OVERVIEW: Microsoft Lumia 650 - a classic smartphone on Windows 10

Smartphones that do not participate in the battle of the characteristics and applications, inadequate attention. And absolutely nothing, because Microsoft Lumia 650 - a sample of what might be a good (and by quality and price) smartphone without iOS and Android.

The appearance, display and ergonomics

Lumia 650 have two colors: the smartphone is black and white. To us came the dark version.

smartphone design concise and serious. Between a black screen and a matte back cover glitters thin chrome layer.

metal body itself, but the back cover is plastic and is so thin that it's frightening to shoot. But it is necessary because the battery is removable, and slots for microSD and nanoSIM also hidden under the hood.

The front panel - solid glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3. Speaker, the peephole of the front camera and microphone are lost on the background of the screen and the housing, no violation of noble appearance. There are no buttons on the front panel, all control sensor.

At the lower and upper edges are present only microUSB connector and audio output. The left side pleases only chrome silver, the right - on and volume control buttons.

Five-inch screen saying that the Lumia 650 is not for entertainment and watching a movie, and to work where you want to control your smartphone with one hand.

By the way, it turns out well. The smartphone is light, thin, so one hand is placed without problems and difficulties.

The smartphone can be called too strict, but it is a strict classic that is always at the height of fashion and always appropriate. This phone is easy to do in any situation. Begs comparison with the little black dress or a three-piece suit. In this case, Lumia 650 does not cause association with faceless office furniture, it really is a stylish accessory.

There is only one drawback, which, frankly, many models are affected, - soiled. Fingerprints and visible on the display, and the back cover.

Screen

A screen with a resolution of 1280 × 720, bright and clear. Bright enough and he remains under strong light, with automatic adjustment enough to always see what is happening on the screen.

Sometimes the touch screen responds to touch only the second or third time. Such blunders do not occur too often, but with the active use they are visible. Difficult to say, it is a problem of a particular test specimen or phone in general.

camera

In Lumia 650 installed on the main camera 8 Mn autofocus Wide front camera 5 Mp. Both are able to record video, the main - in HD.

This is the no wonder parameters, but the pictures are crisp and bright in different weather. See for yourself.

When shooting noticeably lagging behind the popular trends: you are no built-in filters, sverhinteresnyh mode, ready-made applications for processing photos. Only the basic settings.

In 2016 the lack of ready mode so surprising that I do not know whether this is good or bad.

Performance, memory and battery

Lumia 650 runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 212 with a frequency of 1300 MHz. 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage with the ability to expand up to 200 GB using microSD.

Tests show that up to the tops away, but in fact the 3D-game run and slows down without difficulty, several applications are running simultaneously in the whole critical deadlocks have been identified.

You can complain to the application download speeds, sometimes waiting a little delayed. But inside, everything works without brakes.

The battery can only be happy. 2000 mAh seems to be a little, but with a moderate use of the smartphone can withstand more than a day, while in standby mode, power consumption is minimal. Even if you have forgotten the evening to connect the charger, the morning will do without unpleasant surprises in the form of a fully discharged smartphone. Pleasant guarantee stable operation.

Systems and applications

Compare Windows Mobile with 10 other mobile platforms - a thankless task. We can only sigh, that the application is less than what they later updated that many electronic gadgets in general can not be associated with smartphones from Microsoft.

But the developers have relied on just what you need: in the office applications (MS Office and popular no doubt). Lumia 650 is mastered in a few minutes, especially if you are working with Microsoft products.

The smartphone is not a huge number of settings, and those that are do not require a detailed study of the possibilities.

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Lumia 650 is not for geeks, not for entertainment, not dependent on the gadgets. Tools, which has a narrow scope, but a wide potential audience. For example, take it as exclusively working smartphone - a good idea. In fact, to buy or not to buy, decide not to you, and your work.

The smartphone combines reasonable price, the quality and performance, but a set of objectives for which it is worth spending the money is limited. You need a phone with Windows 10 to work, and just for her? If so, please Lumia 650.