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Philips Hue is a collection of smart lighting products
Discover a whole range of lights, sensors and switches that help you light your home smarter. Replace your existing light bulbs with smart bulbs or explore many form-factor lamps and fixtures. Philips Hue offers light for every room in your home.
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Control with the Philips Hue app
Configure your system with the app and discover the fun of creating your own scenes and automations. Or go wild with any of the other 700+ Hue apps.
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Control your way
Use smart accessories like switches and wireless motion sensors to control your lights in many different ways.
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Control lights with your voice
Philips Hue is the only smart lighting brand that works with all the major voice assistants on the market.
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Ambiance
Create the right atmosphere to match your mood
With light you can easily change the atmosphere of any room. Whether you want to add colour to your interior, set the right light for functional tasks, throw an outdoor party or create a cosy mood for dinner, you can easily personalise your light and ambiance with Philips Hue. Choose from all shades of white and 16 million colours and find the one that matches your mood.
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Home automation
Feel more secure at home
The Mimic presence automation turns your lights on and off automatically according to the activities that you’d expect to see in those rooms, making it look like you’re still there. And with a Coming automation, your lights greet you at the door when you arrive back home, lighting your way safely. Add an outdoor motion sensor to have your lights turn on as someone – guests or unexpected visitors – walks by. With Philips Hue, someone’s always home.
Daily activities
Light that gets you through the day
Daily tasks and activities get a lot easier with the right light.
Philips Hue is there to help, whether it’s to wake you up, get you energised during breakfast, help your kids concentrate when doing their homework or provide the right light setting for reading or relaxing at the end of a busy day.
Entertainment
Sync your lights with films, music and games
Watch, listen or play in new and exciting ways as your favourite video, audio and gaming effects fill the room with Philips Hue Entertainment lighting, bringing spatial awareness and immersivess to a whole new level.
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Wake up and go to sleep
Light that wakes you up gently
Waking up can be tough, especially on dark winter mornings. With Philips Hue, you can mimic the sunrise to help you wake up more naturally, no matter how dark it is outside. In the Philips Hue app, you can easily set up your wake-up and go-to-sleep routines to help you get up more energised and go to bed more relaxed.
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Philips Hue lights: A guide to what each bulb does (and costs)
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Philips Hue is a name synonymous with smart lighting and for good reason. The brand has one of the most extensive ranges of smart lights from bulbs to lightstirps with consistent performance to boot. Philips Hue offers everything from starter kits for those building a smart home for the first time, to extension kits for outdoors if you want your network of smart lights to extend into your backyard or even your patio. With all that in mind, we can safely say Philips Hue offers some of the best smart light bulbs available today.
Not only do they work surprisingly well but Philips Hue bulbs can also function as some of the best Alexa compatible devices as well as the best Google Home compatible devices.
One of their most useful features is how easy they are to add to your existing smart home setup.
Philips Hue constantly adds more smart lights to its line up each year and while having more options to choose from is great, it can get a little overwhelming for first-time buyers. That’s why we’ve put together this Philips Hue lights guide to help. Here, we talk you through the most popular options from the brand, as well as the latest releases while exploring the strengths of each.
Before you get started though, you will need a Philips Hue Bridge ($56) if you plan to control all of the smart lights in your home through the company’s app. While newer Philips Hue lights only require Bluetooth, a bridge ensures both old and newer lights work well together without any problems.
Philips Hue lights: Starter kits
Philips Hue starter kits include both bulbs and the bridge that’s required to connect the lights to your home Wi-Fi network. If you don’t have any Philips Hue lights yet, a starter kit is probably the best way to begin.
After testing hundreds of smart home products, we believe that the Philips Hue Starter Kits are among the best smart home devices.
The original Philips Hue Starter Pack (White and Color Ambiance) is designed to replace traditional A19 bulbs and can change to more than 16 million colors. The starter pack includes three lights plus a Hue bridge. Philips also sells a version of this kit with four lights.
Philips Hue White Ambiance Kit
The White Ambiance kit lets you adjust the color temperature of the bulbs, so you can go from intense blue-white to a soft yellow-white. There’s also a newer version of the White Ambiance kit that includes two bulbs, a Hue bridge and a smart switch to control them.
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If you don’t buy a starter kit, which includes the smart bridge, you’ll need to purchase one separately. It plugs into your Wi-Fi router and connects with the Hue lights in your home.
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Philips Hue light bulbs and light strips
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You can expand your lighting options through a number of different Philips Hue bulbs. These include everything from plain white bulbs to multicolored light strips and other bulbs that fit smaller sockets.
In a recent announcement, all Philips Hue smart bulbs which are available in White, White ambiance, and White and colour ambiance, will now also be available in 1100 and 1600 lumen options.
Philips Hue White A21, 1600 Lumens
This is one of Phillips Hue’s newest and brightest bulbs. It works without a hub, meaning you can control it via Bluetooth in your home.
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Philips Hue White Ambiance A19
This single Philips Hue White Ambiance bulb requires a hub, but it once it’s connected you can control its brightness.
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Philips Hue Filament Bulb
These dimmable Edison-style bulbs have recently become available in White ambience, which means they can produce any tone of white, from cool to warm. They can self-adjust throughout the day and look great when switched off too.
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Philips Hue Ambiance BR30 Floodlight
These LED bulbs, which can produce thousands of shades of white — from warm to cool — and color, and are designed for recessed ceiling fixtures.
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Philips Hue E12 Candle
The Philips Hue E12 Candle is a smaller bulb, designed for chandeliers and light fixtures where a full-size A19 bulb won’t fit. Each candle light bulb is a 40W equivalent. It comes in a White Ambiance and Color Ambiance, too.
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Philips Hue Ambiance Gradient Light Strip
This 6-foot color LED strip has an adhesive backing, which lets you affix it underneath kitchen counters or shelving — or anywhere you’d like — to provide some nice accent lighting.
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Another category of Philips Hue lights is entertainment enhancers, like the play light below.
The Hue Play HDMI Sync Box is the next evolution the light bar. It syncs your smart lights to your on-screen TV content, including games and movies.
Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box
Surround sound makes watching movies and video games in your home a more immersive experience, but what about surround lighting? The Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box sits between your TV and your cable box and gaming console, and analyzes the content going to your TV. The Play Sync Box cues your Hue lights, changing their color to match what’s playing on screen. Philips has now also released a Hue Sync TV app that does the same thing without the need for an extra box in your entertainment center. However, it’s almost just as expensive at $129 and is only compatible with Samsung’s 2022 or newer QLED tvs.
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Philips Hue Play Light Bar
The Philips Hue Play light bar is a 9-inch color-changing light bar that can sit horizontally or vertically next to your TV or computer monitor, or be mounted as a backlight.
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Philips Hue standalone lamps
Standalone lights can be placed anywhere in your room, and are generally used to help create accent lighting, rather than as a primary light source. None of these come with a bridge, so you’ll need that to sync, too.
Philips Hue Bloom
This accent light measures about 5 inches in diameter, and can change to millions of colors. It’s best used to bounce light off a wall behind fixtures like a TV or plant to help set the mood.
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Philips Hue White Ambiance Wellness
Inside this lamp is a single Philips Hue white ambiance bulbs, which can be changed from cool white to warm white.
You can also replace the bulb with a color bulb if you like.
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Philips Hue Go Light
The Hue Go is a splendid accent-lighting piece, and glows from both its circular 4.7-inch base and its flat top. The 300-lumen Go has a built-in rechargeable battery that lasts up to 3 hours while unplugged.
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Philips Hue Go portable table lamp
Philips has also now released a successor to the original Hue Go that resembles a table lamp. The Hue Go portable table lamp is available in either black or white and has a brightness of 370 lumens. It costs $159 and can be recharged using the included charger base.
Philips Hue light fixtures
While limited to a few options, Philips light fixtures have the bulbs built directly into them.
That means that when the LEDs burn out—which should be at least 10 years, if not more—you’ll have to replace the entire fixture. These also require a bridge (sold separately) to control them via Philips’ app.
Philips Hue White Ambiance Fair
This ceiling light can either be flush-mounted, or purchased with a small or large extension to drop it down a few inches. It has a brushed aluminum finish, and the LEDs can be tuned to a cool or warm white light.
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Philips Hue White Ambiance Being
The Being is similar to the Fair, but has a clear panel running around its midsection. It also can only be flush-mounted with the ceiling.
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Philips has several large, weather-resistant outdoor lights for illuminating your garden, lawn, patio, and driveway.
Philips Hue Single PAR38 Outdoor
These aren’t just for Philips Hue products; you can screw them into any outdoor fixture that fits a PAR38 bulb and make it a “smart light.” You’ can control and schedule the bulb remotely.
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Philips Hue Calla Outdoor Pathway
Place this LED-integrated bollard along your driveway or front walk to light your guests’ way. The base pack includes one bollard and a power supply, and extension kits are $129.
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Philips Hue Inara White Outdoor Lantern
The Philips Hue Inara is a traditional wall lantern for lighting your porch or the area outside your door.
It uses a white bulb, meaning you can’t change its color, but you can control it remotely.
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Philips Hue Lucca Outdoor Wall Lantern
The Lucca wall lantern is very similar to the Inara, but it has a smaller, more modern design, and is $10 more expensive.
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Philips Hue Ludere Outdoor Security Light
This floodlight contains two bulbs and is perfect for lighting your driveway or the area outside your garage. Like the Lucca and Inara, it doesn’t change color, but it does deliver 1,350 lumens.
Philips Hue Lightstrip Outdoor
This outdoor lightstrip is available in either 80 or 197 inches and delivers 1,650 lumens. It also has an IP67 rating to help it withstand weather conditions throughout the year.
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Philips Hue smart lights accessories
Philips also sells accessories which allow you to control your Hue lights without using the app.
The Philips Hue Smart Dimmer Switch with Remote is one such accessory and is one of the best smart light switches for Philips Hue owners. Having said that, if you want routines and timers, everything will still need connecting through the Philips Hue Bridge.
Philips Hue Smart Dimmer Switch with Remote
This product looks like a typical wall switch, but it connects directly to the Hue lights, meaning you don’t need to rewire. The switch can even be removed so it doubles up as a remote.
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Philips Hue Smart Tap Switch
This device can be preprogrammed to remember three different light settings.
You can then activate each at the touch of a button, which is great for movie nights or entertaining guests.
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Philips Hue Smart Motion Sensor
This turns the lights on in a room when it senses movement. It detects varying levels of sensitivity, keeps lights on for a period after a person exits, and alters brightness based on the time of day.
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Philips Hue Dusk-to-Dawn Outdoor Motion Sensor
The Philips Hue Dusk-to-Dawn Outdoor Motion Sensor is a wireless, battery-operated motion sensor light. It also keeps track of the light outside, and makes sure your inside lights don’t switch on until nighttime.
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Philips Hue Sync app
Finally, Philips has an app, Philips Hue Sync, which allows users to synchronize their smart bulbs with multimedia content on their Mac or Windows PC.
For example, you can set your lights to flash and change color in time with music, video, and movies being played on your computer. Hue Sync, which runs on your notebook or desktop, connects with the Hue app on your smartphone. Users can also modify the color schemes, brightness, and themes to suit their tastes.
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How to set up your monitor correctly | GeekBrains
What you lose by not setting up your monitor and how to get rid of it.
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A good and correct display setting is far from the last task in order to work comfortably and efficiently not only with images, but simply at the computer. The factory settings of monitors are always too high in terms of brightness and contrast, manufacturers do not make adjustments at all, and users themselves often simply do not know about it.
I note that we are talking about the simplest setting of screens, professional calibration is much more complicated.
You can configure both software (if your display is connected to a PC with an operating system that has the means to configure it) and hardware. Adjusting using the menu buttons is not much different from adjusting the picture on a modern TV.
Hardware setup
Start by examining the buttons on the monitor. If nothing is clear, then you will have to read the instructions, , or use the “unscientific poke method” (not recommended) . After you figured out the control buttons of the device, you can go directly to the settings.
Important note: ensure proper lighting! If the monitor directly hits the sun or a 200 W light bulb, no settings will save. In a good way, this is a separate big topic, but now a few basic recommendations:
- Bright light source must not directly illuminate the monitor;
- Light should not hit the eyes;
- It is better to use a uniform diffused illumination, for example, in the form of an LED strip.
Adjusting and assessing image quality
When working with a monitor with a low quality matrix, errors often occur when choosing colors when processing images, photographs and on layouts for printing, when creating sites and resources.
The picture below will give you an idea of how well your monitor is set up. On each half of the picture there are numbers 1 2 3 4 5
If you see all the numbers on both strips, then the monitor is set up well. The middle level will show you the numbers 3. With a very bad setting, only 1 and 2 are visible.
Remember how many numbers you can see. With this, after setting up, you can evaluate the quality of the improvements made.
But, for starters, a small offtopic “with a beard”:
“… I downloaded the program“ Cleaning the Monitor from Dust ”, laughed, installed it, launched it. The monitor was filled with an even dirty gray color, the keyboard turned off, clicking the mouse did not help.
I took a napkin, wiped the monitor from dust, saw a barely noticeable button “Thank you, you can exit the program.” I went out and thought, looking at a clean monitor … ”
Therefore, first we put the surface in order, after which we go directly to the settings.
Brightness
Brightness should be adjusted so that the black colors of the suit and shirt do not merge into a single whole in the picture and the cross in the background becomes visible. The brightness parameter is precisely responsible for the difference in details and dark colors.
Contrast
Responsible for light colors and their details.
Set the image quality to adjust the contrast so that the folds and buttons are clearly visible on a white shirt. Set the contrast to zero and gradually increase it. As soon as these details begin to disappear, it is worth going back a little.
Gamma
The next important parameter is gamma. Its exact ideal setting can not be performed on all monitors, but it’s still worth getting closer to the ideal.
A good gamma setting will be indicated by missing patches of light and dark tones in the center of the test image.
Gray Adjustment
Removes unwanted tints that distort colors on the display. Either software or hardware, this is done by adjusting the 3 primary colors (red, green, blue). Ideally, a picture with gray stripes should not be interrupted by extraneous shades. Only shades of gray.
Ideal gray settings.
Program setting
Launch calibration tools programmatically (described for Windows).
In Windows 7, click the “Start” button and write the word “calibration” in the search bar. Run. You will be presented with a series of image adjustment tests. There are very few of them. Pass them.
In Windows 10, in the search bar, you need to enter the command cttune , ClearType will start, turn it on and select the most convenient display for your eyes. Then enter the dccw command. Calibration of screen colors, gamma, brightness and contrast will start.
Everything is described in the tests, read and follow the advice.
Checking the result
Now go back to the beginning of the article and look at the first image with numbers. At the very beginning, I asked them to remember. If you have improved the settings, you will see at least one digit more.
Set it up right and you’ll be pleasantly surprised by what your monitor can do!
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Philips i928 smartphone review: thin flagship with a huge Full HD screen
Smartphones with large screens are increasingly attracting the attention of users.
At the same time, as people’s priorities change, so do gadgets. Users are increasingly using the services of a navigator or mobile Internet, watching videos, surfing social networks, paying less attention to telephone conversations. Accordingly, the diagonal of the screen, its resolution and image quality play a very important role for such purposes.
A new model has appeared in the range of Philips smartphones. Today it is the most functional device in the line of the company. He received a huge 6-inch display, which makes the device stand out from the competition. Still, for most devices of this format, the diagonal is not so impressive. And it offers Full HD-resolution, as well as a modern eight-core Mediatek processor. There is also 2 GB of RAM, there is a slot for a memory card, dual SIM support, a 13 MP Sony camera and a large battery.
It is worth noting that the model does not belong to the Xenium line, so you should not count on any special indicators in terms of battery life.
But the model boasts other features. So, it has a very thin body, a pleasant coating, reminiscent of the texture of the back cover of the Samsung Galaxy Note III. In addition, there are very small bezels around the screen. For B-brands, such features are unusual; among the analogues, only Alcatel One Touch Hero can be noted, which even earlier was able to offer a similar concept of a smartphone with very attractive characteristics at a reasonable price.
Specifications
- OS: Android 4.4.2
- Processor MediaTek 6592, 8 cores, 1.7 GHz
- Graphics: Mali-450
- Memory: 2 GB RAM, 16 GB ROM, microSD slot up to 32 GB
- Screen: 6 inch, Full HD (1080×1920), OGS, Gorilla Glass, oleophobic coating
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 3.0, GPS, FM radio, Wi-Fi 802.11, Wi-Fi Direct
- Network: 2 SIM cards, GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, 3G 900/2100 MHz
- Camera: 13 MP Sony Exmor RS, autofocus, flash, front 5 MP
- Power: removable battery 3000 mAh
- Dimensions: 160. 1 x 81.8 x 8.2 mm, weight 168 g.
- Price: 15990 rubles
1 x 81.8 x 8.2 mm, weight 168 g. Design, ergonomics
The 6-inch Philips smartphone is large, but the space is used very wisely, so that almost the entire plane is devoted to the screen. There is practically no empty space here. At the top, according to tradition, there is a set of light and proximity sensors, a speaker, a front camera and a light indicator.
A block of three backlit touch buttons with clear markings is placed down. There are very narrow frames on the sides, so the model looks modern and attractive. Against the background of more expensive smartphones from Samsung, Nokia or Sony of a similar format, the model looks no worse, it feels like they have worked on the appearance. Pleasantly pleased with the thickness of the device, there is only 8.2 mm, which is a little by the standards of this class. Although the Sony T3, for example, does offer 7 mm. However, the Japanese model has a noticeably smaller screen size: 5.
3 inches versus 6. For comparison, here are pictures of two smartphones side by side.
Body entirely made of plastic, rear panel removable. It is made of a pleasant coating, which is somewhat reminiscent of the sensations of the skin. Something similar was offered by Samsung Galaxy Note III last fall, now similar material can be felt in another device. The texture is wear-resistant, it does not get dirty, scratches will not appear either.
Screen
This is Philips’ largest smartphone, the company has never produced such a large device before. The model should be praised for its minimal frame, which includes a 6-inch display with a resolution of 1080×1920 points. Everything looks very proportionate, nice, and with all this, the thickness of the case is quite small.
Operating such large devices can be inconvenient, but this is a matter of habit and personal preference. If it is still possible to simply hold a smartphone in one hand, then it is no longer possible to control it in this way, the help of the fingers of the second hand is required to carry out all functions.
The smartphone received an IPS-matrix, OGS screen without an air gap. If you look closely, you can see that the screen has a curved glass, such a solution is rare, here we can recall devices from Nokia. The surface is covered with Gorilla Glass with an oleophobic coating. A film is included for additional protection.
Detailed screen testing by our expert Mikhail Kuznetsov:
The Philips i928 screen uses IPS LCD technology and has an impressive 6-inch diagonal. But thin bezels help hide the dimensions. Full HD resolution (1920×1080) looks appropriate here and provides a pixel density of 367 ppi . As you can guess from these specifications, there are no complaints about the clarity of the image: small fonts and other details please the eye with the absence of friability.
The maximum brightness was 387 cd/m 2 , its reserve is enough. The contrast ratio reaches 1070:1 , which is a high figure for an IPS.
Anti-glare coating pleased with its effectiveness: the screen looks confident in direct light, the image is not blurred and remains legible. The viewing angles are quite wide, but the bluish or yellowish distortion appears a little earlier than we are used to seeing on IPS. The average gamma is 2.16 , but the dependence has distortions at the edges of the range. Details in the shadows are slightly pinched, while highlights are accentuated. In this case, there was no need to artificially “stretch” the dynamic range. However, the brightness distortion is not large enough to seriously affect the operation of the smartphone.
The average color temperature is over 8500 K , the image has a distinct cold tone.
The color balance is expectedly dominated by the blue component, which “tints” the image. The average Delta E error is 13.41 units, deviations are too high to be imperceptible.
Excess blue is visible to the naked eye.
The color gamut is close to the sRGB standard, although the green color is slightly shifted in hue. However, this is not yet the complete picture.
The intermediate gradations are noticeably shifted due to the blue tint. Color accuracy drops here.
The final score on 24 ColorChecker templates gives an average Delta E of 6.59 . This already exceeds the desired deviation threshold, so the tuning cannot be called successful.
Overall, the Philips i928 screen deserves good marks for its brightness performance, which is backed up by good anti-glare properties. But the color reproduction could be better: the situation with an excessive blue tint is familiar from dozens and hundreds of other devices. However, it is also true that this is unlikely to be a decisive factor in the choice. Most users will pay attention to a large diagonal and a clear image – these are the advantages of Philips i928 is hard to miss.
Inside and performance
The smartphone uses the most efficient chip from MediaTek. This is a modern eight-core MTK6592 processor with a frequency of 1.7 GHz and 2 GB of RAM, the Mali-450 accelerator is responsible for the graphics. The device itself has 16 GB of internal memory, of which about 13 GB remains for the needs of the user. The compartment for a microSD card is also not forgotten, in which, according to official data, there can be a 32 GB card. The smartphone did not detect a test card for 64 GB.
According to the tests, the model demonstrates high performance, the same can be said about the operation of the smartphone. The filling is perfectly optimized, the interface works smoothly, but sometimes there can still be small twitches. The performance is enough to run games at maximum settings.
Wireless modules support 2G/3G networks, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0. There is everything you need, except for LTE. Philips i928 received a mini-jack connector for connecting standard headphones; it, along with a microUSB port, is placed on the top end.
The SIM card slots are blocked by the battery, so it will be necessary to remove the back panel, remove the battery, and then replace the power supply. By the way, here one compartment is designed for microSIM, and the second for a larger SIM card.
There is only one radio module in the smartphone, it is impossible to talk on two cards at once. You can set default actions for each of them: calls, sending SMS, Internet access. The control is simple, everything is familiar from other models of the same kind, for example, Alcatel, Explay or Fly.
Interface
Unlike other large smartphones, there is no stylus that Alcatel and Samsung counterparts can offer, multi-window mode, which will be an interesting addition to the large display, is also not provided. Android 4.4.2 is offered in an almost unchanged form, which will appeal to all lovers of “pure Android”, and the rest can customize the menu at will using launchers that are flexible in settings.
Additional options include a function that allows you to control the viewing of images in the gallery, scrolling through the pictures using the front camera.
Camera
As in a number of analogues, the model uses a 13 MP Sony Exmor RS module with backlight. There is autofocus, flash, video is written 1080p @ 30. When using the device as a camera, there was a problem with very small screen bezels. So, holding the smartphone with both hands, there were accidental touches on the edges, in turn, the device switched from the viewfinder mode to the demonstration of pictures. Therefore, you need to press more carefully so that there are no accidental actions. As for the quality of shooting, one would expect better results. There is a lot of noise, sharpness at the edges drops, but the colors are natural, the automation works correctly and there are no problems with the white balance. Now for the same money you can buy HTC Desire 816 dual sim, here you can look at shooting examples.
If the quality of the camera is important, then the Taiwanese smartphone will be much more interesting than its Chinese competitor.
Media
The smartphone supports high quality uncompressed music formats. You can listen to music not only in common MP3 or AAC, but also in higher quality APE or FLAC formats. In terms of sound quality, the model with a separate Wolfson WM8918 chip makes an extremely pleasant impression. Good quality in-ear headphones included. They have a remote control that will help you pause the song, change the volume, move to the next song. It is strange, but he will not help to go back, he can only scroll forward.
There is also an FM radio. Philips i928 reproduces video in Full HD without problems by hardware, there may only be problems with sound, as usual, but this is easily solved by third-party software. The smartphone does not support GLONASS satellites, there are no problems with GPS, starting on the street takes a few seconds, navigation works quickly and accurately.
The model copes with the role of a navigator perfectly.
Autonomy
The smartphone has a 3000 mAh battery, the power supply is replaceable, which can be written as a plus. According to tests, the indicators are modest, so, in the continuous video playback mode at maximum brightness, only about 4 hours of work are obtained. For example, Alcatel One Touch Hero, which has Full HD with the same diagonal, but less performance, gets 6.5 hours of work, the same figures for HTC Desire 816 with 5.5 inches and HD resolution, but with a chip from Qualcomm . In i9 games28 also does not work for long, an hour and a half of work. As for the normal use of the device, the charge lasts for daylight hours, most often it has to be charged twice a day.
Competitors
Philips i928 is sold at a price of 15,990 rubles. Let’s look at alternatives with large screens and two SIM cards. 5.5 inches Huawei Honor 3X with HD screen and 8-core MediaTek processor, like Philips, it costs 15 thousand.
HTC Desire 816 Dual sim is sold for 16 thousand. It has a 5.5 inch HD screen. Of the 6-inch options, there is Prestigio MultiPhone 7600 DUo, which costs about 14 thousand rubles. It has HD resolution and an old 4-core MediaTek processor. ASUS Fonepad Note 6 with an Intel processor and Full HD resolution at 6 inches costs 11,000 rubles. But the Intel processor does not have high performance, power will have to be sacrificed. Alcatel Hero 8020D can be bought at retail for 13 thousand, although some operators it costs about 10 thousand rubles. It is very close in its characteristics to the model from Philips, but loses in performance, but it works longer. Also 6 inches with HD resolution can offer Nokia Lumia 1320, which costs about 12 thousand rubles, but it does not have a slot for a second SIM card.
Opinion Hi-Tech.Mail.Ru
Philips i928 will like its appearance, it is well assembled, free space is used wisely. Here and high resolution, and a large diagonal of the screen, which received small frames.
The display itself is not calibrated in the best way, but it has no problems with brightness, the data on the display is perfectly visible on the street. Pleasantly pleased with the case, the finish “under the skin” adds solidity to the device, the smartphone is pleasant to take in hand. As for the filling, everything is fine, it copes with games normally, allowing them to run at maximum settings. It is also worth highlighting the sound quality, the model turned out to be an interesting proposal for this parameter.
At the same time, it lacks 4G support, which would allow you to surf the Internet at higher speeds. The camera showed itself to be very average, for the same money you can buy a smartphone with a better photo part. It should also be noted that in games or when watching videos, the smartphone does not last long, an 8-core processor and a high-resolution screen affect autonomy.
The alternatives of this model are listed above, there are quite a lot of them. Many have loved Philips smartphones during their work, the Xenium line is not going anywhere, it remains, but the company is expanding its lineup.