[Android General] KloNom:
Just a small note up first: You can read this review in a nicer format with all pictures in high resolution (including the camera pictures) on my blog ;):

http://klonom.com/thl-t6-pro/

The ThL T6 Pro is a budget smartphone with 5″ HD display, MTK 6592M octa core processor, 1 GB RAM and 8 GB ROM. It is an improved version of the ThL T6S (read the review here). I kindly received this phone from the Antelife shop. You can buy it for roughly 92€ plus sending right here from Antelife at the moment. You can find the review video like always at the end of the post.

Let’s start with the specifications of the happy phone:

Specifications:

-MTK 6592M Octa core processor, each up to 1.4 GHz

-Android 4.4.2 KitKat

-1 GB RAM, 8 GB ROM

-MicroSD-Slot (up to 32 GB)

-8 MP back camera, 2 MP front camera

-5″ HD display (1280×720)

-GPS

-Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity and light

-1900 mAh battery (accoording to ThL)

-WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0

-2G & 3G (WCDMA)

-Smart Gesture

Items delivered:

The ThL T6 Pro is delivered in the ThL typical white carton box with a silver lettering on the top. Beside the phone itself, the following items are inside the box: USB plug (5 V, 500 mA), USB data/charging cable, half transparent plastic back shell, additional screen protection foil (one was already applied), a headset and a quick start guide. The quick start guide is the usual, few sites long introduction to Android KitKat. The headset feels relatively cheap, it is very light and the headphones resemble to “1-Euro-Shop” ones.

First Impressions:

Something which you notice immediately while unpacking is that the T6 Pro is identical to the T6S from the outer appearence (read the review here). You could switch the both phones and you would first notice while powering on, because also the delivered accesoires are the same. This is not meant to be negative comment, since already the T6S gives a valuable impression and has small optical highlights. The phone has a bar shape, while the top and bottom edges are not straight, but slightly elliptical. Additionally the top and bottom edges are completely rounded off, so it creates the impression of being made in one cast in the first moment.

On the front side you can find the three control elements menu, home and back (from left to right), which are applied in silver color. They do not have a backlight, which is a bit troublesome in the dark. This downside is probably due to the low price. The power button is placed on the right side. I already liked the design of the buttons at the T6S because it is made out of transparent plastic, which makes them nearly invisible.

The same applies to the volume rocker on the left side. Both buttons are embraced by a silver ring, pretty nice in my opinion.

The back has a slightly rippled structure. On the back there are the camera, the flash and the loudspeaker.

Both ports are placed on the upper edge of the ThL T6 Pro, one 3.5 mm headphone jack and a MicroUSB port. The MicroUSB port placed on the upper edge is a small downside for me, since a longer USB cable is needed in case you want to use the phone while charging.

The phone is fed with two SIM cards, one “normal” (mini) sized and one micro. Both are placed at the same place facing each other. Beside the SIM slot you can find the MicroSD slot. The battery needs to be removed for either changing the SIMs or MicroSD. All in all, the phone feels valuable in comparison to its price.

UI/Android:

The ThL T6 Pro is running Android 4.4.2 KitKat just like its weaker twin the T6S. Also the slightly modified launcher is used. It is the normal KitKat stocklauncher, but with different icons. Every icon has a rounded, colorfull tile as a background. I personally like the design moderately, but since it can be changed easily this is not a big criteria. The swiping through the menu works without lags.

Performance:

To determine the performance a bit more subjective, I ran the Antutu Benchmark Version 5. The “budget-alternative” T6S scored roughly 19000 points. The improved version with MTK6592M scores around 26500 points. This is a pretty neat result, especially when being compared to the result of the iNew V3 Plus for example, which has the same SoC but 1 GB RAM more, but “just” scores around 20000 points (look here). I did not notice any lags or similiar while playing. Additionally a sample screen of CPU-Z.

Memory:

The ThL T6 Pro officially has 8 GB ROM. In the default state around 6 GB are usable. The memory is divided into phone and internal memory. The memory which can be used for apps is around 2 GB big, while roughly 300 MB are taken in the default state. There is not much bloatware installed: an additional app store, baidu browser, a speedup app, a torch app and a chineses “game center”. The memory can be extended with a MicroSD card, officially up to 32 GB. I just tried a 16 GB card successfully. The ThL T6 Pro does not support USB OTG.

Camera:

...check my blog post for the camera pictures and information ;)

http://klonom.com/thl-t6-pro/

Display:

As already mentioned, the display is a 5″ IPS display with a resolution of 1280x720p. The display is flawlessly and for an IPS display typical a quite big viewing angle. In my opinion it is not an OGS.

Sensors:

The phone has three different sensors in total: light, proximity and accelerometer. All three sensors I could test successfully with the app “Sensor Box”. Just the light sensor does not seem to work reliable all the time: While testing the sensor stuck at the probably maximum of 640 luxes. I can not estimate, if this is a single or series problem.

GPS:

The first GPS fix out of the box was really fast: just about 10 s and the first fix was done. In the next minute the accuracy increased to about 4 m. Beside this, the GPS did not really convince me. Shortly after the first fix, I noticed that GPS test showed a speed – although I was standing at one point. While test navigation with Google Maps I noticed strong drifting of the GPS location. Also while slowly stopping at a traffic light, the GPS signal partly drifted on for about 10-20s, untill it found the right location. Also while standing at one point the GPS location party jumped right around. I just tested the GPS in the out of the box state, it maybe could be improved by GPS tweaks.

Reception:

I did not encounter any odd attributes with the reception. At all places I had the average normal reception, same goes for the WiFi. Also the bluetooth works well for me, I tried it several days with bluetooth headsets.

Misc:

The ThL T6 Pro has a notification LED at the top left in red. It works out of the as a notification LED. The phone is delivered not rooted and preinstalled with Google Apps. The T6 Pro supports “Smart Gestures“. The battery has a capacity of 1900 mAh (according to ThL) and holds surprisingly long. At the end of the day a had around 50% while using it average.

Review Video:

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Conclusion:

I personally like the price-performance ratio of the ThL T6 Pro. It improves most of the weak points of the T6S and makes it to more than a replacement phone. This is under the requirement that not a good GPS is needed or it can be improved personally. All in all the phone gives a great performance for a budget price.