Mark brings up some good points.
The Umidigi drongoid fone I have is tough as already explained. There are no "hard cases " available as they arent needed.
It has a 5Ah battery so it only needs charging about once a week. The charger that comes with it charges it at 2 amps !!!!!!!!. It gets pretty warm, but only takes around an hour to charge.
Its heavy!! and as I carry it around in my shirt pocket, there is no room for much else although I can just fit in my clutch pencil, little notebook and my fountain pen.
The operating system is atrocious !!!. Its truly a horrible thing. Yes lots of free apps from the app store. ALL WITH 500 gigs of adds, add adresses and even switches that require a reboot to get back home.
The switches will take you to some website selling some garbage that one would never buy in a million years and there is no back button, return arrow or safety net.
Reboot!!!!!
I did root the phone and changed the OS to something I had a little control over, but nothing as good as iOS. Its automatically friendly whereas drongoid is made to be cantankerous, nasty and totally non intuitive.
It does come with two sim slots that can be two different providers, or one can be a memory card. It does have kids controls and tracking, but as I dont have "kids " as such around that is all switched off.
Especially the tracking!!!! If you go into a shopping centre, it will automatically start send drongoid ( as in the people who own the stores ) adds of what to buy today!!!. So its HIGHLY intrusive, and for an old eccentric like me,
NOT helpful at all. I tried to use the mapping and that works well, UNTILL an add pops up that says, " To continue using maps go to the app store and pay ". You cant get out of it.
I am not one of those that happily walks into telephone poles as they are reading their screens. Or looking like a total dickhead in the middle of a store talking crap to someone else.
I maybe make 3 phonecalls a week, but I make many texts. That requires two hands. I occasionally send a photo to the kids, and likewise get many back from them, especially the two daughters that both had babies in the last four months.
My take ??? Buy an apple phone!!! I still have my I6 and it works in a fashion, but needs a battery. Thats about the same price as the drongoid fone I bought. To add to that its super weak, designed to crack at the smallest provication screen
has a tiny chip in it, and it will completely breakup if removed, so add a new screen !!! Again about the same price as the Umidigi. If I won the lottery the Umidigi would go in the bin in a flash and I would buy a new apple, WITHOUT the skanky little wristwatch that says " Yes you are still alive " or tells me I have "walked 500 steps today ". WHO invented such stupidity ????? and useless apps ??? whats an app ??? isnt it a little program???
Well thats my say,
Best wishes over the holiday season, take care driving
and be of good cheer.
Joe
The Umidigi drongoid fone I have is tough as already explained. There are no "hard cases " available as they arent needed.
It has a 5Ah battery so it only needs charging about once a week. The charger that comes with it charges it at 2 amps !!!!!!!!. It gets pretty warm, but only takes around an hour to charge.
Its heavy!! and as I carry it around in my shirt pocket, there is no room for much else although I can just fit in my clutch pencil, little notebook and my fountain pen.
The operating system is atrocious !!!. Its truly a horrible thing. Yes lots of free apps from the app store. ALL WITH 500 gigs of adds, add adresses and even switches that require a reboot to get back home.
The switches will take you to some website selling some garbage that one would never buy in a million years and there is no back button, return arrow or safety net.
Reboot!!!!!
I did root the phone and changed the OS to something I had a little control over, but nothing as good as iOS. Its automatically friendly whereas drongoid is made to be cantankerous, nasty and totally non intuitive.
It does come with two sim slots that can be two different providers, or one can be a memory card. It does have kids controls and tracking, but as I dont have "kids " as such around that is all switched off.
Especially the tracking!!!! If you go into a shopping centre, it will automatically start send drongoid ( as in the people who own the stores ) adds of what to buy today!!!. So its HIGHLY intrusive, and for an old eccentric like me,
NOT helpful at all. I tried to use the mapping and that works well, UNTILL an add pops up that says, " To continue using maps go to the app store and pay ". You cant get out of it.
I am not one of those that happily walks into telephone poles as they are reading their screens. Or looking like a total dickhead in the middle of a store talking crap to someone else.
I maybe make 3 phonecalls a week, but I make many texts. That requires two hands. I occasionally send a photo to the kids, and likewise get many back from them, especially the two daughters that both had babies in the last four months.
My take ??? Buy an apple phone!!! I still have my I6 and it works in a fashion, but needs a battery. Thats about the same price as the drongoid fone I bought. To add to that its super weak, designed to crack at the smallest provication screen
has a tiny chip in it, and it will completely breakup if removed, so add a new screen !!! Again about the same price as the Umidigi. If I won the lottery the Umidigi would go in the bin in a flash and I would buy a new apple, WITHOUT the skanky little wristwatch that says " Yes you are still alive " or tells me I have "walked 500 steps today ". WHO invented such stupidity ????? and useless apps ??? whats an app ??? isnt it a little program???
Well thats my say,
Best wishes over the holiday season, take care driving
and be of good cheer.
Joe
