Overview UMIDIGI S2 Lite - a spectacular smartphone with a record autonomy

Table of contents

• Specifications
• Packaging and appearance
• Display and Audio
• Performance
• autonomy
• Camera
• Software
• results

Umidigi company last year distinguished the release of a successful model UMIDIGI S2Which we liked interesting design and superior performance. UMIDIGI S2 Lite - a younger version of the smartphone, which has retained all the advantages of the previous model, but at the same time become more accessible.

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Specifications

Appearance UMIDIGI S2 Lite is no different from the older model - the case and even the screen are identical. The reason for the Lite consoles is in the technical characteristics: it uses a simpler chip and reduce the amount of internal memory.

Platform MediaTek MTK MT6750T in recent years is a favorite of producers that count smartphones built on its basis, it is impossible. This is due to an excellent relationship between performance and price, which has the chip.

It includes eight cores with four cores Cortex-A53 with a frequency of 1.0 GHz and four cores Cortex-A53, at a maximum operating frequency of 1.5 GHz. Responsible for the graphics video accelerator Mali-T860 MP2, whose capacity is enough for most mobile games.

4GB of RAM is enough to run even the most resource-intensive applications, and smooth operation of the operating system. From installed in device 32 GB internal memory available to the user is about 24 GB. It's not much, but to install all necessary programs and store enough data.

Technical characteristics of the smartphone does not impress, but also do not disappoint. Typical average, which corresponds to the price of filling device.

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Packaging and appearance

UMIDIGI S2 Lite came to us in a small box of black cardboard. Its appearance is quite different from the older model package, and for the better. Designers have changed not only the materials but also the design itself. Now, the box looks much more interesting and neat.

Smartphone itself lies on a soft substrate of porous material. Beneath it was a place for the charger, connection cable and adapter for connecting headphones. In addition, there Silicone Protective Case, clip to eject the tray SIM cards and instructions in multiple languages.

Glued to the screen two film devices, one of which (the transport) we removed immediately, and the second (protective) - after a while. The thing is that they are not the best quality and spoil the appearance of the display. Incidentally, he has a decent oleophobic coating, which provides good slip and easy removal of prints.

Almost the entire front surface of the smartphone screen is occupied, which has an aspect ratio of 18: 9. The width of the side frames is about two millimeters above and below - about centimeter.

Housing UMIDIGI S2 Lite is made of perfectly treated metal, keep it in your hand - it is a pleasure. Behind one below the other two eyes are placed in the main camera, flash and a fingerprint scanner. The top and bottom of the plastic insert arranged to output antennas.

On the right side is placed the volume rocker and the power button. Buttons tightly seated, press clear. A tray for mounting SIM cards, one of which may be replaced by a memory card, located on the opposite side. On the bottom side of the device can detect a microphone and an audio speaker jack USB Type-C cable.

UMIDIGI S2 Lite can deliver the highest mark for the design, materials and build quality. In this he is not inferior devices well-known brands, the price of which can be several times the cost of this budget model.

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Display and Audio

In UMIDIGI S2 Lite is installed exactly the same screen as in older models. This 6-inch Sharp production display with a resolution 1440 × 720 pixels.

At first we thought that the image quality somewhat not call up the ideal, but it was to blame for the protective film. As soon as it peeled off, as the picture began to play with all the colors and grain disappeared. Excellent a clear picture with correct color and characteristic of technology TDDI excellent contrast.

There are a number of useful settings that allows you to comfortably use your smartphone in any conditions. We are talking about LiveDisplay section with a color temperature setting for daytime and nighttime hours. Here is an option to protect eyes from blue light that will delight lovers of night reading.

Work external speaker leaves much to be desired. His sound is quite dismal, but loud enough to not miss an incoming call or a notification. It is quite another when you connect headphones. In this case, you can be happy to listen to music, although the maximum volume could be higher.

Please note that the smartphone is not the usual audio jacks for headphones, so you have to use the supplied adapter, or use a wireless headset.

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Performance

Chipset MT6750T well familiar to us, so no surprises from UMIDIGI S2 Lite in terms of performance, we did not expect. As confirmed by the results of tests carried out.

Processor speed is enough for startup and normal operation of any application. It is safe to say that the owners UMIDIGI S2 Lite will not feel discomfort while surfing, socializing, watching videos, working with photos or listening to music. The operating system does not slow down or freezes, switching between applications is fast.

Yes, UMIDIGI S2 Lite - a budget smartphone, but it does not impose significant limitations on its scope. The only exception - a few modern games, which will have to run with low graphics settings.

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autonomy

The main advantage of UMIDIGI S2 Lite - is a battery capacity of 5,100 mAh. It is this worth in the usual UMIDIGI S2, which allowed him to show record results in our test. Low-end model has a less powerful processor, so from it we can expect even longer battery life.

So it turned out. In the test, PCMark Work 2.0 Battery Life smartphone could hold 16 hours 42 minutes, which is an hour more than the result of the older model. This is an excellent result, which is difficult to compete with smartphones, even those that are advertised as LPs.

In practice, this means that the happy owners UMIDIGI S2 Lite will be able to put on charging your smartphone once in 2-3 days. Nice that use large battery not entail a significant increase in body weight and thickness of the device. An excellent example for other manufacturers.

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Camera

In UMIDIGI S2 Lite uses simple module OmniVision company's main camera is 16 megapixels. Recall that in the older model, the manufacturer establishes a more expensive unit from Sony.

However, whether the steel because of this photograph is much worse? Not! In normal light obtained photos that are as good as pictures taken by a Sony IMX258, and in some respects even surpass what. You can see for yourself.

When lighting is poor, and in the evening the picture, of course, it turns out not so rosy. However, the results are still very decent for a budget device. Therefore, the ability of the photographic UMIDIGI S2 Lite can be safely put a positive assessment.

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Software

The operating system is Android 7.0. In this case, the manufacturer's website reported, that already is actively working on the preparation of an update to Android 8.1, which should come out of this spring.

Stock image of the operating system has remained almost unchanged. There was only a few additional items in the options of the system. We are talking about the possibility of fine-tuning the navigation panel and unlock the device using facial recognition FaceID. The latter turned out to be a very handy feature, which is quite possible to use instead of a fingerprint scanner.

In addition, I want to thank the developers for the appearance of control functions autostart applications. This will disable unnecessary startup programs, which should positively affect the autonomy of the device.

In general, the operating system does not raise any problems. Hopefully, Android Oreo will behave on UMIDIGI S2 Lite, at least not worse.

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results

Umidigi company managed to create a balanced and attractive device. It has almost all the chips that liked to users UMIDIGI S2, but it is necessary in this case is much cheaper.

First of all, I want to note the spectacular appearance of the smartphone, great screen and an impressive autonomy. It is already possible to love for one it UMIDIGI S2 Lite. And when the fly update to Android 8.1, as the manufacturer promises, the price this smartphone will not.

Cost UMIDIGI S2 Lite at the time of writing is 9631 ruble.

The author expresses his gratitude to the company Umidigi for providing the test device.