Blackview A7 Dual-Sim (5" HD IPS, MTK6580A Quad Core, 1GB RAM 8GB ROM, Dual Camera, 2800mAh, Android 7, Bluetooth 4.1) - £30.57 @ GearBest

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Blackview A7 Dual-Sim (5" HD IPS, MTK6580A Quad Core, 1GB RAM 8GB ROM, Dual Camera, 2800mAh, Android 7, Bluetooth 4.1) £30.57 delivered @ Gearbest [Black/Blue/Gold/White

£30.57 GearBest12 Sep 17

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Mobiles

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goonertillidie

12 Sep 17

A lot of phone for the money - 5" HD IPS, MTK6580A Quad Core, 1GB RAM, 8GB ROM, Dual Camera, 2800mAh, Android 7 for just over £30 is a steal - Also has a an SD card slot

Main Features:
Blackview A7 3G Smartphone Android 7.0 5.0 inch IPS Screen MTK6580A 1.3GHz Quad Core 1GB RAM 8GB ROM 0.3MP + 5.0MP Dual Rear Cameras Bluetooth 4.1
Display: 5.0 inch, 1280 x 720 Pixel HD screen
CPU: MTK6580A 1.3GHz Quad Core
System: Android 7.0
RAM + ROM:‌ 1GB RAM + 8GB ROM
Camera: 2.0MP front camera + 0.3MP + 5.0MP back camera
Sensor: Gravity Sensor
SIM Card: dual SIM dual standby. Micro + Micro SIM
Feature: GPS
Bluetooth:‌ 4.1
Network:
2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 900/2100MHz (UK Networks)

Item ships 23rd Sept

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Latest comments (82)

zaheer2003

16 Sep 17 #82

not really, my phone is 4g but I set it to 3g which increased battery life and gives a more stable mobile signal especially for data

Bergy87

14 Sep 17 #81

I currently have an iPhone 6, the battery goes within minutes

dwl99

13 Sep 17 #80

Three's rates are very cheap but their network coverage is very patchy to say the least. We binned them as there was never any network coverage at home or work in a normal, busy suburban location. EE/Plusnet has been the nest bet for signal strength.

alictait

13 Sep 17 #79

This is what I was going to recommend, just remember to switch off mobile data

jonspurs

13 Sep 17 #78

Stick Waze on it + Freedompop SIM = Up to date sat-nav

bascule

13 Sep 17 #77

That's my usual usage, I am the unpaid IT support dept for a few older relatives. That takes most of my talk-time, luckily it's not too frequent. Plus I tether now and again when the broadband was down at my old house.

I wasn't aware of 321, but looks like I'll be a customer real soon, those rates are brilliant.

jomay

13 Sep 17 #76

Thanks, I didn't notice this.
They disconnect your number abruptly after 120 days without topup - that makes them really less attractive in any case.

premierfella

13 Sep 17 #75

Scrub them. Although their credit remains as long as the account is active, they require a topup at least every 120 days and their website says the minimum topup is £10, so unlikely to suit a "very very small" user.

lkl265

13 Sep 17 #74

What's the difference between 'Flat Rate Shipping' and 'Priority Line' (both free) ?.
Also, do we need to pay import duty/VAT ?.

Thanks.

kjfrazer

13 Sep 17 #73

Android 7 - does that let you use a memory card as normal phone storage, so that I don't have to keep copying apps over to external memory?

Sphere

13 Sep 17 #72

Only blue at that price? Other colours are £37.38 ?

CoderR

13 Sep 17 #71

£37 now?

Darthchaffinch

13 Sep 17 #70

Will this work with non-UK sims?

retro_pie

13 Sep 17 #69

Slightly bigger screen than the iPhone 7 and same resolution for £30...Bargain!

retro_pie

13 Sep 17 #68

I have used android devices with 1gb ram without much issue, they can open games like subway surfers quickly without a stutter and basic day to day apps like Facebook, Netflix, whatsapp without a stutter. For £30 I think the specs on this device are excellent.

dwl99

13 Sep 17 #67

1GB RAM is fine for a spare phone at this price but no 4G is a puzzling omission.

Sphere

13 Sep 17 #66

You're quite right - I was talking b0llocks :disappointed:

chocci

13 Sep 17 #65

£8 per year Seems very expensive if you only make 1 minute of calls and a couple of texts per month

Three 321 payg would have cost 72p per year based on that amount of usage

3p per minute, 2p per text, 1p per mb. Never expires

Sawb

13 Sep 17 #64

Im not following you.

anthony69

13 Sep 17 #63

You don't want to be using it for that.

jomay

13 Sep 17 #62

This gives me an idea: if you arrange 30 of these in a sphere you'd have an awesome 3D stop motion camera.
Jump into the sphere, trigger all cameras synchronously... voila!

jameshothothot

13 Sep 17 #61

play.google.com/sto…yer

jameshothothot

13 Sep 17 #60

There is an app that can harmonise phones as speakers. Could get yourself a nice speaker set of 30 phones around the house!

abdi12346

13 Sep 17 #59

HUKD seems like is now owned by Gearbest.

PH4TC4T

13 Sep 17 #58

Specs are OK but no LTE/4G!

elbs

13 Sep 17 #57

the issue with these china phones is their generally pretty poor build quality and consequent lack of longetivity (xiaomi is probably the only real exception) and bad user experience rather than raw specs. couple that with a lack of warranty, makes it a unappealing proposition for me. IMO what's the point of a phone, even at £30, if you have to bin it after 6-12 months

seaniboy

12 Sep 17 #56

They seem to have all dried up ?

danflorin3

12 Sep 17 #55

Great dash camera X

scotjam

12 Sep 17 #54

Can you point to one under £40 that has 4G?

seaniboy

12 Sep 17 #53

E
I don't care how much but over £25 smartphone should have 4G

GlentoranMark

12 Sep 17 #52

As this is a dual sim phone you could fill one of your slots with a Three Sim. Just by registering the Sim you get 200MB data completely free every month. There is only 1 caveat, you must send 1 text or make one paid call every 6 months. You could just order another Sim but I just topped up £10 and set a reminder in my calendar for every 6 months. That £10 will last a very long time.

You can then fill the other Sim with whatever network that offers the best deal. As I send <500 texts each month and make a few calls, I use GiffGaff but you can pick whatever network offers the best rates for a simple PAYG. I get by on £5 PM whereas before I was spending £10.

200MB is great for the odd Facebook, Email, Twitter etc. check but Three send you a text when your data is about to run out. In this case I just swop over to my 100MB on GiffGaff but if you haven't topped up then just run the data dry and use Wifi.

It's also important to download as much as you can over wifi. I got caught out last month when I played the Wordscape game several times which had video ads. I used up my Three free data last month this way.

HUKDNadz

12 Sep 17 #51

Does it have an infrared port? And will it support apps that use infrared to control devices like a television?
Edit: Nvm google says no :stuck_out_tongue:

Spark

12 Sep 17 #50

I wouldn't. Not for any extended length of time anyway.

hcc27

12 Sep 17 #49

Another day, another Gearbest deal. :wink:

uktottys

12 Sep 17 #48

Awesome phone for just playing Pokémon

mcek

12 Sep 17 #47

It's not an expensive Samsung, but there's always the chance, as with any phone

jomay

12 Sep 17 #46

I think every PAYG deal requires you to have _some_ activity in 6 months:
cable.co.uk/gui…iry
If you don't use your PAYG SIM at all for 6 months in a row they will cancel it and your number will be given away. I'd set a reminder in my calendar to make sure I send a text (or so) every 4 months.

Three or ID Mobile should be cheaper than giffgaff (3 2 1 tariff). There's also 1pmobile, which is incredibly cheap (1p per min/text/mb).

I've had a 12 month 12GB data sim (three, £25/year) as my main SIM, which works ok if you only do voip calls. The customer service may need some time to understand when asking for a PAC code, though.

jomay

12 Sep 17 #45

Or buy this 30x so you have a different phone each day of the month and go for a nice £100 dinner...
Then create a compute cluster out of your phones and enjoy a 30GB RAM, 240GB ROM, 120 core monster. :wink:

Sizzlestick

12 Sep 17 #44

How would this phone rank alongside the old Galaxy Sll

amour3k

12 Sep 17 #43

Hehehehehehe, what can I say?, lol. :-D

amour3k

12 Sep 17 #42

As per the OP's Deal Desrciption:

"2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 900/2100MHz (UK Networks)"

No 4G mentioned anywhere, so nope, unfortunately. :-)

rand0m

12 Sep 17 #41

does the battery on this prone to explode?

Sphere

12 Sep 17 #6

Not bad, but 1GB memory is always a killer for Android - really restricts the number of apps you can install (even with an external SD card). Not sure it Android 7.0 has addressed this yet (I know version 6 didn't!!)

Dinho to Sphere

12 Sep 17 #7

Even then, it's £30...not sure what you expect for that money. You have to double that to get 2gb of ram

anthony212 to Sphere

12 Sep 17 #8

It has 8GB of built in storage. The 1GB is the RAM.

hcc27 to anthony212

12 Sep 17 #19

Amazing how people comment on the 1GB assuming it's storage - I doubt the OS itself could fit into that space!!

sam_of_london to anthony212

12 Sep 17 #26

1gb Ram is still Negative unless using as feature phone only not smartphone. It will keep on giving memory errors .

Disco.Dave to anthony212

12 Sep 17 #37

What do you want for £30?

Spark to Sphere

12 Sep 17 #23

This shouldn't be a main phone for anybody under the age of 70. It's a phone to buy and then stick in the drawer in case yours ever breaks/becomes lost and you need to use a spare for a few days.

jamgin to Spark

12 Sep 17 #40

And back in the real world...
Most people of any age would be perfectly fine using this phone.

johnnyd57uk

12 Sep 17 #39

I have a Motorola G Play with only 1gb of ram. No problems at all with android. Guess people spend their time working on 200 quadratic equations simultaneously. That might slow it down. Cheap as chips phone. A typical HUKD bargain. Have some heat

chrisfagan882

12 Sep 17 #38

Good for using for casting stuff to Chromecast probably not much else.

mutav

12 Sep 17 #36

Not bad, but maybe wait for the new iPhone X to be announced later today at around £1000 :dizzy_face:

barbiegirl

12 Sep 17 #35

You'd be throwing money away buying this. Buy cheap, buy twice. Android with 1GB of RAM is just a no no as no doubt many replies have already said.

logohigh

12 Sep 17 #34

1gb Ram ?!

itll be torture

ws007

12 Sep 17 #33

a smart phone for £30 pounds,

WOW

myjess

12 Sep 17 #32

I wonder why(me included) would buy another phone that is not Oreo Android, especially now that 'toast' vulnerability is in the wild, we are all f*cked with this built in obselecnce or however it is spelled.

Sawb

12 Sep 17 #29

Anyone have anything to say about the possibility of malware on the phone?

bascule to Sawb

12 Sep 17 #31

Probably more of a near certainty than a possibility.

diddydavro

12 Sep 17 #30

Ordered blue one for £30.57 as per OP, thanks.

lanc_red

12 Sep 17 #22

ordered. thanks OP.

Any PAYG deals for very very small use. Likely to be 4 calls a month, handful of texts etc.

bascule to lanc_red

12 Sep 17 #24

Giff Gaff could be good for you, I have used about £40 credit over the last 4 years, I don't buy goodybags, or use data, I topped up with £10 of credit when I joined and set it to auto top-up when it gets to £3.00, it's happened 3 times and I still have about £8.00 now.

lanc_red to bascule

12 Sep 17 #25

thanks, for that. so you dont need to top up each month?

bascule to lanc_red

12 Sep 17 #28

Nope, it's perfect, your credit never expires as far as I know. I use about 1 minute and maybe 2 texts a month, sometimes I use nothing, they send you a monthly usage email, plus after every call or text your balance appears on screen somehow.

firstofficer

12 Sep 17 #10

I'm gonna buy the iPhone 7. This one doesn't compare..

Kind regards

parasitemol to firstofficer

12 Sep 17 #13

Unless you're talking battery life, then this will be just as shiat...

iPhone 7 owner. :cry:

firstofficer to parasitemol

12 Sep 17 #15

How much life do u get on average ? A day is enough with heavy use.. don't need more tbh..

parasitemol to firstofficer

12 Sep 17 #17

Honestly, this phone has the best standby of any phone I have ever had (first iPhone I have had, usually an android or blackberry user). You can leave it overnight and it'll only drop 1-2%.

It all goes downhill unfortunately when you're using it, soon as that screen is on you can almost watch the battery drain.

I'd say around 140% gets me through a day with a top up around 15:00 for half an hour. Charging is really fast though, I just wouldn't expect it to last a full day with heavy use.

If you're a sporadic user you could probably get two days out of this easy, if you're using safari, YouTube, hukd etc (I don't have Facebook or Instagram) and you're using them for more than a few hours - expect a top up midday.

I'm going to be selling soon and going for the Sony XZ1 Compact based purely on battery-life. iOS is simplistic but it just works, I don't think this phone has crashed once since I bought in March... the battery life though is disappointing.

If iOS or an iPhone is a must for you though I'd look at the SE or Plus variety, both have better screen on time than the 7.

ollie87 to parasitemol

12 Sep 17 #21

I get two days out of my 7 Plus.

parasitemol to ollie87

12 Sep 17 #27

Wish I'd gone for the Plus, loving iOS but the screen on time... notsomuch

Merlin001 to firstofficer

12 Sep 17 #14

Nope, it's 19 times cheaper.......

queer1

12 Sep 17 #20

I ordered two, separately. It shows the second time as the much higher (though still good) price. The trick if this happens to you also and you want a different colour: Order whatever shipped as showing at the lower price. Then edit, in the basket, to your preferred colour. It then accepted at the lower price the black OK, from the gold previously.

queer1

12 Sep 17 #18

It appears @£40.94p in all colours, now.

Revolutionary1

12 Sep 17 #16

Is this 4G compatible?

drewbles82

12 Sep 17 #12

Best thing to do is ask yourself, what exactly you use your phone for, me personally its a few apps like whatsapp, facebook, google, music, taking photos. Then this is more than perfect for someone like me but if you gotta have the latest stuff, games, etc then its prob not for you.

taiko

12 Sep 17 #11

I wonder if you get the case with it ? The recent doogee bl7000 i ordered come with one.

leeebakeer

12 Sep 17 #9

Will this work in the UK on 3? Cheers in advance

queer1

12 Sep 17 #5

Good find!

SkyeVincent

12 Sep 17 #3

I respect that this is 30 quid, but the specs aren't great, don't expect too much!