Choosing a smartphone with a powerful battery: digest of mid-2015
Jokes about Android and sockets have long ceased to be funny. Nevertheless, the problem of device autonomy on this operating system still remained. So, the average Android background on a single battery charge lasts about 1-1.5 days. The Android developer in the face of Google is struggling with the gluttony of his offspring by "dopilivanie" software. However, this does not bring tangible results - over the past couple of years, the increase in autonomy has been insignificant. If earlier, in 2010, the average smartphone worked under load until noon, now - only until the end of the day. But not light, but a worker, that is, until 6-7-8 pm. Practice shows that there is only one way to deal with this: through the release of smartphones with a really powerful battery. When I say the word “powerful,” I mean “much more capacious, than the vast majority of devices. " So, a typical 4-inch Android-background is equipped with a battery for 1,500-1,700 mAh, 4.5-4.7-inch models - 1,700-2,200 mAh, and 5-inch - 2,200-2,500 mAh. This is the standard - and the standard, let’s say, is sad.
So here. In this article I want to talk about ten current smartphones with powerful batteries that are currently sold in Russian stores. These are relatively simple inexpensive models, and mid-range devices, and, so to speak, “top-end” devices with all modern “goodies”. Thus, I think that each user (of those who would like to buy a smartphone with a powerful battery) will be able to choose a gadget with the necessary characteristics and price. The digest is made according to the "form factor" principle - there are groups of models for 4, 4.5 and 5 inches.
I will probably start with the DEXP Ixion X 4 ''Is a compact 4-inch smartphone with a powerful battery. This device is interesting first of all because it is the most affordable smartphone in the Russian Federation, a “long-liver.” The device is estimated at only 4,490 rubles. At the same time, the gadget is equipped with a quad-core processor, 4-inch display, and most importantly - the smartphone has a powerful battery of 3,000 mAh. This “baby” will have to be recharged no more than once every 4-5 days. If you do not play, then he will last a week. Running a little ahead, I will say that in this digest there will be many models from DEXP. The thing is that DEXP today is the only brand in Russia that offers not just one, but a whole line of smartphones with powerful batteries. In the lineup there are already 10 models with batteries from 3,000 to 5,200 mAh and a price of 4,490 (actually, the above is described about this model - DEXP Ixion X 4 ''
DEXP Ixion X 4 ''
Rather compact 4.5-inch models in our age of uncomfortable “smartphones-shovels” are in steady demand, therefore, in this review there will be several smartphones with a powerful battery in this form factor. Here, say, the budget DEXP Ixion ML 4.5 '' . This compact device is equipped with a dual-core processor, high-quality IPS-screen with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels and a 4000 mAh battery. Given these, in fact, modest characteristics of "iron", the battery life of the device can reach one week in a careful mode of operation. In normal use, the smartphone easily lives about 3-4 days. This model is worth only 4,990 rubles.
DEXP Ixion ML 4.5 ''
Next in line - Fly Energy 3 IQ4417. This is also a fairly inexpensive smartphone with a powerful battery: 6,490 rubles. Looking at the characteristics of this model, we can safely say that this is a state employee. Although, it should be noted, the price is far from being as budgetary as we would like. The device uses a quad-core processor and a 4.5-inch screen. As for the battery, its capacity is 3,000 mAh. Everything seems to be relatively good, but when you understand that Fly Energy 3 IQ4417 costs 6,490 rubles, but the display has a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels, and the amount of RAM is only 512 MB (for the second half of 2015 - a nightmare!) - it becomes somehow quite sad. However, 512 MB is not a vice, as they say, if you just need a simple dialer with the possibility of rare Internet access. Which, however, by no means can cost 6.5 thousand rubles ...
Fly Energy 3 IQ4417
Smartphone with powerful DEXP Ixion XL145 Snatch batteryestimated at only 1 thousand rubles more expensive than the aforementioned Fly Energy 3 IQ4417, that is, 7,490 rubles. At the same time, DEXP bypasses Fly on all counts. More precisely, superior in all characteristics. Firstly, the device uses a 4.5-inch display with a higher resolution - 540 x 960 pixels (versus 480 x 854 for Fly) - and is made using IPS + OGS technology. Secondly, there are twice as much RAM and internal memory: 1 GB / 8 GB versus Fly Energy 3 IQ4417 512 MB / 4 GB. Thirdly, the smartphone DEXP Ixion XL145 Snatch is equipped with a more powerful battery - 4,000 mAh instead of 3,000. Fourth, the smartphone uses better cameras with higher resolution. Fifth, the device is built on a MediaTek MT6592 chip with eight cores - this is much more interesting than the outdated “quad” in the Fly model. By the way the word Snatch in the name of this smartphone with a powerful battery can be translated as "Big jackpot" - the device is named after the movie of the same name by Guy Ritchie. Just the developers from DEXP took the Highscreen Zera S Power and stupidly cn *** whether they improved it in every way (cameras, processor, design, etc.) - that’s the whole secret of the name.
DEXP Ixion XL145 Snatch
Another 4.5-inch smartphone with a powerful battery - Highscreen Zera S Power . This smartphone comes with a 4,000 mAh battery. Also in the arsenal of the device is a good qHD display and a quad-core processor (DEXP Ixion XL145 Snatch, recall, 8 cores). However, the camera, let’s say so, let us down a bit - the gadget uses a 5-megapixel sensor (DEXP Ixion XL145 Snatch has 8 megapixels). As for the price, it amounts to 7,990 rubles, that is, the highest of the four 4.5-inch smartphones considered with powerful batteries. Zera S Power is 500 rubles more expensive than the “pumped analogue” - DEXP Ixion XL145 Snatch. Highscreen has an interesting pricing policy, don't you find?
Highscreen Zera S Power
Let's move on to 5-inch devices. A smartphone with a powerful Fly Energy 5 IQ4504 battery is practically no different from its 4.5-inch counterpart Fly Energy 3 IQ4417. I will say more: the developers did not change anything in it at all, except, in fact, the diagonal of the display and the battery capacity. If everything is clear with the first parameter, then the battery has grown a little. In the case of a 5-inch smartphone, its capacity is no longer 3,000, but 4,000 mAh. The disadvantages, accordingly, remained the same: low screen resolution (480 x 854 pixels), frankly weak cameras (5 megapixels and 0.3 megapixels) and a disastrously small amount of RAM - all the same 512 MB. It costs Fly Energy 5 IQ4504 6 800 rubles. Is it really worth the money - a big question!
Fly Energy 5 IQ4504
A smartphone with a powerful DEXP Ixion ML2 5 " battery looks advantageous against the previous model . The battery is actually not just powerful, but powerful! Already at 5,200 mAh! One charge lasts more than a week of work. And this, if you have a very good 5- inch HD-screen and quad-core processor. It’s also worth adding that despite the large battery the gadget does not feel like a “brick”, it is quite pleasant in the hand. Here I’ll say about a good 13-megapixel camera and a separate hardware button for it - a very rare occurrence in modern sma . tfonah As for the price, it is 8990 rubles - very nice for such a smartphone with a powerful battery.
DEXP Ixion ML2 5 "
Next - a smartphone with powerful battery Philips Xenium V387. This device can be safely attributed to the middle class, which, in fact, confirm its characteristics. Here you have an HD-screen, and a good 8-megapixel camera, and a quad-core processor, and as much as 2 GB of RAM. Add a capacious 4,400 mAh battery here and get a good “long-playing” smartphone. True, the device is not as cheap as we would like - a little more than 11,000 rubles. Probably overpay for a well-known brand. But is it necessary, given that Philips smartphones have long been developed and manufactured in China by the notorious company CEC?
Philips Xenium V387
5-inch smartphone with powerful Highscreen Boost 2 SE batteryoffers us its autonomy option. This smartphone is equipped with two batteries for 3,000 and 6,000 mAh, respectively. At the same time, each battery has its own back cover. Thus, the thickness of the smartphone depends on the battery currently in use: powerful at 6,000 mAh or less powerful, but thinner at 3,000 mAh. As for the other characteristics of the model, this is a high-quality IPS + OGS display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, a quad-core processor, 2 GB of RAM and a good 13 megapixel camera. True, the price, in my opinion, is unreasonably high - 12,990 rubles. And the Android version is old: 4.3 versus 4.4 for all other devices in the review.
Highscreen Boost 2 SE
Pretty expensive smartphone with a powerful battery of almost premium class. At one time, Lenovo released a super-successful smartphone with a powerful P780 battery. It was metal and very nice looking - such a smartphone-ThinkPad. However, the times of this model are long gone, and it has already been discontinued. The P780 is replaced by the Lenovo P70. It is plastic and far from such ... charismatic, or something. On board this device is a powerful last-generation 64-bit processor with 8 cores, a good 13-megapixel camera and a high-quality 5-inch HD screen (although I would like Full HD). The battery has a capacity of 4,000 mAh. Lenovo P70 - the device is not bad, but painfully expensive for most of our fellow citizens - you can find thousands for 15-16, and the official price is at all equal to 19,990 rubles. At the same time, there are no bright chips that would make Lenovo P70 truly unique in the model. Well, except for the well-known famous brand and a fairly good build.
Lenovo P70
For a “snack” I left a smartphone with a powerful battery DEXP Ixion Energy, which is estimated at 14,990 rubles. This model is equipped with a good 5-inch Full HD-display and a powerful eight-core processor. We also add here a very good 13-megapixel camera with a Sony Exmor IMX214 sensor and a 5,000 mAh battery. And we get a rather interesting device with modern characteristics and a democratic price tag. But there is one more “trick” in DEXP Ixion Energy. In addition to being a smartphone with a powerful battery, it also knows how to charge other devices, that is, play the role of Power Bank. It seems to me that this function is very useful and not widespread among smartphones.
DEXP Ixion Energy
Here's how DEXP charges the iPhone. Moreover, not only Ixion Energy can charge other devices, but also many other models - for example, Snatch. It is he in the photo next to the iPhone 6
To somehow streamline the above, I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the characteristics of these smartphones with powerful batteries in a clear summary table:
Draw your own conclusions. It seems to me that the theme of smartphones with powerful batteries has long been time to target almost all manufacturers. But for some reason they are chasing, first of all, megapixels, super slim bodies, and so on - in short, nice, but not essential chips. In fact, only DEXP with its line of 10 smartphones with powerful batteries solves this issue systematically, which is why almost half of the models of this brand in this digest.
So here. In this article I want to talk about ten current smartphones with powerful batteries that are currently sold in Russian stores. These are relatively simple inexpensive models, and mid-range devices, and, so to speak, “top-end” devices with all modern “goodies”. Thus, I think that each user (of those who would like to buy a smartphone with a powerful battery) will be able to choose a gadget with the necessary characteristics and price. The digest is made according to the "form factor" principle - there are groups of models for 4, 4.5 and 5 inches.
Smartphone with powerful battery: 4 inches
I will probably start with the DEXP Ixion X 4 ''Is a compact 4-inch smartphone with a powerful battery. This device is interesting first of all because it is the most affordable smartphone in the Russian Federation, a “long-liver.” The device is estimated at only 4,490 rubles. At the same time, the gadget is equipped with a quad-core processor, 4-inch display, and most importantly - the smartphone has a powerful battery of 3,000 mAh. This “baby” will have to be recharged no more than once every 4-5 days. If you do not play, then he will last a week. Running a little ahead, I will say that in this digest there will be many models from DEXP. The thing is that DEXP today is the only brand in Russia that offers not just one, but a whole line of smartphones with powerful batteries. In the lineup there are already 10 models with batteries from 3,000 to 5,200 mAh and a price of 4,490 (actually, the above is described about this model - DEXP Ixion X 4 ''
DEXP Ixion X 4 ''
Smartphone with powerful battery: 4.5 inches
Rather compact 4.5-inch models in our age of uncomfortable “smartphones-shovels” are in steady demand, therefore, in this review there will be several smartphones with a powerful battery in this form factor. Here, say, the budget DEXP Ixion ML 4.5 '' . This compact device is equipped with a dual-core processor, high-quality IPS-screen with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels and a 4000 mAh battery. Given these, in fact, modest characteristics of "iron", the battery life of the device can reach one week in a careful mode of operation. In normal use, the smartphone easily lives about 3-4 days. This model is worth only 4,990 rubles.
DEXP Ixion ML 4.5 ''
Next in line - Fly Energy 3 IQ4417. This is also a fairly inexpensive smartphone with a powerful battery: 6,490 rubles. Looking at the characteristics of this model, we can safely say that this is a state employee. Although, it should be noted, the price is far from being as budgetary as we would like. The device uses a quad-core processor and a 4.5-inch screen. As for the battery, its capacity is 3,000 mAh. Everything seems to be relatively good, but when you understand that Fly Energy 3 IQ4417 costs 6,490 rubles, but the display has a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels, and the amount of RAM is only 512 MB (for the second half of 2015 - a nightmare!) - it becomes somehow quite sad. However, 512 MB is not a vice, as they say, if you just need a simple dialer with the possibility of rare Internet access. Which, however, by no means can cost 6.5 thousand rubles ...
Fly Energy 3 IQ4417
Smartphone with powerful DEXP Ixion XL145 Snatch batteryestimated at only 1 thousand rubles more expensive than the aforementioned Fly Energy 3 IQ4417, that is, 7,490 rubles. At the same time, DEXP bypasses Fly on all counts. More precisely, superior in all characteristics. Firstly, the device uses a 4.5-inch display with a higher resolution - 540 x 960 pixels (versus 480 x 854 for Fly) - and is made using IPS + OGS technology. Secondly, there are twice as much RAM and internal memory: 1 GB / 8 GB versus Fly Energy 3 IQ4417 512 MB / 4 GB. Thirdly, the smartphone DEXP Ixion XL145 Snatch is equipped with a more powerful battery - 4,000 mAh instead of 3,000. Fourth, the smartphone uses better cameras with higher resolution. Fifth, the device is built on a MediaTek MT6592 chip with eight cores - this is much more interesting than the outdated “quad” in the Fly model. By the way the word Snatch in the name of this smartphone with a powerful battery can be translated as "Big jackpot" - the device is named after the movie of the same name by Guy Ritchie. Just the developers from DEXP took the Highscreen Zera S Power and stupidly cn *** whether they improved it in every way (cameras, processor, design, etc.) - that’s the whole secret of the name.
DEXP Ixion XL145 Snatch
Another 4.5-inch smartphone with a powerful battery - Highscreen Zera S Power . This smartphone comes with a 4,000 mAh battery. Also in the arsenal of the device is a good qHD display and a quad-core processor (DEXP Ixion XL145 Snatch, recall, 8 cores). However, the camera, let’s say so, let us down a bit - the gadget uses a 5-megapixel sensor (DEXP Ixion XL145 Snatch has 8 megapixels). As for the price, it amounts to 7,990 rubles, that is, the highest of the four 4.5-inch smartphones considered with powerful batteries. Zera S Power is 500 rubles more expensive than the “pumped analogue” - DEXP Ixion XL145 Snatch. Highscreen has an interesting pricing policy, don't you find?
Highscreen Zera S Power
Smartphone with powerful battery: 5 inches
Let's move on to 5-inch devices. A smartphone with a powerful Fly Energy 5 IQ4504 battery is practically no different from its 4.5-inch counterpart Fly Energy 3 IQ4417. I will say more: the developers did not change anything in it at all, except, in fact, the diagonal of the display and the battery capacity. If everything is clear with the first parameter, then the battery has grown a little. In the case of a 5-inch smartphone, its capacity is no longer 3,000, but 4,000 mAh. The disadvantages, accordingly, remained the same: low screen resolution (480 x 854 pixels), frankly weak cameras (5 megapixels and 0.3 megapixels) and a disastrously small amount of RAM - all the same 512 MB. It costs Fly Energy 5 IQ4504 6 800 rubles. Is it really worth the money - a big question!
Fly Energy 5 IQ4504
A smartphone with a powerful DEXP Ixion ML2 5 " battery looks advantageous against the previous model . The battery is actually not just powerful, but powerful! Already at 5,200 mAh! One charge lasts more than a week of work. And this, if you have a very good 5- inch HD-screen and quad-core processor. It’s also worth adding that despite the large battery the gadget does not feel like a “brick”, it is quite pleasant in the hand. Here I’ll say about a good 13-megapixel camera and a separate hardware button for it - a very rare occurrence in modern sma . tfonah As for the price, it is 8990 rubles - very nice for such a smartphone with a powerful battery.
DEXP Ixion ML2 5 "
Next - a smartphone with powerful battery Philips Xenium V387. This device can be safely attributed to the middle class, which, in fact, confirm its characteristics. Here you have an HD-screen, and a good 8-megapixel camera, and a quad-core processor, and as much as 2 GB of RAM. Add a capacious 4,400 mAh battery here and get a good “long-playing” smartphone. True, the device is not as cheap as we would like - a little more than 11,000 rubles. Probably overpay for a well-known brand. But is it necessary, given that Philips smartphones have long been developed and manufactured in China by the notorious company CEC?
Philips Xenium V387
5-inch smartphone with powerful Highscreen Boost 2 SE batteryoffers us its autonomy option. This smartphone is equipped with two batteries for 3,000 and 6,000 mAh, respectively. At the same time, each battery has its own back cover. Thus, the thickness of the smartphone depends on the battery currently in use: powerful at 6,000 mAh or less powerful, but thinner at 3,000 mAh. As for the other characteristics of the model, this is a high-quality IPS + OGS display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, a quad-core processor, 2 GB of RAM and a good 13 megapixel camera. True, the price, in my opinion, is unreasonably high - 12,990 rubles. And the Android version is old: 4.3 versus 4.4 for all other devices in the review.
Highscreen Boost 2 SE
Pretty expensive smartphone with a powerful battery of almost premium class. At one time, Lenovo released a super-successful smartphone with a powerful P780 battery. It was metal and very nice looking - such a smartphone-ThinkPad. However, the times of this model are long gone, and it has already been discontinued. The P780 is replaced by the Lenovo P70. It is plastic and far from such ... charismatic, or something. On board this device is a powerful last-generation 64-bit processor with 8 cores, a good 13-megapixel camera and a high-quality 5-inch HD screen (although I would like Full HD). The battery has a capacity of 4,000 mAh. Lenovo P70 - the device is not bad, but painfully expensive for most of our fellow citizens - you can find thousands for 15-16, and the official price is at all equal to 19,990 rubles. At the same time, there are no bright chips that would make Lenovo P70 truly unique in the model. Well, except for the well-known famous brand and a fairly good build.
Lenovo P70
For a “snack” I left a smartphone with a powerful battery DEXP Ixion Energy, which is estimated at 14,990 rubles. This model is equipped with a good 5-inch Full HD-display and a powerful eight-core processor. We also add here a very good 13-megapixel camera with a Sony Exmor IMX214 sensor and a 5,000 mAh battery. And we get a rather interesting device with modern characteristics and a democratic price tag. But there is one more “trick” in DEXP Ixion Energy. In addition to being a smartphone with a powerful battery, it also knows how to charge other devices, that is, play the role of Power Bank. It seems to me that this function is very useful and not widespread among smartphones.
DEXP Ixion Energy
Here's how DEXP charges the iPhone. Moreover, not only Ixion Energy can charge other devices, but also many other models - for example, Snatch. It is he in the photo next to the iPhone 6
To somehow streamline the above, I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the characteristics of these smartphones with powerful batteries in a clear summary table:
Draw your own conclusions. It seems to me that the theme of smartphones with powerful batteries has long been time to target almost all manufacturers. But for some reason they are chasing, first of all, megapixels, super slim bodies, and so on - in short, nice, but not essential chips. In fact, only DEXP with its line of 10 smartphones with powerful batteries solves this issue systematically, which is why almost half of the models of this brand in this digest.