Won't be for everyone of course but this phone has *massive* spec for the price.
UMI may not be as well known as for example Xiaomi, but I have owned the UMI Super (which was released relatively recently) and it was a great device. Well built, good battery life, vanilla android etc so I'd expect this to be the same, but better :smiley:
This is, I believe, the first device running on the Helio P20 chip which is built on the 16nm process. Also, 6gb of dual channel 1600MHz RAM. Nice.
A certain member who always comments on import phones will be delighted to know that this has B20/800MHz for full UK 4G coverage :man:
UMI Plus E Android 6.0 5.5 inch 4G Phablet Helio P20 Octa Core 2.3GHz 6GB RAM 64GB ROM Fingerprint Scanner
Main Features:
Display: 5.5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixels screen
CPU: Helio P20 Octa Core 2.3GHz
System: Android 6.0
RAM + ROM: 6GB RAM + 64GB ROM & SD Card Support
Camera: 13.0MP rear camera + 5.0MP front camera
Sensor: Accelerometer, Ambient Light Sensor, E-Compass, Gravity Sensor, Hall Sensor, Proximity Sensor
SIM Card: dual SIM dual standby, dual micro SIM cards
Feature: GPS, A-GPS
Bluetooth: 4.0
Network:
2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 900/2100MHz
4G: FDD-LTE 800/1800/2100/2600MHz
Top comments
daanuk to jymufc
15 Dec 1610#7
Except it doesn't work like that does it?
Yes, Samsung and Apple are highly profitable but a significant proportion of the price of a phone pays for the hidden infrastructure costs we take for granted. For example, my Samsung has gone back to Samsung twice through issues beyond mine - or their control - and they fixed it for free, post free twice. So that's two sets of labour, 2 sets of parts, 4 sets of recorded post, and 4 sets of packaging. Let's call that a minimum of £150
To send it off, I took it into a Samsung store, of which there are dozens in the UK. I took it to a staff member who discussed with a colleague about the issues - both of whom take a salary - and I left it with them.
I got it back both times looking like new. Happy phone, happy customer.
And that infrastructure and after sales support is one of the key differences between the two. When buying from China/Hong Kong, we fret about when it will arrive, if it will arrive, how it will arrive, whether we'll be stung with Customs fees and if it's broken, how the hell we're going to send it back to an industrial estate in 广东省 深圳市. Oh yeah, and when we do send it back, we're without a phone for a month.
That's all before we look at the research and development costs, precision optics in the cameras, custom chipsets and global connectivity across iCloud or Samsung or Google or whatever.
Cheap phones and tier 1 handsets both have their benefits and you can absolutely argue that the gap is narrowing, but to suggest that consumers are being 'ripped off' is disingenuous at the very least.
jymufc
15 Dec 165#1
these deals go to show how much the samsungs and the apples are ripping us off, heat
reidy1970
15 Dec 164#9
Keep telling yourself you are not getting ripped off by the branded mobile phone makers and you will probably start believing it yourself!!
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jymufc
15 Dec 165#1
these deals go to show how much the samsungs and the apples are ripping us off, heat
daanuk to jymufc
15 Dec 1610#7
Except it doesn't work like that does it?
Yes, Samsung and Apple are highly profitable but a significant proportion of the price of a phone pays for the hidden infrastructure costs we take for granted. For example, my Samsung has gone back to Samsung twice through issues beyond mine - or their control - and they fixed it for free, post free twice. So that's two sets of labour, 2 sets of parts, 4 sets of recorded post, and 4 sets of packaging. Let's call that a minimum of £150
To send it off, I took it into a Samsung store, of which there are dozens in the UK. I took it to a staff member who discussed with a colleague about the issues - both of whom take a salary - and I left it with them.
I got it back both times looking like new. Happy phone, happy customer.
And that infrastructure and after sales support is one of the key differences between the two. When buying from China/Hong Kong, we fret about when it will arrive, if it will arrive, how it will arrive, whether we'll be stung with Customs fees and if it's broken, how the hell we're going to send it back to an industrial estate in 广东省 深圳市. Oh yeah, and when we do send it back, we're without a phone for a month.
That's all before we look at the research and development costs, precision optics in the cameras, custom chipsets and global connectivity across iCloud or Samsung or Google or whatever.
Cheap phones and tier 1 handsets both have their benefits and you can absolutely argue that the gap is narrowing, but to suggest that consumers are being 'ripped off' is disingenuous at the very least.
professorx
15 Dec 161#2
Nice phone apart from standard camera. This model is still pre-order atm and haven't seen a real release date anywhere.
Grobbendonk
15 Dec 161#3
It's a beast.
I won't buy a phone without a Gyroscope, which all the Mediatek processors are missing.
Shame really, it's a cracking handset.
waynehardy
15 Dec 16#4
will probably go cold, not because of the deal but because if gearbest
cb-uk to waynehardy
15 Dec 161#13
True dat. If it gets stolen in transit or breaks and needs to be repaired, you are totally f0oked. Gearbest are a bunch of thieving chimps :wink:
vickyindelhi
15 Dec 16#5
super phone. micro sd slot?
lukec36 to vickyindelhi
15 Dec 16#6
SD card is supported. If it's like the UMI Super it will be in SIM slot 2.
Zer0
15 Dec 161#8
Yes it has Micro SD
jymufc to Zer0
15 Dec 16#25
Why cant sony put this battery in their own phones :laughing:
andrewjones1970 to Zer0
15 Dec 16#30
Big company's still ripping us off. I agree about what you are saying in regards to the support. You only have to look at oneplus though. On amazon now and selling through o2, premium handset for under £400. You buy an s7, your looking at at least £600. These big company's have to start dropping there prices or they will start losing customers. Lost me 2 years ago when I paid £250 for my one plus one, which still does a great job now and have never had a
problem.
reidy1970
15 Dec 164#9
Keep telling yourself you are not getting ripped off by the branded mobile phone makers and you will probably start believing it yourself!!
mynameisthehulk
15 Dec 162#10
He is not getting ripped off, he is getting what he is paying for. What you are paying for here is a midrange phone with some impressive numbers that mean little in reality. I would not pay over £100 for a phone with a MediaTek processor and I would never pay this kind of money for an imported device. Something like this at sub £100 would be a great deal, or if it was around £150 with an SD SoC then great as well, but this - this is a big risk.
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Opening post
UMI may not be as well known as for example Xiaomi, but I have owned the UMI Super (which was released relatively recently) and it was a great device. Well built, good battery life, vanilla android etc so I'd expect this to be the same, but better :smiley:
This is, I believe, the first device running on the Helio P20 chip which is built on the 16nm process. Also, 6gb of dual channel 1600MHz RAM. Nice.
A certain member who always comments on import phones will be delighted to know that this has B20/800MHz for full UK 4G coverage :man:
UMI Plus E Android 6.0 5.5 inch 4G Phablet Helio P20 Octa Core 2.3GHz 6GB RAM 64GB ROM Fingerprint Scanner
Main Features:
Display: 5.5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixels screen
CPU: Helio P20 Octa Core 2.3GHz
System: Android 6.0
RAM + ROM: 6GB RAM + 64GB ROM & SD Card Support
Camera: 13.0MP rear camera + 5.0MP front camera
Sensor: Accelerometer, Ambient Light Sensor, E-Compass, Gravity Sensor, Hall Sensor, Proximity Sensor
SIM Card: dual SIM dual standby, dual micro SIM cards
Feature: GPS, A-GPS
Bluetooth: 4.0
Network:
2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 900/2100MHz
4G: FDD-LTE 800/1800/2100/2600MHz
Top comments
Yes, Samsung and Apple are highly profitable but a significant proportion of the price of a phone pays for the hidden infrastructure costs we take for granted. For example, my Samsung has gone back to Samsung twice through issues beyond mine - or their control - and they fixed it for free, post free twice. So that's two sets of labour, 2 sets of parts, 4 sets of recorded post, and 4 sets of packaging. Let's call that a minimum of £150
To send it off, I took it into a Samsung store, of which there are dozens in the UK. I took it to a staff member who discussed with a colleague about the issues - both of whom take a salary - and I left it with them.
I got it back both times looking like new. Happy phone, happy customer.
And that infrastructure and after sales support is one of the key differences between the two. When buying from China/Hong Kong, we fret about when it will arrive, if it will arrive, how it will arrive, whether we'll be stung with Customs fees and if it's broken, how the hell we're going to send it back to an industrial estate in 广东省 深圳市. Oh yeah, and when we do send it back, we're without a phone for a month.
That's all before we look at the research and development costs, precision optics in the cameras, custom chipsets and global connectivity across iCloud or Samsung or Google or whatever.
Cheap phones and tier 1 handsets both have their benefits and you can absolutely argue that the gap is narrowing, but to suggest that consumers are being 'ripped off' is disingenuous at the very least.
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Yes, Samsung and Apple are highly profitable but a significant proportion of the price of a phone pays for the hidden infrastructure costs we take for granted. For example, my Samsung has gone back to Samsung twice through issues beyond mine - or their control - and they fixed it for free, post free twice. So that's two sets of labour, 2 sets of parts, 4 sets of recorded post, and 4 sets of packaging. Let's call that a minimum of £150
To send it off, I took it into a Samsung store, of which there are dozens in the UK. I took it to a staff member who discussed with a colleague about the issues - both of whom take a salary - and I left it with them.
I got it back both times looking like new. Happy phone, happy customer.
And that infrastructure and after sales support is one of the key differences between the two. When buying from China/Hong Kong, we fret about when it will arrive, if it will arrive, how it will arrive, whether we'll be stung with Customs fees and if it's broken, how the hell we're going to send it back to an industrial estate in 广东省 深圳市. Oh yeah, and when we do send it back, we're without a phone for a month.
That's all before we look at the research and development costs, precision optics in the cameras, custom chipsets and global connectivity across iCloud or Samsung or Google or whatever.
Cheap phones and tier 1 handsets both have their benefits and you can absolutely argue that the gap is narrowing, but to suggest that consumers are being 'ripped off' is disingenuous at the very least.
I won't buy a phone without a Gyroscope, which all the Mediatek processors are missing.
Shame really, it's a cracking handset.
problem.