CUBOT X19 64GB 5.93-Inch FHD+ Android 9.0 4G Smartphone Unlocked with 4GB RAM, Dual Sim, 4000mAh Battery, 16MP Camera, Fingerprint Sensor,Face ID SIM-Free Moible Phone(Aurora Blue)

My Wileyfox Swift was showing its age, mainly by randomly rebooting at an ever increasing rate. Time for a new phone. I stumbled across this and decided to give it a go. I have only had it a few days, but so far I am blown away by it. It is fast, responsive, the fingerprint unlock works flawlessly, the camera is OK (I use a DSLR when I want really good pics), and the battery life is a big step up for me. It comes with a nice rubbery case that slips over the back, which gives very nice grip - the phone without it is very sleek and slippery and I would drop it every 5 minutes. As others note, the slightly smokey colour of this case does rather obscure the lovely blue gradient cover I opted for, but I can live with that if it stops me dropping it. It arrived with Android 9 on, and so far I am very pleased with it. Astounding value when you look at the price of some of the premium brands. As far as I can see, apart from the lack of NFC which I am not interested in, I really don't understand what you are paying for on some of these other phones. The only thing I really don't like about it is the non-removable (and so non-replaceable) battery.

The fingerprint reader often stops working. Restarting the phone resolves the problem. When it works, the fingerprint reader works quickly.The top part of the touchscreen became permanently unresponsive, which makes the use of some apps (especially those which do not rotate) quite difficult, but other than that the phone is extremely durable, and survived several hard drops with no cracking to the screen.The camera is ok. It's not spectacular, but it's good enough for casual use.The back of the phone gets warm when running some graphically intensive apps or with a lot of tabs open, but not hot. Browsers often take a while to respond (e.g. when typing or changing video settings).The speakers are pretty good considering their size and how cheap the phone is, but of course nowhere near as good as a proper speaker or headphones.No bloatware, which is very nice.

I've had this phone for a couple of weeks it having replaced a Sony L1 which I loved.I had intended to buy a new Sony phone, but Amazon had a deal on the X19 for £119, I've had a Cubot before & was impressed with it's performance. Cubot consistently put out decent phones at decent prices so I wasn't worried about buying a Chinese phone.The phone has a very clear & crisp display, it has marginally better signal strength than the Sony & no real lag when opening apps as would be expected given the phone's good specs. everything works as it should. It came with Android 8 & promptly updated to android 9, there is no bloatware!, the fingerprint sensor works flawlessly & fast. I've tried it with other fingers & it won't unlock so it seems secure, if the sensor gets dirty it even tells you so! the dual sim card is useful for those with a works phone, which means you don't need to carry 2 phones. you can set what sim for calls, text or web use. The bluetooth is very good, it has no problem linking to headphones, or my car. the battery life lasts all day even under heavy use & the Cubot charger is quick to charge. This phone even comes with a screen protector & a gell case, the gell case fits well & is skinny enough that it doesn't add any bulk to the phone, so that's an improvement on previous gell cases!The camera is good, I use it at work & even when moderately cropped it has decent resolution, colour & sharpness. The phone is not heavy & the mag mount on my dashboard holds it securely, though you;ll need to apply a self adhesive metal plate. to the phone or the coverIf you are looking for a budget phone with a decent spec & works well this is it!

It's mostly a reasonable smartphone: the camera is average quality, it's quite smooth for regular apps (e.g. banking, social media etc). However, it will not let me enter numbers during calls (e.g. dial 1 for claims department, 2 for payments team). I tried emailing the company and have had no response. A phone that doesn't work as a phone is useless, and after sales apparently non existent.

I had my Huawei mate 10 pro stolen. I wasn't on a contract/insured so crap situation, but my own fault. I then got a vvv cheap smartphone which struggled with all the basics. I then did tons of research on non-top-brand decent smartphones and went for this. It's decent. It's fast, games & streaming no problems (and my broadband is cheap!), loud alert tones, (video volume is poor) lovely big bright screen though (much bigger than it looks in the ads) and big fonts. The only thing that lets it down is the camera, which is so bad. It shouldn't be advertised as in any way good. Photography options are so limited, as in nothing except silly filters - you can't get good shots with it, they're all saturated and sharp or blurry. I'm used to the Huawei type cameras and they're incredible. I'll be going back to Huawei soon because the camera to me is very important.

I purchased this phone for my wife who's usually a huge apple fan-girl and she's really happy with it so far. Battery life is better than her previous iphones, screen is crisp and can be dimmed quite dark for night time use, the colour is nice and the phone feels good in the hand. Something to be aware of is that mobile data settings may not work right away depending on your network, we're with Sky and had to manually input the APN but this took less than a minute to do and the phone works flawlessly now on wifi and mobile data.Only complaint is that the case included is a smoky colour instead of crystal clear which dulls the look of the back of the phone, but that's just a cosmetic thing and personal preference.Overall the phone feels like the quality you'd expect from one of the bigger brands at a fraction of the cost.