Huaway p6. Huawei Ascend P6 - Specifications

Manufacturers of smartphones, like the best commentators of this world, are constantly in the race for the title of "First" "the very first" or just "himself". Sometimes this championship is only surprising (Hi Galaxy Round!), And sometimes it turns out a really suitable product. On June 18, Huawei entered its name in the first line of the championship of the championship "The Most-Most", submitting Ascend P6 - the thinnest smartphone in the world.

Appearance, controls

No matter how hard I tried, but talk about the design P6, avoiding all the annoying clichés about copying and two designers, it will not come out. Three years have passed since the day when the design departments of the Allison in Unison slammed themselves with a palm on his forehead from simple misunderstanding, as Steve and the company managed to make such a universal and beautiful body for the phone simultaneously, and we still see the heirs and imitators . But indeed, if you release a "liner" smartphone, why waste time on the design itself? After all, it is much easier to throw all the strength to achieve the most cherished goal - to be one of the most. Thin, fast, big - no matter, choose yourself. So Huawei decided to supplement his platinum (this is exactly what the letter "P" in the title) is a ruler with a smartphone with Kupertinovskaya appearance. This whole situation reminds me of the time Motorola released its legendary Razr and a couple of years after that, all over the inertia produced phones with a keyboard made of solid metal plate. Well, okay, let's still throw it towards the cliché and consider P6 in detail.

I'll start right away from the main one. Yes, this is the thinnest smartphone in the world. Of course, Google may refute my words by issuing a BBK Vivo X3 search results, the thickness of which is only 5.75 mm in a blue case, but the Huawei sleeve has one trump card: its thickness is 6.18 mm across the entire area of \u200b\u200bthe case, And the competitor, the camera module opens up to "terrifying" 7.25 mm! So formally the crown remains at P6.

What gives the user this incredible slenderness? I can not say that I got some special benefits in terms of usability, everything is in sensations. Ascend P6 is noticeably different from ordinary smartphones, and after it is not so thick iPhone 4 and Optimus G felt fluffy. It would seem that a couple of millimeters difference, usually we do not even notice them, but your hands get used and then reject everything that is a little thicker. It also plays a rather small weight of 120 grams for the device of this size.

The main part of the case is made of aluminum, the lower rounded plate plastic. P6 is available in three colors of the case - black, white and pale pink. Since the housing is not disassembled, all slots for cards are put on the right side of the case. At first it may seem that P6 supports two SIM cards, but Huawei came correctly and made the top memory card slot. It is inconvenient only that they do not differ from each other in size, and in 3 weeks every time you change the memory card, I first removed the sim card. Over them is the volume swing and the power on / locking button. It seems to be everything in their places, however, instead of increasing the volume, I blocked the smartphone.

The connectors are located on top micro USB. and noise reduction microphone. A very specific location of the connector is most likely due to the reluctance to spoil the lower rounded part and the feature of the inner layout. By the way, the lowest edge of practically clean: there is only a miniature hole of the microphone.

On this oddity do not end. Did you find the headset connector? It is left at the bottom, covered with a clip for SIM cards. This is not an error: in Huawei made the strange stub for the connector for all the time, which is better immediately after the purchase put in the box. A couple of times I forgot to leave her at home and immediately puzzled, no matter how to lose it on the road. The location of the connector also pleases. If you use headphones with a M-shaped plug, you will not experience any special problems, but the owners of ordinary plugs will be forced to endure the inconvenience and worry about ensuring that the wire itself does not break.

Rear did without surprises. There is only a camera and a flash in the upper left corner, a small huawei logo in the center and the dynamics mesh below. The scary silver sticker is a tester fate, she will not fall on the counters.

Almost the entire front panel occupies a 4.7-inch IPS-screen with trend narrow side frames. Resolution 1280 per 720, which is enough not to see individual pixels. The screen is made without an air layer, which also pleases. The viewing angles are maximal, the image does not fade even with deviations by almost 180 degrees. The maximum illumination brightness is almost 490 kD / m², the minimum is about 20. The screen supports up to 10 simultaneous presses. In general, I really liked the display: it is bright, rich, and, to all, in the settings, it is possible to manually adjust the color temperature. It is worth noting a really working oleophobic coating - traces of fingers are almost invisible. It is possible to work in gloves, which, apparently, is already becoming the norm, which cannot but rejoice.

Above the screen is visible lighting and approximation sensors, a crazy mesh of spoken speaker and front camera. Left hid led-indicator. At the bottom there is no functional elements - only the inscription "Huawei". All keys on the screen, Google approves.

Stuffing, Performance, Autonomy

Inside Ascend P6 uses the company's own development: a second generation chip processors - Hisilicon K3V2E. It includes four Cortex-A9 cores made by fairly outdated 40 nm process and frequency operating to 1.5 GHz, exotic Vivante GC4000 as a video screen and 2 GB random access memory. All this bunch clearly does not reach the title of flagship iron - neither in benchmarks, nor in real life. The interface works quite smoothly, but in resource-intensive applications and P6 games shows no better results. In addition, the smartphone is significantly heated under any load, and it is not particularly comfortable to work with it. - here she is a fee for a small thickness.

In the smartphone installed 8 GB of user memory, about five are available. Micro SD memory cards are supported up to 32 GB, although, based on its practice, I can say that there are 302.1 B / G / N modules of Bluetooth 802.1 B / G / N, Bluetooth v3.0 and GPS installed. / GLONASS. The sensitivity of Wi-Fi is good, Ascend P6 confidently keeps receiving even at a weak signal.

The main fear of such products always causes a battery. I did not end my eyes to the end that there was a battery with a capacity of 2000 mA / h, but it turned out to be true. As a result, the thinnest smartphone operates about 12 hours in normal use (half an hour of calls, EDGE is turned on, 1.5 hours of music, a series of pictures and social networks) and about 3.5 hours in constant load mode. Indicators are not outstanding, but remember about the coveted 6.18 mm.

Tactical and technical characteristics:

• CPU - HUAWEI K3V2E, 1.5 GHz, 4 Cortex-A9 kernels;
• GPU - Vivante GC4000;
• RAM - 2 GB;
• ROM - 8 GB built-in, Micro SD;
• Display - IPS, 4.7 ", 1280 x 720, Glass - Corning Gorilla Glass;
• Communications - USB, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n;
• Standards of Baby - GSM 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS 850/900/1700/1900/2100;
• OS - Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, Emotion UI 1.6;
• Dimensions - 132.7 x 65.5 x 6.18 mm;
• Mass - 120 g;
• Battery - 2000 mA / h.

Cameras

Huawei was not limited to a record thick and decided to use in P6 another "trump card" - the permission of the front chamber is as many as five megapixels! But instead of admiration only questions arise. What for? For whom? Unclear. To say that these millions of points went to the front chamber for the benefit, it is impossible - I did not notice the difference with the usual "kiso-cameras". But surprised the main chamber. First, everything seems mundane - 8 megapixels, flash, HDR mode, recording Full HD video ... But it is worth the darkness, as Ascend P6 comes out of the dusk and makes unprecedented. It's all about optics with Lights Light F2.0 and the possibility of working with the ISO value up to 5000! At first I did not even know about this power until I turned on the camera in my beloved, dark, office. Noise works, well. All these words belong to video shooting.

The camera application interface is changed compared to standard. Shooting modes are available: with effects, HDR, panoramic, smart and decoration. The latter is essentially a filter. In the settings of any of the sizes not found, everything is pretty ordinary.

Sound

I liked the volume and quality of the conversational speaker ascend P6. It is not so loud that in the room there is a convulsive to reduce the volume, and it is impossible to call it quietly. The external speaker is quite loud and at the same time sounds clean, even at the maximum volume it does not choke, but continues to be clearly (as far as possible for monoacoustics) to transmit the picture. Huawei P6 uses a Dolby Digital Plus software improvement server, which is essentially a built-in equalizer. The selection of pre-installations is activated when the headphones is connected, only the "Default" setting is available when playing through the speaker. Available 16 options for setting under a specific genre, there is an option for podcasts. Having tried to listen to different music with suitable settings, I once again made sure that it was clearly not for me. Subjectively, all these software manipulations only spoil the sound, and if you want to move the slider, it is better to do this manually, but there is no such possibility in P6. The sound in the headphones without using Dolby it seemed a little flat, felt the lack of bass.

The smartphone has its own player. It looks quite nice, supports playback on folders and the creation of playlists. Also installed FM radio operating in the range of 87.5-108 MHz. For its work, the headset is required - the built-in antenna simply would not fit into such a housing.

By, Emotion UI

As with all decent eastern companies, Huawei has its own android vision. Embodied in the form of Emotion UI version 1.6, most suitable under appearance P6 shell for OS. At first glance, it is clear what principles were guided by the Software Department of the Company. APPDRAWER (a list of all applications and widgets) is missing, all programs are stored only on desktops. A maximum of twelve applications or folders is placed on one screen, four labels can be secured at the bottom.

"Fishka" Emotion UI can be considered the themes of decoration. Initially, they are installed five, you can download additional directly from the theme settings menu. All of them change the wallpaper, screensaver, lock screen, font and icon set. About the latter should be told separately. All standard icons were redrawn for something resembling iOS to the 7th version. All of them are a square with rounded corners, and even the icons of user applications are changing. They are placed on a white substrate with the same roundings and slightly decrease in size. Thus, the integrity of the appearance is achieved, and in the end it looks quite quite well. It is also worth noting that any of the topics can be mixed. That is, you can install icons and wallpapers from one topic, the lock screen is from the other, and the fonts are generally from the third.

The curtain of notifications is redone and similar to the corresponding in CyanogenMod. The upper part is given under the labels. fast settingsand notifications are already stored in the bottom. From here you can get immediately in the settings.

The monolithic housing of the new Huawei, called ascend, is fully metallic. The thickness of the Huawei series P6 is only 6.18 mm, which gives the model to external elegance. The style will emphasize the minimization of the screens frame, while the diagonal reaches the value of 4.7 inches, to ensure convenience during operation. Of course, to achieve such subtle, I had to sacrifice some functionality of the device, but normal user The lack of resources will not feel.

The record holder in thickness

At the time of the presentation in London, it was announced that the cost of the gadget would not exceed 350 euros, but reality proved, the prices for electronics tend to quickly decline quickly, so the start of sales in the Russian Federation this is the thinnest smartphone in the world, most likely chefes and get out of his Competitions, since it has a clear advantage in its spectacular appearance and low cost.

Specifications

Huawei did not pose a serious interior equipment of his novelty, the heart of which is a powerful quad-core processor; 2 GB RAM, high-quality matrix with high resolution, screen viewing angles, equipped with Gorilla Glass, maximal; As the newest software installed the latest modification of Emotion UI; Despite the super-thin case, the gadget has a microSD memory card slot to 64 GB; Operating system - Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean; microsim; WiFi; Bluetooth 4.0; MicroUSB 2.0; A-GPS, GLONASS.

The camera allows you to take pictures with 8 MP quality, equipped with autofocus and flash. Video is performed in FullHD. The front camera is slightly loose, but is quite sufficient to perform self-shotguns with a resolution of 5 megapixels.

Despite such a powerful stuffing, the total weight of the gadget does not exceed 130 grams.

Appearance and ergonomics

Due to the monolithic thin metal case, the smartphone has high strength.

Due to the metal execution, developers in the device had to use the specific position of the antennas, which gave a significant similarity of the frame with "apple" products. If you look at the phone on the side, then it is very similar to the iPhone, only very thin.

Control keys and slots fit on one side of the smartphone:

1. "On" key and display block;
2. Sound management;
3. 2 slots for SIM and Microcd.
4. 3.5 mm mini jack hidden by a multifunctional metallic cap.

From behind the gadget has an absolutely smooth aluminum surface, since even the camera is being recessed inside.

In the hand, the device is felt very good and even despite the large display, easily controlled by one hand.

Display

Even having the size of the display of 4.7 inches, the gadget looks very concisely due to the frames that have a minimum thickness. Screen parameters - 1280 x 720. The clarity and brightness of color images on the display is very high and the pixels cannot be detected even from a short distance. In-Cell technology is used, so the picture is as close as possible to the surface, which provides large viewing angles without distortion.

This phone is perfect for the conditions of the cold winter, because the sensitivity of the screen allows them to use it without removing the gloves from the hands. This feature is adjusted through the gadget settings.

The menu allows you to configure, under the specific requirements of the device owner, the color display temperature.

Thus, the display is one of the main components of the smartphone has high indicators, thanks to which the gadget will be successful in a significant number of people.

Another "the thinnest in the world"?

"Introducing Ascend P6: the new Designer flagship Huawei is the thinnest smartphone in the world." Under such heading, press materials of the Chinese manufacturer, dedicated to the new Huawei Ascend P6 model, came out. Well, we will not discuss the practical need for this race for leadership in the production of the "fine smartphone in the world", we note only that it is the representative of the Ascend P series a part in this race is quite forgiven. At one time, we demonstrated in one of the reports here such a slide, which discloses the meaning of alphabetic designations attached by a particular model of the new Huawei Ascend mobile phone.

According to this slide, the manufacturer puts the following meaning in the letter designations of the line of their mobile devices: letters Y (from Youth, Youth) and G (from Gold, Gold) The communicators of the lower price category are indicated - for young people and simply budget, and P and D, which are a reduction from the English words "Platinum" (platinum) and "Diamond" (diamond), are designed to transfer the spirit of stylish, expensive and advanced devices in technical terms. . In the upper sector, the division traced is also quite clear: if the D-devices are just the most powerful devices, the company's product line flagships, then the Asscend P line is also a top series, but with a clear bias in glamorism. That is, it presents the devices developed, first of all, with a focus on design. It is enough to remember one of the first models of the series - Huawei Ascend P1, which is exactly a year ago also claimed the title. As for the highest line of Ascend D, there was quite recently a new Huawei Ascend D2 smartphone, which we also had already been presented to describe in their review. By the way, the flagship, by the way, was well disappointed with its non-historicalness, weak for the topical smartphone with a productivity and obvious overheating, noticeable during the execution of almost any tasks. Looking ahead, we note that the new "designer" find, Ascend P6, built on the same Huawei's own Huawei's own production platform, also does not shock the speed of the hardware filling (especially the graphical subsystem) and also, as the flagship, it turned out to be exposed to rapid heating When working.

	Huawei Ascend P6.	Huawei Ascend D2.	Sony Xperia Sp.	Google Nexus 4.	LG Optimus G.	HTC One.
Screen	4.7 ", IPS +	5 ", IPS	4.6 "	4.7 ", IPS Plus	4.7 ", IPS Plus	4.7 ", S-LCD3 (IPS)
Resolution	1280 × 720, 312 ppi	1920 × 1080, 440 ppi	1280 × 720, 319 ppi	1280 × 768, 317 ppi	1280 × 768, 317 ppi	1920 × 1080, 469 ppi
SOC.		Hisilicon K3V2 @ 1.5 GHz (4 kernels, Cortex-A9)	Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro @ 1.7 GHz (2 kernels, Armv7 Krait)		Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ8064) @ 1.5 GHz (4 kernels, armv7 krait)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 @ 1.7 GHz (4 kernels, Armv7 Krait)
GPU.	Vivante GC4000	Vivante GC4000	Adreno 320.	Adreno 320.	Adreno 320.	Adreno 320.
Oz	2 GB	2 GB	1 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB
Flash Memory	8 GB	32 GB	8 GB	8/16 GB	32 GB	32/64 GB
Memory card support	microSD.	not	microSD.	not	not	not
Operating system	Google Android 4.2.	Google Android 4.1.	Google Android 4.1.	Google Android 4.2.	Google Android 4.1.	Google Android 4.1.
SIM format *	Micro-Sim.	Micro-Sim.	Micro-Sim.	Micro-Sim.	Micro-Sim.	Micro-Sim.
Battery	non-removable, 2000 ma · h	non-removable, 3000 mA · h	non-removable, 2370 mA · h	non-removable, 2100 mA · h	non-removable, 2100 mA · h	non-removable, 2300 mA · h
Cameras	rear (8 mp; video - 1080p), frontal (5 MP)		relean (8 MP; video - 1080p), frontal (0.3 mp)	relean (8 MP; video - 1080p), frontal (1.3 Mp)	rear (13 megacled; video - 1080p), frontal (1.3 Mp)	relean (4 MP; video - 1080p), frontal (2 MP)
Gabarits.	133 × 66 × 6.2 mm, 120 g	140 × 71 × 9.4 mm, 170 g	131 × 67 × 9.9 mm, 155 g	134 × 69 × 9.1 mm, 139 g	132 × 69 × 8,5 mm, 145 g	137 × 68 × 9.3 mm, 143 g

* The most common SIM card formats are described in a separate material.

The main characteristics of Huawei Ascend P6 (model U06)

• Soc Hisilicon K3V2, 1.5 GHz, 4 CORTEX-A9 Processor Cores
• GPU Vivante GC4000, 600-800 MHz
• Android 4.2.2 Operating System Jelly Bean
• Touchscreen IPS +, 4,7 ", 1280 × 720
• RAM (RAM) 2 GB, internal memory 8 GB
• Communication GSM GPRS / EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• Communication 3G UMTS HSDPA 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz
• Bluetooth 3.0
• OTG support
• Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n (2 ranges), Wi-Fi access point, Wi-Fi Direct
• GPS / A-GPS, GLONASS
• 8 MP camera with HDR video support
• Camera 5 mp (frontal)
• Lithium-polymer battery 2000 mA · h
• Sizes 132.6 × 65.5 × 6,18 mm
• Weight of 120 g

Appearance and ease of use

As already mentioned at the beginning of the article, an outstanding feature of the new Huawei Ascend P6 smartphone seems to be its design - especially very small housing thickness. The thickness value is here anywhere 6.18 mm, because the body is completely flat, and no details (even the rim of the camera window) are not discharged outside the housing.

As for the appearance of the device, it turned out quite attractive. The manufacturer completely frankly copied the flat side metal bezel Apple iPhone. 4, so "into the profile" smartphones are very similar to each other, only the device Huawei will be a thorough.

The case is not symmetrical: if the upper end remained the same flat, like the sidewalls, then the lower end designers rounded. By the way, only the lower end here is plastic, and the rest of the body are made of metal: the side rim remained unpainted, and the rear panel is painted in the overall color of the case.

The smartphone does not look large, although you can't call it too: the screen diagonal is the usual 4.7 inches, while in the dimensions, the device is not much less than a five-year Samsung Galaxy S4, for example.

The side frames around the screen turned out very subtle, therefore, by this parameter, like width, the smartphone was one of the recordsmen. At the expense of small widths and thickness of the body, the phone perfectly falls into any palm, both men's and female. There is no gloss here, all the details of the matte are not slippery and not brand, so the smartphone is well held in the fingers and does not particularly collect prints.

But the lower part of the developers could do and more sever. Considering that the Android control buttons here are not hardware, but virtual, software, the lower part it was certainly possible to do shorter - then the device would look even more accurate. Here they left below the screen as much as 1.5 cm of empty space. It is clear that in such a thin case it was impossible to embed the audio in one level with the screen, so it was shifted below, but who interfered just to continue beyond the screen safety glass And reach the edge of the metal side rim?

Now, part of the space at the bottom end is not even covered with glass, and a piece of frank glued plastic looks like atavism, as if discovering from under the glass, spoils all the impression and leaves the feeling of unfinished design.

Since the Huawei Ascend P6 housing form factor is a monoblock, it does not find any removable or sliding parts. The rear panel is also fixed here, so the method of installing cards (SIM cards and memory cards) is applied here exactly the same as in Apple iPhone: the cards are moving into the housing on metal sleds, and removed by pressing the clips. True, unlike the iPhone, here the developers did not deprive the user's ability to expand the memory at the expense of the MicroSD card, therefore such advanced slots at Huawei Ascend P6 two are located nearby.

Most of the controls were hardened on one - right - the face of the body. They are located here and both mentioned slots for cards, and the power button, and the volume adjustment rocker.

There is another curious nuance: the audio output for headphones in Huawei Ascend P6, though standard (3.5 mm), but it is embedded in the upper or lower end, and in the side face. Accordingly, the headphones are included with the M-shaped plug, because the usual here will be completely not to the place. This connector does not find this connector - it is closed with a kind of metal plug, the other end of which is, part-time, thereby creating a cloud, opening the locks of the slots with cards.

At the bottom of nothing but a microphone, and the micro-usb connector was transferred to the top end - everything was confused in this model in terms of the location of the elements on the case. Huawei Ascend P6 has highlighted photocopters, and those that have (power and volume) are accurately made, stylish, but not sufficiently protrude from the case. Practicality is sacrificed by beauty, so the move in these pretty metal keys turned out to be too short, and the press is not clear enough. However, this can be considered a slight disadvantage, to which it is easy to get used to.

In general, Huawei Ascend P6 could even be called beautiful if the general view did not spoil this ridiculous slope of the discharging plastic. On the shelves, the phone will appear in three different color modifications: black, pink and white. It is noteworthy that in the case of a black color of the housing, the back panel has a form of a roughly skilled metal, while the white (which visited us on testing) and pink phones of such a texture do not have - their covers are absolutely smooth.

For sale, the Huawei Ascend P6 smartphone enters a small flat box of high-quality thick white cardboard. Inside there are additional compartments and several boxes of different sizes containing all accessories attached to the phone. The kit consists of a small charger with a USB output, a USB-Micro-USB connecting cable and a wired stereo header with a M-shaped plug and an empty-type amcules.

Plus, in one of the boxes, the buyer will be able to find a silicone translucent case, which, however, has a different color from a smartphone (in our case, a dark gray protective case was supplied with a white smartphone). Case is pretty, however there are two "but". First, to hide the beauty of the body, the developers are so diligently worked on the design, some sorry. Secondly, since the device was not certified in our hands, we cannot argue with complete confidence that it is such a complete set that will be available to the Russian buyer.

Screen

Huawei Ascend P6 is equipped with a very high-quality HD-screen, performed using IPS technology: Granularity is not visible, the density of points (312 PPI) is sufficient that the fonts do not seem loose, responsiveness at height. In the figures, the physical parameters of the Huawei Ascend P6 smartphone screen are as follows: Screen sizes - 59 × 104 mm, diagonal - 120 mm (4.7 inches), resolution - HD 720p (1280 × 720 points).

The Huawei Ascend P6 display brightness has both manual and automatic adjustment, the latter is based on the operation of the lighting sensor. Multitouch technology allows you to simultaneously process up to ten touchs, which is confirmed. antutu test Tester. There is also an approximation sensor that blocks the screen when making a smartphone to the ear. To all other things, the Huawei Ascend P6 smartphone display is endowed with the ability to respond to touch in gloves, which was also tested by us: the screen really adequately behaves when working in gloves, so this is a completely efficient function. This feature, by the way, can be disabled in the settings menu, if it seems to you that the sensitivity of the screen (including to the touch of third-party items) is too high.

Detailed examination with the use of measuring instruments was conducted by the editor of the "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" sections of Alexey Kudryavtsev. We present his expert opinion on the Huawei Ascend P6 screen.

The smartphone screen is covered with a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface and, judging by reducing the brightness of the reflected objects, has a rather effective anti-glare filter. There is no significant plurality of reflection, which indicates the absence of a ball between the outer glass and the surface of the matrix. On the outer surface of the screen, there is a special oleophobic (fat-repellent) coating, so traces from the fingers appear not as fast as in the case of conventional glass, but are much easier to be removed.

When manually controlled brightness, its maximum value was 486 cd / m², and the minimum - 17 cd / m². As a result, on the maximum brightness during bright daylight, the readability of the screen should remain at a high level, and in complete darkness brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. There is automatic brightness adjustment over the illumination sensor (it is located to the left of the front loudspeaker), the operation of this function depends on the position of the brightness adjustment slider. If it is 100%, then in complete darkness, the auturance function reduces the brightness of at least 135 kD / m² (multipato, but tolerant), in conditions lit by artificial offices, installs 180 cd / m² (acceptable), in a very bright environment (corresponds With a clear day outside the room, but without direct sunlight) increases to the maximum value - to 486 cd / m² (which should be expected). If the slider is exhibited by 50%, the brightness values \u200b\u200bunder the same conditions are as follows: 21, 90 and 385 kD / m², and if 0% - 17, 30 and 76 kD / m². IN automatic mode When changing external light conditions, the screen brightness rises and decreases. In general, this feature works sufficiently adequately. On the reduced brightness, the illumination modulation is actually absent (up to 100 kHz), so there is no screening of the screen.

In Huawei Ascend P6, an IPS type matrix is \u200b\u200binstalled. Microfotography demonstrates a typical subpixel structure for IPS:

The screen has very good viewing angles without inverting the shades and without a significant shift of colors, even with large disabilities of the view from the perpendicular to the screen. The black field when the diagonal deviations is shown very little, and, depending on the direction of the deviation, the purple or red-purple shade acquires. With perpendicular view, the uniformity of the black field is good. Response time when switching a black-white-black-black equal to 35 ms (25 ms incl. + 10 ms Off.). The transition between halftons of gray 25% and 75% (for the numerical color value) and back in total it takes 44 ms. The contrast is typical for IPS - about 650: 1. The gamma curve built according to 32 points did not reveal in the lights, nor in the shadows, and the indicator of the approximating power function is 2,10, which is slightly lower than the standard value of 2.2, while the real gamma curve is practically not deviated from the power dependence:

Due to the dynamic adjustment of the backlight brightness in accordance with the nature of the displayed image (on bright in the middle image, the brightness rises) The resulting brightness dependence on the shade (gamma curve) may not fit the gamma-curve of the static image, since the measurements were carried out with a consistent output of shades of gray in full screen. For the same reason, we will not assert that the response time specified above really corresponds to the response time of the matrix itself.

Color coverage is SRGB:

The spectra show that the matrix light filters to moderately mix the components to each other:

As a result, visually colors have natural saturation. In this smartphone, there is an opportunity to adjust the color balance by adjusting the shade warmer, colder:

On schedules below curves No correction Comply with results without any correction of color balance, points Heat and Cold - The data obtained after the maximum shift of the correction slider in the "warm" and in the "cold" side, respectively.

The balance of shades on the gray scale is very good, since the color temperature is slightly higher than the standard 6500 K, and the deviation from the spectrum of absolutely black body (Delta E) is less than 3, which is considered a good indicator even for a professional device. (Dark areas of the gray scale can not be considered, since there the balance of colors does not matter, and the measurement error of the color characteristics on the low brightness is large.)

By combination of characteristics, the screen deserves the highest marks. Its main advantages are the effective anti-glare filter and oleophobic coating, high brightness, stable to the rejection of the view from the perpendicular to the screen plane black, SRGB coverage, excellent color reproduction and the ability to correct the color balance.

Sound

In sound plan to Huawei Ascend P6 there is no complaints. Sound in both speakers clean, smooth in the entire volume range, is saturated with low frequencies fully, and quite loud for so thin housing. What is noteworthy: the dynamics grille here although it is removed on the back side, but when it overlaps its surface of the table or even a finger, the sound is muted very slightly. It seems that the smartphone makes the sound "with the whole body", and the overlap of the dynamics of the dynamics is not a hindrance. Therefore, in any position of the phone, the sound remains loud. The interlocutor's speech is recognized easily, the auditory speaker clearly transmits all intonations and voice timbre, this speaker also provides a wide frequency spectrum, including low. The sound is additionally processed using the Dolby Digital Plus technology, although the changes are not too noticeable. You can enable Dolby Digital support directly in the standard interface. music player - The corresponding button is located on the most prominent screen location. It is also available in the smartphone settings even a separate page allotted for Dolby Digital, but this is just visibility - all the variety of settings is reduced to the ability to enable or disable support for this technology separately for music and for video.

Camera

Huawei Ascend P6 is equipped with most modern smartphones, two modules of digital cameras. The front camera is equipped here with a 5 megapixel module. Photos are obtained in size 2592 × 1952, examples of snapshots - in front of you.

The main, rear camera is equipped with a sensor with a resolution of 8 megapixel. There is support for HDR technology (High Dynamic Range), which is used to create photos in uneven lighting. The camera with HDR technology makes some pictures of one image with different exposures and then imposes them on each other to create a photo with more uniform illumination. By default, the camera removes in the "smart" mode, where all the settings are given to the exhaust machine. To get to exposure settings, saturation, contrast, ISO and white balance, you need to switch to the mode called "Once". And in that, in another case, the photographs are made by default with a maximum resolution of 3264 × 2448 (8 MP). Examples of pictures below.

	The inscriptions are read well. The number of the near car, it seems, would also be distinguished, do not be so dirty - the numbers appear. In the right side of the frame on the foliage, a strange ripple is noticeable, as if the image is bothering.
	The inscriptions are well read. House, trees and grass are also worked out well. At the edges of the frame sharpness drops noticeably.
	Not bad sharpness almost all plans.
	With the weakening of the lighting, the situation significantly deteriorates: sharpness is uneven, trees do not merge, but work out badly, at home in the background as if they are drawn at all. However, the inscriptions, grass and tile are still quite good.
	Good sharpness in the central region, on the edges is much worse.
	The exposition is chosen quite well.
	Not very strong noises in the shadows are noticeable.
	Macro good and sharp.
	Objects are removed from sufficiently high depth of field, which is useful when documenting.

Perhaps the chamber has only one problem - sharpness around the edges. Sometimes it even seems that there are problems with focusing, but almost all pictures have good sharpness in the central region. However, sometimes in the edges come across fragments with good clarity.

The rest of the camera is not bad. Software treatment is not striking, the camera's exposure chooses well, the sharpness of the plans is decent, the noises are moderate. What is the problem of sharpness at the edges, and with it and focusing - in the lens of this instance or in the design of the camera itself - to say it is difficult.

The chamber can be attributed to the category of documentary - in general, the pictures are well developed, except for quite large blur zones. Macro shot The camera works well for documentary plots.

The camera can shoot a video in Full HD-resolution 1080p, however, what is curious, the default settings are set to shoot in the resolution of 720p. The pair of test rollers filmed by default settings (the second roller is removed with the use of HDR mode). Rollers are saved in MP4 (video - MPEG-4 AVC [Email Protected]; Sound - AAC LC, 96 kbps, 48 \u200b\u200bkHz, 2 channels).

• Roller №1 (36.3 MB, 1280 × 720)
• Roller # 2 (24.1 MB, 1280 × 720)

Camera control settings are standard for smartphones based on the Android operating system. Icons are drawn clearly and large, in the bright sun quite distinguishable. In the settings, it is possible to bind geometers, add graphic effects, smile recognition, panoramic survey and, of course, turning on HDR - both for the photo and video. But there is no possibility of turning off the sound of the shutter here - however, this sound is very quiet and unobtrusive.

To control shooting in Huawei Ascend P6 there are two options. The shutter descend can be carried out either by pressing the icon on the screen on the screen, or using the hardware key of the volume control, which can be useful during cold weather when you do not want to shoot gloves. It is curious that during the shooting process using the front camera, the smartphone first gives a couple of countdown seconds, and only then it takes shooting. This makes it possible to have time to choose the most suitable angle. The shooting on the rear chamber is happening instantly. Of the negative points, you can note the impossibility of shooting a photo during video recording, although in most new smartphones this function is implemented.

Software

Huawei Ascend P6 works in this moment On the Google Android version 4.2.2 software platform. Over standard interface OS company installed his own shell having the name Emotion UI version 1.6. All this more fresh versions According to the flagship d2 who came out a little earlier. That and the shell was version 1.5, and Android version 4.1.2. The general view of the same type of drawing of each icon and the widget is only positive emotions here - everything is strictly, seriously, elegant, and no ridiculous medality. However, the latest changes in the IOS graphical interface suggest that many, it seems that such a midwife had to do - after all, they had to carry out some polls in Apple before making such changes. Here, more and more resembles the rigor and seriousness of the IOS past years. Emotion UI version 1.6 suddenly left the Chinese very pretty.

Organizationally, most noticeable distinctive trait The pre-installed branded graphical interface is that in this shell, there is no application menu as such. In the firmware of Chinese branded producers, this is common enough - for example, Meizu or in any other apparatus based on the popular customized "folk" MIUI. Here are all icons installed programs Also automatically laid out directly on the working tables, and the widgets are mixed. Naturally, not only the creation of folders / groups is supported, but most of the already pre-installed applications are carefully decomposed on thematic folders themselves developers. Of course, there are no obstacles to installing any applications from the Google Play brand store.

The settings menu is broken into two partitions, navigating between which is carried out using a selection strip at the top of the screen. In the General section, the developers collected all the functions that, in their opinion, are the most in demand and frequently used, and in the other ("all") - full standard set All settings in the form, as was conceived by Google Android developers.

Additional applications initially preinstalled the maximum number. Yandex applications are collected here, and the full set of Google services, and much more. In addition to the file manager, there will be a right, power dispatcher, application runout manager, as well as a full-fledged package for working with Polaris Office office documents with the ability to create, edit and save files.

Telephone part and communication

Huawei Ascend P6 works in modern 2G GSM and 3G WCDMA networks, support for the fourth generation networks (LTE) does not have the device. The radio frequency of the test smartphone is stable, spontaneous loss of signal and fallouts from the network of the communication operator was not observed. Drawing keys, numbers and letters virtual keyboard Sufficiently small - it happened that they had slipped and erroneous pressing.

Hanging or spontaneous reboots / shutdowns during testing was not observed. You can restart your smartphone with a long-term retention of the power key and select the corresponding point of the pop-up item at the same time or withholding this button for more than 10 seconds.

When submission to the ear, the screen is blocked by the approximation sensor. The illumination sensor controls the screen brightness level in automatic mode. There is a light indicator of events - the point burning in various colors in the top above the display. Added own development of creators - a visual switch of modes (profiles) of work. These are not just sound profiles, such as "on the street" or "silent", and the full modes of operation of all device modules, customizable to the user taste.

The device is equipped with modern network interfaces and wireless controllers: Bluetooth version 3.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n (both frequency bands are supported - 2.4 and 5 GHz). The Micro-USB port has OTG support (USB Host), which allows you to view any files directly with the flash drive adapter, and also connect an external keyboard and mouse. The device allows you to organize a direct connection with other devices via Wi-Fi Direct, as well as create a Wi-Fi access point. But support for NFC, wireless high-frequency communication technology of a small radius of action, this modelUnfortunately, deprived.

Performance

The Huawei Ascend P6 hardware platform is based on a single-gryl system (SOC) of its own production called Hisilicon K3V2, which is the basis of most modern company mobile devices up to the MEDIAPAD 10 FHD tablet. CPU Here has four Arm Cortex-A9 cores operating at a frequency of 1.5 GHz. RAM in the device is provided 2 GB, and the repository that is available to the user for downloading its own files is approximately 5 GB from nominally designated 8 GB.

We compared Huawei Ascend P6 hardware performance in various popular tests with the performance of the other top modern smartphones tested. The novelty, like the flagship of Huawei Ascend D2, has demonstrated very modest performance results, because they are built on the same platforms. However, the test apparatus even overtakes a little on the results of the tests of the vulnerable flagship of the company - due to the smaller screen resolution, which has a beneficial effect on the performance of its graphic subsystem. All the results obtained by us when testing the Huawei Ascend P6 smartphone in popular benchmarks, we are conveniently reduced to the table.

	Huawei Ascend P6. (Hisilicon k3v2)	Huawei Ascend D2. (Hisilicon k3v2)	Sony Xperia. Sp. (Qualcomm MSM8960 Pro)	Google Nexus 4. Qualcomm APQ8064)	LG Optimus G. Qualcomm APQ8064)	HTC One. (Qualcomm Snapdragon 600)
QUADRANT STANDARD. (more - better)	5171	5016	7465	4679	7631	12631
Antutu Benchmark. (more - better)	13357	8921	16410	16089	18317	24619
Geekbench. (more - better)	1554	1035	2012	2100	2197	2661

As for the testing of the graphics subsystem in the 3DMark cross-platform test, then the subject has also shown a very far from competing solutions the result - 2994 points.

In the Epic Citadel game test, the Huawei Ascend P6 smartphone issued modest, but still the best (due to the lower screen resolution) than the flagship of the company, the results. However, as at Ascend D2, this model showed some inconsistency of the system to the test requirements, because they don't even have options for the launch of the most complex Ultra High Quality mode. In general, we got another confirmation that with graphics at Soc Hisilicon K3V2 (Vivante GC4000 graphic core) is very sad.

	Huawei Ascend P6. (Hisilicon k3v2)	Huawei Ascend D2. (Hisilicon k3v2)	Sony Xperia Sp. (Qualcomm MSM8960 Pro)	LG Optimus G. Qualcomm APQ8064)	Google Nexus 4. Qualcomm APQ8064)
EPIC CITADEL, HIGH PERFORMANCE	29.0 FPS.	18.8 FPS.	57.8 FPS.	56.7 FPS.	54.8 FPS.
Epic Citadel, High Quality	33.0 FPS.	17.8 FPS.	56.6 fps	56.3 fps	52.9 FPS.

Video playback

To test "omnivities" when playing video (including support for various codecs, containers and special capabilities, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats that constitute the bulk of the content available on the content network. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have the support of hardware decoding of videos at the chip level, since to process modern options due to the processor nuclei are most often impossible. Also, it is not necessary to wait from the mobile device of decoding everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to PC, and no one is going to challenge it.

Huawei Ascend P6 in this regard quite pleased. Not only are the necessary decoders for playing the most common files in the network files here are already pre-installed (in the third-party popular MX player, you do not even need to switch to hardware mode), so also the phone supports OTG (USB Host) mode, which allows it to work With files, including viewing videos, right from the flash drive. In general, judging by this tablet, the Huawei apparatus is one of the most versatile smartphones to play video.

Format	Container, video, sound	MX Video Player.	Full video player
DVDRip.	AVI, XVID 720 × 400 2200 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduces normal	reproduces normal
Web-DL SD	AVI, XVID 720 × 400 1400 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduces normal	reproduces normal
Web-DL HD	MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 3000 Kbps, AC3	reproduces normal	reproduces normal
BDRip 720p	MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 4000 Kbps, AC3	reproduces normal	reproduces normal
BDRip 1080p.	MKV, H.264 1920 × 1080 8000 Kbps, AC3	reproduces normal	reproduces normal

The MHL interface we did not find in this smartphone, so I had to restrict ourselves to testing the display of the video files on the screen itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with one division by the frame with an arrow and a rectangle (see "Methods for testing the playback devices and displaying the video signal. Version 1 (for mobile devices)"). Screen shots with shutter speed in 1 C helped to determine the nature of the output of video files with various parameters: resolution ranged (1280 to 720 (720p) and 1920 per 1080 (1080p) pixels) and frame rate (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 frame / from). In the tests we used a regular video player. Test results are reduced to the table:

File	Uniformity	Pass
Screen
watch-1920x1080-60p.mp4	not reproduced
watch-1920x1080-50p.mp4.	not reproduced
watch-1920x1080-30p.mp4.	oK	not
watch-1920x1080-25p.mp4	oK	not
watch-1920x1080-24p.mp4	oK	not
watch-1280x720-60p.mp4	excellent	not
watch-1280x720-50p.mp4	oK	few
watch-1280x720-30p.mp4	oK	not
watch-1280x720-25p.mp4.	oK	not
watch-1280x720-24p.mp4.	oK	not

Note: If in both columns Uniformity and Pass The "green" estimates are exhibited, then this means that, most likely, when viewing the films of artifacts caused by uneven alternation and passage of frames, or will not be seen at all, or their number and notice will not affect the comfort of viewing. "Red" marks mark possible problemsrelated to playback of relevant files.

With the exception of two cases (1080p files with 50 and 60 frames / s), when the test files could not be played at all, the intervals between frames (or frames) alternate a bit unevenly, and in one case a small number of frames is skipped. However, uniform alternation of frames is a relatively unstable state, since some external and internal background processes lead to a periodic failure of the correct alternation of intervals between frames, to a pass of individual frames or even several frames in a row in the case of 720p files with 50 and 60 frames / s . When playing video files with a resolution of 1280 to 720 pixels (720p), the image of the video file is output one-in-one, exactly along the screen border in the true resolution of 720p. The brightness range displayed on the screen almost corresponds to the standard range (that is, the range is 16-235) - only in the shadows of the shades closest to black, indistinguishable from it in brightness, but in the lights there are all gradations of shades. In general, the quality of the output of the video files onto their own smartphone screen is quite high, especially if you restrict ourselves to a reasonable resolution of 720p and typical for cinema and serials of the frame frequency 24-25 frame / s.

Battery life

The capacity of the lithium-polymer battery installed in Huawei Ascend P6 is small in the current standards of 2000 mAh. The battery is non-removable, so when the battery fails, it will not be possible to replace it with a new one, and you can not buy a spare.

Uninterrupted reading in the FBReader program (with a standard bright theme) with a minimum comfortable level of brightness (the brightness was set to 100 cd / m²) lasted more than 11 hours, and viewing video from YouTube in high quality (HQ) via the Wi-Fi home network provided For almost 6 hours before discharged. At maximum load in the mode of continuous 3D-game battery withstand 3 hours 30 minutes.

Outcome

Currently, the official price for Huawei Ascend P6 in our market is expected at the level of 20 thousand rubles (presumably, the price abroad will begin from 450 euros). The smartphone externally turned out very pretty, but some details (such as an unnecessary plastic lower process) still darken the impression. As for the hardware filling, there is nothing to be compared here: on productivity, the phone is inferior not only any new product of the middle and highest price category, but even last year's and last year's top decisions. The screen externally is very good, but has a resolution of 720p, which also does not allow to respond about it in exclusively enthusiastic colors. As a result, according to the amount of parameters, the model was quite modest, it should cost no more than 15 thousand rubles, and only a record small thickness to correct the situation is not enough. Huawei has long been time to go close to high-tech filling, and not chasing an external attribute, an unthinkable upholder. We are waiting for the appearance of Huawei smartphones on the market on a truly new hardware platform, and not "in the new packaging old toys." Then, perhaps, the inflation to the products of this Chinese company will not be felt so defiant ...

Huawei imposes high hopes for Ascend P6, which also speak of the pathos statements by representatives of the Chinese manufacturer, and a wide marketing campaign. At first glance, all the prerequisites in order to become successful, the smartphone has. For once, the Chinese apparatus pleases the design and materials of manufacturing, the technical characteristics on paper are also not bad, the price against the background of competitors is attractive.

It is confused by only one thing - a stubborn perseverance with which Huawei continues to establish in its top smartphones morally outdated at the time of exit a year and a half ago K3V2 processors. The tests of previous flagships showed that this chip is characterized by high energy consumption and suffers from lack of optimization in many applications.

In Huawei, during the Belarusian presentation, Ascend P6 assured that there are no problems with the K3V2 processor and the question of optimization is not relevant for a long time. Maybe the company has released a new audit of the system on the chip and besides the design, a new device will really be able to surprise the increased performance and battery life and the time of autonomous work?

Design

If without extra wordsThe ascend P6 looks great. The first impressions are comparable to sensations when you take HTC One in hand. Not because both devices are similar (just the opposite - they are generally quite a bit), and due to the exploratory difference from many plastic clones, flooding the market for Android smartphones. The ASCEND P6 and HTC One models look among their "colleagues" with distinctive devices with a bright personality.

However, all this concerns the mill of devices on Android. If you take into account the phones of the "apple" company, then the halo of originality fills. Not only in photographs, but also the live design of the ends and the sidewall ascend P6 is very similar to the iPhone design elements: metal frame, thin plastic inserts, tray for the SIM card and the way to open it with the help of "clip" - all this has a very and very familiar Damage. Instead of the touch control buttons, a virtual panel with standard Android keys is used.

To completely not copy the competitor, in Huawei revised the design of the lower end. It is made in the form of a rounded plastic insert "Cap". In our opinion, such a solution looks harmonious and not knocked out of the overall stylistry ascend P6. But the metallic thing, similar to the button, turned out to be an alternative to "Hayscrets". The cap, which hides a 3.5-millimeter audio jack, is enough to pose a nail, as a result we have something similar to a miniature sequel. With it, you can open both trays on the right - for the SIM card and memory card.

A constructive such solution is at least unusual. It turns out that the tool for opening slots from the user is always with you. However, if you like to listen to music, then you will probably lose "Shilo". It is still constantly tormented from forever to kill, and if you often connect headphones through the port, then the accessory and will be lost in a couple of days. Trifle, and unpleasant. Although the analogue of "Iskrepki" can be considered as a pleasant addition, with which it is not a pity to accidentally part.

Developers constantly emphasize that the smartphone received metal housing. We visited a white copy on testing, and, frankly, we first doubted the metal origin of the back panel. It does not have such a pronounced grinding effect, which is noticeable on Ascend P6 in the black housing. Instead, the lid suggests a uniform white coating, which is not reminding the aluminum tactile at all.

Typically, manufacturers try to disguise any plastic components of smartphones for metal - paint them into silver color, create the effect of surface integrity, etc. Here, on the contrary, the Chinese manufacturer tried to disguise the aluminum panel under matte plastic, and it turned out very well. Only on indirect signs, we installed - under the layer of paints really metal, although the sense organs can be opposed to this knowledge.

The statement that Ascend P6 is the thinnest smartphone in the world, controversy. Chinese manufacturers have already announced a few even more "thin" models. On the other hand, a big question - will they ever get to us. The device from Huawei is already sold, and in view of its prevalence it can be quite subtle, in any case in Belarus.

The thickness of the case is really incredibly small: iPhone 5 compared to Ascend P6 looks like a real respect (7.6 mm versus 6.2 mm). This is despite the fact that the Chinese device is equipped more cottage battery and a larger display. Even the weight of two models is slightly different.

As for the convenience, impressions are ambiguous. On the one hand, a rather big width (66 mm) together with sharp grains when ticking with a hand creates a certain feeling of discomfort. Something similar to those who hold Sony Xperia Z. On the other hand, thanks to a thin profile and a short weight (120 g), the smartphone does not take a heavy hand, you quickly get used to it.

Display

Huawei does not slip on high-quality displays even for budgetary apparatus, what to talk about top models. Smartphone Ascend. P6 got an excellent 4.7-inch iPS matrix With a resolution of 1280 × 720 pixels (312 PPI). The screen is above all praise. The Chinese manufacturer allowed users to independently adjust the flower temperature, so that the shades can be configured to their taste.

It is immediately clear that the matrix is \u200b\u200bone of the highest quality in the segment. Here you have and high viewing angles, and a wonderful natural color rendition, and the lack of pixelization with a distinguishable eye, and the effect of violet shade almost negligible. The stock of brightness is so high, which allows you to use Ascend P6 under sunlight without problems.

In the settings, you can increase the sensitivity of the touch layer. Then the smartphone can be used in gloves. The function is not better and not worse than in the top models of Nokia. If necessary, the device can be controlled in the cold "dressed" with hands.

Protective glass and fatty coating have long become a standard for smart medium and high price range phones. The device from Huawei in this sense has not exceeded. In general, the Ascend P6 screen leaves only positive impressions.

Cool design, one of the best for smartphones. Display ... Is Huawei managed to make the perfect Android-device? By the way, the totality external characteristics I liked the model even to people who were fundamentally abandoned from the platform due to the plastic clone market flooded. We will look for tricks on.

Functionality

The device is running Android 4.2, but in this case it is much more important to talk about the company Emotion UI branded shell. The Chinese managed to "finish" it, and now the smartphone does not slow down while scrolling the desktops.

The Emotion UI interface is organized according to the IOS principle. There is also no separate menu with applications, all programs are stored directly to the desktop. Almost all the themes of the design and the set of wallpapers look beautiful and even fit into the style of the exterior of the smartphone. Working with the shell is pleasant and easy.

Users are available up to nine desktops. Considering that on each of them you can create folders, worry about the lack of space for labels is not worth it. Rather, Ascend P6 will end the built-in memory or place on MicroSD.

Huawei took care not only about the appearance of Emotion UI 1.6, but also the functional features of the shell. Some "chips" copied from competitors. Until full cloning controls with gestures, like Samsung, did not come, but some familiar options in the Ascend P6 settings appeared. For example, turning the phone, you can turn off the sound, and if you take the device to the hand, the volume of the incoming call will decrease.

With particular attention, developers approached the issue of energy saving. Built-in power dispatcher not only shows the remaining battery charge, but also offers several modes for saving battery consumption. The remaining time of work is shown here at a particular nature of the use of the device (talk on the phone, networking, video view, reading books and listening to music).

The system can determine the most energy-intensive applications and offers to limit them access to work in the background. True, without "bugs" did not cost. In the test instance of Ascend P6 when installing the usual mode with optimal parameters The system works sometimes flew the brightness setting: Despite the manually exposed indicator, sometimes the device spontaneously output it to the average value.

In the smartphone sound settings there is a parameter as Dolby Digital Plus. Perhaps the function should evaluate specially trained audiophiles, but it did not seem useful to us. Listen to music in headphones on Ascend P6 is quite possible, the quality is average, the sound as sound is better and much worse.

Camera

The main 8-megapixel module is not bad, but no more. It is very good for him to take pictures during the day and in the macro mode. Despite some problems with white balance, in general, pictures look nice.

The conditioned apparatus became the first smartphone, which was equipped with a 5 megapixel photo modulus for video calls. It is curious that with it automatically starts the utility, a retouching person in real time. The quality of the camera is not bad, but still it is not clear why such a module is installed as a front camera.

In our edition over the past year a lot of Huawei smarts visited. Almost we all liked this thanks to adequate quality, often - non-sabroval design and good ergonomics. Today with us Huawei Ascend P6 is another thinner smartphone in the world. Maybe, per second, when you read this line, a new grace record holder was born somewhere in the subway, but at the time of her writing, P6 and the mostst is the most. Joke Lee: 6.18 millimeters! It is even less than that of the recently visited Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra (for the tenth millimeters) and accurately less than the iPhone 5.

Technical Specifications Huawei Ascend P6

Huawei Ascend P6.
Operating system	Android 4.2.2
Display	4.7 inches, IPS +, 1280x720 Points (~ 312 PPI), Gorilla Glass protective glass.
CPU	1.5 GHz, quad-core, Huawei K3V2E
RAM	2 GB
Storage device	8 GB, external memory cards
Camera	main: 8 megapixel, 3264x2448 Points, autofocus, reverse illumination, F / 2.0, LED-flash, HDR, Geotaging, frontal: 5 Mp
Wireless technology	Wi-Fi B / G / N, Bluetooth 4.0 A2DP
Battery	lithievo-polymer, 2000 ma-h, non-removable
Sizes and weight	132.65x65.5x6.18 mm, 120 grams

Video review

Design and design

the main feature Huawei. Ascend P6 is a record thickness that will be called "subtlety." 6.18 millimeters is very little. At the same time, thanks to the thin frames, 4.7-inch screen fit in the case 133x65 of millimeters in width and height, which is very compact, firmly shot down the case.

Thanks to the metallic non-removable rear with horizontal polishing and metal faces, the smartphone is strong, monolithic. When you press there are no creak and deflection, the body is compiled perfectly. Weighs P6 120 grams, which is not much, but for such a baby and not enough. True, the tangible weight seems to me more by dignity than the disadvantage. In the palm of the palm of the smartphone lies perfectly, manageable one hand conveniently.

Even when you pull your fingers to the power buttons and adjust the volume located on the right face. Next to them - two holes that require a closet of paper for opening them.

One of them is designed for Microsim's SIM card, the second - for microSD. By the way, if you do not know where, you do not understand right away: the holes are almost identical in size.

From above is the microusb nest. Why is the place chosen so weird? First, in a thin smartphone, you do not particularly choose, and secondly, and in the main - look at the unusual design of the device! If we have the usual rounded corners at the top of the top, then in the lower - the whole rounded surface. On my swing, it is impossible and beautiful.

Where is the headset nest? It is so easy not to delete: it is at the bottom of the left end. Sees this bulge, like a hat from the carnation? This is a plug, which can be seen only by nail. When you do, you detect that it is not just a plug, but also the key that opens the same slots for the memory card and the SIM card.

The idea, of course, is cool until you use headphones - very convenient. Well, if you use? How not to lose this small accessory? Not thought out to the end. I would be lost on the very first day outside the hull of the smartphone. With the connector, too, it is necessary to behave carefully: it is better to use the headset or headphones with a M-shaped plug, otherwise you risk it to break it upon wearing.

Finally, a silicone protective case is included with the smartphone. Good, with key protection and all connectors, special, taking into account the features of the shape and form Huawei Ascent P6. In our case, it is brown, but in the market you can find color options. Actually, in addition to our execution of the hull - black, there are also white, and even pink (what's the happiness!) Options.

Display

Very nice colors, a high level of brightness, good contrast - this is exactly the first impression produces this 4.7-inch screen with a resolution of 720p. Pixel density approximately 312 ppi, so pixels are not visible. Yes, today you can find permission and more, but is it necessary for this size of the screen?

The size, as for me, is optimal for the smartphone, although lovers of the new-fashioned flow - Paulfons - will not agree with me. The screen sensor is very sensitive, as for me - even too. Let's say during the measurements of the screen, the light touch at first led to a double trigger, but over time I adapted to such sensitivity and began to enjoy working with him. A display on IPS + technology is performed, that is, the viewing angles of the smartphone are wide, and with the maximum brightness of the screen, you can consider information while in direct sunlight.

Do you prefer cold or warm colors? I love warmly, so it was very pleased to detect the color temperature adjustment in the Huawei P6 settings. By default, the screen, like most smartphones, is cold. What you can see by looking at the measurements of the colorimeter below (they were carried out in neutral colors).

Interface

P6 running Android 4.2.2 with its own Emotion UI interface. It allows you to choose one of the five topics affecting the appearance starting screen and icons. Unusual drawing of P6 icons rushes in the eye instantly. So immediately and you will not understand what operating system in front of you. It cannot be said that the icons of the mysteries with iOS, even not close. But for some reason their style is much closer to what the apple operating system offers, rather than traditional Android. There are some charm and originality in them, in any of five versions. And yet - folders. Some applications are immediately divided into folders, such as "Management", "Tools" and Other. Naturally, you can create your folders and adjust them. Quick access to the settings is similar to the one that other smartphones on Android 2. It is caused by the movement of the finger on top of the screen down, exposing the panel of the rapid action icons, as well as the call button full settings. In addition to the pretty drawing, there are several cute features in the interface. For example, the ability to adjust the navigation type between the windows. I remember, in P1 it was possible to configure a "cubic" transition, here - walking: at least a cube, even a mill. Look at the screenshots below - and you will understand everything. From interesting default applications, I detected file manager, Polaris Office 4.0 and toy, Raptide GP Water Race with Huawei branding along the tracks. And also - a flashlight. The player is quite convenient: here you can immediately go to playlists, folders, performers, albums, compositions or settings.

System and productivity

So, Android 4.2.2. Moving between windows is smooth, fast (although it is even faster), slow-moving noticed. Applications are also loaded quickly, only you need to follow how many "hanging" in memory and periodically clean it, good, in new android versions This procedure is easy to carry out. The "Iron" P6 got a good: the native production processor about the four cores named Huawei K3V2E with a frequency of 1.5 gigahertz and 2 gigabytes of RAM. The same processor went to other significant company smartphones, in Ascend Mate, Ascend P2 and Ascend D2. The iron is good, according to the results of the benchmarks, the smartphone is approximately at the level of last year's flagships, although he is somewhat inferior, say, Galaxy S3. See screenshots below. Riptide GP, branded for a smartphone and supplied, is perfect, as well as Dead Trigger. And, of course, no problems with the films. For them there is an eight-bib drive, five of which is available to the user, and the smartphone supports MicroSD to 32 gigabytes.

Camera

Those who love to admire themselves and others allow it to do, will be satisfied: the front camera here is at 5 megapixels. However, it is not about it, but about the main module, eight-megapixel. Autofocus, flash - everything is in place. In the light of the day, snapshots are good, although stabilization, especially when the HDR mode is enabled - is not the best, confident hands are required. But in the usual mode, everything is fine. It is possible to focus on the object by pressing the finger. And also pleased macro photography with focusing at a distance of 4 centimeters. She is really good here. Here, look a pair of frames below. In one case, I focused on Paravoza, in the second - on the airplane. Both toys in length are less than my mother's maiden.

And so the camera removes videos:

Sound

The smartphone does not sound very loudly, it is better to choose specific sharp melodies for the call. But with sound quality, everything is completely sudden - excellent. The only speaker issues a very pleasant clean sound, not creaking at maximum volume. The middle is quite detail, of course, almost no high, but there is no low, which makes the sound flat. However, the sound is better than in a variety of competitors. It is a pity that the speaker is located on the back, so it is closed almost all the time. Nevertheless, few listens to music from the dynamics. But in good headphones we get good player, with volumetric and clean sound. So a set "key", living in the audio connector, most likely, will have to change the place of residence.

Autonomy and heating

Anyway, Ascent P6 is an image product, and for the sake of the image of something you have to sacrifice something. Often, if we are talking about beauty, this victim is convenience. In the case of smartphones, this convenience can be considered battery life. Naturally, in a six-millionth case, you could not shove the capaber. She is here only for 2000 ma-h. In principle, with not too abundant use of the smartphone (half an hour-hour Internet surfing, music from work and to work, half an hour telephone conversations, SMS) Smartphone lives to the evening. But if you decide to play or watch HD movies via the Internet, be careful: the battery melts an hour for three at best. Of course, such a compact monolith may not be warm. Huawei P6 during productive tasks (even when working with the camera) heats up sweating. Especially hot with the right end and bottom under the camera. However, it is the Beach of all modern thin smartphones with powerful processors.

In the dry residue

The colleague, who visited the Huawei plant, producing smartphones, was so impressed with the company's production power, which was then predicted a bright future. It seems to me, he was right. Almost every device of the company deserves attention. And let the trust in the brand in our latitudes are still small, especially because of the reluctance to "pay a bunch of money for China", "price tag at S3 level", etc., it should be recognized that the smartphones of this Chinese company are still good. And in design, and in the "hardware", and on the assembly, what we once had already been made to make sure. Huawei Ascend P6 Individual: Thanks to the simple idea with the bottom edge, the device is not so easy to confuse with another. Well, a record subtlety in combination with the monolithic metal make its appearance not only beautiful, but also ... prestigious. I do not think that someone, looking at this device, contemptuously chops and utters the derogatory phrase something like "next Chinese #####". Well, if he says, then, most likely because of the instigacy of thinking, which does not overcome any common sense, no laws of logic ... it costs a little less than 4,000 hryvnia (16,000 rubles). Of course, it is not devoid of flaws, among those - not the best autonomy, the average performance and tangible heating of the case. However, it is not bad for a beautiful image of a high-quality hull and a good screen.

4 Reasons to buy Huawei Ascend P6:

• Very thin and well assembled metal case;
• individual and beautiful design;
• good screen;
• not bad sound.

3 reasons for not buying Huawei Ascend P6:

• Low level of autonomy;
• average performance;
• tangible heating case.