DEXP (laptop): owner feedback

Many potential buyers in the mobile device market could pay attention to the new DEXP brand that has appeared recently. A laptop, a review about which is not so easy to find in the media, attracts attention with its high performance, but an unknown brand quickly cools the fervor of future users. In this article, the reader will become more familiar with the DEXP laptop, learns its strengths and weaknesses, and reviews of the owners of the mobile device will help determine the purchase to customers.

Russian hero

It's no secret that there are domestic products on the Russian computer market: computers, mobile phones, smartphones and tablets. Positioned under the Russian brand and notebooks DEXP. Reviews about the company and its products in the media are more positive. However, with a detailed study of the manufacturer's data, it turns out that DEXP does not have its own production facilities.

The Russian manufacturer is positioned on the market as an OEM supplier. It provides a guarantee for all DEXP products, repairs and warranty service, and is responsible for distribution and advertising. And production facilities are located in China (world-famous ThL electronics plant). In fact, the complete analogy of the IBM brand (manufactured in China at the Lenovo plant, is positioned on the world market as an American brand).

Destroying stereotypes

In the domestic market of mobile equipment, a lot of disputes are caused by DEXP products (laptops). Customer reviews are telling about the merits, and laptop owners under a different brand claim that Chinese products under the Russian logo are of poor quality. It is possible to debate on this issue indefinitely, but why not get acquainted with the arguments of IT industry professionals?

1. 80% of all manufactured electronics are produced in China, including well-known brands Apple, HP, Tadiran, Dell and others.
2. The quality of products on the world market determines the standard (ISO) and the official manufacturer's warranty. Moreover, the official importation of products to any state, including Russia, obliges the manufacturer to open a branch (in this case DEXP is considered a distributor and is fully responsible for the goods sold).
3. In most cases, well-known manufacturers increase the cost of their products by 20-30%, calling it marketing costs. In fact, this is the usual fee for a well-known brand (the most popular company in the world, Apple, for marketing is about 40-50%).

The first acquaintance with the sales leader

The impression of the product, as a rule, the user develops at the first acquaintance. It is packaging and packaging that determine the owner's further attitude to the product. As an example, the cheapest representative of the company - the DEXP Aquilon O117 laptop - got into the review. Reviews of all owners agree that this mobile device can be considered the best purchase in the budget class. After all, this is the cheapest laptop on the Russian market (15-18 thousand rubles) among analogues in terms of performance.

A standard cardboard box with a logo on the display though looks poor, but its contents are no different from most other products on the computer market: laptop, charger, battery and instruction manual. Many owners drew attention to the company-manufacturer of the power supply of the charger - Delta Electronics. It is the most notorious supplier of spare parts for the electronics of Asus, Dell, HP and other famous brands.

Appearance of mobile devices

Even a demanding buyer will not be able to find fault with the quality of the mobile device. Not so important, representatives of this expensive segment or the cheapest laptops DEXP Aquilon. The owners' feedback assures that the quality of performance, like the appearance, does not differ from expensive representatives of other brands, such as Dell or HP.

The case is made of durable plastic (cheap models have a matte finish, and expensive ones - glossy). The assembly is solid - nothing creaks, smooth joints, foreign cracks in the body can not be detected. All plastic parts of the device are perfectly matched to each other. There are censures only to the hinges of the laptop cover. They are too rigid. It takes a lot of effort to raise the screen. On the other hand, when watching movies in the lying position, there will be no problems with slamming the cover.

Connectors and interfaces

Judging by the interfaces on the edges of DEXP laptops, the manufacturer tried to please all users simultaneously, piling up a lot of connectors that have not lost their popularity in the mobile device market. On the right side there are two USB 3.0 connectors, a memory card reader, eSATA (in Russia its popularity is reduced to zero), HDMI and a wired network interface RJ-45.

The left panel contains one USB 2.0 port, a Kensington lock, the inputs and outputs of the sound card (as many as three connectors, as on a personal computer) and a DVD burner. The last device is not installed on all models. For example, a laptop DEXP Athena T147, reviews of which indicate that this is the lightest gadget in the lineup of the manufacturer, deprived of a DVD-drive.

But to the placement of interfaces on the back of the device many owners have a negative. In most DEXP laptops, there is a charger input and an analog VGA video output on the back. Very uncomfortable location for users who want to work at home: the laptop can not be put to the wall to free space on the table.

Laptop screen

The low cost of a mobile device is due to the installation of a low-quality display. Let the distributor and argue that the matrix TN + Film is too early to write off, but for many users the old technology and high performance gaming laptop does not fit into the head. After all, color rendition is very important in dynamic games. Most of all negatives collected 15.6 "laptop DEXP. Reviews of owners are indignant about the screen resolution - 1366x768 dots per inch. In this format, all games created under FullHD look damaging.

Built-in LED illumination partially eliminates the negative with viewing angles and the presence of glare on the screen in sunny weather. However, it is not able to improve the color rendition. Also, the display of grayscale grays was subjected to censure. Naturally, there is no question of an ideal black color. Quite strange the distributor reacted to the negative opinion of users in the media - suggested using an external TV or monitor (connection over HDMI).

Mobile device keyboard

Even the most expensive in the line of laptops DEXP Atlas reviews on the keyboard block have negative. The official distributor in Russia could not help but notice that the Cyrillic alphabet and Latin on the keys of the keyboard are painted with the same white paint. It is extremely inconvenient for many users to work with text input. Many potential buyers hope that the manufacturer will correct this problem in the future.

As for the general impressions on the keyboard itself, there are no complaints about quality. The keyboard is full, with a digital block. The buttons are large, separate from each other. Pressing soft, with little impact. The buttons are not stuck and the space is skewed when pressed. As for the functional control keys , the reviews are positive. Here the manufacturer has guessed to allocate buttons by another color.

Working with the touch panel

Whether it's the most expensive representative of the line or the cheap laptop DEXP Aquilon O117, the owners' feedback assures that the manufacturer did not take care of the touchpad at all. The miniature dimensions of the touch pad and mechanical buttons cause indignation for all users. If the touchpad fits into the interior on a 15-inch device, then all 17-inch notebooks are immediately distinguished by a shallow touch pad.

Manage the gadget using the touchpad is extremely inconvenient. To draw the cursor diagonally from one corner to the other, you need to apply several touches. Mechanical buttons - this is generally the last century. Pressing on them is inconvenient, since the key stroke is very deep and requires considerable physical effort. Among all the negative feedback on the touchpad there is only one ray of light - multitouch support. For working with Windows 8 and later versions without this functionality it is very difficult to work.

Performance of DEXP notebooks

It is the power of the mobile device for a small cost and attracts in the products of DEXP all potential buyers. For example, the flagship of the line costing 35 thousand rubles is equipped with the most productive processor Core i7, large amount of RAM, video game adapter and has a huge screen (17.3). Notebook DEXP, reviews about which take the leading positions in the game forums (DOTA, WoT) a priori can not be of low quality. Fans of dynamic and resource-intensive toys certainly know a lot about computer hardware.

It should be noted that the cheapest segment of DEXP notebooks is equipped with dual-core Celeron processors and two gigabytes of RAM. Questions about the performance of these devices will definitely arise, but do not forget about the price. In any case, in the price-quality category for the budget segment, it is cheaper to find anything.

Intelligent cooling system

But the manufacturer paid a lot of attention to the ventilation of the system elements. It is worth noting that the technology to place the cooler and radiator on the back of the mobile device refused all the famous manufacturers, but not DEXP. The laptop, the feedback about the cooling system of which can be found in the media, is perfectly amenable to cleaning at home. In general, on the placement of basic elements in the device, no one has any questions.

Turned upside down laptop reminds more pencil case with your device. All elements, including the battery, are distributed by sector. The screw is loosened, the cover is removed - full access to any element. I need to clean it from dust - please. Two screws, one cover - and full access to the radiator, fan and heat pipes. No complaints!

Autonomous work

The battery of the DEXP device (laptop) review deserves only positive character. First, thanks to the non-standard form factor (in the form of a brick), it does not increase the dimensions of the gadget, but is placed in a special compartment. It is a pity that other well-known manufacturers have not thought of this before. The second positive factor is the capacity of the battery. The lithium-ion cell, consisting of 4 cells, has a capacity of 5200 mAh at a supply voltage of 14.8 volts.

The autonomous work of all DEXP devices declared by the manufacturer is within 3-4 hours. For many buyers, this is more like a fairy tale, especially if the mobile device has an Intel Core i5 processor and a GeForce 860M graphics card. However, the owners' testimonials confirm the fact of the laptop operating on one charge for at least 3 hours.

Multimedia and wireless interfaces

As for wireless interfaces in DEXP mobile devices, this is the complete order: Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are all that even the most demanding user needs for work, study and leisure. There is no negativity to acoustics. Built-in sound system of excellent quality. The speakers are small, but their size is enough to enjoy watching a movie or playing in a spacious room.

But with the webcams the manufacturer has obvious problems. In this respect, even the most expensive laptop DEXP Achilles causes censure. Feedback from owners recommends that fans of communication on the Internet look at gadgets from other manufacturers, since a camera with 0.3 megapixel (interpolation to 1 megapixel) is clearly not intended for such purposes.

Finally

As a result, the DEXP brand was quite attractive on the domestic market. A laptop, a review about which contains a lot of negativity, obviously did not go to the user's hands, otherwise he would not tell tales about low quality from Chinese friends. Yes, there are complaints about the screen and multimedia, but on this the negative ends. All other qualities of mobile devices DEXP have only positive feedback: price, performance, equipment, warranty, convenience, build quality. Is there really a competitor in DEXP laptops in the budget class in the Russian market?