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G**A
A wonder!
I will be giving this phone a glowing review but there will be one additional piece of information that I'll get to as I go on.First off, to say this is a great piece of kit is an understatement. When you add in value for money, then it is seriously as good as it gets.I have owned Huawei and Oukitel phones before and this compares very, very, favourably.This is a really well put together phone. It feels premium quality and the screen is top notch. Sound is very good.One small niggle it has, is that it will not save photos and vids directly to the cloud. They go to the phone's ''files'' app and you transfer them over from there. So, get into the habit of doing that every day or so if possible, as you don't want to lose everything saved should the worst happen. I should say that having searched online for this issue, it is not down to the phone - loads of others have the same deal - but it seems it is Google and how they have set up Google Cloud and even though they are well aware of the problem, they are in no hurry to fix it.Anyway. It's a small thing, far outweighed by the positives.It is very fast, responsive and as I said above, astonishing value for money.It has a non-removable battery, which so far has been excellent. However, I am very aware that this means I will probably be looking for a new phone in a couple of years or so once the battery fills the charge-cycle bin, as these things inevitably do. However, at this price, let's face it, that would be no hardship at all.The camera is excellent, with various settings to use to enhance your photos. I showed a portrait to a friend and she asked if I used my DSLR to take it. It genuinely was that good quality.OK, now that added piece of information...After one month of flawless use, the screen died on me. Flickered, faded and kicked the bucket. The phone was still on in the background but I just couldn't see anything.Of course, I was three days past Amazon's return date. So, I got in touch with the seller direct...and within a day, I had received a friendly and detailed reply and a tech fix. I have just done that (worked exactly as they had described it would) and I have my phone back.It does of course remain to be seen if this has indeed fully fixed the issue - if it does, it would seem that it was a software update glitch - however, even if it doesn't, I have been assured that I can return the phone for a complete and full refund (inc postage) or a replacement phone. What more could one ask for.So, overall, I would recommend this phone to anyone.
B**J
50% of the performance of a flagship, but at 10% of the price. Wow!
I bought this as a 'burner' phone after I broke my lovely Samsung Galaxy S10. I could have gone a little cheaper, but this was the cheapest phone with good features and review. I was amazed at what I could get for the money! + 1/10th the price of a top-of-the-range phone + battery life is actually BETTER than my Galaxy S10 + the fingerprint sensor actually works well! + Perfectly OK screen + vanilla Android 9, without much bloatware +Dual SIMs AND a memory card slot + Nothing wrong with the looks + Does everything you'd want a smart phone to do. - Camera is poor - Not waterproof. I thought it came with a silicone bumper case, but that's actually the back of the phone. Peel that off, and you have direct access to the innards. - a wee bit slow sometimes - no NFC, so no contactless payments (although Google Pay solemnly installed itself).So, although I'll switch my SIM back to the S10 when the insurance replacement comes (mainly because of the camera), I've got a soft spot for this phone, and will be happy to use it in future if needed as a spare.
A**R
Good for £75, probably not for you if you have high standards.
If you're coming from a half decent-or-thereabouts smartphone and you're willing to lower your standards a little bit, or if this is a first phone or a spare phone, I would say this is a perfect choice. Either way, taking into account the price you can't really expect anything more in my opinion. After reading some of the negative reviews I can't help but think they were expecting far too much for the price point, or the phone they received wasn't up to scratch.The cameras aren't great, rear facing isn't anything special and front facing is kinda poor, especially in Snapchat and Instagram where it's zoomed in a fair amount compared to while in the normal camera app for some reason.Audio when listening to music from the speakers is kinda tinny. I don't really listen to music directly from my phone speakers often, if I did I probably wouldn't be too impressed. Further, the speakers are positioned on the back side of the phone, so when the phone lies on its back the audio is compromised.It came with a clear plastic soft case on the back which is decent, also seems to have a screen protector already applied underneath the peelable plastic screen cover. The screen is obviously pretty big, and is quite sharp in terms of resolution. Screen seems a a tad slow to react at times/tad clumsy, but nothing major. Isn't perfect at picking up inputs but that could partly be due to the screen protector.It came with an EU/shaver plug along with a usb/android cord. It seems to charge very slowly, possibly due to the fact that in the UK I can't use the EU charger without an adapter, or without using a non-manufacturer accessory. But the battery holds up really well so not a huge issue. Fingerprint sensor seems to work as well as any other I've had. It's also pretty nice to look at, a little bit big but not overly heavy relative to size.If you buy this phone you're gonna want to go into the camera app, go into settings and turn off the 'Water Mark' toggle. Otherwise you get a stupid watermark on pictures bottom left.My last phone was a Motorola G5, which I'd consider to represent the lower end of actually decent smartphones (at least when I bought it a couple years ago). This is a little bit noticeably worse in every way, which is to be expected, and nothing I won't get used to. I'd ideally like slightly better cameras but all in all I'm pretty impressed at the quality.
M**G
It's a good budget phone
Takes a lot longer to boot up than any other android phone I have owned, it's not slow though when its running. The screen could be a better resolution and I had trouble getting my sim card and memorychip to be recognised, I had to reboot the phone a few times unlike my other android which just works right away with switching sims.The colour is VERY blue, slightly misleading how it apears on the images shown here. It's not bad at all for the price, made in China though I would have avoided it if I had known.
K**R
Very good value
Quality screen and phone. Tapping can be a bit vague sometimes but can't complain as it's such good value, bought one for my lad and then got one for myself as well.
