Luna G8, Using 4 Camera and Large Battery, No Full HD Screen

Luna, a relatively new smartphone brand back to try their luck by issuing the new whiz. Is Luna G8, smartphone that comes with a display of 6-inch screen 18: 9 ratio and has four cameras. Of course Luna G8 is not the first smartphone, both of which come with 18: 9 full-screen display or offer the ability to shoot the dual-camera front and rear moments. Even so, it is interesting to find what this smartphone has to offer apart from these two excellent features. So, just consider his review below.

Sales Package: Headset, charger, earset, data cable, manual, warranty card, SIM ejector,
softcase Color: Gold, Black
Price: Rp 3.799.000

Design

From the side view, what is presented Luna G8 somewhat similar to the competitors who also come with full screen. That is, the design of the Luna G8 is now fairly common, because a smartphone with a design like this is easily found in the market.

With 18: 9 screen ratio, physically Luna G8 does look elongated with dimensions of 160 x 76.6 mm. In the front area, full-screen 6 inch smartphone is flanked with a fairly narrow bezel area on the left-right. Likewise the remaining area on the top and bottom of the screen, which is also not too wide.

Problem material used to wrap the body, Luna G8 seems to get enough apreasiasi. Here, the manufacturer meracik back cover G8 with aluminum material combined with a screen that has adopted a 2.5D curved glass. With a body that is not too bongsor because the ratio of the screen that has been current, make Luna G8 still comfortable to grasped. In addition, the smartphone is also quite solid and relatively not too slippery when held.

In the outer area, Luna G8 puts a number of important components. In terms of layout, what is seen in Luna G8, true not much different from the smartphone in general. For example, in the area just above the screen, we will see a number of components that stick like the front dual-camera sensor, along with LED Flash, proximity sensor, and front speaker holes. The bottom of the screen does not seem to have a single component perched here, considering the navigation buttons (back, home, and multitasking) are included in the smartphone screen.

Combing the side area, on the right we will see the two components of the power button and volume rocker button. While in the opposite area, ie on the left side there is only a SIM card slot and microSD card. When on the side looks empty with no stuck components, then the opposite will be found on the bottom side. In this area there are a number of important components, such as 3.5mm audio jack hole, microUSB port, and speaker hole.

Peering into the back, visible two major camera sensors along with LED flash in a horizontal line, fingerprint sensor and Luna logo perched directly underneath. In addition it also looks the antenna lines presented at the top and bottom of the smartphone rear panel.

6.0 Inch Screen, 18: 9 Ratio

Carrying a 6-inch diagonal screen combined with 18: 9 aspect ratio, unfortunately Luna G8 only offers HD + resolution (1440 x 720 pixels) only. Although not too obvious when viewed with the invisible, with a higher resolution, such as Full HD +, of course the content presented will slightly increase from the side density.

Well from the physical side, the screen that carried Luna G8 is quite contemporary. Not only from the aspect ratio, the 2.5D glass that adopted also makes this smartphone look quite elegant. Not to mention the Gorilla Glass protective coating that would make this smartphone screen has more resilience.

Luna G8 presents a screen with IPS technology, which among the advantages come from a vast perspective, where the content presented can still be seen from a certain angle. In addition, in terms of responsiveness, Luna G8 screen is also quite good. Likewise with its multitouch capabilities, based on testing found that the Luna G8 screen can be accessed up to 5 points simultaneously.

Of course armed with full-sized 6-inch screen with 18: 9 aspect ratio, Luna G8 can present a fairly wide view. As a result experience is also given better, such as to watch videos or play games. In general, the user experience will feel better, especially for applications, videos or games that already support the ratio of the screen that carried this smartphone.

To get the desired look, whether it's sharpness, color brightness, or other display aspects, Luna G8 provides a number of standard options in the Display menu. Just access Settings> Display, here includes a variety of menus, from the brightness level to the Cast Screen menu. The latter menu, cast screen, allows us to transmit or present content on a smartphone to a TV screen.

Like many other Android smartphones, Luna G8 has also been equipped with a feature called Split Screen. With this feature, we are enabled to run two different applications on screen simultaneously. Split Screen feature we can find in the Features tab that is included in the Settings menu.

Luna OS

Carrying the Android 7.0 Nougat for the operating system, the Luna G8 is also sweetened with its own interface, the Luna OS. Like other custom interface interfaces, Luna OS also offers a simpler user experience. It can be seen from the absence of App Drawer, all applications have been collected in the folders according to the category. To view all the embedded applications, in Luna G8 users can directly access the All Apps folder.

In addition to the user experience that has been made simple, Luna OS also brings a number of innate features, such as App Multi-open. With this feature the user is enabled to run two WhatsApp accounts at once in Luna G8. There is also a feature called Data Clone, which with this feature we are enabled to transfer contact numbers, text messages, pictures, videos, and other data from our old phones to new phones without data traffic. Another useful feature is Child Mode, with this feature we can manage any application suitable for use by children.

Face Unlock

In terms of security, in addition to already crammed with standard features, such as passing passwords and pins, this smartphone also provides other facilities, such as fingerprint sensors, and one that is quite contemporary is Face Unlock. With the Face Unlock feature users increasingly easier to access their smartphones, where enough face to face to the smartphone screen will be open. In addition, of course with the Face Unlock feature, increasingly adding to the security level of the smartphone itself.

Dual-Camera Front & Rear

Currently the smartphone that comes with dual-camera features front and rear is still quite rare. In Indonesia, a smartphone with four previous camera features presented by Huawei through its Nova 2i. After that, not long ago, Luna G8 was launched which also bears as a smartphone with four cameras.

Luna G8 provides a rear camera with 13 MP + 5 MP resolution with all its attributes such as Flash Camera Sensor by Sony 4-Cell Technology, Low Light Mode, Face Beauty, Bokeh, Backlight mode, EIS + Gyro Video Recording. Like most, smartphone with dual camera, each sensor has a different function when used.

For example, a 13 MP camera at the rear serves to take a focused image, while a 5 MP sensor captures a deeper, non-focused object and makes it blur. Armed with dual-camera is we can take pictures bokeh with Luna G8.

Then what about the results? For those who like to target objects with bokeh effects, armed with dual-camera sensor as it is called, Luna G8 is enough to answer the need for it. The results are quite clear categorized with a dish of natural colors. Do not forget, Luna G8 has been using 4 Cell Technology Camera, a camera technology that combines 4 cells in 1 pixel is called to capture the amount of light 4 times more.

Indoor Camera Results

Outdoor Camera Results

Looking at the front camera, Luna G8 seems also ready to pamper users who like selfie. How not, the smartphone brings a front camera resolution that turns out higher than its main camera, ie dual-camera 20 MP + 8 MP with Wide-Angle.

Armed with wide-angle features, users can take advantage of Luna G8 front camera for a wefie photo or group selfie. Simply click on the wide-angle icon presented in the Luna G8 camera interface. In addition, because it already presents a dual-camera facility, when our selfie photos can reveal background with the effects of bokeh or blur.

The results of the front camera cameras Luna G8, generally generated photos are quite clear and sharp. You could say smartphone has been answered for those who like berswafoto with results that do not disappoint.

Selfie Camera Results

In addition, of course, to get the shots in accordance with the desired, we can take advantage of various facilities contained in the camera menu. Not to miss, through the viewfinder presented the user can also record video with Beautified Video feature that already supports up to 7 levels of beauty.

MediaTek Helio P25 and 4GB RAM

Move into the middle-class market segment, from the kitchen sector runway Luna G8 comes packaged octa-core processor MediaTek Helio P25 which has octa-core chip configuration Cortex-A53 up to 2.6GHz plus ditandem Mali-T880 graphics processor.

Still from the innards, in addition to the above specifications, Luna G8 also has a specification of 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal memory. For users who feel inadequate with the internal memory capacity provided, Luna G8 is also equipped with a microSD card slot. Through this facility, we can expand data storage media up to 256 GB. Just unfortunate enough, since Luna G8 adopted a dual-SIM hybrid slot, when the slot for microSD is used then the dual-SIM facility can not be enjoyed.

Speaking of performance, on paper, with hardware specifications brought, the performance of smartphones should serve the activities of its users, such as to communicate, internet access and social networking, to play games. It was also reflected from the author's experience when using this smartphone, where the activities mentioned earlier can be done smoothly without any significant constraints.

To get an idea of ​​its performance, referring to benchmark results that PULSE do, the score printed Luna G8 quite good. For example, when measured using the AnTuTu benchmark software, the score printed by Luna G8 reached the number 63735. As for the performance of its CPU, based on testing using Geekbench software obtained the score of 831 (single-core) and 3813 (multi-core). More detail about the performance of smartphones can be seen from the table benchmark the full results of this smartphone.

In addition to the hardware specifications that have been described before, the thing that is not less important than a smartphone is the power supply sector. Speaking of battery life, Luna G8 packed with 4010 mAh capacity power supply embedded in the body of this smartphone. Although the battery capacity is quite large, but to make charging, the user only takes approximately 2.5 hours.

Not only that, thanks to Extreme Mode features embedded in it, with the battery condition is only 5%, based on claims the manufacturer called the smartphone can still survive up to 25.3 hours in standby position, and still can make calls for 1.2 hours.

Connectivity

Landing on the market, Luna G8 offers enough connectivity features. For example, to access the virtual world, users are able to take advantage of 4G LTE technology that is faster on paper access speed than previous technology. That thing, felt writer when doing activity, like browsing and access social networking. Given this smartphone that already supports 4G services from all operators in Indonesia, of course users can freely choose the service of the preferred carrier without having to make special arrangements. Of course that is not behind, in addition to support 4G LTE technology, in terms of connectivity smartphone is also equipped with other facilities, such as Wi-Fi Hotspot, WLAN 802.11 a / b / g / n (Dual Band), Bluetooth 4.0, and GPS (A -GPS).

Conclusion

The presence of Luna G8 which presents full screen and dual-camera front-rear features not only makes the competition becomes more lively, the choice for consumers also add varied. Moreover, this smartphone sold in the range of Rp3, 8 million, which in terms of price quite quite close to the competitors who had already attended.

When judging from the physical appearance, ability, and performance, what is offered Luna G8 true not much different than its closest competitor. With the screen is quite roomy, quite unfortunate if the resolution offered Luna G8 is still limited to HD +, on the other hand its closest competitors have been carrying Full HD + resolution screen. However, the features of four cameras and batteries with a capacity of 4010 mAh, could be a value more than Luna G8 for consumers. What do you think?