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Ultra sleek with a French accent

Ultra sleek with a French accent

The new Wiko Ufeel Prime does everything you'd expect from a smartphone and it's inexpensive too

A NEW smartphone from French manufacturer Wiko, the Ufeel Prime with 4G connection and premium design gives you plenty of bang for your baht.
Priced at less than Bt8,000, the Ufeel Prime comes in a unibody metal design with plenty of working memory and storage as well as fast 4G connection.
The smartphone has 4 gigabytes of RAM or working memory making it very capable of multi-tasking, as well as 32 gigabytes of internal storage, expandable with a micro SD card to 96 GB.
It supports dual nano SIM cards though the second SIM slot shares the micro SD card slot.
Ufeel Prime uses 5-inch Full HD IPS display with 1920x1080 pixels. It has good brightness of 460 nits and the vibrant display is slightly curved at the edges. That goes well with the curved and ergonomic metal back. The compact design means that is only 8.7mm thick and weighs in at just 150 grammes.

 

Ultra sleek with a French accent


Ufeel Prime might not be powered by a blazing fast flagship processor from Qualcomm but performance is more than adequate thanks to Qualcomm Snapdragon 430, an octa-core processor running at 1.4 GHz.
During the test, I found that Ufeel Prime's performance was satisfactory for most of the tasks we want from our smartphones. The menus and touch screen were responsive and it was fine for playing Pokemon Go.
The smartphone has fast LTE 4G connection. I tested it on TrueMove H's LTE network and found that applications were downloaded fast and snapshots were backed up to my Google Photos cloud storage in no time. I used Ookla Speedtest app to measure the connection speed and the Ufeel Prime achieved the download speed of 91.74 Mbps and upload speed of 32.09 Mbps.
Ufeel Prime can also play High-Resolution Audio files in Flag 24bit/192kHz formal. I tested it with Sony MDR-1ABT headphones and I enjoyed the clarity of the music and the powerful bass. At this price, Ufeel can double as a good High-Res music player.
Another useful feature of Ufeel Prime is that its home button doubles as the fingerprint sensor. You can scan up to five fingerprints to unlock the phone and start applications very fast. Using the fingerprint sensor, you can unlock the phone in just 0.48 seconds, placing your finger to wake up the phone and unlock it in one go.

 


The Quick Action function can be used with the fingerprint sensor to start applications. For example, you can open Instagram app with your index finger, launch the camera with your right finger and access your encrypted files with your middle finger.
Ufeel Prime comes with a good quality main camera that uses Sony’s 13 megapixel IMX 258 image sensor and 5P lens with blue optical filter. Apart from the auto mode, there is also a Pro mode that lets you adjust focus manually, change the ISO and white balance setting as well the exposure compensation value. There are also FaceBeauty, Panorama, HDR, Night and Sports mode.
Ufeel Prime’s front camera has 8 megapixels with a selfie flash mode to enhance your selfie shots even in low-light conditions.
I found that Ufeel Prime’s main camera captured sharp and clean photos in well-lit environment.
Ufeel Prime runs on Android 6.0 operating system, which is easy to operate. Wiko makes using the phone even more convenient with Phone Assist function. This allows you to mange your main settings and apps from one central location. There is also the My Smart Left Page function that provides you quick access to most of your daily usage on one screen by swiping the page up.
Ufeel Prime has a large battery of 3,000 mAh and it is available in three colours – Gold, Silver, and Anthracite. It’s in shops now with a suggested retail price of Bt7,990 and 18 months of warranty. Register it at www.WikoMobile.co.th by December 31 and you’ll be eligible for a free WiShake pair of headphones and 4,000 mAh power bank.

Key Specs
- OS: Android 6.0
- Network: 4G LTE 900/1800/2100 MHz, H+/3G+/3G WCDMA, 850/900/1900/2100 MHz, GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 MSM8937 Octa-Core 1.4 GHz, |Cortex-A53
- Memory:4GB RAM
- Storage: 32 GB internal |storage, expandable with micro SD by up to 64GB
- Display: 5-inch Full HD IPS display with 1920x1080 pixel, 441 PPI
- Cameras: 13 MP PDAF main camera, 8 MP front camera with selfie flash
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n / Bluetooth 4.1/ Access point Wi-Fi/ USB / OTG
- SIM card slots: 2 nano SIM (one sharing micro SD slot)
- Battery: 3,000 mAh
- Dimensions: |142.5x69.9x8.7 mm
- Weight: 150g

 

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