Smartphone Prestigio Wize Q3 - advantages and disadvantages

In 2018, the Chinese company expanded its line of budget gadgets and introduced the Prestigio Wize Q3 smartphone to the market, the advantages and disadvantages of which remained the same for the entire series. The company's devices are attractive for their price and functionality. They do not differ in originality, borrowings from the flagships of more expensive brands are clearly visible. However, for their price category, the devices turned out to be very interesting and were able to win their market share.

Specifications

Equipment

The package includes:

• smartphone;
• charging means with standard cord size;
• instruction;
• guarantee.

general description

It is not always easy to choose a phone for yourself or for friends and relatives. The presence of various models on the market only confuses, not knowing what to look for, making a choice is not an easy task. Many budget options are not inferior in performance to expensive flagships. The performance of such devices not only corresponds to their price category, but such devices are quite capable of competing with expensive phones. These phones include devices from the Prestigio company.

The company entered the Russian market relatively recently, in comparison with other more well-known brands. The company is known all over the world as a manufacturer of oversized electronics. The company produces inexpensive phones, tablets, and other gadgets for cars. Products are gaining market share due to their low cost. It is this factor that plays a key role in such a rapid rise in popularity of their electronics all over the world. The company equips its products with a mass of additional options that, together with the price, bribe consumers.

Smartphones of this company are in the top of the leaders in price and quality. And in some countries, it is these models that occupy the first points of the sales ranking. There are about seventy such countries.

Design

Upon closer examination of the appearance of smartphones, you come to the conclusion that the manufacturers borrowed the elements they liked, and then decided to combine them with each other. This makes the design very interesting. If you remove the company logo from the cover of the phone, then Prestigio phones can be confused with Samsung.

This similarity between the products of manufacturers of cheap electronics is understandable. The company sells its goods in the low-cost segment.Buyers also get their portion of the benefit by purchasing devices with an interesting design for not big money.

And not all users can afford expensive analogs, and the purchase of expensive flagship smartphones does not always justify the cost of purchasing them. For example, it is not advisable to buy an expensive device for a child, knowing that he will break or lose it. Prestigio phones are just such a case: the buyer gets a phone that is similar in appearance and has a number of useful options at an affordable price.

Display

A significant drawback of such phones is the low resolution of their displays, which does not even reach FullHD. Five-inch low-resolution screens produce low-spec picture quality. Such characteristics are possessed by ordinary push-button phones, but the sizes of their screens are smaller, so there is no obvious pixelation of images.

With an increase in screens, the squares that make up the pictures are already visible to the naked eye. The higher the picture quality, the clearer the pixels are. Such a screen is not suitable for good games. However, for its price class, this quality is considered acceptable.

The declared aspect ratio of 18: 9 actually seemed smaller, only 16: 8. This reduction is due to stripes on the side and top. Many people think that it would not hurt to remove them altogether. But the manufacturers decided otherwise. They do not spoil the overall appearance, there are enough fans of such screens.

Camera

The main camera has 8 megapixels of resolution. However, even here a discrepancy with the declared parameters is found. If you look at how she takes pictures at night, or in general, how she takes pictures even in good lighting, then you understand that the indicator barely reaches 5 megapixels. It is clear that the manufacturers put the matrix one of the cheapest. Although even with such savings, imitation of their expensive counterparts is clearly visible.

The creators did their best and added a lot of useful functionality: autofocus, digital zoom, anti-aliasing, manual focus, video and digital quality processing. But even with digital enhancements, high quality cameras are not to be expected. There is no need for this, since the screen resolution is low, an imbalance will result, which will reduce the overall performance of the phone. There is an automatic flash, which pleases, but, according to user reviews, it does not always fire.

Processor and memory

The presence of a smart chipset makes the phone competitive even among mid-range devices. Such filling increases the device by a rank or even two. It is able to cope with many functions and satisfy most of the needs of users. In general, Cortex processors have performed well. With a clock frequency of 1.2 GHz, processors are capable of handling large amounts of information. Of course, they are not suitable for active games, games will simply freeze, but such chipsets are very suitable for working on the Internet, for surfing, social networks. Sometimes you can't say that the filling is one of the cheapest. If you do not set difficult tasks for the device, then the device meets expectations.

Another unpleasant moment, which is noted by almost every second user, is the pre-installed programs from Google. This is not a disadvantage. The annoying factor of such programs is the constant desire to get into the Internet. At low speed or weak signal, they reduce the overall performance of the device.

But 1 GB of RAM is really not enough. Although in previous versions it was generally only 512 MB. With good internet speed with little online video memory, big pages just start to hang. We'll have to settle for lower quality videos and photos so as not to clog the cache, requiring less swap space. This problem is addressed by the option to reduce the number of background tasks. But such a measure is just a way to temporarily rehabilitate the phone's performance.8GB of storage also runs out very quickly, especially when saving music, photos and videos to disk. You will have to buy removable media.

Autonomy

Another weak point of the smartphone is its battery. 2000 mAh battery is enough for four hours of active use. Therefore, there is no need to talk about increased autonomy. Although the parameters correspond to even the simplest Lenovo or Samsung devices, Prestigio batteries discharge much faster. Manufacturers have tried to solve this problem by installing a chipset with low power consumption, but it is obvious that they have not been able to find a way out.

It may seem that four hours of active work is enough, but this is not so. It is not always possible to additionally charge your device. In cases of extreme need for a phone, it can treacherously fail, discharging itself at the most inopportune moment.

Reviews

Opinions of users about smartphones from Prestigio are divided. If you read the forums, then the same characteristic has a double opinion. Some people complain about the system freezing, while others work great. No freezes, no problems with work. It should be noted that such opinions are completely subjective. If you do not know the technical characteristics and real capabilities of the phone, then there is just such a problem associated with a decrease in the performance of the device. When buyers make high demands on a cheap device, and in return they receive a low quality of work.

Many users complain about low battery life. The battery lasts just a couple of hours. Again, referring to the forums about devices from other brands, you can see that other companies have this problem. They all solve the problem in different ways. Basically, they solve it by lowering the brightness of screens, increasing performance and reducing the power consumption of chipsets. “Prestigio” has not been able to solve this problem completely. Such a device is not for active phone users. If you use a reasonable amount of battery power, then achieving twelve hours of work is quite possible.

Conclusion

Advantages:

The advantages include:

• low price;
• stylish design;
• availability of useful options.

Disadvantages:

The disadvantages include:

• low productivity;
• low screen resolution;
• small battery capacity.

The phone is quite capable of competing with mid-range devices. The similarity of appearance with the brands of more famous brands makes the design original. At their price, they have good makings for development.