Philippines based brand, MyPhone has announced a new budget 3G smartphone – the MyPhone My32L. The 5-inch sized device with octa-core processor is on sale a price tag of Php 3999 (US$ 84) and can be purchased from MyPhone stores and kiosks in the country.
Available colour options are White, Yellow, Black, Red and Purple; the smartphone also comes along with a free MyPhone 8-year commemorative watch.
Moving to the specs, the MyPhone My32L sports a 5-inch IPS display with screen resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels (HD) and is powered by an octa-core Mediatek MT6592 processor clocked at 1.4GHz with ARM Mali-450 MP GPU, 1GB of RAM, 16GB built-in storage space (11.86GB user available).
For additional storage, there is a microSD card slot for storage expansion up to 64GB. In the camera segment, there is a front facing 5-megapixels Fixed Focus camera for selfies and video calls; and a rear facing 13-megapixels AutoFocus camera with LED flash.
The MyPhone My32L has Dual SIM slots, boots Android Lollipop OS and is backed by a 2000mAh battery with less than a day of constant usage guaranteed. Connectivity options on the device includes – Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, micro USB and 3G HSPA.
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My HONEST Review of the MyPhone my32L:
I’ve been using this phone for two weeks, and it has yet to disappoint. The phone runs on a Mediatek MT6592 1.36Ghz octa-core processor with 1GB of RAM (according to the CPU-Z app), with 11.86GB of the 16GB internal memory that can be used for apps and media (not partitioned), and a Mali-450MP GPU chip. It’s a good phone, the battery, though only 2000mAH, really lasts for up to 4-5 hours (for me at least, with data and adaptive brightness on) and longer on standby.
For example, if i leave my phone at 51% and go to sleep, when wake up, it’s still on 51%. This can also be attributed to Android 5.1 Lollipop, which has a lot of battery saving features.
It can play most of the games that i throw at it, minus a number of titles that are not supported by the Mali GPU chip (that includes NBA 2k15 and NBA 2k16, though NBA 2k14 works smoothly).
I have played Injustice Gods Among Us, Mortal Kombat X, Minecraft, Chaos Rings 3, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, the Final Fantasy games, the Telltale games, and casual titles like Candy Crush Soda Saga, Clash of Clans, and Pokemon Shuffle on this phone, and all have worked smoothly so far with no and unnoticeable lag. The game does heat up a bit when you play graphics heavy games, but it’s not too hot that you have to worry.
The camera sports a 13MP auto focus main camera with LED flash (resolution of 4160×3120) and 5MP front facing fixed focus camera with NO flash (resolution of 1920×2560). Amidst having an unknown camera sensor, the camera works surprisingly well, especially on well lit areas. For shots in low light, photos also come out good thanks to the very bright flash.
These is also minimal to zero shutter lag when you take pictures, and multiple modes are available like HDR, Live Photo, Motion Track mode, Beauty shot, Panorama, and Multi angle view mode. Of course, other modes can be available if you install other camera apps like Camera 360. Video recording has EIS (Electronic Image Stabilization) which helps reduce the blurring appearance of videos and images while shooting. The video sample i took only has 10FPS (according to MX Player).
My only two complaints about this phone is the occasional lag and the slow data connection. The myPhone my32L is an octa-core phone with 1GB of RAM, and i expected it to have minimal to no lag, but it is noticeable especially when you have multiple apps running, or when data is turned on. I’m sure a system update can remedy this, but it is unknown whether or not MyPhone will release a fix in the near future.
Internet is also a bit slow on this phone. It only uses HSPA (H), and i would definitely like it to have HSPA+ (H+) if possible. Also, if cellular signal is low, the phone tends to automatically switch to EDGE (E), which is so annoying. I would like the phone to have a feature where it’ll only use HSPA, something that my old Kitkat phone had.
So is the phone worth your hard earned cash? Yes it is, for the 3,999 price tag it’s definitely one of the best Android Lollipop phones that I’ve used, if you can also forgive its minor downsides, which is holding the phone back.