Basic Information
Model UMI IRON
Band 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 900/1900/2100MHz
4G: FDD-LTE 1800/2100/2600MHz
SIM Card Dual SIM, Dual standby (2 Nano SIM Card or TF Card)
Style Bar Phone
Color Grey,Silver
Shell Material Metal
System
OS Android 5.1
CPU MTK6753 Octa Core, 1.3GHz
GPU Mali-T720
ROM 16GB
RAM 3GB
Screen
Display Size 5.5 inch
Type FHD LTPS Screen
Resolution 1920x1080 pixels
Multi-Touch Yes,5 points touch
Screen color 16000K colors
Support Format
Audio File Format WAV, AMR, MP3,AWB
Video File Format 3GP, MP4, RMVB
Image File Format GIF, JPEG, BMP, PNG
E-book Format TXT, PDF
OTG Yes
FM Radio Yes, earphone needed
Earphone Port 3.5mm
Card Extend Supports an external TF card up to 64GB
Data Transfer & Connectivity
Data transfer USB/Bluetooth
Mobile internet WAP/WiFi
General
Camera/Picture
Resolution Rear 13MP Sony IMX214 camera with dual flashlight and auto focus
5.0MP (interpolation 8.0MP) OV8858 front camera
Language Afrikaans, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Estonian, English, Spanish, Filipino, French, Croatian, Isizulu, Italian, Swahili, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Nederlands, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansh, Slovenian, Slovak, Finnish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Turkish, Greek, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Armenian, Hebrew, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Amharic, Hindi, Nepail, Bengali, Thai, Burmese, Cambodian, Korean, Japanese, Traditional/Simplified Chinese
Phonebook 500
Message SMS, MMS
Input Handwrite/Keypad
GPS Built in GPS,A-GPS with EPO
WIFI Yes, 802.11b/g/n wireless internet, 2.4GHz/5GHz
Bluetooth Yes,Bluetooth 4.0
Other Features Ebook, Email, Calendar, Agenda, Memo, Calculator, Alarm clock, Voice recorder, Linear accelerometer, Rotation Vector Sensor, Tethering & Portable hotspot, Playstore
Dimensions 152.3 x 76.5 x 7.9mm
Net Weight 148g
Battery(built-in) 3350mAh
Standby time About 3~4 days
Package Included 1 x UMI IRON Smartphone
1 x Charger
1 x USB Cable
1 x OTG Cable
1 x User Manual
Note: This product will be shipped with adapter plugs for the country of the buyer
This phone went flaming at £116 dont vote cold because its a china phone appreciate the specs and vote on that why pay £400+ for a Samsung
This does not have the 800Mhz 4G band which has the widest coverage - it will not get 4G in the same places as other 4G phones. The lower Hammer model does (it is a lower tier phone), as does the cheaper Doogee F5.
- jnm21
Top comments
Arbk66
26 Oct 1524#6
Tempted to buy one just to tell the missus I got her an iron for Christmas :smile:
Adidas Addict to mynameisthehulk
26 Oct 1511#26
People like you are the reason I vote every Chinese market phone deal hot.
o_t_e
26 Oct 159#10
if you go to https://www.facebook.com/umicommunity you'll find something that will take the price down to £111.92 for the fullfilled by Amazon version:
Don't post what you find on facebook here. For Reasons.
Wheresmylaptop
28 Oct 155#79
Mine arrived from Amazon this morning. So first impressions.....
Build quality, design and screen are amazing. Very, very fast phone.
Unfortunately, it would not allow writing to SD card so couldn't download music etc. Fixed with Nextapp SD fix. SD card now working. Also by default mobile data was turned off. Need to go into "data usage" setting and switch on. I spent a while thinking there was a problem.
The speaker is poor. I don't mean regular mobile phone poor. I mean really poor. You could use it when watching a film or playing a game, but it will take away from the otherwise very slick experience.
Mine works okay on Three 3g. Not been near 4g yet. However, hdspa+ (or 3g+) does not work. This also means that if, like me, you have a Home Signal box, that it does not work. Also Google play services stops every so often. The sound quality of music through headphones is great due to the Texas instruments HiFi chip. However, there is a definite pop when starting and finishing playback.
I have a Smart Ultra 6 arriving later today and I don't know which to keep!?! The Smart Ultra won't feel as nice and only has 2 GB RAM. However, I doubt it has any of the bugs mentioned above. Hmmmmm......
Oh, I should also mention that the multicoloured notification light is very good. I was worried it was going to be tacky, but no it looks/works great.
All comments (150)
antonywhite37
26 Oct 151#1
at this price and size hard to look past the Vodafone smart 6
abdi12346 to antonywhite37
26 Oct 15#2
CVoda Smart 6 looks abit on the tatty side sound is rubbish so is build this feels like a nice htc
I can never pick the courage to go for one of these cheap China phones. Can anyone tell the obvious flaws if any you get with these phones before I once again tempt myself!
abdi12346 to leet
26 Oct 151#7
I have bought 2 in the last 3 years i have sofar faced no problems, and today i shall be making a purchase for this device when i get off this stinky 205 bus
dothedealnow to leet
26 Oct 15#13
question whether it has NFC, and/or will work on your 4G network? possible warranty and android update challenges?
scuzzlebutt to leet
26 Oct 152#29
Honestly some of the Chinese smartphones are fantastic, I'm using the OPPO Find 7a that was a deal on here a few months ago and I think it's better than the Samsung Galaxy S5 it replaced. I would not worry about buying a Chinese phone as they are well built and reliable, I would just look on it as getting far more for your money than when you pay for a big name brand (most of which are all made in China anyway like the Iphones)
My only gripe is you don't get the range of accessories you do with the more mainstream phones, you need a universal car cradle kit and desktop charger etc rather than a bespoke one, but that's about it.
If you check the video reviews on Youtube you can get a very good idea of exactly what to expect from a Chinese Smartphone before you commit to purchasing one.
nigelbutler to leet
26 Oct 15#31
Same here... Battery life on these things can be worse than expected... To avoid losing £100 or whatever i'd rather buy the Vodafone Smart Ultra and unlock it at least you can return it if anything goes wrong
GPS & 4G also can cause issues on these import mobiles
Basically if you feel lucky then buy one;)
dz1 to leet
26 Oct 151#32
The biggest problem I can see with this phone and other cheap Chinese phones is the horrible black borders around the screen. Banggood lie in their photos by not showing the black borders, but in reality it has them.
If you want a good cheap phone then I would look at Xiaomi instead. Their phones don't have horrible black borders and they probably use better quality components too. The internal speakers are probably cheap on this umi iron. Xiaomi redmi note 2 or Xiaomi MI4C would be my choice.
hcc27 to leet
26 Oct 152#35
The flaws with Chinese phones are not so much with the hardware, but with the integration of the hardware with the OS. While manufacturers like Umi, Elephone, Cubot etc spend an inordinate amount of resource and time on 'one-upmanship' of Apple, Samsung, LG and the other big boys by shaving down their phones' thickness by 0.1mm, bumping up the resolution of their cameras by 0.5M pixels or adding an eye-scan unlock feature which no one in their right minds would want to use, rarely would they hire decent developers to ensure the version of Android on their phones actually works well with all that high end hardware.
Thus you end up wondering why your cutting edge Chinese phone with an octa-core processor and 3GB of RAM stutters when opening a web page or why it reboots several times a day.
Bobef90
26 Oct 151#5
Any problems then you pay for return costs, etc.
Chinese post is sh(;; coupled with comms problems.
I got burnt then foolishly went back and had the same problem.
When they do UK returns then go for it.
Arbk66
26 Oct 1524#6
Tempted to buy one just to tell the missus I got her an iron for Christmas :smile:
abdi12346 to Arbk66
26 Oct 151#8
gr8h8me
26 Oct 152#9
Great Phone I have it :-)
o_t_e
26 Oct 159#10
if you go to https://www.facebook.com/umicommunity you'll find something that will take the price down to £111.92 for the fullfilled by Amazon version:
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Opening post
http://m.banggood.com/UMI-IRON-4G-LTE-5_5-Inch-3GB-RAM-MTK6753-1_3GHz-Octa-core-Smartphone-p-982662.html
Basic Information
Model UMI IRON
Band 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 900/1900/2100MHz
4G: FDD-LTE 1800/2100/2600MHz
SIM Card Dual SIM, Dual standby (2 Nano SIM Card or TF Card)
Style Bar Phone
Color Grey,Silver
Shell Material Metal
System
OS Android 5.1
CPU MTK6753 Octa Core, 1.3GHz
GPU Mali-T720
ROM 16GB
RAM 3GB
Screen
Display Size 5.5 inch
Type FHD LTPS Screen
Resolution 1920x1080 pixels
Multi-Touch Yes,5 points touch
Screen color 16000K colors
Support Format
Audio File Format WAV, AMR, MP3,AWB
Video File Format 3GP, MP4, RMVB
Image File Format GIF, JPEG, BMP, PNG
E-book Format TXT, PDF
OTG Yes
FM Radio Yes, earphone needed
Earphone Port 3.5mm
Card Extend Supports an external TF card up to 64GB
Data Transfer & Connectivity
Data transfer USB/Bluetooth
Mobile internet WAP/WiFi
General
Camera/Picture
Resolution Rear 13MP Sony IMX214 camera with dual flashlight and auto focus
5.0MP (interpolation 8.0MP) OV8858 front camera
Language Afrikaans, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Estonian, English, Spanish, Filipino, French, Croatian, Isizulu, Italian, Swahili, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Nederlands, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansh, Slovenian, Slovak, Finnish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Turkish, Greek, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Armenian, Hebrew, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Amharic, Hindi, Nepail, Bengali, Thai, Burmese, Cambodian, Korean, Japanese, Traditional/Simplified Chinese
Phonebook 500
Message SMS, MMS
Input Handwrite/Keypad
GPS Built in GPS,A-GPS with EPO
WIFI Yes, 802.11b/g/n wireless internet, 2.4GHz/5GHz
Bluetooth Yes,Bluetooth 4.0
Sensor
Gravity sensor Yes
Light Sensor Yes
Proximity Sensor Yes
Other Features Ebook, Email, Calendar, Agenda, Memo, Calculator, Alarm clock, Voice recorder, Linear accelerometer, Rotation Vector Sensor, Tethering & Portable hotspot, Playstore
Dimensions 152.3 x 76.5 x 7.9mm
Net Weight 148g
Battery(built-in) 3350mAh
Standby time About 3~4 days
Package Included 1 x UMI IRON Smartphone
1 x Charger
1 x USB Cable
1 x OTG Cable
1 x User Manual
Note: This product will be shipped with adapter plugs for the country of the buyer
This phone went flaming at £116 dont vote cold because its a china phone appreciate the specs and vote on that why pay £400+ for a Samsung
This does not have the 800Mhz 4G band which has the widest coverage - it will not get 4G in the same places as other 4G phones. The lower Hammer model does (it is a lower tier phone), as does the cheaper Doogee F5.
- jnm21
Top comments
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ZYZ8NI2
Don't post what you find on facebook here. For Reasons.
Build quality, design and screen are amazing. Very, very fast phone.
Unfortunately, it would not allow writing to SD card so couldn't download music etc. Fixed with Nextapp SD fix. SD card now working. Also by default mobile data was turned off. Need to go into "data usage" setting and switch on. I spent a while thinking there was a problem.
The speaker is poor. I don't mean regular mobile phone poor. I mean really poor. You could use it when watching a film or playing a game, but it will take away from the otherwise very slick experience.
Mine works okay on Three 3g. Not been near 4g yet. However, hdspa+ (or 3g+) does not work. This also means that if, like me, you have a Home Signal box, that it does not work. Also Google play services stops every so often. The sound quality of music through headphones is great due to the Texas instruments HiFi chip. However, there is a definite pop when starting and finishing playback.
I have a Smart Ultra 6 arriving later today and I don't know which to keep!?! The Smart Ultra won't feel as nice and only has 2 GB RAM. However, I doubt it has any of the bugs mentioned above. Hmmmmm......
Oh, I should also mention that the multicoloured notification light is very good. I was worried it was going to be tacky, but no it looks/works great.
All comments (150)
http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/comparison/69b436c56
My only gripe is you don't get the range of accessories you do with the more mainstream phones, you need a universal car cradle kit and desktop charger etc rather than a bespoke one, but that's about it.
If you check the video reviews on Youtube you can get a very good idea of exactly what to expect from a Chinese Smartphone before you commit to purchasing one.
GPS & 4G also can cause issues on these import mobiles
Basically if you feel lucky then buy one;)
If you want a good cheap phone then I would look at Xiaomi instead. Their phones don't have horrible black borders and they probably use better quality components too. The internal speakers are probably cheap on this umi iron. Xiaomi redmi note 2 or Xiaomi MI4C would be my choice.
Thus you end up wondering why your cutting edge Chinese phone with an octa-core processor and 3GB of RAM stutters when opening a web page or why it reboots several times a day.
Chinese post is sh(;; coupled with comms problems.
I got burnt then foolishly went back and had the same problem.
When they do UK returns then go for it.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ZYZ8NI2
Don't post what you find on facebook here. For Reasons.
Ordered a Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 32gb and can't wait! :smiley: