Plum Sync 3.5 Review
Score: 43.6 / 100
Plum Sync 3.5 is a not so powerful Android phone, coming with a fast Dual-Core CPU speeding at 1.2 gigahertz, a medium sized 3.5" screen, and 2 cameras, a 1.3 megapixels back side camera and a 1.3 mega-pixels front camera. We will get a better idea about this phone's characteristics when we get into deeper details.
Plum decided to equip this cellphone with a MediaTek MT6572M system chip, including a powerful 1200 MHz Dual-Core processor with only 256 MB RAM. Helping with graphic calculations, it also uses a 500 MHz ARM Mali-400 graphic processing unit. The Plum Sync 3.5 comes with a small 524,29 MB internal memory, which could be adequate for basic users knowing that this phone also has an external SD slot to store songs, photos and videos and even some apps that allow external memory installation.
The Plum Sync 3.5 is very thin and comfortable, with a thickness of just 0.39 inches. Plum made this cellphoneavailable just in multiple color variations, black, pink, blue, red and white. Plum has made a very good job making the Plum Sync 3.5 weight just 3.28 oz.
This cellphone has a good level 3.5 inches display with a 480 x 320 resolution, which makes everything look quite colorful and brightful. This display uses TFT capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch gestures.
The Plum Sync 3.5 features two cameras, a 1.3 MP back facing camera and a 1.3 megapixels front side camera. This camera also counts with many useful characteristics like flash, face detection shooting, auto-focus, HDR mode, smile detection shooting and geo tagging.
This cellphone comes with a mid capacity 1350 mAh Li-Ion removable battery providing the Plum Sync 3.5 with a not very long battery life. According to Plum, this device has an estimated 14 hours talk time and a 780 hs stand by time.
This cellphone provides wi-fi capability (and it can share it with other devices acting as a router or modem) and 3G connectivity, supported by EDGE technologies. This device supports dual sim so it can to work with two different phone lines or carriers in the same phone.
The Plum Sync 3.5 also features some cool characteristics like Bluetooth (4.0), GPS (Global Positioning System) and FM Radio, and multiple sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.
Plum is offering the Plum Sync 3.5 for $ 249, which is very expensive for comparing with similar cellphones.
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Specifications
| Device Type: | Phone |
| Brand: | Plum |
| Operating System (OS): | Android 4.2.2 |
| Dimensions: | 4.66 x 2.21 x 0.39 inchesMetric11.84 x 5.61 x 0.99 cmImperial |
| Weight: | 3.28 ouncesMetric92.99 gImperial |
| Colors: | Black, Blue, Pink, Red and White |
| Price: | $ 249.00 |
Display | |
| Screen Type: | TFT (16M colors) |
| Size: | 3.5 inchesMetric8.9 cmImperial |
| Resolution: | 320 x 480 pixels |
| Pixel density: | 165 pixels per inchMetric64.96 pixels per cmImperial |
| Touch screen: | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
Hardware | |
| Chipset: | MediaTek MT6572M |
| Processor: | ARM Cortex-A7 (Dual-Core 1200 MHz) |
| RAM Memory: | 256 MB |
| Graphics Processor: | ARM Mali-400 (500 MHz) |
| Internal Memory: | 524,29 MB |
| SD Card Slot: | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) |
Battery | |
| Battery type: | Li-Ion |
| Removable: | Yes |
| Capacity: | 1350 mAh |
| Stand-by Time: | 780 hours |
| Talk Time: | 14 hours |
Camera | |
| Back camera: | 1.3 megapixels |
| Flash: | Yes |
| Front camera: | 1.3 megapixels |
| Camera features: | Auto-Focus, Face Detection Shooting, Geo Tagging, HDR Mode and Smile Detection Shooting |
Networks | |
| Wi-Fi: | Yes |
| Mobile Hotspot: | Yes |
| SIM Card Type: | SIM |
| Dual SIM: | Yes |
| GSM Bands: | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 |
| Technologies: | EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
Other Features | |
| Bluetooth: | Version 4.0 |
| GPS: | Yes |
| Radio: | FM Radio |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |