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Not only global vendor rollicking off the product type Phone Tablet (phablet). Local vendors also began to bring many products of this type. One of them presenting Advan Vandroid S5-N. Low priced, Phablet camera has a resolution similar to the Galaxy NoteII, how did it go?.

Design

Dimensions: 149.5 x 83 x 11.2 mm, 190 grams;
From its shape is similar to the Advan Vandroid Galaxy Note II. For placement of the resemblance is very strong even if we remember the Galaxy SIII. Because Advan Vandroid using 2 pieces touch buttons (menu and back) as well as a physical home button.

Although both using plastic materials, laying the Advan did not want to be similar to a Galaxy SIII. Advan put the power button on the top side with audio ports and volume control Advan S5-N on the right side.

Display

IPS capacitive touch screen, 16 million colors, WVGA (480 x 800 pixels), 5.2-inch, multi-touch
Vandroid has advantages in wide screen. Not only the wide screen is also equipped with IPS panel technology (In Plane Switching). Screens with this technology is known to provide the image with the best color and image production, as well as a wider range of view (wide viewing angle).

Compared to its predecessor, Vandroid S5, which equipped with 5.3-inch screen, it has a cross-section phablet a slightly smaller screen (10.8 × 11.2 × 6.5cm versus 6.8cm).

OS and UI

Android OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Using the latest version of Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) has enough confidence, though not decorated with additional intertace.

At the lockscreen, looks a picture of a padlock icon that can be shifted to the right to unlock the screen or to the left to go directly to the camera feature.

On the homescreen, Advan S5-N present 5 pieces panel which nothing can be added or reduced.
Being on the main menu of applications in several panels arranged horizontally that if it continues to move to the right to continue the arrangement owned phablet this widget.

Users can also bring up a kind of task manager by holding the home button. Advanced features such as the typical Android ICS face unlock also be used on Advan S5-N’s.

Hardware

ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor, MTK MT6575M, PowerVR SGX 531 GPU, 512 MB RAM, Internal: 4GB, External: microSD up to 32GB, Li-Ion 2500mAh
With its price tag, Vandroid memiiliki processor is good enough. With the support of 512 MB RAM makes it able to run the Android OS is well and no problems.

For internal memory up to 4GB, but unfortunately the user can only use the capacity of 2.5 GB just to store data.

The need is also unable to meet the needs of users while menggumnakan camera. Due to use this feature the user still needs additional MicroSD memory card.

Evidently when technews try to do screenshots, phablet can not save the results into memory phablet, requiring additional memory microSD.

Dual On

Dual ON; Mini SIM; GSM / GPRS / EDGE / 850/900/1800/1900MHz; 2100 WCDMA, WLAN, Bluetooth, microUSB v2.0, USB Tethering, Portable hotspot; HTML browser
As roduk other local vendors, Advan S5-N equipped with dual SIM capability with dual ON. Where the user can set which SIM is used to make a voice call, video call, SMS or make a data connection on the option Settings> SIM Management.

Alternatively users can also arrange for phablet confirm any will call or send SMS by selecting always ask the voice call and messaging options.

As for the connectivity options are also fairly complete, ranging from 3G data network operators to wifi which is not only able to connect to the network phablet hotspot around but it can also be a medium for sharing data connection service through the portable hotspot feature.

Other connections Advan also includes connections such as Bluetooth and microUSB data cable.

Camera

8MP, 3264×2448 pixels Geo-tagging; video recorder; Secondary camera: VGA
Advan S5-N has the ability photography features are fairly high-resolution 8MP Advan even match phablet hi-end class, including the Galaxy SIII II and Galaxy Note.

With its premium features such as panorama, HDR (high dynamic range), self timer, color effects, 7 dining options and 15 scene modes. His ability is quite reliable. Moreover, there are also options such as the default setting WB (white balance), exposure, sharpness, hue, saturation, brightness, contrast, image size, and ISO.

Unfortunately the results are not as expected, because it catches the colors do not match the original color even tend redness. Besides photos also appear darker while taking pictures in good lighting outdoor space.

Benchmark

Applications used: Quadrant Standard Edition by Aurora Softwork and Antutu Benchmark v3.0.3 by Antutu
To prove the performance of the hardware, especially the processor. Advan-N Vandroid S5 we tested the application Bencmark Antutu and Quadrant Bencmark.

With Antutu Benchmark, Advan S5-N scored 4522, with this figure then phablet is above the average value Galaxy S which also uses a single-core processor in the graph shown.

Meanwhile, when using the Quadrant application, this phablet scored 2539, placing it under the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and LG Optimus 2X above which incidentally has a dual core processor.

Excess
• The price is relatively cheap
• IPS Screen
• Dual SIM
• Android ICS

Shortage
• The camera is less satisfactory
• The camera requires additional memory card

Conclusion
Phablet with wide screen, known as new variant of a gadget called phablet (phone tablet) it is becoming a trend nowadays. The appearance Galaxy Note II gendet pioneered this type. If Samsung membaderolnya a good price, maybe a lower-budget you can choose Vandroid S5-N one. With the version of Android that is not outdated, decent hardware specs, the Galaxy Note-style design coupled with technology phablet screen hi-end class, Advan S5-N is certainly a wise choice for you.

Specifications:
Network: Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) / WCDMA 2100 MHz & Dual On
Screen: 5.2 inches, TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, IPS Panel
Camera: 8 megapixel camera, flash, video recording, VGA, Video Call / Video Chat
Memory: 512MB RAM, 4GB NAND Flash, microSD card slot up to 32GB (SDHC)
Data transfer: HSDPA, 3G, EDGE, GPRS
Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, IM
Connectivity: WiFi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, micro USB data cable, 3.5mm audio jack
OS: Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich
Processor: 1GHz Arm Cortex A8 (256kb L2 Cache)
Browser: HTML
Other Features: Polyphonic (MP3), Audio / video player, FM radio, G-sensor, GPS Navigation, Google Maps, Google Search, Gmail, Google Talk, Android Market, Calendar, calculator, alarm, speakerphone
Battery: Lithium ion 2500 mAh

 

 

 

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