BQ BQ-5512L Strike Forward smartphone - advantages and disadvantages

Smartphones are an integral part of the daily life of most people today. The modern market for mobile devices is ready to offer a huge range of products and making your choice is quite difficult. In the process of studying the diversity, you should pay attention to one of the new products of 2018, the BQ-5512L Strike Forward smartphone - a modern device that will delight you with its technical characteristics, high functionality and an affordable price.

A little about the manufacturer

BQ is a young Russian brand supplying cheap mobile phones, budget smartphones and tablets to the market, as well as some accessories. The abbreviation of the company name stands for Bright & Quick. As a brand of digital technology, BQ entered the market only in 2013, although the company itself began its work in 1999 with the provision of distribution services. Despite the fact that BQ is a Russian company, its production part is concentrated in China.

Today, the main focus of BQ production is low-cost smartphones. The popularity of Bright & Quick models lies not only in reasonable prices, but also in high functionality, design variety and uniqueness of important device characteristics. The company regularly supplies the market with novelties of budget devices, among the latest models is the productive and reliable BQ-5512L Strike Forward, released at the end of July 2018.

Equipment set

When buying BQ-5512L Strike Forward, the future owner receives a smartphone packed in a tight cardboard box of small size, which shows a picture of the device itself and lists the technical characteristics. In addition to the device itself, the equipment of the device includes a power adapter, USB cable, user manual and warranty card.

Device design

The smartphone is available in several colors at once: black, gray, gold, red and purple. The design of the phone of this model is developed so that it looks prestigious, actual and is estimated more expensive than the real value.

This is how the look of the device stands out:

• compact weight 146 gr. and dimensions 148 x 71 x 8.9 mm;
• a compact metal body, plastic inserts on both sides of the phone, under which mobile communication antennas are located;
• trendy screen covered with Panda Glass and additional film;
• the main camera eye with LED flash located in the upper part of the back side of the body;
• a fingerprint scanner with a shiny silver edging that stands out with a significant indentation;
• an earpiece with a border similar to a scanner.

Another feature of the appearance of the smartphone of this model is the transfer of service buttons to the interface. But at the same time, the front camera with LED flash for selfies and proximity and lighting sensors remained standard on the outside above the screen.

On the right side of the smartphone body there is a power button and a volume switch. The top of the device is equipped with an audio jack for connecting wired headphones, the bottom is provided with an input for micro USB with OTG support.

Like any mobile phone, the BQ-5512L Strike Forward has a collapsible body, which allows you to remove the cover from its back panel. Under it there is a charging battery, slots for two SIM cards and a microCD memory card.

BQ-5512L Strike Forward Specifications Overview

Screen

The screen of the smartphone can be called quite good, considering that this model belongs to the category of budget mobile devices. The diagonal of its display is 5.45 inches with a resolution of 720 by 1440 pixels, the density of which is 295 ppi, and the aspect ratio is 18: 9. The display technology consists in the use of an S-IPS matrix with wide viewing angles and equipment with 2.5D rounded edges, as well as ensuring that there is no air gap between the matrix and the screen glass.

The screen of the device is equipped with a promptly triggered touchscreen and a multi-touch function that supports five touches. Images are always bright and clear, practically do not fade when exposed to sunlight. The operating brightness of the display is at average values, but can be automatically adjusted if necessary.

Hardware platform

A quad-core 64-bit MediaTek MT6739WW processor with Cortex-A53 cores operating at a clock frequency of 1.3 GHz is used as a platform for a mobile device. The graphics are PowerVR GE8100. The smartphone provides 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory, while additional memory up to 128 GB via Micro SD can be used.

Software

A big plus of a smartphone is the use of fresh software. So, the BQ-5512L Strike Forward operating system is Android 8.1. Thanks to it, as well as a large amount of memory, the system works stably without delays.

Cameras

The rear camera of the smartphone has the following characteristics:

• 13Mpix matrix resolution;
• image resolution 4160 by 3120 pixels;
• FPS - 30 frames per second;
• equipped with phase detection autofocus;
• Provides settings for flicker reduction, sensitivity, white balance, self-timer and photo size;
• allows you to use normal or panoramic mode.

Externally, the main module looks like double, although in fact there is only one camera, and a flash or flashlight eye is located nearby.

The second front camera has a lower matrix resolution - 8 megapixels. In this case, the image resolution is 3264 by 2448 pixels, and the FPS is 30 frames per second. The camera provides the possibility of settings similar to the main module, but can only work in normal mode.

Battery life

A removable lithium-polymer battery with a capacity of 3200 mAh is responsible for the autonomous operation of the smartphone. Based on the PCMARK test results, fully charging the phone while the screen is always on, for example, when used for active games, allows it to function for 4.5 hours. When the device is in standby mode, a charged battery will allow it to work for 8 hours, and in everyday use it will be enough for constant support of 3G, 3 hours of talks and three hours of active surfing the network.

Multimedia

If we talk about the dynamics of the BQ-5512L Strike Forward, despite its not very good location (closer to the lower left edge of the back side) and compact size, it copes with its functions in full - it reproduces loud and clear sound without rattling and other similar interference.The speaker volume is muted when the smartphone is placed on a horizontal surface. The earpiece speaker also has no deviations. The device does not provide for its own player and offers to use a Google product, but it is equipped with a built-in radio that works through headphones.

Communication and external connections

The BQ-5512L Strike Forward has on board such wireless connections as Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n 2.4 GHz and Bluetooth version 4.0. The smartphone operates on LTE networks and provides data download speeds of up to 150 Mbps. By default, it provides two Internet browsers: Yandex and Google.

The device is equipped with navigation systems: GPS and GLONASS, the activation of which takes about 40-50 seconds. In addition, the developers of the device have provided for simultaneous operation with two SIM cards and in 2G, 3G and 4G networks.

Pros and cons of the BQ-5512L Strike Forward smartphone

• affordability;
• stylish design;
• comfortable weight and dimensions;
• a large screen with good resolution, with a special coating in the form of Panda Glass, which has a high level of protection against external damage and has 5D rounded edges, which is especially convenient for viewing images and videos. Thanks to the IN-CELL technology applied by the developers, the pictures reflected on the screen are always bright, not fading or flickering even in the sun;
• provision of a fingerprint scanner and quick unlocking of the device when using it;
• rather large resolution of the matrix of the main camera (13 megapixels), which allows you to shoot not only excellent photos, but also good videos, autofocus and maintained sharpness throughout the frame;
• high battery capacity, allowing the smartphone to work in daily mode without recharging up to 24 hours.
• fresh software in the form of Android 8.1 Oreo;
• current indicators of the volume of internal (2 GB) and built-in (16 GB) memory, which is suitable for games with simple graphics;
• the ability to use additional memory up to 128 GB using a micro SD memory card;
• dual sim function - simultaneous operation of both SIM cards;
• availability of LTE networks with high download speed.

• limited equipment;
• average processor;
• lack of a built-in audio player;
• radio operation only with headphones;
• inconvenient speaker location.

Device cost

The average price for the BQ-5512L Strike Forward, prevailing on the market by September 2018, is 6,990 rubles. The place where you can profitably buy a smartphone primarily depends on the region of purchase and the supplier, which can be a specialized salon or an online store.

Outcome

As a rule, when choosing a product, including a modern phone, the buyer initially asks the question, which company is better to take? Considering the huge variety of manufacturers of mobile devices, when looking for an inexpensive but high-quality device, you should definitely pay attention to BQ.

When deciding which model is better to buy, it is recommended to take a closer look at the recently released BQ-5512L Strike Forward. Its cost is 7000 rubles, while for that kind of money the user gets a smartphone with a clear and large screen, a "long-playing" battery and 4G support. A big significant advantage of the device is also a matte metal body and an operating system in the form of a brand new Android 8.1 without unnecessary installations. What is especially important is that with such significant advantages, the model has no obvious drawbacks, as evidenced not only by various technical tests, but also by positive feedback from the owners.