HEY say every 2 minutes someone upgrades to a G-Tel smartphone. Since the beginning of its journey as a G-Tide Mobile franchise in 2009, rebranding to GTel in July 2011, the company has taken great strides in mobile phone design. When you understand the different segments of your market and innovate at every level, only a premium range of products are the end result. Affordable and relevant, their phones were made for the everyday Zimbabwean user.
Every year GTel releases at least three new phone models, ranging from the low to the highest tech user. Our pick, the X4, is definitively of the highest end technology. With what seem like impossible large numbers, the X4 has statistics to battle some of the most famous international mobile phones.
The X4 is intelligent such that at night whilst you are asleep it freezes applications that are not in use and saves power for the next day. It also has dual charging chips, ensuring fast charge.
BODY
The X4 has a Metallic Uni-body made of shiny metal crafted and perfected using top of the range metals. An ergonomically designed back cover and a protective coating ensure a perfect fit in your hand. It is ultra slim and has a 3.5mm outer rim. It is available in Gold and Polar Gold.
SCREEN
The 6 Inch 1080 x 1920 pixels FHD AMOLED display feels expensive and premium, with its ultra-clear 2.5D curved display. You get an excellent viewing experience from any angle especially since you get it in protective Corning Gorilla Glass. Screen extras include Gesture Launch, which allows you to launch an application without even unlocking your device. On the screen, finger drawing ‘C’ opens the camera, ‘M’ opens the music player, ‘e’ opens the email, ‘O’ turns on the torch but keeps the display off, ‘O’ again to turn it off.
STORAGE
It has 3GB RAM, meaning you can have several heavy apps in use at the same time without any lagging; 64 GB Internal Storage, which is an insane figure (think 15000 songs), allowing you to maybe never have any memory issues with a mobile phone ever again! But for those who would still want backup storage, it supports up to a 128 GB Micro SD card.
BATTERY To those insane numbers now – it has a beastly 5020mAh battery.
TECH/ INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
That is not a number you will find often. But because of its screen, processor and smart power consumption management features, it takes the battery capabilities to a whole new level. – 50 Days standby – 143 hours of continuous non-stop music play (6 Days) – 96 hours of light-usage (4 Days) – 57 hours of continuous non-stop talk-time (2.4 Days) – 24 hours of continuous non-stop movie watching (1 Day) – 20 hours of non-stop heavy internet usage (83% of a Day) – Smart-power consumption management lowers consumption by 30%.
CAMERA
The main camera on the X4 is a 13MP 4160 x 3120 bright lens with: Autofocus, Touch focus, HDR, LED flash, 1080p video; the secondary camera is a 5MP 2560 x 1920 lens with Face detection, HDR, Panorama, Face Beautify.
SENSORS
Another premium addition is an accurate Fingerprint Scanner, located right by the home button, that supports up to five different prints. Other sensors: Acceleration (accelerometers), Gravity, Magnetic field, Proximity, Gyroscope and Light Sensors
PROCESSOR
Rounding off to make a phone of such capabilities work and keep it lightning fast, the processor runs OS Android 5.1 Lollipop software with its 1.3Ghz Octa (8) Core Mediatek MT6753T CPU and Mali-T720 GPU
Other awesome Features It is dual SIM and dual 4G Capable, has Bluetooth 4.0, USB Type C Reversible plug-in design, one touch fingerprint unlock and a 75 dB Loudspeaker. Also, it comes in beautiful flip cases, but these aren’t just for looks or protection. It is intelligent such that when you open it, it turns the display on and when you close it while the display is on, it turns off the display aside from its smaller window. Another UI on that window shows you the clock, weather and the information bar. If you were playing music you can skip tracks with no need to unlock your device. Did we mention that it is a very nice-looking phone? Visit gtel.co.zw
