Smartphone Prestigio Grace P7 LTE - advantages and disadvantages

Prestigio is one of the best Chinese electronics manufacturers. In April 2018, the company released the Prestigio Grace P7 LTE smartphone. The manufacturer claims good performance and wide functionality for a modest price. The gadget boasts a high capacity battery: 3000 mAh. 5.7 inch HD screen. The number of points of the main camera is 13 megapixels. Works Grace P7 LTE operating system Android version 7.0. The smartphone has already entered the Russian market, and its average price is around 8500 rubles. So for the price it can be attributed to inexpensive smartphones. To understand where you can profitably buy a phone, you need to compare prices in several stores. Let's consider this device in more detail.

Packing and completing

The phone is in a branded cardboard box, decorated in red and white.On the front side there is an image of the device itself and its model is marked. On the sides of the box are the main characteristics of the smartphone. On the back of the box, the list of functions and specifications is expanded more fully, as well as information about the manufacturer in different languages.

The set is pretty standard. The box contains:

• smartphone;
• protective film;
• instruction;
• Charger;
• USB cable;
• clip for SIM-cards;
• warranty card.

The length of the charging cord is 1 meter. There are no additional accessories included, like most popular Prestigio models.

Appearance

Prestigio Grace P7 LTE is a classic monoblock smartphone. It does not have any bright or expressive design elements. In general, the phone looks stylish and presentable. Phablet provides the ability to unlock using a fingerprint scanner.

The body of the gadget is combined. The back cover deserves special attention. Its central part is metal, and top and bottom are matte plastic inserts. The body of the gadget can be chosen both in blue and in golden color. Which color is better to buy depends only on individual preferences.

The appearance of the screen

The front of the smartphone is covered with 2.5D glass, which gives smoothness to the curves of the edges. The frames around the display are matched to the body color. Touch buttons are in the interface. At the top of the frame is a speaker. Also nearby is a 5 megapixel front camera lens, light and proximity sensors. Weight is well balanced and is 167 grams.

Due to the large diagonal of the screen, the dimensions of the gadget have become not very compact:

• width - 73 mm;
• length - 152.6 mm;
• thickness - 8.2 mm.

One of the advantages that determines the popularity of the model is the good build quality. When squeezed, the case does not emit absolutely no squeaks and extra sounds. There are no gaps in the body, the joints are tightly fitted to each other. There are no special coatings on the case. The smartphone is comfortable to hold in your hand. Most of the screen and the main elements are within easy reach.

Rear view

The body of the smartphone is not separable. Slots for a memory card and Sim-cards are located on the left side. The gadget supports dual sim with a variable mode of operation. The slot for a memory card can accommodate a flash drive up to 32 GB.

At the top right is a 13-megapixel rear camera and a flash consisting of four LEDs. Also on the top end is a 3.5 mm headphone jack. A little below the camera, in the center of the gadget, there is a fingerprint scanner.

On the right side there is a separate rocker button for volume control and a device launch key. The buttons are secure and don't wobble.

Below is a microphone and holes for the main speaker in the form of a lattice, as well as a microUSB port for charging.

Main characteristics

Screen

The Prestigio Grace P7 LTE has a screen with HD resolution of 1440x720 pixels and a diagonal of 5.7”. Color IPS-matrix has a large viewing angle. Almost at any tilt angle there is no image distortion. There is no air gap between the matrix and the protective glass. The colors look good. Image clarity is sufficient for active games, reading, watching videos and websites. The touch screen supports up to five touches at one time.

The maximum brightness level of the display is 449 cd/m2.Due to the lack of an air gap between the layers, this is quite enough for convenient use of the gadget in the sun. The minimum brightness can be set to 39 cd/m2. Therefore, the phone does not blind and it is convenient to use it even in complete darkness.

The color channels are fairly consistent, but blue stands out a little from the rest of the color spectrum. The color gamut is slightly below the sRGB standard. The colorimetric temperature is slightly above normal, so the colors seem cold.

Prestigio Grace P7 LTE has a good screen for the price, how much this device costs. But there are still drawbacks, although they are not very large.

Performance

The smartphone is equipped with a 64-bit platform MediaTek MT6737, which operates at a frequency of 1300 MHz. The processor is a 4-core Cortex A53. Graphic accelerator Mali-T720 MP2. The gadget is equipped with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory. The phablet has a built-in FM radio.

Memory

Although the smartphone has 2 GB of RAM, only 900 MB is free to use. From the internal memory, 10 GB is available to the user. But its capacity can be easily expanded with a micro SD memory card up to 32 GB. Based on user reviews, the phone can easily handle 64 GB cards.

Possibilities of use

When surfing the Internet and navigating through the menu, there are no delays. The smartphone works stably and without twitching. There are no difficulties with multimedia playback either. The phone accepts most formats, you just need to install third-party players. High resolution videos are also easy to play.

The smartphone without much effort copes with the voice acting of various videos and movies, but the sound quality is average.The sound is quite loud. The volume is enough to watch videos without using a headset.

Games work well. A lot of gaming applications with a large amount of memory and high requirements are launched. Installation does not take much time. Applications launch fairly quickly, and they work without any complaints.

The Prestigio Grace P7 LTE has good call quality. Stable network reception and uninterrupted operation of other wireless devices. The work of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth does not raise any claims.

Navigation works in the GPS system quickly and accurately. The device is very fast. The first activation takes less than a minute.

Operating system

The device runs on the operating system Android version 7.0. The interface has remained virtually unchanged. The desktop settings menu and most of the pre-installed software remained standard. Additional installed apps include:

• reader;
• Yandex services;
• kaspersky antivirus;
• office applications.

Most of one of the desktop screens is occupied by pre-installed applications and new games from partners. Everything unnecessary is easily removed on its own after the first launch.
The phone settings menu has remained standard for the Android operating system.

Battery

One of the main advantages of the device is a 3000 mAh non-removable battery. This volume allows us to talk about high autonomy even without testing.

A full charge with the included charger takes about 5 hours. Through the USB port, charging the battery is much slower.

Consider the duration of battery life at different degrees of load:

• when using only the call function, the battery will last up to 3 days, depending on the intensity of use;
• at maximum load, battery life will last about 5 hours;
• when playing movies - 9 hours;
• for playing the phone is enough for 6 hours;
• You can listen to music on headphones for about 20 hours.

With vigorous use, the battery lasts all day, and in economy mode, you can stretch for a couple of days without additional recharging.

Camera

One of the criteria in favor of choosing Prestigio Grace P7 LTE is the camera. Manufacturers provided the phablet with a rear camera of 13 megapixels with aperture 2.0. The front camera in the smartphone is 5 megapixels. Autofocus is correct. Each of the cameras shows good quality pictures with accurate detail. Thanks to the aperture and the presence of a flash, you can get a high-quality picture even in the dark. The camera app offers a variety of shooting modes, sharpness and focus settings.

How the gadget takes pictures in good light can be seen in this photo example.

How to photograph at night can be seen in this photo.

Conclusion

The budget smartphone Prestigio Grace P7 LTE is a very successful model. In general, the device turned out to be reliable and productive.

It has a lot of merits. These include:

• nice design;
• high autonomy;
• good quality of materials used and dense body assembly;
• user-friendly interface;
• high quality display matrix;
• decent image quality on both cameras;
• sufficient performance.

The disadvantages include:

• location of touch buttons in the interface;
• unavailability of GLONASS support.

If this does not cause negative emotions, then the gadget is quite possible to purchase.

Everyone decides for himself which company is better to choose a smartphone. However, Prestigio phones are far from the last place in the ranking of manufacturers of quality gadgets at an affordable price.