A review of the Vernee M5
Shifting focus from building smartphones with powerful hardware and big batteries, the young Chinese manufacturer, Vernee, has redefined its outlook with its latest offering, the Vernee M5. This is, by far, the most value-for-money kind of device from Vernee, boasting of 4GB RAM and running the latest Android 7.0 Nougat. If the Chinese manufacturer is to be believed, the M5 4G smartphone has been designed to mimic the look and feel of the iPhone 7, offering a viable alternative to users who want to own a flagship device but can’t fit one in their budget. Here’s a detailed lowdown on the specs, features, and performance of the Vernee M5 to help you assess if the mobile device lives up to the hype:
Vernee M5 Design
The Vernee M5 sports a sandstone patterned metal body, which is a great feature for its price range. It is a sleek, lightweight device, weighing a mere 145 grams, and has smooth, curvy edges. The dimensions of the handset are 147.6×72.6×6.9mm, and the screen to body ratio has been kept the same as iPhone 7. All key controls are placed on the right side, while the SIM slots are on the left. The audio jack has been placed on top, and there are extra ports for microphone and speaker at the bottom. Another key feature of the M5, which is usually missing in the competing handsets in its price segments, is the fingerprint sensor that has been placed just below the rear camera.
Display
The M5 comes with a 5.2-inch screen made of 2D curved glass and equipped with an optical processor. It packs a density of 273 PPI with a HD resolution of 720×1280 pixels. The bezels on this device have been kept minimal, with a 69 percent of its surface area constituting the display. The display of this new smartphone also boasts of Captivity Touch Screen of 16.1M Colours.
The M5’s Camera
The M5 sports a 13 MP primary rear camera with LED flash, and 8MP front camera for selfies and video calls. It also boasts of a digital zoom feature and is capable of scaling a video quality of 1080 pixels. Gesture shot, autofocus, voice capture, facial beauty, and burst shots are some of the other key features packed in the phone’s camera.
Other Key Specs
The M5 comes with 4GB RAM – even though Vernee claims the phone is fast enough to produce the illusion of a 6GB RAM capacity – and 64 GB internal memory, which can be expanded up to 128 GB with an add-on microSD card. It’s a dual SIM phone, supporting a nano and a micro SIM, with both SIM slots placed on the left side, along with the microSD card slot.
The smartphone runs on one of the most recent versions of the Android operating system, the 7.0 Nougat.
It also boasts of a good battery life, with its Li-ON 3300 mAh battery promising a standby time of 240 hours. The phone’s battery can last up to 12 hours on a single full charge even with regular usage. If you are watching videos on a loop, the phone’s battery will last you a good 8 hours, which is a pretty great run time, and when playing audio files alone, the M5 will keep you company for as long as 35 hours.
In terms of connectivity, the smartphone is equipped to support all modern networking options such as WiFi, WiFi hotspot, Bluetooth, and so on.
Performance
A slight nick in a device packed with all high-end features and specs is its processor. The M5 runs on the MediaTek MT6750 processor, which is a fairly common processor used in most budget phones. However, the eight cores of the technologically advanced ARM Cortex A53 more than make up for the use for a common primary processor, and go a long way in boosting the overall performance of this handset.
Another key feature is its MT6750 CPU with an integrated modem, which makes the device compatible with the 4G LTE Category 6 network and accords a top download speed of 300 Mbps.
Final Verdict
The new Vernee M5 smartphone is truly a one-of-its-kind device available in the market right now. It brings you a fair deal of high-end specs and performance at throwaway prices. This ongoing special offer at CAFAGO, where you can own a Vernee M5 see the price here on amazon ‘L130PZ’, definitely makes this device a whole lot more appealing.
