Overview VKworld S8 - lasting smartphone in titanium

VKworld It is known as a manufacturer of cheap push-button phones, which are usually bought to parents or to the country as a backup device. However, China's nationwide fun called "clone released Samsung Galaxy S8» is not spared and this company. As a result, the light appeared a model VKworld S8That stands out among its competitors beautiful design and their ability to crack nuts.

Specifications

VKworld engineers decided not to reinvent the wheel and took a well-known and well-proven range of accessories. Chip MediaTek MTK6750T - one of the most popular in the lower and middle price segment due to the good price-performance ratio. Smartphones based on it successfully cope with the major mobile tasks and thus have a low power consumption.

Due to 4GB of RAM device ensures smooth operation of the operating system and fast switching between running programs. To store user data smartphone is equipped with 64 GB of internal memory, which is enough for photos and music, as well as install all the necessary applications.

Highlights battery capacity - 5500 mAh. It should be enough for a few days of moderate use. We know this is true or not.

Packaging and appearance

VKworld S8 comes in a modest white box with the name of the company. In contrast to the device itself looks like it is not very presentable and modern.

Inside were the smart phone, charger, connecting cable, silicone transparent plastic cover and protection for the screen. Standard set that supply is now almost all Chinese phones.

The first impression of the design VKworld S8 - shock and awe. Stylish glossy shining body with smooth contours looks great. We got a copy of a blue color, which further reinforced the impression - a black body still does not look so impressive.

The back side is made of metal, because of this device is turned so weighty. Glossy shiny surface attracts admiring glances, but only as long as gently holding a smartphone with two fingers the edges. It should begin to use it for real, like the beauty instantly covered with fingerprints.

Almost the entire front surface of the display takes. Side frames are, but rather thin - about 2 millimeters. The thickness of the upper frame twice, but hold all the necessary sensors. But the front camera lens moved to the bottom of the smartphone.

Locating Controls Standard: Power button - to the right, the volume rocker - the left. On the bottom face has a microphone, a speaker and an external charging terminal and the tray for SIM cards submitted for the upper bound.

Design VKworld S8 does not impress the ordinary and flow. The smartphone looks great, assembly does not raise any problems.

In addition, developers swear that the smartphone uses an extremely strong titanium base and the front side is protected from damage by this glass Corning Gorilla Glass 4. And as evidence published graphic rollerWhere the use of their product for crushing walnuts. We have such a risky experiment did not dare to repeat, but the plus for the strength in the mind set.

Display and Audio

VKworld S8 screen has a diagonal of 5.99 inches at a resolution of 2160 × 1080 pixels. It is easy to calculate that it provides such a high pixel density that all fonts, icons and other design elements look as if inscribed Japanese calligraphy master.

We can not say a bad word about the white balance and color rendition. Image on the screen looks quite natural, juicy colors, contrast is high. MiraVision there are options for lovers of fine tuning, to make the image a little more than a cold or warm.

Special thanks should be said for adequate levels of brightness. This phone is perfectly suitable for night reading, and watching movies anywhere on the beach.

But audiosostavlyayuschaya smartphone quite impressive. The sound can be described by a terrible, when we talk about the external speaker, to an acceptable, if we are talking about headphones. Also, to connect headphones need a special adapter. Lovers of high-quality sound, this smartphone is not exactly suitable.

Performance

Chip MediaTek MTK6750T well familiar to us, but it results in tests on different devices may differ slightly. This is due to the fact that smart phones differ in the number memory, screen resolution, and other characteristics. It affects the optimization software.

In the case of VKworld S8 miracle did not happen. In tests conducted it showed about the same results as we have visited before Leagoo S8 and Bluboo S8 Plus.

This means that with conventional loads smartphone will cope without any problems. Users will not experience any discomfort while surfing the Internet, listening to music, watching movies and other activities. processing power enough for all applications, and 4 GB of memory sufficient to run multiple intensive tasks and quickly switch between them.

Do not be offended, and fans of mobile gaming. All your favorite "Tanks" are started and are successfully operating at medium graphics settings, about a simple game and can not speak.

autonomy

Battery VKworld S8, having a capacity of 5500 mAh, - one of the features of this smartphone, which the manufacturer makes special emphasis in the campaign. Indeed, the ability to charge the phone every few days is worth a lot. For this could have been forgiven other minor flaws.

However, the reality was not so rosy. The program PCMark Battery Test device only lasted 8 hours and 53 minutes. This result is difficult to explain to poor optimization software, so it is logical to assume that in fact VKworld S8 battery capacity slightly less than stated.

Camera

At the start of sales of the company's website VKworld said that the smartphone will be equipped with a module Sony IMX298. However, later this message disappears, and the device appeared OmniVision OV13850 13 megapixels. This is not a big problem - the manufacturer has the right to change components when needed. However, users that have made a pre-order, felt betrayed.

Nevertheless, the quality of images obtained by the main camera is quite decent for its price range. If it's shining bright sunshine, you can safely get a smartphone and a snapping left and right - the results will not disappoint you. But in the evening or in dim lamplight smartphone better for photography is not used. Noises obtained such that no editing does not help.

An interesting situation with an additional sensor, which must be used to obtain bokeh effect. We already wrote about that in the majority of low-cost Chinese smartphones this module is no useful work is not fulfilling and is used purely to simulate. VKworld engineers went on the same way and installed instead of the second lens some cover. In any case, none of the test program is the second camera module is not found.

Software

The operating system used in VKworld S8 Android 7.0 c own shell. Its main difference from the stock launcher is that the icons for all installed applications are placed directly on the desktop, like in iOS. With support for themes, you can do this similarity more complete.

However, the default launcher is different speed, so we recommend to replace it with a decent option. The benefit of this opportunity in the operating system is not locked, for which many thanks to the developers.

I would like to say a few words about unlocking the device using facial recognition. This feature has become popular after appearing in Face ID iPhone X. Enterprising Chinese manufacturers have pulled out about it for a long time had in the Android unlock function by the anterior chamber, slightly shaken with it dust and decorated, whereupon steel advertise as almost analog Face ID.

In fact, it is certainly not the case. Face recognition in Android arranged very differently and has a degree of reliability as the Apple technology. But VKworld S8 it works, and this is important.

results

According VKworld S8 test results leaves a contradictory impression. And the blame for this is not even the device itself, and an advertising campaign that accompanied his exit. There were too many statements about the extraordinary quality of photos, extremely long-running battery and advanced face recognition technology. Now you understand why we did not dare to repeat a publicity stunt and break the screen a couple of nuts?

But in general, the device has turned out good. His performance in no way inferior to competitors, and the appearance quality of the screen and build something even better than anyone. If eventually VKworld S8 will get a more adequate price tag, it would be a decent option for purchase.

At the time of this writing, the cost of VKworld S8 9937 rubles.

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