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- death_hawk
- Deal Expert
- Aug 22, 2006
- 27311 posts
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- dealChimp
- Banned
- Jul 19, 2018
- 181 posts
- 77 upvotes
Got mine in today but I ended up buying a new phone since the wait was too long. Brand new in box, pm if you want to purchase ( located in greater Vancouver area).
- 2parks
- Newbie
- Jun 17, 2019
- 69 posts
- 60 upvotes
Yeah Xiaomi support and quality vs umidigi, well worth it. As I mentioned already I would of stuck with the A5 pro if the seller cared enough to get back to me.death_hawk wrote: ↑ $400 vs $130?
- harshivb
- Newbie
- Feb 28, 2019
- 35 posts
- 69 upvotes
I got it today. Just finished installing an OTA update. It is a bit laggy but apart from that it's totally worth the price. To minimize the lag, don't use the stock launcher. I find the stock launcher laggy. Use either Nova launcher or Action launcher. I use Action Launcher.lorenzo1000 wrote: ↑ So has anyone here on Red Flag who ordered it actually received this phone yet? Umidigi A5 Pro I mean.
For this price, this kind of performance was expected. But I only got this phone for backup purposes and for travel since it has global LTE bands.
- BeanGirl2
- Newbie
- Apr 5, 2018
- 14 posts
- 3 upvotes
Mine arrived today as well (also in Vancouver area) and paid customs $23.58. My phone won't boot up. It initially behaved like a normal android setup, connecting to my other device. But it's now been looping through the connection with wifi or data, and moving to 'checking for updates'. 4 hours in and I'm finally looking into support. But it looks like it's impossible to open a support ticket.
I absolutely love my Umidigi One - and assumed the A5 would be better (I bought it for the larger screen size) but I'm feeling a bit deflated tonight.
I was also on the circus ride pre-delivery (completely ignored, and then a message that seemed completely out of context). They seem to be very overwhelmed - it sounded like they have quite a small team & didn't realize how many orders they would get with this new release.
The last message I received from them was that they needed to receive more inventory before they could ship to me, but in fact, my order had been shipped already (2 days early). I'm mildly intrigued by the possibility they might ship out a 2nd phone.
I absolutely love my Umidigi One - and assumed the A5 would be better (I bought it for the larger screen size) but I'm feeling a bit deflated tonight.
I was also on the circus ride pre-delivery (completely ignored, and then a message that seemed completely out of context). They seem to be very overwhelmed - it sounded like they have quite a small team & didn't realize how many orders they would get with this new release.
The last message I received from them was that they needed to receive more inventory before they could ship to me, but in fact, my order had been shipped already (2 days early). I'm mildly intrigued by the possibility they might ship out a 2nd phone.
- Spawk1028
- Deal Addict
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- Oct 28, 2016
- 1452 posts
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- Albertariolandbec
Well that's not goodBeanGirl2 wrote: ↑Mine arrived today as well (also in Vancouver area) and paid customs $23.58. My phone won't boot up. It initially behaved like a normal android setup, connecting to my other device. But it's now been looping through the connection with wifi or data, and moving to 'checking for updates'. 4 hours in and I'm finally looking into support. But it looks like it's impossible to open a support ticket.
I absolutely love my Umidigi One - and assumed the A5 would be better (I bought it for the larger screen size) but I'm feeling a bit deflated tonight.
I was also on the circus ride pre-delivery (completely ignored, and then a message that seemed completely out of context). They seem to be very overwhelmed - it sounded like they have quite a small team & didn't realize how many orders they would get with this new release.
The last message I received from them was that they needed to receive more inventory before they could ship to me, but in fact, my order had been shipped already (2 days early). I'm mildly intrigued by the possibility they might ship out a 2nd phone.
What's in your wallet?
- 2parks
- Newbie
- Jun 17, 2019
- 69 posts
- 60 upvotes
Sorry to hear that. I'm glad I cancelled my order today.BeanGirl2 wrote: ↑Mine arrived today as well (also in Vancouver area) and paid customs $23.58. My phone won't boot up. It initially behaved like a normal android setup, connecting to my other device. But it's now been looping through the connection with wifi or data, and moving to 'checking for updates'. 4 hours in and I'm finally looking into support. But it looks like it's impossible to open a support ticket.
I absolutely love my Umidigi One - and assumed the A5 would be better (I bought it for the larger screen size) but I'm feeling a bit deflated tonight.
I was also on the circus ride pre-delivery (completely ignored, and then a message that seemed completely out of context). They seem to be very overwhelmed - it sounded like they have quite a small team & didn't realize how many orders they would get with this new release.
The last message I received from them was that they needed to receive more inventory before they could ship to me, but in fact, my order had been shipped already (2 days early). I'm mildly intrigued by the possibility they might ship out a 2nd phone.
- jm1
- Deal Addict
- Jan 5, 2003
- 4224 posts
- 3526 upvotes
- Toronto
Received via DHL after paying $25.xx ($16.00 was DHL's fees, rest was HST). Here's my quick impressions (I'm not a phone reviewer or anything, just a phone user, so I'm not getting into PPI or benchmark scores or anything).
Overall, appears to be an excellent value at that $100 USD price point and if you can overlook below average photos and videos.
Pros:
- Overall speed and performance is good. Loading large apps (e.g. Pokemon Go) is quick. Swiping around isn't quite "buttery-smooth" as a recent flagship, but smooth enough without noticible lags or jerkiness.
- Display is sharp and colours are good. Comes with plastic screen protector already well attached. Protector is a fingerprint magnet, unfortunately. While it's not glass, it feels as smooth as the best plastic protectors I've used.
- Speaker (only a single one at the bottom) is quite loud and clear.
- Fingerprint reader is fast, reliable and placed well at the back of the phone.
- FM radio included (have to plug in headphones to act as an antenna). This is rare nowadays.
- Clean Android. No bloatware.
- Basic black case is included. It's thin, and just barely keeps the lenses from touching your desk when laying the phone down, but it's nice that it's included.
- Build quality is great. Feels solid (albeit a bit heavy).
Cons:
- It updated to a new build (outside of the Google system update feature) when I first connected it to wifi, so I guess there is some process in the background that is contacting China? Hmmm...
- Only connects to my router's 2.4 Ghz band. When I turn wifi on the phone off, then on again, it first locks onto 5 Ghz, but then quickly changes to 2.4 and stays there. I have the same SSID for both bands and my other phones always stay on 5 GHz. As I type this, the A5Pro is at 2.4 and 65 Mbps but right beside it, I have an old Samsung S3 at 5 Ghz and 135 Mbps and a cheap Motorola E4 at 5Ghz and 150 Mbps. My Pixel 2 is at 5Ghz and 351 Mbps (but that's not a fair comparison). So something is definitely not right with the wifi radio. I'll have to investigate this more. It's still sufficient to stream 1080p videos, however.
- Included camera app is very basic: just bokeh, beauty and "Snapchat filter" modes. Can select regular or wide lens. No slo mo, panoramas, motion photos, etc.
- Camera and video quality first appears about average when taking photos in good light, but when you really zoom in, it's noticeably blurry, even compared to older phones. See the sample image I attached. This is even with the A5 Pro's "anti-shake" turned on and I took a couple of photos on "automatic" settings to get the best one. Colour balance is also a bit off. However, there's no significant shutter lag (people complained about a 1 sec+ delay on some of Umidigi's previous phones). [EDIT: Added more photos in another post: LINK]
Basically, if you (or your kid, parent, etc.) doesn't have high needs or expectations for photo/video quality, this phone is fantastic and practically disposable price-wise (no, let's not get into unfair comparisons of utilizing Koodo's policies to get cheap phones). It's probably good enough for most phone users.
Overall, appears to be an excellent value at that $100 USD price point and if you can overlook below average photos and videos.
Pros:
- Overall speed and performance is good. Loading large apps (e.g. Pokemon Go) is quick. Swiping around isn't quite "buttery-smooth" as a recent flagship, but smooth enough without noticible lags or jerkiness.
- Display is sharp and colours are good. Comes with plastic screen protector already well attached. Protector is a fingerprint magnet, unfortunately. While it's not glass, it feels as smooth as the best plastic protectors I've used.
- Speaker (only a single one at the bottom) is quite loud and clear.
- Fingerprint reader is fast, reliable and placed well at the back of the phone.
- FM radio included (have to plug in headphones to act as an antenna). This is rare nowadays.
- Clean Android. No bloatware.
- Basic black case is included. It's thin, and just barely keeps the lenses from touching your desk when laying the phone down, but it's nice that it's included.
- Build quality is great. Feels solid (albeit a bit heavy).
Cons:
- It updated to a new build (outside of the Google system update feature) when I first connected it to wifi, so I guess there is some process in the background that is contacting China? Hmmm...
- Only connects to my router's 2.4 Ghz band. When I turn wifi on the phone off, then on again, it first locks onto 5 Ghz, but then quickly changes to 2.4 and stays there. I have the same SSID for both bands and my other phones always stay on 5 GHz. As I type this, the A5Pro is at 2.4 and 65 Mbps but right beside it, I have an old Samsung S3 at 5 Ghz and 135 Mbps and a cheap Motorola E4 at 5Ghz and 150 Mbps. My Pixel 2 is at 5Ghz and 351 Mbps (but that's not a fair comparison). So something is definitely not right with the wifi radio. I'll have to investigate this more. It's still sufficient to stream 1080p videos, however.
- Included camera app is very basic: just bokeh, beauty and "Snapchat filter" modes. Can select regular or wide lens. No slo mo, panoramas, motion photos, etc.
- Camera and video quality first appears about average when taking photos in good light, but when you really zoom in, it's noticeably blurry, even compared to older phones. See the sample image I attached. This is even with the A5 Pro's "anti-shake" turned on and I took a couple of photos on "automatic" settings to get the best one. Colour balance is also a bit off. However, there's no significant shutter lag (people complained about a 1 sec+ delay on some of Umidigi's previous phones). [EDIT: Added more photos in another post: LINK]
Basically, if you (or your kid, parent, etc.) doesn't have high needs or expectations for photo/video quality, this phone is fantastic and practically disposable price-wise (no, let's not get into unfair comparisons of utilizing Koodo's policies to get cheap phones). It's probably good enough for most phone users.
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- Poutinesauce
- Deal Fanatic
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- Aug 29, 2012
- 6756 posts
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I said from the very start that camera quality was going to be horrible but few people listened.
- Zoughi1
- Member
- Feb 4, 2017
- 293 posts
- 357 upvotes
Are you kidding me?? It's a phone for 100 USD and it packs a punch above and beyond it's price point. Where in Canada or even around world the can you find a phone with these specs, finishes AND band 13/66 support for 100 USD! Put this next to a high end phone and ask yourself if it's worth paying an extra $600 plus tax for a Samsung or Pixel etc.??Poutinesauce wrote: ↑ I said from the very start that camera quality was going to be horrible but few people listened.
- Spawk1028
- Deal Addict
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- Oct 28, 2016
- 1452 posts
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- Albertariolandbec
Agreed. I didn't buy this 100 dollar phone to be a photographer. This is a basic phone that will serve its 100 dollar purpose to the full. Maybe even play a few games while I'm at it. Not regretting my purchase at all.Zoughi1 wrote: ↑ Are you kidding me?? It's a phone for 100 USD and it packs a punch above and beyond it's price point. Where in Canada or even around world the can you find a phone with these specs, finishes AND band 13/66 support for 100 USD! Put this next to a high end phone and ask yourself if it's worth paying an extra $600 plus tax for a Samsung or Pixel etc.??
What's in your wallet?
- mikka2017
- Deal Guru
- Jan 12, 2017
- 13311 posts
- 3646 upvotes
- Scarberia
are u guys using nova launcher and have the developers option:
window animation scale: off
transition animation scale: off
animator duration scale: off
this should help improve it snappiness!
hows the brightness of the screen? is it dim at half full settings, my udmigi f1 play aint that bright at half settings, even maxed out its not bright like say an iphone 8plus, i guess retina display is better then cheap chinese ips
im personally gonna setup the phone first then then give it to a senior who doesn't know much english or knows if a phone is fast or slow etc
window animation scale: off
transition animation scale: off
animator duration scale: off
this should help improve it snappiness!
hows the brightness of the screen? is it dim at half full settings, my udmigi f1 play aint that bright at half settings, even maxed out its not bright like say an iphone 8plus, i guess retina display is better then cheap chinese ips
im personally gonna setup the phone first then then give it to a senior who doesn't know much english or knows if a phone is fast or slow etc
*SIG: Ryzen R5 2600 cpu w/ ASrock B450M OCd to 4.0ghz@1.265v stock cooler 16gb ram win10 pro w/radeon rx460 rogers Gigabit<< xb1 gamertag: mikka2017 >>
- Zoughi1
- Member
- Feb 4, 2017
- 293 posts
- 357 upvotes
I'm not teksavvy so I kept whatever specs that came out of the box. When using the phone last night in a dark room, I had to lower the brightness to a minimum so it doesn't hurt my eyes. Haven't been outdoors yet but certainly better than my Motorola E4.mikka2017 wrote: ↑ are u guys using nova launcher and have the developers option:
window animation scale: off
transition animation scale: off
animator duration scale: off
this should help improve it snappiness!
hows the brightness of the screen? is it dim at half full settings, my udmigi f1 play aint that bright at half settings, even maxed out its not bright like say an iphone 8plus, i guess retina display is better then cheap chinese ips
im personally gonna setup the phone first then then give it to a senior who doesn't know much english or knows if a phone is fast or slow etc
- yannakm
- Sr. Member
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- Nov 1, 2009
- 520 posts
- 259 upvotes
- Terrebonne
I don't know a lot in phones, but why is the pictures taken not comparable to the one from the Oneplus 5?
The main lense is the same Sony IMX398.
Is it exclusively because of software optimisation? Do you think we could use another software with better optimisation?
The main lense is the same Sony IMX398.
Is it exclusively because of software optimisation? Do you think we could use another software with better optimisation?
- repatch
- Deal Fanatic
- Mar 5, 2007
- 6240 posts
- 5825 upvotes
LG G5 and G6. FAR better pictures/video, better performance, probably a little let down on battery. Can buy a G6 on eBay right now for around $140-$160 CDN in like new condition, around $120-$130 for lightly used.Zoughi1 wrote: ↑ Are you kidding me?? It's a phone for 100 USD and it packs a punch above and beyond it's price point. Where in Canada or even around world the can you find a phone with these specs, finishes AND band 13/66 support for 100 USD! Put this next to a high end phone and ask yourself if it's worth paying an extra $600 plus tax for a Samsung or Pixel etc.??
- repatch
- Deal Fanatic
- Mar 5, 2007
- 6240 posts
- 5825 upvotes
The hardware of a camera is a very small part of the smartphone camera quality equation. It's getting to be more and more software that matters.
And that's assuming the sensor for the main lens IS the IMX398, somebody probably has to tear the phone apart to confirm, and even then we won't be sure since it's common for the same phone model to have different sensors when you're in the realm of some manufacturers (Xiaomi I'm looking at you).
- superxxxstud
- Deal Addict
- Apr 8, 2015
- 1072 posts
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- Roxboro, QC
Significant post processing work done by the processor, in this case a budget 2-year old MediaTek chip. What has intrigued me is if those 3 sensors actually work as the processor is unable to deal with the resolutions claimed by Umidigi according to Mediatek. Explains those pictures and not so cool to post fake specs.repatch wrote: ↑ The hardware of a camera is a very small part of the smartphone camera quality equation. It's getting to be more and more software that matters.
And that's assuming the sensor for the main lens IS the IMX398, somebody probably has to tear the phone apart to confirm, and even then we won't be sure since it's common for the same phone model to have different sensors when you're in the realm of some manufacturers (Xiaomi I'm looking at you).
- ReginaldB13317
- Newbie
- Feb 20, 2019
- 72 posts
- 60 upvotes
- Burnaby, BC
did you use standard shipping or dhl? duties? thanks.
Koodo $45/mo 10GB - S10 CPO
Fido $55/mo 11GB - S20 FE + $300 WM Gift Card
Shaw $45 300/15MBPS + $250 Bill Credits
Fido $55/mo 11GB - S20 FE + $300 WM Gift Card
Shaw $45 300/15MBPS + $250 Bill Credits
- ReginaldB13317
- Newbie
- Feb 20, 2019
- 72 posts
- 60 upvotes
- Burnaby, BC
did you use standard shipping or dhl? duties? thanks.
Koodo $45/mo 10GB - S10 CPO
Fido $55/mo 11GB - S20 FE + $300 WM Gift Card
Shaw $45 300/15MBPS + $250 Bill Credits
Fido $55/mo 11GB - S20 FE + $300 WM Gift Card
Shaw $45 300/15MBPS + $250 Bill Credits
- gabuser
- Jr. Member
- Dec 30, 2007
- 144 posts
- 10 upvotes
- Vancouver
How is battery life?
Anyone use on freedom ?
Anyone use on freedom ?