1. Media player.
Out of the box he is not. It is necessary, like most applications, to install from the market (after registration, for free).
The player is ascetic. Able to show music in the display "by album", "by artist" and "all tracks". Moreover, as a picture for categories, D uses a picture from the first track.
The player does not have an equalizer, the lyrics do not know how to display. There is not even a repeat setting (all / album) - but there is random play.
Russian tags, which pleases, are supported.
ATTENTION!Headsets from old Nokia on Symbian are not suitable - crackle in one of the channels. Tested on the headset WH-205 and WH-701.
At the same time, the native headset from the iPhone works well.
The sound in the headphones is clear, very pleasant and rich for my taste. More than enough volume.
2. Transfer media files.
On a Windows computer, a USB-connected phone is recognized and gives access to all folders in MTP mode.
ATTENTION!On a Mac, the phone is not recognized! The only way to access to / copy media files to the phone is to enable development mode and copy them via SSH.
By the way, when disabling and re-enabling ssh access, the password is reset. It must be set again.
3. Camera.
The phone has 2 cameras - frontal 2 megapixels and the main 8 megapixels. The quality of shooting the main camera, as I already said, leaves much to be desired. A few examples:
Auto mode
Adjusted to manual
Photo through the glass
Cloudy photo
Both with flash and with manual white balance and manual focus (click on the focus point on the screen)
The front camera is still meaningless - the phone does not know how to make video calls in any form - either through a standard application or via Skype.
There is no point in shooting videos in the dark - there are more noises than pictures.
There is no stabilizer in the photo or video.
4. Communication.
The phone is capable of standard frequencies GSM (850/900/1800/1900) and UMTS (900/2100). LTE is not yet supported by software.
WiFi - b / g / n, 2.4 Ghz. 5Ghz is not supported. Connection speed according to my access point is 54Mbps. The device name is simple and straightforward - localhost :) However, anyone with Linux skills can fix this in 2 minutes from the console.
There are no complaints about the conversation, the sound quality is normal, there was no particular difference in reception with the same N8.
5. Contacts.
Contacts are synchronized with Facebook, with Google+, and with SIM cards.
You can also add all the contacts on your computer into 1 vcs-file, copy it to your phone and import them into your phone through the settings of the "People" application - this is the only available way to synchronize with Mac and with iPhone via Mac.
From the unpleasant - in the phone with an interface in English (I prefer it) there is quick access to the contact by the first letter of the first or last name. The letters are only Latin, Cyrillic at the end of the general list. In the Russian interface, the problem is the opposite - there is no quick access to contacts in English.
From the pleasant - it’s easy to link Facebook, Google+ and phone contacts together.
And about the unpleasant bugs noticed at the moment:
- Sometimes it refuses to connect to WiFi - a reboot saves. On 2 devices, it was noticed once.
- In the Calendar application, shows the days of the week from Sunday, while drawing today's date under Sunday (Monday)
- The alarm clock now set at 9:30 - in the setting mode it writes 9:30, in hours - 8:30. The signal emits at the time that is visible in the setup mode.
- In skype (for android), the message time is two hours behind the real one. At the same time, even in the console, it displays the correct timezone
APD and about miles in maps.
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