"Hayskrin Bust 2 SE". Highscreen Boost 2 SE. Smartphone "Highscreen" - characteristics

The first attempt to make a similar phone was the release of the smartphone "Hayskrin Bust 2", which left ambiguous impressions. As if equipped with a powerful battery for 6000 mAh, but the Qualcomm 8225Q processor - on the line of power consumption - is not the best. But the manufacturers did a good job of their own mistakes and gave out "Hayskrin Bust 2 SE", the case and batteries of which remained the same, but the filling was almost completely changed.

The main changes in the new gadget model

The most noticeable change is the installation of Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, the modification processor MSM8228. Still, MediaTek is not quite what you need for our case. And given 2 GB of RAM, it turns out quite a decent company. In the previous model there was only a GPS-receiver, now it was replaced by a hybrid GPS / GLONASS, the camera with a resolution of 8 Mp was replaced by 13 Mp. The amount of internal memory increased from 4 GB twice, to 8 GB, the operating system version was installed Android 4.3, the matrix was changed to Sharp-ovskaya. If you look closely, it becomes noticeable that "Hayscreen Bust 2 SE" is already quite interesting for the attention of the device, though, and its value has grown a little.

Smartphone package

Those who saw in what cardboard boxes are sold devices of this brand, have always been surprised by this minimalism and appearance. Over time, nothing has changed. But there is an opinion that eco-friendly cardboard is better than pasting packs of most modern gadgets. The issue is controversial, we will not delve into it, especially since we are not buying packaging, but what is inside. By the way, along with the device, the buyer receives 64 GB in the "cloud" 4Sync. And it's free, but for 100 GB you already have to put out a hundred dollars. What is inside the cardboard box? There are: instructions, warranty card, of course, the charging unit from the network, a microUSB cable and a headset. If you read about "Hayscreen Bust 2 SE" reviews, you will understand that it is better to immediately replace headphones with something more decent, unless you are not a fan of low frequencies. Since there are two batteries, there are also two covers. By the way, both models of smartphones and covers, and batteries are completely interchangeable. There will be no problems.

Appearance of the smartphone

As it was noted, the phone's body remained the same. Added literally a couple of nuances - gray became the panel under the display and on the cover, behind appeared an inscription in which the installed processor is indicated. With such an insert, the device is noticeably more interesting than it was with a completely black predecessor. Unless you handle the "Hayscreen Bust 2 SE" carefully, to reduce the erasure of faces, and the panel, by the way, is made of metal.The dimensions of the device have not changed at all: when installing a 3000 mAh battery - 151 grams of weight and 68.6x140x9, 8 mm, with a battery for 6000 mAh - 203 grams and 68,6x140h14, 8 mm.To be honest, the model's ergonomics is quite normal and, most likely, you'll like it. Visually, when you connect a smaller battery smartphone "Hayskrin" seems even thin, and it turns out quite normal weight, not heavy. The height of the body is moderate, the area that is inaccessible to the finger remains less than 15%. Thanks to the rounded bottom and top, the gray insert and the form of the speech speaker, the appearance of the gadget turned out to be slightly more interesting than that of similar second-tier smartphones. A year before, they all had the appearance of horrific "bricks." After installing the battery for 6000 mAh the device becomes plain, with backlashes and scripts appearing in it.

Device controls

On the front side of the phone there are proximity and light sensors , a speech speaker and a camera. There are no changes, everything is standard. Under the screen is a touchpad, which, as before, has no boring Android icons. Instead of them there are luminous dots on the sides, and in the center there is a circle that replaces the standard event indicator well: when a new letter or SMS message starts flashing. In addition, it does it unobtrusively and does not irritate you, even if it lies on the table in front of the eyes. The function of its nonetheless fulfills, without distracting. On the left side of the case, in the center, is a multifunction button that dilutes the set of power and volume keys. Wherever they should be, at the top, there is an audio output and a microUSB connector. Under the cover of the device there are two slots: the first for microSIM, the second for the microSD card. As you can see, the controls "Hayskrin Bust 2 SE" remain still quite comfortable.

The screen of our device

The main parameters of the predecessor are saved: resolution 1280x720 with a five-inch screen, which means 294 PPI. Up to Full HD screens are, of course, far away, but there is no noticeable granularity, as with qHD. It turned out the so-called "golden middle". For higher quality, you need to install more expensive displays, which, accordingly, will raise the price of the device. Therefore, the best option is chosen. As an example, take "Hayskrin Bust 2 SE": its price has increased from 10,990 rubles to 12,490 rubles compared to the previous model. But there's nothing to complain about either. The current screen is made by Sharp, which is equipped with quite relevant technologies Full Lamination and OGS. Although the novelty on the level of maximum brightness loses Highscreen Boost 2. But here on the indicators of the correctness of the color rendition and detail is much ahead. She has a black color - deeper, and with white there are problems in both cases. One has an orange tint, the other has a blue tint. But the last model, unlike its predecessor, has the ability to adjust the color of the screen: for manual - four parameters and presets - "bright" and "standard". Both models have approximately the same viewing angles.

Performance Highscreen Boost 2 SE

In our smartphone is presented, as already noted, a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor. At the time of its release, it was the only gadget with QS 400 MSM8228. It has four cores ARM Cortex A7, having a clock speed of 1.4 GHz. Adreno 305 - a very good graphics chip that supports FlexRender, Renderscript Compute, OpenCL, DirectX and OpenGL ES 3.0. The picture ends with a good RAM - 2GB. It turned out a device with good performance, ahead of competitors on MediaTek MT6589. In the program AnTuTu Benchmark phone has collected about 2000 points, which is very decent. Graphic tests also stand quite dignified. Video reproduces well, without any problems, movies were launched up to Full HD 60 fps. Run 4k did not work, but it's already too much. With resource-intensive games he copes with conscience. Neither Real Racing 3, nor "Iron Man 3" did not brake even at the maximum settings. There are no microlags in those moments when in the frame there are effects of dust, smoke, explosions, etc. The device immediately loads new scenario elements without falling into thoughtfulness.

Camera

The front camera in our device, say, so-so, two-megapixel, but its main purpose - for video communication - works out. The rear is more impressive, 13 MP, which already allows you to take pictures with a good, at 4128 x 3096 pixels, resolution. Although, if you read about the smartphone "Hayskrin Bust 2 SE" user reviews, it becomes clear that again such figures, as often happens, are only for beauty. The quality of photos at best corresponds to 8 megapixel models. The reason is a trivially cheap optics, although the result is still better than the previous version. But the camera copes well with some types of photography, for example macro, removing insects and flowers in a clear field. Therefore, we can not say that this is a completely useless thing. Details on the long and medium distances are not enough, the saturation also has to be manually added, the speed of work is normal, without any complaints.

Smartphone System

Having considered some characteristics of the device, we will briefly dwell on the operating system. In short - because no special superstructures "Hayskrin" -phone did not receive. Version of Android - 4.3, not the newest, but not bad, besides, at that time on the device with MediaTek-processors it was not installed. Compared with version 4.2, there are no significant advantages and innovations, only the information curtain has become a bit more convenient. A few words about the multifunction button. Now it has become truly, as planned, versatile. Earlier, with her help, you could assign only four tasks. Now, you can choose any of all installed programs on the system. But pay attention: to enable this functionality, the boxed version of the software must be updated.

Autonomy of the device

In conclusion, let's briefly describe such a characteristic of the device as the operating time. Thanks to the 28 nm process technology, our "Highscreen Bust 2 SE" phone fully revealed the potential of 6000 mAh batteries. In CoolReader, for example, at full brightness, it works for 20 hours, plays HD-video at an average volume and maximum brightness - 9 hours 10 minutes, Epic Citadel - 6 hours 50 minutes. In order to further save energy, there is Qualcomm BatteryGury - preinstalled utility. It keeps track of your activity for several days and then automatically optimizes the charge / consumption mode of the battery. In general, we can conclude: last year our smartphone was one of the best new products in its class.