Why is EVERYONE buying this $200 Phone??

[nicklmg]

Buy Umidigi S2: 
On Amazon: http://geni.us/ykujCdL
On Newegg: http://geni.us/fpCcmZY
 

Is your Pixel 2 really worth $700? Is your iPhone X really worth a grand? This cheap Chinese phone sucks- but it doesn’t suck THAT bad… Is this the best phone for the money?

 

 

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Are you sure that's the best $200 phone? Honor 7X my dudes

[RollinLower]

my god the clickbait in this title surpasses everything you guys have done yet. cringe

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

Are you sure that's the best $200 phone? Honor 7X my dudes

Moto G for life.

 

[nicklmg]

17 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

my god the clickbait in this title surpasses everything you guys have done yet. cringe

Does it though?...

[seon123]

At 3:00, I'm assuming it's supposed to say S5, and not S9. Also, the Oneplus X launched that year for $250. A bit more than the Moto E, but it should be considered a budget phone, imo.

[RollinLower]

2 minutes ago, nicklmg said:

Does it though?...

okay, point made. so is this a series now or something? 

[nicklmg]

1 minute ago, RollinLower said:

okay, point made. so is this a series now or something? 

More or less yeah. It's just a more interesting way to say "reviewing one of the top phones on Amazon/Gearbest/etc." since there are a LOT of people buying these products, and our goal is to find out "why."

 

I get that it's an annoying title structure, but it's not what I would call "clickbait."

[RollinLower]

1 minute ago, nicklmg said:

More or less yeah. It's just a more interesting way to say "reviewing one of the top phones on Amazon/Gearbest/etc." since there are a LOT of people buying these products, and our goal is to find out "why."

 

I get that it's an annoying title structure, but it's not what I would call "clickbait."

hey, if it gets the clicks and the ad revenue rolling so you guys keep pushing my sub box full of content, i won' t be complaining. just silently cringing once in a while

[nicklmg]

4 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

hey, if it gets the clicks and the ad revenue rolling so you guys keep pushing my sub box full of content, i won' t be complaining. just silently cringing once in a while

 

[Zodiark1593]

Funny enough, my "flagship fondling friends" rather really like my (as of last year) $250 LeEco Le Pro 3. 

 

Edit: the speakers are really great too. The first phone I've had with better speakers than my 2010-era Nintendo 3DS.

[JCHelios]

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And it will probably run Marshmallow forever.  That might not seem like a huge detail on the surface, but Android didn't even have a built-in flashlight utility at that point.  

 

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Google introduced a flashlight toggle with Android 5.0 Lollipop, located in the quick settings.

Small errors of fact aside, I continue to enjoy this series.  Thanks, LMG.  

[Nicnac]

i'm not 

[monika]

4 hours ago, nicklmg said:

Does it though?...

lol not really

[Guest]

4 hours ago, nicklmg said:

Does it though?...

I haven't bought any of that cheap nasty stuff

[applebook]

I'd much rather get a used Nexus 6P for around this price. It will have far superior software and still has a better screen than this.

 

I don't think that you can actually buy a truly great phone new for under $400, unless you're willing to settle for crappy software and at least one or two big hardware compromises. 

[ImpulseRez]

On 01/07/2018 at 7:22 PM, nicklmg said:

Buy Umidigi S2: 
On Amazon: http://geni.us/ykujCdL
On Newegg: http://geni.us/fpCcmZY
 

Is your Pixel 2 really worth $700? Is your iPhone X really worth a grand? This cheap Chinese phone sucks- but it doesn’t suck THAT bad… Is this the best phone for the money?

 

 

Hey, I've noticed you guys mention in a couple of recent videos about the lower quality Netflix on some Chinese phones, but sounds like you're not sure why. It's to do with them lacking the DRM support that high quality Netflix and Amazon Prime streams use (Widevine level).

 

Here's a post on XDA that gives a decent overview:

www.xda-developers.com/android-netflix-hd-amazon-prime-video-hd-drm/amp/

 

Hope it helps!