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How come?glic83 wrote:Hi ED E, just wondering what's the battery life like on the Le Max 2? How are you finding it overall?
Ive held off on rating it until now as EUI is weird and theres improvements if LeEco bother with an update. But as it stands currently:- Model - 6 64 Force Gold (X820 or X822, same thing apparently)
- Camera - Anti banding for artificial lights doesnt work half the time. Its a Sony 230 but performs a little poorly. Seems like its overly aggressive in bumping up the ISO. No 1080p60? Cmon lads
- LTE-CA - Doesnt work. This could be a three thing but Im not sure. Its meant to be a CAT12 device(?) but it never locks up the SCC. This means no 4G+ One of the reasons I went from a CAT3 device was to benefit from 4G+ in the few areas where it helps
- Display - Colours are wonky. At low and high brightness its ok, medium they're totally washed out. Same in the sun. 1440p like my old unit but really not comparable
- App Management - Tied to battery: By default EUI(MUI) nukes all background processes. Have whatsapp/messenger/hangouts/email etc? Well you wont get any notification until you manually open the app. To fix this you manually have to protect the app. But basically you need to protect most apps. Install a new app and forget? No updates until you remember 3wks later.
- Battery - By default its great, because nothing runs in the background or connects to the network. When you do the above its average.
- Fingerprint reader - Claims to store 3 fingerprints. Really its broken and you can only store 1 three times. Otherwise it only works 40% of the time at best.
- IR Blaster - Kind weak, I dont really use it but it does work and the app isnt terrrible
- Speaker - Easy to cover like a lot of current devices, only located on the left side(mono), bit tinny
- Charger - Got a TypeC <-> TypeC cable with a US charger. So you can't use it as a data cable/with other chargers and you need an adapter. Buy an Anker charger and decent USBB<->USBC cable
- Dual SIM - Gets confused, seems to work poorly even with manual intervention. Twice had to move sim between slots to reset the registration status after moving between home networks(countries).
- MTP - BROOOOOKEN. Cut a file from the device? It just deletes it. Copy multiple files? Crashes. Ive resorted to only moving files over FTP with ES File Explorer
- Bluetooth - Seems weaker than previous devices
Overall:
My previous handset was a Find7 from Oppo. At the time about €420, first unit out with a 1440p display, top of the line almost everything. Early on with VOOC (Like quickcharge). Stellar unit, let down by a few bits in ColorOS but othewise spectacular. They never released a successor. This time going with the real china china brand, €280, 2nd from the top SoC (820 not 821), most top tier features. Really getting towards the point of wanting a ferrari for the price of a fiat. Theres a trend of fingerprint death, with Oppo I was pretty sure of some recourse, with LeEco I'm doubtful. Cant even reg on their forum due to bad code.
Also missing NFC. Wasnt really using it before, ordered the LeEco, next week AndroidPay debuts officially in Ireland
Qi would be nice if they werent bothering with NFC.
Its not a bad phone, certainly not a phone for amateurs(dont get it for your GF/Parents), but probably a little bit stuck in between enough for picky enthusiasts and simple to use for teenage girls who want a pink selfie machine.0 -
Ive held off on rating it until now as EUI is weird and theres improvements if LeEco bother with an update. But as it stands currently:
- Model - 6 64 Force Gold (X820 or X822, same thing apparently)
- Camera - Anti banding for artificial lights doesnt work half the time. Its a Sony 230 but performs a little poorly. Seems like its overly aggressive in bumping up the ISO. No 1080p60? Cmon lads
- LTE-CA - Doesnt work. This could be a three thing but Im not sure. Its meant to be a CAT12 device(?) but it never locks up the SCC. This means no 4G+ One of the reasons I went from a CAT3 device was to benefit from 4G+ in the few areas where it helps
- Display - Colours are wonky. At low and high brightness its ok, medium they're totally washed out. Same in the sun. 1440p like my old unit but really not comparable
- App Management - Tied to battery: By default EUI(MUI) nukes all background processes. Have whatsapp/messenger/hangouts/email etc? Well you wont get any notification until you manually open the app. To fix this you manually have to protect the app. But basically you need to protect most apps. Install a new app and forget? No updates until you remember 3wks later.
- Battery - By default its great, because nothing runs in the background or connects to the network. When you do the above its average.
- Fingerprint reader - Claims to store 3 fingerprints. Really its broken and you can only store 1 three times. Otherwise it only works 40% of the time at best.
- IR Blaster - Kind weak, I dont really use it but it does work and the app isnt terrrible
- Speaker - Easy to cover like a lot of current devices, only located on the left side(mono), bit tinny
- Charger - Got a TypeC <-> TypeC cable with a US charger. So you can't use it as a data cable/with other chargers and you need an adapter. Buy an Anker charger and decent USBB<->USBC cable
- Dual SIM - Gets confused, seems to work poorly even with manual intervention. Twice had to move sim between slots to reset the registration status after moving between home networks(countries).
- MTP - BROOOOOKEN. Cut a file from the device? It just deletes it. Copy multiple files? Crashes. Ive resorted to only moving files over FTP with ES File Explorer
- Bluetooth - Seems weaker than previous devices
Overall:
My previous handset was a Find7 from Oppo. At the time about €420, first unit out with a 1440p display, top of the line almost everything. Early on with VOOC (Like quickcharge). Stellar unit, let down by a few bits in ColorOS but othewise spectacular. They never released a successor. This time going with the real china china brand, €280, 2nd from the top SoC (820 not 821), most top tier features. Really getting towards the point of wanting a ferrari for the price of a fiat. Theres a trend of fingerprint death, with Oppo I was pretty sure of some recourse, with LeEco I'm doubtful. Cant even reg on their forum due to bad code.
Also missing NFC. Wasnt really using it before, ordered the LeEco, next week AndroidPay debuts officially in Ireland Qi would be nice if they werent bothering with NFC.
Its not a bad phone, certainly not a phone for amateurs(dont get it for your GF/Parents), but probably a little bit stuck in between enough for picky enthusiasts and simple to use for teenage girls who want a pink selfie machine.
Thanks for the in depth reply. Based on specs I thought this phone was going to be stellar, and I was surprised that there wasn't more people on here with the max 2 because of the specs and price point.
Having read your review , I think I will be giving this a miss, the RN3P has it's short comings as well but it's a bit cheaper and at least I know the camera isn't great from the start. I would have thought the camera in the Max 2 would have been very good ( maybe it's down to software) so it was disappointing to hear it's not as good as it should be.0 -
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Iseedeadpixels wrote:Check kimovil.com
That just confuses me more
Once I start looking at that I'm like a kid in a candy shop and my budget changes from 150 to 200 to 300 to 400 then I get frustrated and end up getting nothing.
I'm sure I'm not alone either0 -
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Glen_Quagmire wrote: »That just confuses me more Once I start looking at that I'm like a kid in a candy shop and my budget changes from 150 to 200 to 300 to 400 then I get frustrated and end up getting nothing.
I'm sure I'm not alone either
Nope I've the Bluboo Maya in mind as my next one thanks to Kimovil.0
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