The most famous of the trademarks owned by the Russian company CJSC Explay. This company is an OEM supplier, that is, it sells on the domestic market products assembled by its order from standard components manufactured by other companies. Today, "Expley" is one of the largest Russian sellers of digital equipment, it is especially successful in selling car navigators and MP3 players: we can safely say that the company is confidently included in the list of leaders in these categories.

Long time mobile mobile phones were not as well known to the public as GPS systems or compact audio equipment. However, since about 2011, the situation began to change, and now the company regularly offers interesting new products to the domestic buyer, clearly trying to stake out a place in the market of funds mobile communications. So far, the product line is not very wide, but several main groups of phones can already be distinguished in it: these are traditional models, as well as smartphones with two and even three SIM cards. In addition to these devices, Explay sometimes demonstrates very unusual devices, showing that the company is ready to experiment. So, for example, in 2013 this manufacturer introduced wrist watch with mobile phone function.

Overall design impression

Since we are mainly dealing with budget models, then you should not expect an original stylish design from them. Both push-button models and devices with touch screen they look simple, the color scheme is mainly limited to black and silver colors - they are considered the most in demand. But there are exceptions. For example, the company's catalog contains a model equipped with a transparent display that completely transmits light.

Of course, this solution was first implemented by completely different manufacturers, but in Russia models with transparent screens are either not officially sold, or their price tag indicates an amount that is unaffordable for the average buyer, and the phone from Explay, presented in three color versions - black, silver and golden - can be purchased for 3000-3800 rubles.

But if we talk about most Explay devices, then they don’t look so original, at first glance you can’t distinguish them from similar budget products sold under the brands, MTS and so on, but they will surely remind someone of inexpensive models or.

Phones

If you look at even the simplest models, you might get the impression that the developers tried to create budget devices with the widest range of features. Firstly, almost all Explay phones have two or even three SIM cards. Secondly, T series phones (for example, and) have a touch screen. Thirdly, the same phones of the T series and a number of other models (Explay TV240,) have a built-in TV - it should be noted that on Russian market there are not many models equipped with this function.

An interesting model is a phone with two SIM-cards, at first glance it especially resembles a budget Nokia. It has a solid steel back cover, is equipped with rich multimedia features (audio player, video player, reader e-books) - however, the camera let us down, only 1.3-megapixel.


Another unusual phone from Explay is a model designed in such a way that people with poor eyesight or the blind can use it. Distinctive feature of this gadget is that on its keyboard there are icons from the Braille alphabet.

You can choose an inexpensive dialer in this model range without much hassle. Explay phones are clearly designed for people who are not very interested in various additional functions, for them the main thing is that the gadget allows you to answer calls and send text messages.

Smartphones with two SIM cards

Like regular phones from this manufacturer, almost all Explay smartphones are equipped with two SIM cards. Apparently, according to the developers, this allows you to attract the attention of potential buyers, especially since dual-terminality is really becoming more and more popular. Indeed, it is convenient when you can allocate one SIM-card for communication only at work, while the other is completely reserved for personal life. In addition, the presence of two SIM-cards in one smartphone makes it possible to use cards with different tariffs when moving from region to region.

Wherein the lineup such devices at Explay is extremely wide. At least thirty devices are presented on the company's website: several smartphones of the A series, popular some time ago, the flagship model, reminiscent of the Galaxy S 4 or Samsung Premier in design, an interesting gadget, equipped with two cameras (front 5-megapixel and rear 12-megapixel), a smartphone with a display made using OGS technology (a feature of this technology is that the display glass is combined with protective elements).

As a rule, Explay smartphones with two SIM-cards do not differ in outstanding design, but they look quite good. Consumers usually pay attention to good quality assembly - no backlash, no squeaks. They lie in the hand normally, in time battery life are in no way inferior to the models of more famous manufacturers, the communication quality is quite good. In general, as they say, cheap and cheerful.

Explay smartphones with three SIM cards

Although three-SIM regular phones have long been listed in the company's catalog (these are models, and several other devices), the first smartphone with three SIM cards appeared in early 2014. It is sold in stores called, and, in addition to the fact that this device provides the opportunity to use three numbers at once, it also attracts attention by its cost. In Russian online stores can be purchased at a price of 3200 to 3800 rubles.

This smartphone is equipped with a four-inch display with a resolution of 480 × 800 pixels. Of course, today there are many devices with more outstanding characteristics on sale, but this minimalism saves the buyer money, because what better performance screen, the higher the price of the device. It also saves energy. The screen quality is quite good, it has good viewing angles, colors are bright and natural.

The operating system used on is Android 4.2 with its own shell from the manufacturer. Since Explay - Russian company, a loyal fan of "android" smartphones may be surprised not to find a number of familiar services and applications from Google, instead of them there are YandexStore and other services and applications from Yandex, such as Yandex.Disk and Movie Poster.

The gadget has 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of permanent memory, and this amount can be increased using a microSD card (cards up to 32 GB are supported).

The developers have equipped this device with two cameras. The front has a resolution of 0.3 megapixels and is quite suitable for video conferencing. The rear one is more powerful, although you can't call it impressive: its resolution is 3 megapixels, which is enough to take a picture of average quality.

Still, the main thing in this smartphone is the work with three SIM-cards, and it is implemented at a decent level. A card for each specific action (call, sending SMS, and so on) can be either manually selected or assigned in advance.

Curiously, Explay releases two more products with exactly the same index, so there may be some confusion. " Smart watch"- this is exactly a wrist watch that can work in mobile phone mode. They are equipped with a touch screen with a diagonal of 1.44 inches, with the help of which the control takes place: the owner can, by touching the screen with his fingers, receive calls, send messages, select music to listen to in the player, use a voice recorder and a calendar. A2DP technology makes it possible to synchronize the clock with wireless stereo headphones. This gadget costs from 3000 rubles. The main problem, according to many people who have used this device, is that for a watch it is quite large (although quite light), and for a phone it is too small, it is unusual to work with a touch screen of such a modest size.

Summary

Sometimes you can hear how sophisticated connoisseurs ask themselves the question: who and why buys budget mobile phones of unhyped brands, if the products of such monsters as Samsung, Nokia, and many others are on sale?

Smartphone Explay Infinity

The answer is actually extremely simple. Of course, devices from top manufacturers have many advantages: they are reliable, efficient, have a well-thought-out design, and so on, but these phones are inaccessible to many Russians because of their rather high cost. At the same time, less well-known brands, in our case - Explay, offer customers devices that turn out to be much more profitable in terms of price-quality ratio. Yes, as a rule, they do not have enough stars from the sky and, in terms of capabilities, they can be inferior to products of famous brands, but the buyer often does not need either high performance or outstanding design, they need a simple workhorse, which, by the way, is unlikely to be coveted by a thief who trades cell phone theft. The cost of the most simple devices from Explay starts from 700-800 rubles, and a smartphone with a fairly wide range of functions can be purchased at prices ranging from 3,000 to 8,000 rubles.

it official instruction for Explay Bit in Russian, which is suitable for Android 4.4. If you have updated your Explay smartphone to a "fresh" version or "rolled back" to an earlier one, then you should try other detailed instructions operating instructions, which will be presented below. We also invite you to take a look at quick guide user in question-answer format.

Official Explay website?

You've hit the mark, as it contains all the information from the official website of the Explay company, as well as a lot of other useful content.

Settings-> About phone:: Android version (a few clicks on the item will launch the "Easter egg") [Out of the box" version of Android OS - 4.4].

We continue to set up the smartphone

How to update drivers on Explay


You need to go to "Settings -> About phone -> Kernel version"

How to enable Russian keyboard layout

Go to the section "Settings-> Language and input-> Select language"

How to connect 4g or switch to 2G, 3G

"Settings-> More-> Mobile network-> Data transfer"

What to do if you turned on the child mode and forgot the password

Go to "Settings-> Language and keyboard-> section (keyboard and input methods)-> check the box next to "Google voice input"


Settings-> Screen:: Auto-rotate screen (untick)

How to set a melody for an alarm clock?


Settings-> Display-> Brightness-> right (increase); left (decrease); AUTO (automatic adjustment).


Settings-> Battery-> Energy saving (tick)

Enable battery percentage display

Settings->Battery->Battery charge

How to transfer phone numbers from SIM card to phone memory? Import numbers from SIM card

  1. Go to the Contacts app
  2. Click on the "Options" button -> select "Import/Export"
  3. Choose from where you want to import contacts -> "Import from SIM card"

How to add a contact to the black list or block a phone number?

How to set up the Internet if the Internet does not work (for example, MTS, Beeline, Tele2, Life)

  1. You can contact the operator
  2. Or read the instructions for

How to set a ringtone for a subscriber so that each number has its own melody


Go to the "Contacts" application -> Select the desired contact -> click on it -> open the menu (3 vertical dots) -> Set ringtone

How to disable or enable key vibration feedback?

Go to Settings-> Language & Input -> Android Keyboard or google keyboard-> Vibration feedback of keys (remove or tick)

How to set a ringtone for an SMS message or change alert sounds?

Read the instructions for

How to find out which processor is on a Bit?

You need to look at the characteristics of Bit (the link is above). We know that in this modification of the device the chipset is MediaTek MT6572, 1000 MHz.


Settings->For Developers->USB Debugging

If there is no item "For developers"?

Follow the instructions


Settings-> Data transfer-> Mobile traffic.
Settings->More->Mobile network->3G/4G services (if the operator does not support, select only 2G)

How to change or add the input language on the keyboard?

Settings-> Language and input-> Android keyboard-> settings icon-> Input languages ​​(checks the ones you need)

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Android Assistant Software, Link2sd, X-plore, Root App Delete.

Transfer of backbone applications using special software. You can use special program, for example Android Assistant, which contains 18 necessary tools to control the system. How to use Android Assistant.

By installing Android Assistant from Play market on Explay bit, onyx, alto, hit, go to the "Tools" tab and select the item App2SD. Next, open the "Maybe" tab - this is a list of applications that can be transferred to an SD memory card. Select applications in sequence and press the button "To SD memory card".

Through the "Batch Removal" button, you can see which programs are installed on the ROM and remove them immediately as a list.

If you still got root rights or you already had them, then you can advise the program Link2sd. This program for the correct transfer of mobile applications from internal memory to the Explay a400, joy, Rio Play, fresh SD Card and it effectively controls the "cache" and RAM, keeps them at a minimum level.

And through the program X-plore, you can see it graphically system partition blaze, a500, cinema, easy, for this you need to press the "disc map" button.

Using Root App Delete, you can uninstall programs that are on this moment unnecessary and useless.

Applications to get root access to Explay: 360root, FolderMount, RAM Manager Free

Program 360root will help you root your Explay joy, Rio Play, fresh, a500 device running on Android versions 2.2-4.4. The probability of obtaining root access is 90%. You can download the program from the official website of the developer at: 360root.ru.

How the program works. After starting 360root, in order to get superuser rights, press the button in the center of the screen. Then we press the button to root the Explay phone.

We reboot the phone, now it will be possible to completely transfer to external drive from the phone Explay cinema, easy, blaze, dream all system-forming applications, respectively, freeing up the built-in memory.

FolderMount- the application allows you to remove the root lock of your Explay phone on Android based 2.3 - 6.0. Through the program menu, you can do all the same manipulations with the transfer of backbone programs.

You can download FolderMount through the Play Market.

RAM Manager- allow you to create a swap file in your phone Explay dream, light, neo, five, which releases RAM and speeds up the operation of the Explay device. You can download Ram Manager through the Play Market.

After installing the program, you need to give it root rights.

Then choose one of the operating modes:

Balance- maximum RAM optimization.

Balance (with more free memory)- Maximum RAM optimization for Explay with up to 512 MB.

Balance (with more multitasking)- Maximum RAM optimization for devices larger than 512 MB.

hard gaming- to run resource-intensive programs such as 3D games.

Hard Multitasking- to run multiple programs at the same time.

Default settings of your phone- Reset RAM settings to default.

Comparison of utilities Root Uninstaller, Root App Deleter, Root Cleaner for Explay.

Clean Master - Cleaning the Explay system from debris.

So, after spending some time, you can solve the memory problem on any android phone, including Explay dream, phantom, q231, primo and other models.

But after this action, you need to control the situation: periodically go to File Explorer and watch the appearance of new files and folders and respond accordingly.

Video review: We clean Android from garbage.

This manual process can be automated through the use of special software, for example mobile application This is a simple and convenient program for cleaning the internal memory of an Explay device based on Android OS. This program speeds up the system well and optimizes the RAM of Explay dream, light, neo, five and other models.

SD maid app- analogue Clean Master. SD maid analyzes junk files that are left after deleting old applications and puts them in the "Junk" section. After carefully reviewing this section, you can give the command "Delete Garbage". The "Refresh" button launches a second search for junk files on the Explay phone.

Preliminary results.

It was said above how to transfer files and programs to removable storage Flash Sd Card and clear memory.

In addition to this topic, you can talk about cloud storage, such as Google Drive, Yandex Disk and the like. The use of cloud storage very effectively frees up not only internal memory, but also flash memory inserted into the phone quad, x5 black, craft, moon. These services are free, provided you do not exceed the cloud space limit.

Using cloud technologies you can transfer photo files, videos, photos from internal memory mobile device Explay n1, x tremer, pulsar, bit on internet servers Google companies, Yandex and others.

Consider the example of a service Yandex.Disk, how to transfer photo and video files to the cloud.

1.Download from Google play app Yandex.Disk and install it.

3. The program automatically starts uploading photos, videos and documents to the "cloud".

2. You can forcefully show which file should be sent to the "cloud" with Explay. To do this, press the button + and select the file or folder to sync.

In total, 15 GB of memory is available to the user in the "cloud" for free.

If you do not use your cloud account for a long time, your files will be automatically deleted.

Cloud applications for Explay onyx, alto, hit, a400 and other models work in a similar way: Yandex.Disk, Google Drive, Picasa, Degoo, Dropbox, G Cloud, MEGA, BOX, OneDrive, [email protected].

But I would like to go deeper into the topic of freeing the ROM and consider different points when solving the problems of the mobile device of the Explay a400 phone.

Professional cleaning of the memory of the Explay device based on Android OS.

The following information is collected from various sources: from websites, forums, and may be useful to someone. But it must be used very carefully, because. it has not been tested by the author and thoughtless actions to apply these tips can permanently block your Explay phone or lead it to costly repairs.

SD Maid program - cleaning phone memory with root rights.

SD Maid- another program - a device memory cleaner, cache and has additional functions: batch removal of programs, forced closing of applications, increased performance by optimizing the operation of RAM and processor.

SD Maid is optimized to work on Explay diamond, leader black, phantom, 4game and other devices. Tablet SD Maid suitable for tablet computers this manufacturer.

Video Review: Acquisition of root rights, how to swap memory places.

To effectively use this program, it is desirable to have root user rights.

Titanium Backup and instructions for freeing the memory of the smartphone Explay.

Titanium Backup- this program effectively transfers software to SD Card Explay mu240, tab mini, 7.82, a240, and updates after the transfer also start loading to an external drive. The transfer scheme using this code is described below.

Required:

1. Root rights.
2.Titanium Backup
3. File manager, for example Total Commander for Android.

Instruction:

1. With the help of Titanium, at startup automatic mode the system is cleared of "garbage". Titanium Backup can easily clean up dead files in dalvik-cash (menu->more->clear dalvik cache) on Explay a350tv, t280, mu220, sl240. This program also has a good backup, a service for rolling back the system to a previous state.
2. Through the menu - "integrate sysDalvik into ROM", files are transferred from /cache/dalvik-cache to system/app.
3. Next, the programs are transferred manually, the description is above.
4. Remove useless system programs located in the system / app folder, but attention, if you delete something wrong, it will corrupt the device, the phone will need to be reflashed, in the worst case, it can only be thrown away. You can delete the Market with its service, google maps, live wallpaper, dead wallpaper, cyan themes.
5. Removing the English Pico voice synthesizer (/system/tts). And deleting system ringtones - ringtones from the /system/media/ringtones directory.

Another way to solve the Explay memory overflow problem

I also had the same nonsense - "not enough memory" on Explay. I naturally transferred all applications to the memory card, except for the browser. But the problem recurred, again there was not enough memory. And here's what's surprising, I transferred the Opera and everything worked, so far there are no problems.

More Google browser Chrom "scores" a lot system memory with your data. Using it on Explay q231, star tv, hd, blade or another model is simply not realistic and impossible, maybe it will be done better in new versions. In the meantime, it is better to remove it or replace it with another browser or use the built-in one.

Swapping "internal storage" and "microSD" partitions

To radically change the situation with the lack of memory Explay infinity, tv240, power bank, titan, There is such an original way: Swap "internal storage" and "microSD". What does it give? The system should treat the SD card as internal by default, and internal as SD.

Video review: How to swap android memory. Android memory remapping.

To do this, you need to have on your phone as root superuser and download on Explay File manager root explorer. Let's proceed step by step:

1. Open root explorer, go to the / system / etc folder, click on the "RW rights" on top and open the vold.fstab file with the editor

There are 2 lines (without the # sign at the beginning):

Question answer. What to do if photos are lost in the Explay Phone Gallery

1 question. What to do if the photos on the flash card of the Explay q231, star tv, hd, blade phone become cloudy or are not readable at all. After transferring files from the main Explay memory to a USB flash drive, the files are not readable, although the phone sees the card. When you connect the phone to the computer, they do not open. How to return your photo files back to the main memory? Answer 1. Perhaps you transferred to the memory card not the original photos, but previews, thumbnails. The original photos could remain in the internal memory of the phone Explay infinity, tv240, power bank, titan in another folder, the program will help solve this problem DiskDigger. Answer 2. To avoid such situations, before performing certain operations with the memory of the Explay phone, you need to make a backup ( backup data). To do this, you need to connect your smartphone to the computer via USB cable and completely copy all memory, all folders and files on HDD PC. After these steps, you can move files to the cell phone's SD-card.

2.Question. I got the error "Insufficient memory on the phone". I deleted unnecessary files, folders and cache according to the recommendations. Now when viewing photos, when opening the "Gallery", the system writes another error "Storage is not available". I have an Explay dream phone. How to solve this problem? How to return photos, photos, photos back to the Gallery?

Answer. In order to avoid such problems, you must always do backup Explay main memory and flash cards. In this case, when cleaning the system, you could accidentally delete the folder with photos on the memory card, which is located at: SDCARD/DCIM/CAMERA. You can try to recover lost files using data recovery programs: CardRecovery or PhotoRec.

On this page you can read the instructions on how to connect, increase, clear, expand the RAM, cache on the Explay dream phone on the Android 4.2 OS platform on a screen with a resolution of 1920x1080, color TFT type, touch and other models. How to free, clean the internal drive, sd card on android Explay tornado, vega, atom, indigo, golf, n1, x tremer, pulsar, bit, onyx, alto, hit, a400, joy, Rio Play, fresh, a500, cinema, easy, blaze, dream, light, neo, five, quad, x5 black, craft, moon, diamond, leader black, phantom, 4game, mu240, tab mini, 7.82, a240, a350tv, t280, mu220, sl240, q231, star tv, hd, blade, infinity, tv240, power bank, titan, b241, b240, primo, a350, 240, q230, advance, b242, ice, sky plus, b220, vision, surfer 7.02, surfer 8.31 3g, 705, surfer 10.11, 8.01, informer 701, 702, surfer 7.32 3g, mid 725, squad 10.01, 801, 706 3g, squad 9.71, surfer 7.31 3g, 921, 703, the answer to the question why is not enough, a problem with the device's memory.

Instructions on how to clear, free, internal memory, cache on the phone Explay vega, atom, indigo, golf and other models is here. Find out where the files are and how to move or delete them correctly. How to clean the flash memory drive, sd card of an android phone for the Explay vega phone model based on Android 4.2 with a color IPS screen, touchscreen with a resolution of 800x480 and other models.

Popular reviews on Explay

The social network vk.com is the most visited network in our country. Initially, you could use the network only on a computer, 10 years ago there were no touch screen phones, much less Explay tablets. For these and other questions: what types, resolutions and sizes of screens for cell phones are, how much it costs, you can read here.
Cuts run quickly on the phone and do not take up much space in the phone's memory.
Where to download and how to install the application for free - Rules road traffic with questions and answers and explanations on Explay
Mobile phone Explay is also a computer, only a small one. Therefore, through a cell phone, it is also possible to control a laptop or a stationary PC via the Internet.
Social networks have become commonplace in our lives. The user, having registered on the site, gets the opportunity to get acquainted, correspond, give postcards to friends, leave comments without limiting the social circle.
- Here you can find user manuals for Explay phones and tablets. These instructions are similar to the printed version that an electronics manufacturer ships with its products.
  • Battery
  • Charger
  • USB cable
  • Headset
  • Instruction
  • Warranty card

Positioning

Today's review will be dedicated to the thin, light and stylish phone Explay SL240. At least that's how it is positioned by the company. The device is equipped with two slots for installing SIM-cards, wireless technology Bluetooth 3.0, large screen with a diagonal of 2.4 inches and a resolution of 240x320 pixels. It can be purchased at the Explay branded store for 1,690 rubles. The cost is more or less adequate, but the phone has a lot of competitors.

Design, dimensions, controls

From my point of view, the device has a pretty nice appearance: nice gray color, chrome insert and translucent joystick OK button. Interestingly, due to the shape of the screen frame and keyboard, the impression of a narrowing of the body towards the center is created. But in fact, the width is the same. Material - matte and semi-gloss plastic. Fingerprints mostly remain on the screen, they are less noticeable on the back side. The assembly is not bad, but after a couple of weeks it began to crackle a little, however, within the normal range.

Explay dimensions SL240 - 120x48.6x10.6 mm, weight - 84 grams. It's really thin and feels great in the hand. It fits in the pockets of jeans, trousers and even a summer shirt.

There is a speaker on the front panel. The volume is high, intelligibility is excellent, the interlocutor is heard clearly. If compared with Fly-phones, then the closest competitor in this parameter is DS120 and B501. A little lower is the screen, navigation block and keyboard. The microphone is located on the left between buttons 4 and 7.



At the top: microUSB-connector, flashlight (activated and deactivated by long pressing "0") and a standard 3.5 mm audio output for headphones or headset. There are no separate volume keys, and this is not very convenient.


To get to the battery, SIM cards and memory card, you need to remove the cover. To do this, pry on the notch on the bottom end. At the bottom left is a microSD slot, a little higher is SIM1, above it is SIM2. This location saved inner space to install the battery and thereby reduce the thickness of the phone.



Explay SL240 (left) and Fly DS120


Explay SL240 (left) and Fly TS100


Explay SL240 (left) and teXet TM-D205

Keyboard

The navigation block consists of a five-way joystick with an "OK" button in the center and four separate buttons. The joystick is designed to navigate the menu up and down or left and right. It has an oval shape, the material is plastic, slightly rises above the body and, unfortunately, is not illuminated. The “OK” button is slightly recessed into the case, but it is well groped with a finger. To the left of the navigator are the "Call" and "Menu" buttons, to the right - "Hang up" and "Back" / "Names" (and other functions).


The keyboard consists of 12 plastic keys. They rise above the body by 1 mm and are separated from each other by a distance of 2 mm. Pressing is firm, the stroke is minimal, there is a characteristic “click” sound. In general, quite comfortable and pleasant to the touch keyboard. If it were more convex, I would consider it ideal.



The symbols are applied in translucent grooves. Numbers doubled more letters, Latin and Cyrillic fonts are the same size. In order to unlock the screen, you must successively press the "Menu" and "*". The symbol "#" - switching the phone to silent mode. The illumination of all buttons is white, relatively uniform. The brightness is average, however, both during the day and at night it is clearly visible.


In the security settings, the keypad lock time is selected: from 5 seconds to 5 minutes, or block only manually.

Display

Explay SL240 screen diagonal is 2.4", resolution - 240x320 pixels, density - 166 pixels per inch. The matrix is ​​​​made using TFT-LCD technology and is capable of displaying 262144 shades of color. Most of its competitors have approximately the same screen parameters, however, in my opinion, viewing angles are better on Fly DS120, B501, MC181. For example, when the SL240 display is tilted towards itself, the colors are more inverted, and from itself, the contrast sharply decreases.

The brightness is high, it is enough for comfortable reading information from the screen on a sunny day. Adjusted manually ("Menu" - "Settings" - "Phone" - "Display"). There are several options in the screen settings:

  • Background picture. You can assign standard (3 pictures) and custom (resolution should be no more than 240x320 pixels)
  • Screensaver. Again - standard and custom
  • Display date and time on the main screen
  • Operator name display

Battery

The charge indicator is located on the top right of the screen and consists of four divisions.


The Explay SL240 uses a lithium-ion (Li-Ion) battery with a capacity of 850 mAh, 3.7V, 3.15 Wh. Model - SL240. The manufacturer claims that the phone will work in standby mode for 240 hours (up to 10 days), and in talk mode - up to six hours.

During testing, the manufacturer's data was partially confirmed: the phone worked for about 5.5 hours in talk mode, a little more than a week in standby mode, and about 9 hours of music playback.

The average battery life was approximately three days. The pattern of using the phone was as follows: 25-30 minutes of calls per day, about an hour of listening to the radio and music, sending 15-20 messages and an hour and a half of taking pictures.

You can charge from USB for 1.5 hours or from a 220V network in about an hour.

Communication options

The phone works only in 2G networks (900/1800). To access the Internet, you can use GPRS (class 10). There is WAP version 2.0. Available Bluetooth version 3.0 with A2DP support. When connected to a USB port, the SL240 can be used as a USB flash drive, webcam or modem.

Memory and memory card

The amount of internal memory is unknown, and whether you need to know if you still can’t save photos, music, or anything else on it. In short, in any case, you will have to buy a memory card. Its maximum volume can be up to 16 GB.

Camera

The device has a simple 0.3 MP camera module. Maximum size photos - 640x480 pixels, videos - 320x240 pixels at 6 frames per second. The quality of the photo is so-so: it will go to the photodetector - and thanks for that.

To activate the camera, you need to launch the corresponding shortcut from the menu. Interface: top left - exposure, center - digital zoom, bottom right - quality and resolution, then - scene mode and options.

Camera Options:

  • Enable video recording
  • Photo
  • Settings (shutter sound, exposure, contrast, timer)
  • Image adjustment (resolution - 80x60, 160x120, 320x240 and 640x480, quality)
  • white balance
  • Scene mode (auto and night)
  • effects
  • Reset

Camcorder Options:

  • Turn on the camera
  • settings (exposure, night mode)
  • Video setting (low, normal, good, excellent)
  • white balance
  • Effect settings
  • Reset

Album

It displays all photos either in a list vertically or as pictures, filling the entire screen. In "Options":

  • View
  • Intelligence
  • Presentation method
  • Send (MMS or Bluetooth)
  • Application (wallpaper, splash screen, screen on/off)
  • Rename
  • Delete
  • Sort by (name, type, time or size)

During viewing, the buttons "1" and "3" flip the picture, and "4" and "6" - reduce and increase (up to 100%), "Left" - "Right" - the previous or next photo.

Video file characteristic:

  • Format: 3GP
  • Video: 3GP, 800 Kbps
  • Resolution: 320 x 240, 6 fps
  • Audio: AMR, 12 kbps
  • Channels: 1 channel, 8 kHz

Photo examples:

Hardware platform, performance, menu

Cellular works on a proprietary operating system. During testing, the phone did not freeze or slow down. The speed of moving through the menu, launching applications, etc. raises no objections.

The Explay SL240 phone has approximately the same shell design as the Fly phones.

The following information is displayed on the "Lock Screen": indicators of networks, battery, names of operators, date and time. To unlock, press the "Menu" and "*" buttons in sequence. " Main screen” is represented by the same elements as the “Lock Screen” with the addition of three items: “Menu” and “Contacts”. You can assign programs to the joystick buttons, by default: "Up" - Bluetooth, "Down" - voice recorder, "Left" - messages, "Right" - music player. Reassignment is done here: "Menu" - "Settings" - "Phone" - "Navigation".

The menu is represented by 12 icons in a 3x4 grid:

  • Phone book
  • Messages
  • Challenges
  • Settings
  • fly buzz
  • Organizer
  • Camera
  • Multimedia
  • Audio player
  • Profiles
  • Services
  • My files

I personally did not like the menu design theme, because it is practically not visible where the cursor is set.

Labels are drawn qualitatively, there is no animation. To quickly move through the submenu, you must press the number buttons (1 to 9). To exit all menus, use the "Reset" button.

Applications

This model does not support the installation of Java applications and games, but the following programs are installed in the device by default:

Messengers (MSM, Facebook, Skype, Twitter).

Calendar. Events are added, calendar view by week

world time.

Notes.

Calculator.

Unit converter.

Currency Converter.

Stopwatch.

F1 racing. The only game.

list of files. Something like a file manager/explorer. You can copy, delete, rename, sort, create new folders, and get information about files.

Books. Program for reading books.

"Dual-symbolism" and challenges

I will not describe in detail the work with two SIM cards, since it is standard for such phones with two SIM slots and one radio module.

To make a call using SIM2, press the lower left button on the navigation unit and select SIM1/SIM2 from the menu. After completing the SMS dialing and pressing the "Send" button, a menu will appear with a choice of SIM cards.

Contacts. Displays a list of contacts, memory (sim card or phone) and SIM number. Moving to the right or left, we go through the contacts of the phone, SIM1, SIM2, groups. The search is carried out only by first or last name. To create a new contact, select "Add new contact". If you specify "Phone", then the following items are available: enter the first or last name, number, default SIM, photo and ringtone (standard or custom). The phone has 1000 cells. It is possible to copy / transfer subscriber numbers from phone to sim cards and vice versa. " Quick call»: One of the numbers is assigned to the buttons.

After dialing, the screen displays the time and options, and you can quickly go to the phone book, messages, and so on. Top right button - power on speakerphone. There is a voice recorder, it can record a conversation, and both your voice and the interlocutor are saved.

The Call Log displays the following information:

  • All calls
  • Typed
  • Missed
  • Accepted

For each section are available: SIM card number, subscriber number, time and date, number of calls. AT additional options the cost and time of calls, the counter of messages and GPRS data are displayed.

In a separate paragraph are:

  • Black list
  • Auto redial
  • time reminder
  • Auto-end a call
  • Cancellation via SMS
  • Answer Mode
  • Call back with this SIM
  • Call from default SIM