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Oukitel K4000 is economical priced smartphone from China. It’s durable and heavy weight by big battery capacity. It’s not dealt in physically.
*OTA reminded*
K4000 has OTA updated in ‘Wireless update’ in app drawer. K4000 has no option to check OTA update in defualt setting.
Be make sure your OTA update in latest version to solve bugs or enhanced experience. There’s many UI or App lacks. My latest update was 2015-12-09.
Default lancher
K4000 pre-installed AOSP based launcher3 without no Google search box on upper screen – I love this because it never used on me – but empty area left and never be used. It may lack of detailed adjustment of Chinese manufacturer. And app drawer has no arrange option ! There’s many lacks for user’s experience. If you can change default launcher app to different one as like Nova Launcher.
Default storage +
K4000 has 16GB of storage and left 11.67GB for free space, and eMMC from Samsung – And my most Chinese Android phones are using Q823MB eMMC of Samsung – It may be the best condition to them.
And my SDcard was from netcom. I’m not sure it is MLC or not, but checked benchmark with A1 SD bench app.
Default eMMC scored 26 MB/sec, not bad, but scored 17MB/sec as internal memory. And my SD card was 13MB/sec. K4000 DDR3 memory speed was 1.6GB/sec as like other Chinese manufacturer.
Antutu Benchmark
K4000 scored 24330 as like most of MT6735P CPUs. Actually it is not for gaming performance. Low performance CPU is saving your battery life. Also it doesn’t need to worry about heatting up as like fastest models.
Battery life
Battery life is main feature of K4000. Normal usage displays battery life to over a day. Charging speed seems to support fast ( not quick like over 9V support ) than Ulefone Paris or Blackview Alife S1.
Lacks
K4000 also need to turn off DEBUG mode if you are in first use. Go to setting and scroll down to end of page, then you will find ‘DEBUG’. Select it and turn off. It must be first to do.
And no function to like ‘Auto start management’ and ‘App permission control’.
Plus, OTA menu not in setting as decribed before. User need to run app in App drawer.
Some minor bugs, or not: It’s not major problems but some functions has slow down or frame rate dropped animation appears in life usage. But it not disturbe my usage. But it may opposed issue for sensitive users. But I recommend to care about price. There’s no deal with this price.
Conclusion
- Really nice LCD: 5″ 720p HD IPS.
- Wide ranged bright sensor: LCD bright control range is wider than other.
- Low energy cost system with big capacity battery.
- Bundle protective shell case with screen film.
- Good lound speaker.
- Europe standard earphone plug: Some users may need get converting gender.
- Just rear camera of 8Mpixel: 13Mpixel means software resizing.
- Single LED flash light of rear camera.
- Just front camera of 5Mpisel: You can identify yourself is a human. OK.
- Hardware touching navi keys.
- GPS works well.
- 4000mAh of battery !
- OTG works well
- Really strong front glass: You can search Nailing with front screen on Youtube.
- Good speaker for talk, recording well.
- Europe standard mic-earphone jack needed.
- Useless USB bundle charger.
- Life water resist (as describe by Oukitel)
Good for your long life battery smartphone.
But don’t imagine best performance.