Overview Poptel P60 - a secure smartphone with wireless charging and NFC
Devices / / December 19, 2019
Table of contents
- Specifications
- Packaging and appearance
- Display and Audio
- Protection
- Performance
- autonomy
- Camera
- Software
- results
Company Poptel It entered the international market recently, but has already become a significant player in the segment of smartphones protected. Last year, she released several successful devices, including armor-piercing P9000 Max and elegant P10.
New Poptel P60, about which we will cover in this article, promises to be no less popular model, since in addition to sheltered housing has a number of interesting features.
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1. Specifications
- housing: metal, impact-resistant plastic, IP68.
- Display: 5.7 inches, the 1080 × 2160 pixels, IPS.
- Platform: processor Helio P23 (MT6763), video processor ARM Mali-G71 MP2.
- RAM: 6 GB.
- Built-in memory: 128GB, possibility of installing a memory card of up to 128 GB.
- camera: General - 16 Mn 5 + Mn; front - 8 megapixels.
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Communication: combined slot for two nanoSIM and microSD memory card.
- GSM: 850/900/1 800/1 900.
- WCDMA: 850/900/1 700/1 900/2 100.
- FDD-LTE: B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 / B5 / B7 / B8 / B9 / B12 / B17 / B18 / B19 / B20 / B25 / B26 / B27 / B66.
- TDD-LTE: B34 / B38 / B39 / B40 / B41.
- Wireless interfaces: NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n 2,4 / 5 GHz, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, GLONASS, A-GPS.
- Expansion Slots: 3.5 mm audio jack, microUSB, microSD (up to 128 GB).
- sensors: accelerometer, fingerprint, geomagnetic sensor, gyro, proximity sensors, light.
- Operating system: Android 8.1 Oreo.
- Battery: 5000 mAh (non-removable), fast you are charging.
- Dimensions: 78.5 × 167.0 × 13.8 mm.
- Weight: 248 g
At the heart of Poptel P60 is familiar to us the platform Helio P23. Earlier this chipset was used in a large number of devices, so once again talk in detail about his stuffing makes no sense. We note only that the level of performance of this chip is still sufficient for most mobile applications.
The smartphone boasts plenty of RAM and internal memory. 6 GB of RAM is rarely found even in more expensive devices, so that in the operation of the device in a multi-tasking, you can not worry. 128 GB built-in storage will be enough not only to install all necessary software, but also to accommodate a collection of music tracks, archive photos and even video.
Poptel P60 is able to determine the position of several navigation systems, supports dual-band Wi-Fi and has a complete set of all necessary sensors and transducers. I especially want to note the presence of NFC and wireless charging - not every smartphone in this price range can boast such a range of possibilities.
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2. Packaging and appearance
The smartphone has come to us in a simple box of black cardboard. With the registration of the manufacturer decided not particularly bother, so the packaging looks dull. Feeling that the designer of the company previously worked in the funeral services.
But the equipment did not let us down. Inside we found a charger 5 B / 2 A, connecting cable, blue guitar pick to open the protective caps, adapter for headphones and accompanying documentation.
Particularly pleased with the audioperehodnik list that allows you to turn in a deeply recessed phone jack any wired headphones.
The design of the front surface Poptel P60 is typical for the protected smartphone. The display is surrounded by a relatively thick frames, a sub-screen region has a characteristic ribbing, and the earpiece is protected by a special membrane that prevents water penetration.
The rear cover is made of impact-resistant polymer plastic, reinforced for strength metal plate in a fingerprint scanner. On the side faces are metal inserts, while guaranteeing the safety of the device falls and blows.
All controls are located on the right. These include the rocker to change the volume, as well as the power button, shutter extreme call and the camera shutter.
A characteristic feature - the power connector, which is not protected by a rubber flap. This solution eliminates the need for each time charging it to open and close, that other devices often leads to problems.
In general, the appearance of a smartphone as opposed to the package, does not cause negative emotions. The device has gadgets protected typical design, which will appreciate fans extreme rest. It is solidly assembled, fits nicely in the hand and looks ready for operation even in the most difficult conditions.
The only remark concerns the extreme call button. The very fact of its existence is commendable, but the placement among the other buttons on the right side seemed to us ill-considered, since this button can be easily pressed by accident.
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3. Display and Audio
Display Poptel P60 has a resolution of 1080 × 2160 pixels and a diagonal of 5.7 inches. Due to the high density of dot placement difficult to see the individual pixels, even at very close distances. Inscriptions and desktop icons look great, gradient wallpaper is displayed without throwing in the step transition eyes.
The image on the screen of your smartphone looks contrasting and bright. White balance is set correctly, correct color rendering, glare and distortion around the edges missing. We did not see a pressing need for manual correction of the display settings, so the lack of MiraVision system can be forgiven.
brightness level is adjustable over a wide range, which is especially important for a secure smartphone, which should be ready for use in a variety of settings. There is a system of automatic adjustment of the backlight depending on the ambient light.
For playback sound using the external speaker located in the lower portion of the rear panel. Its sound is quite loud and clear, but with a significant bias towards medium and high frequencies.
To listen to music is better to use headphones. The benefit of the manufacturer took care of the presence of a special bundled adapter to connect them. In this case, the sound quality is considerably improved, there are bass volume and stereo.
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4. Protection
Before starting the test we had great concerns about the power connector, which in this model are not protected by a flap. However, they have been in vain, as the manufacturer is well taken care of waterproof device. Put it on charge as soon as the water treatments, of course, it should not be, but it works as it is necessary after a short drying.
During testing, we bathed in the sea smartphone, buried in the sand and a few times have dropped from a height of about 1 meter. No effect on the operation of the device is not there, except for the speaker, the sound of which was somewhat quieter until until evaporate all the moisture. However, this is the default behavior of the protected smartphone, due to design features.
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5. Performance
The chipset uses eight cores, clocked at up to 2.3 GHz. It is made of 16-nanometer process technology, which today is the technology of yesterday. However, in the daily work of its performance still enough for most purposes.
The synthetic tests Poptel P60 showed the average results. This performance allows you to easily open a page on the Internet, listen to music, watch videos, create and edit pictures. Due to the large volume of RAM easily switch between running applications, and keep in mind as many tasks as required by the user.
With the most advanced smartphone games to cope with some exertion, and only in that case, if you set the low graphics settings. However, for the protected device is not a big disadvantage, as it is intended for use in extreme environments where computer games is not a place.
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6. autonomy
The smartphone is equipped with a battery with a capacity of 5000 m · Ah. This is sufficient for the device lasted without charge for three full days. And if you take energy reduction measures, this figure can be increased for another day.
At rest, the gadget loses very little energy, which means a good optimization software. We also checked how sits the battery while playing a video from YouTube. With an average brightness level and volume of the battery is discharged to 10% for 47 minutes. Good result.
Poptel P60 supports wireless charging, which allows you to charge your smartphone by simply placing it on top of a special device. It is much more convenient than fumbling with wires every time.
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7. Camera
Standard camera Poptel P60 on head exceeds virtually all programs, which are equipped with Chinese second-tier smartphones. Most of all, she looks like Xiaomi camera: there is even a slow shooting and intelligent assistant! However, its inclusion of special influence on the image quality did not have, but the fact of demonstration.
Among the numerous shooting modes revealed on applying the function of the watermark images, which can include the date, keywords, or even a picture. Ad Hoc Mode allows you to keep shooting, setting manual exposure settings and white balance.
As for image quality, it seemed to us quite decent for this price category. The colors in the pictures are bright, the exposure is almost always exhibited true, good contrast. There are some minor remarks to the dynamic range, but in general - not bad. See for yourself in the examples in the gallery below.
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8. Software
The operating system in the smartphone uses Android 8.1 Oreo, but the developers have to shell a number of both visual and functional changes. The result was something akin to the old version of MIUI.
Exterior shell can be changed using the. Several of them are already available in a smartphone, the others are downloaded from an online store. The choice of the rich, so that each user can choose the design to your liking.
The operating system settings, it is possible to define the action of the emergency call button. Thus, pressing this button will not only turn on loud siren but also send out you specify text message specified contacts.
Usually we criticize the Chinese manufacturers for making significant changes in the stock image of Android. Just because a few who manage to do it well. But in this case, programmers Poptel tried. Presented their shell until not so polished as Xiaomi devices or the Meizu, but overall looks and works quite well. Let's hope for its further development.
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9. results
Protected smartphones - quite specific category of gadgets designed for a small number of users. Competition in this area is huge, but Poptel P60 has all the chances of success thanks to a good performance and an affordable price.
Pros Poptel P60
- Durable metal frame, shockproof coating.
- Good screen.
- A large amount of memory and storage capacity.
- Loud external speaker. Quality playback when headphones are connected.
- A long battery life.
- Complete protection from water, sand and bumps.
- Wireless charging, NFC.
- Convenient and fast shell.
Cons Poptel P60
- Obsolete chipset.
- Fiscal performance.
- Improper positioning of the emergency call button.
At the time of this writing, the cost Poptel P60 in the official store on AliExpress is 16 162 Ruble.
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The author expresses his gratitude to the company Poptel for providing the test device.
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