360 N5s Hands-on Review: 6GB RAM and Dual Front Cameras

Hi guys!
Today new Chinese manufacturer 360 Mobiles had a big day, as the company announced successor
to 360 N5 model that was released just a few months ago.
The new model called 360 N5S comes with pretty good upgrades, as compared to the earlier
generation model.
The company seems to have given priority to the design and the front camera in this
new version, which makes it a great mid-ranger.
360 Mobiles continued with the same design language in the past few generations.
New smartphone 360 N5S refused the traditional all-metal body in favor of 2.5D curved glass.
So, you have 2.5D glass on both the front, as well as the back with an aluminum alloy
frame to keep things sturdy.
Note that the back of 360 N5S has a mirror line finish, which makes it look a lot like
Honor 8.
The phone comes in Blue, as well as, Black colors, and there’s a good chance that
you might confuse N5S with Honor 8, especially its blue color edition.
The fingerprint also lies on the back of smartphone.
So, the phone is similar to the dimensions of its previous generation model, but with
a thinner body 8mm.
However, the phone’s weight has increased significantly, as it weighs 170 grams much
higher than the metal 360 N5 - 156-gram weight.
The buttons also have a textured pattern to make sure that you can easily find it.
360 N5 was a pretty powerful mid-ranger.
The company has made a smart decision to keep most of the basic hardware intact, which
means 360 N5S specs include the same Snapdragon 653 octa-core chip, 6GB of RAM, 64GB of internal
storage, and MicroSD expansion slot that support up to 128GB.
There’s a standard 5.5-inch 1080p panel on board.
Now note that for some reason probably to keep the weight,and thickness lower new
360 N5S comes with a smaller 3730mAh battery.
The previous generation model had 4000mAh battery, so cutting down the battery capacity,
even by a small figure isn’t something, that we would have liked to see.
However, the company claims that you still get 1.5 days of usage from the device.
Further, the phone supports 9V / 2A, fast charging, which should give you about 45%
charge in 30 minutes.
That’s pretty good.
The front camera has received the biggest upgrade, now featuring a dual camera setup.
The front setup is a combination of 13-megapixels CMOS Samsung sensor with f/2.0 aperture,
and 2-megapixels secondary sensor with f/2.4 aperture.
The secondary sensor is responsible for additional depth of field data to ensure you can capture
good looking selfies with background blur.
The presence of PDAF (0.1s focus) on the front camera setup should further ensure
a clear and focused shot.
Coming to the rear camera new smartphone 360 N5S comes with standard 13-megapixels
f/2.0 sensor.
It’s same rear sensor, as N5 model.
So, the setup supports 4K as well as 1080p videos.
On the software side, 360 N5S comes with 360 OS 2.0 UI, which is based on Android
7.1 Nougat.
The company seems to be focused on making UI as clutter free and simple as possible.
So, the new OS doesn’t have unwanted apps and brings features, such as split screen
multi-tasking, multiple apps (open 2 copies of the same app), etc.
The phone comes with a notification light, as well.
Now, you’ll see Nubia-like red circle on the phone’s home button, which is also
a breathing notification light.
360 N5S will go on sale on June 2 in China.
Its price is 1699 Yuan or about $247.
There seems to be just one memory version 6GB RAM + 64GB ROM
nd two color options: blue, and black.
Below the video you can find full specifications list and other useful information.
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360 N5s Hands-on Review: 6GB RAM and Dual Front Cameras

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