LG W10 smartphone - advantages and disadvantages

The first month of the summer of 2019 was marked for the eminent brand by the appearance of budget devices included in the W series line. On June 26, in India, the Korean company presented the W10, W30, W30Pro. The youngest of them - LG W10 will be available for purchase to Indian consumers in early July this year. The date of appearance in Russia is not yet known. Technical characteristics of the device, features of its external design, the pros and cons of the phone will be the subject of this article.

Appearance

The design of the device uses the established trends of visualization of modern smartphones: full-screen, minimal front panel frames, the presence of a monobrow (and the cutout located at the top is wide enough). The case of the classic configuration has rounded edges at all edges.
The overall dimensions of the product correspond to the following indicators:
Height - 156 mm;
Width - 76.2 mm;
Thickness - 8.5 mm.
For such dimensions, the weight of the structure is small: 164 g.
There are two color solutions for the body coloring: Tulip purple (purple tulip) and Smoky gray (smoky gray). Overall, the design of a modern, full-screen device makes a good impression.

Specifications

Display

The phone features a FullVision display, patented by the company at the beginning of last year, with an aspect ratio of 19 to 9. The screen area is 80.7% of the front panel. The diagonal corresponds to 6.19 inches. This size contributes to a comfortable display of text information and graphics. The model uses an HD + quality panel, characterized by a resolution of 1520 * 720 pixels, which is an optimal solution for a budget employee, because the task of a manufacturer creating an inexpensive smartphone is primarily to reduce power consumption and unload the processor.
The used IPS matrix provides decent color reproduction (just remember the monitors preferred by photographers and designers).

Platform

The device is based on Android 9.0 Pie. The version is focused on solving the eternal problem - increasing autonomy. Adaptive Battery mode identifies the applications that are used most often in order to give them priority. Also, the system is focused on simplifying the work in terms of multitasking, as well as helping to find applications that have been launched. Android, having studied the user's daily habits, will independently open the application with which the owner of the device is usually used to working at this time.

Sharp-sighted artificial intelligence will monitor how the owner of the device changes the brightness of the display under certain environmental conditions in order to then adjust the brightness in automatic mode.The system's features include the ability to customize the restrictions on social media presence: if the time limit is exceeded, the smartphone owner will receive a corresponding reminder. In addition, the version features an updated gesture control function that replaces the active applications, home, back buttons. The system will not receive notifications if the device is placed face down.

The Media Tek MT 6762 Helio P22 processor is a budget chip made according to the 12 nm technological process. Consists of 8 Cortex A 53 cores that run at 2GHz. In his arsenal is the PowerVR GE8320 video accelerator, which operates at a frequency of 650 MHz. It supports widescreen displays with an aspect ratio of about 20 to 9 and a resolution of up to 1600 * 720 pixels, which indicates that the processor is widely used in phones with bangs. The chipset supports dual camera sensors with a resolution of 13 and 5 megapixels.

Memory

The newcomer's RAM is 3 GB, the built-in memory is 32 GB. If the above capacity is not enough for storing heavy applications, large archives of graphic information, the manufacturer has provided for the possibility of expanding the data storage by means of a memory card up to 256 GB. The design of the device provides a special slot for microSD, which will allow realizing the individual needs of the user: he will be able to install significant games, download films, store many pictures and video materials.

Battery

The capacity of the lithium-polymer battery is 4000 mAh, which is quite enough for using a smartphone for 24 hours as a means of communication (making phone calls, talking on Skype, texting by e-mail), organizing mini photo sessions, searching for the required information on the Internet. With more active use (for games, prolonged viewing of films or voluminous video materials), additional recharging may be required. The duration of the gadget's operation on one charge, announced in the advertising messages, in the mode of viewing video content is about 18 hours, and when listening to music - about 118 hours.

Cameras

On the back of the smartphone is a dual rear camera with LED flash, equipped with 13 megapixel and 5 megapixel sensors. The main sensor will help to cover the space as much as possible, the second, acting as a depth sensor, details the image, increases the viewing angle. The main camera has autofocus, Led-flash, implements the HDR mode, helps to carry out panoramic shooting, records video in 1080p @ 30fps.

At the service of selfie fans, the manufacturer offers a single front camera with a resolution of 8 megapixels, equipped with an LED flash, which allows more economical use of battery power. It is located on the front panel in the cutout.

Network and interfaces

The device has two slots for SIM cards.

Supported wireless network Wi-Fi with traditional data transmission rate 802.11 b / g / n, as well as Wi-Fi Direct, which allows you to eliminate the buffer in the form of a router when connecting devices to each other: this standard implements the direct connection of electronic devices.

An old friend of Bluetooth version 4.2 will help to transfer data between devices at a short distance.
Obtaining information about the location on the planet Earth is associated with the work of a satellite navigator - navigation A-GPS, GLONASS.

FM radio is available.

You can easily connect a peripheral device, such as a printer, to your phone and print a document without using your computer or laptop. This opportunity is realized thanks to the USB On-The-Go technology, which is an extended version of the USB 2.0 specification.

The battery charger connects to a smartphone via microUSB. There is a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Additional features

The role of an assistant in ensuring the safety of information stored in a smartphone and preventing unauthorized access to it will be performed by a fingerprint scanner. It is located closer to the top edge of the rear panel of the structure. The sensor will help you unlock your phone or restrict access to contacts, documents, applications in a matter of seconds.

The device is equipped with vital sensors for a modern electronic device - an accelerometer and a gyroscope. They fix the location of the apparatus in space, albeit in different planes. The first one tracks turns, which is important for every lover of active games. The capabilities of the second one are somewhat wider: it will track not only the turn, but also the movement of the phone in space, as well as at what speed it happens. In addition, it will act as a compass, determining the cardinal points. We can say that the gyroscope fixes the movements of the device in three planes. It is with the help of this technology that functions such as shaking the gadget, optimal operation of the calculator, repeated search for devices with active bluetooth, the use of special programs that calculate the angle of inclination, and finding coordinates using GPS are realized. The well-coordinated operation of both sensors provides greater functionality of the device.

The proximity sensor, without which it is difficult to imagine a modern mobile device, is important for autonomously adjusting the screen brightness. It provides an economical consumption of battery power: by sending a signal to the object, it reacts by switching off to reflection.

The cost

At the start of sales in India, the announced cost of the model is about 110 euros, which is no more than 130 US dollars or 9,000 Indian rupees.

Advantages and disadvantages

• sufficient battery power;
• work is based on an improved version of Android 9.0;
• attractive external design with a choice of body color;
• comfortable screen for working with text and video content;
• good possibilities of the rear and selfie cameras for taking pictures at the amateur level;
• budget price.

• modest processor;
• low screen resolution.

A review of the budget model W10 by LG, which was released in the summer of 2019, helped to create an initial opinion about the device: for its price category, the smartphone has good functionality and capabilities. It is possible that it will be able to compete with the popular Galaxy M and Redmi.