[Android General] HrCorreia:
REVIEW POWERED BY

KEP oNe

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Presentation:

Open since January 2015, the Kepphones, is a Portuguese company dedicated to the commercialization of mobile phones and accessories, on July 16 decided it was time to commercialize theire own brand equipment, was by that time was officially launched Kep oNe.

The Kep oNe, appears on the market as a with something different from what we used to see in most Chinese brands at a time when every new equipment announces more cores and more RAM and other specs we need research to understand what they are for, Kep oNe presents itself as a good solution though less powerful than the competition coming from the east.

Unboxing and Equipment Description:

We received the phone within a normal black cardboard box, labeled with the brand and model on the back of the box we find the specifications of the equipment, all very simple and efficient.

The Kepphones sent for testing a unit of gray, and there is also a white version.

The Kep oNe have a fairly minimalist aspect, the touch buttons are not backlit, they stand out from the remaining screen through a simple silver design that shows your location and function, making them very discrete, integrating them well in front of the phone. The LED notifications, lying at the top, with the front chamber of 5mpx, and the proximity sensor.

All around the phone, we find one of the same gray plastic rim that we have in front, despite the entire interior of the phone is made of aluminum. The frame is plastic, malleable giving some extra protection if dropped.

On the right side we find the power and volume buttons, which are the same gray color as the rest of the equipment.

On the bottom, we'll just find hole for the Micro.

At the top we can find the audio jack, and a Micro USB port, used to upload the Kep oNe as well as for connecting to a PC and transfer data.

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The back cover of this mobile phone, has a very soft touch coating, making it very comfortable to be held for extended periods of time. In it we have the brand of equipment, in addition to the 13,3mpx and flash LED Camera, we can also find the loud speaker, although the case present a double grid which would indicate the presence of two speakers actually only have one.

Along with the phone Kepphones provides a high efficiency charger, able to charge the monstrous battery 6050mAh of Kep oNe in less than 2:30 a.m., and to put in about 70% in just over 30 minutes. In addition, it also sent a pair of headphones, and always useful silicone case to protect your phone. It should be noted that the equipment is already with a protective film of the pre placed on the screen.

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Operating System

The Kep oNe comes with pre-installed Lilipop android 5.1, and with a totally stock Android firmware without any pre-installed useless applications, or fancy icons, all very simple and professional.

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[B] screen [/b]

The 5.5 "screen equipping Kep oNe is IPS, and thus excellent viewing angles without changing the colors or distortion, has a resolution of 720x1280p, the colors are vivid, and quite nice.

Its use in brightly enviroment or direct sunlight on the screen is not affected, since the screen brightness fix this easily, so you can easily see what's on the screen. But in dark environments, the minimum brightness value is still quite high, which means that becomes something uncomfortable to use for long periods of time at night, for web pages display have to install a browser that allows you to turn night mode, contrary case is tiring to your eyes.

[B] Performance [/b]

The Kep oNe has a very fluid navigation not finding any difficulty in the transition between windows and menus.

The benchmark is an important point for many people when deciding which mobile phone they will buy, the Kep oNe having a MT6735 Quad-core 1Ghz processor and a Mali T-720, presents results something lower, however are within the expected for a Quad-core, moreover in its actual use, in games he can accomplish, and you can run the most demanding games of the moment.

Vellamo

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Base Mark Osii

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Epic Citadel

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3DMark Test

To test the actual behavior of mobile phone games, I used to test the NOVA3, Asphalt 8, Modern Combat 5, and Real Racing 3, all of them run with good quality although sometimes there are an occasional break on the frame rate, which means that the game becomes slow, this happened particularly in NOVA3, all other games ran surprisingly well.

Audio

The loud speaker that is integrated into Kep oNe, has good sound quality, and a good level of volume, even when on the higher levels, obviously it is not a hi-fi system, but the overall quality is good.

The sound quality on calls is also good, there is no kind of problems with both the micro as with the internal speaker we can perfectly hear our interlocutor.

Camera

The Kep oNe comes equipped with a rear camera of competent 13mpx, pictures are good quality and a good color reproduction, even in dark environments with low light photos are is an above average quality compared to other mobile phones with MTK processors.

The photo mode supports Voice capture, Face Detection, Smile Shot, HDR, among others, in shooting mode, it supports 1080p at 30fps, and Time Lapse.

The front camera, despite having only 5mpx and plays its part, the selfies you'll take,won't ruin our wall on Instagram or Facebook profile.

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Connectivity

The WiFi range is quite large and can detect a multitude of networks in the neighborhood, one of the things I liked was that by default when you have the phone on standby, it will automatically turns off the WIFI to save battery life.

The Bluetooth of this Kep oNe, also have a good distance range, easily gets up to 10m distance without any breaks in the signal.

The Kep oNe supports 4G LTE WorldMode, which makes it compatible with all frequency worldwide, for here the signal quality and network speed is dependent on the carriers using the MEO PT, I noticed that the speeds in the tests are very similar both in 3G and 4G, but in terms of use, I have the feeling that the 4G network is very fast, as it should be, but that is not reflected in the tests.

GPS

The Kep oNe GPS is similar to all other devices equipped with a processor of MTK, works well, has an accuracy of about 2m / 3m, and takes about 15s have our fixed position, with a data connection.

battery

Now we come to the point that gave me more headaches to test.

Why? Because it's endless, I came to walk with him four days without having to charge it giving it a normal use, a use that in my SISWOO R8 took the battery in about one day.

Even doing my best to ware the battery, I never reached the end of the day with less than 45% battery.

To see how long she could stand, put in loop a movie with 1080p resolution, brightness set to maximum, maximum sound too, WIFI and connected 4G (forgot Bluetooth), and went to work when I came back after 8:30 hours., it was still working, and better, there were still about 30% battery to finish. So I whent to have a coffee, shopping etc, when I got home, the battery still lasted, about 30 minutes later he could not stand the noise and stopped the test.

He managed a fabulous 10:30 to play the file, and still had 11% battery, so I believe it would pass 11hours, that with just about everything on, and on one of the first charges.

Another very interesting thing is that the Kep oNe can serve as Power Bank, you can use the USB-host cable supplied with the Kep oNe to load another mobile phone while taking a walk on the street, the process is quite inefficient and time consuming, it consume a lot of battery to charge other equipment, the tests I ran, it spent about 25% of Kep oNe battery to charge about 35% of Siswoo R8, which has half the capacity, and took 1h near to do so.

So if there is point at which this mobile phone can be distinguished from the competition is on the battery, as shown in the AnTuTu test.

Assessment and closing remarks

Pros:

- Battery life time

- Camera

- Build quality

Against:

- Performance

We have a very good quality equipment, attention to detail is great, the extras back are a nice bonus. Battery life is in my opinion the strongest point of this equipment, recalls the old Nokia, which spent weeks without being charged. So if looking for a smartphone that keeps you connected to the world without having to be concerned if run out of battery, this is an excellent choice.

You can buy it from:

http://kepphones.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=116

I hope you like my review and forgive for any mistake I made, in the English of the text.

Best regard's to all.