![]() The unit is power-efficient, and if battery life became an issue after deployment, all this would be recorded by the management tools, but more capacity is always desirable. Not sure of the thinking here, but if battery life is an issue, other Zebra designs deliver more battery power and more flexibility than the EC55 in this respect. That alternative Zebra design can also have its battery swapped out quickly, and this feature is also missing from the EC55. Clearly, the designers of the EC55 wanted to make it lighter and sacrificed battery life to achieve that objective. We noted that the previous Zebra design we covered, the TC26, had a 5400 mAh module and that uses an identical SoC. Our immediate reaction to these available capacities is that they are both too small, but how long they last in use is dependent on how heavily the device is utilised. ![]() Our review machine had the larger 4,180 mAh battery, but the standard unit comes with a smaller 3060 mAh design. (Image credit: Mark Pickavance) Battery lifeĪs with any product that is deployed to those working long shifts, the battery life on the EC55 is critical. It hasn’t sufficient computing power to perform substantial local processing of data and would struggle to drive external displays or sophisticated web-based applications. With the SoC the EC55 was built around the device performs like a mid-range phone, and no more. Our only concern is that with the label of ‘mobile computer’, users might be expecting desktop computer-like levels of performance, and that’s not a realistic prospect. And within practical limits, it generally achieves those objectives. That said, the focus of this design isn’t to rip through synthetic benchmark tests but instead to use the battery life efficiently and deliver an acceptable user experience. Not that software tweaks or maybe faster flash memory have magically elevated the EC55 to the level of Samsung Exynos or Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 powered devices, but it is marginally quicker at almost everything. What’s mildly fascinating is that hardware-wise the EC55 is almost identical to Zebra’s TC26, but almost across the board, it is slightly faster than that previous design. Geekbench: 337 (single core) 1516 (multi core)Īndrobench (sequential): 289 (sequential read) 85 (sequential write)Īndrobench (random): 65.7 (random read) 13.2 (random write) This is how the Zebra EC55 performed in our suite of benchmark tests: Where it might prove more problematic is if the work environment is dark, as the low-light capability of the rear sensor isn’t fantastic, even with the ‘night’ mode set. Our thinking on the camera situation hasn’t changed since our previous TC26 review, that it would be good to have a better camera, but for recording records at work and optically capturing a barcode, what it has is probably acceptable. Video capture has almost no controls outside the settings, and when you select the video option from the still image interface, it immediately starts recording. But we’re unconvinced it's worth the time to tinker in this fashion given the limitations of the rear sensor.Įasily the most defunct picture mode is HDR, as the screen doesn’t have the range to display an HDR image properly, even if you successfully create one. The 'Pro' mode allows complete manual control of aperture, white balance and ISO. ![]() Both are f/2.0 aperture, and the rear camera can capture 4K video.īut the quality of these captures compared with a recent Samsung or Apple design isn’t flattering, and we’d expect even an entry-level phone to be this good.įor still image capture, several special modes are provided for conditions like snow, the beach, portraits and landscapes. On the front is a 5MP selfie camera with a fixed focus, and on the rear is a 13MP autofocus unit. No idea what the sensors are in this device, but neither of the two cameras is likely to excite anyone who takes many pictures. The card tray includes space for a Micro SD card to boost the storage by 128GB for those that need more. The result is that the review machine came with 32GB, but only 17.3 GB of internal space available with the default app selection. One downside to the specially designed Android implementation is that much of the storage is inaccessible to the end-user. Our review model came with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of flash storage, but Zebra can provide a model with 4GB/64GB, if needed. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 is an octa-core SoC first launched in 2017 that we’ve seen previously in the Zebra TC26, Asus ZenFone Max and ZenFone 4, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7, Huawei Y Max, and a slew of Nokia 7.2 designs.Īn excellent power profile and strong multi-tasking performance have made this a popular choice with many phone makers, and it provides a solid platform for the EC55. The irony of the low-resolution screen is that it makes the better parts of this device seem even better.
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