We were looking for picture frame like this for some time
I liked that this has white color edges as this will match the living room area where we have white cabinets to put it on.
I had a chance to test another frame similar to this and one thing that threw me away is price. I think there are some shenanigans going on with this particular item. When I ordered it it was 139$ but now I see it is 109$, however, going through frame options I see no difference with half-priced alternatives which are typically in the 60-70$ range.
This frame uses the very same OS and mobile app, there is absolutely any other additional feature that would justify elevated price.
But, besides the pricing issue, this frame is indeed very nice.
Same as the alternative that I reviewed earlier, booting the system up will show an unusual message “never disconnect power when Frameo is running”, which made me think what happens if there is an outage. I’m not eager to hook this up to UPS, LOL 🙂
As usual with IoT devices I’ve hooked this frame to protected WiFi which doesn’t have access to my core LAN. Trust no one, right? Once on WiFi, frame wanted to update firmware, which was a quick and seamless process and once done, frame was ready. I’ve installed the Frameo app to my phone and tried a few photos.
Picture quality is surprisingly good. But what is even more surprising and cool, is the ability to share code of your frame with family members or friends and they can push pictures to your frame wherever they are, if they install a mobile app.!
On the frame back side you can find the USB Type-C interface (on other alternatives I saw they use the old microUSB standard, so this one is a more modern version, but it wouldn't justify the price difference). There is also a microSD card slot which is very useful in case you need to extend built-in 32 gigs memory or for picture backup.
Same as with alternative products, you can’t delete photos from a phone app. To do that you need to use frame software and there is option “manage photos” where you can do clean up. I wish you could do this from your phone as it would be easier and it wouldn't leave fingerprints on display.
What I liked?
* Modern look and nice package
* Picture quality, rich colors and brightens
* Send pictures from phone
* Night mode with scheduled time-off (can be customized)
What I didn’t like?
* No light sensor for automatic brightness adjustment
* No ability to manage photos from the phone app.
* For this price I expect ability to read photos from LAN UNC path (i.e. from NAS)
Conclusion: price (139$ at time of my order) is out of whack but this is a very nice frame with very good picture quality.
Final verdict: 4 stars
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