Overview Maze Blade - stylish smartphone with a good camera for $ 120

Marketers company called Maze Maze Blade "Murderer state employees." Sounds comical and causes some mistrust. However, in this case, a slogan was close to the truth. At a low price Maze Blade has a number of advantages that set it apart from many competitors.

Specifications

Specifications Maze Blade say that we face strong middling. Yes, MTK6753 processor - obviously a budget solution, but in the rest of the smartphone is good. Developers set the 3GB of RAM and as much as 32 GB of non-volatile memory, which is quite rare in phones in this price range. The smartphone is equipped with a fingerprint scanner and a fast, high-quality cameras from a reputable manufacturer and decent battery.

These parameters in the budgetary system are rare. Typically, manufacturers tend to save on components, to provide a low cost. I am glad that the company Maze managed to keep a nice price tag, without degrading the performance of the gadget.

Packaging and appearance

The smartphone comes in a strong box of black cardboard. Making sweet and stylish. Options spartan - only the charger cable and clip to eject the tray for SIM cards. Still there is a warranty card and a brief instruction manual, including in Russian.

Appearance Maze Blade vivid and memorable. The housing has a rectangular shape and is made of anodized aluminum. Wherein the rear surface is covered with glass and looks like a mirror.

Of course, such a design solution can not be considered practical, as can be seen all the prints on the mirror surface. But this smartphone looks so cool that this deficiency would like to accept. Aesthetes will be happy, everything else is better to pick a suitable cover immediately.

Ergonomics are well thought out and tested on a variety of models. power and volume control buttons are located on the right side, and a tray for SIM card - on the left. Bottom - a microphone, a speaker and a miniUSB-connector. headphone jack rendered on the top face. The front panel has two touch-sensitive navigation keys with backlight and a manual, which is combined with a fingerprint.

As for the assembly, then it has only one claim: Device buttons do not fit very well, so a little rattle. This does not affect functionality, but first a little annoying.

Display and Audio

Screen Maze Blade made of IPS technology is Full HD resolution and size of 5.5 inches. During testing I did not have any claims to his work. Good contrast, correct color, brightness levels are adequate, allowing comfortable use device in bright sunlight or in low light conditions.

By the way, for lovers of night reading in the smartphone have LiveDisplay function that automatically adjusts the color temperature depending on the time of day.

Built-in speaker sound loud enough, however, of any frequency can not speak. But when you connect headphones picture changes dramatically. I do not know what magic applied developers, but the sound was excellent. Clean, deep, loud - listening to music a real pleasure.

Performance

The speed of the smartphone mainly depends on the set CPU and GPU memory. MediaTek MTK6753 already so well all know, so examine and verify all the tests that no discoveries are definitely can not be done. Maze Blade smartphone tests have once again confirmed it.

Maze Blade easily copes with almost all tasks. A large amount of RAM allows you to run multiple applications simultaneously and switch between them quickly without pauses and brakes. The only exception - the most advanced and resource-intensive 3D-game. However, advanced gamers themselves well aware of it.

autonomy

Now in the market there are many long-running smartphones with batteries for 5000 and even 6000 mAh. On their background Maze Blade battery capacity as something not very impressive. But do not forget that this is a budget device a fashion. So in this case, the battery is 3000 mAh looks quite appropriate.

However, not only on the size of the battery depends on the time of the smartphone. Of great importance is the software functioned well. I have often come across smartphones that consume too much energy at rest due to the fact that a process does not give the processor to go into the savings mode.

With this in Maze Blade there is no problem. When the screen is off, the smartphone consumes very little power, so that in the standby mode may well hold out for a few days. If we talk about the common use, the battery lasts for a day.

Camera

The quality of images - a recognized problem of budget smartphones. In the market you can find models with normal processor and enough RAM. There are inexpensive devices with an interesting design and a set of additional functions. But good budget-relieving difficult to find.

The greater was my surprise when I saw the photos taken with the main camera Maze Blade. It seemed to me that this smartphone takes better than more expensive devices. Photos are vivid and detailed, with good color balance and lighting conditions. And not only in sunlight, but also in low-light conditions.

Software

The operating system the device uses Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The manufacturer did not interfere too much in the skin, for which many thanks to him. So that the operating system looks almost exactly as it was designed by Google.

The only difference - a special section in the settings where you can activate the control gestures. It refers to how the gestures performed by the hands of a smart phone and swipe on the screen is off, with which can be used to unlock the phone, launch applications and perform some other actions. A handy feature that many will be happy to use.

Total

Overall, smartphone Maze Blade leaves a favorable impression. I can not think of a single budget system for the last time (and the price Maze Blade at the time of writing this article is $ 120), Which would have a set of positive qualities.

Pros of this gadget - a memorable appearance, excellent screen, a large amount of memory and storage capacity, good sound through the headphones and, of course, a camera.

The disadvantage is only one: to produce in 2017 a device running Android 6.0 Marshmallow somehow not very far-sighted. However, we hope that the developers have upgraded the operating system to Android Nougat. And then Maze Blade becomes almost perfect smartphone in its price category.