Best sub £150 phone?

hartgeh3 · 8 Dec 2017 at 22:42

Raymond Lin · 8 Dec 2017 at 23:01

hartgeh3 said:
@Raymond Lin where you at?

At home? England? West Midlands?

Raymond Lin · 8 Dec 2017 at 23:04

hartgeh3 said:
Did you get the Elephant S8?
I have been looking at it even though have the Umidigi Crystal, just the "chin" is annoying

I got the Maze Alpha, by accident, wanted the Elephone S8 but….anyway

I use the Maze Alpha along with my iPhone in Japan for 2 weeks, what I found is this.

1 - GPS location is slow, REALLY slow, so slow in picking up where i am I gave up using it and turn the phone into a wifi hub so my iPhone can hotpot into it and use my iPhone 6.
2 - The Battery life is great, the days that some reason Hotspot didn't work on the Maze Alpha so couldn't use my iPhone, the Maze Alpha can easily last a whole day.
3 - It's quick enough, easy enough to use.
4 - Fingerprint sensor is not that good, it keep not reading my finger, because of the all glass the phone gets really mucky, much more than my iPhone and for the "muck" would stop me unlocking the phone.
5 - I was glad to have it though because I can change the APN for the sim in Android but can't figure out how to do that with the iPhone.

In the end, it did what I intended it to do, served me well in Japan but the really BAD GPS location lets it down, to the point that I don't think I can use it as a daily.

hartgeh3 · 8 Dec 2017 at 23:08

Thanks mate, I think the Umidigi has decent GPS (from Redskulls youtube video) not used It myself. I don't find the fingerprint sensor that bad on my handset, maybe different sensor but not sure.

Raymond Lin · 8 Dec 2017 at 23:29

hartgeh3 said:
Thanks mate, I think the Umidigi has decent GPS (from Redskulls youtube video) not used It myself. I don't find the fingerprint sensor that bad on my handset, maybe different sensor but not sure.

I'd get the S8 if I were to buy it again, I am back to the iPhone 6 for now.

silverblack · 8 Dec 2017 at 23:30

Honor 6X down to £160 now http://www.three.co.uk/Honor/6X?featuretab=Go Binge&memory=32&colour=Gun Metal Grey

Unlocked,2 year UK warranty.

Things change I've changed · 10 Dec 2017 at 01:19

silverblack said:
Honor 6X down to £160 now http://www.three.co.uk/Honor/6X?featuretab=Go Binge&memory=32&colour=Gun Metal Grey

Unlocked,2 year UK warranty.

Thanks for the heads up, that is a bargain.

UTmaniac · 1 Jun 2019 at 15:32

Bit miffed at the mo, my Maze Alpha while in this case https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B072VT7WWQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title dropped onto the pavement from my shirt pocket earlier today, didn't realise until a while later that phone appears to now be dead. No marks on phone, power button does nothing, plugging USB-C lead into phone from my pc doesn't do the Windows 10 chime of new device being connected. Doesn't look good, but I'll give it the weekend before declaring it definitely dead.

While the 6" screen was handy for web browsing, I think if I have to replace it, then I'll be looking for something smaller and lighter... Plus under £150!

Any suggestions from personal experience from what's out there in 2019?