Guru82
Well-Known Member
Over the last week I've got my hands on a new thl 4000 (MTK 6582M) phone. This phone has flaws, but it's price, general performance and battery life make up for those. Cheap at ~$145 AU.
This phone packs a specified 4000mAh Li-ion.
Just played Fast & Furious: Legacy for 10 minutes and it dropped 3 or 4%, but that doesn't mean squat really. What about standby and everyday normal use? Well, one can expect a full day of installing apps, playing an hour of game and still have plenty of juice. Around 8 hours of screen-on time can be expected OR at least 4 hours of 3D gaming. One can expect around 24 hours standby with that usage too. I've yet to fully define its battery life capability as I'm still playing around with it too much to find out what sort of 'normal' everyday use would be. It is easily lasting me a full 12 hour day (while messing with it) with plenty left in the tank when I charge it over night. Charging from 0% takes around 5 hours.
Storage:
8GB ROM;
System: 900MB,
Cache: 126MB,
Data (apps): 2GB,
SD card (internal): 4.2GB,
Swap: 511MB
SD Card slot up to 32GB
This is a rundown of positives and negatives of the thl 4000;
Negative:
* Standard battery statistics found in settings doesn't have a graph and usage time cannot be found (use GSam Battery Monitor instead)
* GPS is a bit flaky but does work... just not so great with apps that use geolocation (network location)
* No magnetometer sensor... No Compass
* Camera isn't the best. Rather blurry with motion. Also the LED flash isn't very bright. For a still photo, it works fine though.
Positive:
* Great battery life. Especially if you don't Google Now cards, turn on location to battery saving, install Xposed and the app Amplify.
* Runs rings around iPhone battery life
* Great gaming performance
* KitKat OS runs pretty fine
* Kingo Root rootable
While I could go on and give details on how I rooted, what apps I use etc. I won't unless someone asks.
Hope my quick review here is useful to someone.
This phone packs a specified 4000mAh Li-ion.
Just played Fast & Furious: Legacy for 10 minutes and it dropped 3 or 4%, but that doesn't mean squat really. What about standby and everyday normal use? Well, one can expect a full day of installing apps, playing an hour of game and still have plenty of juice. Around 8 hours of screen-on time can be expected OR at least 4 hours of 3D gaming. One can expect around 24 hours standby with that usage too. I've yet to fully define its battery life capability as I'm still playing around with it too much to find out what sort of 'normal' everyday use would be. It is easily lasting me a full 12 hour day (while messing with it) with plenty left in the tank when I charge it over night. Charging from 0% takes around 5 hours.
Storage:
8GB ROM;
System: 900MB,
Cache: 126MB,
Data (apps): 2GB,
SD card (internal): 4.2GB,
Swap: 511MB
SD Card slot up to 32GB
This is a rundown of positives and negatives of the thl 4000;
Negative:
* Standard battery statistics found in settings doesn't have a graph and usage time cannot be found (use GSam Battery Monitor instead)
* GPS is a bit flaky but does work... just not so great with apps that use geolocation (network location)
* No magnetometer sensor... No Compass
* Camera isn't the best. Rather blurry with motion. Also the LED flash isn't very bright. For a still photo, it works fine though.
Positive:
* Great battery life. Especially if you don't Google Now cards, turn on location to battery saving, install Xposed and the app Amplify.
* Runs rings around iPhone battery life
* Great gaming performance
* KitKat OS runs pretty fine
* Kingo Root rootable
While I could go on and give details on how I rooted, what apps I use etc. I won't unless someone asks.
Hope my quick review here is useful to someone.