Rating: 5/5
Review:
An excellent phone
I was sent this phone for review. I have tested a number of
Umi phones and have used an Umi Iron as my main phone for a year or so now and
I am impressed with their quality and the very good specifications for the
price. The Umi Super is the best I have
tried so far and I like it very much.
When reading this review, do bear in mind that I am in late middle age and that my use may not reflect yours. I don't game or tweet, for example; I use the phone for calls and texts, music, checking email, some catch-up TV and video streaming, occasional photos and occasional web browsing. I don't use data. All this means that I cannot advise on comparisons, lots of technical specification and so on, but my ordinary user's take in the Umi Super is this:
The packaging is a stylish tin and you get a charger, a Type-C USB lead for charging and data transfer, a pin for opening the SIM tray and a quick-start guide. The phone itself is very attractive: it's slim, stylish and has a very nice, robust aluminium case with a gently rounded back. It's quite heavy, but not excessively, and I find it very comfortable to use. There is fingerprint security (but I prefer to stick to PIN locking). The 5.5" screen is excellent to my eyes; it's rounded at the edges and a pleasure to use: bright, true colours and very tolerant of viewing angle. Video, TV catch-up and so on look great and everything works very nicely for me. The Super runs Android version 6.0, and with 4GB RAM (impressive) everything is very quick and smooth and pretty intuitive.
When reading this review, do bear in mind that I am in late middle age and that my use may not reflect yours. I don't game or tweet, for example; I use the phone for calls and texts, music, checking email, some catch-up TV and video streaming, occasional photos and occasional web browsing. I don't use data. All this means that I cannot advise on comparisons, lots of technical specification and so on, but my ordinary user's take in the Umi Super is this:
The packaging is a stylish tin and you get a charger, a Type-C USB lead for charging and data transfer, a pin for opening the SIM tray and a quick-start guide. The phone itself is very attractive: it's slim, stylish and has a very nice, robust aluminium case with a gently rounded back. It's quite heavy, but not excessively, and I find it very comfortable to use. There is fingerprint security (but I prefer to stick to PIN locking). The 5.5" screen is excellent to my eyes; it's rounded at the edges and a pleasure to use: bright, true colours and very tolerant of viewing angle. Video, TV catch-up and so on look great and everything works very nicely for me. The Super runs Android version 6.0, and with 4GB RAM (impressive) everything is very quick and smooth and pretty intuitive.
The internal memory is also big at 32GB and you can expand with
a micro-SD card of up to 128GB capacity (I use a 32 GB and it works fine).
Set-up was very easy, but there is no manual available. The quick-start manual
is OK, access to SIM and micro-SD card slots
is very easy and if you're familiar with Android the lack of a manual may not
bother you, but for some users it might be a drawback.
This is a dual-SIM phone, which can be a very handy feature, but note that the memory card and second SIM share a slot, so you can't have two SIM cards and a memory card installed at the same time. Also, do check that its 4G bands will work for you (FDD-LTE 2100 / 1800 / 2600 / 800MHz (Band1/3/7/20) ) – not all networks are necessarily supported.
This is a dual-SIM phone, which can be a very handy feature, but note that the memory card and second SIM share a slot, so you can't have two SIM cards and a memory card installed at the same time. Also, do check that its 4G bands will work for you (FDD-LTE 2100 / 1800 / 2600 / 800MHz (Band1/3/7/20) ) – not all networks are necessarily supported.
In use, everything I want works very well. Wi-fi connection was very straightforward as was syncing with my account. The battery lasts for several days with my use. The speakers aren't bad for smartphone speakers (which isn't saying much, I know) and through headphones or an external speaker - both wired and via Bluetooth 4.0 - the sound is excellent. There's no NFC, but normal Bluetooth pairing is very quick and simple, and stable up to a decent range. The rear camera has a very good 13mp resolution and the front camera is OK at 5mp. I have found both to be fine, and other functions also seem very good.
Apps install quickly and without fuss. There's a handy little on the left side which
you can program to go direct to any app (simply done in Settings, and simple to
change the app chosen), and which you can then use to access an app with a
single push.
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