MYPHONE MY35 REVIEW

Introduction:

A week before Christmas, MyPhone sent us a review unit of theMyPhone My35. Since then until the New Year’s Eve, I’ve been using it as my main smartphone.

Its most exciting feature is Hi-Fi audio which is amazing but also a little bit disappointing. Find out why and what we thought about the rest of its features by reading the whole review.

This is the MyPhone My35.

Main Points:

Advantages

• Good performance and smooth user interface
• High quality loudspeaker
• Decent camera
• Long lasting battery

Disadvantages

• Smudge-prone design
• Poor low light camera performance
• Unimpressive ‘Hi-Fi’ audio via headphones

Unboxing the My35

MyPhone My35 unboxing.

The MyPhone My35 comes in a normal-looking box with the term ‘5.0” Octa-Core’ prominently displayed. Unboxing it reveals the phone, a wall charger, USB to microUSB 2.0 cord, earphones, quick start guide, warranty certificate and a bookmark.

On a separate package is the free 8-year commemorative watch of the company. It’s inside a can surrounded with iconic Filipino designs on the outside and cushioned by several foams inside. The watch itself is of high quality that seeing it makes you feel you’ve got more than what you paid for.

Design and Hardware

Notice the MyPhone My35’s home button.

he first thing that you’ll notice with the MyPhone My35 is its reflective circular Home key. It doesn’t light up unlike the Recent Apps and Back keys on the right and left.

Its 5-inch HD display is flanked by 4 mm bezels on the side and 16 mm on the top and bottom. Surrounding the phone is a metallic frame that certainly provides protection and adds a ‘premium feel’ but also makes it larger by 1 mm on all four sides.

At the back is a patterned glossy cover with the infamous Philippine map design. It’s a finger print and smudge magnet. You’ll have to wipe it once in a while to preserve its pristine look.

The said cover can be pried open to reveal two slots for a micro-SIM card, one micro-SD card slot, its non-removable battery and a large loudspeaker.

Overall, the phone’s design and construction feels solid and sturdy. It may not appeal to people looking for a ‘sexier’ phone but those who are pragmatic and a bit adventurous will appreciate it.

Software and User Interface

The MyPhone My35 already comes with Android 5.1 Lollipop out of the box. It’s largely untouched aside from the preloaded apps such as MyPhone’s Pinoy App and a few others.

Navigating from the homescreen to the app drawer and then swiping down for the settings is smooth as expected.

I had to disable the double tap to wake feature though because it’s always unintentionally unlocked while in my pocket.

The screen of the MyPhone My35 is your usual 5-inch HD IPS panel capable of detecting up to 5 touch points simultaneously. It easily responds to a tap – probably too sensitive at times. This might be due to the pre-installed screen protector.

Colors are vibrant enough especially if the MiraVision Vivid Mode is turned on. The quality doesn’t change that much when the screen is viewed at an angle.

This is important. If you enable Adaptive Brightness, don’t put the brightness slider all the way to the left because it will essentially turn off the display.

Performance

Here are the benchmark scores of the MyPhone My35:

BENCHMARK	AVERAGE SCORE
AnTuTu	35,579 Points
Vellamo Metal	1,075 Points
Vellamo Multicore	1,516 Points
Vellamo Browser	2,418 Points

The now nearly ubiquitous MediaTek MT6573 chipset that powers the MyPhone My35 shows a great performance with the above benchmarks as well as with real world usage. Surely, 3GB RAM helps a lot to achieve this.

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