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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 March 2019
I really like it, had it for a month and it's practically flawless. This is pretty much the only reasonably-priced phone that has a headphone jack and all the bells and whistles. Comes with a case and a pre-applied screen protector too, which is pretty cool. The battery life is stellar, it lasts for 1.5 days easily with medium/heavy usage, longer than my previous LG G4 which had a 6500 mAh extended battery.
I would say, however, that there are some notable drwabacks:
- Glass back makes it slippy and mine cracked without dropping. It was a hairline crack and a replacement phone has been issued by Amazon, so well happy with that, but was gutted waking up to a cracked phone despite not ever dropping it or mistreating it.
- The back is flashy, maybe too flashy but I don't mind really
- There is a dull area at the bottom of the phone's display
- Speaker is bad quality and esaily blocked
- Handset speaker is not loud and gets blocked easily by my ear, it needs putting basically down my ear canal to hear it.
- No OLED so you won't be able to take advantage of always-on displays or dark mode battery savings. However, the contrast is excellent.
Update:
I'm on holiday, monumentally pissed off with this phone right now. So the other week I put it down in my girlfriend's nightstand, due to the slippery nature of the glass back it literally slid off a flat surface. It landed on a plastic extension lead, which has dented the volume rocker and now none of the buttons work. To make matters worse, I put it down on a tiled floor (literally placed it) and the rear glass cracked. Just now it slid off the arm of a sofa at the hotel (also a flat surface) onto the floor below, it hit on the side judging by the dint but after this it flipped into this screen and there is a hairline crack in the screen now. 3 hairline cracks, 5 months. Not happy one bit, do not buy this phone for the love of god.
I would say, however, that there are some notable drwabacks:
- Glass back makes it slippy and mine cracked without dropping. It was a hairline crack and a replacement phone has been issued by Amazon, so well happy with that, but was gutted waking up to a cracked phone despite not ever dropping it or mistreating it.
- The back is flashy, maybe too flashy but I don't mind really
- There is a dull area at the bottom of the phone's display
- Speaker is bad quality and esaily blocked
- Handset speaker is not loud and gets blocked easily by my ear, it needs putting basically down my ear canal to hear it.
- No OLED so you won't be able to take advantage of always-on displays or dark mode battery savings. However, the contrast is excellent.
Update:
I'm on holiday, monumentally pissed off with this phone right now. So the other week I put it down in my girlfriend's nightstand, due to the slippery nature of the glass back it literally slid off a flat surface. It landed on a plastic extension lead, which has dented the volume rocker and now none of the buttons work. To make matters worse, I put it down on a tiled floor (literally placed it) and the rear glass cracked. Just now it slid off the arm of a sofa at the hotel (also a flat surface) onto the floor below, it hit on the side judging by the dint but after this it flipped into this screen and there is a hairline crack in the screen now. 3 hairline cracks, 5 months. Not happy one bit, do not buy this phone for the love of god.
