Smartphone Highscreen Bay: reviews and features

At the beginning of this year, the productivity of Russian-Chinese smartphone production was excellent. In 2016, the company released many products, which are now popular. In the number of "newborns" falls and Highscreen Bay. Reviews about this smartphone are left different, so it is difficult to understand whether the project has been successful.

Creativity

The first thing that immediately catches your eye is the name Highscreen Bay. As you know, from English bay it is translated as "bay" or "bay", but here Russian-speaking users can read as "wow", that English delight wow.

In general, a group of creative people who work on the names of smartphones Highscreen, and this time worked on the glory. The name turned out really promising. Well, we will study and consider the Highscreen Bay smartphone. Feedback from users will help us.

Who lives in the teremochke?

Let's start with the box. The bundle of these smartphones is the same. Sometimes there are nice little things that are not alien to Highscreen Bay. Reviews about the bundle basically leave positive.

First, the proprietary box from the manufacturer. It all still schematically depicts a smartphone with its technical characteristics. Secondly, inside, in addition to the smartphone, there is a huge number of "buns". Excellent quality headphones, an additional cable OTG, already famous USB Type C, well, a good corporate case-book. By the way, the latter always goes to the color of the smartphone.

Elegant protection

A book-cover is a separate topic for conversation. The basis for it is plastic. To it have attached enough qualitative leatherette for a cover. In addition, on the front of the cover is a small window-hole. When the smartphone is in the case, its lock mode becomes compact, and all possible information is placed in the window. Thanks to this, you can receive calls and view notifications without opening the covers, and this convenience is noted in the reviews.

Appearance

How externally did the Highscreen Bay LTE smartphone come out? Feedback on design is often positive. Given that the phone can be attributed, rather, to budget devices, there is no curved display, a modular enclosure or special premium materials. Everything is quite modest and ordinary, but at the same time very carefully and qualitatively.

Behind the phone is covered with two-layer plastic, has a matte finish, but with a top ball of transparent gloss. That is, the phone looks matte, but the touch feels smooth. By the way, users are available three colors. Each model has its own version of the back cover texture. For example, the white device received a metallic illusion of coverage, it is interesting to overflow in the light, but, unfortunately, too actively collects fingerprints.

Color Varieties

But the colors of the smartphone Highscreen Bay LTE reviews are contradictory. The most successful, according to the owners, is the classic white, which seems to be as white as snow, but also with a "metallic" tide.

There is also a smartphone Highscreen Bay golden. Reviews about this option are often negative. Many considered it too pathetic, which does not quite match the "filling" of the smartphone. An interesting option is dark blue. From the side it seems that it is black, and if you look closer, a deep blue tint is observed.

Where did they put it?

Control elements are located classically for the device. The camera is closer to the left corner from the top. A LED flash was placed nearby. The lens protrudes slightly above the body, so to avoid scratches, there is a metal bezel around it. The speaker, as usual, is located at the bottom. In order for the bell to be heard, even if the phone is lid down, hardly noticeable protrusions were made on the body. In the center of the back there is a signature inscription.

The lock and volume button are located in the same place on the right edge of the device, at the top there is a place for headphones, and at the bottom there is a connector for USB Type C. Next is the microphone speaker.

Developers cleverly acted with the screen. A black frame around it was made, due to which the size of the display was visually enlarged. Above all, there was still room for the front, the indicator for notifications and a barely noticeable speaker grid. Three famous touch buttons remained in their places from the bottom.

By the way, it is also interesting that the developers as much as possible tried to bring the design closer to the leading flagships. Therefore, in addition to the visually enlarged display, we worked on the thickness of the smartphone. Conducted on the sides of the silver edging, which made the device refined.

As for the SIM card slots and the memory card, they are, as usual, under the cover, next to the battery. On this occasion, some have had problems with Highscreen Bay Blue. The owners' feedback touched the back panel of the device. With the habit, it turned out that it was difficult to open to get to the "sim card". The fact is that for this case there is no separate connector, so you can pick up the cover in the "yusb" area.

Because of the difficulties that arose with the lid and mountings, the owners complained that either the socket had cracked, or one of the fasteners broke. Also there were found smartphone assemblies, in which the panel is noticeably "lyuftila" right after the purchase. Therefore, in the store at this time it is better to pay special attention.

Let's return now under the cover. Change the memory card and one of the "Simok" (there are two of them), you can not remove the battery, but here to get the second "SIM card", you must first remove the battery. By the way, both "sims" in micro format, which pleases most users, since they will not have to go to the salon and change them.

The conclusion about the "beautiful wrapper"

Outwardly, the smart turned out to be presentable, but quite common. It's neat, thanks to some tricks developers even refined. In the hand lies well, and to use on the move it is quite comfortable. At first glance, like quality buttons on the sidebar, although the volume rocker in some assemblies is a little "lyuftit."

The light from the notification indicator pleases with its brightness during the day, but sometimes annoying at night, especially when charging. Therefore, it is better to turn the smartphone over, so that the overly bright "winks" do not prevent you from falling asleep.

Endless war

It should be noted right away that the developers have prepared an AMOLED screen for Highscreen Bay Gold. Reviews about the displays of this type are always different. The endless war between IPS and AMOLED will never end, unless there is an alternative. In principle, this dispute is tantamount to comparing operating systems for smartphones. After all, in most cases, the choice of a particular screen is a matter of taste.

If earlier this question was acute, what to choose - bright, "juicy" and saturated, or more natural and quiet display - then, over time, this discrepancy was forgotten. There was an opportunity to set AMOLED under a more relaxed tone, or to make IPS "juicier".

But in the case of Highscreen Bay, the "Pandora's box" was opened. This is due to the fact that hardware AMOLED, unfortunately, can not be corrected in any way. Only temperature changes are available in the settings.

The users also had questions about the resolution. The display got 5.5 inches, but for some reason the figures are 1280x720. The fact is that for the same price you can buy smart with a resolution of 1080x1920. If you translate these values into ppi, then the difference is 267 to 401, and this is more than significant.

Of course, the numbers are digits, but the reviews on the Highscreen Bay smartphone are positive. If you take a competitor with a higher resolution and compare, the difference is noticeable, and in the use of one smartphone, such "little things" are not visible. Errors can also be seen if you "change" from a better display on Highscreen Bay.

There are no complaints about the viewing angles. The display dims slightly, but the image is not distorted. Brightness is also optimal: on a sunny day it is powerful enough, and in the dark at a minimum level it allows you to comfortably use your smartphone. With automatic tuning, the phone responded adequately to changes in light, although during a quick change it was noticeably "thoughtful".

Vitality

With respect to the battery, the Highscreen Bay Gold smartphone reviews are positive. Despite the fact that many "colleagues" have received a more capacious battery, this model with its 3150 mAh confidently "lives" a day.

If you spend a whole day using your smartphone sparingly - about 10 minutes of talking, surfing the Internet and social networks, as well as background mail, Skype and WhatsApp, then after 14 hours the device will have 75% of the charge. That is, in this mode, he can live more than two days.

If you use the smartphone more actively, then after 10 minutes of talking, two hours of reading and surfing the Internet, one and a half hours of musical entertainment, half an hour of social networking, capturing important moments, 20 minutes of navigation and background work, the device will remain with 40% charge.

These indicators are issued by a test device. In practice, however, different results are obtained. Someone overnight can easily disappear 8% of the charge in sleep mode, while someone with active use of games, calls and navigation smartphone does without charging for almost three days. The most common survivability depends on how correctly the owner "shakes" the battery after purchasing the phone.

Worthy photos

Relative to the camera smartphone Highscreen Bay LTE Gold owners feedback was quite positive. For its price, the device received a decent lens with good color reproduction, focus and detail. This is especially noticeable with good lighting. If you take pictures on a cloudy day or at dusk, noise appears. At night, the lens also produces good photos with a correct white balance, but, unfortunately, all with the same noises.

The front camera is standard for this price category. Selfi spread in the social network is not ashamed, video calls in Skype are also good.

In the interface of the camera pleases a huge number of effects and additions. Therefore, it is better to take pictures in manual mode, so there is more room for imagination and quality. In addition to professional settings, you can find familiar filters, "magic" adjustments or retouching. Also available modes HDR, panorama, night and continuous shooting.

Working capacity

Developers have prepared for the smartphone a chipset MediaTek MT6753, Mali-T720 is running for the graphics. A nice gift is the presence of Highscreen Bay LTE. Reviews about the availability of these frequencies are always joyful, since 4G is now in demand. The owners note that the developers also added a lot of "buns" in the technical equipment of the smartphone. CorePilot technology is responsible for balanced operation, power consumption and heat dissipation.

RAM in the device is 2 GB, of which 1300 MB is available on average. Built-in here 16 GB, of which 11 GB is free. To increase it, you can use a memory card slot.

In other respects, the device is rather mediocre. In principle, the performance of Highscreen Bay 16 GB reviews is positive. Hardly anyone would come up with the idea of buying this model for games, since the graphics chipset is average here. The phone will be able to launch Asphalt 8 at its maximum settings, with a slight FPS drawdown, it's also possible to play World of Tanks Blitz on the "minimals", but eventually the device will overheat and in the process of slowing down.

Commander-in-Chief

The Russian-Chinese project has turned out to be quite high-quality, but so far uncompetitive. Of course, he is still far from the world's flagships, but he could find his audience. Smartphone Highscreen Bay 16 GB, reviews of which are contradictory, runs under the leadership of Android 5.1 Lollipop. Often this device is taken because of a "clean" operating system.

The reason for this is one. The thing is that the company can not boast of the availability of branded software, and therefore the phone on the market goes "clean". It is devoid of unnecessary software, and therefore it can be safely loaded with the necessary applications.

The Chinese have also worked on energy conservation. In the settings, you can choose an economical backlight, adjust the background applications and view the graphs of the spent charge.

The smartphone is not completely committed to Android. If to look, it is possible to find additions and from the manufacturer. In addition to the usual Google services, the phone was equipped with a branded gallery, a compass and an audio player.

Musical fads

By the way, about the music player Highscreen Bay user reviews enthusiastic. The thing is that the player got support for DTS and a cool equalizer. The headphones are good, but music lovers may need a more expensive headset. Basically the same player allows you to adjust the sound as soon as you want. You can amplify the low frequencies, apply sound or choose a favorite preset. Radio support is available, but with a headset connected.

Call me

As mentioned earlier, the phone has two slots for micro-SIM. One radio module is accessible to it. Up to one "Simka" can be reached without barriers, but for the second one you will have to remove the battery.

At first glance everything seems to be normal, but when you install the micro-SIM there are problems. The thing is that some models of phones immediately "ask" about how to use this or that card. In the case of Highscreen Bay, you will have to change everything yourself.

Also, you should immediately set up calls from two SIMs. Normally, the phone will use only the first card, but in the settings you can select the option "Always ask ...", then when you dial the number, the user has a choice.

As for the connection to Highscreen Bay, the reviews are positive. The interlocutor was heard well, there were no breaks.

Too loud

But that's what really caused problems, so it's with an external speaker. The fact is that some Highscreen Bay assemblies have come onto the market with a very loud sound. But it's not so bad, it can be corrected and changed. Often there is a bug where when in sleep this speaker is terribly hissing or fonite during charging. And these problems are observed alternately. Sometimes the phone starts to work normally, without making extraneous sounds, and sometimes even when you open the cover it starts to hiss.

Some users have left this problem after reflashing, some had to make out the return of the device.

Calm stability

Basically, the smartphone Highscreen Bay turned out neat outwardly and stable inside. There is a lot of good in it, it is primarily its design, the "clean" operating system, by the way, is far from the old version, a high-quality camera and a tenacious battery.

He does not lack any shortcomings. And from the previously announced - it's rather a low-resolution display and too "juicy" AMOLED. But in practice, there were other shortcomings. Not always successful assembly, problems with the speaker (not at all) and average performance. Now the phone costs 15 thousand rubles, regardless of the color of the case. And this is quite a fair price.