In recent years, new smartphone makers are divided into two categories: part brand create the old-timers phone market from marketing point of view (Fly — Wileyfox, Lenovo — ZUK, Huawei — Honor), and the remaining beginners represent it is not clear from any of the cellars got out Chinese firms.
Exceptions are rare, but they are one of the most beloved Russians producers of everything from Wi-Fi” finally decided to release mobile phones. For what? The company said that smartphones need of the company as a reserve for future enterprises high-tech device. That is, something like a “smart house”, from alarm systems to microwave ovens all can be managed safely with no “crutches” for each individual gadget.
But in the future, and now smartphones Neffos — just a device with good set of characteristics, in the official Russian retail and for cheap. However, in 2016 it is no surprise, therefore, we have to understand how to look new TP-Link in comparison with already commercially available smartphones of its competitors.
From left to right — TP-Link C5 and C5L Neffos
Features
TP-Link Neffos C5L
TP-Link C5 Neffos
Operating system
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Android 5.1 Lollipop
The screen
A 4.5“, 854×480, 217 ppi
5”, 1280×720, IPS, 293 ppi
Processor
Snapdragon 210 MSM8909, 4 cores (Cortex-A53, 1.1 GHz)
MediaTek MT6735, 4 cores (Cortex-A53, 1.3 GHz)
Graphics
Adreno 304
The Mali-T720 MP2
Operational memory
1 GB
2 GB
Permanent memory
8 GB, slot microSD
16 GB, slot microSD
Communication
4G (LTE Cat.4), 3G, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
4G (LTE Cat.4), 3G, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, GLONASS
Camera
primary: 8 MP, with autofocus, video recording 1280×720,
front — 2 MP
primary: 8 MP, with autofocus, video recording 1920×1080,
front — 5 MP
Battery
removable, 2000 mAh
removable 2200 mAh
Dimensions
136×67,7×10 mm
144x72x8,8 mm
Weight
154 g
141 g
The price at the time of publication
6500 rubles
11000 rubles
Where to buy
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Design and management
To find the “same exact” smartphone under a different brand will be difficult, although some features of the model Neffos resemble previously released phones. Front — the LG G3 rear — Archos 50d. Will confuse whether this fact owners? Hardly. That’s when Apple’s peeking design from HTC, while Samsung, Apple, and all of this is estimated at 50-60 thousand roubles — there is a reason to be indignant. In cheap models the important thing to a smartphone was cute in appearance. And with that our heroes all right.
TP-Link C5 and C5L Neffos
Drawing on the keys are volume and power, matte non-slip plastic with a “tie” on the edges, piping “under chrome” encouraging. A removable cover, separate slots for Micro-SIM and microSD and removable batteries are also in our turbulent times monolithic buildings and selecting “dual SIM, or one + a memory card” also be in place.
TP-Link Neffos C5Lи C5 with the cover removed
The smartphone looks solid even without the use of metal and colored inserts
All these decorations are going to look smartphones Neffos good, but because of the “decorations” smartphones are bigger than they should be. For example, C5L with its 4.5 inches display larger than 4.7-inch Samsung Galaxy A3 and almost on par with the iPhone 6S. The frame around the screen in little TP-Link hefty, and the touch keys on the front panel is not illuminated and not visible even during the day in cloudy weather. The case also creaks if you squeeze it in landscape orientation.
The top face of the TP-Link Neffos C5 (left) and C5L
TP-Link Neffos C5Lи C5 — right side
The more expensive C5 such defects does not suffer, in addition, it is even lighter than its “younger brother”. Not too small smartphone — Meizu mini larger than M2, and roughly equal to the dimensions of the Sony Xperia C4. But the thickness at Neffos C5 moderate, he looks so serious in such a business background — it looks even more expensive than the Galaxy S5 or Note 4.
Keys with pattern good looking and pleasant to the touch
TP-Link Neffos C5L (left) and C5 — left side
TP-Link Neffos C5L (top) and C5 — lower bound
TP-Link Neffos C5Lи C5 — rear panel
Screen and sound
With the quality of the display from smartphones fared better than might be expected. Neffos C5 good viewing angles and brightness is enough even for use on a summer day. Color reproduction can not be called standard, but also to complain about particularly not on that. Sturdy display.
Display characteristics
Neffos C5L
Neffos C5
The maximum brightness level
295 CD/m2
430 CD/m2
Contrast
1000:1
930:1
Color gamut (sRGB)
79%
89%
DeltaE
7,9
3,2
Gamma
2,3
2,1
Color temperature
8200K
7700K
Neffos C5L easier — not very bright (although good contrast partially solves the problem), a little “crooked” from the point of view of color, but the picture is green/dark, depending on point of view. The oleophobic coating of low-quality (if at all), the display have to regularly clean from smudges and fingerprints. Stray shades of the matrix is also peculiar.
But the point is that in the range of 10 thousand rubles displays of smartphones are roughly equal in quality. Even the LG Leon has not received a more bright and contrast matrix, although the Koreans produce fantastic displays of copies. However, the viewing angles it wider. And at a price comparable Samsung Galaxy J1 saddens ridiculous level of contrast and lack of automatic adjustment of the backlight. Given that our colleagues prefer to describe displays with no equipment and the principle of “I go/like-cool, we can state that the only carrier on-to the present qualitative matrix of the “public sector” remains Wileyfox Swift and Neffos C5L display… normal, with a number of defects typical for smartphones of the same class.
State employees on the basis of Qualcomm in the headphones gives better sound quality than the more expensive model running the MediaTek chip
C5L gives good sound in the headphones is clear and loud, with a normal amount of all frequencies. I must say, the audio section is in the Snapdragon 210 is quite good, though on the ugly implementations in most “public sector” on its base so you could not tell. The speaker is not very loud, but it is clearly and loudly plays the ringtones, even if it’s hard rock.
The speaker is louder than the C5, but it is so excessive clarity and high frequency at high volume the music sounds through a sharp, “Shh-Shhh-tzzz-Shhh” and flashing the effect of “scratching on glass”. Upon hearing this nightmare once, put is favorite music to ringtone anything polyphonic. Nerves are more expensive.
Clarity beyond measure “poured” and for the sound in the headphones. Thanks to MediaTek for it. In principle, the original sound MT6735 is suitable for undemanding users, but the Snapdragon 210 sounds much more thoroughly and efficiently, and the sound of the above mentioned Library, it would be good to improve EQ in the player. But in “Vkontakte” and “YouTube” have to put up with ringing in my ears after 5 minutes of high volume.
Iron
Smartphones for $100 or less are equipped with processors on the principle of “if only more or less worked.” Neffos C5L is no exception, so inside it works depressing with its old Snapdragon 210. For smartphone lovers, who have forgotten what kind of animal, remember — old four Cortex-A7 on the ridiculous frequency of 1.1 GHz. But the graphics, in comparison with the related MT6582, much more sensible, as the reception level navigation. On the one hand four no no kernel, performance exactly for the modern public sector (please note — vaunted ZenFone 5 is not far away on the processor part). With the other four Samsung Galaxy S3, for example, still faster. And from the point of view “to work, not play” even the archaic MediaTek MT6582/6580 looks a little more profitable. Without a serious load (single background messenger, a moderate number of apps in the background) to have the C5L is possible, but for multitasking or games it is not intended.
The performance of the entire system (test Antutu Benchmark 5.7)
Neffos C5 the same position looks more competitive — in the official Russian retail only “cosmedent” within 12 thousand roubles offers only the Honor, and all other models are approximately equal. So MT6735 against this background, looks like a good option for a little bit of everything”.
Processors, to put it mildly, not very fast, but the system is optimized for them well
The power of the processor (Geekbench 3 test)
By the way, the operating system in both smartphones optimized well — with a very weak CPU on Board C5L works faster than other models of ZTE and Philips with a more powerful Quad.
Gaming performance (3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited)
Soft
Neffos smartphones running Android 5.1 Lollipop running the original shell. The operating system also looks pretty in Korean, in the best sense of the word. New icons, menu combined apps and desktops, original audio player, a camera interface and a “dialer”. The Manager of the phone to clean the system from debris, control access rights to applications, notifications, and energy conservation, and the ability to hide the program out of harm’s way a simple gesture on the desktop.
Proprietary shell TP-Link looks like in Korean, and generally, happy
Interface TP-Link Neffos C5
“We did it, buddy!”, — as it tells us TP-Link after clearing background apps
No frills among software titles, so the system works, as we mentioned above, pretty quickly. Interface flat, “cozy” and, unlike many pretentious Chinese competitors, not vulgar. It is only strange that the C5L is content with the standard notifications, but on “just” C5 painted it from scratch.
Camera
The camera interface in smart phones TP-Link seem unaccustomed to “empty”, although, for budget standards, it has everything — and HDR, and panoramic shooting, and beautification, and color filters, and even the special regime for shooting food. Quality — normal. High not say, but also complaining, with an eye on the price tag of smartphones, is not necessary. If anything, you need to recognize that the color balance in C5 moved out in warm shades and C5L slightly lacking saturation daylight photographers.
Example photos taken with rear camera TP-Link Neffos C5
Example photos taken with rear camera TP-Link Neffos C5L
Example photos taken with rear camera TP-Link Neffos C5
Example photos taken with rear camera TP-Link Neffos C5L
Camera take pictures well, but only during the day
But the main issue remains both smartphones autofocus, which is “a proud bird”. Not yet “kicked” him, pointing to the object in the viewfinder — don’t start focusing on the environment. In C5L sometimes there are situations that a smartphone simply can’t, as they say in the army, “rasputitsa” — you have to leave the Camera app and go into it again, to focus work. Costs pre-production firmware?
Other surprises — pleasant. The photos on display Neffos C5L look so unattractive that I think “shouldn’t even be taking pictures on this smartphone”. And then you open a photo on your computer and wonder — it’s a smartphone for 6500 rubles! A very big thumbs up for extra models!
However, selfi-camera in C5L strange. Not only that, the picture if close excess (the face in the frame is placed only when shooting at arm’s length, and not because “obzorschik” loves to eat), and the quality does not Shine. Senior Neffos also does not promise a cool self-portraits, but for video chat the camera is enough.
Example photos taken with the front camera TP-Link Neffos C5
Example photos taken with the front camera TP-Link Neffos C5L
Night shooting with smartphones expected to cope poorly. No, the flash is powerful enough, so images are in focus turn out decent quality. But in other situations the viewfinder there is the effect of “drunk operator” (long exposure, in other words), full of noise, the picture is not very good.
As for the video — it’s the smartphone of average quality in daylight shooting, and terrible at night (15-16 K/s max).
Autonomy
Slow and steady wins — will continue. Low-power processors and the lack of excesses in the system helped smartphone TP-Link to show good endurance. C5L perfectly showed itself in the video playback (Adreno 304 sends the hardware to sleep” because of the quality hardware acceleration), and C5 turned out to be unexpectedly cool in the “reader” with automatic page turning.
Use mode (brightness 200 CD/m2)
The duration of work hours
Neffos C5L
Neffos C5
Videos from memory card
9 hours
7 hours and 15 minutes
Game
4 hours
4 hours 30 minutes
Reading
8 hours and 45 minutes
15 hours
Duration of work in a mixed load (PCMark test, 200 CD/m2, min)
And it is time to write off these figures for error or for accidental miracles with a brand new battery, but in the synthetic test PCMark C5L lasted longer Wileyfox Swift for an hour “with cents”. And after all this the Fly-Wileyfox more capacious battery and is famous for its efficiency Cyanogen on Board! Sorry C5L with synthetics not getting along and just is dead “zero”, not retaining the results of his marathon.
Smartphones are not only long time discharged, but the charge does not replenish very quickly — from zero to 100% charging they will need approximately 2.5 hours.
Competitors
TP-Link Neffos C5L
Lenovo A2010
TP-Link C5 Neffos
Samsung Galaxy J3 2016
Operating system
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Android 5.1 Lollipop
The screen
A 4.5“, 854×480, 217 ppi
A 4.5“, 854×480, TFT TN, 217 ppi
5”, 1280×720, IPS, 293 ppi
5”, 1280 x 720, AMOLED, 293 ppi
Processor
Snapdragon 210 MSM8909, 4 cores (Cortex-A53, 1.1 GHz)
MediaTek MT6735M, 4 cores (Cortex-A53, 1.0 GHz)
MediaTek MT6735, 4 cores (Cortex-A53, 1.3 GHz)
Spreadtrum SC8830, 4 cores (Cortex-A7, 1.2 GHz)
Graphics
Adreno 304
The Mali-T720 MP2
The Mali-T720 MP2
Mali-400 MP2
Operational memory
1 GB
1 GB
2 GB
1.5 GB
Permanent memory
8 GB, slot microSD
8 GB, slot microSD
16 GB, slot microSD
8 GB, slot microSD
Communication
4G (LTE Cat.4), 3G, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
4G (LTE Cat.4), 3G, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
4G (LTE Cat.4), 3G, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, GLONASS
4G (LTE Cat.4), 3G, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
Camera
primary: 8 MP, with autofocus, video recording 1280×720,
front — 2 MP
primary: 5 MP, with autofocus, video recording 1280×720,
front — 2 MP
primary: 8 MP, with autofocus, video recording 1920×1080,
front — 5 MP
primary: 8 MP, with autofocus, video recording 1920×1080,
front — 5 MP
Battery
removable, 2000 mAh
removable, 2000 mAh
removable 2200 mAh
removable, of 2600 mAh
Dimensions
136×67,7×10 mm
130,5×66,6×10 mm
144x72x8,8 mm
142,3x71x7,9 mm
Weight
154 g
137 g
141 g
138 g
The price at the time of publication
6500 rubles
6000 rubles
11000 rubles
12000 rubles
Where to buy
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Lenovo A2010
To any smartphone, you can choose a competitor that is sold “as it would be in Russia, and what would not.” After Xiaomi Redmi 2 on the slope conveyor of life has risen adequately, the only overseas public sector with adequate price remained Wileyfox Swift. It is more expensive than our hero almost 1,000 rubles, and officially sold only in one Russian store, but the characteristics it surpasses our hero in almost everything, with the exception of autonomy and sound in the headphones.
In the case of Lenovo A2010 confrontation is already on an equal footing — this smartphone is slightly more powerful and cheaper than our hero. However, it looks cheaper, runs relatively slowly because of the heavy firmware. Screen slightly less bright, the rear camera is noticeably worse.
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Samsung Galaxy J3 2016
The older model Neffos can be contrasted with the Meizu mini M2 or the ASUS ZenFone 2 Laser. Although the price tags on these models still make up about 13 thousand rubles, and that’s a big difference if we are talking about a budget smartphone. Although Meizu may worth the investment. You can still see an elderly Honor 4C — looks cheap, battery life does not Shine, does not support 4G, but powerful, reliable and trendy gadget.
But not as trendy as budget Samsung. In essence J3 sample 2016 — very archaic smartphone. Under the shell lies a brand new low-power and old processor, and even graphics and even shameful — this was used in Galaxy S2 five years ago. RAM Koreans also allocated is not enough, as those rascals who sell the milk packets at 800 grams.
The other features are quite good. High-quality and economical display, capacious battery, reasonable thickness and weight, and the price at samsonovsky standards, is still adequate. There are, of course, the feeling that you sell the old “Zhiguli” with new headlights. But “angry birds” are flying with the same pace and voracity of the processor is balanced by the efficiency of the display — therefore, “all is well, beautiful Marquise…”
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Insights
To budget smartphones shouldn’t come up with the measure “I’d bought/I had not bought” — from this perspective, we, the jammed obzorschiki, is free just write “not iPhone 6S/Galaxy S7, so not good.” And readers will naturally wish us good you, as do the drivers from Moscow in the Wake of the armored Mercedes with flashing lights.
The essence always is the criteria for “worth/not worth the money”. And in this respect, smartphones TP-Link solid “b”. Ain’t, because every Neffos there are more ambitious cell phone rival. But not “the Trinity”, because so many of our classmates are today’s heroes do not reach the level of models C5 and C5L.
As for the C5L — it has “a bit of mobile”. A little bit, in terms of size, Yes, and performance too. Play — I love it, fiercely to chat in social networks with it, too, will be uncomfortable, but as a first or spare smartphone as a gift is good.
TP-Link Neffos C5L
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
- Quality camera (by the standards of the class)
- Good battery life
- Sound quality in headphones
- Fast and convenient shell for Android
- Slow processor
- Dull and soiled display
- Large dimensions (thickness and weight as the 4.5-inch model)
- Creaky case
C5 has a much better developed and could claim the editorial award. But our wonderful impulse hindered by two factors: firstly, the editors came supernova metal “Chinese”, which is aiming in the same price segment with more cool features. Secondly, without a “confrontation” with the Meizu mini M2 and the ASUS ZenFone 2 Laser it is difficult to clearly define the best model.
TP-Link C5 Neffos
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
- Good battery life
- Fast and convenient shell for Android
- Bright and high quality display
- High speed
- Poor quality speaker
- Poor quality photos at night
- Not very good selfie camera
Anyway, Neffos C5 did not disappoint — the flaws in it, of course, exist, but in General and overall smartphone competitive, and look at it with a budget of “a maximum of 11 thousand” is exactly.
To name the highlight of the smartphone TP-Link we are at a loss — the family of Neffos only just beginning to emerge. Glad that the models are already superior to the “Russian-Chinese” competition and justify the price. And among the “massacre” of budget mobile phones is already a promising result.