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  Xiaomi Redmi K40

  China · 6GB · 128GB

  3 years ago

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  Pretty dang good

  There's only a few kinks. For one, I wish MIUI chose which process to kill to save on battery a bit better than it currently does. It took a while to get Snapchat notifications to show as a result of that. Secondly, the navbar buttons could use a bit more adjustment than MIUI allows. Lastly, and this is the biggest issue, MIUI on the China releases of phones doesn't allow you to change the launcher to anything other than what Xiaomi approves of. So you're basically stuck with either the Poco launcher or the stock launcher. I couldn't find out any way to get the Google news feed on either of them so that was a bit of a shame. Other than those kinks the phone is great.

  Pros

  • Display
  • Performance
  • Battery life
  • Charging speed

  Cons

  • A few things with MIUI (that can somewhat be solved by getting the Poco F3, the global version of this)

  • 9.5
  • Screen10
  • Performance9.6
  • Camera9.0
  • Connectivity8.0
  • Battery9.0

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  Ulefone Mix

  Global · 4GB · 64GB

  3 years ago

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  A brick.

  Try updating it and good luck with the high chance of it getting bricked. Nothing will save it when that happens. It won't turn on at all. Not even to fix it with a PC. My guess for the reason this happened was because updating the OS causes a lot of heat to be generated, heat that the parts (Ulefone buys that don't properly pass inspection) simply won't be able to handle.
  
  If you're going to buy from a Chinese brand, make sure you know which ones are trustworthy. Ulefone is not one of them. If you want reliable, go for Xiaomi, Huawei, OnePlus, or any other good Chinese brands.

  Pros

  • The top and side bezels, I suppose.
  • The clean OS

  Cons

  • Sub par performance
  • Camera is on par with $20 phone cameras.
  • The obvious bricking problem

  • 0
  • Screen4.0
  • Performance2.3
  • Camera4.2
  • Connectivity6.3
  • Battery7.0

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  LG V30

  Global · 4GB · 64GB

  4 years ago

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  LG, your software is awful

  I finally received pie... 428 days after pie was released on all the other phones... And LG hasn't even managed to make the phone smooth with the time they take to release updates. Aside from that, everything else is pretty slightly above average about the phone.

  Pros

  • quad dac
  • decent cameras
  • very good display
  • alright battery, better than iphones at least
  • fingerprint sensor/power button and location

  Cons

  • LG's TERRIBLE SOFTWARE SUPPORT!!!!

  • 8.3
  • Screen8.0
  • Performance6.3
  • Camera6.2
  • Connectivity10
  • Battery7.0

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  Nokia Lumia 520

  Global · 512MB · 8GB

  4 years ago

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  For $10 it's this or a lunch.

  It's not good, and the spec sheet certainly shows that. But at least the camera is alright at taking photos. You don't really notice a lot of the downsides due to not being able to test them due to the limitations of Windows phone. But eh I got this phone for $20 like 2 years ago and for that price (and you can find it for $10 now) you can't exactly go wrong if you're too broke to afford anything else. It works, it's reliable, and that's really what it's for.

  Pros

  • Clean OS
  • Reliable (dropped it quite a few times)
  • You can remove the battery

  Cons

  • No app support at all
  • Slow chipset (but works well with the OS)
  • Probably footage but I didn't shoot any

  • 6.9
  • Screen7.0
  • Performance6.6
  • Camera3.5
  • Connectivity4.3
  • Battery7.0

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  OnePlus One

  Global · 3GB · 16GB

  4 years ago

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  Was amazing.

  I bought the phone off eBay for $145 in 2017 and it came with the bootloader unlocked and Android Nougat. That was pretty convenient. It ran hella smooth for the longest time, with the only exception being things that actually required a powerful GPU. (Like PUBG Mobile) Other than that the general swiping and everything is as smooth as possible. Even faster than my LG V30. (Damn you LG and your terrible software) The camera's pretty great too. I only really upgraded it because of the mediocre screen, bezels, raw performance, and the build quality. Oh yeah the build quality is terrible. The "sandstone" back chips away easily, and a tight case will destroy it. Wouldn't really of been an issue if the bamboo back was actually something you could buy for a not outrageous price. Not really a deal breaker though if you're using a case. Overall I wouldn't get it nowadays because of the better options with better hardware for very cheap. It's good to tinker with and install new ROMs on though.

  Pros

  • Optimization
  • Camera
  • Battery, kind of.
  • The amount of updated ROMs available.
  • Oh yeah, the headphone jack.

  Cons

  • Bezels
  • Build quality
  • 1080p LCD
  • No USB Type C (2014 didn't have that)

  • 8.3
  • Screen7.7
  • Performance8.6
  • Camera6.7
  • Connectivity6.6
  • Battery7.0

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