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Fly smartphones have become frequent guests of our editorial staff. Not surprising, because Meridian Telecom updates its product range more often than other manufacturers. Only recently we looked at the first Fly smartphone with an HD screen - somewhat - the first smartphone on the new MTK6589 hardware platform, and today we will talk about a device that skillfully combines the qualities of both - Fly IQ451 Vista.

The design of a smartphone in black cannot be called attractive. There are no elements in it that attract attention. The corners are rounded, the back is convex, the front is covered with tempered glass with a protruding rim around its perimeter, which serves as additional protection. The only little thing is our copy, or rather, its back panel. It was also noted that the removable cover is the most unfortunate part of the case. The reason for this is its execution - black gloss, which is not only not very pleasant to touch, but just to look at. And here Meridian Telecom once again proved how flexible their company can be. It was decided that commercial samples would come with a different panel, more in line with the price status of the device. It will also be glossy, but with a pattern “like Kevlar” or carbon, as you prefer to call it.

Due to the pattern, fingerprints should not be as obvious as they are now. In addition, this adds the very zest to the smartphone that it does not have now. Smartphones will also be on sale in white, which, in our opinion, is much more attractive.

So, let's see what elements are on the Fly IQ451 Vista case.
On the front panel in its upper part there are proximity and light sensors, a speaker, a camera eye and an indicator hidden under the speaker grid. Below them is a 5-inch IPS display with HD resolution and three touch keys – “Menu”, “Home” and “Back”. The keys are not very brightly backlit.

On the almost flat sides there are, on the left, a double volume key with a small recess dividing it in the middle, and on the right, a power-lock button. The keys are comfortable to use, thanks to both sharp edges and a small protrusion above the surface of the case. The key travel is short and crisp.

There are three holes at the ends of the body. Below is a microphone, and at the top is a USB cable and headphones. The back side of the case tapers towards the ends, which gives the impression that the smartphone is thinner than it actually is, and also has a positive effect on ergonomics.

The role of protecting the back of the Fly IQ451 Vista is played by a removable cover. Its edges extend onto the sides and ends of the body. As we have already said, our copy has a glossy lid without any pattern, while in commercial samples it will have a “Kevlar” pattern on it. What attracts attention here is the camera protruding above the general surface of the body. The lens is framed by a metal rim with longitudinal notches. To the left of the camera you can see the microphone hole. On the right is the inscription - camera resolution in megapixels. Below it is a flash LED. Its location is one of the most correct, since the probability of accidental overlap of the flash in this place is almost zero. At the bottom of the panel you can see the manufacturer's logo and many diamond-shaped speaker holes. To remove the panel, there is a special recess on the right side. The lid is made of fairly thick plastic. Removing it opens access to a 2000 mAh battery and three slots - SIM 1, MicroSD and SIM 2. To remove the card from any of them, you need to remove the battery.

The build quality of our Fly IQ451 Vista sample is not the best, which is quite expected, given that this is an early test sample. But, if we draw an analogy with other Fly smartphones, we can assume that there should be no creaks or play in the Fly IQ451 Vista. As for the dimensions, the smartphone cannot be called compact even compared to other 5-inch models. To have an idea of ​​its parameters, here is a comparison with popular models.

Fly IQ451 Vista – 144 x74x 10.7 mm, weight - unknown
s – 143.5x 76.9 x 9.6 mm, 162 g
– 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm, 130 g
– 139 x 71 x 7.9 mm, 146 g
– 131.6 x 69.3 x 9.8 mm, 151 g
– 143 x 70.5 x 9.1 mm, 140 g
– 140x71x9.4 mm, 170 G
– 139.6x90.4x8.5 mm, 168 g

As you can see, the closest in size to the Fly IQ451 Vista is Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos.

Operating system and shell

The Fly IQ451 Vista smartphone runs an operating system. The operating system interface has remained virtually untouched; all differences boil down to changed application shortcuts, Settings menu icons and the function bar and switches in the Notification Panel.

Users who want a device with more personalization options will have no problem installing a third-party skin. We tested GO Launcher EX on Fly IQ451 Vista - no problems were found in the operation of either.

Since, in addition to the differences described above, the smartphone interface is no different from, and that in turn is practically a copy, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the relevant part of the review of these devices, including what concerns working with two SIM cards.
Considering the productive hardware platform, we did not find any problems with the smooth operation of the interface, despite the screen resolution of 1280x720 pixels.

Hardware platform

Fly devices became the first smartphones on the Ukrainian market based on a quad-core system-on-chip MTK6589. This chip is manufactured using a 28nm process technology and includes four Cortex-A7 processor cores with clock frequency 1.2 GHz, video accelerator PowerVR SGX544MP, 1 GB random access memory and 4 GB of permanent storage, of which 3 GB is available to the user. Considering the presence of a slot for memory cards, as well as the ability to choose the type of memory where applications will be installed (internal or external), this size does not seem insufficient. In addition, the smartphone supports USB Host, which means that using a special adapter, you can connect peripheral devices to it, including hard drives and USB flash drives. In practice, it looks like this: the cache of the game Real Racing 3 is located on the memory card, while the game itself is installed in internal memory smartphone. If you want to play on another smartphone or tablet, just remove the memory card and insert it into the desired device. The situation is similar with backward compatibility.
The performance of the MTK6589 system-on-chip matches the results of Nvidia Tegra3, in which the clock frequency is 20-30% higher than in the MediaTek crystal, but unlike it, it is significantly less energy efficient. True, in the case of the Fly IQ451 Vista you shouldn’t count on much, because it uses a 5-inch screen and a battery of not the largest capacity. Looking ahead, let's say that it will be very interesting for us to check and compare the operating time of the Fly IQ450 Quattro running on Android 4.2 with the hero of this review. After all, the hardware platform and battery capacity are the same, only the screen resolution differs: there it is 854x480 pixels at 5 inches, and here it is 1280x720 pixels at the same 5 inches.

When it comes to comparing the energy efficiency of MTK6589 and Nvidia Tegra3, there is only one way to compare them directly, comparing Fly IQ451 Vista and LG Optimus Vu. The LG smartphone also uses a 5-inch IPS matrix, albeit with a lower resolution of 1024x768 pixels and a different aspect ratio, 4:3. Unfortunately, the Optimus Vu provided by LG was somewhat crude in terms of software, which did not allow it to pass the standard Antutu Tester, so we can only compare the operating time of smartphones when watching HD videos from Youtube. It is 4 hours 30 minutes for LG Optimus Vu and 5 hours 10 minutes for Fly IQ451 Vista at 50% brightness. With automatic brightness, the operating time of the Fly IQ451 Vista is already 6 hours and 45 minutes, which also cannot be called a high figure, but it is better than the LG Optimus Vu shows in similar conditions. If we talk about continuous music playback (MP3 files with a bitrate of 192-320 Kb/s), you can count on 10 and a half hours. Continuous reading (FBReader, 100% brightness) operating time is 9 hours and 5 minutes. At 50% brightness, the time will increase to 11 and a half hours. Further reduction in brightness has virtually no effect on the result. In the Antutu Tester application, the smartphone scored 462 points, lasting about 2 and a half hours. This means that the operating time during active use will be about 5-6 hours (not to be confused with the continuous operating time of the display), such modes may correspond to frequent use of GPS, for example, for navigation purposes, or surfing, reading news from social networks. With more relaxed use - 20 minutes of telephone conversations, 10 text messages, an hour of reading social networks, several photographs with flash, you can quite count on a day and a half of work.

The quality of network reception, as well as voice transmission in both directions, on good level. The smartphone quickly switches to WCDMA (UMTS) mode after roaming, for example, when leaving the subway into an open space. The quality and speed of signal reception and transmission in the Wi-Fi network is excellent, one of the best in its class. Searching for GPS satellites is relatively fast.

The volume of sound playback in headphones in a standard player is sufficient for any conditions. You can achieve good quality by using suitable headphones, even without using third-party players. But the sound of the multimedia speaker is average at best, both in volume and quality. The smartphone also does not have a warning about high sound volume when headphones are connected. If you listened to music at maximum volume, then when reconnection headphones, the sound will remain at the same level.

Like the Fly IQ446 Magic, the smartphone in question has a wide range of video codecs, which will definitely appeal to those who like to watch videos on their smartphone. Like all tested devices, Fly IQ451 Vista does not reproduce sound in AC3 format; for this you have to use third party applications. If the sound is encoded in MP3 or AAC, the smartphone can easily digest video in resolutions up to Full HD with a bitrate of 10 Mbit/s. The sound volume when playing sound is the same as when listening to music, that is, sufficient for any situation.

Playing video files

Codec/Name	FinalDestination5.mp4	Neudergimie.2.mkv	s.t.a.l.k.e.r.avi	Spartacus.mkv	ParallelUniverse.avi
Video	MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920×798 29.99fps	MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920×816 23.98fps ]	Xvid 712×400 25.00fps 1779kbps	MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280×720 29.97fps ]	MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280×536 24.00fps 2726kbps
Audio	AAC 48000Hz stereo 96kbps	MPEG Audio Layer 3 44100Hz stereo ] AAC 44100Hz stereo	MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 128kbps	Dolby AC3 44100Hz stereo ]	MPEG Audio Layer 3 44100Hz stereo 256kbps

Display and camera

The smartphone uses a 5-inch diagonal IPS matrix with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels and a pixel density of 294 ppi. The device became the first Fly model to have an IPS matrix with HD resolution.
The display brightness level ranges from 27 cd/m² to 380 cd/m². A 50% brightness level corresponds to 210 cd/m², automatic brightness in office lighting conditions shows 92 cd/m². Speaking about indicators, it should be noted that its minimum level is clearly overestimated, although not excessive. Interestingly, in the FBReader application, the backlight level is adjusted more flexibly than using the scale in the display settings; moreover, there you can set the brightness to a level that is comfortable for the eyes, even when reading in the dark.
The viewing angles are excellent, the color saturation is inferior to AMOLED matrices and some IPS matrices, for example, in the HTC One X or LG Optimus G, but only sophisticated users will be able to see the difference. For most, the display will look at least decent.
The matrix and tempered glass are not one whole, which means that there is an air gap between them. Without it, the quality of the display (brightness, visibility on the street) would be even better.

Two cameras with a resolution similar to the Fly IQ444 Diamond allow you to take pictures comparable to the Fly IQ446 Magic. According to Meridian Telecom, the Fly IQ451 Vista uses a second-generation OmniVision back-illuminated matrix. The 8 MP camera aperture is f/2.4. The viewfinder interface is exactly the same as that used in the Fly IQ446 Magic. On the left side of the screen there are three mode switch icons: normal, HDR, portrait, and on the right are keys for taking photographs and recording videos. Above them is a preview of the latest photo or video, and slightly to the left is an icon for switching to the front camera and changing the flash operating mode. In the lower right corner there is an icon with settings, where the user can change general parameters (geotagging, exposure, shooting mode, white balance, image parameters), and settings for photos and videos.

Examples of 8 MP photos taken by Fly IQ451 Vista

An example of Full HD video recording with a Fly IQ451 Vista smartphone

Results

Meridian Telecom once again managed to get ahead of its closest rivals by introducing to the market a smartphone with a 5-inch HD screen and a quad-core hardware platform. The recommended price of a smartphone is 3,000 hryvnia, which on the Internet should result in 2,700-2,800 hryvnia at the start of sales, with a further drop over the next month or two to the level of 2,400-2,500 hryvnia. If we consider prices offline, the Fly IQ451 Vista has no competitors, but if we talk about prices in online stores, the only competitor is the LG Optimus 4x HD, but only if we compare devices with a quad-core processor. LG has a slightly better display, but no USB Host, support for two SIM cards, worse quality of camera images, approximately comparable operating time and Optimus UI 3.0 shell. If you look for Fly Vista competitors in terms of screen diagonal and the presence of two SIM slots, the Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos will turn out to be the main one. It has a lower screen resolution, but better operating time and interface, while it is about 500-1400 hryvnia more expensive than Fly. A little later, the Prestigio Multiphone PAP5000 DUO will appear on the market, but, again, it can only theoretically compete with the Fly Vista; in terms of price and characteristics, it is rather closer to the current generation Fly IQ450 Horizon. However, at the time of the appearance of the 5-inch Prestigio, Meridian Telecom must prepare a replacement for the Fly Horizon in the form of the Fly IQ450 Quattro - it will use the MTK6589 chipset (the same as in the Fly IQ451 Vista) and Android 4.2, the design and screen resolution will remain unchanged 854x480 points and price. As a result, we can confidently say that Meridian Telecom is skillfully using its growing popularity, increasing its success through a well-thought-out line of devices that have no direct competitors, and the Fly IQ451 Vista is an excellent smartphone with a 5-inch HD screen, a quad-core platform, support for two SIM cards, good cameras and Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, which can be upgraded to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean in the near future.

Liked
+ Presence of a pattern on the back panel
+ Camera quality
+ Hardware platform
+ Dual SIM support
+ Recommended price
+ Wide range of supported video codecs
+ Volume and sound quality in headphones
+ Availability of USB Host

Did not like
— Multimedia speaker volume
— Capacity of the built-in battery

	Fly IQ451 Vista (Black) Notify when on sale
Type	Smartphone
Type of shell	monoblock
Standard	GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/2100
High speed data transfer	GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA
Dimensions (mm)	144x74x10.7
Weight (g)	150
Processor (for smartphones)	MTK6589 (Cortex-A7), 1.2 GHz (4 cores) + GPU PowerVR SGX544
Memory	1 GB RAM + 4 GB internal memory (up to 1.7 GB available to the user)
Expansion slot	microSD/SDHC (up to 32 GB)
Main screen	IPS, 5″, 1280×720 pixels, 16.7 million colors, touch, capacitive, multi-touch support
Additional screen	—
Keyboard type	screen input
Accumulator battery	Li-Ion, 2000 mAh
Operating time (manufacturer's data)	conversation - up to 5 hours, waiting - up to 400 hours
Communications	USB 2.0 (mini-USB), Bluetooth 4.0 (A2DP), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Supports 2 or more SIM cards	+
SIM card type	Micro-SIM
Photography	8 MP (BSI sensor), auto focus, digital zoom, 2 MP front camera
Video shooting	1920x1080 pixels
Flash	LED
operating system	Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Phone book	dynamic
Working with messages	SMS, EMS, MMS, E-mail (Gmail)
Organizer	calendar, alarm clock, clock, notes, reminders, tasks
Voice functions	+
Speakerphone	+
Internet access	WAP 2.0, xHTML, HTML
Additional utilities	calculator, world time clock, voice recorder, converter
Games	+
Sound signal	polyphonic, MP3 support
MP3 player	+
FM radio	+
Additional features	media player, video telephony, GPS receiver, G-sensor, Google apps and SPB, proximity and light sensors, applications for accessing social networks, viewing and editing text documents

It is expanding its presence in the Russian market, releasing more and more 4-core models on the new MTK6589 platform with support for two SIM cards.

The new smartphone is Fly IQ451 Vista. In our mini-review we will talk about the main characteristics and capabilities of the smartphone.

Externally, the Fly IQ451 Vista does not stand out in anything special - it is ordinary plastic. On the front surface there is a display, above it there is a front camera, a speaker and touch sensors, below it there are touch control keys (“Home”, “Back” and “Menu”). On the left side you can see the volume control key, on the right - the power / lock button, on the top end there is a headphone jack and a microUSB port. On the back there is the main camera with LED flash, slots for an external speaker and the company logo.

The assembly of the device is done quite well: there are no creaks or backlashes during operation.

The gadget is very ergonomic: the body is made of plastic that is pleasant to the touch, and the device itself is comfortable to hold and work with.

The dimensions of the smartphone are 144x74x10.7 mm, and the weight is 150 g.

The package includes: the smartphone itself, USB cable, headphones, battery, instructions, warranty card.

Performance and Software

Fly IQ451 Vista is based on a 4-core MediaTek MTK6589 Cortex-A7 processor with a clock frequency of 1.2 GHz, a PowerVR SGX544 graphics accelerator and 1 GB of RAM. This “filling” allows you to demonstrate good speed and performance. Modern games and applications work great. Although information has appeared on many forums that the gadget will not be able to play high-definition video, in reality there were no problems with it - it plays without problems.

The operating system in Fly IQ451 is Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

The device has 4 GB of permanent memory, but it can be increased using microSDHC cards (32 GB).

The smartphone supports Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), GPS/A-GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, 3G and FM radio. Networks – GSM 900/1800, WCDMA 900/2100, UMTS up to 384 Kbit/s, HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbit/s, HSDPA+ up to 21 Mbit/s and HSUPA up to 5.76 Mbit/s.

The pre-installed software is distinguished by its diversity: browser, mail client, various services for integration with, audio and video player, Internet television, FBReader and many other applications.

Screen

The image quality is very good: excellent contrast, bright natural colors, good viewing angles. In general, the screen has truly become the highlight of the device. The Fly IQ451 Vista has a 5-inch capacitive display, made using technology, with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels and a color rendition of 16 million shades.

By the way, it is the display that distinguishes the gadget from the Fly IQ446 Magic, since in other characteristics it is similar to it.

Camera

Fly IQ451 Vista is equipped with an 8-megapixel main camera with LED flash and autofocus. It is capable of taking photos with a maximum resolution of 3264x2448 pixels and recording video in Full HD format at 30 frames per second.

The software allows you to select several shooting modes: auto, night. Party, portrait, landscape, panorama, beach and others. Some effects are also available: mono, sepia, negative, etc.

The quality of the photographs is very good: natural colors, small details are visible, but low light more noise appears in the photo. Overall, the camera can compete with some flagship devices.

The smartphone also has a 2-megapixel front camera capable of capturing video at 720p resolution for video calling.

Battery

The device is equipped with a 2000 mAh lithium-ion battery, which, according to the manufacturer, should be enough for 5 hours of talk time and 400 hours of standby time.

The battery capacity of this device is slightly less than that of the Fly IQ446, although the screen is much larger, but at the same time the declared operating time for both devices is the same.

In practice, one battery charge is also enough for approximately a day of operation with an average smartphone load.

Price

The price of Fly IQ451 Vista on the Russian market is 12,990 rubles.

Fly IQ451 Vista video review:

A huge smartphone in a nondescript body on the new MediaTek MT6589 platform

As expected, Fly’s portfolio of smartphones has been expanded with models based on the new MediaTek platform. Enthusiasts and those simply interested in mobile devices were eagerly awaiting the arrival of MediaTek MT6589, because it was destined to become the successor to the popular SoC MediaTek MT6577, which received all sorts of compliments and literally exploded the market for mid- and ultra-budget smartphones. To repeat the success, the new MediaTek single-chip system has all the data - judge for yourself: it includes four energy-efficient ARM Cortex-A7 cores and a powerful PowerVR SGX 544MP graphics core. Of course, this solution is far from the most powerful chip of 2013, the Samsung Exynos 5 Octa processor. The difference between the two SoCs is that Samsung chip in addition to four ARM Cortex-A7 cores, there are four more powerful ARM Cortex-A15 computing cores, and graphics cores not one, but three. But for such luxury you have to pay with valuable battery energy, and there is often no need for such processing power. This is where reasonable self-restraint in the MT6589 architecture comes to the fore. Only testing will show how successful this platform, and with it the hero of the review - the Fly IQ451 smartphone - turned out to be successful.

Contents of delivery

The Fly IQ451 smartphone comes in a medium-sized black box with an almost life-size image on it and the main parameters of the device are indicated. All inscriptions and documentation are in Russian.

Inside the box, everything is standard and traditional: a smartphone, a battery, a charger with a USB-compatible connector, a Micro-USB-USB cable and a wired stereo headset. The usual equipment for a budget communicator, nothing extra.

Characteristics of the mobile computer Fly IQ451 Vista Quattro

• MediaTek MT6589 platform (four ARM Cortex-A7 cores, 1.2 GHz) with PowerVR SGX 544MP video core;
• Operating system Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean);
• IPS display, 5″ diagonal, 720×1280 pixels, capacitive, with multitouch;
• RAM 1 GB, main flash memory 4 GB (900 MB available to the user for system partition and 1.75 GB on the data partition);
• Supports microSDXC memory cards up to 64 GB;
• Dual SIM support;
• GSM EDGE/GPRS connection (900/1800 MHz) for both SIM cards;
• 3G HSPA communication (900/2100 MHz) for one SIM card;
• Bluetooth 4.0;
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n;
• FM radio;
• GPS + A-GPS;
• Accelerometer;
• CMOS camera with a resolution of 8 megapixels, autofocus, additional camera 2 megapixels;
• Lithium-ion battery, capacity 2000 mAh;
• Dimensions 144x74x10.7 mm;
• Weight 157 g.

If you look at the characteristics of the Fly IQ451 and do not pay attention to the fact that it is built on the new MediaTek platform, the first thing that catches your eye is the diagonal size of the display: the hero of the review has an impressive 5-inch matrix. Also outstanding in all respects are the size and weight of the Fly IQ451 and, strangely given such dimensions, the battery has a very modest capacity in modern times. We would venture to assume that in the near future Fly will release, if it has not already released, exactly the same smartphone, but with a 2700-3000 mAh battery, as was already the case with the Fly IQ440 -IQ441 pair.

	Fly IQ451	ZTE V880G	Digma iDxD4 3G	Huawei Honor 2	Jiayu G3	Samsung Galaxy S2
Screen	5″ IPS, 294 ppi	4.5″ IPS, 208 ppi	4.3″ IPS, 256 ppi	4.5″ IPS, 326 ppi	4.5″ IPS, 326 ppi	4.3″ Super AMOLED Plus, 218 ppi
Permission	720×1280	480×854	540×960	720×1280	720×1280	480×800
O.C.	Android 4.1	Android 4.0.4	Android 4.0.4	Android 4.0.4 (4.1)	Android 4.0.4	Android 4.0.4
CPU	MediaTek MT6589 (4 cores ARM Cortex-A7) @1.2 GHz	Qualcomm S4 MSM8225 (2 cores ARM Cortex-A5) @1.2 GHz		HiSilicon K3V2 Hi3620 (4 ARM Cortex-A9 cores), 1.4 GHz	MediaTek MT6577 (2 cores ARM Cortex-A9) @1 GHz	Samsung Exynos 4210 (2 cores ARM Cortex-A9) @1.2 GHz
GPU	PowerVR SGX 544MP	Adreno 203	PowerVR SGX 531	Vivante GC4000	PowerVR SGX 531	ARM Mali-400MP
RAM	1 GB	512 MB	1 GB	1 GB	1 GB	1 GB
Camera		Rear 5 MP, front 1.3 MP	Rear 8 MP, front 0.3 MP	Rear 8 MP, front 1.3 MP	Rear 8 MP, front 2 MP	Rear 8 MP, front 2 MP
Battery	2000 mAh	2000 mAh	1700 mAh	2230 mAh	2750 mAh	1650 mAh
Dimensions and weight	144×74×10.7 mm, 157 g	133×67×9.8 mm, 140 g	128×66×9.8 mm, 137 g	134×68×10.5 mm, 145 g	135×65×10.8 mm, 131 g	125×66×8.5 mm, 116 g
Average retail price	N/A()	N/A()	N/A()	N/A(0)	N/A(0)	$103()

Design and appearance

Like the exterior of most inexpensive Chinese communicators, nothing good or bad can be said about the appearance of the Fly IQ451 - it is standard. The external shape of the smartphone body is standard - an elongated rectangle with rounded corners, the color is standard - black glossy plastic, the set and arrangement of controls is standard. This whole set of “make a cheap smartphone case yourself” wanders from device to device, without causing any emotions in the observer other than a feeling of deja vu.

As for the build quality of the Fly IQ451, there are almost no complaints about it, since at least the new smartphone, just taken out of the box, has no creaks, no wobbles, and no noticeable play in parts. All structural elements are tightly fitted to each other, the gaps between them are minimal. Over time, however, the battery cover begins to creak near the camera lens - where it bends significantly when pressed hard.

The dimensions of the smartphone are such that it will not fit into every pocket, and it will certainly be clearly felt there. An additional negative effect is caused by the large mass of the communicator, which is also felt when you hold the Fly IQ451 in your hand. If you try to describe the feeling of the hero of the review in one word, then it would be the adjective “huge”. With such dimensions, it is out of the question to work comfortably with a smartphone with one finger.

The glossy plastic of the back panel not only attracts fingerprints and gets dirty quickly, but is also very slippery. The reliability of the grip here is mainly ensured by the size and weight of the smartphone: the side edges are wide enough to be grasped by the phalanges of the fingers, the contact area between the palm and the back panel of the smartphone is large, the body presses with its weight. In general, despite its size and weight, ergonomically the Fly IQ451 is quite good, at least for a standard male hand. The main complaints in terms of ease of use go to the smartphone’s hardware keys, which are inexpressive both in shape (very flat) and in the degree of pressing (small travel). Turning Fly IQ451 on and off “blindly” is very inconvenient.

On the front panel of the review hero, in addition to the display, there are three backlit touch buttons, a telephone speaker, an additional camera lens, proximity and ambient light sensors, and an information LED. There is a gap between the glass that protects the display and the stiffening rib that runs along the entire perimeter of the communicator's body, into which dust had already begun to clog during our testing. The second traditional dust collector - the telephone speaker - on the Fly IQ451 is covered with a grille, preventing the ingress of foreign particles.

The back panel of the smartphone is a battery compartment cover; its edges also extend onto all the side edges. It has holes for a speaker, an additional microphone, a camera, a flash and a headphone jack. Detaching the cover and reinstalling it can be done without any problems or difficulties; you just need to pull harder on the corner in the area of ​​the special recess for the nail. Under the cover there is a decent-sized battery, two slots for regular SIM cards (Mini format) and a slot for microSD memory cards. The camera lens protrudes significantly from the body of the communicator; the smartphone rests on it when lying on the table, and touches the edges of the pocket with it. This is unsafe from the point of view of the safety of the camera - if handled carelessly, the lens glass can easily be scratched.

On the left side of the Fly IQ451 case there are two volume control keys. On the right is the smartphone's power control button.

The bottom end is used to accommodate the microphone and a recess for detaching the battery cover. Headphone jacks and Micro-USB cable connections are located on the top end of the Fly IQ451.

The appearance of the Fly IQ451 did not evoke any emotions. There is an opinion that negative or positive impressions are better than their complete absence, but in the case of a mid-budget smartphone this statement does not seem to be valid - “facelessness” rules here. Manufacturers of most Chinese smartphones do not attach much importance to their appearance, placing the main emphasis on the filling and capabilities of their devices, and, apparently, buyers of such products completely agree with them. Probably the second color option of the Fly IQ451 - white - looks a little better and more fun.

Software

The Fly IQ451 smartphone runs on the Android 4.1.2 operating system. The developers of the communicator left it almost in its original form, only the icons were changed standard applications. The list of additional software in a smartphone, traditionally for Fly, is extensive and includes the same applications in all devices of this company.

First of all, these are numerous services Yandex: search, maps, navigator, mail, taxi, weather, news. All of them are combined into one huge widget that occupies one of the system desktop screens.

The second group is represented by client programs of various social networks: In contact with, Classmates, Twitter, Facebook.

In addition, the Fly IQ451 memory contains the following programs: ivi.ru- client of the corresponding online video service; uBank- an online payment service client, an analogue of Yandex.Money and Qiwi; FlyBook- Fly’s proprietary library, where each book is presented as a separate application that needs to be installed; there are paid and free editions; CoinKeeper- paid client of the personal finance accounting service. Completes the list of additional software Fly IQ451 has an app Voice changer, which, as the name suggests, will help change the voice of the smartphone owner during a phone call. To do this, the call must be made through a paid short phone number.

Display and sound

The Fly IQ451 has a huge screen by the standards of traditional smartphones. Its diagonal is as much as 5″, resolution is 1280×720 pixels, matrix type is IPS. Despite its outstanding dimensions, the pixel density of the review hero’s display is almost equal to the threshold value of 300 ppi, which distinguishes the category of so-called Retina displays (introduced into circulation by one Apple company). To be more precise, the pixel density of the Fly IQ451 is 293 ppi. For the end user of the review hero, all this juggling with numbers and terms means that he will see individual pixels on the smartphone screen only if he looks very closely, preferably with a magnifying glass in his hand. In the normal mode of using a smartphone, it is unlikely to distinguish these same pixels.

The technology for producing displays for mobile devices has reached the point where even the cheapest smartphones can have high-quality and bright matrices. Following ladders of text, blurry pictures and large pixels on each image, inversion of colors when tilting the display and cloudy films of resistive touch panels are a thing of the past. Now almost every smartphone has a high-quality IPS matrix and a capacitive sensor with protective glass, the Fly IQ451 is no exception.

The backlight brightness reserve of the review hero's display is quite large. The maximum backlight level will be enough for comfortable work even in bright sunshine, but glare will negatively affect protective glass display. The minimum backlight level is still too high for comfortable reading of text in complete darkness. The display brightness changes both manually and automatically based on data from the ambient light sensor.

The capacitive touch sensor perceives up to 5 simultaneous signals, but begins to get confused from the third of them. Sometimes even two close touches merge into one on the sensor - there is insufficient sensitivity of the sensor.

Alexey Kudryavtsev, editor of the “Monitors” and “Projectors and TV” sections, will tell you more about the Fly IQ451 screen.

The smartphone screen is covered with a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface and, judging by the reflection of bright light sources in it, does not have an anti-glare filter. There is a special oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating on the outer surface of the screen (not very effective), so fingerprints are removed more easily and appear at a lower speed than with regular glass. The surface of the matrix itself, located under the glass, is slightly matte; as a result, the screen reflects both side and direct light.

With manual brightness control, its maximum value was 420 cd/m², minimum - 40 cd/m². In principle, the brightness is high enough for the screen to remain readable outdoors during the day, but the matte surface of the matrix will greatly reduce the readability of the information displayed on the screen in conditions of strong external illumination. Reduced brightness will allow you to comfortably use the device even in complete darkness. There is automatic brightness adjustment based on the light sensor (apparently it is located to the right of the front speaker). In complete darkness, the auto-brightness function reduces the brightness to 55 cd/m² (acceptable), in an artificially lit office, the brightness is set to 110 cd/m² (comfortable level), in a very bright environment it increases to a maximum of 420 cd/m² (as expected expect). In automatic mode, as external lighting conditions change, the screen brightness increases and decreases. At any brightness level, there is no backlight modulation (up to 100 kHz), so there is no flickering.

This smartphone has an IPS matrix. The micrograph shows a typical IPS subpixel structure:

At the same time, we present another micrograph with a lower resolution and with a focus on the film covering the matrix:

Visible chaotically scattered dots are not dust, but artificially created surface defects that create the effect of a matte finish. The screen has good viewing angles without inverting shades and without significant color shifts, even with relatively large viewing deviations from perpendicular to the screen. When deviated diagonally, the black field becomes much lighter, but remains close to a neutral gray color. When viewed perpendicularly, the uniformity of the black field is very good. The contrast is not very high - about 600:1. The response time for the black-white-black transition is 30 ms (16 ms on + 14 ms off), the transition between halftones 25% and 75% (according to the numerical value of the color) and back takes a total of 44 ms. The gamma curve constructed from 32 points did not reveal a blockage either in the highlights or in the shadows, and the index of the approximating power function turned out to be 2.39, which is slightly higher than the standard value of 2.2, while the real gamma curve coincides well with the power dependence:

Color gamut is close to sRGB:

The spectra show that the matrix filters moderately mix the components with each other:

As a result, the colors on this screen are close to natural in saturation. The balance of shades on the gray scale is average: the color temperature is significantly higher than the standard 6500 K, and the deviation from the blackbody spectrum (delta E) is large. It’s good that at least the variation in color temperature and delta E is not very large, which has a positive effect on the visual perception of color balance. (Dark areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since color balance there is not very important, and the error in measuring color characteristics at low brightness is large.)

The screen is bright, but the matte surface of the matrix (under the mirror-smooth glass) and the absence of an anti-glare filter reduce the readability of the image on the screen in strong ambient light conditions. The stability of black color when viewing diagonally is low, and the color balance is far from ideal. As a result, despite the color gamut close to sRGB, this screen does not deserve a high rating.

Both speakers of the communicator have an average but sufficient volume. There are no complaints about their quality. It’s easy to cover the main speaker with your finger and muffle it almost completely. The easiest way to control the volume of the sound system is to use the hardware keys on the left side of the smartphone body. The Fly IQ451 does not have any additional technologies or programs that “improve” the sound, with the exception of the standard operating system equalizer.

The FM radio receiver built into the smartphone only works when a headset or headphones are connected. The signal reception quality of the stations is mediocre. The interface of the receiver control program is simple and unpretentious; it can scan the air and search for stations; the frequency can also be set manually. RDS is not supported. The station signal can be saved to a file or output to a speaker.

The quality of the included stereo headset is good. It has an average volume, but it will be quite enough for typical working conditions. The headset itself is non-separable; the headphones are not disconnected from the control unit. In addition to the microphone, there is one button on it, which allows you to control the operation of the audio player and answer calls. The headset has a clip for attaching to clothing.

Wireless Interfaces and Communications

Fly IQ451 is equipped with all standard modern communication modules, but does not have any “frills” such as NFC, LTE, Glonass, WiMAX, 802.11ac and an infrared port. Despite the absence of the above, the smartphone is capable of providing its owner with cellular communications, Internet access and current location coordinates: it supports 2G/3G cellular networks, Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. In the vast majority of cases, these communication modules will be sufficient for comfortable work in mobile mode.

The description of the Fly IQ451 wireless interfaces should probably start with the cellular communication module. The hero of the review has two slots for SIM cards, and we are all already accustomed to the fact that devices based on MediaTek chips are equipped with them and allow them to work in two cellular networks in passive mode. The main disadvantage of the passive mode is the inaccessibility of the smartphone via one of the channels if there is a call on the second. That is, if you receive a call on one SIM card, on the second you find yourself “out of reach”, and the mobile Internet is cut off. This was the case when MT6575 and MT6577 chips were installed in smartphones; when announcing MT6589, MediaTek announced that it would support the active mode of operation of two SIM cards, the so-called Dual-SIM, Dual-Active. Unfortunately and to our deep disappointment, in the Fly IQ451 everything is implemented in the old way, despite the new MediaTek chip. Both telephone calls and data transmission were tested - in both cases, communication on one channel was interrupted when a call was received on the second. It seems that either this technology has not yet been implemented, or developers have not bothered to implement it into their devices.

Otherwise, dual SIM management remains the same. One SIM card is the main one and supports 2G (GSM) and 3G (WCDMA) networks, the second one works only in 2G networks. Data transfer is available via any of the channels, but the fastest exchange - HSPA+ - is supported only by the main SIM card. The system will not fail to ask you through which channel you want to perform this or that action: call, send a message, go online. You can also set the default SIM card for one of the above actions and save yourself from annoying dialogs.

There were no complaints about the quality of communication; everything on the Fly IQ451 worked as it should. Speed ​​testing in military field conditions in the Moscow region showed good results.

An equally good result was obtained when connecting the smartphone to the home Wi-Fi networks using the 802.11n protocol (TP-Link TL-WR1043N router acted as the base station). Despite the optimistic information from the system that the connection speed was 135 Mbit/s, in reality the data transfer speed turned out to be 24 Mbit/s at best. Be that as it may, the results of the Fly IQ451 were even slightly better than those of other smartphones.

Tests of the Bluetooth module included several stages. In the first of them, the smartphone acted as a modem and provided Internet access to the laptop. There were no problems in this mode of operation. At the second stage, the connection speed between the Fly IQ451 and the laptop was checked MacBook Pro mid 2009, it was 1.6 Mbit/sec. At the third stage, a wireless stereo headset was connected to the Fly IQ451. Its capabilities turned out to be at the same level as when connected to other smartphones: playing music without showing the track name, answering calls with showing the subscriber’s number instead of his name in the address book.

From the GPS settings and its description, the Fly IQ451 has no mention of MediaTek's proprietary technology - EPO: either the company excluded its support from its chips, or Fly did not implement it. Despite its absence, determining coordinates using a GPS receiver is fast and reliable. Another technology for obtaining satellite data helps - A-GPS. It is also worth noting that the hero of the review does not have a compass (or rather, a magnetic field sensor) and a gyroscope.

Camera

The program for controlling the cameras built into the Fly IQ451, the main one with a resolution of 8 megapixels and the additional one with a 2 megapixel matrix, is built into the operating system and has a standard appearance. Grouped along the right edge of the screen are keys for starting photo and video shooting (they are the largest), a settings menu icon, a gallery icon, flash control icons and switching between the main and secondary cameras. At the left edge of the screen there are icons for various shooting modes: normal, HDR and low-light conditions.

The easiest way to start working with the camera is from the lock screen of your smartphone; the Fly IQ451 does not have a separate hardware key. The autofocus system quickly adjusts the camera, and the focus area can be specified manually. Additional settings There are many, they are all listed on the menu.

Photos are taken with a maximum resolution of 3264×2448 pixels. The camera records 720p video at a variable frame rate of 30 frames per second (recording format - MPEG-4, AVC/AAC-LC) or 1088p at a low frame rate (MPEG-4, H.263/HE-AAC-LC format). In the second video mode, high-resolution, videos look like a slide show.

Battery life

For a long time battery life- this is what makes devices based on the MediaTek MT6577/MT6575 platform stand out. From the successor to this SoC, they expect, if not increased autonomy indicators (it is difficult to expect this, given the doubling of the number of computing cores), then at least comparable indicators.

All of our traditional tests for battery life were carried out with the Fly IQ451; their results, along with the indicators of smartphones that were previously reviewed by the editors, are shown in the following table.

	Fly IQ451	ZTE V880G	Digma iDxD4 3G	Huawei Honor 2	Jiayu G3	Samsung Galaxy S 3	Samsung Galaxy S2
Battery capacity	2000 mAh	2000 mAh	1700 mAh	2230 mAh	2750 mAh	2100 mAh	1650 mAh
Reading mode	9 hours	14 h	11 o'clock	10 o'clock	17:00	12 h	12 h
Playing music	61 hours	29 hours	40 h	28 h	75 h	27.5 hours	19:00
Watch video	6.5 h	3.5 h	4 hours	5.5 h	4.5 h	-	-

The test results turned out to be very contradictory. On the one hand, the MT6589 really demonstrated high energy efficiency - this can be seen in the music playback test when the smartphone screen was turned off and all the processor was doing was decoding MP3 files. In the video playback test, the Fly IQ451 also showed a high result - thanks to hardware support for HD video playback. But in the most important test, reading an e-book, the Fly IQ451's battery life is disappointing. And this despite the gentle operating mode, with a backlight brightness level of 100 cd/m². It is difficult to say what is causing such a low result: either the display is to blame, or rather its huge size, or the processor; for more confident conclusions, it is necessary to check how other smartphones on the MT6589 platform with screens of other sizes behave in this operating mode. For now, this is the only “blunder” in the energy efficiency indicators of the new product, and it can be recorded in particular in the Fly IQ451.

In conclusion, another traditional test in the GLBenchmark program. As you can see from the screenshot, the battery life of the Fly IQ451 was 3 hours, which, again, is less than that of smartphones based on MT6577 (however, their gaming resolution was usually lower).

Speed ​​and performance

So far, the MT6589 platform and the Fly IQ451 smartphone based on it have not disappointed. The battery life of the review hero turned out to be slightly lower than that of its predecessors based on the MT6577, but what about the performance of the new SoC? Several programs and a small amount of time will help answer this question. The performance test results of Fly IQ451 and several other smartphones are summarized in tables.

Softweg Benchmark 1.03

	Fly IQ451	ZTE V880G	Digma iDxD4 3G	Huawei Honor 2	Jiayu G3	Samsung Galaxy S 3	Samsung Galaxy S2
CPU	4×1.2 GHz	2×1.2 GHz	2×1 GHz	4×1.4 GHz	2×1 GHz	4×1.4 GHz	2×1.2 GHz
OS	Android 4.1	Android 4.0	Android 4.0	Android 4.0	Android 4.0	Android 4.0	Android 2.3
Total graphics score	20,2	30,7	53,4	43,6	30,3	28,6	34,1
Total CPU score	2626	2599	2834	4355	2993	4054	3261
Total memory score	514	480	393	1274	361	988	783
Total file system score	242	167	176	378	231	468	325

Using the Softweg Benchmark test results, it is convenient to compare the pure performance of processor cores and the speed of 2D graphics calculations. ARM Cortex-A7 in MT6589 versus ARM Cortex-A9 in MT6577 (Digma iDxD4 3G smartphone): the new product, as expected, demonstrates slightly lower performance. ARM Cortex-A7 in MT6589 versus ARM Cortex-A5 in the Qualcomm S4 MSM8225 platform (ZTE V880G smartphone): Cortex-A5 is slightly inferior to Cortex-A7. In general, budget smartphone processors demonstrate equal capabilities in computing performance tests per core; the difference in architecture is offset by frequency, and the A9 significantly outperforms, as expected, the A5 and A7.

The low performance of the A7 core, coupled with the HD display resolution, caused the review hero to be almost two times behind the Digma iDxD4 3G smartphone in the 2D graphics test. It is worth noting, however, that this test is rather another option for measuring processor performance rather than the true speed of the smartphone’s graphics subsystem. The operating system itself works with graphics differently, using the capabilities of both additional cores and the graphics coprocessor.

Quadrant Standard

All other performance testing programs properly assessed both the presence of four cores and the power of the GPU. The Fly IQ451 smartphone, and along with it the MT6589 platform, took their corresponding place in the table of ranks, significantly ahead of their rivals based on much less powerful SoCs. In some tests, the advantage of the new product turned out to be twofold.

Let's summarize. The performance of the budget MediaTek MT6589 platform is on par with that of last season’s top chips, such as the Samsung Exynos 4210. It may well be possible to overtake them by further increasing the frequency of the processor cores, as was done in the MT6589T. However, you will have to pay for the speed with a further increase in power consumption, and, as our tests have demonstrated, it is already higher than that of the MT6577.

Playing video

An additional positive effect from the transition to MT6589 was expressed in hardware support for HD video playback. Despite playback problems audio track In our test videos, the Fly IQ451 earned a "four" rating, handling almost all of them without much difficulty.

Format	Container, video, sound	MX Video Player	Standard video player
DVDRip	AVI, XviD 720×400 2200 Kbps, MP3+AC3	plays normally	plays normally
Web-DL SD	AVI, XviD 720×400 1400 Kbps, MP3+AC3	plays normally	plays normally
Web-DL HD	MKV, H.264 1280×720 3000 Kbps, MP3+AC3	plays normally	plays without sound
BDRip 720p	MKV, H.264 1280×720 4000 Kbps, MP3+AC3+DTS	plays normally	plays without sound
BDRip 1080p	MKV, H.264 1920×1080 8000 Kbps, MP3+AC3+DTS	plays with significant delays	plays without sound

We did not find an MHL interface in this smartphone, so we had to limit ourselves to testing the output of video files on the screen of the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see Methodology for testing video playback and display devices. Version 1 (for mobile devices)). Screenshots with a shutter speed of 1 s helped determine the nature of the output of frames of video files with various parameters: the resolution varied (1280 by 720 (720p) and 1920 by 1080 (1080p) pixels) and frame rate (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 frames/ With). The results of this test are summarized in the table:

File	Uniformity	Passes
Screen
watch-1920x1080-60p.mp4	average	a lot of
watch-1920x1080-50p.mp4	average	a lot of
watch-1920x1080-30p.mp4	average	No
watch-1920x1080-25p.mp4	average	No
watch-1920x1080-24p.mp4	average	No
watch-1280x720-60p.mp4	Fine	few
watch-1280x720-50p.mp4	Fine	few
watch-1280x720-30p.mp4	average	No
watch-1280x720-25p.mp4	average	No
watch-1280x720-24p.mp4	Fine	No

Note: If both the Uniformity and Dropout columns are rated green, this means that when watching movies, there will most likely be no or no amount of artifacts caused by frame spacing or dropouts visible. will not affect viewing comfort. "Red" marks indicate possible problems related to the playback of the corresponding files.

The intervals between frames alternate unevenly, and in some cases some frames are skipped. However, if we limit ourselves to 720p video and the frame rate typical for cinema, then the situation is more or less normal. When playing video files with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels (720p), the image of the video file itself is displayed one-on-one, exactly along the edge of the screen in true 720p resolution. The brightness range displayed on the screen corresponds to the extended range (that is, the range 0-255) - all gradations of shades are distinguished in shadows and highlights.

conclusions

The capabilities and design of the Fly IQ451 left a positive impression. As such, no serious shortcomings were found in the hero of the review. The main advantages of the new product are a powerful and energy-efficient platform, a large display with an appropriate resolution. Disadvantages - inexpressive design and huge size and weight; In addition, with such dimensions it would be possible to install a high-capacity battery.

The main disadvantage of the Fly IQ451, which can alienate a significant number of buyers, is the price. Despite the fact that it is constantly decreasing, they still ask for a decent amount of money for the communicator, equal to 10,000 rubles at the time of writing this review. For the same money you can buy a more productive and powerful smartphone, for example Huawei Honor 2. If you order an analogue of the Fly IQ451 from its homeland, the People's Republic of China, you will save almost a third of the price.

So, the Fly IQ451’s chances of popularity depend entirely on its price in stores. Well, the chances of popularity of the MediaTek MT6589 platform depend on smartphone manufacturers from the Middle Kingdom, since the SoC itself turned out to be very successful and, undoubtedly, is capable of bringing the budget segment mobile computers to a new level.

Which is the flagship, which is 30% more expensive. And my sub-creation expects me to like Vista more! Well, maybe not by 30%, maybe only by 25... And suddenly I discover with horror that I like Vista less... So I'm stuck.

Please don't misunderstand me. Vista is a great smartphone. But even if Vista and Magic cost the same and I had to choose between them, I would choose Magic.

Now try to understand me again. I'm not saying that Vista is worse. We are all subjective, we are all subject to emotions. I don't rule out that many people will like Vista more. Better screen, less problems with games. There are advantages, yes.

Confused? Well, let's unravel little by little and point by point.

Brief conclusion

In general, there are a lot of compasses with a gyroscope, some budget devices do not have. But we still have a flagship in front of us. The cheaper Fly IQ446 Magic has all this goodness, but this one doesn’t. Why?

Communication with the outside world

3G. Theoretical maximum mobile Internet speeds are 21 Mbit/s for downloading and 5.76 Mbit/s in the opposite direction. In practice, of course, less, but I didn’t notice any special problems with the mobile Internet.

Wi-Fi b/g/n. Catch with confidence. In particular, I caught a hitherto unknown neighbor’s net named Hahaha. I haven't seen her before.

Bluetooth version 4. There were no problems connecting the headset, but for some reason it was not possible to receive/transfer files. When trying to receive, it complains about not having enough space (I wonder where it is trying to save the files?), when trying to transmit, it simply stupidly reports that the file “was not sent.” As usual, I tried to transmit using file manager ES conductor.

USB. No surprises, no MTP. The smartphone is connected to the computer in MassStorage mode, like two disks - an internal and external flash drive, respectively.

USB-OTG. Yes, I have. Yes it works. I tried connecting a flash drive, tried connecting a mouse. No problem. See the video for a demonstration of how it works.

TV. There is no TV output, MHL (TV signal output via USB) didn’t work for me either.

Screen

Large and beautiful five-inch IPS screen with HD resolution (720x1280). The sensor is, naturally, capacitive. Multitouch - for five simultaneous touches.

The maximum white brightness is not bad - 386.7 cd/m2 (although the Fly Magic is slightly better - 441.6). The minimum white brightness is 29.5 (Fly Magic, again, is a little better - 13.6).

Contrast at maximum brightness is 470:1, the result is decent, but not outstanding (Fly Magic has 610:1).

For those who understand: White point - 10900K, sRGB coverage - 94%, AdobeRGB coverage - 74%.

If you look at the screen off, it doesn't look black enough. However, Fly Magic looks exactly the same.

Subjectively, I really liked the screen; it’s pleasant to look at.

HD resolution? I'm not picky about this. I will be quite comfortable on a screen with a resolution of 540x960. On HD it’s even more comfortable. Well, the letters are a little thinner. Everything is fine. The main thing is that, due to the increased resolution, nothing slows down, so that microlags do not irritate, as was the case with the Fly IQ444 Diamond (which has a previous chipset from Mediatek and an older Android). Is it slow here? No. Well that's just wonderful.

Software

Android version 4.1.2, without additional shells. Of course, there is a certain amount of pre-installed software. But, fortunately, as is usually the case in devices from Fly, almost all of it can be removed, you don’t even need to get root for this.

Battery

Test "GPS on the windowsill, Wi-Fi". Brightness is 100%, Wi-Fi and GPS are on, Yandex.maps are running (traffic jams are on), the device is lying on the windowsill. 4 hours 37 minutes (6:09).

Test "GPS on the windowsill, 3G". The same thing, but instead of Wi-Fi, mobile Internet is turned on. 3:47 (4:52).

Test "Doctor House without a break." Brightness - 50%, sound through headphones - 100%. Xvid video file with a resolution of 720x400 and a “weight” of 760 MB, the player is MX Player in program mode. 6:17 minutes (8:33).

Test "Half an hour of games". Half an hour of playing Zombirds at maximum brightness - minus 15% battery charge (13%).

"Refresh Wi-Fi" test. Once every three seconds for an hour we reload a page weighing 30 kilobytes. Minimum brightness. Minus 10% battery (8%).

Test "Refresh 3G". The same thing, but via the mobile Internet. 17% (15%).

Test "White screen 100". An hour of operation of the device with the screen turned on at maximum brightness and everything else turned off. 20% (14%).

Test "White screen 0". The same thing, but the screen brightness is minimal. 6% (5%).

Audio. In headphones at maximum volume. For 3 hours 20 minutes - 7%.

As you may have noticed, the discharge graph is not very pretty. Up to 15% everything is uniform, then there is a flat plateau for another hour. Clear calibration problems.

The video is shot in quality up to FullHD (1920x1080) inclusive. And by the way, this is not the worst video I've ever seen. Separately, I would like to note the very decent sound recording quality.

Front camera - 2 Mpix. For Skypes - that's it.

Fly IQ451 Vista as a GPS navigator

Good screen size + good screen behavior in the sun + tolerable battery = a very good navigator.

Can't pick up GLONASS satellites. GPS only.

Fly IQ451 Vista as a video player

The pre-installed player eats everything, but categorically does not want to play sound. No, not on all of them, but on at least half of my test videos. Creepy.

Traditionally installed MX Player (software mode). And I was surprised to discover that it calmly devoured everything, including FullHD. On all previous devices on Mediatek chips, including Fly IQ446 Magic, sound desynchronization was constantly observed on FullHD. I didn't find it here. Strange.

Fly IQ451 Vista as an audio player

Amazing volume in headphones. I don't remember ever seeing something like this. Equalizer, that's it. But at the same time, I was never able to achieve settings in which I would enjoy listening to music. Both in the supplied headphones and in my personal “big ones”.

Fly IQ451 Vista and Internet

Good screen size + sufficiently fast hardware = everything is good. Well, screen resolution. Perhaps this is the only test of five-inch smartphones where I am able to at least slightly feel the advantage of HD resolution over 540x960 resolution. Yes, the letters turn out thinner and more elegant.

Fly IQ451 Vista like a toy

Contents of delivery:

• Telephone
• Charger
• microUSB cable
• Wired headset

Introduction

I already told you about a new product from Fly called IQ446 in a previous article. This device differed from most similar ones in its low price (about 10,000 rubles) and a powerful quad-core MediaTek MT6589 processor. Overall, the device turned out to be interesting, but due to the fact that Google Play There were practically no hit toys for IQ446, which somewhat spoiled the impression.

Simultaneously with the 446th Fly model, they also rolled out the 451st with the name Vista. Frankly speaking, I associate this word with not the most successful operating system Microsoft. The IQ451 smartphone received the same chipset and processor, but the screen diagonal grew from 4.5 to 5 inches, and the resolution increased from qHD to HD. The camera module remained the same: 8 megapixels, shooting video in FullHD.

Judging purely by technical specifications, then you get a budget analogue of the Samsung Galaxy Note I or Note II, which is very good!

The cost of Fly IQ451 Vista is approximately from 10,000 to 13,000 rubles.

Design, dimensions, control elements

The Fly IQ451 smartphone is practically no different from its counterparts and most of all resembles the enlarged Fly IQ442. The body shape is rectangular with strongly smoothed edges. Top part the back side smoothly transitions to the upper end, creating a visual thinning of the body. The rear lower area is not as beveled. The plastic edging along the edge forms a small edge on the front panel.

Two colors will be available for sale: IQ451 in white and black. In the first case, the front panel and back cover are light, with silver edging; in the second - dark, and the edging is semi-gloss bronze.

The screen is easily soiled, but marks are erased quite easily. But the Fly definitely missed the mark with the rear panel: a huge piece of glossy plastic, on which not only fingerprints are noticeable, but also other traces. I don’t understand what kind of love there is for such materials? According to some information, a smartphone made of matte plastic will soon go on sale!

The assembly of the device is excellent, but if you press on the central area of ​​the back side, you can hear the quiet sounds of the panel bending. Since the display is protected by glass (type unknown), there is no need to worry about scratches, or rather, their appearance on the surface of the screen.

The dimensions of the device are quite large - 144x74x10.7 mm, but if you take into account the Galaxy Note, it is even taller and wider, although a little thinner - 146x83x9.7 mm. The weight of the IQ451 is 150 grams – quite good for a five-inch device: the same Note weighs 178 grams. The Fly fits perfectly in the hand thanks to the sloping shape of the back cover. Oddly enough, it does not slip out of your hands, even if they are wet.

On the top of the front panel there are light and proximity sensors, a front camera and a speaker covered with a thin metal mesh, and next to it is an event indicator. The sensors are working correctly. The speaker has no volume reserve; it is relatively high. The interlocutor can be heard clearly and intelligibly, mainly mid and high frequencies predominate, there are no extraneous noises or echoes.

Back, Home and Menu are located below the screen. The buttons are touch sensitive, there is a white backlight, dim, and high sensitivity. Just below is the microphone.

On top there is a microUSB and a 3.5 mm jack for connecting headphones or headsets.

On the right side there is a button to turn the device on/off (thin, almost recessed into the body), and on the left there is a volume rocker key.

A large camera module, rising 2-3 mm above the body, an additional microphone (noise reduction and stereo recording in videos), an LED flash and a speaker are on the back side.

To open the lid, you need to pry it off by the protrusion on the right edge. Under the panel there are two slots for installing SIM1 and SIM2, and between them there is a slot for a microSD memory card (it cannot be replaced with a “hot” one).

Size comparison:

Display

The Fly IQ451 smartphone boasts two main features: a powerful chipset and a high-quality screen. We'll talk about the last feature.

It uses a 5-inch diagonal screen, and the resolution is 720x1280 pixels - everything is the same as in “adult” models. The physical size of the matrix is ​​62x110 mm, density is 293 pixels per inch. Pixelation is invisible, moreover, the sharpness of the image is very high. Color rendition is excellent, and viewing angles are maximum. However, if you look at the screen from the right side, the image will turn yellow, while on the left it will turn violet. There is nothing wrong with this - a common occurrence for IPS matrices.

If we compare the Fly IQ451 and Explay HD displays, the latter has slightly weaker saturation, brightness decreases at angles, and color rendition is more disrupted.

The sensor is made using capacitive technology and handles up to 5 simultaneous touches. Sensitivity is relatively high.

Screen behavior in the sun

Fly IQ451 screen viewing angles

Comparison with Explay HD:

Battery

The Fly Vista uses a removable lithium-ion (Li-Ion) battery with a capacity of 2000 mAh, 3.7 V, 7.4 Wh. Type – BL4257. The capacity, frankly speaking, is very small for a 5-inch diagonal and HD resolution!

The manufacturer claims that the device will work for about 5 hours in talk mode, and up to 400 hours in standby mode.

If you use the phone for about 7-8 hours, the battery will be completely discharged provided: 20-25 minutes of calls per day, 2 hours of constant use of Wi-Fi Internet (Twitter, mail, downloading applications and installing them), about 5- ten hours of mobile Internet and an hour of listening to music.

You can listen only to music for 45 hours, watch only video (maximum screen brightness, high volume, movie resolution - HD 720p) - just over 3 hours. If you want to play with toys (checked on DeadSpace), the battery will run out after 3 hours.

Communication capabilities

The phone operates in 2G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and 3G (900/2100 MHz) cellular networks. In this case, one SIM card functions only in 2G, the other - in 2G or 3G. If you use mobile Internet, then traffic is limited in the settings. In the “SIM Card Management” settings section, you can set the name of the SIM cards, their color, and data transfer.

In stock Bluetooth version 4.0 (EDR/A2DP) for file and voice transmission. There is a wireless connection Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n. The device, of course, can be used as an access point (Wi-Fi Hotspot) or modem. In the settings, this item is listed as “Modem mode”.

USB 2.0 (High-Speed) is used for file transfer and data synchronization.

Memory and memory card

The Fly IQ451 Vista smartphone is equipped with one gigabyte of RAM. At the moment this is the norm. On average, about 500 MB is free.

1.7 GB of Flash memory is allocated for installing applications, and just under one gigabyte for data storage. Expandable by installing a microSD card, the maximum capacity of which can be 32 GB (microSDHC). I have not tried installing cards on 64 GB.

Camera

The device has two camera modules: the main one is 8 MP, the front one is 2 MP. There is a single-section LED flash. The maximum photo resolution is 3264x2448 pixels, video - 1920x1080 pixels at 30 frames per second.

The camera modules in Fly IQ451 and IQ446 are slightly different. For example, the latter has a lens with an aperture of F2.2, and the first has an aperture of F2.4. However, overall the quality of the photos is equally excellent!

The minimum ISO value is 100, the maximum is 1600 (set only manually, photos are compressed to 1 MP).

The front camera has a 2 MP module. Works with Skype. The “Camera” interface has quick access to the video camera - just like in top models.

Fly shoots video in FullHD at 30 frames per second. The quality is great - many flagship devices for 20+ “kilo-rubles” would be envious! The sound is clear, stereo.

The camera interface has been slightly changed relative to bare Android: bottom right – settings, activation of a photo or video camera, gallery; top – front camera, flash, left – HDR mode. It is possible to take a series of frames: 40 or 99.

EXIF information from a photo file

Video file characteristics:

• File Format: 3GP
• Video codec: MPEG-4, 25 Mbit/s
• Resolution: 1920 x 1080, 30 fps
• Audio codec: AAC, 128 Kbps
• Channels: 2 channels, 48 ​​kHz

Performance

The smartphone uses MediaTek MT6589 chipset. ARM processor Cortex-A7 (FPU and NEON) with ARM TrustZone advanced security technology (a set of instructions that helps protect mobile devices, mobile payments and content streaming), made using a 28nm process technology. The graphics accelerator is PowerVR SGX 544MP (Series 5TX), developed by Imagination Technologies. You can read a little more detail in the Fly IQ446 review:

Unlike IQ446, Google Play IQ451 has all modern toys (Real Racing 3, Dead Space, GTA Vice City, NOVA 3), and they work without problems.

Information from various applications and performance tests: