Tech Review: GTel MX1’s specifications review

06 Jul, 2014 - 06:07 0 Views
Tech Review: GTel MX1’s specifications review

The Sunday Mail

GTEL-A750-XPLORA-MAINThe Gtel A750 MX1 Xplorer is arguably the best smartphone to land in the local market from a local company and is the world’s first rotating camera phone.
Build and Design
A750 XploraMX1 has a uni-body curve design. The subtle curves and contours lend to its sophisticated yet simple design.

The phone body is made with smooth and delicate material it is designed to keep your device fingerprint free and soft to the touch. It is super slim and ultra-light it also has a comfortable grasp.

OS – Android 4.2
The Gtel MX1 runs on Android 4.2 and has a layer of the Amigo 2.0. The custom Amigo layer ensures that some of its interesting capabilities including the ability to group together messages from the default SMS and other messaging apps run smoothly.

It can execute multiple tasks and Apps simultaneously powered by a super-fast 1.7 GHz Media Octave-core processor which is much faster than an average laptop CPU.

It also enables a brilliant high performance as well as high efficiency at low power consumption.

The 1.7GHz, gives it much better performance when gaming and also longer battery all eight cores can function well without the fear of overheating

Cellular connectivity- Dual SIM
Like every other Gtel smartphone, the A750 MX1 Explorer comes with the signature dual-SIM support. It also comes with support for 3G connectivity.

Display -4.7 inch
The smartphone boasts a sharp and vivid 4.7-inch IGZO High Definition screen with a display resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. MX1 has a 720p display, with pixel density that goes up all the way up to 312 ppi.

Internal Memory-16GB
The smartphone also includes 1GB of RAM 1GB which supports multi-tasking and 16GB of internal memory which allows for storage of files, videos and photographs.

Camera- 13-megapixel swivel camera
This smartphone has a cool factor in the camera department.

It has a 13 megapixel swivel camera which can be rotated to be used as rear or front-facing camera.

The revolutionary rotating camera features a 206 degree rotation and will securely lock at any angle no matter what angle you choose to take pictures. This means that front facing shots are just as good as back facing shots. The camera supports LED Flash and auto focus.

MX1 uses five physical lenses with blue glass filter, giving a clearer image while eliminating any distortion.

Battery- 2200mAh
It packs a 2200mAh battery resulting in an ample talk time. With this type of battery you can go on the whole day without worrying about recharging your smartphone.

Special Features
A750 Xplora MX1 has the following cool and unique features.

These are some of its standout features rotating camera module, eraser mode, panorama shot, gesture mode and High Definition Mode which enables a superior capturing experience. With the gesture and smile shot mode, the user can take self- portraits without touching the screen.

Panoramic mode makes sure there is room to capture everything in high resolution mode.

Enhanced HDR mode brings light to darkness, so one is able to take great pics even in not so well lit environments.

Then there is the guest mode capability, when you want to protect your privacy and not wanting people snooping in your phone.

One can quickly activate the guest mode which blocks access to one’s personal files and messages. It only reveals just general information.

There is also the smart gesture feature which allows users to interact with the phone without necessarily physically touching it.

You simply hold it to the ear to answer an incoming call while the gallery face page makes it possible to detect picture faces and arrange individual photographs in one folder. One can also create folders for pictures taken for specific events using the gallery time mode.

Like most Android phones, it also supports Wi-Fi hotspot and blue tooth. It also has FM Radio this allows you to listen to your favourite station wherever you might be.

The bottom line
Undoubtedly the A750 MX1 comes as a solid device, especially at a price of only US$390.00.

Certainly an excellent phone for the price,It is the first smartphone to feature an Octa-core processor and a 13-megapixel swivel camera in Zimbabwe.

We are certain of the fact that a lot of customers will love the MX1 rotating camera because it uses the same camera for the front and back, thus making sure quality is not sacrificed.

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