Insignia GOCLEVER 550i – phone test

Insignia GOCLEVER 550i is the latest offering of the Polish company. This time, the manufacturer has decided to hit the low-cost segment phabletów. Is the Full HD screen and a processor ośmiordzeniowy enough to win the favor of customers?

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Abbreviation, or wideorecenzja Insignia 550i

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HOUSING / WORKMANSHIP

As befits the GC

550i stylistically, consistently refers to the other models in the Insignia. We are dealing with almost uniformly colored casing, in which even the manufacturer's logo has not been particularly highlighted (with the exception of a mild groove). This minimalism, however, has its own charm and can appeal to – especially lovers of modest elegance. The dimensions of the new Insignia are comparable to other devices with the same screen diagonal. The phone has a thin frame, so you do not give the impression of "oversized". Housing is almost entirely black. The only element stands out above the rest is the chrome surround camera lens, which according to current, absurd fashion, protrudes above the surface of the rear wall.removable flap, which is a phone back plate is made of matte, rubberized plastic – pleasant to the touch and scratch-resistant, but collecting a lot of greasy stains, which is hard to get rid of. Glass pane covering the screen is surrounded by glossy plastic frame also. For the same material, there are three physical buttons (wake and multimedia +/-). Directly below the display you will find three touch-sensitive, backlit buttons: menu, home and back. The quality of the housing is at a good level, although it can be noted several shortcomings. In a normal, everyday use will not hear too often creaking plastic, we experience the limp "flying" buttons. Subjecting for a mobile intensive endurance tests will notice that the frame is able to bend alarmingly. It is easy to also cause so. whirlpool effect, putting pressure on the screen anywhere.It is worth mentioning about the problem, which can only be a copy of the test – we are not sure whether your phone will be the same, and therefore treat the next sentence so far in terms of curiosities. On the screen of our model is shown spot, looking like the effect of inner oppression phone on the touch panel. Fortunately, the problem is only visible when displaying white color. The external speaker is located in the lower part of the rear wall of the enclosure – produces a sound of pretty good quality, but only in mono. The maximum volume registered by our decybelomierz is 81 dB. 

SCREEN

I do not need more …

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5.5-inch display is based on IPS panel with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels – that is Full HD. The screen shows outstanding color reproduction – nieprzejaskrawione but intense colors are close to natural. The density of pixels at 401 dpi delivers pristine image sharpness, the more visible, with such a large diagonal. Viewing angles do not disappoint – they are almost perfect.

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to adjust the brightness scale is sufficient. Extreme values ​​are not a record, but the screen will adjust to any situation. The minimum value of luminance is 41 cd / m2, while the maximum – 428 cd / m2.

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The touch panel works without any reservations, although it is not able to handle 10, and only 5 points simultaneously. Differs in this respect from the competition – and this raises the question of whether anyone needs and uses more than two or three fingers to your phone …

BATTERY

Insignia manages energy wisely

It is impossible not to have some concerns about the energy efficiency of your phone when you look at its specification. Link with a capacity of 2500mAh, 8-core processor and Full HD screen … nothing, just imagine the battery indicator melting the minute while performing the simplest tasks. Fortunately, it turns out that it is not so bad – nay, even good. Not cavorting games or movies and not exaggerating with backlight, phone quietly without charge should last from morning to evening. [Test slug = "battery" virtual = "conversation, movies-wifi-off-3g internet, internet-wifi, communicator-fi, charging-ac" product_id = "20204"] All measurements were registered at the luminance reduced to the level of 120 cd / m2. Charging the battery fully takes a little over two hours. The equipment can also be connected via USB cable connected to your computer, but it takes noticeably longer. 

CAMERA

Visible progress

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In the case of devices with cameras GOCLEVER it was different. For the most part, however, they do not have a particularly good reputation. Tested the phone is equipped with two systems. Main, located on the rear of the chassis has a matrix 13 Mpix and performs surprisingly good pictures. Under favorable conditions are suitably sharp and colors are almost perfect. Although the lens is sensitive to panning, but you get used to it and more virtual guard when pressing the shutter button. In lower light you can already see some deterioration in image quality, but this is a trend rather standard for smartfonowych cameras. The quality of the video keeps good level. The maximum resolution of the images is 1080 lines of vertical at 16 frames per second. Recordings are detailed, but suffer from liquidity, which leaves a lot to be desired. The situation will improve after reducing the resolution to 720p. Then the recording speed grows to 30 fps. / S liquidity is clearly better.

Sample Images

 

A sample video

The front camera is capable of performing a 2-megapixel photos and record video at a maximum VGA resolution. Unfortunately, the quality of both photos and movies leaves a lot to be desired. Even with relatively favorable light is visible grain and recording rate is below expectations. Application of traditional camera has an interface for the default graphic overlay. There are adjustable parameters such as resolution, exposure and scene mode. The program also has the ability to adjust ISO, digital zoom and autofocus workable.

QUALITY CALLS

It is good, but could be better

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Making telephone calls is very pleasant. Components are responsible for communication, or a microphone and speaker are doing their job well, allowing a comfortable conversation. Picky can complain about the lack of additional microphone to reduce background noise, but personally I did not feel in any way in his absence. Matt texture back cover also has a positive effect on the grip, so even with longer holding the phone to your ear, there is no risk of accidental slips out of the hand of the device. Phone application design does not differ from the one we know from the "pure" Android. Speech so nice, clear and meaningful interface functionality. 

PERFORMANCE

Optimum power with impressive digits

For the performance of the new Insignia corresponds MediaTek MTK6592 system comprising a core of eight ARM Cortex A7 cores clocked at 1.7 GHz. Is responsible for the graphics rendering GPU Mali450MP, and the whole is supported by 2 GB of RAM. We have already had the opportunity to meet with exactly the same configuration for Vertis OVERMAXa Yard. Just as in that model, here the power is plentiful, but should not be subject to the suggestions and try to position numbers used SoC higher than modern systems of flagowców quad.

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However, as the shelf price of the ICC processor is the ideal solution. You should not have a problem with starting and playing on high settings Asphalt 8, Modern Combat 5 and Dead Trigger 2. Furthermore, SoC does not heat up too much as it did in the case of Snapdragon 800 Xtreme Mini Allview X1. [Wptab style = "4" title = "key test"] [test slug = "peacekeeper" product_id = "20204"] [test slug = "android-antutu" product_id = "20204"] [test slug = "gfxbench-fps "virtual =" t-rex-3-offscreen, t-rex-3-onscreen, manhattan-3-offscreen, manhattan-3-onscreen "product_id =" 20204 "] [test slug =" 3dmark "product_id =" 20204 " ] [test slug = "PCMark-android" product_id = "20204"]

Multimedia Playback

Marked in red unsupported formats:

– Mkv, 480p, xvid, 1mbps, he aac, subtitles; – Mkv, 720p, h264, 600kbps, aac / mp3 audio dual; – MP4, 720p, h264, 3Mbps, aac; – Mkv, 720p, h264, 3Mbps, vorbis, subtitles; – MP4, 720p, h264, 6Mbps, ac3; – MKV, 1080p h264, 10Mbps, dts (no support for DTS); – MKV, 1080p h264, 40Mbps – mp4, 4K (3840×2160), h264, 34mbps (illiquidity); – Mp4, 4K (4096×1716), h264, aac, 35Mbps (illiquidity). [/ Wptab] [wptab style = "4" title = "All tests"] [test slug = "peacekeeper" product_id = "20204"] [test slug = "SunSpider" product_id = "20204"] [test slug = "kraken "product_id =" 20204 "] [test slug =" quadrant "product_id =" 20204 "] [test slug =" android-antutu "product_id =" 20204 "] [test slug =" gfxbench-fill "product_id =" 20204 "] [test slug = "gfxbench-fps" virtual = "t-rex-3-offscreen, t-rex-3-onscreen, manhattan-3-offscreen, manhattan-3-onscreen" product_id = "20204"] [test slug = "3dmark" product_id = "20204"] [test slug = "anomaly-2" product_id = "20204"] [test slug = "PCMark-android" product_id = "20204"]

Multimedia Playback

Marked in red unsupported formats:

– Mkv, 480p, xvid, 1mbps, he aac, subtitles; – Mkv, 720p, h264, 600kbps, aac / mp3 audio dual; – MP4, 720p, h264, 3Mbps, aac; – Mkv, 720p, h264, 3Mbps, vorbis, subtitles; – MP4, 720p, h264, 6Mbps, ac3; – MKV, 1080p h264, 10Mbps, dts (no support for DTS); – MKV, 1080p h264, 40Mbps – mp4, 4K (3840×2160), h264, 34mbps (illiquidity); – Mp4, 4K (4096×1716), h264, aac, 35Mbps (illiquidity). [/ Wptab] [wptab_end]

SOFTWARE / FUNCTIONALITY

Clean and a good GPS system

Insignia GOCLEVER 550i / fot.gsmManiaK.pl

The phone is running Android 4.4 KitKat unchanged. Manufacturer interference limited to install original application for remote system upgrades and a few simple, free tools habit flashlight. The interface operates smoothly and stable; during testing has not suspended even once, only a few times slowing down or trimming the animation system.

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I had the opportunity last longer and look more closely at the operation of the GPS on this phone and I can safely recommend it to navigate both pedestrian and car. The unit quickly catches the signal is accurate and very rarely terminates the connection. Along with Google Maps is perfect as a guide to unknown areas. [Test slug = "wifi-phone" axis = "negative" product_id = "20204"] Sensitivity WiFi (standard b / g / n) stands at an average level. You should not have problems with signal reception, where they catch him other devices. So, as most of the products GOCLEVER, Insignia 550i has two SIM card slots (support Aero 2). They can work only in stand-by mode, or during a call by one, the other is inactive. The phone supports USB OTG, so you should not have a problem with connecting external input devices and memory. The condition of cooperation with others, however, the FAT32 file format and – in the case of external drives – dedicated power supply. Available to the manufacturer's left less than 8 GB of memory in use. It is not a large value, but you can always extend it for up to 128 gigabytes of additional micro SD card (note: the manufacturer officially given only 64 GB, editorial Kingston 128GB Ultra microSDXC UHS-1 Class10 went without problems) . Unfortunately, there is no possibility of transferring data to external storage applications. 

SUMMARY / EVALUATION / OPINION

Robust proposal for a fair price

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GOCLEVER Insignia 550i is one of the few devices that virtually no weaknesses – in its price segment. It is a nice, efficient and relatively inexpensive. I think the phone should be of interest to anyone who is looking for a smart phone of this size, regardless of the price.