I have this phone (about 2m now) running on Vodafone 4G - not changed the ROM, other than the OTA updates provided by Umi - works well as my daily phone, often I have 70% battery left at the end of the day.
Camera isn't the best indoors / dark / night, but daytime outdoor shots are fine.
Antutu benchmark score just over 37k, feels nippy enough (I'm not a mobile gamer), no noticeable lag.
Fingerprint ID works fine for me (others have said it's not v good.)

Happy to answer any questions about it

Specs Umi Touch
Display: 5.5 inch 1920 x 1080 2.5D Arc Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Screen 441ppi
CPU: MTK6753 64bit Octa Core
System: Android 6.0 Marshmallow
RAM + ROM: 3GB RAM + 16GB ROM. TF card up to 128GB
Camera: Back camera 13MP Sony IMX328 camera Dual flashlight
Front camera 5.0MP Hynix HI553 camera Front flashlight
Sensor: G- Sensor, Glonass, P- Sensor, L-Sensor, Accelerometer
Touch ID: Front Fingerprint Scanner, unlock in 0.1-0.3s, multi-function
Bluetooth: 4.1
SIM Card: Dual SIM dual standby shared
Network:
2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 900/2100MHz
4G: FDD-LTE 800/1800/2600MHz

Not a huge fan of the MTK chipset, but it depends on what you want out of the phone.

No experience of this brand, but specs for the price looks good. The battery, at 4000mAh in particular.

looks good for the money.

thinking it's finally time to replace my Xperia Z1 - not too bothered about water resistance these days, but it's getting laggy - anyone know how this compares as a cheap alternative smartphone?

looks good but never used gearbest before and would I have to change the rom on the phone to make it safe ?

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I have this phone (about 2m now) running on Vodafone 4G - not changed the ROM, other than the OTA updates provided by Umi - works well as my daily phone, often I have 70% battery left at the end of the day.
Camera isn't the best indoors / dark / night, but daytime outdoor shots are fine.
Antutu benchmark score just over 37k, feels nippy enough (I'm not a mobile gamer), no noticeable lag.
Fingerprint ID works fine for me (others have said it's not v good.)

Happy to answer any questions about it

What are the speakers like?

​take it that's the Z1 you're referring to... Had some issues rooting it :disappointed:

This or moto g 4th gen?

They apparently have "5 ROMS ready to go" through Rootjoy, but are quite cagey about what these are and when they'll be released. Personally, I think you were right to cancel your pre-order if it was based on wanting this. I think you dodged ultimately being disappointed.

u will get your fone in 2 months

As an Umi Hammer S owner, I would advise all to steer clear. Zero support, limited functionality and poor quality control. Rant over!

No NFC, no comment :smile:

As an Umi Hammer S owner, I would advise all to steer clear. Zero support, limited functionality and poor quality control. Rant over!

I had a UMI Iron pro till yesterday. I would say it's really good and really durable.... I literally bent the phone in half breaking the screen and metal casing. I did this so I wouldn't punch my partner during an argument. Anyway, the phone was literally bent in half... the screen was shattered and didn't work.. but everything else did... I backed up all my data as it was still powered on and took out my sim and binned the £100 phone.. now on to my next victim.

Engineer mode?

Poor reviews mentions unresponsive screen

Touch screen is poor and slow charging. Gps for sat navigation is unusuable! had to sell the phone just a warning! Go for xiaomi phone

This is my current phone. I was happy to pay a little more for the re-assurance of Amazon Prime. Happy with it so far and have to say it's exceptional for the money. Well built and runs well. It's already received 1 OTA update. I would say the camera is not the best but for general use it perfectly fine and I have found the battery charge to be slow but apart from it's all good. With the recent influx of chinese phones I'm not sure I will ever go back to paying top dollar for our flagship models

​Yep, useful if e.g. you want to tweak the speaker or mic levels, but there's tons of options/tests.

**** up to £105 now. just dropped my current phone and capacitive screen is borked. i would have been on this.

​*low power* is a joke right. Just look at the battery life difference between the Redmi note 3 vs note 3 pro

I'd get the Redmi note 3 pro for like £105

Or the Meizu MX4 Pro for 107 quid (ebay). If you can cope with 16GB and no SD card...

I got one, not impressed, flagship model, I don't think so, 4000ma battery drains quickly. Less apps than iron pro. Beware too about returns for repair, have to go to china usually at your cost. Had one umi phone out for repair 2 months now and still no sign of return ( different seller)

if you click on get deal it will says it is 135 the price :disappointed:

What the hell? Please expire! Not available at stated price! Comes up as over £100+