Hotwav Symbol S9L comes as a high screen to body ratio smartphone. It presents everything that a smartphone user needs, yet it is a cheap Android smartphone that was released in the month of November 2018.
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Of course, this review will show you if this smartphone is your next buy. We will examine the price, design, display, battery life, camera, performance and other cool features of the smartphone.
Design and Display of Hotwav Symbol S9L
Body design material for the device is a mixture of plastic and metal. The dimensions are 158.7 x 77 x 7.9 mm and the weight is not specified. It comes in black and purple colors. S9L is not water resistant, no face recognition technology, and has no secondary display.
The display type is IPS LCD capacitive multi-touch screen of 16 million colors. The screen size is 6.8 inches, pixel density is 220, and pixels resolution is 1352 x 640, and aspect ratio is 19.9. Body ratio is 94.7 percent. The screen display protection feature is 2.5D curved glass and corner notch display. What we see here is a great screen for video game mongers.
Camera Features
There is dual lens of 13 MP plus 2 MP at the rear of the device with LED flash technology. The camera to the front which is meant for selfies is 5 MP and it arrives without front flash. Furthermore, video performance in the device is 1080p@30fps, which we are sure also comes with FHD recording.
Other camera features include geotagging, auto focus, HDR, touch focus, face detection, time-lapse, and panorama.
Hardware and Software of Hotwav Symbol S9L
Android v8.1 Oreo operating system is the primary software that runs in the device. This has the firmware that will upgrade to the latest Android 9 Pie. For hardware, there is MediaTek MT6739WW with process technology 28nm. CPU is 1.50 GHz Quad-core Cortex A53. Likewise, the GPU is PowerVR GE8100. These work with 64-bit architecture.
Storage Capacity and Sensors
In the device there is provision for 2GB of RAM which cannot be expanded. This is supported by 16GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB with the use of a microSD card.
Sensors in the smartphone include accelerometer, proximity, and ambient light, and fingerprint.
Network and Connectivity of Hotwav Symbol S9L
This device has a versatile network. It operates on 2G (GSM), 3G (HSPA), and 4G (LTE) supported networks. There is also dual Nano SIM card slot in the device to support the smooth running of things in this aspect.
Other components in the mobile phone are Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, mobile hotspot, GPS, A-GPS, headphone jack, micro USB 2.0 with OTG. Therefore, there is no infrared, NFC, and HDMI in Hotwav Symbol S9L.
Battery Life
Powering the device is 3150 mAh Li-Po non-removable battery. There is no wireless charging or fast charging technology in the device. Also, we trust the battery will be enough to serve a whole day on a single full charge. The talk time and standby time was not specified.
Price and Availability
The official price of Hotwav Symbol S9L is unknown right now at the time of this review. That will be known as soon as it begins showing up in stores. The good news is that the mobile phone has been announced and released in the month of November 2018, so a few days from now it should be in online stores.
Hotwav Symbol S9L Full Technical Specification
General
- Device Type
Smartphone
- Model
Hotwav Symbol S9L
- Announced
Nov-2018
- Released
Nov-2018
- Status
Available
Design
- Type
Bar
- Dimensions
158.7 mm x 77 mm x 7.9 mm
- Weight
–
- Colors
Black
Purple
- Waterproof No
- Fingerprint Yes
- Face Recognition
No
- Dedicated Keys
Volume, Power, Fingerprint
- Device Security
Fingerprint, Pin, Pattern, Password, Slide
- Features
-Plastic + Metal body
Display
- Display Type
IPS LCD, Capacitive touch screen
- Size
6.8-inch
- Secondary Display
No
- Touch Screen
Yes, Multi touch
- Pixel Density
~220 PPI
- Resolution
1352 x 640 Pixels
- Display Colors
16 M
- Display Protection Yes
- Features
-19:9 aspect ratio
-2.5D curved glass
-~94.7% screen-to-body ratio
-Corner notch display
Network
- Supported Network
GSM/ HSPA/ LTE
- 2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- 3G Network
HSPA 850/ 900/ 1900/ 2100 MHz
- 4G Network
LTE 800/ 850/ 900/ 1800/ 2100/ 2600 MHz
LTE TDD 2300 MHz
- SIM
Nano SIM
- Hybrid Sim No
- Dual SIM
Yes, Dual stand by
Hardware
- Chipset
MediaTek MT6739WW, 28nm, 64 bit
- CPU
1.5GHz Quad-core Cortex-A53
- GPU
PowerVR GE8100
- RAM (Memory)
2 GB, 667 MHz
- Internal Storage
16 GB
- Card Slot
Upto 128 GB (micro SD)
- Dedicated slot
No data
- Sensors
Accelerometer
Proximity
Light
Fingerprint
Software
- Operating System
Android OS v8.1 Oreo
- Java Support No
- Youtube Yes
- Facebook Yes
Messaging
- SMS
Yes (threaded view)
- MMS Yes
Yes
- IM Yes
Camera
- Primary
13 MP + 2 MP
- Flash
LED
- Front
5 MP
- Front Flash
No
- Video
1080p@30fps
- Camera Features
Geotagging
Touch focus
Face detection
Panorama
Autofocus
HDR
Time-lapse
Connectivity
- Bluetooth
Yes, v4.2, A2DP, LE
- Infrared No
- Wi-fi
Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
- GPS
Yes, A-GPS
- NFC No
- Wireless Charging
No
- Headphone Jack Yes
- HDMI No
- USB
Micro USB 2.0 with OTG
Data
- GPRS Yes
- EDGE Yes
- Speed
42.2 Mbps (HSDPA), 5.76 Mbps;(HSUPA); LTE 150/ 50 Mbps
- Web Browser
HTML 5
Media
- Video Format
3GP, M4V, H.263, H.264, MOV, AVI, xVID, WMV, FLV, MP4, H.265
- Audio Format
MP3, eAAC+, WAV, Flac player
- FM Radio
Yes
- Alert Types
Vibration, MP3
- Ring Tones
Wav ring tones
- Loudspeaker
Yes
Battery
- Battery Type
Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer)
- Capacity
3150mAH
- Placement
Non-removable
MISC
- Features
- Document viewer
2. Photo and video editor
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