furious_gamer
Excessive happiness
Been using Pantech Burst for past few days, after i sold my dead-old Galaxy SL. The mobile which i got from seller has some issues with display so got it replaced and new one comes with ICS whereas first one comes with GB. So i get to get hands on on these two versions.
First of all, since using SL for good ~2 yrs, the first thing strikes to me when i bought this mobile was, where were you Pantech, all these days? I mean, who in their right mind give you such awesome config for such a sweet price. (Please don't compare MMX,Karbonn).
Ok, let's jump into my mini-review straight away.
Packaging
Well it is too simple. Charger cable, with socket extension. So no seperate data cable and charger. No headset(I have too many IEM's so no issues) but still they could have at least provide a headset. Also, providing a screen guard would have been really good at this point because apart from ebay.in, i don't see any other place selling screen guard.(Been using it w/o screen guard, so using it real carefully). I am a little bit disappointed by the package but i can live with that.
Build Quality
Still plastic feel like in Samsung, but much better compared to My SL. I used to use iAccy cover for my SL for two reason. One is for safety and another is to cover it's ugly back from my sight. It feels good in hand. Weight is equal as my GSL. L9 weighs a lot lesser compared to this, but you cannot complain, especially at this price point.
The three touch buttons at the bottom of screen is not so responsive. If you use thumb finger, it will be, otherwise you have to press it like a real button. But i am okay with that cause i use my thumb finger all the time.
Headset port and power button on top, volume at left and mini-USB port at righ hand side. The power button is to tiny it is hard sometimes to lock screen by pressing this button without looking at it.
So overall i am happy with the Build quality and one cannot expect more from this.
Performance
Well, frankly, it swept my feet of the ground. Installed Temple Run 2, Lets Golf 2 and played it w/o any hiccup. Whatever app i thow it, it runs smoothly. With GB & ICS, i didn't face any lag so far. Also, booting time is much faster at less than a minute. Watching 1080p video also not an issue. I am not so fond of running benchmarks, but i have seen somewhere this mobile equals the score of galaxy note in antutu benchmark.
Even after installing too many apps, i can see around 200-300MB free RAM.
Overall, Dual Core and 1GB makes you UIX very smooth, w/o installing Project Butter for ICS.
Audio/Video
Well audio quality is good if not excellent. I have PMPs for this , but still i will listen songs in this phone. With my Sony IEM, it just delivers decent sound qulity.Default Music Player does really good job.
There is none to complain in Video department. Plays whatever format you throws at. Tried 720p, 1080p and it just ran fine(MX Player).
Calls/Connectivity
After all this is a phone and for it's designation, it is doing good job. Picking signals good compard to my GSL. My GSL usually shows 3 bars while i am at home, where as this one picks easy 5 bars all the time.
Call quality is excellent. Been at receiver end and checked the quality. It is more than good. The voice is clear and no echo or whatever(I heard people complain about this in TE).
Connectivity options are BT, Wifi and it supports 4G. I had a heart attack first time i saw the config of this phone. In india, where 3G is still an oasis for all of us, the offer of 4G @ 8.5k is real steal.
No need to tell anything about BT, WiFi. They does the job as they claim. Been using 2G so can't comment anything about 3G(neither 4G).
Browsing
Person who browse in 4" LCD screen for last 2 yrs, will really get excited to browse in 4" LED, with better speed(not internet speed) and no hiccups in Chrome, or default browser. Major issue with my GSL was, whenever i open browser, it starts lagging and if i check Task Manager, it eats up good amount of RAM,even if open only one tab. No such probs with Burst.
Camera
Well, it is phone camera and it does what other phone's camera does. Yep, 5MP snapper is not what you expect the one from Lumia series. At daylight it is giving decent pictures with good color. It is not so vivid and i like it. But at poor light conditions, it is giving some really noisy, crappy images. After all, it is not camera, so keeping it in mind, it does real decent job.
Video Recording at 720p is OK. it captures audio with decent quality and stores the file in MP4 format. Not a big difference in this department from my GSL.
Memory
A whooping 16GB internal memory at this phone is real catchy. USB transfer speeds are pathetic. Need to wait for long to copy a small 720p video.
Still 16GB is enough legroom to store 6+hrs of 720p video playback or 6000+ 5MP photos.
Only phone provides 1GB RAM under 9k. The UIX is snappy, playing game noe becomes fun.(It is always fun, if it is with no hiccup or lag). Almost 200-300MB free at any time. No Task Killer apps needed as of now for me and never used one.
Battery
Well, here comes the big important thing. 1650mAh powers this phone. In normal usage(Few calls, txting, 30mins-1hr gaming, 1hr browsing, WiFi on 2 hrs) i am getting 1.5 days of backup and moderate will give me just a bit short of one day.
Conclusion
It is time to tell Pros and Cons, but i leave it to users. For me, my mind is not picking any Cons apart from somewhat hard-to-press buttons. Everything else is Pros for me and i don't have anything else to compain. It is a WTF must buy phone @ 8.5k but at the loss of warranty, but who cares.
Benchmark Results:
Nenamark 2: 54.5fps
Vellamo HTML 5: 1504
Vellamo Metal : 374
Camera Snaps : Will post more...
Games Tested :
Air Attack HD
Temple Run 2
GTA III
Difference b/w images taken by Stock Camera App and Camera ICS at same settings
UPDATE :
Post images taken by default camera app and Camera ICS with same settings.
Added Quadrant and Vellamo Benchmark scores.
First of all, since using SL for good ~2 yrs, the first thing strikes to me when i bought this mobile was, where were you Pantech, all these days? I mean, who in their right mind give you such awesome config for such a sweet price. (Please don't compare MMX,Karbonn).
Ok, let's jump into my mini-review straight away.
Packaging
Well it is too simple. Charger cable, with socket extension. So no seperate data cable and charger. No headset(I have too many IEM's so no issues) but still they could have at least provide a headset. Also, providing a screen guard would have been really good at this point because apart from ebay.in, i don't see any other place selling screen guard.(Been using it w/o screen guard, so using it real carefully). I am a little bit disappointed by the package but i can live with that.
Build Quality
Still plastic feel like in Samsung, but much better compared to My SL. I used to use iAccy cover for my SL for two reason. One is for safety and another is to cover it's ugly back from my sight. It feels good in hand. Weight is equal as my GSL. L9 weighs a lot lesser compared to this, but you cannot complain, especially at this price point.
The three touch buttons at the bottom of screen is not so responsive. If you use thumb finger, it will be, otherwise you have to press it like a real button. But i am okay with that cause i use my thumb finger all the time.
Headset port and power button on top, volume at left and mini-USB port at righ hand side. The power button is to tiny it is hard sometimes to lock screen by pressing this button without looking at it.
So overall i am happy with the Build quality and one cannot expect more from this.
*i.imgur.com/VFeC0XZl.jpg
*i.imgur.com/9gBFQbal.jpg
*i.imgur.com/6SNnxJ6l.jpg
*i.imgur.com/zShWl3Xl.jpg
*i.imgur.com/9gBFQbal.jpg
*i.imgur.com/6SNnxJ6l.jpg
*i.imgur.com/zShWl3Xl.jpg
Performance
Well, frankly, it swept my feet of the ground
. Installed Temple Run 2, Lets Golf 2 and played it w/o any hiccup. Whatever app i thow it, it runs smoothly. With GB & ICS, i didn't face any lag so far. Also, booting time is much faster at less than a minute. Watching 1080p video also not an issue. I am not so fond of running benchmarks, but i have seen somewhere this mobile equals the score of galaxy note in antutu benchmark.Even after installing too many apps, i can see around 200-300MB free RAM.
Overall, Dual Core and 1GB makes you UIX very smooth, w/o installing Project Butter for ICS.
*i.imgur.com/g0j5hOgl.jpg
Audio/Video
Well audio quality is good if not excellent. I have PMPs for this , but still i will listen songs in this phone. With my Sony IEM, it just delivers decent sound qulity.Default Music Player does really good job.
There is none to complain in Video department. Plays whatever format you throws at. Tried 720p, 1080p and it just ran fine(MX Player).
Calls/Connectivity
After all this is a phone and for it's designation, it is doing good job. Picking signals good compard to my GSL. My GSL usually shows 3 bars while i am at home, where as this one picks easy 5 bars all the time.
Call quality is excellent. Been at receiver end and checked the quality. It is more than good. The voice is clear and no echo or whatever(I heard people complain about this in TE).
Connectivity options are BT, Wifi and it supports 4G
. I had a heart attack first time i saw the config of this phone. In india, where 3G is still an oasis for all of us, the offer of 4G @ 8.5k is real steal. No need to tell anything about BT, WiFi. They does the job as they claim. Been using 2G so can't comment anything about 3G(neither 4G
).Browsing
Person who browse in 4" LCD screen for last 2 yrs, will really get excited to browse in 4" LED, with better speed(not internet speed) and no hiccups in Chrome, or default browser. Major issue with my GSL was, whenever i open browser, it starts lagging and if i check Task Manager, it eats up good amount of RAM,even if open only one tab. No such probs with Burst.
Camera
Well, it is phone camera and it does what other phone's camera does. Yep, 5MP snapper is not what you expect the one from Lumia series. At daylight it is giving decent pictures with good color. It is not so vivid and i like it. But at poor light conditions, it is giving some really noisy, crappy images. After all, it is not camera, so keeping it in mind, it does real decent job.
Video Recording at 720p is OK. it captures audio with decent quality and stores the file in MP4 format. Not a big difference in this department from my GSL.
Memory
A whooping 16GB internal memory at this phone is real catchy. USB transfer speeds are pathetic. Need to wait for long to copy a small 720p video.
Still 16GB is enough legroom to store 6+hrs of 720p video playback or 6000+ 5MP photos.
Only phone provides 1GB RAM under 9k.
The UIX is snappy, playing game noe becomes fun.(It is always fun, if it is with no hiccup or lag). Almost 200-300MB free at any time. No Task Killer apps needed as of now for me and never used one.Battery
Well, here comes the big important thing. 1650mAh powers this phone. In normal usage(Few calls, txting, 30mins-1hr gaming, 1hr browsing, WiFi on 2 hrs) i am getting 1.5 days of backup and moderate will give me just a bit short of one day.
Conclusion
It is time to tell Pros and Cons, but i leave it to users. For me, my mind is not picking any Cons apart from somewhat hard-to-press buttons. Everything else is Pros for me and i don't have anything else to compain. It is a WTF must buy phone @ 8.5k but at the loss of warranty, but who cares.
Benchmark Results:
Nenamark 2: 54.5fps
Vellamo HTML 5: 1504
Vellamo Metal : 374
*i.imgur.com/XsJukShl.png
Quadrant Standard
*i.imgur.com/SgQRCLZl.png
AnTuTu Benchmark :
*i.imgur.com/hGlHBbZl.png
Quadrant Standard
*i.imgur.com/SgQRCLZl.png
AnTuTu Benchmark :
*i.imgur.com/hGlHBbZl.png
Camera Snaps : Will post more...
*i.imgur.com/JeKl3fbl.jpg
Games Tested :
Air Attack HD
Temple Run 2
GTA III
Difference b/w images taken by Stock Camera App and Camera ICS at same settings
Taken using Camera ICS :
*i.imgur.com/CDioVdP.jpg
Taken using Stock Camera App:
*i.imgur.com/sJhj2to.jpg
*i.imgur.com/CDioVdP.jpg
Taken using Stock Camera App:
*i.imgur.com/sJhj2to.jpg
Post images taken by default camera app and Camera ICS with same settings.
Added Quadrant and Vellamo Benchmark scores.
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