OVERVIEW: Smartphone Vernee Thor - a new favorite in the budget segment

Before we proceed to review the smartphone Vernee Thor, it is necessary to say a few words about his ancestry. On the Web site reportedThat the trademark Vernee was established in February 2016 based on the powerful OEM-manufacturer New-Bund Network Technology, who had long been produced electronics for other companies. Now it's time to enter the market on their own, and Vernee makes every effort to maximize debut was loud and good.

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Appearance

There are, as you know, on clothes, so we will begin with the appearance of the smartphone. Supplied Vernee Thor in a simple box of black cardboard, which is conveniently located in the charger, USB-cable, a few instructions and the phone itself.

smartphone case is completely made of plastic, it has a shape with rounded edges are now fashionable. On the rear panel - a covering soft-touch, through which the device has turned sufficiently "grip". In general, in spite of the light weight and slim design, the phone tightly fits in your hand and use it conveniently. However, fans of metal housings, bright colors and pink rhinestones Vernee Thor hardly will impress. Its design is simple, low-key and not be able to bring to you the admiring glances of friends and girlfriends. However, for many people (and myself included), it is more dignified.

However, when designing the interface, developers have made an unfortunate mistake. In an effort to minimize the total cost they will not only get rid of the light indicator sensor buttons, but also from their usual graphic notation, limited only by small inconspicuous points. Because of this, at first to get used to the control the smartphone to the touch. It's a shame, but Vernee Thor was no place for the display of events.

The body and strength

Although Vernee Thor housing is made of plastic, this does not affect the quality of the assembly. All parts fit tightly, there is nothing to play and does not creak, and to remove the back cover is necessary to put a lot of effort. However, you do not have to do this often, but your smartphone if dropped from low altitude not be smashed to pieces. The video below shows what the load can tolerate this smartphone, and I, though not conducted similar experiments can well believe in their veracity.

This strength in the company explain the presence of a metal frame inside the body of a titanium alloy, which protects all the electronic gear from damage. In confirmation of these words on the official channel Vernee was presented to the rollerShowing the process of a complete dismantling of Thor.

Interfaces and sensors

Smartphone Vernee Thor provides communication in FDD-LTE networks, WCDMA, GSM and supports two SIM-cards, each of which has a separate slot. I am glad that also found a place for memory card slot, so you do not have to choose what is more important to you, like some other devices. The module Wi-Fi (b / g / n, 2,4 GHz) works without any problems and the availability of economical Bluetooth 4.0 will help you use a smartphone with different trackers physical activity, speakers, and other intelligent weights gadgets.

For land navigation device is equipped with a navigation system, which can receive signals from GPS and GLONASS satellites. This enables smartphone is enough to quickly and accurately determine the location, even in adverse conditions. When testing Thor navigation satellite system could detect at "cold start" for about 2 minutes, and subsequently the determination of the location takes no more than 10-15 seconds.

Screen

Screen smart phone is one of the most powerful of its merits. It provides really bright and clear picture that does not expect to see in a device of this price range. Picture perfect is displayed not only in the room, but also on the street due to a solid stock of brightness. The developers are so confident in the merits of the screen Vernee Thor, that is not afraid to compare his performance with the iPhone 6s.

Display smartphone protected tempered glass with oleophobic coating and rounded edges. Screen Vernee Thor framed thin frame, allowing to accommodate sufficiently compact body with five-inch diagonal matrix. Look at the comparison of our hero and an old Fly 446, which has substantially the same dimensions, but a much smaller screen size.

Performance and autonomy

The heart of this smartphone is the MT6753 processor from MediaTek. This 64-bit, eight cores, which allow owners Vernee Thor for a long time do not feel absolutely no discomfort when running demanding applications and games.

This processor also boasts a fairly economical energy consumption. This is achieved due to the fact that the nuclei in turn are included only when it is needed. The operating frequency of the nuclei is also adjusted to the load level. Therefore, in the minutes of inactivity smartphone consumes a minimum of energy that allows you to stretch battery life for a day or more. Of course, the capacity of 2800 mAh can not be called very large, but it should be understood that the budget gadget should not rely on the record levels of autonomy.

If we are talking about the battery, it should be noted that the manufacturer originally promised the presence of fast-charging function. However, when testing the device was found that this can lead to rapid wear of the battery. Therefore, this feature has been disabled by software and is now a full charge Vernee Thor takes about three hours.

Camera and sound

The smartphone Vernee Thor as a main camera module is used Aptina Imaging (ON Semiconductor) AR1335 CMOS with a resolution of 13 M and the size of the matrix 1 / 3.2. Clearly, this is enough budget solution, but the camera of the device is quite suitable for creating good shots, especially under normal lighting conditions. However, it is better to see for yourself some photos and ye shall carry its own verdict. Shooting with the default settings, photographs are not subjected to correction (only a change in the size of GIMP).

But the sound of the smartphone I sincerely pleased. When listening with headphones in good Vernee Thor produces a rich sound palette, saturated with both high and low frequencies. Volume reserve allows drown out all other sounds, even on public transport, so that fans listen to music on the road, this smartphone will like to work.

The fingerprint scanner

The presence of the fingerprint scanner is one of the distinctive pieces of this gadget. Indeed, in smartphones in this price range such a rare luxury. Support for this feature has appeared only in the Android 6, so it is not familiar to so many users. A pity - it turns out, a very handy thing!

In Vernee Thor using a fingerprint can not only unlock the device, but also to be authorized in certain applications, for example to make a payment through Google Play. At first have to get used properly put his finger on the sensor, but after a short training period, the scanner begins to confidently recognize the owner. Especially after the recent software update that is specifically released for developers to improve this function.

Software

The operating system in the smartphone Vernee Thor uses Android 6.0 Marshmallow. In this case, the manufacturer has decided not to take us to the head of their own shells and introduced the system in the most pure, it can be said intact. It can also be attributed to the advantages of a smartphone, because in this way ensures maximum speed and stability. And additional features and decorations can provide themselves each independently in accordance with their needs and tastes.

The smartphone supports OTA-upgrade, and the developers promise to provide a device-to-date patches and updates (one of them has already been released recently). But much more interesting that Vernee company posted source code for the operating system that allows third-party developers to create custom firmware. This means that the owners of this smartphone in the near future it will be possible to install CyanogenMod and other alternative firmware that can not but rejoice.

results

The undoubted pluses Vernee Thor I carried her to a powerful processor, and as many as three gigabytes of RAM, which will allow users to solve almost any problem and even play the latest mobile games. Screen and sound Vernee Thor excellent and I am sure that none of the owner does not find a reason to complain about this. But the housing on the fan, many it may seem boring or even cheap. Although its quality and durability at a height, do not take away. Well fingerprint - a very nice extra feature that is not available from competitors.

The smartphone installed the latest version of the Android operating system, and in the company's promise to support the software upgrade. An additional advantage in Vernee piggy bank was the opening of the source code, which will allow third parties to make the machine even better.

Next to the objectivity of the painting should go to the enumeration of disadvantages, but it was not such a simple task. The fact is that the mind is only insignificant trifles come like a lack of events and display backlight touch buttons. Oh, and this incomprehensible story with fast charging, which in the end was not.

As a result, all real or imagined shortcomings of this smartphone shatters one iron argument - the price! At the time of this writing, Vernee Thor sale 119.99 per dollar, which is about 7-8 thousand rubles. You know the other models with similar characteristics, which are sold at the same price?

Me not.