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Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2020
After 1 week of usage, so far so good…
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2020
I think it is a very good midrange unlocked smartphone with a powerful processor and tons of Internal memory and RAM, and Global bands.
I have used some of the Umidigi products before, I think it is a good New technology company who tries to provide quality devices for the reasonable price range. And I wanted to get this UMIDIGI S5 Pro because of the very good specs like Helio G90T gaming processor, 6GB RAM, 256 GB ROM, and Global bands at this price range, those were main selling point for me… I don’t usually sped $1000s of dollars for the new Flagship devices….
And so far I can say I was not disappointed:
Pros:
It is pretty snappy and fast phone, compared to my old phone ZTE AXON 7, which had a Snapdragon 820, and 4GB RAM, and 64 GB ROM, this phone is probably twice as much faster.
It has global bands and VoLTE, can work anywhere in the world and at any GSM company, I am using it with Metropcs in USA, so far works better than my AXON 7, which had connection issues inside of my home and at work.
6GB LPDDR4x RAM is plenty of ram for the downloading a lot of apps, and it will not slow down your phone a lot
256 ROM, that is insane amount of storage…
Android 10
48 megapixel QUAD camera, with pop up selfie
18W fast charging, charged 40 % in less than an hour
Came with the cover protector and on screen film installed, and Usb type C to regular headphone jack dongle
Liquid cooling system, have not tested on this phone yet, can’t tell, but this technology is great, it is usually used in Server computers
4680 MAH battery does last about 1.5 -2 days on moderate usage
NFC
Not very thick, fits comfortable on the hand, (little hard to use it one hand though if you have smaller palms)
Dual sim card slots, and I could go on and on…
Cons:
Screen resolution could be better, it is 2k ( but again for this price point I am not complaining)
On screen fingerprint reader works good, but not that fast in my opinion
No regular headphone jack ( but most companies are switching to Type C now anyways, and Umidigi provided free adapter dongle which is good)
I am not sure why, I still need to test it but once in a while screen freezes for some reason during scrolling or reading some pages, not very often, but wanted to mention.
Hopefully Umidigi will keep up with software updates on this phone.
But overall I am very happy with this phone so far, It was a very good upgrade from my previous phone… It has all of the basic main features I need Speed and Enough memory.
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2020
Bought this phone as a replacement to my LeEco Le Pro3, so I’m no stranger to somewhat obscure but good value Chinese phones. This particular phone checked almost all the boxes I wanted in a new phone:
*Large battery (4680mah)
*Snappy CPU (MediaTek Helio G90T)
*AMOLED / OLED screen
*Relatively clean Android experience
*Wide frequency / band support
*Reasonable size
*Minimal bezels
The only thing this phone truly lacks in my honest opinion is a headphone jack. Thats slightly disappointing but its becoming harder to find phones that can truly satisfy every checkbox. I will note that the phone is larger than my previous phone but still a usable size. It does feel noticeably heavier than my previous phone also, however, not necessarily in a bad way. Its not detracting or an obtrusive weight for me. The phone still fits fine in my jeans and work pants. My old phone was honestly too big to keep in my gym short pockets for a jog and this would be no different. You’d want some kind of strap case if you were going to take it with you in those cases
Packaging is fairly standard and simple. Charger, manual, USB-C to headphone jack dongle, sim eject tool, a case, and pre-applied screen protector. The phone is already inserted in the case out of the box also and with the case on it measures 6.42″ x 3.17″. The only area on the phone with buttons is on the right side where the volume up and down buttons are along with the power button. All 3 buttons are positioned exactly the same distance apart. It may have been better to position the power button a bit further apart from the volume buttons since I do find myself sometimes going to turn the screen on or off and hitting the volume down button by accident instead
The popup selfie camera is a neat trick and makes a little mechanical sound when it opens. I don’t use the feature nearly enough to give a significant opinion about the cameras on the phone. But pictures I have taken with the rear facing cameras so far have been fine for my needs and the selfie came also takes decent pictures. The benefit of the camera is the front of the phone is almost entirely screen. It is also a great screen to view. Very vibrant and poppy. It may not be the highest pixel density in smartphones today but its certainly the best screen I’ve ever had on a phone and browsing websites and watching videos is a very enjoyable experience. I will note that the phone does not use the earpiece as a second speaker for music or video, so all sound shoots from the single bottom firing speaker. It was a little odd initially, since my prior phone did use the earpiece to provide sound as well, however, I’ve gotten used to it and the bottom firing speaker on this phone is louder than my prior phone
The software experience is practically stock Android 10 with the May 5th security patch level. I will mention that initially the phone comes setup so that all apps install to the main and side screens by default like iPhones, however, you can toggle that in the settings to have just a single home screen and all apps in the app draw instead. Very little or potentially no bloat installed, depending on how you look at it. Most of the apps are just the standard Google / Android apps: Messages, Calendar, Google Assistant, Files, Maps, Drive, Chrome, Duo, GMail, Google Play Movies & TV, YouTube, and YouTube Music. I personally disabled the last 8 in that list since I don’t really use them but those are default apps on basically any new Android phone now. The only other notable apps that were pre-installed are DuraSpeed and Children Space. DuraSpeed is supposed to boost foreground app performance and Children Space seems to allow you to lock down the phone so that only a few apps are usable so you can hand it to a child for them to play with. I haven’t uninstalled those or disabled them so far, however, I likely will never use them. There is an FM radio and app installed too, which is a nice feature, though I likely also won’t use that feature much.
The phone is very snappy. I still don’t think my prior phone is slow but this feels tangibly snappier. Apps open and close quickly and switching between screens is fast also. Background apps that you want to stay active do seem to hold in memory much better than my prior phone. I’ve never noticed an app reloading so far when I switch to it in the Recents screen, though I admittedly tend to keep only basic apps open there anyway
I know there was some info about the popup camera getting stuck with some specific actions. I never experienced that or tested for it, however, I did receive a software update on July 7th and one of the notes on it were that it addressed the popup camera freezing issue. On the topic of software updates, the phone may get small updates to address various glitches like that or improve some little features here and there, however, this will almost certainly never get an Android update. I knew that going in and right now its on the most recent version of Android so its not an issue. In the future, after a new release of Android comes out, and if I feel like I want any of those features, I will just root the phone and likely throw a custom ROM on it. Custom ROM support for MediaTek processors hasn’t always been great, however, these processors are becoming more common and I’ll likely be able to find something that will work with this phone without issue. In regards to the processor itself, I’ve never felt the phone really even get warm so far during any of the tasks I’ve used it for. There were times when my old phone would. The performance of this processor is just slightly below the Snapdragon 765G for comparison and I doubt there would be any tangible difference between the two, though the Snapdragon processor would have better custom ROM support, depending on the device
Band support on this phone seems excellent and you could truly consider this a world phone. You likely wouldn’t have issues using it anywhere for 2G, 3G, and 4G connections. The main issue with other Chinese brands is iffy band support in the US. I’ve left a snapshot from Kimovil showing every major US carrier and how compatible with them this phone would be. You aren’t going to have an issue using it with anyone here and this phone honestly has better support than most domestic and major brands as well. I’m on Mint mobile (T-Mobiles network) and have had zero issues so far. Granted, the phone doesn’t have 5G, however, I don’t live in an area with that or where it would be implemented anytime in the near future, so its not a feature I need or miss. 4G is plenty fast for me to date and that isn’t going anywhere anytime soon
Battery life on this phone has been amazing so far. I’m not the heaviest user in the world and my old phone actually had a decent sized 4070mah battery in it. However, that phone was a few years old and the battery life was declining. It would normally be at about 30%-to-40% by the end of the day and would be lower on heavier usage days. By comparison, this phone so far hasn’t gotten below 85% by the end of my normal day and I don’t need to charge it overnight. It has only lost about 2% to 5% overnight as well which was very impressive. The combination of the much bigger battery, the AMOLED screen, and a more efficient processor are all huge benefits of this over my prior phone. I doubt I’ll ever have charging anxiety with this phone
So far I am wholly satisfied with my purchase and would recommend this phone to anyone. If you are in need of a new phone you should definitely consider trying this one out. For me its one of the best value for money phones on the market currently. I may update this review if I think of anything else or notice any particular issues
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Reviewed in Japan on November 13, 2023
Prestaciones de flagship, precio de gama media
Reviewed in Spain on July 6, 2020
Prestaciones de flagship, precio de gama media
Reviewed in Spain on July 6, 2020
La primera impresión, como en todos los productos de Umidigi es un empaquetado cuidadoso y elegante. Llevan usando el mismo diseño de cajas desde hace años y a mi me gusta que se mantenga una linea en ese tipo de cosas.
En el interior de la caja, lo esperado. El teléfono con el protector puesto y su funda. El cargador rapido de 18w, el cable rojo usb-c y el mini adaptador para auriculares. Un tema que parece menor, pero que es mas importante de lo que se piensa, es disponer de un protector pre-aplicado, que queda perfecto y de una funda, también diseñada 100% a medida, que en este caso es mucho mas importante, por el espacio necesario para la cámara “periscopio”.
Las especificaciones del teléfono son brillantes sobre el papel, y en este caso, se cumple sobradamente en la práctica. A pesar de ser un terminal totalmente nuevo, y todavía sujeto a posibles bugs de infancia, todas las funciones principales se desenvuelven con gran agilidad y notable velocidad, no en vano, en el test Antutu devuelve unos más que notables 280,000 puntos, que, para ponerlo en perspectiva, eran las puntuaciones de los teléfonos de gama alta de hace 2 años (S9, por ejemplo) y que a día de hoy sería aproximadamente el 50% de los teléfono con mejores puntuaciones en ese ranking. Eso, junto a los 6 Gb de RAM y los 256 Gb de ROM, hacen que sea un teléfono que sin ningún problema va a durar años siendo perfectamente utilizable para prácticamente cualquier uso, excepto, claro, los juegos con mayores requerimientos gráficos, pero esos, ya lo sabemos, comen aparte.
En mi caso, lo que mas me ha impresionado ha sido la pantalla. No había tenido nunca un teléfono con Amoled, aunque había jugado con algunos, pero una cosa es tenerlos un ratito, y otro, tenerlo siempre. La intensidad de colores, el brillo, la intensidad de negros. Es una autentica maravilla. Por ejemplo, comparado con mi otro terminal, también Umidigi, la diferencia de brillo es alarmante, aunque supongo que además de la diferente tecnología de pantalla, los rangos de la curva de brillo son diferentes en ambos terminales, pero es que este, al 25% de brillo, es una autentica maravilla, y para llegar a una intensidad similar, hay que subir el otro por encima del 60%. Por cierto, el hecho de ser Amoled, permite utilizar aplicaciones de pantalla Always On para disponer de información cuando el teléfono esta apagado.
Los otros dos elementos a mencionar son las cámaras y la huella en pantalla.
Las cámaras, realmente muy bien, aunque no he jugado muchísimo con ellas, pero había 2 cosas en la que tenia especial curiosidad. Una el macro. Y me ha dejado sorprendido. Es capaz de captar motas de polvo a 1cm de foco. Si alguien quiere hacer fotografías de naturaleza, como flores, insectos, etc.. es su herramienta. La otra cosa curiosa, aunque para mi no sea decisiva, es la cámara de selfies tipo periscopio, sale con un zumbidito muy “espacial” y queda preparada en un par de segundos. Lo mejor? Que no ocupa espacio de pantalla.
Y la huella en pantalla. Tengo que reconocer que tenia mis dudas, porque en ciertos dispositivos se hablaba de problemas de reconocimiento. En mi caso, al principio, algunos, pero es mas por el proceso de aprender a colocar la huella en su sitio. Ahora, cero problemas, es un poquito mas lento que los sensores traseros, pero lo prefiero a los laterales. En realidad, siempre había preferido los del botón frontal, pero eran una especie en extinción. Por lo que, con las huellas en pantalla, se recuperan.
Resumiendo. Un teléfono de gama media, con elementos de gama alta y con un respeto absoluto al bolsillo, que es algo que necesitaremos en la situación actual.
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