TCL "Happy Play" mobile phone review: a new choice for beginners

TCL "Happy Play" mobile phone review: a new choice for beginners
The "LeWan" mobile phone is a high-cost-effective, fun and easy-to-use hit product specially created by TCL and China Telecom for young people who are striving for success. The price of 599 yuan and the native Android 5.0 operating system can bring users the purest Android experience. The triple-dual function of dual SIM dual standby dual pass also allows users to enjoy the extremely fast 4G network speed of China Telecom. What is the actual experience of this phone? Today's review will give you a comprehensive understanding of the "LeWan" mobile phone. Appearance

The "LeWan" phone uses a 5.0-inch IPS display with a resolution of 720 x 1280. The capacitive touch screen using the GFF full-bonding process supports up to 5-point touch.
Above the screen is a hollow-out telephone receiver, with a light distance sensor and an 8-megapixel front camera on the left and right sides. What's more unique is that there is a front LED soft light on the right side of the camera, which can provide brighter and softer light when taking selfies. There are three Android touch buttons below the screen, from left to right they are the back button, home button and menu button. The system's multitasking interface can be opened by long pressing the home button. The back of the body is made of plastic with piano lacquer process, which feels smooth. The curved back design provides a fuller feel, and the body thickness of 8.5mm is also moderate.
The rear camera uses an 8-megapixel BSI back-illuminated sensor with an aperture of F/2.2, which greatly helps the image quality in low light. The red circle outside the lens is similar to the lens of a professional camera, which also makes the white back cover more design-oriented.

     At the bottom of the back is the Tianyi 4G logo and three rows of bar speaker holes. There are also protrusions on both sides to prevent scratches on the back when the body is placed flat on the table.

The volume button and power button are located on the left and right sides of the body respectively. The back cover is designed to be opened, and there is a graphite heat dissipation layer inside. The body shell is also made of red plastic. Below the camera is a microSD card slot and two microSIM card slots, and below is a 2000mAh replaceable battery.

The headphone jack and microUSB port are both located on the top of the phone, which is rare in recent models. There is also an infrared transmitter next to it, which can be used to remotely control home appliances and cameras.


The bottom of the body is relatively simple, with only one microphone hole and a groove design in the lower right corner for easy opening of the back shell.


The dimensions of the whole machine are 143 x 72.3 x 8.5mm and weighs 140g. The 5.0-inch body is relatively compact in the hand and can be operated with one hand. In addition to the snow mountain white body sent for testing this time, "Lewan" also provides colorful back shells such as sapphire blue, lemon yellow and watermelon red, which are very personalized.

System: The native interface has been optimized in detail to make it easier to use

system

The phone uses the native Android 5.0 operating system, is equipped with a TCL desktop launcher and "Youth Desktop", and has made some minor changes to the system to make it more user-friendly.


The lock screen interface of the native Android system has been improved over the generations and has reduced some functions, but it also brings more refreshing operation and notification functions. Swipe up to unlock, swipe left to open the camera, swipe right to open the dialer, and pull down to display all notification contents.


The desktop is a classic 4 x 4 layout, with four program shortcuts Dock at the bottom. Click the icon in the lower right corner to enter the program drawer bar, and long press the blank area of ​​the screen to enter the editing page. "Lewan" has modified the icons of the native system, and the rounded rectangles appear more unified and the style is quite three-dimensional.


The system's notification bar uses a two-stage interface. A single swipe displays notifications, and another swipe displays the quick settings interface. The interface adds settings for dual SIM cards and scene modes, which are more in line with Chinese operating habits. The multitasking interface has not changed and is still the card-style waterfall interface of the Lollipop system. The sliding is very smooth and natural, and the task information is more intuitive.


The second desktop is called "Youth Desktop". It arranges the desktop with large fonts and large icons. The main screen provides some quick operation options. The functions are relatively simple and more suitable for elderly people.


In this desktop mode, the UI and fonts of applications such as phone, text messages, and contacts have also been adjusted and enlarged, and there is a built-in one-click function to set up emergency contacts, which can be used when users encounter emergencies.



The system settings menu provides a screen display technology called MIRAVISION, which can provide different color schemes to adjust the display quality of the display. At the same time, you can also customize the saturation, brightness, contrast and dynamic contrast to achieve a display effect that you can accept.


In terms of application, its "Remote Control Wizard" supports various brands of home appliances such as TVs, air conditioners and set-top boxes. It can learn and record function buttons, and then use the mobile phone as a remote control for all infrared devices in the home. At the same time, it also has a "BroadLink" WiFi socket, and appliances using this socket can be controlled via WiFi, which has a wider range of uses.

Performance and photography: Entry-level performance, average photography quality

Performance and photography

Although the price of "LeWan" is only 599 yuan, its configuration is also above average among mobile phones of the same level. Let's take a look at its configuration table.


MediaTek MT6735P is an entry-level quad-core SoC with a main frequency of 1.0GHz. It integrates a 450MHz Mali-T720MP1 graphics processing chip for the main screen. Its overall performance is similar to that of Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor.


The AnTuTu running score results show that its score is 23287 points, which can be said to be very entry-level, but this does not affect the overall fluency of the system and the speed of opening applications, and it will not cause you any trouble in daily use.


Will 3D games lag? With this question in mind, we downloaded Temple Run 2 and tried it out. We found that it runs smoothly, but it takes some time to load the game.


How is the memory used? We found that the phone is only equipped with 1GB RAM. As we all know, although the Android 5.0 system is optimized for small memory models, the current versions before 5.1.1 have memory leaks. When running the game, the available memory of "LeWan" is about 440MB, and there is no overload when switching between multiple tasks. It seems that the optimization is in place.


In terms of photography, the phone is equipped with an 8-megapixel BSI sensor and a F2.2 large aperture lens, which theoretically can provide good image quality. Its camera interface is relatively simple, and it does not use the single-function Android native camera interface, but adds certain filters and special effects to make shooting more interesting.
The following are samples of TCL's "LeWan" mobile phone:

● Outdoor




● Indoor



● Macro




● Night view

● Selfie


As can be seen from the above samples, the performance of the picture is acceptable when the light intensity is high, but it is not very satisfactory in low-light conditions. Generally speaking, it can only meet the needs of daily photography. The details and colors of the sample are not rich enough, and there are certain traces of smearing, which makes the sharpness not very high. However, in terms of its positioning, this camera can achieve the current level of picture quality, which is already an entry-level performance.

Summarize
In general, the overall performance of the "LeWan" is in line with its price of 599 yuan, and it can be regarded as one of the most cost-effective mobile phones. It is mainly aimed at young users, and it is also a good choice even if you buy it as a gift for the elderly. It is very convenient for daily calls and text messages, and the battery life can also meet the needs of a day's use. Although taking pictures is not its strong point, users who use entry-level mobile phones do not have a very high demand for taking pictures, so there is no need to be too demanding on it. In this way, does the 599 yuan TCL "LeWan" meet your taste?

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.

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