Wiko Lenny 3 review: Beauty with a speck of

The Wiko Lenny 3 seems to be a phone to be great value for money: a HD screen, 16GB storage memory, good cameras and a decent build for less than $ 100. It does phone up to his expectations? We find out in this review.

Wiko is a rather unknown French manufacturer, who itself claims to be a ‘Game changer’. This is trying the company to do so by discounted sell phones with excellent specifications. One of those phones is the Wiko Lenny 3. This unit, first announced in march during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. During our hands-on with the device, called him a ‘striking positive outlier in its segment’. In this review we will look or the Lenny 3 after a lot of use still have a positive impression.

In previous Wikotelefoons were often heavy softwareskins present; in the Wiko Highway Pure review, we called the software just what to press but otherwise fine. Has Wiko to the consumer listened, and software adapted to the Lenny 3? Also this we will find out in this review.

The specifications of the Lenny 3 show quickly which Wiko value in a phone. So the phone has two good cameras: a 8-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera. Then the costs of the French producer chose an old chipset to use: a MediaTek MT6582. There is 1GB ram and 16GB expandable storage. To this package to provide power, you will find a 2000-mAh battery in this device.

Unfortunately, there are no known specifications for this device.

Solid design

The recent years have budgettelefoons an ever better construction, the Wiko Lenny 3 is a good example of this. The back of the phone is made of aluminum, very impressive. The sides and frame are made of plastic, as is to be expected. Still feel the phone is very solid and has a nice appearance for the price.

The phone feels very solid

Behind the removable back is space for two sim cards, a micro sd card and removable battery. The Lenny 3 is available in a number of fun color options: space gray, bleen (combination between blue and green), lime, cinnamon and gold.

As you can see, we have here the gray variant. In the right-hand side are both the volume button as the on/ off button. The navigation buttons sit below the screen, and are thus not accounted for in the software.

Great screen

The screen in this phone definitely deserves a special segment because it is exceptionally good for a low-endtelefoon. He has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. This is one of the sharpest screens in budgettelefoons. With a size of 5-inch phone is just handy, not too large or too small.

This screen is exceptionally good for a cheap phone

Color reproduction is quite good and the screen is readable in bright sunlight. Also in the area of viewing angles allows this phone does not disappoint. It still feels the glass is a bit plastic-like, and you can’t super accurate typing. This does not take away that this screen is exceptionally good for a cheap phone, as he is a sharp and bright enough.

Mwah performance

Under the hood of the Wiko Lenny 3 is MediaTek MT6582 with four cores clocked at 1.3 GHz. For the temporary storage of data is 1GB of ram present. The performance of this device make for mixed feelings; usually performs this phone as you would expect. In this case, the phone can light tasks, but you will notice with some regularity a stottertje. But sometimes it runs the Lenny 3 gruesome jam, which is very annoying. For example the YouTube or Spotify application is not open until the phone is restarted. In such cases, you will feel very frustrated and wish you that you have some more money to your phone had been issued. I dare this unit so not toekomstproof to name a few.

Network, the Wiko Lenny 3 little special. As already told there can be up to two sim cards in the phone, which is very convenient for people to travel abroad. Yet, there is no support for 4G networks, something that in this segment, not a huge deal. Bluetooth 4.0 in the phone, but no NFC.

Sometimes it runs the Lenny 3 completely fixed

The battery life of this phone is good for moderate users. With the brightness on automatic, can you get about 5 hours screen on time from the 2000mAh battery presses. If, after the lapse of time the battery has less performance, you can just replace. Excellent!

Software: mix

The software of earlier Wiko’s was never a sterktepunt the of phones; this year, that seems to be the case. The phone runs on Android 6.0, covered with a proprietary interface. Because these so-called ‘skin’ is very simple, is feeling the phone very smoothly. Although the software on this phone simply works, it has a number of disadvantages.

The software on this phone is not a problem

The phone throws by default, all applications on your home screens, you can also not remove. This is quite weird since the software is also a main menu with a applicatietray. In addition, the software contains often typos and missing capital letters. As you can see in the screenshotje right here you can choose your software ‘note’ to update. Quite dumb so.

Nevertheless, it is the software on this phone no problem. By default, there is not a lot of bloatware installed and the software is fairly tight. If you don’t like the looks on your phone, you can of course easily be modified with a launcher.

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Top multimedia

In the field of multimedia scores, the Wiko Lenny 3 very good. The loudspeaker on the back is surprisingly loud and does not sound very shrill. Play music through earphones sound simply good. FM radio is present in the device, what the phone very suitable for people with a small data bundle.

With the cameras you can get good results

You can store media on the 12GB of memory that remains available after the installation of Android. This is very helpful since many bugettelefoons with little storage. This storage can then also expand via a micro sd card up to 64GB. Watching videos is, as said, is fine since the phone has a good display.

With the 8-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel selfiecamera the best way to get good results, especially for a cheap phone. The photos have a wide dynamic range, realistic colours and plenty of detail. All of this is of course, relative; there are certainly better cameras in phones. The rear camera has a flash, unlike the front camera. Here Wiko is a smart solution for this: when creating a selfie light the screen for a moment. This allows you to selfies – with not very much detail – in a dark environment.

Videos you can record in full HD resolution, that is 1920 x 1080 pixels. For a cheap phone is that a very high resolution. Although you certainly noise will notice and see that there is little detail in the videos, should the average consumer be very happy with the video quality. Below you can see a testvideo made with the Wiko Lenny 3.

Conclusion

The title of this review indicates it actually already gone: the Wiko Lenny 3 is an exceptionally good phone with one major drawback: crash. Although performance degradation can be expected, is it annoying to occasionally more than two minutes on your unit to have to wait. Still, the Lenny 3 good software, good camera, enough memory, a decent build and a very good screen for €99. This phone is for light users with a tight budget and plenty of patience.

When you do not have enough patience, you will have a little more money together to get to look at LG G4c. Although this phone is not a speed freak, this unit may not delay a few minutes. You can also look at the second generation Moto G. This device costs roughly $ 150, and has expandable memory, a fast processor and voorwaartsgerichte speakers.

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