Overview Bluboo S8 - the first budget smartphone with a screen 18: 9
Devices / / December 19, 2019
Smartphones Samsung S8 and LG G6 with screen 18: 9 were introduced about six months ago. This was the beginning of a new trend in the design of mobile devices. Today, all of the active manufacturers are working on the release of smartphones, in one way or another appearance to Korean champions.
Bluboo S8 It is similar to the Samsung S8 hull shape and large display with rounded corners. And so that users no doubt, over the name of the model, too, decided not particularly wise. However, the similarity is unfortunately ends.
Specifications
housing | Metal frame, plastic, glass |
Display | 5.7 inches, Sharp HD + (1440 × 720), IPS, 2,5D |
Platform | Processor MediaTek MTK6750T Octa-core 1,5 GHz; graphics accelerator ARM Mali T860 MP2 |
RAM | 3 GB |
Built-in memory | 32 GB, the ability to install a memory card up to 64 GB |
camera | Summary - double, 13 MP and 3 MP; front - with a 5 megapixel |
link | Two slots: nanoSIM and nanoSIM + microSD; 2G (GSM): 850/900/1 800/1 900 MHz; 3G (WCDMA): 900/2 100MHz; 4G (FDD-LTE): 800/900/1 800/2 100/2 600 MHz (Band 1/3/7/8/20) |
Wireless interfaces | Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, GLONASS, A-GPS |
expansion slots | USB Type-C, microSD (up to 64 GB, instead of the second SIM card) |
sensors | Lighting, proximity, accelerometer, electronic compass, fingerprinting |
operating system | Android 7.0 Nougat 360 OS shell |
Battery | 3 450 mAh (nonremovable) fast charge |
Dimensions | 70.6 × 149.5 × 8.4 mm |
Weight | 207 g |
Those readers who follow the novelties of the Chinese mobile technology, will not find in the technical specifications Bluboo S8 nothing particularly interesting. Well, yes, eight-processor MediaTek MT6750T, submitted more than a year ago, all well-known and used in a large number of devices. Nevertheless, it is quite productive and still copes with all mobile tasks.
The memory subsystem does not cause particular surprise. For the average person smartphone 3GB of RAM - the minimum acceptable value for today. Roughly the same can be said about the built-in memory.
In general, the hardware filling in Bluboo S8 is the most common for the smartphone at this price point. It is attractive not this, and impressive appearance, which we will discuss below.
Packaging and appearance
The handset comes in a black box from the cardboard, on the front side of which features the logo and the model name Bluboo. Inside the box, but the actual smartphone is the charger, USB Type-C cable, transparent silicone case, protective film for the screen.
Smart phone equipped with only one type of connector USB Type-C, the usual 3.5 mm jack is absent. Therefore, for headphones have to use an adapter, which the manufacturer is also included in the package.
Bluboo S8 looks fine. 5.7-inch screen takes up almost the entire front panel, except for small bars top and bottom. Frames on the sides, too, there are, although promotional materials Chinese designers stubbornly their wash. However, they are quite thin and do not irritate.
On the right side of the device is the power button, the opposite side takes a volume control wheel. Such an arrangement at first inconvenience: when you try to change the volume balk finger in the opposite direction of the smartphone and almost always hit the power button.
Backside Bluboo S8 is made of plastic, which has a very nice gloss finish. Which is, however, perfectly collects fingerprints, so silicone case appeared in the kit is not in vain. In the upper part there are two main eye camera and a fingerprint scanner, united into one unit.
At the bottom there is the lattice dynamics, Elementary microphone and connector USB Type-C for charging, data transfer, and headphones. Top maker posted a combined two tray nanoSIM-card or one sim card and microSD memory expansion card.
The overall build quality, choice of materials and design Bluboo S8 leaves a good impression. Due to the elongated shape of the phone fits comfortably in your hand, that the least you expect from a device with a wide screen. Ergonomics and appearance - the main advantages of this device.
Display and Audio
In Bluboo S8 a screen with an aspect ratio of 18: 9, resolution is 1440 × 720, density - 282 ppi. The device uses a quality matrix from Sharp company which provides vivid colors, good viewing angle, high brightness and contrast. It is protected by a fairly thick glass, having rounded edges.
The sensitivity of the touch screen first satisfactory, but the manufacturer quickly released a patch to fix this problem. Screen detects up to 5 touches, with a smartphone, you can use even in thin gloves.
Smartphone sound, unfortunately, does not leave the same positive impression as a screen. External speaker volume sufficient to avoid missing an incoming call or a notification. However, the frequency response is so narrow that playing music brings suffering rather than pleasure.
The headphones picture a little better, but not drastically. An additional reason for the disorder - the lack of a normal socket for headphones. Therefore, the need to use a wireless headset to accept or connect via an adapter.
Performance
From a performance standpoint Bluboo S8 is a typical representative of Chinese srednebyudzhetnikov. Synthetic test results will allow you to independently assess the potential of the device.
As you can see, the record does not show the speed of the gadget. However, with conventional loads smartphone copes without any problems. Downloadable music plays, the picture in the gallery opened, the video stutters. MTK6750T processor power is enough to work with any application, and 3 GB of RAM is enough to run multiple intensive tasks, and quickly switch between them.
However, fans of the beautiful game should be heavy to look for a more powerful gadget. Do not count on this smartphone, if you love to play at high graphics settings and with a normal number of frames per second.
autonomy
The battery unit has a capacity of 3450 mAh. In the market there are plenty of smartphones with more powerful batteries, and in the same price category. However Bluboo S8 again proves that the autonomy of the device depends not only on the amount of milliamperes.
In the process of testing a smartphone it revealed that he is able to provide up to two days without recharging. This is a pretty good result. He is achieved through the proper optimization of the operating system and a special utility that unloads unused at the moment of application memory.
Camera
photo quality - the eternal pain of the owners of low-cost Chinese smartphones. In Bluboo S8 us tries to take quantity. But how many cameras or put, how many megapixels or Draw in advertising, it does not help to improve the actual pictures.
In good light pictures obtained tolerable quality. For a demonstration on the screen of the smartphone or computer should be fine. But it is worth the city was plunged into darkness as the picture quality is rapidly goes into minus. It helps neither flash nor HDR-mode, nothing.
So remember that taking pictures using Bluboo S8 is possible only in bright sunlight or artificial light. In the darkness of the best smartphone camera not to torture - nothing good still will not work.
Software
The operating system used in Bluboo S8 sided product called 360 OS. It was initially developed for a software company Qihoo Coolpad production devices. This is not simply a launcher with branded icons and wallpapers, and radically redesigned version of Android Nougat. Above all, this OS MIUI reminiscent of past years.
The OS 360 uses its own dialer, address book, calendar, clock, music player and other proprietary programs. There is a built-in antivirus, cloud service backup utility to configure startup and application permits, a program for battery saving. In short, the operating system is equipped with everything necessary for a comfortable and safe operation.
Appearance shell Bluboo S8 is well developed, and leaves a good impression. The operating system is perfectly optimized, it works smartly and not too CPU-intensive, as we have seen above, a positive effect on the autonomy of the device.
However, there is a 360 OS and disadvantages. Some options are not where we used to see them in Runoff version of Android. Built-in automatic cleaning memory too aggressive "kill" background applications, which is why there are problems with the arrival of the notification. But all these problems are solved successfully as a result of thoughtful gadget settings.
results
Bluboo S8 - this is certainly an interesting and unusual smartphone. It attracts primarily by their appearance, and a pretty cool screen software shell. Despite the large screen size, the smartphone perfectly in the hand. Nothing bad can not be said about the autonomy of the device.
Performance Bluboo S8 is fully consistent with its cost and is no different from its competitors in the same price category. Therefore, it will not belong to any advantages or disadvantages to the device.
But the camera work and the lack of connectors for headphones can be safely attributed to the shortcomings. However, the sad images of Chinese state employees already surprise nobody, and the second problem is solved by using wireless headphones.
At the time of this writing, the price is Bluboo S8 9617 rubles.
The author expresses his gratitude to the company Bluboo for providing the test device.