Hotwav - a chinese brand which recently gained in popularity thanks to the affordable rugged smartphones
released in may 2022 their ultra budget rugged phone called T5 Pro
with an above average 7500 milliamp hours battery
face recognition and samsung cameras
and is fueled by mediatek Helio A22 quad-core processor
in today's video we're going to be focused on Hotwav T5 Pro
we'll talk about the specifications and features of the phone
we'll do a few practical tests and comparisons to check the camera quality its performance when it comes to gaming and the battery life
and we will talk through all the major aspects of this ultra affordable phone so stay with me
welcome back - this is Adam - and you're watching #FamilyPopTV youtube channel
in the rectangle shaped orange box we can find the phone itself
instruction manuals
sim card ejector
compliance and warranty certificates
as well as usb type-c cable and a 10 watts charger
the T5 Pro is available in two colors - silver gray - and vitality orange
and despite the level of aggression the rugged phone has an attractive look with the touch of a modern style
in terms of design and build quality the Hotwav T5 Pro is designed to survive the harsh and extreme environments
as the phone is ip68 and ip69k and MIL-STD-820G compliant
not surprised given its generous use of combination of the hard tpu polycarbonate plastic and high quality synthetic rubber
these protections are great if you would use the phone in more adverse situations such as construction work or use in more drastic temperatures or extreme environments
but it's also great to take on hiking adventures or splash in the pool
talking of which my missus been throwing the phone to the pool to test its water resistant capabilities
however the manufacturers test the phones in the lab in freshwater and controlled conditions
and as you know the water in swimming pools has the chemicals and salts which can damage the rubber seals and gaskets
so before you would decide to drop your phone into the pool or to the sea make sure all the ports are closed
as the pool water or salty water will damage the exposed metal parts
and even the protective coatings can be affected
as chemicals from the water can corrode them over time
as you can see the T5 Pro is fine underwater
it even has underwater camera mode but we will discuss the camera and do a couple of tests later in this video
before i decide to get the phone i've checked the reviews on amazon and there are few reviews from Germany:
- "monster battery, robust, relatively heavy" - we'll discuss it in a minute in the video
next one: - "stable outdoor mobile phone with the latest android"
or: - "top for the job"
there's one review from Italy: - "pleasant surprise... cell phone with muscles!"
right the T5 Pro weighs 314 grams and with its 15 millimeters thickness is pretty slim considering it's a rugged phone
the above average lithium-ion polymer 7500 milliamp hours battery
can sustain your phone up to 4 - 6 days of average use on one single charge
i've been intensively using my T5 pro for testing - i mean gaming, social media, messenger, recording videos, shooting photos, etc etc
and i've been using it on the top brightness level of the screen with wifi and bluetooth turned on
and the battery lasts me about 2 days which is actually not bad
on a standby mode the single charge will keep the phone going up to 26 days which is absolutely good
the T5 Pro can be charged via protected usb-c connector at the bottom of the frame
the full charge of this giant battery takes around 4 hours if you would use a standard 10 watts charger included with the phone
you obviously might speed up the charging with the use of the fast charger as the phone supports fast charges up to 33 watts
then the full charge would take only around one and a half hours
Hotwav T5 Pro features a 6 inch ips tft display with 380 nits with 960 by 480 pixels resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio
which effectively gives us 117 pixels per inch
the display gives bright sharp image with around 16 million colors and has wide viewing angles which are more than great for consuming visual content
and the screen is well protected by a corning gorilla glass
the Hotwav T5 Pro is equipped with a rear module consisting of a 13 megapixels main camera with an f/1.8 aperture camera from samsung
along with a 2 megapixels f/2.8 portrait camera and also a dual led flash
at the front we got a single 5 megapixels AI selfie camera with f/2.4 aperture ideal for hd video calls
now let's do some primary camera tests here's a few unedited photos in 13 megapixels with a pretty strong jpeg compression
here's the example of the photo taken by the secondary lens portrait camera
and here's the photo made by a selfie camera
right now let's see how does the t5 pro captures the videos
the maximum video resolution is 1920*1080 pixels which is a full hd
there's no image stabilization so it's pretty basic
but the hd aspect ratio is optimized for the phone's display so it looks fine
as you can notice the camera consistently auto focusing and the contrast is pretty harsh
it's not a professional quality camera but for casual recordings it's totally fine
it has a four times digital zoom but since it's not optical it degrades the quality pretty much
it basically crops the portion of the image from the sensor
and as you can see the zoomed portion looks dreadful
so let's avoid zooming
now let's compare the video quality of the T5 Pro with the iphone 11
as i think the iphones starting from iphone 11 having a superior cameras
i've been recording simultaneously on both phones so you can see the difference
it's not too bad but you can tell there's no stabilization of the image so every camera shake is clearly visible
there's no tweak in color correction or contrast it's a raw video straight as it is
the last test - let's see how the T5 Pro's camera performs in the low light conditions
as you can see low-light video capturing makes the image choppy
it certainly needs some more light to make a good looking video
tell me what you think in the comments below
on the inside the T5 Pro is powered by mediatek Helio A22
a lower mainstream ARM processor for smartphones manufactured using a 12 nanometer process technology
it has four cortex A53 cores clocked at 2000MHz
along with PowerVR GE8320 graphic processing unit
Helio A22 has a total antutu benchmark score of 88959 points which is fine for general use
that's why Helio A22 has been widely used in budget phones for example xiaomi redmi 6a or nokia 2.3 or huawei honor 8s
the d5 pro as a phone gets the total antutu score of 95265 points
which is slightly less than Samsung Galaxy a10 - but slightly more than the Oukitel wp20 with its 95200 points
and Doogee S40 Pro with its 94000 points
that makes the T5 Pro a pretty solid phone for general use
considering its amazingly low price of £129 or 149€ on amazon
or £94 or 110€ or $109 on aliexpress
there are links to the shops in the video description if you would plan to buy one
i tried some gameplay
as you can see this is call of duty mobile
that's one of my favorite shooters though i'm not that good
anyway it won't allow me to change the graphics quality
it has to be on low settings but it works just fine
with 30 fps there's no many lags
no crashes
it all goes pretty smooth with the resolution of 960 by 480 pixels
what you can see right now is the unedited screen recording straight from the T5 Pro
that's exactly how i see it on the screen
tell me what you think in the comments below
and now let's check another graphically demanding game which is asphalt 9 legends
here we got two performance settings: default and high quality
let's see how the game performs in high quality first
you can see straight away the games get a bit choppy
the fps rate drops dramatically just to enhance the graphic details shades and colors to the absolute maximum
it squeezes everything from that gpu and the processor
currently one of my favorite games - it's so addictive i just can't stop playing it
okay let's drop the performance quality to default let's see what will be the difference
way more smooth - certainly easy to play
however the amount of details been sacrificed
so you can play games on T5 pro of course
just keep in mind what i'm showing you now are the recent most demanding graphical games
and the T5 Pro is an entry level phone
the rest of T5 Pro specifications is solid low mainstream
the 4 gigabytes of ram and 32 gigabytes on board storage
which is expandable up to half of terabytes with an external sd cards
which can be inserted into the sim tray along with the nano sim cards
the phone supports dual nano sim cards with 4g lte network
the secondary sim card can be placed instead of an storage sd card
the Hotwav T5 Pro comes with pre-installed latest version of android 12
this software comes with very little customization from Hotwav
but brings the usual features present in this version of Google OS
so there is no custom user interface here but a stock android experience which is fair
other features: at the back of the phone there is a fast fingerprint reader
as i mentioned before the phone supports facial recognition and that works like a charm
for the clarification the phone doesn't support the NFC contactless payments
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