Kyocera Duraforce Specs

Kyocera Duraforce Specs-Positive (AT&T Kyocera DuraForce Phone has a tough and waterproof construction, the ability to push-to-talk, and impressive call quality audio as well as competitive prices). Negative (The handset comes with a lot of bloatware and you can not get rid of it, taking photos when the camera is rather poor, slow processor and battery drains quickly). Important (Get Kyocera DuraForce if rugged handset is a priority; if not, AT & T has other handsets in the same price range with better camera and faster internal speeds).

Kyocera Duraforce AT&T

Like many Kyocera devices, DuraForce designed to withstand a more severe form of coarse abuse. With rugged construction and water resistant, the phone can last drop down the ladder without too much damage, and can be submerged in water up to 30 minutes and is ticking. It is also to be competitive for the price of $ 50 with AT & T for a two-year service agreement, or $ 399 without a service provider and is compatible with push-to-talk (PTT).

Unfortunately, certain DuraForce not "force" a lot of things that should be taken into account when it comes to performance. 8-megapixel camera, taking photos blurry and tasteless, the processor can be slow and the battery does not last long observably.

With a hefty specs and low price, you can consider if you are aware DuraForce Specs and really need a durable device. If not, you have to pay more for mobile phones such as faster and superior (but less coarse) such as the Samsung Galaxy S5. If you are willing to ditch protection at all and still on a budget, consider the LG G3 Vigor, the first-gen Motorola Moto X or even earlier flagship Samsung Galaxy S4, instead.

Design

DuraForce wrapped with thick plastic and rubber. measure 5.39 inches, 2.78 inches, and 0.55 inches for thick. Because of the roughness, the heftier than most handsets (7.06 ounces to be exact), but do not feel heavier than say an ordinary smartphone in rugged cases like OtterBox. In either case, do not expect to comfortably in your jean pocket.

On the left is the volume rocker and convenient programmed button outlined in red which you can customize to launch any application such as a camera, a flashlight (which is useful for outdoor activities), or carrier PTT service. There is also a circle in the lower left corner to secure lanyard. At the top is the 3.5mm headphone jack, shortcut keys for audio speakers, and the sleep button / power. To the right is a slot for a SIM card and microSD card (up to 32GB capacity.) Finally, at the bottom is a Micro-USB port for charging. All ports can be sealed by the door flaps are safe and should be closed if you want to make sure that DuraForce remain operational after being submerged in water.

The back is an 8 megapixel camera lens, the flash to the right. Inside was a nonremovable 3,100mAh battery. It may not be convenient for those who want to exchange their batteries often, but it does not mean one fewer seams for water to seep through. 4.5 inch HD screen has a 1,280x720-pixel resolution. Bright screen, and text look sharp and applications. Video playing with clear and easy viewing of this device outdoors. In addition, the screen is sensitive and responsive to the touch. Below the display are three physical hotkeys below for back, home, and recent apps. (Central home button also launched Google Now with long press). Beneath a row of buttons is the width of the speaker grille that has proven itself to be very hard. The handset is also equipped with Smart Sonic Kyocera receiver technology. Already seen in previous devices such as Torque, this technology consists of a ceramic transducer that transmits sound waves from the phone through the cartilage in the ear of the user.

Built Tough

The DuraForce dustproof, water and shock. It is waterproof under IPX5 standards, which means it can survive in water at a depth of up to 6 meters for 30 minutes. This device is not functional under water; You must make sure that the port is set up properly and safely sealed before.

To test the roughness, we repeatedly dropped on both cement and wood floor face down. It also took some Tumbles and bounced down four flights of stairs. Fortunately, no test is cracked or damaged handset or screen. Part of the plastic casing managed to collect a few scars from falls, but the phone was still really nice screen remains operational and without any injuries.

The waterproof, which DuraForce ticking after being submerged for 30 minutes in a narrow vase. During testing this dunk, we also launched its own app to keep track of the time period, and the device can register incoming calls as well. In general, users who have an active lifestyle outdoors or have a spill-prone children can rest easy with this phone. With our tests, it can take a beating, and of course the user can withstand the daily violation cause on it, as well as the situation worse.

Software Features

To emphasize outdoorsiness of DuraForce, Kyocera loaded useful tool for those with an active lifestyle. There is a self-contained widget compass, and one with shortcuts to say compass, and barometer (which measures altitude and atmospheric pressure), flashlight, GPS and much more. You will also get basic needs such as application Kyocera conserver battery called Eco Modedan MagniFont, which increase the font size to the level of the interface is slightly larger than your standard Android device. As the AT & T, he also worked with PTT carrier.

In addition to the usual portion of the base application management tasks such as calculator, calendar, notepad, alarm clock and so on, the handset runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat, and has a number of Google's mainstay. It includes a web browser Chrome, Drive, Gmail, Hangouts, Maps, Now, Plus, Maps, Photos and YouTube, as well as some of the portals to store Play, such as books, games, movies, and TV, and Music.

Unfortunately, AT & T threw a ton of bloatware itself, also most of which you can not remove. One is DriveMode, an application that sends a customized message for an incoming call or text when the smartphone is moving 25 mph or faster. If you DuraForce gets stolen or lost, Mobile Search will determine its location. AT & T news app Live is included, as well as the 7-day trial for MobileTV, which lets you stream TV shows network. The carrier has its own navigation applications, user guide, and applications to help organize hotspotting mobile and visual voicemail. You will also get the AT & T Smart Wi-Fi, which connects your device to a Wi-Fi is available to the public, managers use so you can see better battery consumption and data, and 5GB of free cloud storage through the AT & T Locker. Finally, there's an app to invite you to join with caller ID service carrier, and AT & T APTT, which set up a push-to-talk handset capabilities.

Camera and Video

Image quality is rather poor for rear camera and disappointing compared to other phones Kyocera with 8-megapixel shooter (like Brigadier, for example, which take better pictures). The camera takes photos are blurry and out of focus; objects often have blurred the lines, colors looked dull and muted. The light source is often washed out and the camera itself feels slow.

The video was also wrong. Although the audio well, the feedback between camera movement and what is seen in the viewfinder it was delayed. This takes a long time for the camera to stay focused, and even then the objects appear blurred.

Both cameras have some editing tools, such as digital zoom, five types of white balance, and four shooting modes (such as continuous shooting and color effects, the latter of which allows users to choose from 24 filters to the camera). There is also a choice of three exposures, one meter brightness, optical image stabilization, at least four levels of the ISO, and timers. The camera has three picture quality, geotagging, optional network lines, and can take pictures while recording as well.

As expected, the rear lens, but has some more features. It includes six scenes such as landscapes and action options, four more shooting modes such as HDR and panorama, four choices autofocus, blink detection, interval, and mute the audio. There are also eight image resolution (from 640x480 to 3,264x2,448 pixels) and five video size (from MMS 1080p HD). In contrast, a front-facing shooter has five picture sizes (from 640x480 to 1,600x1,200 pixels) and can record only up to 720p HD.

Data Speed, Processing Speed and Battery Life

The DuraForce hours with 4G LTE has the most of the fast data speeds. According to Ookla speed test app, install speed averaging around 25.32Mbps and upload 9.74Mbps that level. In general, it takes 6 and 7 seconds to load the mobile and desktop websites E-News. ESPN's mobile site will be displayed after 4 seconds as well, and 7 seconds elapsed for the full web page. Finally, the game 43.70MB Temple Run 2 finished installing and installs in about 31 seconds. During our testing, there are times when web browsing speed is inconsistent. For example, a site that normally would take only a few seconds to load sometimes be very long.

On average 4G LTE install speeds	25.32Mbps
4G LTE average upload speeds	9.74Mbps
Temple Run 2 install the application	(43.70MB) 31 seconds
E-News mobile site load	6 seconds
Desktop E-News site loads	7 seconds
Restart time	47 sec
Camera boot time	1.99 seconds

KYOCERA DURAFORCE (AT & T) PERFORMANCE TIMES

This device has a 1.4GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor from Qualcomm. Everyday tasks and required such as opening the app drawer, back to the home screen and keyboard calls executed with ease. We see though quickly down behind a little internet sites. Benchmark results mirror the real world observations. Quadrant scores best handset is 9918, which is slightly better than the first-gen Motorola Moto X and LG G3 Vigor (both scored 8,500 marks). Moreover, multithread best results Linpack is 265.199MFLOPs in 0.64 seconds. And it took about 47 seconds for the phone to restart, and 1.99 seconds to launch the camera.

Anecdotal observations for battery 3,1000mAh very disappointing. Juice ran out quickly with the media for the use of light, and it does not take place overnight on standby with the initial percentage of 50 percent. Have reported a standby time of up to 21 days and talk time of 17 hours. We will have a better idea of the ability of the battery when laboratory tests officially entered. According to FCC radiation measurement, this phone has a SAR rating 1.11W / kg.