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Kyocera Hydro VIBE Review

Score: 53.8 / 100

Kyocera Hydro VIBE is a decent quality cellphone launched back in 2014, which features a very powerful 1.2 gigahertz Quad-Core CPU, a 4.5 inches display, and 2 cameras, an 8 MP back facing camera and a 2 mega-pixels front facing camera. But it's time to get into more detail.

The Kyocera Hydro VIBE isn't very light comparing with today standards, weighting 4.9 oz. This cellphone is quite thin, but it's not close to being one of the thinnest phones on sale, with a thickness of 0.43 inches. Though this phone is only 5.02" long and 2.5" wide, it manages to pack a 4.5 inches display.

Kyocera decided to build this device using a Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8926 chip, holding a very fast 1.2 gigahertz Quad-Core CPU with a great 1,5 GB RAM. Graphic rendering usually uses a lot of processor time, so it also has a 450 MHz Adreno 305 graphics processing unit to take care of them, leaving the CPU free for other tasks. An interesting feature of this cellphone is its quite large 8 GB internal storage memory and an external memory slot, which allows you to store a couple hundred apps and games without any trouble.

The Kyocera Hydro VIBE has two cameras, an 8 mega-pixels back facing camera and a 2 mega-pixels front facing camera. This phone can also shoot videos up to 1920x1080 (Full HD) at 30 fps. Additionally, this cellphone's camera also counts with a couple of nice features like flash, smile detection shooting, auto-focus and HDR mode.

Kyocera packed the Kyocera Hydro VIBE with a interesting 4.5-inches display, and a resolution of 960 x 540 , giving this phone a detailed graphical experience. This display uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and is multi-touch enabled.

This device comes with a medium sized 2000 mAh Li-Ion removable battery, which is quite poor for a phone like this. According to Kyocera, this cellphone has an estimated stand by time of 193 hours and a talk time of 14 hs.

This device features Wi-Fi connection (which it can provide to other devices around, as a mobile hotspot) and 3G connectivity, supported by EV-DO A technologies. This cellphone doesn't use a SIM card, because it doesn't support GSM networks.

This cellphone also comes with a lot of useful characteristics like Wireless charging system, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth (enables communication with other bluetooth devices, computers and accessories), GPS and Radio, and multiple sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.

This cellphone is very expensive considering it is offerred for $ 160, while some similar phones cost a lot less than that. Kyocera sells this phone with Charger, Battery and microUSB cable..



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Kyocera
Operating System (OS):Android 4.4.2, 4.3
Dimensions:5.02 x 2.50 x 0.43 inchesMetric12.75 x 6.35 x 1.09 cmImperial
Weight:4.90 ouncesMetric138.91 gImperial
Accessories:Battery, Charger, microUSB cable.
Release date:2014-05-05
Price:$ 160.00

Display

Screen Type:IPS LCD
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:Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8926
Processor: Quad-Core 1200 MHz
RAM Memory:1,5 GB
Graphics Processor:Adreno 305 (450 MHz)
Internal Memory:8 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li-Ion
Removable:Yes
Capacity:2000 mAh
Wireless Charging:Yes
Stand-by Time:193 hours
Talk Time:14 hours

Camera

Back camera:8 megapixels
    Flash:Yes
Front camera:2 megapixels
Max video resolution:1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus, HDR Mode and Smile Detection Shooting

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
Technologies:EV-DO A

Other Features

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