[Android General] KloNom:
Here's my review about my experience about the ThL T6S. It is a 5" display smartphone from ThL, placed in the budget category and promoted as "ultrathin". At the end of this post you can find a video with a small unboxing and a quick summary.

You can find the original post in my blog, including the camera pictures and more updates:

http://klonom.com/thl-t6s-review/

Specs:

-Android 4.4.2

-MTK6582M Quad-Core, each 1.3 GHz

-1 GB RAM / 8 GB ROM

-MicroSD Card Slot

-5 MP back (after ThL Website, interpolated to 13 MP), 0.3 MP front (also after ThL Website, interpolated to 2 MP)

-GPS

-5" Display with resolution 854x480

-1900 mAh battery

-Sensors: Gravity, Proximity & Light Sensor

-Notification LED

-WiFi, Bluetooth

-Dual SIM

Buying Process & Delivery:

I bought the phone from the spain warehouse from Antelife, you can find it here. The delivery time was good, the phone arrived three weekdays after the order. The delivery was splitted up between UPS (delivering in Germany) and the spanish parcel service "Nacex", which I did not know before. The phone was delivered in a plastic-parcel bag, similiar to the ones from DHL-Express.

First Impressions:

The parcel was obviously opened immediately after the parcel service brought it. A short unboxing video (just to show what the box contents are) is available in the first part of the attached Video. The ThL T6S comes in the ThL typical white box with silver printing. The mobile itself comes in a small half transparent plastic bag. A display protection film was already applied, just the "upper" foil had to be removed. Beside the obligatory wall charger (5V with 500mA) with USB cable, a plastic case, a headset and a second protection foild was included. Although the T6S is placed in the low budget price segment, it feels valuable. The weight is somewhere in a nice balance between heavy and light in my opinion. Here you can see a small picture:

Design:

The design is quite nice in my opinion. It is relatively plain, but differs at several point from the often used "general-chinaphone"-design. The upper and bottom edges are completey rounded off, so it gives an impression as it would be one cast part. The back is rippled very slightly, which feels nicely. The side-edges are bordered with a silver ring. A point which a I like especially are the control buttons (standby upper right and volume rocker on the upper left). The are inside the silver ring and nearly invisible. Only at a closer sight or feeling you can notice them. A negative influence towards the pressure point is not noticable. At the bottom of the display the android buttons Menu, Home and Back (from left to right) are placed. The Micro-USB port is situated on the top beside the headphone port.

The second picture shows the T6S in comparison to the ThL W200 (T6S top, W200 bottom). You can see, that both phones have roughly the same size. The T6S does not really deserve the title "ultrathin" as stated on the ThL website, although it is not too thick.

The phone is delivered in a relatively "clean" Android 4.2.2. Just the icons are added an colorfull background with rounded edges. To get an idea, here are two screenshots:

Performance:

While using the ThL T6S, no lags or similiar were bothering me. The launcher is not lagging and is browsed smooth. Also Youtube videos are loaded immediately and do not lag (which is not to be expected differently, since the max. resolution is 480p). To determine the performance a bit more quantitavely, the Antutu benchmark was executed. With its score of roughly 19000 points the T6S should have enough power for the daily use, as well for a little bit more.

Memory:

The memory is 8 GB large according to the ThL website. The memory distribution is like the following: 2.26 GB of internal memory and 3.88 GB of telephone memory. The internal memory is filled with around 289 MB from the beginning. Surely some memory could be cleaned with removing some bloatware. In general the internal memory offers enough capacity for me, especially in combination with App2SD. As an extension I am using a 32 GB MicroSD card, which is detected flawlessly from the T6S.

Camera:

...check my blog for the pictures and more ;)

Display:

The T6S has a display diagonal of 5" with a resolution of just 854x480. The IPS display itself is from the company JDI, which is supposedly also producing the display for the HTC One. It is noticable that is not a FHD dispaly since you can see the pixels when looking closely. In my opinion, the resolution is acceptable relating to its price, especially when using it as a second mobile or when you anyway do not expect a HD resolution. However, the viewing angle is very good. The picture stays constant for nearly 180°. The T6S is no OGS. If you want to take this as an advantage or disadvantage is up to you.

Sensors:

The phone with the happy technology inside contains three sensors: acceleration, proximity and light. I did not test the accelerometer sensor in particular, whereas the switching to landscape mode happens quick and reliable. Also the proximity sensor worked reliable-the phone display always turned off while calling somebody. The light sensor on the contrary just works limited as in many chinaphones. The automatic brightness adjusts nicely in "clearly defined" situations (very dark/very bright). While in situations in between, the brightness randomly "jumps" in a few seconds period. That's why I turned off the automatic brightness again.

GPS:

The very first GPS fix was surprisingly fast, after just about 10-15 seconds my position was determined. After roughly the double time the accuracy increased to about 12 feet. For additional testing I did some test navigation. I did not experience any disconnects and just one time a "drifting" from the street. Anyhow, the reaction time is not very high. When movement is stopped, it takes several seconds untill the GPS is up to date. As a second application, I played some Ingress. A similiar behaviour was noticable here. To summarize, the T6S is suitable for basic navigation and GPS applications. It should be emphasized, that the GPS is working out-of-the-box, without any GPS tweaks or similiar.

Reception:

The reception as well as the transmission quality is good. While using it for everyday use, I did not notice any disconnects or a comparable bad reception. Also the Wi-Fi reception is good. As well as in my appartment or in public places I experienced comparable acceptable or good Wi-Fi reception.

SIM-Slots:

The phone has two SIM-Slots. The SIM-cards are placed on top of each other. One slot is Standard (Mini) SIM, while the other one is Micro-SIM. Both slots can work in 3G, but just one at a time. Which one is using 3G can be set in the Android menu.

Misc:

The T6S has a red notification LED on the top right beside the loudspeaker. It lights up constantly while charging and works out-of-the-box as a notification LED for system-notifications. The phone is delivered unrooted, whereas it should be reportedly easily rooted with the one-click program "VRoot". Although I did not try it be myself. Google Apps are already installed on the phone. Additionally a chinese appstore, DU Speed Booster, Baidu Browser and a chinese Game Central are installed. This is the only bloatware you can see at without going deeper in the system. The battery seems to be quite small with its capacity of 1900 mAh, but after a normal day with bluetooth turned on the battery was still charged with around 60%. The low power consumption is probably explained by the low display resolution. A small detail which I noticed is that the vibration alarm is quite weak.

Conclusion:

The ThL T6S is quite a good low-budget phone. To the low price it offers some functionality which just available in general on higher priced phones or with additional tweaks (e.g. the GPS). Additionally I like building quality, since no slits are obviously visible, the battery closing is holding firmly and the weight is comfortable. Although the display is not full HD, it is has a nice quality. In general it can be said, that the T6S has a good cost-benefit ratio. The T6S is not a smartphone with the best specs available, but recommandable for the daily use or as a second mobile.

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