General Mobile GM6 review: pure Android for less

For a pure Google experience you need no longer to resort to a Nexus – or Pixel-smartphone. In this review, we discuss the latest Android One device, the General Mobile GM6.

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General Mobile is not a new player when it comes to Android One smartphones. Earlier, the Turkish manufacturer even though the Android One and the GM5 to the Netherlands, which is a pure Android experience for a low price offered. The GM6 is the successor of these machines with solid specifications and a standard version of Android 7.0 (Nougat), at a low price.

The General Mobile GM6 has a suggested retail price of 199 euro, which is in theory an interesting purchase for portemonneebewuste fans of stock Android. In this review, we take the unit with you.

The design of the General Mobile GM6 is especially utilitarian to name a few. The (removable) back of the phone is made of ribbed plastic, that it’s not very luxurious look, but lots of grip. Along the edge runs a metallic edge, that the device be sturdy and modern.

The screen of the GM6 is similar to what you get on other smartphones in this price range come across. The 5 inch display has a hd resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels, which means that your hard individual pixels looks. The colour reproduction is a bit weak, but sufficient to videos to view. Also the viewing angles are fine, all is black, soon slightly grey if the screen is already a little bit tilted.

What is the brightness of the screen, fell the GM6 in the full sun. The reading of text is still to do, but real details are lost when you in the summer sun. For watching videos or viewing photos, you can use the GM6 so it’s best to take the shade. The auto brightness worked in each situation properly, though it took some time before the brightness was correctly adjusted.

General Mobile has the GM6 under the hood with a quad-core chipset from MediaTek. For everyday tasks this chip is more than enough computing power. Apps like WhatsApp, Facebook and Snapchat were also nice and smooth, as well as the overall interface and the included Google apps. With heavy games had the GM6 more of an effort, but that is in this price range not surprisingly.

The MediaTek processor will be accompanied by 3GB of ram, which is now the standard. This allows you to fine multitasking, and you don’t have to wait until apps re-loaded if you are going to switch. In addition, there is space for two sim cards, which is useful if you have a lot to go abroad or, for example, a business sim card.

The GM6 is also equipped with a finger print scanner. This is incorporated into the physical home button, similar to how Samsung this the Galaxy S7 and earlier flagships did. The difference is that the button is not in need to press: by only your finger, the screen will automatically switch to. In practice, this scanner is very fast, and seemed the phone is already unlocked before the screen was.

The GM6 is under the Android One program, which means that there is a standard version of Android 7.0 (Nougat) on the device it runs. Almost all of the apps on the device to come from Google itself, in a convenient file manager. On the GM6 were also two apps General Mobile itself, but according to a supplied note these apps are not in the Benelux. These are easy to turn off, and then they hardly take up space.

Why the GM6 not on Android 7.1 runs, it is not entirely clear. The differences between the two versions are small, however, and we missed during use and no significant features in 7.1 that is really indispensable. Moreover, you can use app-snelkopplelingen or the new keyboard also using a different launcher, or the latest version of Gboard working.

The device runs on the latest security update, and will get it monthly delivered, like any other Android One smartphone. In addition, it provides Google that every Android One smartphone at least one Android upgrade come to expect. That means for the GM6 that Android O to the device will be, as soon as that version is on the market.

The interface of the GM6 is exactly as you would on a Nexus – or Pixel-smartphone back would see. By swiping to the right on your homescreen is Google Now in the picture, though there is still a button for the app drawer in the dock. The used launcher has not the same features as the Google Pixel, but has more to do with the Google Now launcher from the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P.

What is striking is that not all apps from Googles range on the device. So is Allo, the WhatsApp competitor, Google, is not present, but video-calling app Duo again. Notes app Keep is included, but loose Drive apps like Docs and Sheets are omitted.

The camera of the General Mobile GM6 performs actually like all of the other smartphones in this price segment. Pictures come in enough light sharp the bus, but were soon over – or underexposed. In order to take a good photo, so you must pay extra attention to the lighting to give.

The included camera app is a lot more extensive than that of Google itself. The app lets you, for example, in picture-in-picture-mode shooting, where the camera is a selfie combines with a photo of the camera on the back. In addition, you can take photos in raw format, though there is no real Pro-mode, you have full control over settings such as exposure.

If you like selfies in the dark makes it has the GM6 is an interesting extra. The selfiecamera has a flash to the right of the speaker to sit. So you can even in the pitch dark, selfies, all the camera you are quite blind. Selfies own eyes, therefore, always reasonably sharp.

With a 3000 mAh battery you don’t have to make that the end of the day. During our tests, we knew every day with ease into the evening with the unit to work. This is not only because of the large battery, but also because the power-efficient processor. With moderate use, two days is feasible, we recommend that you do to your device at the end of the day to recharge.

The GM6 is not equipped with a form of rapid recharging. In this price range that is not strange, but if you’re used to is still a small gap. The supplied charger provides 2 amps, allowing the unit to no hours need to be full to the touch. Some manufacturers offer chargers with less power than this, so it is nice that General Mobile is a powerful adapter supplies.

Now is the batterijbesparingmodus a standard function of Android, and this will also be found in the GM6. You can set the unit to automatically turn on at 5 or 15 percent of your battery, if it’s not on by default. Through the battery settings, you can turn them on.

The General Mobile GM6 offers a Pixel-like experience, but hundreds of dollars cheaper than a Google flagship. The smartphone has the best of Android on board, including enough computing power and battery life for everyday use. Fans of a standard version of Googles operating systems, pick up their heart with the device. Avid photographers and avid gamers can, however, better a little more to spend on a smartphone.

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7 July 2021, 21:30 | Views: 207