[aliexpress.com] Umidigi X Smartphone ~$238 CAD

1520 x 720 resolution, 287 PPI

Sorry but that's kind of trash, with F1 and F1 Play at the same price bracket, what is the draw for the X?

The draw is AMOLED display.

I actually don't recommend buying ANY phone from Aliexpress or even Amazon while you are able to exploit Koodo for $200-300 phones. Why buy this when you can get an S9 for ~$200 or the A70 for the same?

These deals only become appealing once Koodo closes the loophole.

Never heard of this brand. Sounds like a crap.

richardjhy wrote: ↑ Never heard of this brand. Sounds like a crap.

It's not, they actually make very good phones. Only problem with smaller companies like these is their camera software optimization sucks because they don't have 3000 people working on it, so their pictures are a far cry from flagships.

chevyz07 wrote: ↑ I actually don't recommend buying ANY phone from Aliexpress or even Amazon while you are able to exploit Koodo for $200-300 phones. Why buy this when you can get an S9 for ~$200 or the A70 for the same?

These deals only become appealing once Koodo closes the loophole.

Dual SIM is the big thing.. And none of the phones from our providers are dual SIM now..

Msan2000 wrote: ↑ Dual SIM is the big thing.. And none of the phones from our providers are dual SIM now..

Oh right I forgot about that. Haha my phone is dual sim right now but I don't use the other slot.

chevyz07 wrote: ↑ I actually don't recommend buying ANY phone from Aliexpress or even Amazon while you are able to exploit Koodo for $200-300 phones. Why buy this when you can get an S9 for ~$200 or the A70 for the same?

These deals only become appealing once Koodo closes the loophole.

Unless you care about your credit rating, of course.

leebee wrote: ↑ Unless you care about your credit rating, of course.

Do it once a year and your credit will be OK. Just don't buy 4 phones a month for resale.

I would check the various forums about this company before comitting money to it.

patel21 wrote: ↑ The draw is AMOLED display.

With lower res, meh

chevyz07 wrote: ↑ I actually don't recommend buying ANY phone from Aliexpress or even Amazon while you are able to exploit Koodo for $200-300 phones. Why buy this when you can get an S9 for ~$200 or the A70 for the same?

These deals only become appealing once Koodo closes the loophole.

I was under the impression that they did start closing up the loophole. I thought you had to keep the plan active for 3 months minimum before cancelling and paying off the phone?

guitar_pic wrote: ↑ I was under the impression that they did start closing up the loophole. I thought you had to keep the plan active for 3 months minimum before cancelling and paying off the phone?

It's been pushed back to 2020

chevyz07 wrote: ↑ It's not, they actually make very good phones. Only problem with smaller companies like these is their camera software optimization sucks because they don't have 3000 people working on it, so their pictures are a far cry from flagships.

To me, that's a crap. Putting together top-notched hardwares doesn't necessarily mean a good product.

richardjhy wrote: ↑ To me, that's a crap. Putting together top-notched hardwares doesn't necessarily mean a good product.

It's not "a crap", something you would know if you had actually used one.

chevyz07 wrote: ↑ It's not "a crap", something you would know if you had actually used one.

I can also vouch for the Umidigi as a company.
I purchased their A5 Pro smartphone for about $120 CAD and for the price you can't beat it.
They have since released a few updates for the phone which fixed all camera issues that I've seen.

If you're looking for YouTube reviews checkout Kevin Breeze he has multiple less expensive phone reviews including quite a few from Umidigi.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNPA_K ... dOKkWpXBrw

richardjhy wrote: ↑ To me, that's a crap. Putting together top-notched hardwares doesn't necessarily mean a good product.

Settle down, Mario.

chevyz07 wrote: ↑ It's not "a crap", something you would know if you had actually used one.

I have the S3 pro, and as stated, good hardware doesn't give a good phone unfortunetly since its software driven and Umidigi lacks of good developers meaning poor performance.
It's sad but it's reality, i guess they doing their best but it's disappointing from my point of view.
I will let my S3 go soon ...

Pretty happy with my F1 Play so far. If you don't know Chinese phones like some people in this thread and forum, I don't recommend it. Just go to Koodo and get one of theirs.