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Kyocera Torque Review

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Camera

As you’d expect the Torque isn’t a multimedia powerhouse, but the 5 megapixel camera isn’t terrible. Colors are mostly natural and clarity is fine for Facebook, Instagram and the like. When viewed at full resolution, however, details are lost and things become very blurry. Low light performance was pretty poor, even with the LED flash, but that is to be expected. Videos can be recorded at 1080p, and like the camera results weren’t fantastic but were perfectly acceptable for a mid-range device.



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Multimedia

Kyocera utilizes the stock Android multimedia players which perform just fine, but as usual there are a myriad of options in the Play Store to suit your needs.

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1. PunyPoop posted on 18 Mar 2013, 08:19 1 4

What the hell is wrong with you PA!!?? This has the same rating as XPERIA Z???

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4. Evil.Bunny posted on 18 Mar 2013, 09:00 9

because both have different uses...ratings are relative to their usefulness.
what good will an Xperia Z do when you need to use it at a construction site and accidentally drop it

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6. taikucing posted on 18 Mar 2013, 10:11 3

Because sony XZ has TFT display while this phone already uses IPS. If Sony has IPS display, it could be probably rated at 9.0.. Even many cheap chinese entry level phones already use IPS display nowadays.

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10. javorr posted on 08 Apr 2013, 01:46

PA hates Sony. Sony's displays are good enough. Most of the people do think that cheap IPS displays are better, but they are better only in viewing angles and there are other parameters also. Reports from the owners show that for most of the people is very rear to work with their phones looking them under strange angles. The biggest advantage of Super AMOLED displays is that they save energy.

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2. samsunggalaxylover posted on 18 Mar 2013, 08:22 4

PH are simply a**holes

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3. Nathan_ingx posted on 18 Mar 2013, 08:43

"Smart Sonic Receiver" sounds cool...but i get a tingly feeling that the phone is going to use my tissues instead of the ear-piece.

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5. loken posted on 18 Mar 2013, 09:53

kyocera has put alot of thought into this

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7. downphoenix posted on 18 Mar 2013, 20:04

Other than the camera being pretty poor (even for midrange) and the lack of doing direct connect and LTE simultaneously, it looks like Kyocera finally put out a good android device, and its got rock solid build and a low price. Hopefully this means no more Echos or Milanos or Zios for them, LOL. I think the 8.5 is a fair score, it may not be the best out there, but the rugged features will beat out any case you can purchase separate for a phone, and the specs are pretty good.

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