Price: $99.99
(as of Jun 30, 2024 23:24:02 UTC – Details)
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Customers say
Customers like the quality of the phone, saying it’s a good rugged phone for work. They also like the camera. However, some customers have reported issues with performance, speed, and connectivity. They say it stopped working out of the blue, and that the video recording was awful. They are also disappointed with compatibility, and battery life. Customers disagree on value.
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Kerry –
Worth the $99 I paid. but unsurprisingly, not the greatest phone ever.
**Update** I bumped this from 4 to 5 stars because 6 months later it’s still working fine. The battery charging got better over time, as did the battery life. I’m happy and already feel like I got my money’s worth.
I like this phone and I love the price. I really beat up my phones and didn’t want to shell out for a new CAT phone, which cost me over $600 the last time I bought one. This phone has a similar durability-minded build and has some simple additional features that I like such as the attached wrist strap option and a programmable side button that actually works (unlike the CAT phone). I appreciate that there is nothing on this phone that is going to obviously fail right away, such as the speaker cover and the backing material on my old CAT, which I could tell right away were not made to last. Actually there is one thing, the very flimsy piece of plastic that you insert your SIM card in to. Luckily you only have to do that once. Not for nothing, this Ulefone is a good looking phone to boot. Also, so far I’m liking Android 9.0 (I think my last phone was running 6.0).
I barely want to complain about a phone that cost me $99, but in case it’s helpful to others, here are the things that I have decided that I can live with given the price:
1. 3G only
2. Limited storage (2GB RA, 16 internal, and it won’t accept my MicroSD card that I had in my old phone)
3. At first, horribly slow, like, “I’m returning this immediately” slow. The speed improved once everything was up and running and all updates set. Now I would say the speed is “fine” and comparable to my 2.5 year old CAT S60. Kinda sad to get a new phone that isn’t any faster than the old, but again, $99.
4. Some forgivable glitches, like if I try to update any of the settings in Contacts, I get the message “Contacts has stopped.” Cannot figure out a way to get more than two screens of apps. Little things like that.
5. The camera is good enough for functional photos, but you’re not going to dazzle your Instagram followers with it.
6. Slow charging. As in, might not be fully charged by morning if I let it get quite low and left it to charge overnight.
7. Wish the battery was a little better for such a heavy phone (it is the same weight as my old phone, but if you’re not used to a rugged phone, the weight and size of this may surprise you). It gets through the day but since it takes so long to charge, I just wish it were better.
8. It came with the screen protector already stuck on. I wish that wasn’t the case, I dislike the screen protectors and think the touch screen would perform better without out.
9. No useful user manual included, or found anywhere online
I haven’t tested the durability but if I still have it in a year, maybe I’ll drive over it with my car, which I saw happen in a marketing video for this phone haha. I also haven’t taken any underwater photos but find the possibility interesting. Even more interesting though less tempting is their claim that you can put it in under a meter of concrete for 24 hours. Good to know!
All in all I’m happy and it has survived 4 days of my abuse. Read the FAQ if you need a giggle.
Chelsey De Dios –
So disappointed.
This is by far the worst phone I have ever owned. It is incredibly slow, and the preinstalled apps crash regularly. The battery is already going bad, after owning it less than a month and with light use, only charging it at night, the battery completely drains in less than an hour. It is waterproof if you put the rubber pieces into all of the ports, but the port for the charger is already feeling weak where it connects to the built in phone case. The camera is so bad as to be unusable, all the photos are very fuzzy. The GPS cannot keep track of me and bounces me all over the map all the time. I had such high hopes for this phone, but I am so disappointed. I wish I had bought anything else.
Anika Barrett –
Phone
9/10 it’s works perfectly but have space issues and overheating problems
HENRY W. –
Worth the Money
Great phone for the price. The screen is surprisingly good and the phone itself is very durable. It’s slow on a few things but other than that, great phone.
bill lake –
Didn’t work
I was unable to get the phone to open up the internet. I returned it
Lindsey –
Not Compatible
The phone itself looked like a decent phone, but it is not compatible with many different carriers. It’s only 3G and won’t work with anything else. I could see it working as a good wifi only phone. I didn’t have the chance to dive in and check out all of the features. I returned it.
Soundsailor –
GREAT PHONE 1 year in!!!
THIS IS A GREAT PHONE…RUGGED…LONG LONG BATTERY LIFE…WATER PROOF TO 100 FT DEPTH UNDER WATER…I BOUGHT THIS BECAUSE I AM A SAILOR CRUISER MEXICO TO ALASKA…THIS PHONE IS THE BEST!
I HAVE SEEN THESE AT $400 BUCKS…..WELL WORTH THE MONEY..WILL BE MY NEXT PHONE WHEN THIS ONE DIES!……….CHEERS T…ALASKA!
Jesse C. –
In fact not waterproof
Bought this phone cause my last phone I had died on me after a coworker knocked a very watered down bottle of hand sanitizer onto my phone and ruined it even after soaking it in rice for 3 days. So I realized I should have a back up phone that I could use in any case where my main phone dies or is unusable. After setting up this phone I showed my family and after they asked what the IP-68 on the front of the phone meant I explained that it was a dust/water scale and that the 8 meant it was waterproof up to 1.5m underwater for up to thirty minutes. so I ran my phone under the sink to show this fact and at first it seemed fine but after trying to use my phone about 20 minutes later my phones screen no longer lit up. My phone still makes noises and has the touch feed back and charges but now the screen does not work. This phone might be okay for normal use but if you are trying to get a phone that you shouldn’t have to worry about not working this one fails horribly not even being able to get slightly wet even though it advertises that it is waterproof.