Camera 13-megapixel front camera: 5-megapixel Flash
Ports 3.5mm headphone jack; microSD
Battery 2,500 mAh
Other features 4G, Gorilla Glass 3
Operating System Cyanogen OS 12.1
Weight 130g
Resolution 720X1280
Storage 16GB + microSD
Seems good for the price of your after a cheap phone with decent specs and Cyanogen out of the box.
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Top comments
OpineDevine
19 Oct 1521#1
Wileyfox, gorilla glass, what am I buying here a phone or a zoo? :wink:
jonnygrand
19 Oct 1517#5
£3.99 in WHSmiths mate
No1_VIPER to bdt_1978
19 Oct 157#16
- Not everybody wants a 5.5" screen
- Comes unlocked out of the box to any network.
- Has Cyanogen pre-installed
- Has better build quality
Nexy
19 Oct 153#47
Currently loving my Swift.
Rear camera is good, but not spectacular. Front-facing camera is neither here nor there.
GPS has been faultless for me, which contrasts with some of the worrying reports I'd read.
The primary SIM is 4G, the secondary SIM is not. I've got a Giffgaff SIM (O2 MVNO) in slot one, and will be putting a SIM from The People's Operator (EE MVNO) in slot two.
Battery life is fine. I generally get through a full day without recharging, unless I watch a few hours of Netflix as well and then it needs a topup. While it's not "fast charging", it charges pretty quickly on a decent charger or powerbank.
It's smooth and fast, and the only bug I've encountered so far was when restoring from SMSBackup+, the timestamp info was reset. It's a CM12 bug supposedly. Everything else has worked just fine.
I had cause to ring the customer services team when I first had it, because there was a tiny visual blemish on the screen. My call was answered in about ten minutes.
I thought might be a tiny fragment of hair beneath the factory-fitted screen protector. I didn't want to remove the screen protector without checking with them first, because if it was a scratch, it would have looked like I'd scratched it myself.
They offered an immediate RMA, and let me remove the screen protector. Sure enough, it was a tiny fragment of hair or something (width of a hair, an probably less than a millimeter in length) so I didn't have to RMA it (although they said I could if I wanted).
Very happy.
Hell of a phone for the money.
All comments (66)
OpineDevine
19 Oct 1521#1
Wileyfox, gorilla glass, what am I buying here a phone or a zoo? :wink:
ezeoke to OpineDevine
19 Oct 151#3
You can't buy a zoo for £129 mate.
kobirulali to OpineDevine
8 Nov 15#65
With a SnapDRAGON inside
hackerace
19 Oct 15#2
looks good, nice size but i hear the camera is not great, any other alternatives? similar size, ideally looking at 4.7-5" screen size.
hiezra to hackerace
19 Oct 15#31
YES IPHONE 6s
theobaldhj to hackerace
20 Oct 15#64
Camera is actually quite decent but when video recording seem to make a background noise
cjhilton49
19 Oct 15#4
Can someone explain the advantage or otherwise of Cyanogen over Android os, please?
furbars to cjhilton49
19 Oct 15#6
Google it I just did, what I have read you can customise it a lot more that Android and make it a lot more secure, I'm tempted by this just waiting from anyone out there that actually uses it.
Rich44 to cjhilton49
19 Oct 152#26
you'll get the best features without having to faff about, if it's just cyanogen that's not been fiddled with you'll get the latest release MUCHore quickly than any other device besides Nexus devices.
The phone will be supported for longer, get updates for longer, there won't be any bloatware like touchwiz etc, you won't be stuck with a load of rubbish you don't want but can't remove.
In short there's only positives really it's a great os
jonnygrand
19 Oct 1517#5
£3.99 in WHSmiths mate
furbars
19 Oct 153#7
just to add it's a British company that makes this phone that makes a pleasant change :smile:
spannerzone to furbars
19 Oct 153#12
Yup but they buy in the phones from China and have them built to their specification
spannerzone to furbars
19 Oct 15#32
well of course, just wanted to make sure people didn't think this was made in the UK as that is how it was implied. I'm not knocking this or any Chinese phone.
Adidas Addict to furbars
19 Oct 15#48
Afraid not, Wileyfox buy a Chinese phone that's available on other markets under a different name and rebrand it.
No1_VIPER
19 Oct 15#8
Have you had a look at the reviews on Amazon?
furbars
19 Oct 15#9
some of them looks ok.
bdt_1978
19 Oct 15#10
Hard to see why you would go for this over a smart ultra 6?
No1_VIPER to bdt_1978
19 Oct 157#16
- Not everybody wants a 5.5" screen
- Comes unlocked out of the box to any network.
- Has Cyanogen pre-installed
- Has better build quality
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Opening post
Display 5-inch HD, IPS
Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 410
Camera 13-megapixel front camera: 5-megapixel Flash
Ports 3.5mm headphone jack; microSD
Battery 2,500 mAh
Other features 4G, Gorilla Glass 3
Operating System Cyanogen OS 12.1
Weight 130g
Resolution 720X1280
Storage 16GB + microSD
Seems good for the price of your after a cheap phone with decent specs and Cyanogen out of the box.
Shared Via The HUKD App For Android.
Top comments
- Comes unlocked out of the box to any network.
- Has Cyanogen pre-installed
- Has better build quality
Rear camera is good, but not spectacular. Front-facing camera is neither here nor there.
GPS has been faultless for me, which contrasts with some of the worrying reports I'd read.
The primary SIM is 4G, the secondary SIM is not. I've got a Giffgaff SIM (O2 MVNO) in slot one, and will be putting a SIM from The People's Operator (EE MVNO) in slot two.
Battery life is fine. I generally get through a full day without recharging, unless I watch a few hours of Netflix as well and then it needs a topup. While it's not "fast charging", it charges pretty quickly on a decent charger or powerbank.
It's smooth and fast, and the only bug I've encountered so far was when restoring from SMSBackup+, the timestamp info was reset. It's a CM12 bug supposedly. Everything else has worked just fine.
I had cause to ring the customer services team when I first had it, because there was a tiny visual blemish on the screen. My call was answered in about ten minutes.
I thought might be a tiny fragment of hair beneath the factory-fitted screen protector. I didn't want to remove the screen protector without checking with them first, because if it was a scratch, it would have looked like I'd scratched it myself.
They offered an immediate RMA, and let me remove the screen protector. Sure enough, it was a tiny fragment of hair or something (width of a hair, an probably less than a millimeter in length) so I didn't have to RMA it (although they said I could if I wanted).
Very happy.
Hell of a phone for the money.
All comments (66)
The phone will be supported for longer, get updates for longer, there won't be any bloatware like touchwiz etc, you won't be stuck with a load of rubbish you don't want but can't remove.
In short there's only positives really it's a great os
- Comes unlocked out of the box to any network.
- Has Cyanogen pre-installed
- Has better build quality