The recap 'tests: smartphones and tablets for everyone

In summary it tests this week we will look at three very different smartphones and tablets. Some remain sober as Wiko Cink Five others are more extravagant as the Galaxy S4 Zoom from Samsung.

More and more smartphones and tablets are hitting the market, so it is sometimes difficult to recognize the various models available. Fortunately some manufacturers looking to get out of the norm, sometimes with mixed results.


On the smartphone segment is less than 200 euros, it is quite rare to find models with big screens, unless look towards Chinese manufacturers. Wiko is one of those, its smartphones are produced in the Middle Kingdom, but its after-sales service is in France.

 

Among the models we find the Cink Five, which as its name suggests has a 5-inch IPS panel display 1280 x 720 pixels. Below, we will find a quad-core MediaTek 1.2 GHz processor, accompanied by 1GB of RAM and 4GB of storage. Should it fall for this large available from 190 euros smartphone? Our colleagues Clubic will tell you.


Samsung Galaxy mini S4: the upscale undergoes a slimming

At GSMArena, the Galaxy mini S4 is in the spotlight. Unlike Wiko devices that accept input range with large diagonal, Samsung follows the reverse path by subjecting its flagship severe weight loss program.

In fact, the Galaxy S4 mini has kept the Galaxy S4 the name and design. The screen shows the reduced size of 4.3 inches and resolution 940 x 560 pixels. Below, there is a 400 Snapdragon SoC with two cores are clocked at 1.7 GHz. Finally 8GB of storage are available and can be extended with a microSDHC card. Offered from 407 euros, this smartphone is it worth seeing? Answer right away;


Acer has been present for a long time on the tablet market with its Iconia range. Some slate manufacturer are available in Windows 8. This is also the case of W3 Iconia tested by our colleagues at The Verge.

8 inches in size, this tablet(PIPO M9 3G) has some points to make, such as the presence of an Atom dual-core 1.8GHz processor. However, it also suffers from some shortcomings, such as the screen of a definition of 1280 x 800 pixels with viewing angles are very small, or overweight: it displays 500 grams on the scale. What should then think of this slate sold 320 euros? This is to discover without delay.


We conclude this summary with a smartphone, unless it does a more compact original: Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. In fact, this unique system is neither more nor less, in appearance only, a cross between a Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Camera.


Inside, it contains an Exynos 4212 SoC with two cores are clocked at 1.5 GHz. He will be assisted in his task by 1.5 GB of RAM, and powered by a battery of 2300 mAh. He finally has a Super AMOLED 4.3 inch display 960 x 540 pixels, a configuration finally close enough S4 Galaxy mini. Photo hand, it takes with a 16-megapixel CMOS sensor measuring 1/2, 33 inches, supported by a 24-240 mm optical whose opening varies between f / 3.1 to f / 6.3.

Available from 426 euros, which it is necessary to remove an offer to pay 50 euros, Galaxy S4 Zoom did a good argument to be made? You know after reading the Engadget test.