Vernee V2 Pro Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Vernee V2 Pro - imperfect ideal

A modern smartphone has long ceased to be just a means of communication. Every year, manufacturers are trying to surprise us with more and more functionality, quality of assembly and design of their products. The Chinese company Vernee did not stay aloof. Let the developer is still far from record sales of Apple and Samsung, and in the CIS countries it is notoriously weak, he really tries to create competitive phones that are not inferior to the best representatives of price segments. The hero of today's review called V2 Pro is ready to offer IP68-protection, good technical characteristics, a dual camera, a capacious battery and much more for a relatively small amount of money. Such a list of advantages sounds great, but could an ambitious corporation from China qualitatively combine in one device all of the above qualities and really surprise potential buyers?

The configuration of the smartphone does not cause censures, but the enthusiasm for it is difficult to test. A strictly decorated box of solid white cardboard contains both the phone itself and the charger 2A / 12V for European outlets, a USB cable, a headphone adapter for the USB Type-C port, a modest user guide. His informativeness is low, but it's nice to see the instruction in Russian without any mistakes.

The design of the device is definitely good. Dual cameras on both sides of a smartphone, a fingerprint reader, the original texture rubberized back panel and a display with an aspect ratio of 18: 9 makes appearance PHABLET attractive and quite original.

From the negative points, it is worth noting the rather large frame of the screen on all four sides, the large weight of the device due to the capacious battery and protection according to the IP68 standard, as well as the very controversial placement of the power off and display keys. They are placed on different faces, but almost parallel to each other. Because of the shape of the smartphone, you will often press them individually or together, not wanting to do it yourself. Pleasant in this little. Auto brightness works mediocre, far from always always determining the level of illumination of the room. Particularly strong sensor "thinks" with artificial lighting, almost every couple of seconds varying the level of brightness, then one way, then the other.

OGS-panel diagonal of six inches pleases with a large margin of brightness and remarkable contrast. At a resolution of 2160x1080 pixels, it is not possible to consider individual pixels even at a distance of 20-30 cm from the screen. The color palette leaves in heat, but it is difficult to call such a deviation serious. In addition, this feature of the display makes long-term work with the smartphone more comfortable for the eyes. Oleophobic coating is present, the finger slides on the screen perfectly, however, fingerprints are rubbed with difficulty. In direct sunlight, the image loses greatly in brightness, but remains visible. The minimum level of brightness is slightly overstated, but not critical. Watching the phone in the dark can be done without any discomfort. Thus, the screen of the device deserves the best estimate considering the price of the device.

So the screen appears in direct sunlight.

The technical characteristics of the gadget are represented by the eight-core processor Mediatek MT6763T, 6GB of RAM and the graphic adapter Mali G71MP2 . This bundle is seriously inferior to modern flagship solutions, but it is sufficient for a lot of modern demanding games with low graphics settings. The well-known benchmark Antutu 7.1.0 gave the phone a decent 81259 points, confirming the good performance of the smartphone.

However, in addition to synthetic texts, it is necessary to try out the novelty in gaming applications. Resource-intensive World Of Tanks with a low preset of graphics settings produces approximately 50-60 frames per second with a few drops of up to 40 frames in action-packed scenes. But the amazing Asphalt 9 functions even when the "Performance" preset is not always smooth. Such reviews, enjoy the latest game titles with a good FPS score is not always. The processor warms up to 70-75 degrees after long game sessions, throttling is not observed.

To store music, video and applications, developers have allocated 64GB of ROM , of which the user is actually available about 52GB. The possibility of expanding the internal storage in the form of a microSD card slot is also present. Unfortunately, to increase the amount of memory you will have to sacrifice one of the SIM-cards.

The operating system of the device is a fresh Android 8.1 , provided to the buyer without any major changes to its original appearance. Translation into Russian is close to 100%, but there are a number of applications (Pedometer for measuring the number of steps passed, HealthCare for measuring heart rate) exclusively in English. The only good news is that serious knowledge of this language is not required for their use. The Android interface Oreo, in spite of not the worst technical characteristics of the phablet, can not be called really smooth. Small brakes sometimes occur even in the main application menu. There are also bugs. For example, when downloading the World Of Tanks Blitz game files and unpacking them, the smartphone continuously emitted a notification sound. The developer has been warned about this problem, in the new version of the firmware it will be eliminated with a large probability. The previously mentioned HealthCare indicates the presence of a heartbeat sensor in the phone. It is located on the rear panel, to the left of the main dual camera. He works correctly, almost always correctly determining the real heart rhythm of a person. Only in rare cases, the application asks to re-attach a finger to determine the number of beats per minute.

The fingerprint scanner did not disappoint either. In 19 cases out of 20 the fingerprint sensor was not mistaken and almost instantly unlocked the smartphone. The very location of the sensor is not quite convenient, the finger in search of the scanner quite often falls on the camera of the device. Receiving communication from the smartphone is not inferior to that of most modern phones. Xiaomi Redmi 4X and ZTE Axon 7 do not exceed Vernee V2 Pro in this indicator. The quality of the Internet connection is also not disappointed and is at the level of the previously mentioned models. Do not grieve the device and in the role of navigator. In the room with cloudy weather, the device was able to connect to 6 satellites within a minute. This is more than a worthy indicator, which guarantees stable operation of GPS even in bad weather conditions.

Photographic capabilities of the main 16 and 2-megapixel cameras (interpolation up to 21 and 5 megapixels, respectively) deserves a detailed analysis. In the afternoon, the quality of the images is not inferior to that of the once-flagship ZTE Axon 7. The natural color reproduction, good detail of the images and the correct white balance, even with a little noise, will please even the fastidious user.

With the deterioration of lighting, the modules give out simply poor results at the level of very budget smartphones. The number of parts is reduced to a minimum, there is a huge amount of noise, focusing on the object when shooting becomes extremely difficult. The blame for such problems is the poor optimization of camera software. The manufacturer is warned about the current situation with the night shooting and promised to fix it in the nearest software update. The built-in dual flash of the main modules does a good job of its duties, it can also be used as a flashlight.

Photo with flash and without.

The sensor focus is instantaneous, when shooting video the focus is adjusted both in manual mode and automatically. Dual "front" (cameras in 8 ( interpolation to 13 ) and 5 megapixels ) is mediocre. With room lighting, noises are visible, the overall quality of the resulting self is low.

The loudness of the speaker is average, the graph of the amplitude-frequency characteristic is / -shaped: the bass is practically absent, there is a prevalence of upper-middle and high frequencies, because of which the sound seems sharp. On the one hand, it's better not to listen to music from this speaker, on the other hand it's more difficult to miss a call with a rather bright sound. The sound in the headphones is standard for an Android smartphone without an audio chip or a "DAC plus amplifier" bundle. An unpretentious music lover in good headphones will like it, audiophile is unlikely to be satisfied.

IP68-protection apparatus was tested by immersion in a glass with water for a minute. After such procedures problems with the functionality of the device is not detected. The autonomy of the tablet is provided by a huge battery of 6200mAh . During the night with the Internet and Wi-Fi turned off, with one active SIM-card smartphone discharged to a modest 3%. The same hour of the game in World Of Tanks Blitz on Wi-Fi connection took away from the battery 12% charge, which indicates an impressive 8-8.5 hours of gameplay. The list of additional advantages of the device is replenished with NFC, OTG, USB Type-C port and rational price.

Thus, the developer gave us a solid, technological and long-lasting gadget, unfortunately, not disadvantaged by very unpleasant shortcomings. Let's list all the pros and cons of the hero of today's review.

Advantages: - high-quality housing with IP68 protection;

- a bright and contrasting OGS-screen with an aspect ratio of 18: 9;

- a capacious battery in the 6200mAh;

- a number of competitive advantages in the form of NFC, heart rate sensor, gyro and other sensors and functions.

Disadvantages: - not fully optimized software (lack of translation into Russian for several applications, the presence of some non-critical problems in the work of some programs, not the highest smoothness of the interface);

- frankly weak photographic capabilities of the gadget for night shooting;

- the ergonomics of the phabett makes it unattractive for the female half of humanity;

- technical specifications with a stretch are suitable for the most demanding gaming applications.

It should be noted that the manufacturer is aware of the above shortcomings of the device and promises to fix some of them in the subsequent software update. By eliminating a number of unpleasant features, the smartphone has all chances to become one of the best protected phones in the price segment. And today it can not be called an outsider in any way, because a design pleasant to the eye, combined with technology and autonomy, is unlikely to leave the market audience indifferent.

Thank you for the provided smartphone for the company Vernee .

PS: the manufacturer transmitted information about the operation of the main camera during night shooting to technical staff. The software update with the elimination of this problem will be available to users in late August. Thus, the smartphone will be one step closer to the title of the best IP68-device in the price segment.