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Kyocera Hydro Elite Review

(C6750) Score: 59.6 / 100

Kyocera Hydro Elite is a good quality phone released some years ago, in 2013, equipped with a medium 4.3 inches multi-touch screen, an exceptional 1.5 GHz Dual-Core processing unit, and 2 cameras, an 8 mega-pixels back-facing camera and a 1.3 megapixels front facing camera.

Kyocera just sells this device in black color. This cellphone feels a bit heavy comparing to other phones , with a weight of 4.51 ounces. This cellphone is very thin and looks really nice, while it's not close to being one of the thinnest cellphones out there, with a thickness of 0.43 inches. Although this device only has 4.82 inches long, it is still able to fit a a 4.3" screen.

Kyocera designed this cellphone with a spectacular 4.3-inches display, and a 1280 x 720 (HD) resolution, providing this cellphone with a high level image quality.

Kyocera decided to power this device with a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 chip, including a high performance 1.5 GHz Dual-Core processing unit with a huge 1,5 GB RAM memory. Graphic rendering usually consume lots of CPU time, so this cellphone uses an extra 400 megahertz Adreno 225 GPU to help with that calculations. This device comes with anice 16 GB internal memory and an external SD slot, enough to store a couple hundred applications and games without any trouble.

This cellphone includes wi-fi connection (and it can provide it to other devices around, acting as a router or modem), 4G (LTE) high performance connectivity and 3G fast internet connection, over HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A and EDGE technologies. This cellphone uses a SIM card for GSM services and it can work with both CDMA and GSM.

This phone is equipped with two cameras, an 8 megapixels back side camera and a 1.3 mega-pixels front-facing camera. It is capable of shooting Full HD 1920x1080 videos at 30 frames per second. Additionally, the camera has a couple of interesting characteristics: auto-focus, flash, fast burst mode, HDR mode and smile detection shooting.

This device has a huge 2100 mAh Li-Ion removable battery, which isn't very promising for a phone like this. Kyocera claims this phone has a 236 hs stand by time and a 13 hours talk time.

The Kyocera Hydro Elite also includes a wide range of great characteristics such as Wireless charging capability, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth (4.0, EDR) and GPS, and plenty of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.

Kyocera sells the Kyocera Hydro Elite for $ 95, which is a quite high price for a cellphone this level. No matter if you want it mainly for social networks and internet browsing or are looking for a gamer cellphone, you will definitely be very happy with this cellphone.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Kyocera
Operating System (OS):Android 4.1
Product code:C6750
Dimensions:4.82 x 2.38 x 0.43 inchesMetric12.24 x 6.05 x 1.09 cmImperial
Weight:4.51 ouncesMetric127.86 gImperial
Colors:Black
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Release date:2013-08-27
Price:$ 95.00

Display

Size:4.3 inchesMetric10.9 cmImperial
Resolution:720 x 1280 pixels (HD)
Pixel density:342 pixels per inchMetric134.65 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960
Processor:Krait (Dual-Core 1500 MHz)
RAM Memory:1,5 GB (500 MHz)
Graphics Processor:Adreno 225 (400 MHz)
Internal Memory:16 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li-Ion
Removable:Yes
Capacity:2100 mAh
Wireless Charging:Yes
Stand-by Time:236 hours
Talk Time:13 hours

Camera

Back camera:8 megapixels
    Aperture:f/2.60
    Flash:Yes
Front camera:1.3 megapixels
Max video resolution:1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus, Fast Burst Mode, HDR Mode and Smile Detection Shooting

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:SIM
LTE (4G) Bands:700 (band 13), 1700/2100 (band 4)
UMTS Bands:850, 900, 1900, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
CDMA Bands:800, 1900
Technologies:LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.0, EDR
GPS:Yes
NFC (Near Field Communication):Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor