Smartphone BQ BQ-6016L Mercury - advantages and disadvantages

The BQ brand has announced a new product - the smartphone BQ-6016L Mercury. The phone has good features for an adequate price. The emphasis is on keeping the charge up to 2 days. Whether this is true - you will find out in today's review.

Consider the advantages and disadvantages of the BQ-6016L model, delve into the filling and tell you how much it costs and where it is profitable to buy a gadget. Sales started in September 2018, so there are no reviews for the model yet, although it may become popular among budget smartphones.

The domestic brand Bright&Quick is distinguished by the release of budget phones. This explains the use of available materials. For example, plastic is cheaper than metal, while it is more durable and resistant to falls.

Appearance

Smartphone design is minimalistic. The case is made of plastic with a matte surface that will not leave fingerprints on itself.The shape of BQ-6016L is rectangular with slightly rounded edges.

In terms of size, this is a cross between a touch phone and a tablet - length 158 mm, width 75.8, thickness 7.9 mm. In everyday life, such devices are called a “shovel”, but it lies well in the hand. With significant dimensions and a capacious battery, the smartphone weighs only 157 grams. When using a metal case, the picture would be different.

BQ offers two colors - black and gold. There is no protection against moisture and dust.

The power button and volume controls are located on the right side of the phone. The keys themselves are slightly convex, they are immediately felt with the thumb. There is a rear camera, LED flash, speaker on the back. The Micro USB charging port is located on the bottom. The 3.5 mm audio input found a place at the top above the screen.

The fingerprint scanner is located in the center of the rear panel closer to the top. The advantage is that the owner of the smartphone does not get his fingers dirty on the camera lens.

The face recognition sensor found a place to the right of the rear camera lens. The location of both scanners is good, in terms of ergonomics and cleanliness of use.

BQ-6016L implies Dual SIM mode. Slots for two Nano-sized SIM cards are built into the smartphone. There is also a compartment for a memory card. This is a big plus, the user does not have to pick out the SIM card slot from the side of the phone.

Packaging and equipment

The BQ branded box contains a smartphone, a charger, a USB cable, a warranty card, and an instruction manual. The manufacturer has set a warranty for a period of 12 months, which is standard for many brands.

Ergonomics

The 6016L tablet phone is large and thin. These qualities are only useful if the user's hand is large.Otherwise, the phone will simply not be comfortable to hold in your hands. Note that the device glides slightly in the palm of your hand and "rides" on the table due to the smooth body.

The gadget does not have many buttons, they are convex and pressed easily with the fingers of one hand. The keyboard instantly responds to the touch of the display. It can be noted the reliability of the assembly, the absence of play.

The case is a monoblock with a non-removable battery. Every second manufacturer, following Apple, began to produce smartphones with such batteries, the BQ brand is no exception.

Smartphone Specifications

In its essence, BQ-6016L is the successor of the BQS-5520 Mercury genus. The only thing is that the 208 phablet surpasses the two-year-old smartphone in terms of screen size, processor, and battery capacity. It is a pity that the manufacturer did not increase the RAM, users would have liked it.

Screen

The six-inch touch screen occupies 77.82% of the front of the smartphone. Above it is the front camera lens, earpiece, light and proximity sensors. At the bottom of the display is a panel with touch buttons. The large diagonal allows you to proudly call the novelty a phablet.

6016 L has an elongated screen, which is provided by an aspect ratio of 18:9. There is practically no frame around the 2.5D glass, BQ-mobile maintains the strict style of smartphones. The multi-touch function recognizes multiple simultaneous touches.

Juicy colors and image clarity are provided by a screen brightness of 450 cd / m2, a resolution of 720x1440 pixels with a density of 268 ppi. In the sun, the display practically does not glare, the picture is visible at any angle of inclination.

There is an auto-rotate, which, if desired, turns off. The listed characteristics are suitable for watching movies, gaming surfing, reading books online.

Camera

The rear and front cameras with a resolution of 13 MP and f / 2.0 aperture make really juicy shots. The maximum number of frames per second is 30 pieces. Autofocus is present in the parameters of both lenses. It is noteworthy that the front lens has a high resolution. A rare manufacturer will offer a front camera with more than 5-8 MP for 10 thousand.

The functionality of the main camera is standard and wide, almost all the features of a modern gadget are available to the user - touch focus, HDR mode, white balance and ISO settings. For those who like to capture life moments in a photo, exposure editing, shooting panoramas and series, scene selection, and zoom are available. The CMOS BSI sensor is located near the lens.

Photoset user will facilitate self-timer. When you press start, the shutter is activated automatically and the frame will be ready after a couple of seconds.Photographs are geo-tagged if desired.

You can take pictures even at night in poor lighting. The Nightmode function will correct the white balance, adjust the settings and the pictures will turn out to be suitable.

Do not forget about shooting HD-video at a resolution of 1280 x 720. The quality of the finished video is at a high level, the colors are reproduced correctly.

From numerous shots, with the help of Timelapse, a video sequence is mounted. The phone itself will find photos taken at about the same time and in the same place. At the exit, the user will be waiting for a video where the whole day of the protagonist scrolls at a fast pace.

How to take pictures

There are a number of shooting modes in the front camera parameters. For example, Portrait takes beautiful selfies, the main character is in the center, and the background behind is blurred with a bokeh effect. Photos come out like paintings. The fair sex will be delighted with the Face beauty function, the face of the object in the frame improves - the skin tone is evened out and brightened. The face-modeling function will even allow you to correct the oval of the face and enlarge the eyes.

The rear camera is also generous with features. The Automatic scene detection function instructs the lens to set the necessary shooting parameters and independently determine the type of scene in the frame. Depending on the variation of the subject photo shoot, suitable shooting characteristics are selected. The output colors are rich and realistic.

Panorama mode allows you to capture large spaces in one panoramic shot. The effect of a circular view is comparable to the operation of a SLR camera. Sharpness and contrast are decent. "Soap dish" with a BQ phone is no longer needed.

For clear macros, there is a Superpixels feature that zooms the photo up to 64 MP.Now the picture shows not only complex textured fabrics, but also small details of any objects.

Communications

The BQ BQ-6016L gadget does not walk, but simply flies over 4G channels. This is due to LTE Cat 4 with a speed of 51.0 Mbps for download and 150.8 Mbps for data transfer. The phone also works with other communication channels - UMTS, HSPA +, EDGE, GPRS.

The Wi Fi module has 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b standards. The smartphone also supports the hotspot function, allowing you to distribute Wi-Fi to other devices. Bluetooth uses the latest version 4.2 with A2DP, which saves battery power, connects to other devices faster. As navigation systems, GPS, A-GPS are built into the smartphone.

Another advantage would be the presence of an OTG module. Not everyone knows the scope, but the thing is useful. Other devices are attached to the smartphone - a flash drive, a computer mouse, a keyboard - and are charged as needed.

SIM cards work in alternate mode, since the phone has one radio module. When you call the first SIM, the second will be unavailable and vice versa.

For a fairly budget price, users get an FM radio, but the NFC chip for the money is too chic, so BQ did not include a wireless function.

Software

The 6016L is equipped with Android 8.1 Oreo operating system, which has a fresh design, a simplified menu and a high degree of data protection. According to the manufacturer, the eighth version of Oreo reduces the load on network traffic and speeds up the work of smartphone software products.

You can control the gadget, as well as dial a number, using your voice. The function is simple and unremarkable, but it frees up your hands great.

You can unlock your phone in standard ways - with a pin code, a graphic key.Plus, BQ stuffed the device with two more modern technologies - face and fingerprint scanning. Finger-scanner works without interruption, responds to touch quickly. The only thing that is not very convenient is to hold the overall phone in one hand and try to read the fingerprint will not work, the finger will not reach the sensor. You will have to turn the smartphone over and only then scan the fingerprint.

Face-scanner for users will be rather fun, because it does not work right away. In any case, BQ's high-tech approach pleases.

The phone has a flashlight, MP3 player, voice recorder. We note the good quality of the recording without noise. The player supports MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA formats.

Performance

Smartphone BQ BQ-6016L is based on a 4-core processor MediaTek MT6739 with a frequency of 1300 MHz. Core type ARM Cortex-A53. For the presence of so many cores, the gadget can be marked as reliable.

The work of programs is provided by RAM in the amount of 2 GB. The built-in storage of 16 GB is increased by installing a microSD memory card up to 128 GB - good news for users who throw off a large number of photos and put installed applications on the card.

Games do not hang, so a productive device is suitable for gamers. Tanks and less resource-intensive applications will pull.

Battery life

Just imagine, the 4000 mAh battery in the phone is not at all the average among smartphones. The work of a lithium-polymer device with such a capacity is enough for a whole day, although the manufacturer promises up to 2 days without recharging. The battery is built-in with Powerbank portable battery mode. Fast and wireless charging are not available for the model.

BQ company officially guarantees users 6 hours of talks, games, surfing the net, watching videos, listening to audio.

Price

The price of the smartphone is at the level of 9,490 rubles - budget for the listed characteristics. The reduced price - 8190 rubles is offered by the Internet site Ogo! The official BQ store holds the bar for 9,500 rubles. The average price is approximately 8840 rubles.

• budget price;
• Fingerprint's scanner;
• face recognition;
• 2 year warranty;
• smart and productive;
• 4-core processor;
• RAM 2 GB;
• light weight;
• thin bezel screen;

• no NFC chip;
• The battery is not lithium ion.

The BQ-6016L is a mid-range smartphone with good battery, cameras, and looks. The phone supports two SIM cards, which is important for business people. The manufacturer stuffed the device with fashionable features – a fingerprint scanner and face recognition.

If the determining criteria for choosing a gadget are the price and size of the RAM, then the compatriot option is ideal for this role. If the presence of NFC is vital, it is better to raise the price bar.

The phone is designed for everyday work in multimedia programs, listening to music, using the Internet, for active games. BQ-6016L may well take a place in the ranking of reliable and productive smartphones in 2019.