VERTEX Impress Wolf smartphone - advantages and disadvantages

The VERTEX Impress Wolf smartphone has become one of the many models of 2018 in the budget class. The variety of budget models on the market has led to the fact that potential buyers began to ask the question "which one is better to buy?" Even the best phone manufacturers, having estimated the popularity of budget class models, began to actively release new items in this particular segment.

How much is?

Let's start with the cost, because for many the price of the phone is included in the main selection criteria. Buyers try to find a relatively inexpensive but reliable model, compare prices in different places, trying to find where to buy a phone at a bargain price. As mentioned earlier, the model is budgetary, so the average price in Russia is 3,500 rubles.

But such a low cost shouldn't scare off buyers. You shouldn't judge the quality of a phone by its price. After all, even the most expensive phones, despite all their advantages, also have disadvantages. Often, low-cost phones are on par with their more expensive competitors, and some features even make budget models the preferred choice.

Design and general characteristics of the model

Appearance

The phone is quite comfortable and has a classic plastic case. Other materials such as metal or glass are missing here. Of the external buttons, it has 2 side keys, familiar to devices based on the Android operating system, - unlock and a combined volume control key. They are pressed a little tightly. Even in the hand of a child, the phone is easy to hold, because it has a relatively low weight - 147 grams, and has dimensions that do not interfere with it on either side - it is convenient to hold it - 72x143x10.3 mm.

General characteristics

Like many other models that were released in 2018, the VERTEX Impress Wolf phone runs on the Android 7.0 operating system. Despite its budget, the device has retained all the basic functionality inherent in a modern smartphone. So, VERTEX Impress Wolf supports 2 active SIM cards (dual-sim), has a slot for a micro-sd memory card, supports a USB interface for synchronization with a computer, also supports devices with a bluetooth 4.0 interface, Wi-Fi and GPS networks.

Equipment

In terms of its configuration, the VERTEX Impress Wolf model is no different from its competitors.In addition to the phone itself, inside the package you can find a micro-USB cable for connecting to a computer (the standard cord length is 1m), a plug for charging from the mains, and a user manual. Looking at the price of the phone, it was hardly worth expecting gifts in the form of headphones, films on the screen or covers.

Screen

The diagonal of the screen is standard for a phone of this size 5 inches, and the maximum resolution of the sides is 1280x720. This is quite enough for watching videos of medium or small resolution. The convenience of watching videos is supported by the auto-rotate screen function. It is not very visible in the sun, but this problem is easily eliminated by adding screen brightness.

The phone has a multi-touch capacitive display that can handle no more than 3 touches at a time. This is enough to work with the basic functions of the phone, but those who like to play games, especially the Action or RPG genre using their smartphone, will most likely not be satisfied with this situation. User reviews indicate that the sensor works stably, works even with a light touch, without requiring any effort.

Battery

The smartphone is equipped with a lithium polymer battery with a capacity of 2200 mA / h. The phone can withstand the standby time set by the developers of 240 hours, but unfortunately, this battery capacity is not quite enough for active games, surfing the Internet, watching movies and listening to music. This can be attributed to one of the few disadvantages of the phone. But when charging from the mains, the smartphone shows how "smart" it is. After all, a full charge from the mains takes only 55 minutes. This is very convenient when there is simply no time for a long charge of several hours.

The phone is charged using a micro-USB cable, to which, if necessary, there is a network plug in the kit. The problem of a not quite powerful battery is easily solved by purchasing an additional external charger. In this case, you can forget about this disadvantage of the phone. The phone is quite capable of working in active use mode and half a day, but if more is required from it - for example, a long journey, where you cannot do without listening to music and actively using the Internet, an external charger will be an excellent assistant.

CPU

The smartphone is equipped with a 4-core Spreadtrum SC9832 processor. The clock frequency is 1300 MHz. Compared to competitors that released their new products in the same time period, the processor is slightly inferior in clock frequency, but this does not particularly affect performance. The phone is quite productive, in this regard it has mostly positive reviews - it can be freely used for games, working with applications, the Internet, video and music. No noticeable freezes were noticed during operation, the processor does not overheat even when performing several tasks at the same time.

Memory

RAM

If we talk about the amount of RAM used for the operation of the system itself, applications and games, then its volume is 1GB. When compared with modern flagships, it may seem that this volume is not quite enough. But for a budget model, this is quite a normal indicator. To service the processor of average power installed in the phone - 1 GB of RAM is sufficient and does not cause problems during use.

Inner memory

As for the internal memory, its volume is 8GB, and this is already an excellent indicator for a budget model, most of which receive half as much - 4GB of internal memory. Even without installing a Micro-SD card, this volume may well be enough not only to install all the necessary applications and games, but also to quietly store multimedia files on the device - photos, videos and music. If this is not enough for the user, then the smartphone additionally supports the installation of a Micro-SD card, up to 32 GB.

In this case, the installation of applications and games is also possible on such a card, instead of the phone's memory.This is undoubtedly an advantageous advantage of the phone over competing models. Not all competitors have such an opportunity, because on many budget models the installation of applications is allowed only in the root of the phone, in the built-in memory. It is not possible to install an application or game on a flash card in such MicroSD models.

Camera

Main camera

The smartphone is equipped with two cameras. The rear camera (main) has a maximum image resolution of 8 megapixels. This camera has an LED flash located below the camera itself. The camera interface allows you to make basic settings that affect the quality of images: focusing, adjusting sharpness, flash control, adjusting color effects, etc. However, most of these parameters are not available when shooting video.

Front-camera

The phone also has an additional front camera with a maximum resolution of 5 megapixels. Pictures from it, although inferior in quality to the main camera, but from this camera you can also get photos of good, average quality. You can see how Vertex Impress Wolf takes pictures by looking at the sample photos from both cameras at the end of the article.

Examples of pictures from the front and rear camera of the phone:

Multimedia and other phone features

As for the sound, it is moderately loud, but quite high quality, and in any mode - when listening to headphones and from the phone speaker, when watching videos and listening to music. Supports all major audio and video formats: MP3, WAV, AAC, WMA, WMV, 3GP, 4GP, MP4, AVI and many more. Has a built-in FM-receiver (for operation, you need to connect headphones as an antenna), a standard headphone jack (3.5 mm), a flashlight (powered by a rear camera flash).

Conclusion

As mentioned earlier, 2018 saw the release of many budget smartphone models. How to choose a really reliable phone? Many Internet portals even offer their readers a rating of high-quality and inexpensive new products. The Vertex Impress Wolf smartphone could take a worthy place in such a rating. In view of not the most popular brand, this phone is not included in the most popular models, although, as our review has shown, it deserves this for its quality. It has a number of advantageous advantages over phones in a comparable price category: high-quality sound, support for installing applications on a Micro-SD card, good user-friendly design.

More or less perceptible disadvantages include, perhaps, only a small battery power. But, as we noted earlier, with the active use of the multimedia capabilities of the phone, the purchase of an external battery will be an excellent salvation. Then the use of the telephone should not cause any serious complaints.

• user-friendly design;
• high-quality sound;
• installing applications on a microSD card.

• weak battery power;
• low clock speed of the processor.

Vertex Impress Wolf is well worth its money, being a high-quality budget-class smartphone that does not stand out for the presence of any advanced functions or technologies, however, it meets all modern smartphone standards, as not only a means of communication, but also a multifunctional multimedia device.