Should be lower than this now

Voted hot because it's not an iPhone :sunglasses:

Easy to unlock?

Voted hot because it's not an iPhone :sunglasses:

Voted hot because it is and OP included the topup in the price :wink:

Had mine for well over a year and its been faultless so far, lovely screen, fairly quick and the camera is ok, I really can't see why I would pay over 5 times this amount for a phone that would be not 5 times as good!!

Headphone socket and touch screen both failed on mine after 7 months, just received a refund from tesco.

i have one as a back up phone and I'm using as we speak. mine is buggy as hell and its around 10 months old. had to reset on several occasions and i honestly wouldn't pay half of this if i had the chance. not voted either way.

Bit big in the pocket but if you don't mind this it is a great phone for the money, superb pay as you go phone.

Should be lower than this now

Great phone. Been using mine for nearly a year now and bought for £99 then (no top up) so would also have expected it to be slightly lower. Not had any issues with it. Absolutely no need to pay over a ton these days for a phone. Easy to unlock, cost me about £1.60 and now using on three network.

Using one now got two brill phones.

Like the others, had mine for a year now and paid £99 for it. IMO, this phone should have dropped more by now.

rubbish subpar phone

Cost me £1.29 to unlock. Using it on 3 now.

Was a good phone when I bought it in July 2015, but they're not updating it anymore by the look of it, so cannot recommend you buy it - nor the smart ultra 7 - as they only update it for 1yr. Not bad as a stop gap phone.

I've had this since it launched but the lack of Android updates is killer.

Great phone had no problems after a year fast and great camera better specs than iPhone 6 for £99 its ridiculous. These are made by ZTE who did the blade phones.

From what I can understand from the Vodafone website "All phones, except iPhones, come with a 2 year warranty" so you've got peace of mind if anything goes wrong.

Brilliant phone, I've had it for a year almost and have been happy with it but the camera is pretty bad, especially in low light settings. Camera spec looks good but it's not compared to other phones, if a camera is a big deal to you, I'd avoid this phone.

Not sure why some sites don't mention RAM as it's kind of relevant. Anyway, if anyone's wondering it has 2GB.

Still using mine after a year but the camera really is mediocre at best.

Great for the money. Wife's had it for around a year. As others gave said, negatives are the camera, lack of updates and glue(?) melting round the edge of the screen causing distracting blots over the display.

So the conclusion that I'm making based on comments is this phone is either a piece of total c rap, or awesome...

just a bit of a warning, it's a quite a big phone even for a 5.5 inch screen as it has big bezels, also the cpu is a bit long in the tooth now

Bought this for my son a year ago and it has been a great phone. I'm surprised it has not dropped more in price but were it not for the emergence of some quality Chinese imports it would still be one of the goto budget phones. Yes the camera is not the greatest and the CPU is aging but for 89 quid have some heat.

Like others, had mine for a year and no complaints at all. Also worth noting that the battery is good, easily get a full day of heavy usage out of mine.

I've had mine for a year now. Nothing but praise. Rock solid, reliable and great battery life. Such good value.

If you get a pay as you sim with Vodafone and are willing to wait 30 days after activation, the unlock will be for free.

Had this phone for over s year. Happy with it apart from the lack of an Android update to 6.0 For this reason I'll probably get a Moto G next time.

Shame about the bloatware

Good phone Ive had mine over a year with no troubles, it pretty much runs anything i through at it.
One Big Downside to This Phone tho is that the Camera isn't Great in low light its awful

I had this problem, sent it off for repair under Vodafone warranty, they couldn't fix it so gave me a new one. Apparantly it's caused by the phone directly being in the sun too long. To be fair, it happened to me when we had that hot weather in July and my phone was in the sun alot.

amazing phone

Anyone else having problems trying to order this online?

Had one of these and thought they were awesome, until ...... screen started delaminating around the edges. Meant I couldn't use the outer keyboard buttons (1, 0, q, p, space bar, etc.). Got progressively worse until it came impossible to write a text message, even when rotating the phone to get the keys I needed. Seems to be a common(ish) fault - https://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Android/Smart-Ultra-6-screen-not-responding-on-edges/td-p/2503426 Be careful if buying this and make sure you get it from a reputable supplier!

I've had mine about 4-5 months now, and have been happy with it so far. But like others have mentioned, I paid £99 for it then. And although I feel it's worth the money, I think it should be around the £75-£80 mark by now. Especially considering the Moto G4 deal for £125.

Daughter was very happy for a while, but now can't hit the "s" key as it hits a or d but seldom s. The "back" key doesn't work now either. Bought it in March so not impressed.

Voted hot this comes with a headphones jack

Awful phone. Really slow then broke. Vodafone refused to repair.

​It is under warranty so I took it to a Vodafone store today. Trainee was confrontational from the outset but was clearly clueless as he was trying to take the back off (it doesn't come off).
We're now going to be without a phone for 10 days as they apparently have to send it off to a repair centre so that someone who knows something about phones can have a look at it.
My advice is to avoid anything to do with Vodafone completely.

SU6 has often been available on Amazon for £99/100. Great phone if a tad big for pockets. Unlocking is easy with codes about £2 on ebay. Rooting is problematic and not possible on later productions. Even if you have an earlier production and can Root, custom ROMs are limited. Some good info here.

However it is possible to uninstall almost all the bloatware without Root and disable the rest for a nice stock Android experience.

There is no gyroscope so no good for augmented/virtual reality games.

Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 is made by ZTE (known as Vodafone 995N).

Photos are good in sunlight, a bit dark indoors. I had better results using Snap Camera from Google Play or xda-developers.

The best feature was the fantastic screen... until the glue between the LCD and digitiser on my one failed after summer heat exposure. There are others reporting same screen fault:

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057618068


http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67711526&postcount=2641


ASDA gave me full refund but I was sad to see it go.

Price should have come down by now. Would buy again if it was £75 all incl.

its a beast of a phone for £99 Buy one..remove all the bloatware and you're good to go. Had mine 9 months and still going strong...easily a day battery and maybe two days if you are not a heavy user.

I have one of these and was pleased with it, but the last few months it seems to have slowed down a bit, well a lot actualy. Whenever I try to open a video, I get a rotating circle for a few minutes. it happens in YouTube and WhatsApp messages the most.
thinking of getting rid tbh, looked at the motog4 yesterday but the specs are the same as this phone

Have you tried clearing the cache?
Here's how to perform 'wipe cache partition' on your phone :
With the phone powered off, press and hold the Volume Up + Power button simultaneously for about 10 seconds. When an Android Image displays on the screen press the Power key to enter Recovery Mode. In order to choose "wipe cache partition" use the Volume Down to navigate and the Power button to confirm. Once complete (look to bottom left of screen for confirmation) use volume rocker again to select "reboot system now" and press power button. That's it![/quote]
I have just done that, thanks.

This happened to me too but I'd lost my receipt. I did show them a copy of the receipt I had but they would not accept it. :disappointed:

Also, they insisted the warranty was 12 months even though their website states 24 months!

They wouldnt accept a copy of your receipt?
Was it a photocopy of the original?
Was it a photograph of the original?
Did you pay by cash or card?

I didn't have to show my receipt, they just looked up my details on their system and found my order. The warranty is 24 months so what you need to do is ring Vodafone Head Office Customer Service and raise it with them. There's no way they can get out of it.

As I have posted earlier, I have this phone and it has started slowing down when viewing videos.
I tried clearing the cache, as advised earlier in the thread, but after some initial success it seems to have gone back to the same video loading problem
I looked at the MotoG4 the other day, but specs seem similar to this, do any of you think it will be any faster than this phone?

It was a photograph of the original receipt together with the receipt of the card payment and they wouldn't accept it. I pressed that they could see all the information on the receipts and could verify on their system but they weren't having any of it.

Thanks for your reply, it's given me some hope. What did they use to look up your order on the system? The IMEI of the phone? Mine is unlocked and I wasn't using the Vodafone network.

Thats a disgrace!
Keep at them.

Mine is unlocked too and I was using it on O2 so that won't matter either. They just asked for my name, the date I brought it and the card I paid it with. I also took my bank statement with me showing the transaction as I lost my receipt too.

Agreed. IIRC, consumer law requires that you provide PROOF of purchase, which is precisely what you have done. They are breaking the law by refusing to address the fault, IMO. At the very least you can report them to Trading Standards. I would go back into the shop, ask to speak to the manager, quote the Sale of Goods Act (presumabloy CRA was not in force at time of purchase?) and threaten them with Trading Standards if they do not fix the phone or provide a replacement.

I have no legal training 8-)

But in terms of value for money it still beats a high end phone like a iphone or galaxy 7.... well it does for me anyway. If you want to have the latest and greatest then your going to have to spend a lot of money for a phone!

​I agree. I used to have top end phones all the time. I realised I didn't need all that power. I don't think many people need all that power. The Smart Ultra 6 does everything I need and more, and it does it well. Bloatware is something I hated on the top end phones. Having services running which I'd never use. It's ridiculous. I love my close-to-stock Android on this phone :smiley:

Indeed, the software is one of the strongest points of this phone. It is only Android 5.1, but it has a permission system not unlike the one in Android 6.0. Together with the lack of bloat, this makes for excellent battery life as long as keep your background apps in check. I regularly used to get 3 or 4 day on it.

My main complaint about it is the distinctly mediocre camera and the lack of a gyroscope. But getting a gyroscope at this price point is very rare, only the Moto G 4G and the Moto G2 managed that (and then only with 1GB of RAM).

I had the Moto G 4G when it was on sale for £89 at Tesco. Loved the fact I could use it in a VR headset. It's a shame we can't do the same for the SU6 but I think we can both agree that the pros of this phone far outweigh the cons. I've been using this model for over a year now. It's the longest I've ever had a phone haha I usually get a new one every 6 months.

We have 4 of these phones in our house. Fantastic phone. Daughters broke last week though. Stopped registering to mobile network. Won't search for network either. Bought from Amazon via reputable 3rd party seller. It's under warranty and they have asked me to send it back to them. Has any one else heard of this fault?

Lovin mine. First one froze and then overheated until the battery died. After a phone call, Amazon replaced it the following day and the 2nd one is going great (touch wood).