Smartphone Prestigio Wize Q3 - advantages and disadvantages

In 2018, the Chinese company expanded its line of budget gadgets and introduced the Prestigio Wize Q3 smartphone to the market, the advantages and disadvantages of which remained the same, unchanged for the entire series. The company's devices attract with price and functionality. They do not differ in originality, borrowings from the flagships of more expensive brands are clearly visible. However, for their price category, the devices turned out to be very interesting and were able to win their market share.

Specifications

Equipment

The package includes:

• smartphone;
• charger with standard cord size;
• instruction;
• guarantee.

general description

It is not always easy to choose a phone for yourself or for friends and family. The presence of various models on the market only confuses, not knowing what to look for, making a choice is not an easy task. Many budget options are not inferior in performance to expensive flagships. The performance of such devices not only corresponds to its price category, but such devices are quite capable of competing with expensive phones. These phones include the devices of the Prestigio company.

The company entered the Russian market relatively recently, compared to other more well-known brands. The company is known all over the world as a manufacturer of oversized electronics. The company produces low-cost phones, tablets, and other gadgets for cars. Products take their market share due to low cost. It is this factor that plays a key role in such a rapid increase in the popularity of their electronics around the world. The company equips its products with a mass of additional options, which, together with the price, bribe consumers.

Smartphones of this company are in the top of the leaders in price and quality. And in some countries, it is these models that occupy the first points of the sales rating. There are about seventy such countries.

Design

When looking at the appearance of smartphones in detail, you come to the conclusion that the manufacturers borrowed the elements they liked, and then decided to combine them with each other. Why design becomes very interesting. If you remove the company logo from the cover of the phone, then Prestigio brand phones can be easily confused with Samsung.

This similarity in the products of manufacturers of cheap electronics is understandable. The company sells its goods in a cheap segment. Buyers also get their share of the benefits by purchasing devices with an interesting design for little money.

And not all users can afford expensive counterparts, and buying expensive flagship smartphones does not always justify the cost of acquiring them. For example, it is not advisable to buy an expensive device for a child, knowing that he will definitely break or lose it. Prestigio phones are just such a case: the buyer receives a phone that is similar in appearance and has a number of useful options at an affordable price.

Display

A significant drawback of such phones is the low resolution of their displays, which does not even reach FullHD. Screen sizes of five inches with low resolutions give image quality with poor performance. Conventional push-button phones have these characteristics, but their screen sizes are smaller, so there is no obvious pixelization of images.

With the increase in screens, the squares that make up the pictures are already visible to the naked eye. The higher the picture quality, the clearer the pixels are. For good games, this screen is not suitable. However, for its price class, this quality is considered acceptable.

The declared aspect ratio of 18:9 actually seemed smaller, only 16:8. This reduction was achieved due to the stripes on the side and top.Many people think that it would not hurt to remove them altogether. But the manufacturers decided otherwise. They do not spoil the overall appearance, there are enough fans of such screens.

Camera

The main camera has 8 megapixels of resolution. However, even here there is a discrepancy with the declared parameters. If you look at how she takes pictures at night, or in general, how she takes pictures even in good light, you understand that the figure barely reaches 5 megapixels. It is clear that the matrix manufacturers put one of the cheapest. Although even with such savings, imitation of their expensive counterparts is clearly visible.

The creators did a good job and added a lot of useful functionality: autofocus, digital zoom, smoothing sharpness, manual focus, shooting video and photos with digital quality processing. But even with digital enhancement, you should not expect high quality from cameras. There is no need for this, since the screen resolution is low, there will be an imbalance, which will lead to a decrease in the overall performance of the phone. There is an automatic flash, which pleases, but, according to user reviews, it does not always work.

Processor and Memory

The presence of a smart chipset makes the phone competitive even among middle-class devices. Such a filling raises the device by a rank or even two. It is able to cope with many functions and satisfy most of the needs of users. In general, Cortex processors have proven themselves well. With a clock speed of 1.2 GHz, the processors are able to handle large amounts of information. Of course, they are not suitable for active games, games will simply freeze, but such chipsets are very suitable for working on the Internet, surfing, social networks. Sometimes you can’t say that the filling is one of the cheapest.If you do not set difficult tasks for the device, then the device lives up to expectations.

Another unpleasant moment, which is noted by almost every second user, is the pre-installed programs from Google. This should not be considered a disadvantage. The annoying factor of such programs is the constant desire to get into the Internet. At low speed or weak signal, they reduce the overall performance of the device.

But 1 GB of RAM is really not enough. Although in previous versions it was generally only 512 MB. With good internet speeds with little online video memory, large pages just start to freeze. You will have to be content with videos and photos of lower quality so as not to clog the cache, requiring less swap space. This problem is solved using the option to reduce the number of background tasks. But such a measure is only a way to temporarily restore the phone's performance. 8 GB of permanent memory also runs out very quickly, especially when saving music, photos and videos to disk. You will have to buy removable media.

autonomy

Another weak point of the smartphone is its battery. 2000 mAh is enough for four hours of active use. Therefore, there is no need to talk about increased autonomy. Although the parameters correspond to even the simplest Lenovo or Samsung devices, Prestigio batteries run out much faster. Manufacturers tried to solve this problem by installing a chipset with low power consumption, but it is obvious that they could not find a solution.

It may seem that four hours of active work is enough, but it is not. It is not always possible to additionally charge your device.In cases of extreme need for a phone, it can treacherously fail, being discharged at the most inopportune moment.

Reviews

User opinions about smartphones from Prestigio are divided. If you read the forums, then the same characteristic has a double opinion. Some complain about the system freezing, others work perfectly. No freezes, no problems with work. It should be noted that such opinions are completely subjective. If you do not know the technical characteristics and real capabilities of the phone, then just such a problem appears, associated with a decrease in device performance. When buyers make high demands on a cheap device, and in return receive poor quality work.

Many users complain about low autonomy. The battery lasts just a couple of hours. Again, by referring to forums about devices from other brands, it is clear that this problem exists with other companies. They all solve the problem in different ways. Basically, they solve it by reducing the brightness of screens, increasing performance and reducing the power consumption of chipsets. Prestigio has not yet been able to solve this problem to the end. Such a device is not for active phone users. If it is reasonable to spend the battery charge, then it is quite possible to achieve twelve hours of work.

Conclusion

Advantages:

The advantages include:

• low price;
• stylish design;
• useful options.

Flaws:

The disadvantages include:

• poor performance;
• low screen resolution;
• small battery capacity.

The phone is quite capable of competing with mid-range devices. The similarity of appearance with brands of more famous brands makes the design original.For their price, they have good inclinations for development.