Android_Advisor_Issue_39_2017

ANDROID ADVISOR
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the Cortex-A53) and ARM Mali-T720 MP2 GPU are up
to the job of daily tasks. UMIDIGI also specifies 3GB
of RAM, which will help improve multitasking.
We ran our usual benchmarks and recorded a
low single-point score of 672 in Geekbench 4, and
a still pretty low 1872 points multi-core. AnTuTu also
clocked the C Note at 39,691 points.
Gaming performance was lower, with just 11fps
recorded in GFXBench T-Rex (the best phones achieve
60fps here), 4fps in Manhattan and 3fps in Manhattan
3.1. This isn’t a phone you’d choose for playing games,
though it is capable of casual titles if you keep down
the detail settings. Its JetStream JavaScript score of
20.7 is about average for a budget phone but, again,
on the low side.
Battery life is very good from the 3,800mAh cell –
you should get two days’ use with moderate use. (And
you can always use a power bank if you need more.)
Connectivity
The only real thing missing from this phone in terms
of connectivity support is NFC, as we mentioned
earlier. This will be frustrating if you want to make
mobile payments, but it shouldn’t be too much of
an annoyance otherwise.
There’s 802.11n Wi-Fi support, as well as GPS,
GLONASS and Bluetooth 4.1. More interestingly, this
is a dual-SIM phone that can support 4G on either
card (not all dual-SIM phones do). It operates in
dual-standby mode.
Both are Nano-SIM slots and support all three UK
4G bands (if you’re buying elsewhere then check
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