The screen has a trending trend, dual main camera with fancy features like AR Emoji, processor with AI support, are some of the features that are on the rise and generally present in some of the latest flagship products. Competing in the middle class, one of the global flavor local vendors, presents products in the middle price class with a number of these features. The question is, can this phone compete with competitors from global brands?
Luna X Prime design is classified as "safe" without innovation that can be a real differentiator on its physical compared to other phones in general. But that is not bad, instead this phone seems to "follow the trend" which has proven to be well received by the market.
The front side of this cellphone is coated with a curvature on each side or a more layered one known as 2.5D glass. The bangs screen dominates this side with a thin bezel around it, except on the lower side. While the earpiece, secondary camera, infrared camera and infrared LED, and other sensors are in the bangs or notch area.
The opposite side or rear area is also covered with curved glass. This gives an ergonomic impression when the phone is held. Meanwhile, glass material also contributes to making the cellphone easy to be stained with fingerprint stains and prone to scratches when placed on rough surfaces or when assembled with keys or coins when stored in a pants pocket. Even so, Luna has prepared a solution in the form of a soft case that is included in the sales package.
The back side appears quite simple with only a fingerprint sensor scanner in the middle and the main camera's twin lenses and LED flash lights arranged vertically. Both the fingerprint sensor and camera lens area use matching colors with this backplate. Practically only silver LUNA branding that looks prominent on this side.
The frame around the cellphone is made of metal with a glossy finish. There is power and a volume control knob on the right side, a drawer slot on the SIM card and a memory card on the left side, as well as a loudspeaker hole and microphone that flanks the type-C USB port on the bottom side.
The 3.5mm audio port that is commonly used to connect a headset is absent from this phone. As a solution, Luna also provides a converter cable from USB Type-C into an Audio port on the sales package.
As explained by MarComm Manager Luna Smartphone, Suryadi Willim, at the launch of X Prime. Luna tries to present a sense of "premium" on a cellphone with this medium price tag by embedding various trends that are generally present in high-end cellphones.
One of the most prominent typical "identities" of the premium on this mobile phone is of course a bangs screen design initiated by expensive cellphones from Apple, the iPhone X. Luna X Prime is equipped with a similar diagonal screen of Samsung Galaxy S9 +, which is 6.2 inches. The resolution is only Full HD +, unlike S9 + which has reached Quad HD +, but this does not reduce the premium impression on this phone screen. Moreover, there are still many cellphone occupants of the flagship class that use similar resolutions.
Since it first appeared, the screen trend has made the pros and cons. Many like it, but not a few are disturbed by this "weird" design. To accommodate both parties, Luna includes the Switch screen display area setting. With this feature, users are given the freedom to choose the screen display, with or without bangs. Without bangs, the original screen ratio is 19: 9, changing to 18: 9. To move between views with bangs or remove them, users simply swipe the screen from the upper left corner area down.
To save power consumption, an economical backlight feature is available, which automatically reduces backlight light intensity when the cellphone starts to run out of battery power. In addition there is a conventional feature, adaptive brightness that adjusts the screen brightness level with the lighting conditions around the cellphone. This cellphone screen also has an eye-friendly feature, Smart Eye Protection.
Another feature of premium phones on this phone is a powerful biometric-based security feature. This phone offers 2 choices of biometric features, fingerprint scanner and face unlock. For the first, this cellphone places the fingerprint scanner in the middle of the back side of the cellphone, a natural position that is easily accessible to the index finger and middle finger of the user's second hand. This mobile fingerprint scanner feature also works fast and accurately.
The special thing is in the second biometric choice, namely face unlock. Because unlike other phones that generally only rely on front cameras for this feature, Luna X Prime also uses special cameras and infrared transmitters.
The infrared transmitter or IR LED blaster is responsible for emitting infrared light to the user's face, while the infrared camera detects a unique contour on the face as data for this face recognition feature. Thus, the face unlock feature on this phone works more accurately than similar features in general.
Not there, thanks to this infrared technology, Luna X Prime's face unlock feature also functions well when used in a dark room. This feature also only works if the user's eyes are open, so there is no need to worry about unwanted access from other people when the user is asleep.
This phone runs Android with a unique UI, unfortunately PULSA does not find the name of the launcher or interface (UI) that Luna uses for this phone. All applications are displayed on the default homescreen. And the leftmost panel of the Homescreen is dedicated to the Google Now feature that contains information that is important to users.
If the user prefers to present an App Drawer such as the Android interface in general, users simply touch and hold an empty area on the Homescreen then select Desktop Settings> Desktop Mode> Classic Double Layer.
By default the system has organized the default application and put some of them in 4 folders including Google, Apps, Multimedia and Utility. Users can of course create other folders if needed. Interestingly, if the user enters one of the folders on the desktop, the user can move from one folder to another by simply sweeping (swipe) the screen sideways.
Users can also maximize the screen display area by hiding 3 navigation buttons below the screen with settings via Settings> Navigation Bar> Hide Button. For a different experience, users can even replace the 3 navigation buttons with a swipe up gesture through the settings in Settings> Navigation Bar> Use Sliding Gesture. Once activated the user simply slides up from the middle-bottom area of the screen to go to the homescreen, from left-down to open recent apps and from right-down to return to the previous view (back).
This phone is also equipped with a number of smart gesture-based features that aim to facilitate users. Among them is the "raise to wake" which when activated makes the screen automatically turn on when the user picks up the cellphone after being placed beforehand. Thus the face recognition feature will work immediately without having to press the power button first.
In addition there is also a Black screen gesture feature, where users can go directly to a specific application from the state of the screen to die only by drawing a pattern on the screen. For example, the user can directly open the e-mail by simply drawing the letter "e" when the screen is off, or drawing the letter "m" to open the music player application. There are 10 choices of patterns that can be personalized for this black screen gesture feature.
There is also a smart bright screen option that will make the screen turn on while the front camera detects the user's face is staring at the screen. This makes users not have to worry about the screen will be locked automatically when reading long articles, for example.
In addition there are still other smart gesture feature options such as Smart dial, Smart answer, Pause alarm, Smart vibration reminder and Double click wake up.
The camera sector was not left behind by the current trend of a dual camera on the back side. This twin camera has 16MP and 5MP configurations. Thus the main camera of this phone is able to make photos with bokeh effects that look natural. The separation between sharp photographic objects and blurry backgrounds looks natural. The user can even determine how blurry the background is on the bokeh photo you want to make.
About features, the main camera Luna X Prime offers 7 main mode options, including Night (for use when lighting around less objects such as at night), Video, Face beauty, Photo, Backlight (to be used when the background of the object is brightly lit ), Panorama and Facemoji.
What's interesting is of course the Facemoji feature. With this feature, users can create short videos with the appearance of funny characters such as foxes, robots, dragons and others who follow the user's facial expressions, such as mouth movements, jaw, blinking of the eyes to eyebrow movements.
In addition, through the icon in the upper left corner (in portrait orientation) users can use other features on the camera, including, Professional (for setting focus, shutter speed, WB, ISO and exposure value manually), Time-Lapse, Slow Motion and Group Selfie.
For the front camera, Luna pinned a 16MP sensor. It's just that some modes that can be used in the main camera, can not be used for front cameras or selfies such as Night, Backlight, Panorama, Professional and Slow Motion.
This phone uses the middle class chipset made by MediaTek which is also used on the Oppo F7, namely Helio P60. This chipset carries an 8-core processor with 2.0 GHz speed in each core. But the 8 core processors are divided into 2 different types of architecture namely A73 and A53.
What became "highlighted" when the first appearance of this chipset at the beginning of this year was its support for AI-based features which again was a trend in upper middle class mobile phones. Because this chipset has brought the technology they call NeuroPilot AI.
No less interesting this phone is equipped with the ability to be used with a wireless charger or wireless charger. That is, for charging users just put this phone on a special dock. Unfortunately, the wireless charger for this cellphone is sold separately. PULSA also did not know for sure whether this phone can be charged using a wireless charger from another brand, but this one feature is indeed worthy of plus points.
Classified as middle class with a price tag of 4 million, this phone offers a variety of premium class features ranging from the current screen, processors with AI support, dual main cameras, and so on. Unfortunately the name LUNA has not won trust as high as Oppo or Vivo which also has products in the same price class with features that are almost similar, so its success in the market is still doubtful.
Luna X Prime design is classified as "safe" without innovation that can be a real differentiator on its physical compared to other phones in general. But that is not bad, instead this phone seems to "follow the trend" which has proven to be well received by the market.
The front side of this cellphone is coated with a curvature on each side or a more layered one known as 2.5D glass. The bangs screen dominates this side with a thin bezel around it, except on the lower side. While the earpiece, secondary camera, infrared camera and infrared LED, and other sensors are in the bangs or notch area.
The opposite side or rear area is also covered with curved glass. This gives an ergonomic impression when the phone is held. Meanwhile, glass material also contributes to making the cellphone easy to be stained with fingerprint stains and prone to scratches when placed on rough surfaces or when assembled with keys or coins when stored in a pants pocket. Even so, Luna has prepared a solution in the form of a soft case that is included in the sales package.
The back side appears quite simple with only a fingerprint sensor scanner in the middle and the main camera's twin lenses and LED flash lights arranged vertically. Both the fingerprint sensor and camera lens area use matching colors with this backplate. Practically only silver LUNA branding that looks prominent on this side.
The frame around the cellphone is made of metal with a glossy finish. There is power and a volume control knob on the right side, a drawer slot on the SIM card and a memory card on the left side, as well as a loudspeaker hole and microphone that flanks the type-C USB port on the bottom side.
The 3.5mm audio port that is commonly used to connect a headset is absent from this phone. As a solution, Luna also provides a converter cable from USB Type-C into an Audio port on the sales package.
As explained by MarComm Manager Luna Smartphone, Suryadi Willim, at the launch of X Prime. Luna tries to present a sense of "premium" on a cellphone with this medium price tag by embedding various trends that are generally present in high-end cellphones.
One of the most prominent typical "identities" of the premium on this mobile phone is of course a bangs screen design initiated by expensive cellphones from Apple, the iPhone X. Luna X Prime is equipped with a similar diagonal screen of Samsung Galaxy S9 +, which is 6.2 inches. The resolution is only Full HD +, unlike S9 + which has reached Quad HD +, but this does not reduce the premium impression on this phone screen. Moreover, there are still many cellphone occupants of the flagship class that use similar resolutions.
Since it first appeared, the screen trend has made the pros and cons. Many like it, but not a few are disturbed by this "weird" design. To accommodate both parties, Luna includes the Switch screen display area setting. With this feature, users are given the freedom to choose the screen display, with or without bangs. Without bangs, the original screen ratio is 19: 9, changing to 18: 9. To move between views with bangs or remove them, users simply swipe the screen from the upper left corner area down.
To save power consumption, an economical backlight feature is available, which automatically reduces backlight light intensity when the cellphone starts to run out of battery power. In addition there is a conventional feature, adaptive brightness that adjusts the screen brightness level with the lighting conditions around the cellphone. This cellphone screen also has an eye-friendly feature, Smart Eye Protection.
Another feature of premium phones on this phone is a powerful biometric-based security feature. This phone offers 2 choices of biometric features, fingerprint scanner and face unlock. For the first, this cellphone places the fingerprint scanner in the middle of the back side of the cellphone, a natural position that is easily accessible to the index finger and middle finger of the user's second hand. This mobile fingerprint scanner feature also works fast and accurately.
The special thing is in the second biometric choice, namely face unlock. Because unlike other phones that generally only rely on front cameras for this feature, Luna X Prime also uses special cameras and infrared transmitters.
The infrared transmitter or IR LED blaster is responsible for emitting infrared light to the user's face, while the infrared camera detects a unique contour on the face as data for this face recognition feature. Thus, the face unlock feature on this phone works more accurately than similar features in general.
Not there, thanks to this infrared technology, Luna X Prime's face unlock feature also functions well when used in a dark room. This feature also only works if the user's eyes are open, so there is no need to worry about unwanted access from other people when the user is asleep.
This phone runs Android with a unique UI, unfortunately PULSA does not find the name of the launcher or interface (UI) that Luna uses for this phone. All applications are displayed on the default homescreen. And the leftmost panel of the Homescreen is dedicated to the Google Now feature that contains information that is important to users.
If the user prefers to present an App Drawer such as the Android interface in general, users simply touch and hold an empty area on the Homescreen then select Desktop Settings> Desktop Mode> Classic Double Layer.
By default the system has organized the default application and put some of them in 4 folders including Google, Apps, Multimedia and Utility. Users can of course create other folders if needed. Interestingly, if the user enters one of the folders on the desktop, the user can move from one folder to another by simply sweeping (swipe) the screen sideways.
Users can also maximize the screen display area by hiding 3 navigation buttons below the screen with settings via Settings> Navigation Bar> Hide Button. For a different experience, users can even replace the 3 navigation buttons with a swipe up gesture through the settings in Settings> Navigation Bar> Use Sliding Gesture. Once activated the user simply slides up from the middle-bottom area of the screen to go to the homescreen, from left-down to open recent apps and from right-down to return to the previous view (back).
This phone is also equipped with a number of smart gesture-based features that aim to facilitate users. Among them is the "raise to wake" which when activated makes the screen automatically turn on when the user picks up the cellphone after being placed beforehand. Thus the face recognition feature will work immediately without having to press the power button first.
In addition there is also a Black screen gesture feature, where users can go directly to a specific application from the state of the screen to die only by drawing a pattern on the screen. For example, the user can directly open the e-mail by simply drawing the letter "e" when the screen is off, or drawing the letter "m" to open the music player application. There are 10 choices of patterns that can be personalized for this black screen gesture feature.
There is also a smart bright screen option that will make the screen turn on while the front camera detects the user's face is staring at the screen. This makes users not have to worry about the screen will be locked automatically when reading long articles, for example.
In addition there are still other smart gesture feature options such as Smart dial, Smart answer, Pause alarm, Smart vibration reminder and Double click wake up.
The camera sector was not left behind by the current trend of a dual camera on the back side. This twin camera has 16MP and 5MP configurations. Thus the main camera of this phone is able to make photos with bokeh effects that look natural. The separation between sharp photographic objects and blurry backgrounds looks natural. The user can even determine how blurry the background is on the bokeh photo you want to make.
About features, the main camera Luna X Prime offers 7 main mode options, including Night (for use when lighting around less objects such as at night), Video, Face beauty, Photo, Backlight (to be used when the background of the object is brightly lit ), Panorama and Facemoji.
What's interesting is of course the Facemoji feature. With this feature, users can create short videos with the appearance of funny characters such as foxes, robots, dragons and others who follow the user's facial expressions, such as mouth movements, jaw, blinking of the eyes to eyebrow movements.
In addition, through the icon in the upper left corner (in portrait orientation) users can use other features on the camera, including, Professional (for setting focus, shutter speed, WB, ISO and exposure value manually), Time-Lapse, Slow Motion and Group Selfie.
For the front camera, Luna pinned a 16MP sensor. It's just that some modes that can be used in the main camera, can not be used for front cameras or selfies such as Night, Backlight, Panorama, Professional and Slow Motion.
This phone uses the middle class chipset made by MediaTek which is also used on the Oppo F7, namely Helio P60. This chipset carries an 8-core processor with 2.0 GHz speed in each core. But the 8 core processors are divided into 2 different types of architecture namely A73 and A53.
What became "highlighted" when the first appearance of this chipset at the beginning of this year was its support for AI-based features which again was a trend in upper middle class mobile phones. Because this chipset has brought the technology they call NeuroPilot AI.
No less interesting this phone is equipped with the ability to be used with a wireless charger or wireless charger. That is, for charging users just put this phone on a special dock. Unfortunately, the wireless charger for this cellphone is sold separately. PULSA also did not know for sure whether this phone can be charged using a wireless charger from another brand, but this one feature is indeed worthy of plus points.
Classified as middle class with a price tag of 4 million, this phone offers a variety of premium class features ranging from the current screen, processors with AI support, dual main cameras, and so on. Unfortunately the name LUNA has not won trust as high as Oppo or Vivo which also has products in the same price class with features that are almost similar, so its success in the market is still doubtful.
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