Overview Poptel P10 - the thinnest smartphone in the protected housing

Table of contents

1. Specifications
2. Packaging and appearance
3. Protection
4. Display and Audio
5. Performance
6. autonomy
7. Camera
8. Software
9. results

New Poptel P10 their appearance resembles Galaxy S8 Active. We checked out, what else can boast of this smartphone, in addition to the similarities with the Samsung flagship.

Specifications

Specifications Poptel P10 look quite typical for the Chinese smartphone average price. It is based on actual Helio P23 platform, the performance is enough to deal with any mobile tasks. 4 GB RAM should provide high quality work in multitasking environment, a 64 GB internal enough for installing software package averaged.

The smartphone is equipped with all the necessary sensors. I would like to mention the presence of NFC module, which allows the use Poptel P10 for contactless payment.

The only drawback, which catches the eye - a small battery capacity. Customers often buy smartphones protected for travel, so long battery life - an important parameter. However, our tests show how much Poptel P10 will live without outlet.

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Packaging and appearance

The smartphone comes in a box of black cardboard. On its cover is written name of the company brand and model, and the side there is a sticker with the basic features and address of the manufacturer.

Inside, in a separate paper boxes, we found the charger connector cable, headphones and OTG-Adapter to connect an external storage device. In addition, the bundle includes a protective film for the screen instructions in multiple languages, as well as a mediator for the extraction of protective caps and SIM-card slot.

The main part of the front surface of the display takes. He framed a pretty thick frames: 4 mm on the sides and top and bottom - 15 mm. However, for a secure smartphone that's forgivable.

Verge of a smartphone reinforced with metal inserts. Right traditionally positioned power button and volume control. They, too, are made of metal.

On the left is a combined simok slot and a memory card. Just below the camera button is placed. It is useful to you if you decide to take pictures under water.

Downstairs you will find the 3.5mm audio jack and a slot for Micro-USB cable. They are protected by a total of waterproof plug, which is bolted in the middle. This solution seems not very reliable, as the tires on the fold sooner or later may break.

On the grooved surface of the rear cover can not be seen any fingerprints or even scratches. framed smartphone bright orange frame, and in the middle there are several parallel stiffeners. At the top of the back cover is a camera lens, a dual LED flash and a fingerprint.

In general appearance and assembly Poptel P10 we left a good impression. The appearance of the phone is clearly traced similarities with the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active, and it went gadget only benefit.

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Protection

we will, as always for the security check Poptel P10, went to the sea. Here is everything that is not like smartphones, - water, sand and sharp rocks.

First, we carefully screen mess on the sand device to check the strength of the glass. Despite the fact that the protective film was not a single trace on the gadget is left.

To test the water resistance we put Poptel P10 in the surf. Pokuvyrkatsya ten minutes in a mixture of salt water, sand and algae, the smartphone went on to work as if nothing had happened.

After that we dropped the gadget on the pavement several times. We tried to make it so that the blow fell on the back or side face as a drop down screen for even the most durable glass can result in failure. Housing Poptel P10 but survived multiple drops from a height meter, without receiving any significant damage.

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Display and Audio

In Poptel P10 mounted 5.5-inch screen with an aspect ratio of 18: 9. The resolution is 1280 × 640 pixels, which seems nowadays not very impressive.

However, large claims to the picture, we will not show. Yes, it is slightly inferior to the quality of models with FullHD resolution. Yes, at a short distance pixels are visible. But let's not forget that this smartphone is designed for heavy duty, that hardly anyone will consider the screen under a magnifying glass.

However, we liked color and contrast of the image. The brightness level varies over a wide range, enabling comfortable to use the unit as in bright sunlight and low light conditions. There is an automatic adjustment of the backlight depending on the ambient conditions.

The external speaker is located at the back, so when the smartphone is on the table, the sound is not very. But if you take Poptel P10 in hand, it turns out that he is capable of producing a loud and clear sound. Plugging in headphones picture becomes even more pleasant, especially if you just replace the complete headset to something more worthy.

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Performance

Chipset Helio P23 is equipped with eight cores. Four cores operate at a frequency of 1.65 GHz and four - at a maximum frequency of 2.3 GHz. His performance is enough to ensure that all user tasks.

The popular test AnTuTu Poptel P10 scored 84,208 points, this is a good result for its price range. And even in the three-dimensional graphics benchmark 3DMark smartphone proved himself worthy: modern games on it are working without problems. However, the most complex will not only slow down the low graphics settings, so fans play World of Tanks or PUBG at maximum speed, this smartphone is hardly suitable.

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autonomy

Poptel P10 completed battery capacity of 3600 mA · hr. For a device that will work far away from civilization, it is very small. However, efficient processor and a small screen resolution is partly correct the situation.

In the test, PCMark Work 2.0 Battery Test smartphone lasted 13 hours and 20 minutes. All this time, the device was working script that simulates the performance of typical user tasks: surfing, imaging, document editing, video playback and audio.

It is quite a good result, which means that the owners Poptel P10 can recharge it in about a day. Term work can be significantly increased by reducing the intensity of use: resting the device consumes less than 10-15% per day.

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Camera

Poptel P10 developers decided not to impress us and the number of cameras installed on the single module 13 megapixel rear and 8MP front. As the manufacturer of the sensor main camera on the site listed company Sony, but the exact brand remained unknown.

We conducted a comparative test, photographed the same composition at different levels of lighting in the first Nikon D5100 SLR camera, and then on the main camera Poptel P10. The results really surprised us: the quality of smartphone images in comparison was worse, but not as bad as we expected.

1. Fluorescent lighting (360 ~ lux)

2. Artificial lighting (250 ~ lux)

3. Insufficient light (~ 25 lux)

As you can see, the camera scored a stunning victory only when shooting in low-light. In all other cases Poptel P10 desperately tried not to concede.

preliminary test results were fully confirmed in the studio during a photo shoot in nature. We liked the picture quality. Therefore, we set the main chamber Poptel P10 positive evaluation.

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Software

Poptel P10 is running Android 8.1 Oreo operating system. Upgrade to Android 9.0 Nobody, of course, is not promising.

In general, the developers have left the operating system intact. The only exception - a strange system icons that look like they have pulled out of a cheap phone last decade. Well, it's a disgrace, you can hide from any launcher that supports third-party icon sets.

Throughout the rest of the software is not caused us flawlessly. During the testing time, the operating system not to show error messages, not hung. Work the default software that includes only the most essential Google service was impeccable too.

The smartphone has NFC module to make purchases in a contactless manner. We tested this feature using Google Pay app - it works.

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results

Pros Poptel P10

• Thin smartphone of this class housing with protection against water and dust.
• Performance, operational and volumes of internal memory.
• The quality of the main chamber.
• NFC module.
• Fresh version of Android.

Cons Poptel P10

• Unsuccessful cap design on the bottom.
• Low screen resolution.
• The battery could be powerful.

At the time of this writing, the price of the smartphone is Poptel P10 14 937 rubles or in GearBest 12 391 ruble in the official store on AliExpress.

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