Check the official cubot forum before parting with your money.
I had to send it back because GPS was useless and the fixes they suggest didn't work/were nonsense.
jaydeeuk1 to WG47
24 Aug 162#5
That'll be because of the useless mediatek CPU - you'll find the same with every model using that chip. Newer models are supposed to be better, but after a side by side comparison with a mate's dodgy samsing suny s8 or whatever it's called and my 5x I'm not convinced. They released sources yet? Insta-cold from me.
xboxden
24 Aug 16#3
as a basic smart phone, very nice. the wife got one a couple of weeks back and it's fast. ok for a few apps, couple of games texts and calls.
sealthard
24 Aug 16#4
I've been looking at phones recently and just to point out: I own a Galaxy S5 which is two generations out of date and it has almost double the processing power of this phone at 2.5GHz.
Obviously it's a budget phone, but just to give people a bit of context
RiverDragon8 to sealthard
25 Aug 16#18
Cool story bro.
ro888
24 Aug 161#6
1. MTK6580 was quite doggy with poor GPS performance.
2. Lack of 4G is a real pain this days.
Don't invest on such phone..
gtd65 to ro888
25 Aug 16#20
Doogee X5Pro & X6Pro with MTK 6735P is very poor with GPS as well. Fast performer in general but a few other issues with camera/video functions within apps too.... I'm off Chinese phones for a while I think, unless it's a decent spec ZTE or Huawei....
Mugwomp
24 Aug 16#7
Bought one for my young son....excellent phone and screen for a first phone.
ukfix
24 Aug 161#8
Great price with that size of battery it's just a touch too big, the maximum I will go to nowadays is 5" it's just difficult to find one with a 4000mah+ battery
7777777 to ukfix
24 Aug 161#9
xiaomi redmi 3 (pro with 3gb ram and 32gb internal memory). 5'' and 4150mAh
ukfix
24 Aug 16#10
That's the exact phone I've got, the pro one :smiley: However it's faulty! People can't hear me talking sometimes, the call comes and goes, and play store won't function correctly it gets stuck on "installing" all the time when installing apps, tried a factory reset and removing and reinstalling the play store etc
The phone if working correctly would be perfect!
shikztheurbanlegend
24 Aug 16#11
any chance this phones got what it needs to play pokemon go or even support google cardboard !
Try install different rom, most likely software causes the problem, not hardware. Good starting point : http://en.miui.com/forum-90-1.html
philipgregson58
24 Aug 16#14
No. Really? :-)
ukfix
24 Aug 16#15
Yes, really! :disappointed:
ukfix
24 Aug 16#16
Thanks I'll take a look, not sure if I can do it without an unlocked bootloader which I've tried to do but it won't, not had too much look with these phones, I have the standard redmi 3 which worked fine for a week, until I broke the screen at work :smiley:
wearewolves
24 Aug 16#17
I've got the next one up, the Cubot Dinosaur (awful name) - got it for £109 off Amazon. Marshmallow, 4G, dual sim, 3gb RAM, separate sd slot, battery like a substation. I'm sure that you can get better for more but for around a ton it's hard to beat.
shikztheurbanlegend
25 Aug 16#19
oh :disappointed: well huge thanks for the info you posted
ekimuk
25 Aug 16#21
This is really HOT! I bought it as a present and been playing around with it and it feels solid and not laggy. For some people 4G is an issue (fair enough) but for the money this is one of the few android phones that has 16 GB of onboard storage as well as 2GB Ram.
What other Android phone can you get for the same price with better features? It's £65 and it doesn't have all the bells and whistles because of its price.
M
sealthard
25 Aug 16#22
I was just trying to give people a frame of reference
brexit ruined the price of this, was under £50 when i bought it 3/4 months ago
reddit to woodg8
26 Aug 16#27
Not brexit.
Just vendors making a nice little extra profit and hiding behind the brexit reasoning.
jayjayuk1234
26 Aug 16#28
Well, basically both phones have a poor camera, poor wifi and GPS really, ithey are 60 quid phones and use the same chipset
However, the Bluboo Maya is better than the Cubot Note S, the battery is probably not as good but the size of the Cubot battery is huge and is lithium ion, the Bluboo battery is the much lighter Lithium Polymer
i have both here in front of me, the GPS, Camera and build quality are both better on the Maya and the wifi is the same on both for me. The GPS isn;t great on either, but i was able to tweak the Maya to give a pretty quick and accurate GPS lock
The Cubot doesn't do anything better than the Maya other than a bit of battery life, and feels plastic cheap and tacky in comparison. I can't get used to the charge port being at the top either.
The Maya also ships with android 6.0, the Cubot update to Marshmallow is still a beta, and still has some issues
sam_of_london
27 Aug 16#29
No 4G. You must be very stupid to buy this.
WG47 to sam_of_london
27 Aug 162#30
3G is plenty fast for browsing, tweeting, etc. Some piggyback networks don't even do 4G yet. 4G is hardly a necessity. It is a piece of crap though.
jayjayuk1234 to sam_of_london
27 Aug 162#32
What a moronic comment
sam_of_london
27 Aug 16#31
Go back to 19th century or to an underdeveloped country where they still don't have 4g.
reddit
28 Aug 161#33
The planet that you live on must have Thousandpound stores for the riff raff there then.
sam_of_london
30 Aug 16#34
4g is a great blessing in this country. You can call abroad, Web conference, Internet shopping. You have to be a real moron to hate 4g
SilverBlack
30 Aug 16#35
Ive got one use it as a back up phone.I only get 3G at home but download speeds are faster on 3G than they are on 4G when out and about.3G is more than quick enough.
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System:
OS: Android 5.1
CPU: MTK6580, Quad-Core, 1.3GHz
RAM: 2GB
ROM: 16GB
Extended: 32GB
Network:
Band:
2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900
3G:WCDMA 900/1900/2100
Wireless Connectivity:WCDMA,GSM,UMTS,GPS,WIFI,Bluetooth,
Bluetooth: Yes,4.0
WIFI: Yes, 802.11b/g/n wireless internet
GPS: Yes,built in,also support A-GPS
Camera:
Camera Type: Dual Camera(One Front and One Back)
Front Camera: 2.0MP(interpolated 5.0MP)
Back Camera: 5.0MP (interpolated 8.0MP),with 1.0 A LED flashlight
Camera Functions: Auto-focusing
Video Recording: Yes
Display:
Screen Type: IPS,2.5D Glass,Capacitive Touch Screen
Screen Size: 5.5 Inch
Screen Resolution: HD 1280x720pixels
Screen Color: 16000K Colors
Connectivity:
SIM Card Slot: Dual SIM Card Dual Standby, Two Micro SIM and One SD Card
SD Card Slot: Yes
USB Slot: Yes
Audio Output: Yes (3.5mm audio out port)
Microphone: Supported
Speaker: Supported
Feature:
Direction,Proximity,Accelerometer,Others(Light sensor), Air control,Gesture control,HotKnotOTG, Cast screem,Auto-start-managenment,Date-Protection,Mobile anti-theft,Battery saver,OTA update,etc
All comments (36)
http://www.needrom.com/category/cubot/
I had to send it back because GPS was useless and the fixes they suggest didn't work/were nonsense.
Obviously it's a budget phone, but just to give people a bit of context
2. Lack of 4G is a real pain this days.
Don't invest on such phone..
The phone if working correctly would be perfect!
no gyroscope so no AR mode and headtrack.
What other Android phone can you get for the same price with better features? It's £65 and it doesn't have all the bells and whistles because of its price.
M
Bluboo Maya is a better phone anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at0Cw6kyBdk
Just vendors making a nice little extra profit and hiding behind the brexit reasoning.
However, the Bluboo Maya is better than the Cubot Note S, the battery is probably not as good but the size of the Cubot battery is huge and is lithium ion, the Bluboo battery is the much lighter Lithium Polymer
i have both here in front of me, the GPS, Camera and build quality are both better on the Maya and the wifi is the same on both for me. The GPS isn;t great on either, but i was able to tweak the Maya to give a pretty quick and accurate GPS lock
The Cubot doesn't do anything better than the Maya other than a bit of battery life, and feels plastic cheap and tacky in comparison. I can't get used to the charge port being at the top either.
The Maya also ships with android 6.0, the Cubot update to Marshmallow is still a beta, and still has some issues