Budget Communicator from the Middle Kingdom, which could be a hit
The current hero of the review has long drawn the attention of the public with their characteristics and price. He became one of the first, if not the first, communicators who allowed to carry out the dream of many buyers: to purchase a smartphone with a dual-core processor, a large display with a resolution of 720 × 1280 points and support for two SIM cards for the symbolic money with such characteristics.
In the chain of events, Zagogulina happened, and Jiayu G3, namely, he was talking, turned out to be the editorial office after his alive alter-ego - Iconbit Nettab Mercury X, the communicator of the domestic company, but with a distinct Chinese pedigree having a twin brother in the form of UMI x1. But nothing terrible: the more interesting there will be both devices, because the price tag on them is distinguished by almost twice.
Before proceeding with the description of the impressions of the novelty, it is necessary to make a reservation that Jiayu G3 is currently possible to be purchased only in China, it is not officially supplied to Russia.
Delivery and characteristics
Jiayu G3, perhaps, one of the most unusual packaging, at least among those that we met: a thin white cardboard cover is hoping for a transparent plastic box, most of all resembling a food container, in which, in turn, a smartphone and accessories are in turn. It is impossible not to note the strength of this design, which is undoubtedly important when shipping by mail. At the same time, in order to open this plastic "Ark", you need to work hard and suffer a little, especially if you do this for the first time.
There is no particular useful information on the packing of the communicator, only the device name will be understood for the compatriot, the name of the manufacturer's company and the address of its site. The rest of the few information is presented exclusively by hieroglyphs.
Accessories set Jiayu G3 Standine: Rechargeable battery, charger, Micro-USB cable, wired stereo charter and documentation. As a pleasant bonus, a protective film for the Communicator screen is pond. All available accompanying documentation contains text exclusively in Chinese.
The characteristics of the jiayu g3 communicator are as follows:
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- MEDIATEK MTK6577 processor (two Arm Cortex-A9 cores, frequency 1 GHz) with PowerVR SGX 531 video engineed;
- Android 4.0.4 operating system (Ice Cream Sandwich);
- IPS display, diagonal 4.5 ", 720 × 1280 pixels, capacitive, with multitouch;
- RAM 1 GB, the main flash memory of 4 GB (2.5 GB available);
- Support for microSDHC memory cards with a capacity of up to 64 GB;
- Support for two SIM cards;
- Communication GSM EDGE / GPRS (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) for both SIM cards;
- 3G HSPA connection (2100 MHz) for one SIM card;
- Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR;
- Wi-Fi 802.11b / g;
- FM radio;
- GPS + A-GPS;
- Position sensor in space, accelerometer, magnetometer;
- Camera with a CMOS sensor with a resolution of 8 megapixels, autofocus, LED flash, an additional camera with a resolution of 2 megapixels;
- Lithium-ion battery, capacity 2750 mA · h;
- Dimensions 135 × 65 × 10.8 mm;
- Weight of 131
Characteristics of Jiayu G3 and IconBit Nettab Mercury X coincide almost all items. Of course, two communicators differ in size and weight, but in many ways it is explained by the difference in the dimensions and the capacity of the batteries of these two devices. In general, the parameters of the Jiayu G3 hardware filling seem very tempting, given the price of the communicator. The main positive point is the capacious battery, negative and mysterious - a few outdated Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules.
It is necessary to immediately make a reservation that the described capabilities of Jiayu G3 are characteristic of that firmware, with which the device went on sale, and the screen shots were made with it. It, in particular, is based on the version of Android 4.0.4. Meanwhile, at the time of the announcement of the article, a new firmware was already available, based on Android 4.1.2, and in one moment, which we will arrange later, the functionality of the device may noticeably change relative to the option "of the box".
| Jiayu G3. | iconbit Nettab Mercury X | Philips W732. | Fly IQ441 | Huawei Honor | SAMSUNG GALAXY S 2 | |
| Screen | 4.5 "IPS, 326 PPI | 4.5 "IPS, 326 PPI | 4.3 "IPS, 218 PPI | 4.3 "IPS, 218 PPI | 4 "TFT TN, 245 PPI | |
| Resolution | 720 × 1280. | 720 × 1280. | 480 × 800. | 480 × 800. | 480 × 854. | 480 × 800. |
| OC. | Android 4.0.4. | Android 4.0.4. | Android 4.0.3. | Android 4.0.4. | Android 4.0.3. | Android 4.0.4. |
| CPU | MediaTek MTK6577 (2 Arm Cortex-A9 kernels), 1 GHz | MediaTek MTK6577 (2 Arm Cortex-A9 kernels), 1 GHz | Qualcomm MSM8255T (1 SCORPION Core), 1.4 GHz | Samsung Exynos 4210 (2 Arm Cortex-A9 kernels), 1.2 GHz | ||
| Graphic processor | PowerVR SGX 531. | PowerVR SGX 531. | PowerVR SGX 531. | PowerVR SGX 531. | Qualcomm Adreno 205. | ARM MALI-400MP |
| RAM | 1 GB | 1 GB | 512 MB. | 512 MB. | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Camera | round 8 MP, frontal 2 MP | round 5 MP, frontal 0.3 Mp | round 8 MP | round 8 MP, frontal 2 MP | ||
| Battery | 2750 mA · h | 1750 mA · h | 2400 mA · h | 1800 mA · h | 1930 mA · h | 1650 mA · h |
| Dimensions and mass | 135 × 65 × 10.8 mm, 131 g | 129 × 68 × 8,6 mm, 121 g | 126 × 67 × 12.3 mm, 169 g | 128 × 68 × 10 mm, 136 g | 122 × 61 × 11 mm, 140 g | 125 × 66 × 8,5 mm, 116 g |
| Medium retail price | N / d (0) | N / d () | N / d (0) | N / d (0) | $123() | $103() |
Design and appearance
In the era of the struggle for the title "The thinnest smartphone" Jiayu G3 looks very extraordinary - a kind of weighty and thick black plastic "brick". The feeling that it can be used not only for its intended purpose, but also, for example, to clog nails or as a self-defense weapon.
Despite the classic body shape and a small weight for its dimensions, Jiayu G3 is definitely a male smartphone. It is in the male hand that this "bar" looks most organically and impressive. It is difficult to imagine that the hero of the review will interest the representatives of the fine sex and, especially, will fit in a female hand.
Thick side faces allow you to confidently hold the communicator with one hand despite, in general, slippery plastic of the case. But, unfortunately, the dimensions of the smartphone also limit the possibilities for its placement in various pockets. Convenient grip, in addition, does not mean the convenience of the communicator control with the fingers of one hand: to reach all the angles of the extended display in the length of the display, the smartphone body must be intercepted in the middle, sacrificing the reliability of grip.
Externally, the hero of the review recalls several families of devices: there is something in it from Sony smartphones, which have a lower part of the housing, there is something elusive from iPhone 4 (probably, the design of the top of the front panel and cutout under the telephone speaker), but Most of all in it from the externalities of the old good communicators with now in the Bose Mobile - for example, E-TEN models, which had more than all the thickness of the hull, Chinese plastic and, in general, the "uncomplicated" design. The main impression of the design of the communicator is exactly the way the smartphone with Windows Mobile in 2006 looks, if anyone in the subway, at that time, discouraged to release the communicator without hardware keys, with a touch display on the front panel.
The Jiayu G3 case material was plastic and metal, the first two types: black matte - for most of the housing, black glossy - for the front panel and ends. The metal is represented only in the form of two inserts from two sides from the protective glass of the display. They look not very organic, it seems that the developers tried to make the communicator more "representative" with their help, but achieved only the opposite effect. All panels - and plastic, and metal - wonderfully collect fingerprints.
In general, the quality of the assembly and the design of the communicator does not cause complaints. There are no screens and arms between the details, nothing rings and do not hang out. The lid of the battery compartment holds on several latches and disconnected with some effort and diligence. Litter keys have a relief shape and a distinct move.
On the front panel JIAYU G3, in addition to the display, there are three touch keys (all with backlight), a telephone speaker, an additional camera lens, two sensors and a LED protector status indicator. For the presence of the latest smartphone developers worth praise separately. The entire front panel, with the exception of metal inserts, is closed by protective glass, by properties are similar to the famous Gorilla Glass.
The name of the manufacturer and its logo is applied only on the lid of the battery compartment, which is the back of the smartphone. For the main dynamics, the camera lens and the LED flash in it contains holes. After disconnecting the cover, views of a huge battery, connectors for SIM cards and a memory card (replace them without pulling out the battery can not be).
It is possible to remove the rear plastic panel, only picing her nail in the lower right corner of the communicator body - it is there a special excavation. On the right side of the smartphone there is a dual key control key of the audio system of the device. The left edge of Jiayu G3 is empty.
The microphone and micro-USB compatible connector are located at the viewer's hero. From above - power control key and 3.5 mm connector for headphones.
The location of all control elements in Jiayu G3 is standard, but, however, there are several questions to the layout and design of the communicator. First, surprises a large number of free front panel area, which is not busy anything - a smartphone could simply make less. Secondly, the lower part of the front panel seems absolutely unnecessary, as well as the plastic rim around the display. Thirdly, instead of the touch keys would be painlessly lay, mechanical, but the developers went on fashion. Of course, all this can be considered soldering; The communicator turned out as it is. Moreover, the size of the housing may be dictated by the size of a large battery, which must be fitted inside. As a result, the answer to the question, whether the device like, for everyone, but for me personally he is negative - Jiayu G3 really wants to quickly hide into some case. It remains only to note that there is also gray and silver variants of the smartphone.
Software
The communicator is running the Android 4.0.4 operating system (recently appeared firmware at 4.1.2). The system is presented almost in priority form, no additional shells. Initially, the system is set as the main Chinese, so that to switch the interface to Russian it will have to work a little bit and move on the settings menu.
From the Lock Screen, you can get into the camera control program or on the main screen. There are no non-standard icons or widgets on its five tabs.
However, several additional applications in the Jiayu G3 firmware are available. They can be divided into two categories: useful programs and not very - at least for Russian-speaking users. The first group includes a flashlight, a file manager and manager of running applications - all of them in special views and explanation do not need work.
The principle of operation of the management program of two cellular communication channels is one of all those who have been on testing communications based on the MediaTek platform. The owner of the smartphone has the ability to choose which of the two GSM channels will be used in various situations: when calling, sending SMS and MMS messages, for data transmission. One of two SIM cards can be assigned preferred, and it is it that will be used to perform the mentioned operations. Either you can refuse this setting and make the choice every time it will be necessary.
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Display and sound
Like a couple of IconBit Nettab Mercury X / UIM X1, the hero of the review attracts the attention of the public to its display: for the budget smartphone, its characteristics are different as wonderful you will not call. The IPS-matrix diagonal is 4.5 ", the resolution is 720 × 1280 pixels, and as a result, the density of the inch points (one of the most popular parameters in recently for comparison of smartphones) - 326 PPI. It will not be superfluous to write again that the density of pixels has more than that of the Samsung Galaxy S 3 screen, less than that of the iPhone 4 display, and exactly coincides with the density of points in the Retina matrix in the iPhone 5.
The screen is closed with protective glass, recognize up to 7 simultaneous touch, the viewing angles are very comfortable, the backlight brightness is automatically adjustable, but on the bright Sun picture on the display becomes difficult to distinguish.
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Read more about the Jiayu G3 screen will tell the editor of the "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" sections Alexey Kudryavtsev.
The front screen of the screen is covered with a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface resistant to the appearance of scratches. Judging by the reflection of bright light sources, there is a very efficient anti-glare filter that reduces the brightness of reflected objects. On the outer surface of the screen, there is a special oleophobic (tight-repellent) coating, so traces from the fingers appear not as fast as in the case of conventional glass, but are easier to be removed. Note that the efficiency of the oleophobic coating this screen is quite high.
When manually controlled brightness, its maximum value was 350 kD / m², and the minimum - 22 cd / m². The maximum value is not outstanding, but in principle sufficient - even with bright daylight on the screen it will be possible to consider something. In the full dark, brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. There is automatic brightness adjustment over the illumination sensor, which is in complete darkness and in conditions lit by artificial office reduces the brightness of about 50 kD / m² (acceptable), and in a very bright environment, the brightness rises to the maximum. There is no lower brightness of the modulation of the backlight, so there is no flickering of the backlight.
In Jiayu G3, an IPS type matrix is \u200b\u200bused, so the screen has very good viewing angles without inverting the shades and without a significant shift of colors, even with large looks from the perpendicular to the screen. True, the black field during the deviation on the diagonal is labeled and, depending on the direction of the deviation, the red-purple or greenish-gray shade acquires. However, this smartphone has an increase in the brightness of the black field is very weakly expressed. With a perpendicular view, the uniformity of black and white fields is good. The response time during the transition is black-white-black is 23 ms (11 ms incl. + 12 ms off.), The transition between halftones is 25% and 75% (for the numerical color value) and back in total it takes 27 ms. There is a certain brightness correction depending on the general light of the image (the brightness decreases for light images and rises for dark), but it only works when the halftone is outputting, and when the black or white field is output (or the primary colors), there is no adjustment in full screen. Why, such a function is needed - it remains a mystery, but as a result, a gamma curve built in 32 points, though did not reveal in the lights, none in the shadows, but had a very strange form, not reminiscent of a standard power function with an indicator of 2.2:
Contrast high - 960: 1. Color coverage is very close to SRGB:
The spectra show that the matrix light filters to moderately mix the components to each other:
The color temperature is slightly higher than the standard 6500 K, and the indicator ΔE is quite high, about 12. However, both parameters change little on the entire value of the part of the gray scale, therefore there are no special claims for a subjective look to the color rendering of special complaints. (Dark areas of the gray scale can not be considered, since there the balance of colors does not matter, and the measurement error of the color characteristics on the low brightness is large.)
As a result, the combination of characteristics The screen of this smartphone reasonably deserves a high marks.
Both dynamics of Jiayu G3, just say, unimportant. First of all, it refers to the quality of the sound: if the phone speaker adds the "cold effect" to the voices of all interlocutors (there is a feeling that they have a feeling that they are laid), then the main speaker simply begins to make a grinding and creaking along with low frequencies at full capacity . By the way about the power of sound, both speakers are average. The interlocutors also complained about not very high-quality voice in the embedded microphone. Thus, the conclusion is obtained as follows: the quality of the sound subsystem significantly spoils the impression of the hero of the review.
The sound quality of a complete stereo headerity, on the contrary, turned out to be at a good level, and its white color and comfortable Ambusushura caused only positive emotions. However, in any barrel with honey there is a substantial spoon of tar, in this case it turned out to be a large resistance of the dynamics of the headset. As a result, even at the maximum power, the sound of them is not so loud as I would like - for most cases sufficient, but lover listen to music in transport will have to purchase other headphones.
The headset control unit with the microphone and the answer key to calls is not disconnected, clip is provided for its attachment to clothing.
The communicator is equipped with a FM radio, which works only when connected headphones. The quality of signal reception is average, the management program has the functions of automatic search for stations, drawing up the channel list, audio records and RDS signals recognition.
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Wireless Interfaces and Communication
Jiayu G3 is equipped with all necessary wireless modules for modern life. Immediately it can be noted that there were no serious problems with their work during testing the communicator.
Characteristics of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules look strange for the 2012 smartphone on the MediaTek platform: so, only the outdated version of the Bluetooth 2.0 stack is supported, and the Wi-Fi module, judging by its description, is not able to work in 802.11n networks - only in "Slow" networks 802.11b / g. Most likely, this firmware restriction is specifically of this smartphone model, since the same IconBit Nettab Mercury X, built on an absolutely identical platform, is also Bluetooth 4.0, and Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n.
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Because the viewing module at the viewer's hero is one, then simultaneously make calls or transmit data over two networks (or one, but in two-channel mode), despite the fact that SIM card slots.
Unfortunately, the work of the GPS receiver in Jiayu G3 cannot be said to say anything - they simply have failed to use normally. For almost 10 minutes, the satellite navigation receiver has not been able to catch any signals from satellites! And this is when A-GPS and EPO - technologies that can significantly speed up the coordinate definition process. As a result, the communicator was capable only to approximate its location based on data from the base stations of the cellular network and Wi-Fi access points. The problem GPS receiver significantly "jumped" the reputation of Jiayu G3. It is possible to restore it to work. It is possible at least on the network there is a description of the necessary actions, but for this you need root access and a certain level of skills at the smartphone owner. Fortunately, there is information that on the new official firmware, which we did not have time to check, the problem with the operation of GPS has already been fixed - well, or has become less pronounced.
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Camera
Cameras in Jiayu G3 and IconBit Nettab Mercury X are completely the same. The main of them matrix has a resolution of 8 megapixels, it is complemented by an autofocus system and a LED flash. An additional camera on the front of the smartphone has a photosensitive matrix with a resolution of 2 megapixels.
The shooting management program is built into the operating system, so we are already familiar with its interface. In general, it is convenient, but in order to get to the desired setting, often you have to be aiming in small icons and wade through the long menus.
Settings at the camera a great set, all of them describe here does not make sense. It is worth mentioning, however, that the list of operating modes of the camera contains 4 items: photography, video shooting, panoramic survey and panoramic macro shot.
The speed of the camera and the launch of the application itself is high, however, the principle of activating the autofocus system at the hero of the review, as well as the IconBit Nettab Mercury X, requires addiction and does not seem very comfortable. Instead of setting the focus every time at the time of shooting, the system continuously calculates it, constantly focusing on one, then on another object in the frame. And in the end, the snapshot may not be like that which it was conceived: either the system focuses not where it is necessary, or the communicator itself will be shifted, and the settings will be "eaten." Of course, the focus area can be manually specified by hand, simply touching the screen in the right place, but, first, it is not always convenient, especially when shooting with one hand, and secondly, this operation will level all the advantages in the shooting speed for which, judging All over, program developers and autofocus systems have established such a strange algorithm for their work.
Be that as it may, Jiayu G3 is able to shoot the surrounding reality, and makes it very thorough for such an inexpensive communicator (although by and large the quality of the pictures, of course, cannot withstand any criticism). Snapshot resolution can reach 3264 × 2448 pixels. The video is carried out with a resolution of 720p and a frequency of 30 frames per second, recording format - MPEG-4, H.263 / AAC-LC. Only the amount of free memory on the map limits the maximum length of videos.
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Autonomous work
The capacity of the regular battery JIAYU G3 is an impressive 2750 mA · h. Likewise, few smartphones on the market can boast such a "stuffing" battery.
The presence of a capacious battery is associated with a very economical platform should, in theory, ensure the very long work of the Chinese smartphone offline. Spend the statistics here forces only a large and bright display, but it is so - only tests will show.
So, in the mode of reading an e-book with automatic adjustment of the brightness of the backlight, the communicator worked for 17 hours. Listening to music with a disconnected screen discharged a battery by 20% in 15 hours: on a longer test, unfortunately, we did not have enough time, but even by this indicator you can judge that in this mode, your smartphone is able to work for several days. The last test is a 280r video playback, its result is 4.5 hours of continuous operation Jiayu G3.
| Jiayu G3. | iconbit Nettab Mercury X | Philips W732. | Fly IQ441 | SAMSUNG GALAXY S 3 | Huawei Honor | SAMSUNG GALAXY S 2 | |
| Battery capacity | 2750 mA · h | 1750 mA · h | 2400 mA · h | 1800 mA · h | 2100 mA · h | 1930 mA · h | 1650 mA · h |
| Reading mode | 17 ch | 11 C. | 21 | 13.5 C. | 12 C. | 14 ch | 12 C. |
| Play music | 75 C. | 24 C. | 87.4 C. | 41.5 C. | 27.5 C. | 37 C. | 19 ch |
| View video | 4.5 C. | 2.5 C. | — | — | — | — | — |
Conclusions are unambiguous: the capacious battery and the MEDIATEK platform allowed Jiayu G3 to become one of the most "long-lived" devices of this class on the market. Only a little he gave way to the record holder - Philips Xenium W732 communicator.
Performance and speed
MEDIATEK MTK6577 processor capabilities are already well known; Together with his younger "brother" - MTK6575 - they firmly settled in the SOC segment for budget smartphones, which in large quantities began to appear on the market, and some of them managed to visit our edition. The combination of the MTK6577 chip, the RAM 1 GB and the display with a resolution of 720 × 1280 pixels in terms of performance, we investigated in the review of IconBit Nettab Mercury X, so that you expect any revelations in this regard from Jiayu G3, and it is easy to predict . However, check the smartphone in performance tests from our traditional set, you can and you need to make sure the predictions.
Softweg Benchmark 1.03:
| Jiayu G3. | iconbit Nettab Mercury X | Philips W732. | Fly IQ441 | SAMSUNG GALAXY S 3 | Huawei Honor | SAMSUNG GALAXY S 2 | |
| CPU. | 2 × 1 GHz | 2 × 1 GHz | 1 GHz | 2 × 1 GHz | 4 × 1.4 GHz | 1.4 GHz | 2 × 1.2 GHz |
| OS | Android 4.0. | Android 4.0. | Android 4.0. | Android 4.0. | Android 4.0. | Android 4.0. | Android 2.3. |
| Total Graphics Score | 30 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 29 | 75 | 34 |
| Total CPU Score | 2993 | 2982 | 2674 | 2748 | 4054 | 3201 | 3261 |
| Total Memory Score. | 361 | 371 | 562 | 399 | 988 | 551 | 783 |
| Total File System Score | 231 | 216 | 300 | 208 | 468 | 280 | 325 |
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The assumptions were true, the results of the tests of IconBit Nettab Mercury X and Jiayu G3 - on the same level. Both communicators have demonstrated good performance for budgetary devices, at the level of topical two-year-old smartphones. With the flagships of the past, 2012, they, of course, are not under power, but, given the HD-resolution of the display, you can only rejoice that inexpensive communicators can meet the needs of most users in most tasks. The non-historical interface of the operating system is still somewhere and when it occurs, but in general there are no annoying moments, and rare "brakes" are easily explained by the features of the work of the Android OS itself.
It remains to look at the results of two more performance tests and check the features of playing HD video.
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Video playback:
| File characteristics | Results in regular video player | Results in MX Video Player | Results in Dice Player |
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| MKV / H.264 / 1920 × 1080/9569 Kbps / s / [Email Protected] / DTS. | do not play | only video is played, with noticeable delays. | do not play |
| MKV / H.264 / 1920 × 1080 / 39.1 Mbit / s / [Email Protected] / not | do not play | reproduced with noticeable delays | |
| MPEG-4 / H.264 / 1280 × 720/6063 Kbps / s / [Email Protected] / AC-3 (80 MB) | reproduced with some delays without sound | reproduced with some delays without sound | |
| MKV / H.264 / 1280 × 720/6478 Kbps / s / [Email Protected] / AC-3 (80 MB) | reproduced with some delays without sound | reproduced with some delays without sound | reproduced with some delays without sound |
| MKV / VC-1/1920 × 1080 / 17.5 Mbps / Advanced [Email Protected] / AC-3 + E-AC-3 | do not play | reproduced with noticeable delays | reproduced with noticeable delays |
| MKV / XVID / 640 × 346 / 17.5 Mbps / [Email Protected] / Aac | reproduces normal | reproduces normal | reproduces normal |
| MKV / H.264 / 1280 × 720/3875 Kbps / s / [Email Protected] / AC-3 + AC-3 (Web-DL RIP) (67 MB) | reproduced without sound | reproduced without sound | reproduced without sound |
Support for hardware playback HD video, as such, in Jiayu G3, as in IconBit Nettab Mercury X, is missing. The capabilities of a single processor for trouble-free playing "massive" videos are not enough.
Together with the operating system update to Android 4.1, IconBit Nettab Mercury X has supported hardware decoding video in H.264 format. With a lot of probability, it happened in the new firmware Jiayu G3. How smooth and high-quality reproduction can provide hardware decoding can now be seen if you follow the links in the table presented earlier. All videos were opened by a regular player..
findings
With regret, but you have to admit: Jiayu G3 disappointed. Initial positive impressions gradually changed to negative. The desire to acquire a communicator with such characteristics once has finally disappeared after the problem with the GPS receiver was detected. But even before that, the opinion of the communicator was spoiled by the average for the quality of the dynamics and the microphone, as well as the amilateral design.
The probability that the problems mentioned are the features of a particular copy, of course, there is, but playing a lottery when ordering a smartphone from China seems to be superfluous. Especially if you consider the presence of an almost complete clone of the hero of the review on the Russian market - Iconbit Nettab Mercury X, in the event of which one would at least have anyone to make a claim, and the purchase to pass back.
By and large, Jiayu G3 has only one advantage over Iconbit Nettab Mercury X and its Chinese twin UMI X1 is a battery with 2750 mAh and, as a result, more autonomous time.
The appearance of the communicator is a matter of taste, but subjectively the combination of different materials of the hull and an abundance of an empty, no busy space paint a smartphone. A small plus game - the presence of a LED indicator.
To the question that will translate: the shortcomings of the smartphone, albeit potential, or its attractive price, the possibility and abundance of various "bonuses" from Chinese vendors (cover, bumper and the second battery can be obtained free of charge) - everyone can give an answer independently. In the end, you can order the same UMI X1, if you really want to save.
| Jiayu G3. | iconbit Nettab Mercury X | Philips W732. | Fly IQ441 | Explay Infinity | Highscreen Alpha GTR. | |
| Screen | 4.5 "IPS, 326 PPI | 4.5 "IPS, 326 PPI | 4.3 "IPS, 218 PPI | 4.3 "IPS, 218 PPI | 4.3 "Super AMOLED PLUS, 218 PPI | 4.5 "IPS, 326 PPI |
| Resolution | 720 × 1280. | 720 × 1280. | 480 × 800. | 480 × 800. | 480 × 800. | 720 × 1280. |
| OC. | Android 4.0.4. | Android 4.0.4. | Android 4.0.3. | Android 4.0.4. | Android 4.0. | Android 4.0. |
| CPU | MediaTek MTK6577 (2 Arm Cortex-A9 kernels), 1 GHz | MediaTek MTK6577 (2 Arm Cortex-A9 kernels), 1 GHz | MediaTek MTK6575 (1 core ARM Cortex-A9), 1 GHz | MediaTek MTK6577 (2 Arm Cortex-A9 kernels), 1 GHz | MediaTek MTK6575 (1 core ARM Cortex-A9), 1 GHz | MediaTek MTK6577 (2 Arm Cortex-A9 kernels), 1 GHz |
| RAM | 1 GB | 1 GB | 512 MB. | 512 MB. | 512 MB. | 1 GB |
| Camera | round 8 MP, frontal 2 MP | round 8 MP, frontal 2 MP | round 5 MP, frontal 0.3 Mp | round 5 MP, frontal 0.3 Mp | round 8 MP, frontal 0.3 mp | round 8 MP, frontal 2 MP |
| Battery | 2750 mA · h | 1750 mA · h | 2400 mA · h | 1800 mA · h | 1600 mA · h | 2100 mA · h |
| Dimensions and mass | 135 × 65 × 10.8 mm, 131 g | 129 × 68 × 8,6 mm, 121 g | 126 × 67 × 12.3 mm, 169 g | 128 × 68 × 10 mm, 136 g | 129 × 66 × 9.9 mm, 119 g | 131 × 67 × 10.5 mm, 130 (?) G |
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08.01.2014
How long have this device?
For 10 days since I got.
Do you use it until now? If not - why did it part?
Not using. Gave for temporary use of his wife. Let it get used to good things.
How did this device get to you? What criteria was chosen? Where and how much bought?
I ordered on Aliexpress. Long looked around, read thematic forums. Selection criteria - Reliability, long-playing battery, camera with flash, Gorilla challenge on the screen, Viewing angles, Behavior on sunlight, Two SIM cards, Android 4.2, quad-core processor, RAM at least 1 GB, screen size no more than 5 inches and permission Less HD. I did not buy for myself for my son - a second-year technical school student, and on his scholarship. But, as it always happens, although he participated in the choice, but I appreciated the options. So we chose "together" what I wanted for myself. I ordered in the 20th of November, and already on December 21st, I kept him in my hands. The seller sent him to Singapore mail. Traveling from China to Kazakhstan took about 3 weeks (including the preparation-check of the phone by the seller), and the week Banderol went on Kazakhstan.
The price of the phone at the time of purchase was 169.99 US Tuggers. Now she grown slightly. Included there were gift silicone case and stylus. For some time, the second battery is not included in the configuration of the mails sent by mail due to postal restrictions.
Phone characteristics from 4pda site
Black color.
Chip: MT6589T 1.5 GHz.
Memory: 1 GB RAM + 4 GB ROM.
Screen: 4.5 "IPS, resolution 1280x720, Multi-Touch, Gorilla Glass 2.
Camera: Frontal 2 MP, Main 8 MP (BSI CMOS, LED Flash, Auto-Focus).
Network: WCDMA: 2100 MHz, GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, 2 standard SIM cards, 1 radio module.
GPS: GPS, A-GPS.
Sensors: Gyroscope, Compass, Gravity Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Light Sensor.
Other: GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, FM, OTG are not supported, but there is Miracast.
Support for memory cards: up to 64 GB.
Battery: 3000 Mah Li-Ion.
Operating system: Android 4.2 JB (Jelly Bean).
Complete set: smartphone, battery, memory, USB cable.
Dimensions: 135x65x10.8 (mm).
Here is a photo of Panders:
Video unpacking:
First inclusion:
What do you like? Strengths, dignity.
The bar-like body of this phone does not look so monotonous. True, some still see in it similarity with other brands, such as iPhone, for example. I do not know, I do not have such associations. But Samsung's shoulder blades had time. Moreover, they became favorite phones of the female part (her young part) of the population. Not every second girl for up to 30 years old walks with a telephone more than 5 inches.
So, I repeat, size is 4.5 inches at current times - the lowest border of the size of the screen of the phone applying to the HD screen. You can, of course, to a smaller size to fit the same number of pixels, the sense, however, will not. And the shape of the hull, angular at first glance, causes a sense of reliability.
I want to immediately explain. Why do I not call the phone by name? Of course, I know how his name is read. Jiayu G3S. Specially launched GoogleTranslator to listen to how it sounds in Chinese. It turned out something like di-y-and. I can't call such a good phone so I can not turn my tongue. Name how the forums speak, "Zhuyka" or in general "egg" - too, because I like it. In the future I will call just a smartphone or phone. So I call at home.
For those who did not watch the video unpacking, I will tell you exactly what came in the box. For the video, by the way, I apologize, I took off to the camera, which does not have a video withdrawal function in HD quality, and I still don't buy a tripod for him.
So, in the box were:
Equipment:
Types of phone:
Honestly, the green casing of poisonous acid caused a light shock. I ordered the phone black. Itself missed me that the cover should be black. But I thought so. The phone manufacturers, it turns out, do not take into account the wishes and put the covers in the boxes on a random basis. Well at least pink did not put. My "fi" I expressed the seller, but by the time the combination of green-black flowers has already become familiar and even relatives. I am no offense for the seller's case. By the way, the cover for this phone is not a luxury, but the need. According to reviews, the black paint from the phone's sides next to the screen starts to get causing, and the cover is protected from it. Well, of course, no protection in the fall. Even plus the cover - the phone in the hands is kept like a bothele, does not blunt to slip away.
Housing
Heavy, metallic. Metal it, of course, not all. I do not mean the screen - it should be glass. But the back cover of the battery compartment looks harvested. This feeling appears when it is removed, it is thin, the latches are unfastened with a crunch, causing concerns for their integrity. But in the assembled, the phone is felt as monolithic (and it does not creak and not peeling) black block, pleasant to the touch. Surfaces are smooth, but it does not slip out of the hands. Sleeping with your fingers quickly, also quickly rubs away. There are no oleophobic coating, and your fingers remain. The screen pasted the film. It didn't stick to his native - I went to the service, paid for their matte film, and it was stuck it. For a while, there is enough, with a matte film traces of your fingers on the screen are less noticeable.
Silicone case, sat on the body perfectly. It has become much more convenient to keep. Single replacement Softtach. About the case I can still say that. It has a rough surface and is polluted in the field quickly. And since the surface is not smooth, it is necessary to laugh, efforts are necessary.
Screen
Screen size - just time for action with one hand. In most cases, the second hand is not needed. Well, except to click the screen lock button, it is not entirely located on top. But the unlock works and from the volume keys. The volume reduction key can be used as the descent button in the camera application. I did not understand how autofocus works at the same time.
Still about the screen. The viewing angles are excellent, in my opinion. Specially took pictures at different angles. No comments.
Cameras
Basic phone camera. It is eight-megapixel. In order to take off the bus schedule, a beautiful view, a child who is not averse to Posted - all this is possible with good lighting. There is autofocus, and it even copes with his task. But not fast, in conditions of weak lighting, even attendant at home. However, the usual telephone chamber, not a carlityis of course.
Below are examples of the photo.
Christmas tree, 8 megapixel:
Christmas tree, 6 megapixel:
Night Ekibastuz:
Son at a computer, 6 mp:
Toy, 6 MP:
Text, 8 MP:
Toy, 8 MP:
Our settlement:
Industrial landscape:
At work:
In the camera settings, you can set "full screen". With this feature, the phone takes pictures with the aspect ratio of 16:10 (may be 16: 9, there was no time to check). But at the same time, the maximum resolution is reduced to 6 megapixel. That is, essentially, 2 extra stripes from above and from the bottom of the photo are trimmed. I do not undertake to judge, but it seemed strange such a decision. The functions have panoramic shooting (eat and okay, the quality of the brief, made for a tick), shooting 3D images (this is when you remove the object from different sides and can also be viewed, but only on the phone), quality settings, etc. I did not understand, did not test them all.
The front camera is although it is announced 2 megapixels, but somehow I'm not sure about it. It's very wetting quality. In order to capture a self-portrait for the avatar on the forum or in the Google account, it will come back.
Video filming. Both cameras support HD-shooting. Frontal supports in quotes.
See the examples below.
Video taken by the front chamber:
Video from the main chamber:
I hope you are not offended that I did not shoot a longer video? In my opinion, everything is clear. For some reason I was hoping for the best. Maybe with good lighting everything will be different?
Performance
Well, it came to the place where this phone is on horseback.
The MTK6589T processor with 4 cores of 1.5 GHz, with 1 GB RAM into a pair, give sufficient performance for almost all tasks that may arise. Recently, people have complained about the brakes even in the android interface. Now finally it is time when you can forget about it. I had no reason to complain.
Below are the screenshots of the benchmarks.
Quadrant:
Namench:
Antutu 3DRATING:
Operating system
Installed Android 4.2.1 operating system, not naked. A certain amount of applications unnecessary for non-receptions is preinstalled.
Lancher is yours. It is addictive to it. But after a couple of days, the desire to put, for example, apex was gone.
Ruth was out of the box. Finding paths for rutation therefore did not have to. The titanium restored everything from another android device, demolished Chinese, and everything, the settings ended.
About the built-in memory: out of 4 GB part is occupied under the system. The remaining 2.8 GB are allocated for the installation of applications. Places for the built-in flash card is not left at all. Therefore, without an additional flash card, it is impossible to make even a photo. Someone the decision will seem controversial. There are always programs for processing the phone's memory processing or simply to roll another firmware. The benefit of them there is a lot on the 4pda and China-iPhone. For example, the same Lewaos. I did not put it just because the phone was not intended for me personally. A pluses that all available built-in memory is highlighted for applications are obvious. No need to break your head where to look for a downloaded file, which of SDCARD, external or internal for example. Well, of course, everyone has its own preferences. A memory card is not a problem now.
Another plus, about which I almost forgot, it lED status. When charging, it burns red to 90% charge. Then green, which can confuse (the charge has not yet completed). When discharge up to 15% also flashes red about the need to find a socket. In fact, it is not necessary to worry much, for a couple of hours or even more charge it is enough (if you do not continue to play or pull something big). He also signals green about missed calls, SMS and other messages. Conveniently.
Pro battery capacity I can say a little - the tester knocked 600 with small points. This is a parrot. During the use of (several days) charged every other day. For two days not very active use.
Battery consumption screenshots:
Pictures of the charger:
I did not use my native charging. I have several of them from other phones. The cord of the native is short, so I use the charger, which is more authentic. The cost of charging did not test. Per night charging and okay.
Multitach
I describe simply because the first time collided with a multitatch for 7 touches. As they say, "No two is one and a half. 5 touches, it seems to me that I would have enough for my eyes. I, when I tested, hardly fit the same 7 fingers on the sort of a rather big screen.
Multitach Test:
Navigation
Yes, tested. Yes, got the result. The cold start for 111 seconds on the windowsill in the apartment (3rd floor, coming to the southwest to the courtyard of the same 6-storey houses). Pre-using the header from the forum on the china-iPhone it was configured. This test did for the test. Navigation itself is needed like a mare fifth leg.
By the way, there are a lot of reviews about the wrong GPS operation in this phone, that sometimes it is necessary to overpass there. Perhaps this is the case, but I passed the side.
Behavior in the Sun.
I give photography phone in the sun. Photos, immediately say, are made at home, according to a single reason: I hit the frost under 20 degrees, and I did not smile at all to go outside with the phone and the camera in my hands. Photos give the overall view of the screen brightness. Display (yes what to see there - see) and read the message written on the screen can even with bright light, well, maybe with your hand you have to cover a little from the glare. By the way, I did not check the car for brightness, and how she behaves - I do not take it.
Photographs of the phone on the sun on the maximum brightness, on medium and at a minimum:
Telephone component
Calls, dosens, the interlocutor is heard, I heard me. All standard. When installing a new SIM card asks what to use for voice calls, which for video (and for 3G, respectively). You can configure to always asked, from which SIM card to call, from which message to send. In the phone book you can bind the number to the SIM card. Other I have met Lewaos. There is a dialer interface that allows you to choose a SIM card for calling the slider by a dialer.
About communication standards
The 3G WCDMA2100 standard is supported on both SIMs and no other. That is, if your favorite provider works in another standard, then 3G you do not see how your ears. I encountered this, "grown" and put an unsupported sim card on the shelf for a while, while my phone was with me. With two other providers who have in our area, the phone works without comments. Connection parameters had to score manually, it did not picked up. And the speed was 64 kbps per second. After 2 days of attempts to understand what I do wrong, I called in support - they rebooted there something, I turned off-turned on the phone, and the op-pa - the speed of up to 7 Mbps rose to receive. And I sinned on the body.
HD video playback
Especially for such cases I have on a flash drive 2 test rollers in FullHD-quality (some films trailers). A stock player reproduced them both, but one of them without sound. Cause - You need to turn off the hardware decoding, and it does not have in the settings. Used the MX player standard for such cases. Both are reproduced, and with sound. A very controversial question about the need to play such a video on a small screen. Movies such little never weigh. There are 7 GB and more. Maybe it is better to use the TV? Well, or computer with a good screen?
Games
For the dough installed Real Racing 3. Son played. What can I say? Brakes appear, but only with a large number of cars. In the rear view mirrors there is an image. Son's discomfort at the game did not experience. The session will be passed, will receive the phone back (if you pass well) and still tested.
What do not like? Weaknesses, disadvantages.
He is a weak front camera.
What do you miss in it?
WCDMA900 for Tele2.
What functions do you use often?
Skype. Viber put. Reader. The Internet. Gmail. Camera.
What functions do you use occasionally?
Mail.Ru Agent.
What functions do not use at all?
Bluetooth did not even check. I don't have a headset now (I gave up as inappropriate in good hands, until it got used from old age), and something to be connected with phones was lazy.
Have you had to repair the device?
No, and I hope you do not have to.
What trouble happened to the device? What glitches were noticed?
There are no such.
Try to compare this device with other models that you have to use.
Extremely good Chinese smartphone. Maybe I had to deal with devices that require any additional actions on setting up, finishing, flashing, etc. But this apparatus is needed in this. All operations on the fitting of the smartphone occupied 2-3 hours, including recovery of applications from back-up and photographing the unpacking process and first inclusion.
What else can you say?
This is a working phone. Not for entertainment, Ponte, toys. Although for all these purposes, it also suits, the processor and memory allow you to do almost everything on it. But, I repeat, this is a reliable phone for work. A little lost interest in it when I realized that it was not necessary to configure it, it was not necessary to mess around with him. The quality of Chinese smarts (and not only smart) grows and very noticeable. Let's wait for the ability to test something 8-pointed.
9 out of 10. Delivered one score for the lack of WCDMA900. I recommend buying to buy everything.
Good day! I sit on the Muske for three months, so I got my time to write my first review. Just and reason - the arrival of the new Jiayu G3S.
The phone was bought on the action on, plus an additional battery was ordered for $ 5, here's a total price of $ 180.99. On an interesting confusion with add. Battery - a little later :)
This is not the first to buy on Aliexpress. Prior to that, Jiayu G3 was purchased and the cover towards him. G3 I already sold and I didn't think about the review, but I use a cover with the current phone, I will make a review a little later.
First thing - trekking. 23 days from the date of receipt of the right track (25 from the moment of incorrect). Well, on the background of the 36 days of whom expectation of the first G3 - a pretty good result. With the receipt, too, there were problems - the famous "workers" of Russian Post in a rather coarse and mocking form declared me that nothing to look for nothing. I had no time to wait for the notice, so after the threat of writing complaints about them immediately had the desire to find me the parcel.
Now I suggest you to look at the characteristics of the phone shown at the time of purchase (now they sell G3T in all and changed the characteristics to new).
Ttx Jiayu G3S.
Model Jy-G3S
Band 2G: GSM 850/900/1800 / 1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 850 / 2100MHz
SIM Card Dual Sim Card Dual Standby
Service Provide Unlocked.
Style Bar.
Color Silver-White
Shell Material Metal
System.
OS Android 4.0.
CPU MTK6589, Cortex A9 Dual Core, 1.2GHz;
GPU: Imagination Power SGX531ULTRA SGX544
ROM 4GB.
RAM 1GB.
Screen.
Display Size 4.5 Inch IPS Screen
Type Retina Screen, 326PPI
Resolution 1280 x 720 Pixels
Screen Color 16000k Colors
BUY Android Phone
Support format
Ringtones Type Polyphonic / Mp3
Audio File Format MP3 / WAV / AMR / AWB
Video File Format 3GP / MPEG4
Image File File Format JPEG / BMP / GIF / PNG / GIF
E-Book Format TXT / CHM / DOC / HTML
FM Radio Yes.
Earphone port 3.5mm.
Card Extend Support TF Card Up to 32GB
DATA TRANSFER & CONNECTIVITY
Data TRANSFER USB / Bluetooth
Mobile Internet WAP / WiFi
Description:
GENERAL.
Camera / Picture Resolution Dual Cameras, Front Camera: 2.0MP, Back Camera: 8.0MP
With flashlight and auto focus, UP TO 3264 × 2448 Pixels;
Support [Email Protected] Video Record.
Language English, Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Bengali,
Deutsch, Espanol, French, Hindi, India Urdu, Italiano, Nederlands,
Persian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Turkish, Russian, Thai,
Simplified / Traditional Chinese
Phonebook 500.
Message SMS / MMS
INPUT HANDWRITE / KEYPAD
TV No.
GPS Yes, Built In, Support A-GPS
Java No.
WiFi Yes, 802.11 b / g
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.0
GRAVITY SENSOR YES.
MULTI-TOUCH YES, 5 POINT TOUCH
Dimensions 135 x 65x10.8mm
NET WEIGHT (INCLUDING BATTERY) 135G
STANDBY TIME ABOUT 2 ~ 3 Days
Other Feature 3G, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, FM Radio, Ebook, Email, Messaging,
VPN Services, Wallpapers, Calendar, Calculator, Clock, Tethering & Portable Hotspot,
Camera, Compass, etc
Package.
Size 155 x 95 x 64mm
Package includes.
1 x Phone
1 x Battery.
1 x Charger.
1 x USB Cable
1X Screen Protector
1x Slicon Case.
1x Earphone.
Now let's start directly overview. Package. It is a vocabulary box of the phone is wrapped in one layer. 
Now the box itself. It is from dense cardboard, it looks pretty presentable, however, the edges are jammed - i.e. For a gift, it will not be born. Although… 
I pull out the side of the phone and accessories from the cardboard box. What do we see there? 
In bags. 
Without these. 
Here we have:
-telephone;
- Battery LI-ION 2750Mach;
- Battery Li-Pol 3000mach;
-USB cord for charging and connecting to other devices (by the way, no support for OTG, said until I forgot);
-Z / y and adapter to the Euroreset;
-headphones;
-Listric labels with information about the device;
- protective film on the screen.
What surprised - the absence of any hints of instructions. Later I understood why they sewed an email instruction in Chinese directly to the phone. The move is quite controversial. I apologize, I don't have screenshots (who has - share, I will add to the review, I didn't think about them immediately).
Closeup sticker with information about the device and IMEI. 
Externally, G3S from G3 is distinguished by the designation of slots for SIM cards: in G3, they are indicated by "G" and "W" like; G3S - SIM1 and SIM2. 
Now batteries. Let's start with the fact that two original Li-Ion batteries of 2750mach were to come. And the original Li-Pol 3000mach arrived (such go from 1,5-GHz G3t) and Fake Li-Ion 2750Mach (weighs 44 grams instead of 54). The seller has been alleviated by all truth-unrigible proves that this plant supplies fake batteries. Requested by Maniback for this - zero response. If tomorrow does not answer - I will reveal the dispute. In the meantime, you have a photo of batteries. 
We charge a 3000match battery into the phone, insert the MTS SIM card and a flash drive to 16GB. Everything passes with a bang. By the way, about the battery - on supposedly 2750mach started at once; On 3000mach only with charging, although it was charged by 55% approximately. 
And we will immediately turn to the review of the appearance of the phone, although it was seen, it seems to me, everything. The left end is empty; On the right - the rudder of the volume adjustment, which you can still unlock the phone (A "+" on it allows you to take a picture in camera mode); top face - connector for jack 3.5mm and turning on-shutdown button; In the lower end, the micro-USB reversed connector and the microphone hole.
The back panel is very brand, as many have already spoken, and on a silver telephone (G3 I was just silver) it is not so noticeable. And therefore, such a beautiful rear surface ... 
... In the blink of an eye turns into something terrible. 
By the way, about the complete film. I was enough for a couple of days. Now I know that you need to be careful. Already sodis. We must look for high-quality and matte. 
Now bumper. It looks pretty well. 
However, it was worth putting it on the phone, as some problems got out. It seems that this bumper is from those who are made ababy as they cost less than the dollar. From the bottom it was not at first at all, but for a couple of days of use, it seems like a form of form and now the situation is better. 
Now s / y and adapter on Evrovilku. Honestly - I did not understand, at what current is calculated s / y - probably stupid. 3000mach battery charged for ~ 3 hours. It seems like they found out that s / y on 1a. Taking into the hands of the adapter to our plug, first thought that he would fall apart - the thing is completely unreliable. But a couple of charging seems to be withstanding already, so not everything is so bad. 
Separately I would like to say about headphones. This is just the case when complete headphones are not desire to throw away quickly. With small external differences (there is no Reasonable Signs of Jiayu), these ears are already described by a comrades. 
Well, I suggest you compare the size of cardboard boxes from Jiayu G3 and Jiayu G3S. Unfortunately, there was no plastic case from G3. 
It's time to launch the phone. And the first thing we see is an excellent IPS display with a diagonal of 4.5 inches with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, covered with Gorilla Glass glass (and I have no reason to doubt). I do not know how much I managed to transfer it to the steepness in the photo - probably, at all. But the display is excellent. 
Now let's get to the tests of the chamber. Frontal declared as 2.0, and in principle it looks like the truth. Snapshots I with its help, unfortunately, did not. Therefore, I will show you pictures of the rear 8 megapixel camera (which I dated up to 40% of the original size; on the quality it did not affect the quality, as a whole, you can like the idea of \u200b\u200bquality. I climbed forced, the Internet speed does not allow the luxury like the fill of photos of 3- 4MB). 
At all, the phone is given panoramas. I was convicted, panoramas are terrible. But there is.
The phone is pre-installed not the most pure Android version 4.2.1 with the root, bundle of Chinese programs and the Launcher from Jiayu (which, as I understand it, is taken from Lewa OS and redo). There are even replaceable topics in it. 
The results of Antutu, which I received on this firmware. 
Then I, I can say, psychulin and sewed into my MIUI OS phone based on Android 4.2.1. The TWRP recovery was set in a minute, for another 3 - Miui itself from the recovery. Minutes 2 she launched, after which the phone was ready for work. Personally, I liked this firmware to many more than the native one. 
However, Antutu Tester The result showed for about 600 parrots less. 
Test Wi-Fi, 2 meters and 15 meters through 2 brick walls from the router, respectively. 
Honest multitouch for 5 touches. 
35fps in Nenamark2. 
GPS Test will not show - I saw 11 satellites, but after 3, no after 5, in no 10 minutes, it did not want to connect to them (in use - 0).
In addition, it came across the problem known among the owners of the G3S - the vibrating trainer overheats and refuses to work for a while. The decision is to replace it. But it does not bother me.
In general, what do we have?
+ Excellent display;
+ Excellent performance for reasonable money;
+ Gorilla Glass 2 glass (whoever spoke to, personally, I tend to think that it was it there);
+ Solid appearance (not that the kneadings of Gnusmasm, IMHO);
Unexpected actions of the seller;
- Sleepy plastic case.
Edit: I add information.
First about the sound. The spoken speaker is good, the interlocutor is heard even in crowded places. The external speaker sounds very well and loudly, and even at the maximum it does not break into wheezing and continues to play at a good level.
From not the worst headphones, I have the plots of Explay MPH335 (honestly, nothing else). The phone "pumps" them on the full, the sound is loud and clear, there is a bas, and very juicy, I like it.
Now about GPS. Helped the method described by a friend in the comments, namely:
With GPS, the solution is very simple - to give it the Internet (and not to take out), include all sorts of EPO and AGPS, give to find satellites and forget about problems. On G3 - I decided for 30 seconds after found in 4-10 seconds.I tried to do as he described, and - oh, miracle! Cold start about 2-3 minutes, sees 8 satellites, uses 6.
Well, at the level with Galaxy Note N7000
Turn off the Internet, restart GPS, which we see. 
Everything really worked hard.
Now about the time of work. As long as I do not risk a fake 2750mach, although the day came out just with her, and quite successfully. It is now installed 3000mach, with very intensive use in the evening percentage 20. If only on calls, an hour and a half of the Internet and as many games, it is enough for two days peaceful. Overnight eats 1-2% in the usual (not aviation) mode.
Please take into account that this is my first review and I tried to do it as well as I can. I will be glad to hear criticism or requests to add any information that interests you.
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Design
Information on sizes and weight of the device presented in different units of measurement. Used materials offered colors, certificates.
| Width Information about width - meant the horizontal side of the device when it is standard orientation during use. | 65 mm (millimeters) 6.5 cm (centimeters) 0.21 ft (ft) 2.56 IN (inches) |
| Height Information about height - meant the vertical side of the device when it is standard orientation during use. | 135 mm (millimeters) 13.5 cm (centimeters) 0.44 ft (ft) 5.31 In (inches) |
| Thickness Information about the thickness of the device in different units of measurement. | 10.8 mm (millimeters) 1.08 cm (centimeters) 0.04 ft (ft) 0.43 in (inches) |
| The weight Information about the weight of the device in different units of measurement. | 166 g (grams) 0.37 LBS (pounds) 5.86 OZ (oz) |
| Volume The approximate volume of the device calculated on the basis of the size provided by the manufacturer. Refers to devices with a form of rectangular parallelepiped. | 94.77 cm³. (Cubic centimeters) 5.76 in³. (cubic inches) |
| Colors Information about the colors in which this device is available on sale. | The black Silver |
| Case Production Materials Materials used for making the device body. | Plastic |
SIM-card
The SIM card is used in mobile devices to save data certifying the authenticity of mobile services subscribers.
Mobile networks
Mobile network is a radio system that allows multiple mobile devices to exchange data among themselves.
Mobile communication technology and data transfer rate
Communication between devices in mobile networks is carried out through technologies that provide different data transfer rates.
Operating system
The operating system is system software, controlling and coordinating the hardware components in the device.
SOC (crystal system)
The system on the crystal (SOC) includes all the most important hardware components of the mobile device in one chip.
| SOC (crystal system) The system on the crystal (SOC) integrates various hardware components, such as a processor, a graphics processor, memory, periphery, interfaces, etc., as well as the Softera needed for their operation. | MediaTek MT6582. |
| Technological process Information on the technological process to which the chip is made. The nanometers in the nanometers measured half the distance between the elements in the processor. | 28 nm (nanometers) |
| Processor (CPU) The main function of the processor (CPU) of the mobile device is the interpretation and execution of instructions contained in software applications. | ARM Cortex-A7 |
| Processor discharge The processor bit (bits) of the processor is determined by the size (in bits) of registers, targeted tires and tires for data. 64-bit processors have a higher performance compared to 32-bit, which are more productive for their part than 16-bit processors. | 32 bits |
| Architecture of a set of commands Instructions are the commands with which the software is set / manages the operation of the processor. Information about the command set (ISA) that the processor can perform. | Armv7. |
| First Level Cache Memory (L1) Cache memory is used by a processor to reduce access to more frequently used data and instructions. L1 (Level 1) Cache memory is characterized by a small volume and works much faster both the system memory and other levels of cache memory. If the processor does not detect the requested data in L1, it continues to look for them in L2 cache. With some processors, this search is performed simultaneously in L1 and L2. | 32 KB + 32 KB (kilobytes) |
| Second Level Cache Memory (L2) L2 (Level 2) Cache memory is slower than L1, but in return, it is distinguished by a large range that allows caching more data. It, as well as L1, is much faster than system memory (RAM). If the processor does not detect the requested data in L2, it continues to search them in L3 cache (if available) or in RAM memory. | 512 KB (kilobytes) 0.5 MB (megabytes) |
| Kingdom of processor cores The core of the processor performs software instructions. There are processors with one, two or more nuclei. The presence of a larger number of nuclei increases performance, allowing parallel execution of a plurality of instructions. | 4 |
| Processor clock frequency The processor clock frequency describes its speed by means of cycles per second. It is measured in megahertz (MHz) or Gighellians (GHZ). | 1300 MHz (Meghertz) |
| Graphic Processor (GPU) The graphics processor (GPU) processes the calculations for various 2D / 3D graphic applications. In mobile devices, it is used most often by games, consumer interface, video applications, etc. | ARM MALI-400 MP2 |
| Kolynism of the core processor Like a processor, the graphics processor consists of several working parts, which are called nuclei. They handle graphic calculations of different applications. | 2 |
| Clock frequency graphics processor The speed of work is the clock frequency of the graphics processor, which is measured in Meghertz (MHz) or Gighellians (GHz). | 500 MHz (Meghertz) |
| RAM (RAM) RAM (RAM) is used by the operating system and all installed applications. Data that are stored in RAM is lost after turning off or restarting the device. | 1 GB (gigabytes) |
| Number of RAM channels Information about the number of channels of RAM is integrated into SOC. More channels means higher data transfer rates. | Single Channel |
| RAM frequency RAM frequency determines its speed, more specifically, the speed of reading / writing data. | 533 MHz (megahertz) |
Built-in memory
Each mobile device has a built-in (non-removable) memory with a fixed volume.
Memory cards
Memory Cards are used in mobile devices to increase the amount of memory to save data.
Screen
The mobile device screen is characterized by its technology, resolution, pixel density, diagonal length, color depth, etc.
| Type / Technology One of the main characteristics of the screen is the technology on which it is manufactured and on which the quality of the information image directly depends. | IPS. |
| Diagonal Mobile devices the screen size is expressed by the length of its diagonal, measured in inches. | 4.5 in (inches) 114.3 mm (millimeters) 11.43 cm (centimeters) |
| Width Approximate screen width | 2.21 In (inches) 56.04 mm (millimeters) 5.6 cm (centimeters) |
| Height Approximate screen height | 3.92 in (inches) 99.62 mm (millimeters) 9.96 cm (centimeters) |
| Aspect ratio The ratio of the size of the length of the screen to its short side | 1.778:1 16:9 |
| Resolution Screen resolution shows the number of pixels vertically and horizontally screen. Higher resolution means a clearer image item. | 720 x 1280 pixels |
| Pixel density Information on the number of pixels on a centimeter or an inch screen. Higher density allows you to show information on the screen with clearer items. | 326 PPI (pixels per inch) 128 ppcm. (pixels for centimeter) |
| Color depth The color color depth reflects the total number of bits used for the color components in one pixel. Information about the maximum number of colors that the screen may show. | 24 bits 16777216 Flowers |
| Screen Approximate area in percent, occupied by the screen on the front panel of the device. | 63.82% (interest) |
| Other features Information about other features and screen characteristics. | Cucitive Multitach Resistance to scratches |
| Corning Gorilla Glass 2 |
Sensors
Various sensors perform various quantitative measurements and convert physical indicators to signals that the mobile device recognizes.
Rear camera
The main mobile camera camera is usually located on its rear panel and can be combined with one or more additional cameras.
| Sensor type Information about the camera sensor type. Some of the most widely used types of sensors in mobile devices cameras are CMOS, BSI, ISoCell, etc. | CMOS BSI (BACKSIDE ILLUMINATION) |
| Type of outbreak Rear (rear) mobile cameras mainly use LED flashes. They can be in configuration with one, two or more light sources and differ in shape. | Led. |
| Image resolution One of the main characteristics of the cameras is the resolution. It is the number of horizontal and vertical pixels in the image. For convenience, smartphone manufacturers often indicate permission in megapixels, indicating an approximate number of pixels in millions. | 3264 x 2448 pixels 7.99 MP (megapixels) |
| Video resolution Information on the maximum allowing video allowing that can record the camera. | 1280 x 720 pixels 0.92 MP (Megapixels) |
| Video recording speed (personnel frequency) Information about the maximum recording speed (frames per second, FPS) supported by the camera at maximum resolution. Some of the most basic speed recording speeds 24 FPS, 25 FPS, 30 FPS, 60 FPS. | 30 frames / sec (Frames per second) |
| Characteristics Information on additional software and hardware features of the rear (rear) camera. | Autofocus Geographic labels Touch focus Face Recognition |
