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O+ Xfinit Review

Display and Multimedia

Its five-inch IPS display is bright and legible outdoors. Photos and videos are crisp, as it sports a respectable HD resolution, giving the screen a natural 294ppi. Colors are accurate, viewing angles are good, and the color temperature is on the cool side. There are also settings for other display settings to be adjusted via the built-in Miravision optimization engine found in the Display part of the settings menu.

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Music reproduction of the device is good, as we got decent sounds over in-ear headphones and through the phone’s stereo speakers. With the sound peaking at 80db using a sound meter, the O+ Xfinit can easily fill up a small, quiet room with sounds blasting off the back speaker. The music app also has a built-in equalizer to suit up your tastes, whatever headphone or music preference you’re using.

Camera

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The camera app is as basic as you get on other stock Android versions. There are other features such as a beautify mode for self-portraits and panorama scene modes, a live photo mode that loops a four-second video into a GIF-like photo, a motion tracking mode, and a multi-angle that resembles a photo sphere. A gripe you can get when shooting is that it automatically shoots whatever is in the lens when the phone is shaken, which can be a memory hog especially for those who might use the phone for action photos.

The eight-megapixel rear shooter can be relied on broad daylight conditions, but often miscalculates exposure when working on other scenarios. The colors may be subdued at times, too. Here are a few sample photos:

The video, on the other hand, shoots only in 720p using the camera’s Fine settings. The same problems exist with using the rear lens as a camera — exposure problems and faded colors sometimes occur on shots. There’s no optical image stabilization, so you’re going to produce shaky videos if you have those kinds of hands. See a sample clip below, taken before the onset of a rainfall:

https://youtu.be/3DQvr8DVUxI

OS, UI, and Apps

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O+ managed to make the onboard Android OS as stock as possible, with a few software tweaks added underneath such as doodle control, a double-tap to wake function, and its trademark air shuffle feature, among others. There’s no problem navigating around if you’re familiar with the Lollipop experience, save for a few slow animations like clearing out the most recent list of apps (which can be accessed by holding the home button). The phone is also generous with its internal storage of 32GB with 26.4GB available for app installation and media consumption.

Speaking of apps, only a few apps have been loaded on the device. It’s noticeable that the pre-loaded Google apps are also less than the other phones. There is no pre-loaded Chrome browser, so you’re stuck with the built-in one until you find yourself another browser of your preference.
 

Continued in next page: Performance and Benchmarks, Connectivity and Battery Life, and Conclusion

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3 Responses

  1. Avatar for Daniel Escasa Daniel Escasa says:

    Doesn’t that run a Cyanogen-based OS?

    • Avatar for silverlokk silverlokk says:

      Check that, I was thinking of OnePlus, which I think doesn’t even run Cyanogen but Oxygen

  2. Avatar for Easy E Easy E says:

    Di ko ma gets kung bakit ambaba ng antutu score nya. Di naman sya full hd tapos 3gb ang ram. Must be the processor.

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