GIGABYTE GSmart Maya M1 v2 Review
Score: 47.3 / 100
GIGABYTE GSmart Maya M1 v2 is a bit outdated cellphone, equipped with a medium 4.5-inches multi touch screen, a high speed Quad-Core processor clocking at 1.2 gigahertz, and 2 cameras, an 8 mega-pixels back-facing camera and a 2 megapixels front-facing camera. Let's take a closer look at what this cellphone offers to us.
Gigabyte decided to equip this phone with a MediaTek MT6589 chip, packing a high performance Quad-Core processor speeding at 1200 megahertz and only 1 GB of RAM which is a bit low considering this phone's awesome processor. Collaborating with graphic intensive games and apps, it also counts with a 384 MHz PowerVR SGX544 graphics processing unit.
Being just 0.38" thick,the GIGABYTE GSmart Maya M1 v2 is extremely slim and stilized. Apparently Gigabyte forgot about optimizing the weight in this 5.19 oz phone. This phone is sold in many different color variations like yellow, red, white and gray.
This cellphone has a interesting 960 x 540 4.5-inches screen, which makes all images and movies look very good. This screen uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and can detect multi touch gestures.
This phone has two cameras, an 8 mega-pixels back side camera and a 2 mega-pixels front side camera. In addition, the camera counts with flash and auto-focus.
This phone has wi-fi capability (but it can't provide it to other devices acting as a mobile hotspot) and fast 3G connection type, supported by HSPA and EDGE technologies. The GIGABYTE GSmart Maya M1 v2 supports dual sim so it's able to work with two different phone lines.
The GIGABYTE GSmart Maya M1 v2 also includes a couple of cool features as Bluetooth, GPS Navigation and Radio, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.
This phone comes with a 1700 mAh medium sized Li-Ion replaceable battery that provides this device a not very long battery lifecompared to other cellphones. According to Gigabyte, this cellphone has an aproximate 4.5 hs talk time and a 500 hours stand by time.
This phone is not a good choice considering it is sold for $ 249, and other similar cellphones cost much less than that.
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Specifications
| Device Type: | Phone |
| Brand: | Gigabyte |
| Operating System (OS): | Android 4.2 |
| Dimensions: | 5.35 x 2.64 x 0.38 inchesMetric13.59 x 6.71 x 0.97 cmImperial |
| Weight: | 5.19 ouncesMetric147.13 gImperial |
| Colors: | Gray, Red, White and Yellow |
| Price: | $ 249.00 |
Display | |
| Screen Type: | IPS LCD (16M colors) |
| Size: | 4.5 inchesMetric11.4 cmImperial |
| Resolution: | 540 x 960 pixels |
| Pixel density: | 245 pixels per inchMetric96.46 pixels per cmImperial |
| Touch screen: | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
Hardware | |
| Chipset: | MediaTek MT6589 |
| Processor: | Quad-Core 1200 MHz |
| RAM Memory: | 1 GB |
| Graphics Processor: | PowerVR SGX544 (384 MHz) |
| SD Card Slot: | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) |
Battery | |
| Battery type: | Li-Ion |
| Removable: | Yes |
| Capacity: | 1700 mAh |
| Stand-by Time: | 500 hours |
| Talk Time: | 4.5 hours |
Camera | |
| Back camera: | 8 megapixels |
| Flash: | Yes |
| Front camera: | 2 megapixels |
| Camera features: | Auto-Focus |
Networks | |
| Wi-Fi: | Yes |
| SIM Card Type: | SIM |
| Dual SIM: | Yes |
| UMTS Bands: | 900, 2100 |
| GSM Bands: | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 |
| Technologies: | HSPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
Other Features | |
| Bluetooth: | Version 3.0 |
| GPS: | Yes |
| Radio: | FM Radio |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |