All smartphones can be divided into male, female and universal from the point of view of design, used in the design of materials and hardware capabilities. Today we have on the agenda smartphone Micromax Q465, also known as Micromax Canvas Juice 4 – a new player on the Russian market of mobile electronics, and in the title indicate who is its main target audience.
Of course, he is not formally positioned as a masculine phone – that is the conclusion we came on the test results, but in this case it’s a compliment, since Micromax Q465 endowed with a number of qualities that can attract the attention of businessmen, representatives of the senior management of the company and of other serious people.
The smartphone is guaranteed to accentuate their strict image available in an elegant gold and solid black colors. Us for a test received the first option, producing good impression from the first minutes of Dating. Micromax Q465 provided General online store Micromaxstore.ru and portal mobile and consumer electronics “of Bayonne.<url>.
Packaging
Packing Micromax Q465 it is unclear what kind of device is hidden inside it from prying eyes. Executed in white color, it contains on the upper lid only a stylized logo of the manufacturer – photos of the gadget are missing.
Useful to the customers of the inscriptions on the Russian language there is the specs sheet given in English, as well as a summary of the main advantages that the manufacturer saw fit to put on the side edges. The package is tight, and the machine inside her in no danger during transportation and storage.
Equipment
Smartphone Micromax Q465 comes standard on most modern means of communication of the brand equipment. With him in the box are: instruction manual, warranty card, wired headset with earphones-plugs, data cable and charger, as well as the signature protective film on the screen. Note that formally, the battery of the smartphone part of the package is not, as in this model it is fixed. Its capabilities are discussed in the relevant section of the article.
The instructions were somewhat surprised because they still do not provide exhaustive information about all the rules of use of the mobile phone: the first and most complete only talks about the warranty and specs of the device, and the second and shorter story of the appearance of the smartphone and built-in components and interfaces. Regular charger gives 5 volts and a current of 1.5 amperes, so you can count on the minimum time required to recharge.
Specifications
To learn more about the capabilities of the smartphone Micromax Q465 the user by examining the list at the bottom of the box, provided, of course, English. Those who are not familiar with English, you will need either a complete manual or official site of Micromax or her own online store Micromaxstore.ru. Plus, a detailed list of characteristics can always be found on the portal Bayonne.<url>.
Add to this the lack of pictures of the smartphone on its packaging and get to the conclusion that all of the desired details it is better to search the Internet, and not use them to the sales consultant nearest offline store. Only, at the time of writing both online Micromax did not contain information about the resolution of the display – it was found on the website of “the Bayon.<url>” and coincided with the test results in the benchmarks.
– screen: 5 inch, IPS, 1280×720 pixels
– CPU: Spreadtrum SC9832, 4×1,3 GHz;
– graphics: integrated, ARM Mali-400MP2;
– memory: 2 GB RAM, 16 GB ROM, microSD up to 32GB;
– battery: 3900 mAh, 700 hours standby, 35 hours of talk time;
– OS: Google Android 5.1 Lollipop, the standard interface;
camera: front 5 MP, 8 MP main;
– communication modules: Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 n, GPS, GSM, FM, 3G, LTE;
– interfaces: 3.5 mm, microUSB 2.0, two SIM card slots;
– dimensions: 144х72х9 millimeters;
– weight: 145 grams;
– additional features: fingerprint scanner, metal rear panel.
We note three characteristics of this smartphone: dactyloscopy, aluminum battery cover and on the battery. Two of these components are both the advantages and the disadvantages of the device, and later you will understand, about what there is a speech. However, what a drag: the fingerprint scanner gets a solid “five”, and the other competitive advantages raise certain questions.
Appearance
The exterior of the smartphone Micromax Q465 executed in the best modern traditions: glossy front panel, the rounded corners of the case and the absence of a manufacturer’s logo in the center of the display, which, incidentally, is a huge plus device – so it looks much more solid. The buttons on the front of the smartphone is not at all – in the presence of only the display, the earpiece, selfie camera and sensors approximation and lighting.
Soft keys are common to all Android smartphones, here are displayed directly on the screen, which somehow does not fit with the positioning of the model itself, because it is not a budget to save on separate buttons take away precious screen space. Total on the body Micromax Q465 only three buttons: this is a double rocker volume control and power button located on the right side of the smartphone. Placed on top of a lone 3.5 mm input under earphones and a microphone, and the microUSB port is on the bottom.
Ergonomics
Monoblock very confidently in the hand, and immediately felt a pleasant heaviness – the feeling that holding a luxury smartphone, and it does not pass during the whole time of operation. This is a huge plus. Micromax Q465 does not slip out of your hands, and you can control it at least one thumb – all the elements are on correct from the point of view of usability.
The build quality is on the level of the top smartphones from major brands – fault strongly to nothing, because no backlash and no squeaks during operation. The easily soiled front panel medium: screen gets dirty very much, although the removal of traces of touch will require a certain amount of time, so we recommend to stick the protective film, the more regular glass of the display is not positioned in this model as enhanced.
Add to this a small defect at the location of the main speaker: he constantly closes by hand. At the same time, if you put a smartphone with the screen facing up, a small ledge below the speaker, lift the body to improve the volume and sound quality in this position. But the main camera and flash can be closed only in landscape position, and then if you hold the smartphone with both hands.
Rear panel
The battery cover has earned a separate section on the right. Let’s start with the fact that it is made of brushed aluminum, making every touch to its rough surface gives pleasant feel to the touch the device is no worse than seventh “IPhone”, we have already had the opportunity to compare, although they are totally different. Panel texture is not only pleasant to touch but also in appearance.
Also on the back there are plastic inserts on top and bottom for stable operation of the antennas of the wireless modules. Eye of the main camera located in the upper left corner, and next to it placed a single led flash. Just below, in the metallic parts, see the fingerprint scanner in the colour of the panel itself. Note that it is built directly into the unit itself and can be used even after removing the back cover.
Now, why the back panel is one of the major drawbacks of the smartphone. Because to remove it to get to the SIM card and microSD slots, is almost impossible – it is fixed on their seats so tightly that an attempt to change the SIM card will be for you, without exaggeration, a nightmare. During testing there were two broken nails, and damaged two plastic cards, and only via the Bank card of durable plastic cover was still off. I hope that this shortcoming is inherent only devices from the first batch.
Screen
Display Canvas Juice 4 made on the basis of the matrix IPS, which is always 178-degree viewing angles and superior color reproduction. In addition, between the glass and the screen is no air gap, which significantly increases the naturalness of the colors. The screen is very bright artificial light for comfortable operation the backlight can be unscrewed by 15%, and this is more than enough.
The sun, the situation is reversed: the readability drops to near zero when the brightness is less than 80%, and the screen begins to mirror. The maximum brightness this problem is easy to solve, although at the expense of total autonomy of the device. Overall, the display made a good impression, with the exception of the aforementioned screen buttons. The photo is perfectly visible, what part of the usable screen space they take. But its density is 320 dpi, which is positively displayed on the image detail, and the sensor layer can recognize up to five simultaneous touches, according to the test results in AnTuTu.
Sound
The volume of the main dynamics of the smartphone Micromax Q465 was evaluated as the average: it is quite loud indoors, but on a noisy street listening to music through it is almost useless, and is likely to miss a call. The sound quality on the height of the lower frequencies, of course not, but there is also no wheezing, even at maximum volume.
The speaker here, on the contrary, very loud – heard wonderful companion in almost any conditions. The same can be said about the complete headset: ear-plugs with ear pads medium size to securely cover the access to the external noise so that speaking and listening do not hurt. The microphone on the headset for sensitivity level corresponds to a microphone on the mobile – subscriber has not complained about the call quality, but subjectively Micromax Q465 still lack a second microphone for noise cancellation.
Performance
Possible hardware of the smartphone Micromax Q465 were measured in the benchmark AnTuTu and Quadrant Standard for the most modern at the time of writing versions. In both cases it is proved to the CPU and memory, both the immediate and constant, but the graphics card proved to be far from the best side.
However, the benchmarks clearly too picky to the graphics subsystem, so the most popular mobile games, including the last part of your racing Asphalt, slowdown was observed. Accordingly, less demanding toys and is guaranteed not to lag. The total scores of performance Micromax Q465 such: 23686 5341 in AnTuTu and in Quadrant Standard, which is the ability of the smartphone quite match his price in the amount of 10000 rubles in the official store Micromaxstore.ru.
Work offline
Candy bar loaded with high-capacity battery – 3900 mAh. We had him only one question: why not make it removable? The rest of the battery satisfactory, having worked in standby mode for almost two weeks. The exact time of the operation, conversations measure failed due to the fact that the smartphone is not stubbornly refused to discharge: even after 15 hours of continuous “interaction” with electronic assistant mobile operator in the battery remained 65 percent of the charge.
Standard use put the battery in approximately 13 hours, including: three hours of calls, two hours of games, two hours of streaming Full HD video, three hours of “Vkontakte”, a half hour photographing and half an hour listening to the radio. In Navigator has enough battery power for less than four hours at medium screen brightness. To replenish energy to 100% when using the supplied memory goes a little under five hours, which is not so much, even with the lack of modern technologies for accelerated charging. Recall that a regular charger produces 1.5 amps.
The camera
Very pleasant impression that is selfie camera smartphone Micromax Q465. The viewing angle is not the widest, but the image is always clear, and practically no distortion of colors. The camera works fast enough.
The main camera in this model is no better and no worse than other similar smartphones. In the interpolation were not seen, photo in artificial light does not spoil, but the autofocus as well as manual is activated with minimal delay. The only settings you record a video you cannot turn off the microphone. Built-in flash is based on a single led, but shines moderately bright, though the sense of it still more it is in flashlight mode.
Software
Q465 Micromax runs on pure Google Android 5.1 without additional interfaces – replaced only the application icons. The programs themselves are also a bit: basically the system and about five third-party, including proprietary software from Bayonne.<url>” and “Yandex”.
Conclusion
Q465 Micromax is status men’s the smartphone that makes it so metal body, solid weight, very capacious battery and extremely minimalistic design – simple, strong and elegant. Additional features, including the fingerprint scanner only exacerbate the positive impression that you get while using it. Disadvantages he, of course, is, for example, a securely fixed back cover, but how often do you change your SIM card to your current smartphone?
Pros Micromax Q465
– metal housing;
– capacious battery;
– bright screen;
– two slots for SIM-cards.
Q465 Cons Of Micromax
– on-screen touch buttons;
– practically non-removable back cover.
