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2014-03-21, 23:26
Hi Again!
My phone finally arrived and I have now had a chance to play around with it for over 24hrs.
Now I have always been an iPhone user so when I thought about looking at getting an android phone from China I wasn't expecting quality, it was purchased purely due to it being a 6th of the price of a new iPhone.
However I am happy to say that I am not disappointed with my new purchase!
The phone itself doesn't look cheap and feels fairly solid (as solid as plastic construction gets anyway). The front of the phone is simple and unbranded constructed with a single piece of gorilla glass. It appears to have a notification LED but it is only used to indicate when the battery is charging and when the battery is running low. The viewing angle of the IPS screen is excellent and the light distribution is almost spot on.
All the buttons feel positive and have a nice metallic finish.
The only bit that lets the phone down in terms of its looks is the silly "technology happy life" quote on the back that gizbeat pointed out in his review and the "8M" printed on the camera lens. I don't see a point in that!
In terms of performance the OS is very snappy and responds nicely. So far i haven't encountered anything that causes it to slow down, which I was slightly worried of due to only having 1 gig of ram.
The camera works relatively well and takes reasonable pictures in all light conditions with the autofocus working really well, I have yet to put it through a proper test though.
Battery life seems ok, but I have been using it non stop so will have another look at that after I am a little less obsessed with it!
The only negative I have found so far seems to be the quality of audio when listening through headphones. I can always hear white noise whenever audio is being outputted. This is quite annoying for me but I will keep looking into it as it could just be a software problem somewhere.
Overall I am very impressed with the w200s. I think in terms of value for money it will be hard to beat, I also like that it comes with a hard protective case and screen protector included. I won't use the screen protector but the case helps hide the quote on the back!
If anyone has any questions about it let me know!
My phone finally arrived and I have now had a chance to play around with it for over 24hrs.
Now I have always been an iPhone user so when I thought about looking at getting an android phone from China I wasn't expecting quality, it was purchased purely due to it being a 6th of the price of a new iPhone.
However I am happy to say that I am not disappointed with my new purchase!
The phone itself doesn't look cheap and feels fairly solid (as solid as plastic construction gets anyway). The front of the phone is simple and unbranded constructed with a single piece of gorilla glass. It appears to have a notification LED but it is only used to indicate when the battery is charging and when the battery is running low. The viewing angle of the IPS screen is excellent and the light distribution is almost spot on.
All the buttons feel positive and have a nice metallic finish.
The only bit that lets the phone down in terms of its looks is the silly "technology happy life" quote on the back that gizbeat pointed out in his review and the "8M" printed on the camera lens. I don't see a point in that!
In terms of performance the OS is very snappy and responds nicely. So far i haven't encountered anything that causes it to slow down, which I was slightly worried of due to only having 1 gig of ram.
The camera works relatively well and takes reasonable pictures in all light conditions with the autofocus working really well, I have yet to put it through a proper test though.
Battery life seems ok, but I have been using it non stop so will have another look at that after I am a little less obsessed with it!
The only negative I have found so far seems to be the quality of audio when listening through headphones. I can always hear white noise whenever audio is being outputted. This is quite annoying for me but I will keep looking into it as it could just be a software problem somewhere.
Overall I am very impressed with the w200s. I think in terms of value for money it will be hard to beat, I also like that it comes with a hard protective case and screen protector included. I won't use the screen protector but the case helps hide the quote on the back!
If anyone has any questions about it let me know!
Current Phone - THL w200S 
