Smartphone Explay Tornado: reviews and review

The Russian brand Explay is among the leaders in the market of mobile devices in Russia. The company produces inexpensive high-performance and functional devices. Among them are the smartphone Explay Tornado. What are its features? What is interesting about his fellow - tablet Explay Tornado?

Main Features of Smartphone

The main feature that is characterized by the smartphone Explay Tornado, reviews of which are spread on a huge number of mobile electronics enthusiasts - support for 3 SIM-cards.

But also other possibilities of the device also deserve attention. At least because the company Explay is known as a supplier of devices that successfully combine functionality and reasonable price.

Device Features

Let's study the key features of the smartphone Explay Tornado. The feedback of many users regarding them is extremely positive in terms of comparison with the democratic price of the device.

The device is equipped with a large enough screen - 4.5 inches. The resolution of the display is 854 by 480 pixels. Its structure uses a high-tech matrix IPS.

Processor MediaTek 6582, installed in the smartphone, has 4 cores and runs at a clock speed of 1.2 GHz.

The phone supports communications in 2G and 3G standards - and on all three SIM-cards. With the device, you can also connect to Wi-Fi networks, GPS. There is support for Bluetooth.

The amount of RAM installed in the device is 512 MB.

The amount of built-in flash memory is 4 GB.

There are two cameras. The main one has the resolution of 5 megapixels, the front one - 0.3.

Battery capacity: 1550 mAh.

Dimensions of the device are as follows: length - 65.6 mm, width - 32 mm, thickness - 9.2 mm. The machine weighs 141 grams.

The device is available in several colors - white, black, blue, red, and green. For example, in Russia the modification of Explay Tornado White is very popular. Comments on his design are very positive.

White color makes the phone suitable for both young people and people who, by virtue of their profession or way of doing - for example, businessmen, wear clothes in a conservative style. Distributed in the shops of the Russian Federation is also a modification of the device black - Explay Tornado Black. Comments on its design are also quite positive.

This model will look great, for example, against the background of a classic costume. But regardless of what color phone - whether it's a stylish White model or a strict smartphone Explay Tornado Black, - user reviews are unanimous in one: the devices are consistent with modern trends in the design of mobile devices. It is noted that the quality of assembly and materials in all color modifications is the highest.

Appearance

What does the device look like? Appearance Explay Tornado (reviews of many users confirm this) - modern, stylish, moderately conservative. The device at this point of view is suitable for people with a wide variety of preferences in the field of fashion and style, as we noted above. On the back of his panel there are quite unusual patterns, stylized under the skin.

The camera is not located in the center of the device, but in the upper left corner. It is equipped with a rather spectacular LED flash. In the lower part of the case there is a speaker, covered with an elegant perforated shutter. In the right part of the device there is a power button, as well as a key for controlling the volume of the sound. There are no items on the left side of the device. At the top of the device - a slot for connecting a microUSB wire, as well as a headphone jack. Below - a microphone.

The display of the device is covered with a durable protective glass. Above it - a speaker, an additional camera, as well as light and proximity sensors . Here is the signal LED. Under the screen there are standard touch buttons - go to the menu, "home" and "return". Screen - with support for "multitouch" (up to 5 simultaneous presses).

To install the SIM card in your device, you need to remove the back cover and remove the battery. Each of the three SIM cards is installed in a separate way. It can be noted that the slot formats for the 1 st and 2 nd cards are standard, for the 3 rd - only the micro SIM.

Display

The display is another important characteristic of Explay Tornado. Feedback from users regarding this component is positive. First of all, it concerns the size of the screen - it is 4.5 inches, this figure can be considered optimal for a device of this type. The manufacturing technology of the display matrix is IPS, the image quality is excellent, but as noted by some specialists, the screen brightness margin is not very large.

Camera

The main camera of the device has a resolution of 5 MP. This is a good indicator. The truth is there is no autofocus - however, a similar option is missing in many "bonus" devices. As a software interface is used from Google, which is characterized by simplicity and ease of use.

Software

Mobile phone Explay Tornado (reviews of many users characterize this property on the positive side) is controlled by the Android OS in version 4.4.2 without any localizations and additional interfaces. This appeals to many enthusiasts of mobile electronics, tired of those or other branded concepts. Among the noteworthy software options is the ability to manage the smartphone with a variety of finger movements across the screen thanks to the multi-touch display support.

Software features are standard for devices running Android OS. Apart from downloadable applications from the corresponding online stores, the smartphone's software shell includes very useful options for the owner. This is an alarm clock, a scheduler, a convenient application for working with the camera. Regarding the installation of third-party software, the performance of a smartphone can be characterized as sufficiently high for it to run popular programs, as well as undemanding games.

Actually about the performance. Let us consider this aspect in more detail. How impressive is it, based on the characteristics of the "hardware" of the smartphone? And what do users say about this?

Performance

To what extent can the Explay Tornado phone be considered productive? Feedback from users who tested it with games and various applications, on the whole characterize the device as quite suitable for launching popular games and programs. Due to the fact that the device has a relatively small amount of RAM - only 512 MB, demanding games, unfortunately, will be slightly slowed down.

However, a productive processor with a frequency of 1.3 GHz and 4 cores, as well as a built-in module for processing graphics such as Mali400MP largely compensates for the lack of RAM.

Autonomous work

As we noted above, the battery capacity in the smartphone is 1550 mAh. By the standards of the modern market, this, I must say, is not enough. What do experts say about the Explay Tornado smartphone for autonomous operation? The responses of experts, as well as users, on the whole characterize the device as very average with respect to the function in question, which is not surprising, based on the battery capacity indicators. The battery lasts about one day with a sufficiently intensive use of the device.

It can be noted at the same time that autonomous work for many smartphone users is by no means the most important criterion. And therefore, if one device has more attractive performance characteristics than the similar one with the same cost and with a battery capacity higher, then the first one will be chosen with high probability. Surely so did many enthusiasts of mobile electronics, who wanted to buy Explay Tornado. Perhaps it was more preferable for them to have a device with a processor in 4 cores and 1.3 GHz, an excellent display and a modest battery than a gadget with not the most powerful hardware, but a capacious battery.

In addition, not every similar smartphone can support on all three SIM-cards - like Explay Tornado - 3G. Reviews related to this remarkable phone feature are the most positive.

In the hands of the user gets a tool with a characteristic that is very important in some cases - for example, if you need to quickly switch from one operator to another - with a cheap tariff option for accessing the Internet.

User Reviews

This is our small, dedicated to the features of Explay Tornado review. Feedback from users, however, will also be important to us in terms of better study of the smartphone. What do the owners of the device say, thoroughly experienced it in the design aspect, both in terms of performance, and with respect to its notable features?

Users describe the device as a whole as a device, which has very few analogues in the aspect of correlating quality, performance and price. It can be noted that such a feature of the device as a modest battery, although noted by users, but does not imply a significant adjustment of opinion on the smartphone.

Design, as we already noted above, the owners of the device praise, and this applies to the phone in all its color solutions. To use the device, as many enthusiasts of mobile electronics believe, it is convenient. In many respects it is promoted by the functional screen with support of "multitouch".

The opinion on the device among Russian users is generally positive. Undoubtedly, the Russian brand Explay has managed to offer the market a competitive, high-performance, stylish and in-demand device. And for an adequate price - about 4900 rubles.

Senior fellow

The smartphone we are considering has a colleague - the Explay Tornado tablet, reviews of which are also popular on thematic portals of mobile electronics enthusiasts. What are the features of this device? Consider its key features, and also compare them with the corresponding parameters of the smartphone Explay Tornado. Of course, the comparison will be very conditional - since the devices belong to different classes. But we focus our attention on the possible similarities.

Explay Tornado tablet: specifications

The display of the device is 7 inches, the resolution is 1024 by 768 inches. The type of the matrix is IPS. It is clear that in terms of the size of the display the tablet will be larger. Similarly, the screen supports the multitouch function. Technologically, the displays on the smartphone and tablet are very close.

The processor installed on the tablet is MediaTek MT8312. Unlike the chip, which is equipped with an Explay Tornado smartphone, it has 2 cores. The clock speed of both processors is the same. However, the microchip MT8312 is adapted for the tablet. In this sense, the corresponding hardware components, as well as the devices themselves - of different classes.

The amount of RAM in the tablet is 1024 MB. This is 2 times more than in a smartphone - actually, due to the difference in device classes.

The amount of built-in flash memory is 8 GB. It is possible to connect additional memory modules - up to 32 GB.

Characteristic in which the smartphone Explay Tornado even wins from the older brother - the resolution of the main camera. In the tablet, the corresponding figure is 2 MP - much less than in the smartphone. The additional camera of both devices has the same resolution - 0.3 MP.

Both devices support connection to a computer via microUSB, work with wireless networks, communication via Bluetooth. There is support for GPS.

On the tablet you can install 2 SIM-cards of the usual format, and it, like a smartphone, supports Internet connection via 3G.

Well, despite the accessories belonging to different classes, their technical characteristics are quite close and indicate that the devices are designed to solve approximately the same tasks: access to the Internet from any available channel, be it WiFi or 3G, the launch of undemanding games and applications, Photographing on an amateur level.

Advantages of Explay Tornado tablet

Note that not every device of the corresponding class supports, like the tablet Explay Tornado, 3G. The feedback from many users and experts on this subject is very enthusiastic. In this case, the tablet is characterized by very decent parameters in the aspect of "iron", which makes it also competitive when compared with analogs in the aspect of other functions. Regarding price - in this sense, the Russian brand adheres to its traditions: to supply not only productive but also inexpensive devices to the market. It's worth an Explay Tornado tablet of about 6500 rubles. Not every competing brand will be ready to offer the Russian user a comparable analogue for key characteristics at the same price.