I had this phone for about a month before returning it (for about £112 with a halloween promo code on Amazon), heres a mini review:

Pros:
- Great 1080p screen
- Sd card slot (woop)
- ran most things smoothly, very few crashes
- software was almost vanilla android which was nice, and snappy
- Light, but felt well made with the metal back
- battery life was not bad at all

Cons:
- Big gripe #1: Absolutely awful camera. I genuinely think my iPhone 3GS took better photos. Its extrapolated to the higher MP count, but only in bright light does it take photos which look ok. Also really quite a lot of lag. I tried various apps on various settings but eventually gave up. So if you're looking for a decent camera I'd probably recommend staying away
- Big gripe #2: The audio. It pops when you change tracks, and crackles at anything above 2 notches on the volume control. Initially thought it was fine as I could (almost) live with the torture for the pros. Then I tried playing games with headphones in, and it popped almost constantly due to shifting background music and also sound effects. Now I think if you use rootjoy or whatever and go to a more recent firmware it 'might' solve this according to some forums... But I decided that it probably wouldn't last me the usual 1.5-2 years I expect to use a phone for.
- Already stated I felt it was fast, but if you're expecting incredible specs on paper then the processor on this and GPU are the same I believe as some of the cheaper Cubot etc phones. Now I should stress this didn't affect my experience at all, but it depends if this sort of thing bothers you. It does have 3gb of RAM though..!
- It's quite hard to find accesories for it online; found a cheapish (4 quid) tempered glass screen protector and a very generic clip on case, but other than its mostly these weird cases which stick onto the back (which might be great, but no reviews I can see)
- it doesn't have the 4G band for O2
- Think it dropped signal a few times during calls, but attributed that to O2 coverage

TL:DR version: it runs well and looks great, but has an fairly bad camera and audio issues and no 4G for O2 users. Depends on what you prioritise when it comes to phones.

Yeah, what's with this new trend?, most of the latest Chinese phones are doing this when back in the day they had 3 dedicated slots on even the cheapest models. I guess it's just to cut corners and cost. As pretty much everyone will use an SD card it basically makes having a 2nd SIM slot redundant. Having 2 SIM's is a great feature especially when abroad, why oh why did they have to go and ruin it!

Sadly another nice phone totally spoilt by the micro sd card "sharing" the same hole as the second sim, so you either have sd OR dual sim but not both :\

I'm also not entirely sure by the "you have to send the phone to china after 45 days" as no you bloody don't. you whine at amazon :P

EDIT :- You may also want to read the reviews before dipping in on this one :smiley:

ordered the pro for 140 quid, dont see all the fuss about not having dual sim though pretty much done without 2 sims for the past 20 years :-)

What...????
Fingerprint is outdated ????
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£109.99
today date 23/12/2015

And that's why you should only read Amazon reviews that accompany a verified purchase.

I know - it is criminal...

How does the 2.3GHz Atom Z3580 processor rate?

problem with Amazon reviews (for products like this) are that it's so skewed in favour due to the number of reviews that are by people who got given the product for free for an 'unbiased' review...

Seriously, it is **** - that is my review. There is nothing more to be said - this phone is **** in both hardware and software.

Just to be clear - do not buy this phone, wait.

Can't recommend enough that people do not buy this phone.

It is a piece of utter crap - I won't do a mini review, but I've put my review on Amazon.

Terrible phone.

The processor is really bad. The Redmi note 2 prime is similar price but better than this.

It will be mini USB. Pretty much all Android phones are and have been for years.

==+1 huwaei/honor
also lenovo k3 note has massive community

people on here though like dooggee and cubot
elephone and one+one
HTH
edit : i do snapdragon only

​i don't know if it's the same but cubot h1 uses two sim in the same slot they sit upside down from each other so you can use two sims and a memory card

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ECOvp3L6M8

Seems a dumb question, but would this be a great upgrade for a Google Nexus 4?????
Need to give that to my mum and I get the replacement....

No seperate sd slot also kills it for me.

Had one for two weeks before sending back and getting LG G3. This is a blisteringly fast phone when using the UI, loading apps, etc. Way faster feeling than my G3. Handled games well too. The screen is fantastic. Crystal clear and very bright. Battery life is great. I was getting over 6 hours screen on time at around 50% brightness.

However, camera was rubbish. Would not focus clearly on anything more than around 5m away. Internal speaker was poor and while the sound through the headphones was absolutely stunning due to the Texas instruments dedicated hi-fi board, there was an annoying pop every time sound started. This can be overcome by Bluetooth headphones.

If you don't use the camera or listen through headphones, this is a great phone. Amazing value, but I wanted a decent camera and sound.

well you get 30 days dont you,
:confused:

I am a seller on Amazon where I send my stuff to them to sell and send out. The same set up as the seller of the phone in this deal.

have you experience ?

Here the seller's address

38E BLOCK C ETCH BUILDING
NO.2070 SHENNAN MID Rd FUTIAN D.C
SHENZHEN
GUANGDONG
518031
CN

This is fulfilled by Amazon not supplied by them. Within the first 30 days you have the same service as something supplied by them but after that you deal with the seller.

must look past FHD and 3gb ram
:man:

CPU:MTK6753 64-bit Octa Core, 1.3GHz

MTK = not worth a w**k!

Has a micro-usb port for charging. No rapid charge support.

Yeah, what's with this new trend?, most of the latest Chinese phones are doing this when back in the day they had 3 dedicated slots on even the cheapest models. I guess it's just to cut corners and cost. As pretty much everyone will use an SD card it basically makes having a 2nd SIM slot redundant. Having 2 SIM's is a great feature especially when abroad, why oh why did they have to go and ruin it!

I had this phone for about a month before returning it (for about £112 with a halloween promo code on Amazon), heres a mini review:

Pros:
- Great 1080p screen
- Sd card slot (woop)
- ran most things smoothly, very few crashes
- software was almost vanilla android which was nice, and snappy
- Light, but felt well made with the metal back
- battery life was not bad at all

Cons:
- Big gripe #1: Absolutely awful camera. I genuinely think my iPhone 3GS took better photos. Its extrapolated to the higher MP count, but only in bright light does it take photos which look ok. Also really quite a lot of lag. I tried various apps on various settings but eventually gave up. So if you're looking for a decent camera I'd probably recommend staying away
- Big gripe #2: The audio. It pops when you change tracks, and crackles at anything above 2 notches on the volume control. Initially thought it was fine as I could (almost) live with the torture for the pros. Then I tried playing games with headphones in, and it popped almost constantly due to shifting background music and also sound effects. Now I think if you use rootjoy or whatever and go to a more recent firmware it 'might' solve this according to some forums... But I decided that it probably wouldn't last me the usual 1.5-2 years I expect to use a phone for.
- Already stated I felt it was fast, but if you're expecting incredible specs on paper then the processor on this and GPU are the same I believe as some of the cheaper Cubot etc phones. Now I should stress this didn't affect my experience at all, but it depends if this sort of thing bothers you. It does have 3gb of RAM though..!
- It's quite hard to find accesories for it online; found a cheapish (4 quid) tempered glass screen protector and a very generic clip on case, but other than its mostly these weird cases which stick onto the back (which might be great, but no reviews I can see)
- it doesn't have the 4G band for O2
- Think it dropped signal a few times during calls, but attributed that to O2 coverage

TL:DR version: it runs well and looks great, but has an fairly bad camera and audio issues and no 4G for O2 users. Depends on what you prioritise when it comes to phones.

hi spark,
do you know if this phone has regular usb to charge it ?

They forgot about adding a compass and gyroscope in the Umi Iron Pro.

What is it with this company that they don't want their customers to know which way they are facing? :smile:

It's known to be very troublesome. That;s why they tried to fix it with the Iron pro and still didn't iron out the niggles.

Blimey, I punned unconsciously.

Second post on Amazon seemed to have a few problems,just a few.

Had it, tried it and sent it back :disappointed: . Rather buy a SU 6.

No gyroscope or compass.... What a wasted opportunity :confused:

I get on fine with mine - its just a shame there's not many 3rd party case vendors as the one I've had from ebay is pretty poor.

use it on giffgaff but the reception is relatively poor here, but that was the same on my GS5 aswell

Yeah I have an Elephone P7000 at the moment and it's a similar story. I'm hoping to get something like a G4 or a 6P next year but these Chinese phones can be a good way to get a decent performing phone for little money.

Got mine from amazon in November but returned after a few weeks as camera is awful and had a few niggles. Got the g3 for 140 from amazon warehouse deal and it's much better

Amazon deal with all customer service related issues for 'fulfilled by' products.

I have this phone (writing this message on it). It's very good in a lot of ways, especially for the price. Notably it's well-built, the display is really nice and it generally performs pretty well. Just lots of little software niggles and some unfortunate hardware drawbacks that drag it down and remind you that this isn't a premium device.

It's made me really miss my smashed OnePlus One but has also been a better than expected stop-gap phone until contract upgrade time.

You could well be right, but anyway whining at them would likely work :smiley: They are pretty reasonable to deal with! I voted hot btw even though it's not the phone for me :smiley:

As far as I understand, fulfilled by Amazon is the same as buying from Amazon. It's just not an official Amazon-resold product.

I could be wrong though.

BUT you didn't :smiley: they merely fulfilled the order

Yeah, if you bought it from Amazon then your returns policy would be with Amazon. You would never need to send it overseas for anything.

Sadly another nice phone totally spoilt by the micro sd card "sharing" the same hole as the second sim, so you either have sd OR dual sim but not both :\

I'm also not entirely sure by the "you have to send the phone to china after 45 days" as no you bloody don't. you whine at amazon :P

EDIT :- You may also want to read the reviews before dipping in on this one :smiley: