Official Vodafone 785 / Smart 4 Mini thread

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Go mine yesterday, first impressions were not too great but it was certainly a hit amongst most of my co-workers who found it to be excellent value for money.
Once I got home and had time to play around with it I really started to enjoy it. It does wonders with the limited RAM it has, Chrome works, Death Rally plays smoothly. Only thing that I could not get to run was Epic Citadel. The sound is not bad, Digitally Imported worked seamlessly in the background and the FM Radio with RDS is reasonably quick to scan all stations.
The camera quality is not that great in low light but I was surprised to find the video recording can go up to 720p. Will see if it is any better in daylight before I can pass a verdict on it.
You can un-install some of the preloaded Vodafone apps but as of yet I have not been able to root it (using a multitude of tools) so I am not able to un-install everything I don't need.
It scores 10826 in Antutu. I will most certainly play around some more with this little wonder and also see how well the GPS does when tracking trails off road.
 
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Not sure. Just checked the videos it records at 720p, sadly it barely breaks the 13fps mark and is encoded in H263 although sound is stereo.
 
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Seems the video recording is a bit better in daylight, however I did notice some rolling shutter (tearing) when you shift the scene fast. Here is the specs of the videos it records (also does 720x480 and 640x480)

Code: 
General
Complete name                  : D:\Camera\VID_20140514_121618.3gp
Format                         : MPEG-4
Format profile                 : 3GPP Media Release 4
Codec ID                       : 3gp4
File size                      : 19.8 MiB
Duration                       : 14s 34ms
Overall bit rate mode          : Constant
Overall bit rate               : 11.8 Mbps
Encoded date                   : UTC 2014-05-14 10:16:18
Tagged date                    : UTC 2014-05-14 10:16:18

Video
ID                             : 1
Format                         : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                 : Main@L4
Format settings, BVOP          : Yes
Format settings, QPel          : No
Format settings, GMC           : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix        : Default (H.263)
Codec ID                       : 20
Duration                       : 13s 791ms
Bit rate mode                  : Constant
Bit rate                       : 11.9 Mbps
Nominal bit rate               : 256 Kbps
Width                          : 1 280 pixels
Height                         : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio           : 16:9
Rotation                       : 90°
Frame rate mode                : Variable
Frame rate                     : 24.582 fps
Minimum frame rate             : 24.351 fps
Maximum frame rate             : 24.610 fps
Color space                    : YUV
Bit depth                      : 8 bits
Scan type                      : Progressive
Compression mode               : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)             : 0.526
Stream size                    : 19.6 MiB (99%)
Title                          : VideoHandle
Writing library                : MTK_ENCODER_V3
Language                       : English
Encoded date                   : UTC 2014-05-14 10:16:18
Tagged date                    : UTC 2014-05-14 10:16:18
mdhd_Duration                  : 13791

Audio
ID                             : 2
Format                         : AAC
Format/Info                    : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                 : HE-AAC / LC
Codec ID                       : 40
Duration                       : 14s 34ms
Bit rate mode                  : Constant
Bit rate                       : 128 Kbps
Nominal bit rate               : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s)                     : 2 channels
Channel positions              : Front: L R
Sampling rate                  : 48.0 KHz / 24.0 KHz
Compression mode               : Lossy
Stream size                    : 219 KiB (1%)
Title                          : SoundHandle
Language                       : English
Encoded date                   : UTC 2014-05-14 10:16:18
Tagged date                    : UTC 2014-05-14 10:16:18
mdhd_Duration                  : 14034
 
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Oh yeah, on the Vodacom site, go figure. They know sweet blou phokall about phones to begin with :cool:
 
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So far I only use it on wifi :D
At work with a 802.1x EAP certificate based network and at home regular WPA2 PSK.
 
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About the rooting, I tried every one click tool out there until I found a post that said for MediaTek based boards it is best to use Vroot (google it). It works but installs a semi-Chinese version of SuperSU that I have not managed to replace successfully so I'm just going with it. Apart from the boot animation the phone is now pretty much stock Android 4.2.2, kinda like a mini Nexus :)

Phone Specs :
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The more I use the phone, the more I love it. I could actually live with this as my main phone and it's actually got me thinking of selling my new Ascend P6 :confused:

The only let down is the camera, don't let the 720p video recording and oddly sized 2200x1320 3mpx specs fool you. Here are some sample images to illustrate low light, close up, landscape, high contrast and indoor situations.

http://i58.tinypic.com/dlqqky.jpg
http://i62.tinypic.com/2uhy894.jpg
http://i57.tinypic.com/24ypzsk.jpg
http://i58.tinypic.com/2n821ba.jpg
http://i61.tinypic.com/2gwxk55.jpg
 
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