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

Introduction

This is the iLA X.

Hardware

After having reviewed a smartphone with an Apple-like OS, this iLA X seems to follow the same trend, just in a different way. Instead of featuring an iOS-like UI, it features directly an iPhone X design (or at least this is what they wanted to achive).

Specs-wise, it is a pretty low-end smartphone, featuring a Mediatek MT6737 chipset, with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of Storage. Also, it comes with a 5.5 inches IPS screen that isn't qHD neither HD, but something in between (1280x640 resolution, wut?).

Unboxing

Finally i see a different type of packaging, premium and good-looking. A pretty standard set of accessories is included: 1x Micro-USB Cable, 1x 5V/1A Charger, 1x User Manual, 1x Plastic Screen Protector, 1x SIM-Card Tray Remover Tool, 1x TPU Cover, and the Smartphone (of course). There is no screen-protector pre-applied to the screen.

Unlike the real iPhone X, this is one is completely made of Plastic, with no Metal Parts at all. The solidity is mediocre, as solid as you would expect from a slim plastic device, and the build quality is actually excellent. No imperfections noticed, something rare for plastic devices.

It is 15.36x7.11x0.75cm, pretty interesting dimensions, especially as regards its thickness, and it weights only 144g! It feels empty in hand haha.

On the front side there is the 2.5D glass with the IPS panel underneath, and the upper front side of the device features a Front-Facing Camera, an Earpiece, and the Sensors hole that includes Light and Proximity Sensors. No Notification LEDs available.

As you can notice, they tried to reproduce the so-called "notch", but the real screen doesn't fit the black spots.

Something that i really don't understand is the lower front side. For some reason, they decided to place only a physical button, that also works as a fingerprint reader, but there is lots of wasted space on its sides. Weird choice, the button isn't even aligned.

On the back side there is the plastic non-removable cover featuring a pretty nice glossy surface. I am not a fan of glossy surfaces, but this one is pretty oleophobic.

The upper rear side of the device features a protruding camera sensor with a decently sized Single-LED - Single-Tone flashlight, and the iLA logo in center.

As regards the lower rear side, there isn't anything important all excluding some certification logos.

Device

Screen

Even though the screen features a weird resolution, it looks unbelieably good. Color Accuracy is quite decent, probably a bit over-saturated, and the White Balance seems to be properly calibrated.

Its brightness is not that great though, only ~309lux, barely sufficient for outdoor usage.

Viewing Angles are as good as you would expect from a good IPS screen.

Camera

Camera Performance is slightly unbalanced, but not unexpected. The Samsung 13MP sensor used for the rear camera is known to not be excellent on Mediatek Devices, but on this one i can also notice a green-ish tint for every shot. Considering that some shots look great, there may be a software issue causing it.

The same issue can be noticed with the flashlight that isn't weak at all, pretty good considering the Single-LED config.

As regards Video Recording, it is as good as most MT6737 devices with videos recorded at 720p25.

The front-facing camera is decent, with no green-ish tint. It is just enough for some random shots and video-calls.

Audio

Speaker Quality is average, with almost inexistent low-frequencies but with an high level of volume.

As regards the Microphone, it is decent, maybe not the best i have ever tried on a smartphone, but still acceptable. In-Call Quality is decent too, nothing to complain about.

GPS

GPS Quality is quite OK outdoors, with high accuracy even without GLONASS support, but indoors it isn't possible to lock any satellite.

Indoors on the left, outdoors on the right.

Telephony, Mobile Network & WiFi

The device comes with full support for European 4G Networks (Band 20 included). I was expecting something more from the speedtest considering the signal, but it gets pretty near to what other devices are able to reach in the same point of my room.

I am not sure whether Mediatek is now providing MT6737 with 5GHz WiFi Networks support or not, but this is one of those featuring it. As i always say, this is a rare feature for devices coming with this chipset. The speedtest result is OK, nothing to complain about considering the case.

Battery Life

Real Battery Capacity seems to be slightly higher than declared (~2670mAh vs 2500mAh). Always appreciated.

With a 2500mAh battery it is pretty normal to expect a pretty low PCMark Battery Score, but it isn't really low to be honest, reaching 5 hours and 6 minutes (WiFi on, Sync on, Min. Brightness). I reviewed some devices with a bigger battery that got a similar result so this is not a bad one.

iLA choose to provide a 5V/1A charger with this device, able to fully recharge the device in more or less 2 hours and a half, do not expect blazing fast charging times.

Software

Thankfully, the device doesn't feature an iOS-like UI. It runs the usual Mediatek Release of Android 7.0 Nougat running on latest Android Security Patches (5th January 2018!), the most updated device i have ever reviewed, and there is not bloatware at all. Due to the 2:1 aspect ratio, some apps do not run properly or feature some layout issues. This is not a standard resolution unlike HD+/FHD+ so that was expected.

The only Mediatek feature present on this device is the MiraVision Menu. No Gestures available.

Unfortunately, there is no Magnetometer/Compass and Gyroscope.

No malwares detected with Malware-Bytes Anti-Malware using latest definitions.

Here you can see how fast the Fingerprint Scanner is. Accurate enough, but the position is a bit uncomfortable.

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