You rarely find a phone that looks good at this price. The large size phablet (6.54 by 3.35 inches and 7.05 ounces) are undoubtedly given the size of the screen, but the 0.31-inch thickness is amazing by any standards. Drawing some influence from Sony OmniBalance design language, the Cyprus Featuring contoured edges with inlaid metal panels that offer premium feel. Back view of fine-textured plastic as nice feel, and the whole assembly is durable and provides no flexing or creaking. Her only clue that this is anything but a premium devices are the strip dated capacitive navigation buttons sit below the display.
The 6-inch, 720p LCD IPS is surprisingly good, with rich color reproduction, good maximum brightness and a wide viewing angle. It is free of the issues that plague contemporary cheap phones like Blu Studio X Plus, like blocky screen color banding or ghosting as well. It could stand to be sharper (245 ppi), but there's really not much to complain about the price. The real issue here is touch screen accuracy and sensitivity, which I will explain below.
Like most affordable, unlocked phones, 4G LTE Cyprus fast enough. Unfortunately, it's also missing some HSPA + bands used by T-Mobile and AT & T. As it stands, Cyprus supports GSM (850/900/1800 / 1900MHz) and HSDPA (850 / 1900MHz ). That means deciding 3G speeds, confirmed the test speed 5Mbps rarely broken down or 1Mbps up. Call quality, likewise, was disappointing in my testing using an AT & T SIM. Shipping via mic sounds distant, muffled, and not natural, with very little tone. Volume of the earpiece and speakerphone could use a boost, while voice sounded too harsh by the earpiece. Noise cancellation let through a great deal of noise outside, and also dampened voice of the caller in the process.
802.11b / g / n Wi-Fi is limited to the slower, more crowded 2.4GHz band. Also onboard is Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS radios, who both worked fine in my testing.