Overview Ulefone Mix - inexpensive bezramochnika with good sound

Presenting his first bezramochnik, Xiaomi company is unlikely to assume it will lead to consequences. Today, we can confidently say that, thanks to this event before our eyes was born a new form factor smartphones, which is characterized by the most thin frame on three sides of the screen.

Ulefone Mix - this is not the first Chinese smart phone of this kind. The reviews Layfhakera already visited Doogee Mix, Bluboo S1, Maze Alpha and other devices. Especially interesting it was to look at the newcomer and compare it with competitors.

Specifications

Performance analysis Ulefone Mix shows that nothing really new and interesting things in it is not. Before us is a typical mid-2017 mid-range smartphone, which has a modern processor, enough memory and a decent battery.

Mediatek MT6750T - is an eight entry-level chipset, but he copes with all the usual smartphone tasks. The memory subsystem Ulefone Mix all to be commended: 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of permanent storage - a great offer for the money.

However, it was not without a spoon of tar. I do not know what is the complexity of the installation of the proximity sensor, but this is the third smartphone frameless, where it is absent. Screen off function when an incoming call is bound to the gyroscope, which must respond to the fact that you hold the smartphone to your ear. However, this works "crutch" is not always the case. It's a shame, but the owners have Ulefone Mix accustomed to disable the screen during a call using the power button.

Packaging and appearance

The smartphone comes in a plain white cardboard box. No two-storey clamshells and other design refinements - only functionality and minimalism.

On the cardboard backing is very smart phone, beneath it - Footprint accompanying documentation, protective screen for the glass, silicone case, charger and cable. Additionally, there is a special ring which is glued to the back cover and serves for easy use with one hand.

Ulefone Mix housing has a metal substrate, but the back cover is made of plastic. It has a very spectacular pearl color, which in a special way the light refracts. We got a blue version, which looks just amazing.

The screen takes up almost the entire front surface of the device. On three sides the thickness of the frames is 3-4 millimeters, so that the definition of "frameless" of justice should be written in quotation marks. The size of the bottom portion on which the touch button with fingerprint and the front eye chamber is nearly 2 centimeters.

The power button and swing the volume placed on the left side of the device. It's pretty comfortable, although we are accustomed to, that these controls are under the thumb, as in most smartphones.

At the bottom end Ulefone Mix placed an external speaker, and microphone jack for charging. On the opposite side there is a hole for the connection of headphones.

Tray for SIM-card is located on the right side of the smartphone. It has an interesting feature: in addition to the usual nanoSIM developers somehow provided a seat for the already outdated microSIM card format.

In general appearance Ulefone Mix can be assessed perfectly. The assembly also on the level, with the exception of too loose feel in its place the volume buttons.

Display and Audio

In almost all surveys of fresh Chinese smartphone, we always have a positive view of their screens. It is not surprising: most of them are used in the production of high-quality Sharp matrix. Ulefone Mix was no exception.

The picture on the screen looks great, the colors are bright, wide viewing angles. The smartphone is MiraVision setting, with which the color temperature can be adjusted to their liking. Adaptive brightness control allows comfortable use the device, even in bright light.

For lovers of night reading has LiveDisplay option, able to include schedule a red filter, which reduces eyestrain in low light conditions.

The smartphone specification states that it is equipped with audio chip AW8737S. Theoretically, this should provide a much better sound quality than most competitors.

In practice, it turned out that the sound Ulefone Mix is ​​really very good. Listening to music in high-quality headphones is a pleasure. Work brings external speaker, of course, much less positive emotions, but it sounds loudly. Incoming call notification and will not miss.

Performance

In Ulefone Mix uses the processor entry-level MediaTek, so we did not expect from this device record results in tests. However, performance of the smartphone did not disappoint.

This device provides sufficient performance for the smooth operation of the operating system and virtually any application. The only exception - the most advanced mobile games, which will play only with low graphics settings.

Note that in Ulefone Mix are as many as 4 GB of RAM. This volume is enough to forget about any memory cleaners. Switching between applications is fast and smooth, no matter how much you have them have not been discovered.

autonomy

Ulefone Mix battery capacity of 3300 mA · hr. That sounds impressive, but in reality it turned out that the smart phone when the average daily loading survive only until the evening. This is a common pattern for the Chinese public sector, so the autonomy we are neither advantages nor disadvantages of this device.

Camera

As the main camera is used Sony IMX258 module. This gives hope for high-quality images, because the same component is installed in much more expensive Samsung Galaxy J5 Prime, LG G6 and Xiaomi Redmi Pro.

However, a good matrix - this is not all that is necessary for normal photographs. Still need the right software, and with this, Chinese manufacturers eternal problems.

No, in good Ulefone Mix shooting conditions to something capable of, even though this "something" is still very far from ideal. But it is necessary to start shooting in low light as all the work goes down the drain.

Software

The operating system in the smartphone uses Android 7.0. The manufacturer did not bother themselves any additions or modifications, and set clean and free of third-party applications Android. So free, we did not find even some familiar applications such as the music player.

However, all the necessary software, users can install on their own. The main thing is that the system works steadily and does not include extra services and utilities.

results

Ulefone Mix turned out no better than a "mix" of many competitors. But not worse.

Before us is a typical budget bezramochnik, which has the status corresponding to this capacity and autonomy. On the bright appearance, excellent screen and decent sound that will delight music lovers. Another significant plus - a large amount of RAM and internal memory.

Among the drawbacks may be mentioned the lack of proximity sensor and indistinct image quality. However, for many users, these problems may not seem quite so scary and, given the price of the smartphone, which as of this writing is 8275 rubles.

The author expresses his gratitude to the company Ulefone for providing the test sample.