Review of the Android smartphone LG K10 (K410): simple, but tasteful. Review of the LG K10 LTE smartphone: a study in cool colors

The design of the LG K10 is characterized by smooth lines. The frames around the display are small, the thickness of the smartphone is only 8.8 mm. Back cover slightly curved and has a rough pattern - this prevents it from slipping out of your hands.

The display diagonal is 5.3 inches, the matrix is ​​IPS, the resolution is 1280 by 720 pixels. The display is equipped with In-Cell Touch technology, where the sensor is located directly under the glass. This allows you to create a feeling of direct interaction with the screen when pressed, rather than with glass. Considering that the device belongs to the middle class, you should not expect any serious screen protection.

The signature feature of the South Korean company is the location of the lock and volume buttons on the back surface of the device. On the one hand, such an unusual arrangement may seem inconvenient and incomprehensible, on the other hand, the index finger lies exactly at the level of the back cover buttons. In any case, you need to get used to this arrangement, although this solution allows you to rid the sides of the device from extra buttons and make them smoother and more ergonomic.

The weight of LG K10 is only 140 grams, the battery capacity is 2300 mAh. The device is available in two colors: white and indigo blue.

The smartphone is presented in two versions, and the characteristics and prices of these variations differ significantly.

Let's start with the more expensive option, called the LG K10 LTE. The device has an eight-core MediaTek MT6753 chipset with a clock frequency of 1.14 GHz, as well as support for LTE networks. The amount of RAM (1.5 GB) provides comfortable work with the device, but there are not enough stars from the sky. The amount of physical memory is also not large - 16 GB, but there is a microSD slot with support for cards up to 32 GB.

The resolution of the main camera is 13 megapixels, the front one is 5. Like many of the manufacturer’s devices, the LG K10 has good built-in camera functions: for example, shooting by hand gesture or one-touch, as well as a virtual flash of the selfie camera. The latter, when shooting, highlights a light frame on the screen, which illuminates the face in the dark.

An important feature of the new product is the latest version of the operating system - Android Marshmallow. Earlier it was said that all modifications of the LG K10 would be equipped with the previous version, but the developers decided to keep up with the times. The platform is supplemented with a functional proprietary shell.

The cost of LG K10 LTE on the Russian market is almost 18 thousand rubles.

The more budget option differs in a number of parameters. For example, the modification cannot boast of support for modern 4G networks. The smartphone is equipped with a quad-core single-chip system MediaTek MT6582 with a frequency of 1.3 GHz. The amount of RAM is 1 GB, physical memory is 16, there is a slot for a memory card.

The resolution of the main camera of the budget modification is 8 megapixels. The front and camera functions are the same as the first option.

One of the main differences between this modification and the LG K10 LTE is the version of the operating system - Android Lollipop. Unfortunately, the developer did not say anything about updating the smartphone to the new Marshmallow.

The cost of LG K10 in Russia is almost 15 thousand rubles.

It is worth noting that LG has recently been developing special cases for its smartphones, and the K10 is no exception. The flip cover attaches to the back of the device. The cover covering the device's display has a small transparent strip on the side, through which the time, date, information about missed calls and received SMS, as well as notifications from applications are visible on the screen. The most interesting thing is that with the help of such a strip on the case you can receive incoming calls without opening the cover.

The cost of a branded case will probably be slightly higher than that of universal cases, but it has a certain number of pleasant functions and is also optimized for the branded shell of gadgets.

Information about the make, model, and alternative names of the specific device, if available.

Design

Information about the dimensions and weight of the device, presented in different units of measurement. Materials used, colors offered, certificates.

Width Width information - refers to the horizontal side of the device in its standard orientation during use.	74.8 mm (millimeters) 7.48 cm (centimeters) 0.25 ft (feet) 2.94 in (inches)
Height Height information - refers to the vertical side of the device in its standard orientation during use.	146.6 mm (millimeters) 14.66 cm (centimeters) 0.48 ft (feet) 5.77 in (inches)
Thickness Information about the thickness of the device in different units of measurement.	8.8 mm (millimeters) 0.88 cm (centimeters) 0.03 ft (feet) 0.35 in (inches)
Weight Information about the weight of the device in different units of measurement.	140 g (grams) 0.31 lbs 4.94 oz (ounces)
Volume The approximate volume of the device, calculated based on the dimensions provided by the manufacturer. Refers to devices with the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped.	96.5 cm³ (cubic centimeters) 5.86 in³ (cubic inches)
Colors Information about the colors in which this device is offered for sale.	Blue White
Materials for making the case Materials used to make the device body.	Plastic

SIM card

The SIM card is used in mobile devices to store data that certifies the authenticity of mobile service subscribers.

Mobile networks

A mobile network is a radio system that allows multiple mobile devices to communicate with each other.

Mobile communication technologies and data transfer speeds

Communication between devices on mobile networks is carried out using technologies that provide different data transfer rates.

Operating system

An operating system is a system software that manages and coordinates the operation of hardware components in a device.

SoC (System on Chip)

A system on a chip (SoC) includes all the most important hardware components of a mobile device on one chip.

SoC (System on Chip) A system on a chip (SoC) integrates various hardware components, such as a processor, graphics processor, memory, peripherals, interfaces, etc., as well as the software necessary for their operation.	MediaTek MT6582
Technological process Information about the technological process by which the chip is manufactured. Nanometers measure half the distance between elements in the processor.	28 nm (nanometers)
Processor (CPU) The primary function of a mobile device's processor (CPU) is to interpret and execute instructions contained in software applications.	ARM Cortex-A7
Processor size The size (in bits) of a processor is determined by the size (in bits) of the registers, address buses, and data buses. 64-bit processors have more high performance compared to 32-bit processors, which for their part are more productive than 16-bit processors.	32 bit
Instruction Set Architecture Instructions are commands with which the software sets/controls the operation of the processor. Information about the instruction set (ISA) that the processor can execute.	ARMv7
Level 1 cache (L1) Cache memory is used by the processor to reduce access time to more frequently used data and instructions. L1 (level 1) cache is small in size and works much faster as system memory, and other levels of cache memory. If the processor does not find the requested data in L1, it continues to look for it in the L2 cache. On some processors, this search is performed simultaneously in L1 and L2.	32 kB + 32 kB (kilobytes)
Level 2 cache (L2) L2 (level 2) cache memory is slower than L1, but in return it has a higher capacity, allowing caching more data. It, like L1, is much faster than system memory (RAM). If the processor does not find the requested data in L2, it continues to look for it in the L3 cache (if available) or in RAM memory.	512 kB (kilobytes) 0.5 MB (megabytes)
Number of processor cores The processor core executes software instructions. There are processors with one, two or more cores. Having more cores increases performance by allowing multiple instructions to be executed in parallel.	4
CPU clock speed The clock speed of a processor describes its speed in terms of cycles per second. It is measured in megahertz (MHz) or gigahertz (GHz).	1300 MHz (megahertz)
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) The Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) handles calculations for various 2D/3D graphics applications. In mobile devices, it is most often used by games, consumer interfaces, video applications, etc.	ARM Mali-400 MP2
Number of GPU cores Like a CPU, a GPU is made up of several working parts called cores. They handle graphics calculations for various applications.	2
GPU clock speed Running speed is the clock speed of the GPU, measured in megahertz (MHz) or gigahertz (GHz).	500 MHz (megahertz)
Amount of random access memory (RAM) RAM(RAM) is used by the operating system and all installed applications. Data stored in RAM is lost after the device is turned off or restarted.	1 GB (gigabytes)
Number of RAM channels Information about the number of RAM channels that are integrated into the SoC. More channels mean higher data rates.	Single channel
RAM frequency The frequency of RAM determines its operating speed, more specifically, the speed of reading/writing data.	533 MHz (megahertz)

Built-in memory

Each mobile device has built-in (non-removable) memory with a fixed capacity.

Memory cards

Memory cards are used in mobile devices to increase the storage capacity for storing data.

Screen

The screen of a mobile device is characterized by its technology, resolution, pixel density, diagonal length, color depth, etc.

Type/technology One of the main characteristics of the screen is the technology by which it is made and on which the quality of the information image directly depends.	IPS
Diagonal For mobile devices, screen size is expressed by the length of its diagonal, measured in inches.	5.3 in (inches) 134.62 mm (millimeters) 13.46 cm (centimeters)
Width Approximate screen width	2.6 in (inches) 66 mm (millimeters) 6.6 cm (centimeters)
Height Approximate screen height	4.62 in (inches) 117.33 mm (millimeters) 11.73 cm (centimeters)
Aspect Ratio The ratio of the dimensions of the long side of the screen to its short side	1.778:1 16:9
Permission Screen resolution shows the number of pixels vertically and horizontally on the screen. Higher resolution means clearer image detail.	720 x 1280 pixels
Pixel Density Information about the number of pixels per centimeter or inch of the screen. More high density Allows you to display information on the screen with clearer details.	277 ppi (pixels per inch) 108 ppcm (pixels per centimeter)
Color depth Screen color depth reflects the total number of bits used for color components in one pixel. Information about the maximum number of colors that the screen can display.	24 bit 16777216 flowers
Screen area Approximate percentage of screen area occupied by the screen on the front of the device.	70.85% (percent)
Other characteristics Information about other screen features and characteristics.	Capacitive Multi-touch Scratch resistance
	2.5D curved glass screen

Sensors

Different sensors perform different quantitative measurements and convert physical indicators into signals that a mobile device can recognize.

Main camera

The main camera of a mobile device is usually located on the back of the body and is used for taking photos and videos.

Sensor type Digital cameras use photo sensors to take photographs. The sensor, as well as optics, are one of the main factors in the quality of the camera in a mobile device.	CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor)
Diaphragm Aperture (f-number) is the size of the aperture opening that controls the amount of light reaching the photosensor. A lower f-number means the aperture opening is larger.	f/2.2
Focal length Focal length is the distance in millimeters from the photosensor to the optical center of the lens. The equivalent focal length is also indicated, providing the same field of view with a full frame camera.	3.8 mm (millimeters)
Flash type The most common types of flashes in mobile device cameras are LED and xenon flashes. LED flashes produce softer light and, unlike brighter xenon flashes, are also used for video shooting.	LED
Image Resolution One of the main characteristics of mobile device cameras is their resolution, which shows the number of horizontal and vertical pixels in the image.	3264 x 2448 pixels 7.99 MP (megapixels)
Video resolution Information about the maximum supported resolution when shooting video with the device.	1920 x 1080 pixels 2.07 MP (megapixels)
Video - frame rate/frames per second. Information about the maximum number of frames per second (fps) supported by the device when shooting video at the maximum resolution. Some of the main standard video shooting and playback speeds are 24p, 25p, 30p, 60p.	30fps (frames per second)
Characteristics Information about other software and hardware features related to the main camera and improving its functionality.	Autofocus Continuous shooting Digital zoom Digital image stabilization Geographical tags Panoramic photography HDR shooting Touch Focus Face recognition Setting White Balance ISO Setting Exposure compensation Scene Selection Mode

Additional camera

Additional cameras are usually mounted above the device screen and are used mainly for video conversations, gesture recognition, etc.

Audio

Information about the type of speakers and audio technologies supported by the device.

Radio

The radio of the mobile device is a built-in FM receiver.

Location determination

Information about the navigation and location technologies supported by your device.

WiFi

Wi-Fi is a technology that provides wireless communication for transmitting data over close distances between various devices.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a standard for secure wireless data transfer between various devices of different types over short distances.

USB

USB (Universal Serial Bus) is an industry standard that allows different electronic devices to exchange data.

Headphone jack

This is an audio connector, also called an audio jack. The most widely used standard in mobile devices is the 3.5mm headphone jack.

Connecting devices

Information about other important connection technologies supported by your device.

Browser

A web browser is a software application for accessing and viewing information on the Internet.

Browser Information about some of the main characteristics and standards supported by the device's browser.

HTML HTML5 CSS 3

Audio file formats/codecs

Mobile devices support different audio file formats and codecs, which respectively store and encode/decode digital audio data.

Video file formats/codecs

Mobile devices support different video file formats and codecs, which respectively store and encode/decode digital video data.

Both models came to my test almost simultaneously, and after using each of them for a certain time, I came to the conclusion that the devices are very similar and it is worth talking about them in one comparison review, rather than writing two very similar reviews.

Characteristics

	LG K10 LTE K430DS	LG Class H650E
Class	Average	Average
Form factor	Monoblock	Monoblock
Housing materials	Rubberized plastic	Metal
operating system	Android 6.0	Android 5.1
Net	2G/3G/LTE (800/1800/2600), two SIM cards	2G/3G/LTE (800/1800/2600)
Platform	MediaTek MT6753	Qualcomm Snapdragon 410
CPU	Octa-core, 1.3 GHz	Quad-core 1.2 GHz
Video accelerator	Mali-T720MP3	Adreno 306
Inner memory	16 GB	16 GB
RAM	1.5 GB	1.5 GB
Memory card slot	Eat	Eat
WiFi	Yes, a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band	Yes, a/b/g/n
Bluetooth	Yes, 4.1 LE, A2DP	Yes, 4.1 LE, A2DP
NFC	No	No
Screen diagonal	5.3 inches	5 inches
Screen resolution	1280x720 pixels	1280x720 pixels
Main camera		13 MP, LED flash, 1080p@30fps
Front-camera	5 MP	5 MP
Navigation	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Sensors		Accelerometer, light sensor, proximity sensor
Battery	Removable, Li-Ion 2300 mAh	Non-removable, Li-Ion 2050 mAh
Dimensions	146x74.8x8.8 mm	142x71.8x7.4 mm
Weight	142 grams	150 grams
Price	From 14,500 rubles	From 17,500 rubles

Appearance, materials, control elements, assembly

I like the design of both models, for example, the LG Class is strict appearance, slightly rounded edges and used metal case, while the K10, on the contrary, has rounded edges, and its back cover is made of rubberized textured plastic, making the device very comfortable to hold in your hand.

Traditionally for latest models LG placed the volume rocker and power button on the back cover of both devices. The decision is controversial, I personally don’t like it, but I’ve heard a lot positive feedback about him, so I will not insist on my point of view.

The 3.5 mm headphone jack and microUSB port in both models are also installed in the same place - on the bottom end.

The back cover of the Class is non-removable, so on the right side you can see two trays - for a nanoSIM card and a memory card.

The K10 has the same cover that can be removed, and the same slots for nanoSIM and memory cards are hidden under it. By the way, the battery in the K10 is also removable.

The rear speakers in both models have the same volume level, it is not very high, so in a noisy place you can miss a call.

Both smartphones are well made; after a couple of weeks of use, I had no complaints about their assembly.

Dimensions

A little big sizes K10 is due to the larger screen diagonal (5.3 inches versus 5.0 in Class), but the lower weight is due to the body materials used (plastic versus metal). Personally, I like the K10 better in terms of size and feel in the hand; this is largely due to the highly rounded edges and completely non-slip plastic. On the other hand, the metal body of the LG Class in the hand makes it more interesting in terms of tactile sensations.

Screen

According to my feelings, the models use the same or very similar matrices, in any case, most of the parameters - brightness, contrast, color rendering and behavior in the sun - are the same in both devices. The only difference is the display size; the K10 has a slightly larger screen diagonal. However, when detailed comparison It’s clear head-on that the Class’s screen is still slightly better both in viewing angles and in brightness level, although it leans more towards yellow colors.

I really liked the displays. Of course, this is not the level of flagships, but it is quite worthy of the average, at first I even thought that they used FHD resolution.

Viewing angles are average; when tilted, the brightness drops and the image noticeably fades.

Left – LG K10, right – LG Class

I liked the use of 2.5D glass, both from a design and practicality point of view, the same K10 has rounded ends, it looks great. By the way, the glass has an oleophobic coating; your finger glides perfectly over the surface of the screens.

operating system

The LG K10 smartphone runs Android 6.0, and Class - 5.1. Both devices use the proprietary LG UI shell; despite the differences in Android version numbers, LG UI looks almost the same on them.

I rarely test LG smartphones, so I was pleasantly surprised by their proprietary interface. It is very functional, at the level of other famous shells, and in some features it can even compete with CyanogenMod and MIUI.

Firstly, I was very pleased with the use of a 5x5 grid on the desktop. Few manufacturers do this, but in vain.

Left – LG K10, right – LG Class

Both devices can be turned on and off by double tap; this has already become a signature feature of LG smartphones.

I have mixed impressions from the keyboard. On the one hand, it is very functional, there is a separate row of numbers, additional characters accessible by a long press, the buttons are large, but the dictionary on the keyboard is very small and does not know many words.

Left – LG K10, right – LG Class

The dialer supports Smart Dial, including in Russian letters.

Left – LG K10, right – LG Class

In settings you can change bottom panel on-screen buttons.

Left – LG K10, right – LG Class

And there are a lot of such big and small features in LG UI.

Performance

In terms of performance, the devices show approximately the same results: good job with built-in and third-party applications, support for most games, although productive ones will run on medium settings.

Autonomous operation

As you can see, despite slight differences in battery capacity, the results for smartphones are +/- the same. The same applies to everyday use. I used both models throughout the day without any problems (Twitter, email, social networks, instant messengers, browser), and their charge lasted for about four hours with the screen on.

Camera

According to my impressions, the devices use, if not the same, then very similar camera modules. In any case, the quality of images in the models is similar. The devices are easy to take pictures during the day; in artificial lighting, the pictures come out quite well, until you start zooming to see the details, which are already turning into a mess of pixels. Taking a good night shot is completely problematic. The front camera in the Class takes good pictures and is perfect for selfies, but the K10 takes much worse photos with the front camera.

LG K10	LG Class

The video quality in both devices is average, recording is in FHD resolution.

Wireless interfaces

As you can see, in terms of support for Wi-Fi standards, the K10 is ahead, and even GPS work-module, despite the chipset from MediaTek, is better in the same K10, and the presence of two SIM cards will also seem to some to be an important advantage.

Conclusion

There are no complaints about the quality of speech transmission in both devices; you and your interlocutor can hear each other perfectly.

At retail, LG Class is sold for 20,000 rubles, and the LTE version of LG K10 is sold for 17,500, and the same OZON.ru has already reduced the price to 15,500 rubles. And here’s what’s funny: despite the fact that the K10 and Class are very similar in a number of parameters, the K10 still has a technological advantage: it has fresher Android, support for two SIM cards, and best job GPS, and dual-band Wi-Fi. At the same time, K10 is cheaper by as much as 4,500 rubles! On the Class side, the only remaining features are a more austere design and a metal body, which is clearly not enough to compete with the K10.

However, if you look at the same LG K10 LTE in the context of competition, then it is not in a very advantageous situation, see for yourself:

Lenovo P90 Pro. Costs 14,000 rubles, higher screen resolution, larger battery capacity, larger built-in memory, the only downside is the lack of a memory card slot.

Asus ZenFone 2. Costs 17,000 rubles, higher screen resolution, larger battery capacity.

Huawei Honor 5x. It costs 17,000 rubles, higher screen resolution, larger battery capacity, and a fingerprint scanner.

I’m no longer looking towards the Chinese Meizu and Xiaomi, who also have something to offer as competitors to these two LGs.

In fact, I sincerely liked both the Class and the K10, these are excellent, well-made devices, with good, albeit not the best screens, functional shell and pleasant body materials. But they cannot be considered in isolation from the market in which there are competitors with best characteristics for the same money. At a cost of 11,000 rubles these would be good models; for 17-20 thousand it is better to take one of the competitors. By the way, even LG themselves have a more interesting G4s, which would be much more bargain purchase than Class or K10.

LG has already established a tradition of offering an improved version of the K10 smartphone every year, which has an improved selfie camera and an already familiar appearance that does not change from year to year. But in terms of technical characteristics of the LG K10 2017, the review revealed a huge leap forward, and in general the ergonomics of the case have become an order of magnitude better.

LG K10 Specifications:

• SoC MediaTek MT6753, 8 cores ARM Cortex-A53 @1.3 GHz
• GPU Mali-T720, 3 cores @450 MHz
• Operating system Android 6.0 (32-bit)
• Sensory IPS display 5.3″, 1280×720, 277 ppi
• Random access memory (RAM) 1.5 GB, inner memory 16 GB
• Nano-SIM support (2 pcs.)
• MicroSD support up to 32 GB
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
• WCDMA/HSPA+ networks (850/900/1900/2100 MHz)
• FDD-LTE networks (800/1800/2600 MHz)
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n (2.4 GHz), Wi-Fi Direct
• Bluetooth 4.1
• GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
• USB 2.0
• Camera 13 MP, autofocus, video 1080p
• Front camera 5 MP, fixed. focus
• Proximity sensor, lighting sensor, gyroscope, electronic compass
• Battery 2300 mAh
• Dimensions 147×75×8.8 mm
• Weight 142 g

Equipment

A review of the LG K10 smartphone revealed a rather modest package, which included only essential elements. Among them are a charger with a power of 2 A, documentation, and a microUSB cable.

Compared to its predecessors, the design of the LG K10 has remained virtually unchanged. The only thing is that its design has become more glossy and glossy. The front side is covered with high-strength protective glass, neatly curved at the edges. The central place above it is occupied by a metal mesh conversational dynamics. To the left of it was located standard set sensors and front camera.

As the LG K10 lte 2017 m250 review showed, there is a barely noticeable chrome strip running throughout the entire body. It is thin and neatly fits the bottom edge. We installed it, as you understand, in order to improve the quality of communication reception. At the bottom there is a microUSB port, a standard audio jack, and a hole for the main microphone.

An auxiliary noise-canceling microphone was placed on the top edge.

On the left is a volume rocker, something we have never seen before in smartphones from this manufacturer, so you'll have to get used to it. Usually they were located at the back, but now only the power key is left there.

The review of the LG K10 2017 smartphone informs us that the back side is plastic, but the manufacturer visually stylized it as metal, due to which the design is perceived from a distance as more premium. On it, all the elements are located in the center - the main camera is on top, the flash is just below it, and below it is the fingerprint scanner, which in addition to everything plays the role of the power key. This button is called Smart Key. A speaker is located in the lower left corner of the backdrop.

The slots can be accessed by removing the cover, under which a compact removable 2800 mAh battery is installed. Nowadays, almost no one does this, but this design has a significant advantage - if necessary, it can be replaced independently, bypassing contacting service center. The slots are not implemented in the best way in a convenient way- if one nanoSIM can be replaced in a matter of seconds, then to replace another you will have to first remove the battery and microSD.

When conducting a review of the LG K10 lte k430ds, we wanted to note that the body is thin and without sharp corners, so it fits well in the palm. But its dimensions are not the most modest for its diagonal, especially judging by its height, so when carried in your pocket it will constantly remind you of itself.

As expected, the build quality of the LG K10 is top notch. The main disadvantage of its body is plastic, where it would be more logical to use metal that is more reliable, beautiful and pleasant to use.

The smartphone has an IPS screen with a diagonal of 5.3 inches and HD resolution. This combination gives only 277 pixels per inch. In everyday use you don’t notice graininess, but as soon as you bring the display closer, its flaws in the form of poor resolution immediately become noticeable. As the LG K10 k430 review showed, the matrix has excellent viewing angles, but the color rendition goes to the “cold side”, which I want to correct in the settings. Alas, the manufacturer deprived us of this opportunity. The brightness reserve here is not enough to allow you to comfortably work outside the room.

The screen is covered with 3rd generation Gorilla Glass, with a high quality oleophobic coating applied on top of it. It is made using the newfangled 2.5D technology, which provides for rounding as it approaches the edges. This solution looks much nicer, but the impression is spoiled by the thick frames that run along the perimeter of the screen. There’s no need to even talk about framelessness.

Music playback quality

When reviewing the LG K10 phone, it was impossible to ignore its speaker. This is probably the most weakness device, starting with a not very good location - when you put the smartphone with its back on the table, it overlaps, which is why the sound is quieter and with noticeable distortion. If you put it on something soft, like a blanket, you may not hear the SMS even if you are nearby. The earpiece was also a disappointment; although it sounds quite loud, it conveys the voice of the interlocutor with slight distortion. But the interlocutor will hear you well.

Performance

The characteristics of the LG K10 phone are far from top in its price category - MediaTek processor MT6750 with 8 cores, 4 of which are productive - up to 1.5 GHz and the same number of energy efficient - within 1 GHz. It is complemented by a Mali-T860 MP2 video chip, 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage. user memory. This is definitely not enough, but even with a flash drive you won’t be able to accelerate much - only microSD cards, up to 32 GB.

All wireless interfaces are supported, except NFC chip. As shown by the LG k430 K10 lte 16 GB review in Russian, in synthetics it is even inferior to last year’s model in some respects. The smartphone is far from a flagship; it only has enough power for the weakest games and stable operation of the interface.

Synthetics:

The LG K10 2017's specs will immediately turn off those looking for a phone for gaming and maximum productivity. In many games, FPS drops noticeably and sometimes stutters occur. With multitasking, everything is far from ideal; half of the RAM is consumed by the system, so the remaining volume is not enough to hold even several resource-intensive applications. The only good thing is that out of the box the smartphone runs on Android 7.0 with the manufacturer’s proprietary shell.

Autonomy

LG K10 lte 16 GB review turns to autonomy, which is far from record figures even with such a weak hardware and low display resolution. There is a 2800 mAh battery installed here, which is enough for 5-6 hours of screen activity. When tested in PCMark, it lasted 6 hours 55 minutes. The result is slightly below average, but with such characteristics it was worth focusing on at least this, distinguishing it from the mass of similar competitors.

LG K10 Camera Review

Budget products are equipped with far from top-end hardware, but it is quite enough for comfortable work with the phone, if you do not take games into account. But cameras are the main thing that manufacturers save on, so in affordable devices everything is very sad with them. Smartphone LG K10 lte review introduces the fact that it received a 13 megapixel main camera and a 5 megapixel front camera. Alas, their capabilities greatly depend on lighting conditions.

While reviewing the LG k430 K10 lte 16 GB in Russian, we noticed that the main camera does a good job during the day, but is greatly hampered by shadows. Even with active mode HDR, one part of the picture comes out overexposed and the other darkened, the pictures lack balance. When shooting indoors in the presence of high-quality artificial lighting, we get suitable frames, but an abundance of noise appears in night frames. At the same time, focusing becomes more difficult and detail is lost. A similar situation occurs with video shooting.

The front camera can take not only standard selfies, but also wide-angle ones. But for a high-quality photo you need to be in good lighting conditions, otherwise the frame will be noisy. Also, in low light conditions, it takes longer to “release the shutter” or the photo will turn out blurry. To be guaranteed to receive good shot, it’s better to take several pictures at once, from which you can choose something good.

Conclusion

The strength of the smartphone is its selfie camera, which stands out from its competitors with a wide viewing angle of 120 degrees. It will be pleasant to use thanks to its well-thought-out ergonomics and interface. The body is light and fits well in the hand, the quality of workmanship and the powerful filling are pleasing, the power of which is sufficient even in modern games.

Eldest among the youngest

LG Electronics this year has combined most of its new smartphone models that are not included in flagship line G, into a series with a completely new name. From now on, the bulk of smartphones from the available segments are collected into a family called “K”, and there are now six models in it (K10 LTE, K10, K7, K4 LTE, K8 LTE and K5). As we have already said, there are no truly top models in this family, and the most advanced in terms of technical characteristics here is a device called LG K10 LTE - with which we will begin today’s acquaintance with the new line.

Key Features of LG K10 LTE (K430DS)

• SoC MediaTek MT6753, 8 cores ARM Cortex-A53 @1.3 GHz
• GPU Mali-T720, 3 cores @450 MHz
• Operating system Android 6.0 (32-bit)
• Touch display IPS 5.3″, 1280×720, 277 ppi
• Random access memory (RAM) 1.5 GB, internal memory 16 GB
• Nano-SIM support (2 pcs.)
• MicroSD support up to 32 GB
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
• WCDMA/HSPA+ networks (850/900/1900/2100 MHz)
• FDD-LTE networks (800/1800/2600 MHz)
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n (2.4 GHz), Wi-Fi Direct
• Bluetooth 4.1
• GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
• USB 2.0
• Camera 13 MP, autofocus, video 1080p
• Front camera 5 MP, fixed. focus
• Proximity sensor, lighting sensor, gyroscope, electronic compass
• Battery 2300 mAh
• Dimensions 147×75×8.8 mm
• Weight 142 g

Appearance and ease of use

The first thing that catches your eye when you get acquainted with the LG K10 LTE is the compact dimensions of the device. With a large display with a diagonal of 5.3 inches, the smartphone both looks and feels like a very small device in the hand. This is facilitated by the small mass, the strongly sloping back wall with almost pointed sides, and, of course, the rather narrow frame around the screen (in any case, the distance to the edge of the case above and below the screen is quite small). As a result, with a fairly large display, the LG K10 LTE is noticeably smaller in size than typical 5.5-inch “shovels”. For comparison, you can put next to, for example, the 5.5-inch Acer Liquid Z630.

LG K10 LTE can be carried comfortably in any pocket. It will not cause inconvenience either in weight or size. Not only the back cover, but also the front glass here has sloping edges, so the device literally “dives” into your pocket, like a piece of soap.

At the same time, it cannot be said that the body is slippery, it is not at all true. The back cover has a well-defined texture, due to which the surface feels rough and not at all slippery. The smartphone is lightweight, so you don’t have to worry about dropping it from your hands; there are no prerequisites for this.

As for the design, here, naturally, everything will be decided by the individual taste of the owner, but objectively a couple of points can be noted. Firstly, LG K10 LTE does not copy any of the solutions from other manufacturers, all latest smartphones Korean companies receive almost the same own design. Secondly, the smartphone looks neat and tidy: there is no hint of high cost or premium level, but the LG K10 LTE does not look cheap either. The design of the smartphone is calm, streamlined in shape, the back wall is pleasant to look and feel, all additional elements are decorated with metallic rims.

The back cover, made of plastic, is a removable element. It is attached to the body using several latches and can be removed quite easily. Under the cover you can find two slots for Nano-SIM SIM cards, as well as a slot for installing a microSD memory card. None of the cards are supported by a battery, although the battery itself is also removable.

True, hot-swapping of cards is still not supported: every time you install or remove cards, the device reports the need to reboot. Apparently, a memory card with a larger capacity can be inserted, although the capacity is nominally only supported up to 32 GB. In practice, our 128GB Transcend Premium microSDXC UHS-1 test card was reliably recognized by the device. It can also be noted that the cards here are very easy to install and remove, they simply slide along the guides. The SIM card slots themselves are absolutely equivalent in their capabilities; you can first install cards in them, and later in the settings distribute their responsibilities at your discretion.

At the top of the rear panel there is a camera with a flash and a block of hardware control buttons, where the central key turns on and locks the smartphone, and the other two, top and bottom, are responsible for controlling the volume. Expanded capabilities of the hardware button block allow you to use double tap the bottom button to activate the camera, and the top button to call up the QuickMemo note-taking program. The buttons themselves are slightly recessed into the body; they have a rough textured surface, a moderately springy stroke and a clear response.

A small square grille is cut out at the bottom, covering the main speaker. Even if you block it with your finger, the sound will still partially come out of the end holes in the lid, so there is no need to talk about muffling the sound with the table surface.

From negative aspects It is worth noting the fact that due to the sloping lid and the protruding block with buttons and camera, the smartphone lies very unstable on flat hard surfaces - whenever you touch the screen, it swings like a paperweight. Working with the LG K10 LTE lying on the table is decidedly inconvenient.

The front panel, as already mentioned, is covered with glass with slightly sloping edges, due to which the so-called 2.5D glass looks slightly convex. Useful LED indicator Unfortunately, there are no notifications above the screen. The space under the screen is empty, since the control buttons here are not physical, but on-screen, virtual.

Both connectors are on the same bottom end, they are located quite close to each other. A conversational microphone is embedded between the Micro-USB connector and the 3.5 mm audio output for the headphones. The second microphone, used when operating the noise reduction system, ended up on the top end in splendid isolation. The Micro-USB port implements the 2.0 specification and does not support connecting external devices in USB OTG mode.

As for the body colors, there are two of them for the LG K10 LTE: the device is sold in a white version, as well as in dark blue, which is called “indigo” in the official description of the model. Both colors are interesting in their own way, it is difficult to give any clear preference, especially since the material and coating of the case are the same in any case. In our case, the test sample was white, and we can’t say that its body seemed too dirty to us during testing.

Screen

LG K10 LTE is equipped with an IPS touch display with In-Cell Touch technology. Physical Dimensions The screen size is 66x117 mm, diagonal - 5.3 inches, resolution - 1280 × 720 pixels, pixel density is 277 ppi.

The frame around the screen is not too narrow (about 4 mm on the sides), but its upper and lower segments are really small, their height ranges from 14 to 15 mm.

The display brightness can be adjusted manually, or automatic adjustment can be enabled. Multi-touch technology here allows you to process 10 simultaneous touches. When you bring the smartphone to your ear, the screen is locked using a proximity sensor. The smartphone screen can be unlocked by double tapping the glass.

Detailed examination using measuring instruments conducted by the editor of the “Monitors” and “Projectors and TV” sections Alexey Kudryavtsev. Here is his expert opinion on the screen of the sample under study.

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface that is scratch-resistant. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen are better than those of the Google Nexus 7 (2013) screen (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, here is a photograph in which a white surface is reflected in the switched off screens (on the left - Nexus 7, on the right - LG K10 LTE, then they can be distinguished by size):

The screen of the LG K10 LTE is noticeably darker (brightness according to photographs is 102 versus 115 for the Nexus 7). The ghosting of reflected objects in the LG K10 LTE screen is very weak, this indicates that there is no air gap between the layers of the screen (more specifically between the outer glass and the surface of the LCD matrix) (OGS - One Glass Solution type screen). Due to the smaller number of boundaries (glass/air type) with very different refractive indices, such screens look better in conditions of strong external illumination, but their repair in the case of cracked external glass is much more expensive, since the entire screen has to be replaced. LG indicates that in this case the technology is used In-Cell Touch, that is, the touch sensor is integrated into the LCD matrix, this reduces the number of layers in the screen. In theory, such a screen device can improve anti-glare properties and increase efficiency (brightness) due to fewer reflections between layers. The outer surface of the screen has a special oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating (better in efficiency than that of the Nexus 7), so fingerprints are removed more easily and appear at a slower rate than with regular glass.

When the white field was displayed in full screen, the maximum brightness value was about 290 cd/m², the minimum was 3 cd/m². The maximum brightness is low, but given the excellent anti-glare properties of the screen, readability on a sunny day outdoors should be at an acceptable level. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable value. There is automatic brightness adjustment based on the light sensor (it is located under the left edge of the front speaker slot). IN automatic mode When external lighting conditions change, the screen brightness both increases and decreases. The operation of this function depends to some extent on the position of the brightness adjustment slider. If you do not touch the slider, then in complete darkness the automatic brightness adjustment function reduces the brightness to 3 cd/m² (too dark), in an office illuminated by artificial light (about 400 lux) the brightness increases to 100 cd/m² (normal), in very bright environment (corresponding to lighting on a clear day outdoors, but without direct sunlight - 20,000 lux or a little more) is set to 290 cd/m² (the maximum that is needed). If the brightness slider is set to minimum in “office” conditions, then the values ​​are as follows: 3, 3 and 290 cd/m² (the first two values ​​are very low), and if it is set to maximum - 3, 290 and 290 cd/m² (low - high - fits). In between the slider positions, it seems to come down to these two extremes. It turns out that the auto-brightness function works, but somehow not quite adequately. At any brightness level, there is no significant backlight modulation, so there is no screen flicker.

This smartphone uses an IPS matrix. The microphotographs (if you look closely) show a typical IPS subpixel structure:

For comparison, you can see the gallery of microphotographs of screens used in mobile technology.

The screen has good viewing angles without a significant color shift even with large deviations of the view from perpendicular to the screen and without inversion (except for the very darkest when the view is deviated along one diagonal) of shades. For comparison, here are photographs in which the screens of the LG K10 LTE and Nexus 7 display identical images, while the brightness of the screens was initially set to approximately 200 cd/m², and the color balance on the camera was forcibly switched to 6500 K. There is a white field perpendicular to the screens:

We note good uniformity of brightness and color tone. And a test picture:

In the case of the LG K10 LTE, the saturation is slightly underestimated, the color balance is strongly shifted towards the blue area and the picture is clearly more contrasty than necessary. Now at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:

It can be seen that the colors did not change much on both screens, but the contrast on the LG K10 LTE screen was greatly reduced due to a significant increase in black levels and an overall decrease in brightness, and signs of dark shades inverting began to appear. And a white field:

The brightness at an angle of the screens decreased (at least five times, based on the difference in shutter speed), but in the case of the LG K10 LTE, the brightness decreased noticeably more (brightness according to photographs is 197 versus 235 for the Nexus 7). When deviated diagonally, the black field brightens greatly, but remains conditionally neutral gray in hue. The photographs below demonstrate this (the brightness of the white areas in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the screens is the same!):

And from another angle:

When viewed from a perpendicular view, the uniformity of the black field is good, although the impression is slightly spoiled by the slight illumination of the backlight through the white body:

The contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is high - about 1400:1. The response time for the black-white-black transition is 28 ms (16 ms on + 12 ms off). The transition between halftones of gray 25% and 75% (based on the numerical value of the color) and back takes a total of 43 ms. The gamma curve, constructed using 32 points with equal intervals based on the numerical value of the shade of gray, did not reveal any blockage in either the highlights or the shadows. The exponent of the approximating power function is 2.03, which is lower than the standard value of 2.2. In this case, the real gamma curve noticeably deviates from the power-law dependence:

We did not find any dynamic adjustment of the backlight brightness in accordance with the nature of the displayed image in this smartphone, which is very good.

Color gamut narrower than sRGB:

Apparently, the matrix filters mix the components with each other in to a large extent. The spectra confirm this:

As a result, colors have slightly reduced saturation. The balance of shades on the gray scale is poor, since the color temperature is well above 6500 K and increases rapidly as the brightness of the hue decreases. But at least the deviation from the black body spectrum (ΔE) is less than 10, which for consumer device is considered an acceptable indicator and varies little from shade to shade - this has a positive effect on the visual assessment of color balance. (The darkest areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since color balance there is not very important, and the measurement error color characteristics at low brightness it is large.)

To summarize: the screen has a low maximum brightness, but has excellent anti-glare properties, so the device can most likely be used outdoors even on a sunny summer day without any problems. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. There is a mode with automatic brightness adjustment, but it does not work very well. The advantages of the screen include the presence of an effective oleophobic coating, the absence of an air gap in the layers of the screen and flicker, high contrast and good uniformity of the black field. Among the significant disadvantages we consider low black stability due to the deviation of the gaze from perpendicular to the screen plane, reduced color gamut and poor color balance. Considering the importance of the characteristics specifically for this class of devices, the screen quality cannot be considered very high - in fact, the IPS matrix installed in the LG K10 LTE is not much better than a good TN option.

Sound

The sound capabilities of the LG K10 LTE differ quite greatly depending on whether the ringing speaker or the headphones connected to the device sounds. IN quality headphones The sound can be described as quite good: the sound is bright, rich, the frequency spectrum is wide, there are plenty of lows, the volume reserve is extremely large. And at the same time, the sound of the external speaker is completely uninteresting and impersonal: mostly only high notes are heard, there are no bass, the frequency spectrum as a whole is not wide, the volume reserve is also not excessive, although in general it is enough for sound alerts. However, it is better to listen to music on the LG K10 LTE through headphones.

In the conversational dynamics, the sound is clear, without noticeable distortion, but surprisingly dull; even at the maximum level, the volume is constantly lacking. At the same time, the interlocutors on the other end do not note any shortcomings: the conversational microphone copes with its responsibilities clearly better than the conversational speaker. There is a noise reduction system, but it does not work perfectly here, especially in strong winds. To play melodies there is a separate music player, however, unlike more expensive models LG doesn't provide any custom settings here at all.

The device has a built-in FM radio with the ability to record broadcast programs. Telephone conversations with smartphone line regular means can't write down. There is a standard voice recorder, the microphones are quite sensitive, the recording is quite clean and high quality, but, as mentioned above, if there is strong noise, then the noise reduction system does not deal with it very well.

Camera

LG K10 LTE is equipped with two digital camera modules with a resolution of 13 and 5 megapixels. The front module has a 5-megapixel sensor and f/2.4 aperture optics with fixed focus. In the advertising currently flashing across all channels, this smartphone is promoted with the slogan: “Say “Bye” to a bad selfie,” although, to be honest, there is nothing new in the equipment front camera You can't find LTE on the LG K10. Shooting based on hand gestures, virtual flash of the front camera, one-touch shooting - we have already seen all this in all previous smartphones, including budget series, and all this appeared more than one year ago. In more detail, with the help of a clenched fist, here, as previously in LG smartphones, it is possible to initiate shooting without the need to touch the device itself. As for the virtual flash, this is a fictitious “technology” in which the screen around the viewfinder glows with a bright frame, as if illuminating the face when taking a selfie. Naturally, this will not replace a real flash.

As for the quality of frontal photography itself, it is satisfactory. You can’t call it particularly outstanding, but for the selfie level it’s generally okay. Although the smartphone is not that cheap, it could deserve a better camera.

The main camera has a 13-megapixel sensor and an f/2.2 aperture lens. Autofocus is not instantaneous, but overall it is still quite fast, and practically makes no mistakes. The LED flash, it should be noted, is extremely bright, although it consists of only one element. Shooting can be done in a variety of ways, as usual, including using the rear keys, gestures and voice commands.

The shooting control menu here is proprietary, familiar from the manufacturer’s previous budget models. Unlike flagships, here the camera control menu is extremely laconic, the settings are combined into several horizontal stripes that open as needed. Shooting takes place in mode with automatic settings, no other modes are provided. You cannot transfer control of camera settings to third-party applications using the Camera2 API, and there is also no possibility of recording in RAW.

The camera can shoot video in maximum resolution only up to 1080p, no 4K and 60 fps modes. There is also no stabilization, and this is noticeable: recording handheld on the move will not work well. In general, the camera copes with video shooting averagely, the image is loose, rather dark and blurry in places. Sensitive microphones record sound quite well, but the noise reduction system copes with its tasks worse, this is especially noticeable in strong winds.

• Video No. 1 (26 MB, 1920×1080@30 fps)
• Video No. 2 (52 MB, 1920×1080@30 fps)

	The text is well done.
	Good sharpness and detail in plans.
	The camera copes with macro photography.
	Sharpness drops slightly in the corners of the frame.
	The license plates of nearby cars are distinguishable.
	Good sharpness across the frame.
	There is a noticeable blur zone in the lower right corner.
	The camera copes well with indoor shooting.

The camera turned out to be good, and only a small area of ​​blur in the right corner spoils the overall picture a little - otherwise everything is very good. However, the manufacturer clearly took a time-tested module and brought it to a fairly high level. Even the software processing here is not very noticeable. This camera is quite suitable for documentary photography, and sometimes for artistic photography.

Telephone and communications

The smartphone works as standard in modern 2G GSM and 3G WCDMA networks, and also has support for LTE Cat.4 networks with theoretical maximum speed up to 150/50 Mbit/s. With FDD LTE, the device operates in all three of the most common bands among Russian operators: B3 (1800), B7 (2600), B20 (800). In practice, with a SIM card from the MTS operator, the device confidently registered and worked in LTE networks in the Moscow region. In general, the quality of signal reception from cellular networks does not cause any particular complaints; the device does not lose the signal in areas of poor reception. However, in the 4G network it was not possible to achieve maximum results in the same test location, where other test devices demonstrate higher speeds.

The rest of the smartphone's network capabilities are modest: there is no NFC, only one Wi-Fi band is supported (2.4 GHz), there is Wi-Fi Direct, and you can organize a wireless access point via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth 4.1 channels. The Micro-USB 2.0 connector does not support connecting external devices via OTG.

The navigation module works with both GPS (with A-GPS) and the domestic Glonass. The navigation module detected GPS satellites quite quickly during a cold start, but using satellites domestic system He failed Glonass even after several minutes. Among the smartphone sensors there is a sensor magnetic field, on the basis of which it works digital compass navigation programs.

The phone application supports Smart Dial, that is, while dialing phone number A search is also carried out immediately using the first letters in contacts. Support for continuous input is present. To make it easier for the fingers of one hand to operate, there are options to reduce the size of virtual keyboards, as well as rearrange some keys. By the way, the bottom row of virtual system and application control buttons can also be reassigned at your discretion.

The smartphone supports two SIM cards using the Dual SIM Dual Standby standard. There is only one radio module, so there can only be one active conversation. A SIM card in any slot can work with 3G/4G networks, but only one of the cards can work in this mode at the same time (the second will only work in 2G). When dialing a number, you can choose between two SIM cards using the button for quickly switching the priority card, located in the bottom row of icons, or in the context menu. There is a function of rigidly binding any number, when calls to it are always made only from a specific SIM card (cost saving mode).

As usual, there is a function of the so-called “smart forwarding”, when it becomes possible to receive calls to another SIM card if the first one is busy, and vice versa. In principle, the user can independently implement all this manually and on any other dual-SIM smartphone, if the operator provides appropriate forwarding services.

OS and software

The LG K10 LTE uses a software platform as a system Google Android the latest version 6.0 with all its updated features. True, the proprietary shell installed on top changes the appearance of the interface so much that it is difficult to understand what Android version can be installed only by looking at the section system settings. However, this can also be immediately understood by the new Data Storage and USB section that appeared in the sixth version, which resembles a simple file manager. Otherwise, it's the same familiar LG UX fourth version. Most of the main points that distinguish LG's proprietary interface are present here, albeit in a stripped-down form. There is no multi-window QSlide, no work with gestures, and there is not even a Glance View function. But the set of pre-installed applications remains the same: there are few programs, and they all have a utilitarian meaning (LG Assistant, LG Backup, Remote Call Service, LG Smart World and some others).

Performance

The LG K10 LTE hardware platform is based on an eight-core single-chip system (SoC) MediaTek MT6753. The SoC configuration includes eight processor cores Cortex-A53, operating at frequencies up to 1.3 GHz. The Mali-T720 video accelerator with three cores with a frequency of up to 450 MHz is responsible for graphics processing. The RAM capacity is 1.5 GB, and own memory For the user's needs, no more than 10.5 GB is available in the device. It is possible to install microSD cards, and even larger cards are supported than officially stated. This is especially true here since the smartphone does not support connecting external devices to the USB port in OTG mode.

The MT6753 SoC is well known and has been tested by us more than once; in general, it is like a stripped-down version of the much more powerful MediaTek MT6752. The capabilities of the MT6753 are at an average level, approximately comparable to the competing Qualcomm Snapdragon 615. There is nothing special to add here: the capabilities of this SoC should currently be enough to perform most standard tasks, but the hero of the review has no reserve of power for the future. WITH popular games The smartphone is generally coping so far.

Testing in latest versions comprehensive tests AnTuTu and GeekBench 3:

All the results we obtained when testing the smartphone in the most latest versions popular benchmarks, we have summarized them in tables for convenience. The table usually adds several other devices from different segments, also tested on similar latest versions of benchmarks (this is done only for visual assessment obtained dry numbers). Unfortunately, within the framework of one comparison it is impossible to present the results from different versions benchmarks, so many worthy and relevant models remain “behind the scenes” - due to the fact that at one time they passed the “obstacle course” on previous versions test programs.

Testing the graphics subsystem in 3DMark game tests,GFXBenchmark, and Bonsai Benchmark:

When testing in 3DMark, the most powerful smartphones now have the ability to run the application in Unlimited mode, where the rendering resolution is fixed at 720p and VSync is disabled (which can cause the speed to rise above 60 fps).

	LG K10 LTE (Mediatek MT6753)	Sony Xperia C4 (Mediatek MT6752)	Xiaomi Redmi Note3 (Mediatek MT6795)	Honor 5X (Qualcomm Snapdragon 615)	Honor 7 (HiSilicon Kirin 935)
3DMark Sling Shot (more is better)	194	318		102	289
3DMark Ice Storm Extreme (more is better)	3858	6766	8858	5528	6922
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited (more is better)	6694	10530	14053	7836	12113
GFXBenchmark T-Rex HD (C24Z16 Onscreen)	20 fps	16 fps	22 fps	15 fps	13 fps
GFXBenchmark T-Rex HD (C24Z16 Offscreen)	12 fps	15 fps	23 fps	14 fps	12 fps
Bonsai Benchmark	3272 (47 fps)	3549 (51 fps)	3876 (55 fps)	1774 (25 fps)	3310 (47 fps)

Browser cross-platform tests:

As for benchmarks for assessing the speed of the javascript engine, you should always make allowance for the fact that their results significantly depend on the browser in which they are launched, so the comparison can only be truly correct on the same OS and browsers, and this is possible during testing not always. For Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.

Thermal photographs

Below is a thermal image of the rear surface, obtained after 10 minutes of running the battery test in the GFXBenchmark program (closer to white - higher temperature):

It can be seen that the heating is localized in the upper part of the device, which apparently corresponds to the location of the SoC chip. Below you can see the contours of the battery, which heats up slightly during intensive discharge. According to the heat camera, the maximum heating was 45 degrees (at an ambient temperature of 24 degrees), which is significantly higher than the average value in this test for modern smartphones.

Playing video

To test the omnivorous nature of video playback (including support for various codecs, containers and special features, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats, which make up the bulk of the content available on the Internet. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have support for hardware video decoding at the chip level, since it is most often impossible to process modern options using processor cores alone. Also, you shouldn’t expect a mobile device to decode everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to the PC, and no one is going to challenge it. All results are summarized in a table.

According to the testing results, the test subject was not equipped with all the necessary decoders that are needed to fully play most of the most common multimedia files on the network, in this case, audio files. To successfully play them, you will have to resort to the help of a third-party player - for example, MX Player. True, it is also necessary to change the settings and manually install additional custom codecs, because now this player does not officially support sound format AC3.

Format	Container, video, sound	MX Video Player	Standard video player
BDRip 720p	MKV, H.264 1280×720, 24fps, AAC	plays normally	plays normally
BDRip 720p	MKV, H.264 1280×720, 24fps, AC3		The video plays fine, there is no sound
BDRip 1080p	MKV, H.264 1920×1080, 24fps, AAC	plays normally	plays normally
BDRip 1080p	MKV, H.264 1920×1080, 24fps, AC3	The video plays fine, there is no sound	The video plays fine, there is no sound

Further testing of video playback was performed Alexey Kudryavtsev.

We did not find the MHL interface, like Mobility DisplayPort, in this smartphone, so we had to limit ourselves to testing the output of video files on the screen of the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see “Method for testing video playback and display devices. Version 1 (for mobile devices) Red marks indicate possible problems associated with the playback of the corresponding files.

According to the criterion of frame output, the quality of playback of video files on the screen of the smartphone itself is good, since frames (or groups of frames) can (but are not required) be output with more or less uniform alternation of intervals and without skipping frames. With the exception of files with 50 and 60 fps, but films with such a frame rate can be considered as non-existent. When playing video files with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels (720p) on a smartphone screen, the image of the video file itself is displayed exactly along the border of the screen, one to one in pixels, that is, in the original resolution. The brightness range displayed on the screen corresponds to the standard range of 16-235 - all gradations of shades are displayed in shadows and highlights.

Battery life

The battery installed in the LG K10 LTE has a capacity of 2300 mAh that is far from outstanding by modern standards. Due to this, the smartphone, of course, turns out to be relatively light, but in terms of autonomy, the device is quite modest. In general, LG flagships are always on the top steps of the pedestal in autonomy tests, but this does not apply at all to the hero of the review, who belongs to the younger series. The battery life of the smartphone can be called barely satisfactory, nothing more. At active use The device, most likely, will not survive until evening charging, although each user has their own operating scenarios, and for some, the capabilities of the LG K10 LTE battery may be enough to comfortable use. Active users will sometimes have to resort to energy-saving modes, which are implemented in the smartphone.

	Battery capacity	Reading mode	Video mode	3D Game Mode
LG K10 LTE	2300 mAh	10:30 a.m.	6:30 a.m.	3:00 am
Iuni N1	2400 mAh	13:30	11:30 am	3 hours 50 minutes
Honor 5X	3000 mAh	13:30	9:00 a.m.	3 hours 50 minutes
Sony Xperia C4	2600 mAh	11:30 am	9:00 a.m.	4:00 am
Philips S616	3000 mAh	11:00 am	8:00 am	3 hours 40 minutes
Meizu M2 Note	3100 mAh	13:00	8:30 a.m.	4:00 am
Meizu M1 Note	3140 mAh	16:40	13:20	4 hours 45 minutes
Lenovo K3 Note	3000 mAh	11:00 am	9:30 a.m.	3 hours 50 minutes
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3	4000 mAh	15:45	11:00 am	5 hours 50 minutes
LG Nexus 5X	2700 mAh	14:30	6:00 am	4:00 am

Continuous reading in the FBReader program (with a standard, light theme) at a minimum comfortable brightness level (brightness was set to 100 cd/m²) lasted 10.5 hours until the battery was completely discharged, and when continuously watching videos in high quality (720p) same brightness level through home Wi-Fi network The device lasted only about 6.5 hours. In 3D gaming mode, the smartphone worked for no more than 3 hours.

Since the smartphone arrived to us for testing without charger included, testing for charging speed was carried out with a conventional third-party charger with a maximum output current of 5 V, 2 A. From it, the device is fully charged in about 3 hours with a current of 0.7 A. In this case, in the first hour the battery is charged to 43%, and the rest the volume is reached in the remaining time.

Bottom line

In terms of price, LG, unfortunately, did not present any pleasant surprises. The K10 LTE smartphone, with characteristics absolutely typical for the average person and, in general, not standing out in any way, is sold for a typical amount for this level of 18 thousand rubles. The cost of Huawei Honor 5x, Meizu M2 Note, Philips S616 and others with similar capabilities and positioning lies within the same limits, but the Korean company still, as usual, raised the bar to the maximum level in its group. Products from most other manufacturers of the same class are a thousand or two cheaper (if we talk about certified sales in Russian official retail). LG K10 LTE is a smartphone with a good screen and very interesting sound in headphones; its other characteristics are more modest. There is no reason to praise the sound of the main speaker, in terms of performance and communication capabilities everything is at an average level, the cameras provide modest shooting quality, and the battery life is hardly satisfactory. The LG K10 LTE is generally not bad for its level, but the price could be lower.