display | 5.65 inches, Full HD + (2160 × 1080 pixels), IPS |
Platform | Snapdragon eight-630, 2.2 GHz |
RAM | 4 GB |
Built-in memory | 64 GB + microSD-slot cards up to 128GB |
camera | Summary - 5 16 + Mn, front - 5 Mn |
SIM card | Two slots nanoSIM (means no use of the second microSD) |
Wireless interfaces | Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, GLONASS, NFC |
connectors | USB Type-C, analogue 3.5 mm audio jack, |
sensors | Accelerometer, light sensor, proximity sensor, a Hall sensor, gyroscope, compass, fingerprint sensor |
unlocking | Fingerprint, PIN |
operating system | Android 8.1 + Yandex Launcher |
Battery | 3050 mAh, has a quick charging Quick Charge 3.0 |
Dimensions | 150.1 × 72.5 × 8.28 mm |
Weight | 163 g |
Equipment
In a pretty box: Smartphone, USB cable - USB Type-C, trohamperny adapter and instructions with the enclosed clip into it in the form of the letter "I".
Design
Outwardly, "Yandex. Phone "does not stand out among any other smartphone - it's only averaged over all external device settings without bright chips. But no "cholok", and for many it is a plus.
In "Yandex" did not begin to develop a new design, based on "box" of the Chinese budget-Arima Z2. Hence the corresponding tactile sensations: the device is too slight, a compromise and savings are felt from the first seconds of operation.
Maybe I'm spoiled by the flagship, but cheap here looks like everything from oleophobic back to the plastic adapter and cable included.
Color variation alone, but "Yandex" offers covers - from silicone to fabric. At the time of writing in the sale of "Beru.ru" and "Yandex. Market "only available silicone cases for 1 490 rubles.
On the rear panel - oleophobic glass inscription "Yandex" Sensor fingerprint and a nice nuance, not protruding and recessed eyes cameras.
Facets are made of opaque metal. On the left - a slot for a SIM card and the microSD, top - a mini-jack, the bottom - Type-C, the opening speaker and microphone.
Screen
No "cholok" and claims to frameless. In "Yandex. Phone "usual rectangular screen without rounding. In my opinion, this is not a minus.
Here set good IPS-screen, issuing a clear, detailed picture with more brightness capability. True Auto-it brings a little bit - in the dark, sometimes you have to lower the corresponding slider alone.
On the one hand, the screen is nothing annoying, but it is noticeably inferior to the flagship OLED-display, which I encounter recently more often. Demanding and experienced user screen unlikely to impress.
Sound
Sound - one of the accented "by Yandex" advantages of the device. On board the smartphone is a chip Qualcomm Aqstic, and Bluetooth support aptX codec. Not sure "Yandex. Phone "can be called audiophile handheld device, but the majority of smart phones in its segment in the field of audio is noticeably bypasses. At least, while listening to good headphones.
But the speaker is one - of stereo sound can be forgotten.
Camera
It seems to give an objective assessment of the camera is too early. It is known that the "hardware" it is average, but software algorithms still in the development stage. Thus, it is unclear whether the use of today auxiliary lens, because the function of portraits with bokeh in "Yandex. Phone "at the time of writing has not yet appeared.
Already we can say that the main camera does not work very well. Some no pictures can be done in daylight, and at low and artificial turns out, to put it mildly, not very. Color, focus, HDR, customizable - you can find fault with everything. This is probably the least "dopilennuyu" at the time of the release of the smartphone.
Performance
Again, it's not very good: in terms of performance of the smartphone is not even the middle - he's just old. On board is no longer the most current Snapdragon 630 and 4GB of RAM. With this set did not work at lightning speed, even the shell. Friezes and mikrolagi not critical, but is still seen, especially in comparison with more powerful smartphones.
Such a device will cope with surfing the web and almost all applications, but resource-toys graphics here will not go to the highest setting. PUBG, for example, run only the minimum.
Geekbench test results in 4:
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Software
If to this description of a smartphone like a description of what does not stand the Chinese state employee, but now it's time for something unusual - the software features of the "Yandex".
Alice
Voice assistant "Alice" from the application "Yandex" or "station"- the main tool, which is based on user interaction with the device. Call the "Alice" is possible from any menu or application. Her icon lives in the bottom left of the screen, and even it can respond to a voice call, "Hey, Alice."
The main problem of such a call, as though it may sound silly, - the presence in our office, "Yandex. Station. " The phrase "Hey, Alice," responds and a column, and the only way to avoid it - ask "Station" name "Yandex". It is strange that on this issue, though no one thought.
Another problem - the lack of recognition of the voice of the owner. Because of this after every "Listen, Alice," the user will have to enter a PIN code or put your finger on the sensor, and then the electronic companion will respond to the request. This problem can be solved by Smart-Lock-Lock, which will turn off when the smart phone at a certain point on the map.
"Alice" correctly interact with the service of "Yandex", but, as in the "Stations", still remains in a rather silly to atypical requests. Most likely, over time, you define in which situations should not use an assistant, and in what better to do on their own.
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An interesting feature - smart reply numbers that are not in your contacts list. If you receive a call from the restaurant on the table, you'll learn more about it before they pick up the phone. A unique feature, without which it is easy to manage, but that makes life a little easier. For example, if you want to sign up for a haircut, you can type "hair salon", and quickly pick up a smartphone in the search box and the most convenient options offer call.
Shell, applications and services
"Yandex. Phone "hits record number of pre-installed applications - at the first launch of a smartphone already you can find dozens of five settings icons Yandex Launcher, various services, "Yandex" and Google.
To simplify the interaction with the service, the developers have decided to introduce additional ways to navigate - the separation of applications by color and category. In the early hours of the shell smartphone it seems overloaded and confusing, but in the long run such an approach is necessarily justified.
If the wind off screen to the left, we see a widget with an endless belt "Yandex. Zen. " It is doubtful, but someone will like. Found on the first scroll materials Layfhakera was nice.
Some elements Yandex Launcher moved from the classic Android. For example, a similar panel, called swipe down. The shell includes a wide scope for the visualization settings: a bunch of widgets, themes and icon styles.
However, Yandex Launcher is a problem - "Yandex" has too much recommended. At every step. But if you come to terms with it, something to remove, but something set up for yourself, you get a good and comfortable jacket.
Protection
On the cons: the "Yandex. Phone "does not unlock the face, dust and moisture protection.
But there is a unlock fingerprint. It works correctly, at an average speed. But here we found polzlvateley claims. For example, a leading blog "Ah, how simple!" Stas Vasiliev found bug: fingerprinting works in the opponent, not the registered mark as well as on it. Apparently, it's some very strange and rarely encountered a glitch, but still unpleasant.
Project leader Fedor Ezhov argues that "Yandex. Phone "nothing is listening and does not transmit user information or intelligence agencies or advertisers. Given that the smartphone Google has passed the certification, it can be trusted. Rather, your data will still be collected only Google.
autonomy
Capacity Battery "Yandex. Phone "- 3050 mAh. Indicators modest but acceptable - for example, approximately the same at iPhone XS Max and Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro.
At the presentation of the smartphone Fedor Ezhov said the charges "Yandex. Phone "once a day and a half. Perhaps his claim too optimistic, but the standard requirement "doterpet charging until the evening" smartphone, in my experience, corresponds. And he quickly charged from trohampernogo adapter from the regular set.
bonuses
As is the case with the "Station", with the purchase of a smartphone "Yandex" returns a portion of the cost in the form of subscriptions to paid services and other bonuses included. Here, the user will receive with the device:
- 500 rubles to the account in the "Yandex. Money. "
- 10% keshbek in "Yandex. Money "when paying via NFC for three months (but not more than 500 rubles per month).
- 300 rubles for a trip to "Yandex. Taxi".
- 10% discount on trips to "Yandex. Taxi "at the rate of" Comfort "and up to six months.
- six months subscription to "Yandex. Music. "
- Access to movies and TV shows on the "kinopoisk" for six months.
- Free shipping with purchases marketpleysa "I take!" For six months.
- Discounts and special rates in karshering-service "Yandex. Drive ", valid for six months.
- An additional 10 GB, and 30% discount on all tariffs on "Yandex. Drive "for six months.
results
The results are disappointing. After some time spent with your smartphone, you want to ask, but for whom it is generally done?
For the budget? But there is a cheaper smartphones. For the Patriots? Unlikely. Of domestic developments here except that the shell with stitched services "Yandex". For fans of these services? But all of these applications can be installed on any Android-smartphone.
"Yandex. Phone "- not disgusting, it is very functional and, shall we say, reasonable. But this is not enough. Benefits in the form of sewn AON and good audio chip beat overpriced: in the segment up to 20 thousand rubles, you can find a lot of alternatives and with the characteristics abruptly.
It seems that prank failed. If "Station" users liked (we sure) and her new editions are still sold, the "Telephone" risks becoming interesting only through the years and only for collectors techno antiques.