[Device Reviews and Information] Alberto96:
Review (part 1)

Introduction

This is the m-net Power 1.

Hardware

Joining the battery phone area, this device features an huge battery considering that it is only a 5 inches device: 5050mAh. Thus, combined with the low-power and also low-end Mediatek MT6580 SOC clocked at 1.30GHz, the battery life should be great, or not? Keep reading the review to know more.

Unboxing

Packaging comes with basic accessories: 1x Micro-USB Cable, 1x 5V/1.5A USB Charger, 1x Quick Start Guide, 1x Warranty Card, 1x Extra Back Cover and the Smartphone (of course). A plastic screen protector is already applied, but there isn't any case included in the box.

Being a battery phone, it is clear that this device can't be considered small neither light. It is 14.3x7.17x1.17cm, with noticeable bezels, and with a weight of 187g.

The whole device is made of plastic, there are no metal parts for the body, but the unibody removable plastic back cover make the device pretty solid, even though it doesn't feel premium at all.

On the front side there is the usual 2.5D Curved Display and the upper front side of the device features the Front-Facing Camera supported by a Flashlight, an Earpiece, and the Sensors hole that includes Light, Proximity and Gesture Sensors. No Notification LED is here.

On the lower front side there is the classic soft-keys zone, with Recents, Home and Back buttons.

The upper rear side of the device features the Camera Sensor supported by a Single-LED Flashlight.

On the lower rear side there isn't important anything at all since the speaker is located on the bottom.

Device

Screen

Even though this is a low-end budget smartphone, it features a decent screen, with an acceptable color accuracy. I would not have expected to find such a good screen on this device, impressive.

The Light Sensor supports partial light changes, with a sufficient auto-brightness management. This is its maximum brightness.

Viewing Angles almost matches IPS screen capabilities, but there seems to be a small gap between the screen and the touch-panel. I guess this is not a full-laminated screen.

Camera

Camera Quality is mediocre, barely sufficient to get some decent shots, but with an excellent auto-focus management. There seems to be an issue with the exposure management, making all photos look darker than usual even on excellent light conditions. An OTA update might fix this issue.

Just like most budget smartphones, also this one doesn't have an high quality flashlight, with a noticeable blue tint. It is powerful though, still better than nothing.

As regards Video Recording, 1080p videos are recorded at 25fps, with a barely stable frame-rate.

This will probably sound weird, but the front-camera is able to take some great shots, and the front flashlight is powerful too. Unbelievable.

Audio

Unfortunately, when it comes to audio quality, it is possible to notice that this is a budget smartphone. Lack of volume from the speaker, and muffled microphone.

For standard calls it is just fine, but i can't recommend it for sound recording in loud environments.

GPS

GPS quality is decent for outdoor usage, insufficient indoors.

Outdoors on the left, Indoors of the right.

Telephony, Mobile Network & WiFi

Being an old-style 2G/3G smartphone, it isn't possible to get any great result, at least not in my area, using the mobile connection. Signal Reception seems to be great, but do not consider this result as the bible since 3G network coverage is basically everywhere nowadays.

The same can't be said for the WiFi connection. Connected to my 2.4GHz network, the result was not impressive as regards the bandwidth, unfortunately an issue present on the majority of MT6580 devices.

Battery Life

Following my standard battery testing procedure, i tested the real capacity using my USB Tester, and, based on the result, its capacity doesn't match the declated value (declared ~5050mAh, real ~4795mAh).

As expected, the PCMark Battery Life test provides a great result, reaching almost 18 hours and an half. (lowest brightness, WiFi on, Sync on)

Thankfully, m-net provides a 5V/1.5A charger instead of a crappy 1A or 0.5A. Ok, this isn't still fast charging, but with more or less 3 hours it is possible to recharge the device completely.

Software

Running on Android Nougat 7.0 with July 2017 Security Patches and a light version of the FreemeOS ROM, the device looks pretty clean and doesn't have major performance issues. Unfortunately, there is some bloatware pre-installed, that can be uninstalled without any problem. Due to the screen refresh rate capped to ~50hz, the UI doesn't feel as smooth as it should be.

Common Mediatek Features such as MiraVision, double tap-to-wake, gestures and so on are there.

No Malwares Detected by the MalwareBytes Anti-Malware app.

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