UMI Super 4G Phablet

Its a great device.

Camera, battery, aluminium body, bright display, 8 cores and 4gb of ram

The build of the phone consists of a two part glass and metal construction. The rear has two plastic faux metal bands which cover what I presume are the connectivity antennae. The camera is rear center, just above the dual tone flash and fingerprint scanner. The front is very minimalistic, with only the earpiece and front camera being immediately present.

Performance on the UMi Super is one of the phone’s strong suits. Throughout my day to day usage, which includes plenty of redditing, watching YouTube, chatting on hangouts, and light gaming, the phone hardly ever stalled. The 4GB of RAM compliments the Super’s performance nicely. The only time the phone ever got warm was when I was setting it up for the first time, installing all of my apps.

The Super is powered by a Mediatek Helio P10 chipset. A MT6755 with Eight Cortex-A53 cores clocked in at around 2.0 GHz
The Mediatek comes equipped with a Mali-T860 GPU. During the BaseMark X testing, it was very easy to tell that the Super would drop a frame or two every once in awhile. Looking at other device’s scores, it’s easy to see that the Super might not stack up among the rest.

While a solid and well thought-out device, some aspects of the phone felt heavily derived from other offerings on the market, and it brings most of the flaws you’d expect out of a phone in this price-range. When I read a few past reviews on the XDA site, I had noticed that there were a few phones that the Super took a fair bit of inspiration from.

Many users on Reddit have called out the UMi website for looking a bit “too good to be true”, starting that one should not trust the company to deliver a quality product. While I initially agreed with those sentiments, actually using the device changed my mind. If you head over to UMi’s community forums, you can see just how other users of this phone feel.

But overall, the UMi Super is a pretty sturdy Android device for the price. I mostly enjoy using it and the way it feels in the hand. The software is close to stock in functionality, and the phone itself is well made with a decent display (if your unit doesn’t have lightbleed) for its cheap price point. The only glaring issues that really bothered me with the phone have to be the connectivity issues and lack of cell service I faced. That aside, the feature that is the most attractive is the Super’s battery, which at times seems like it will just never die. If you can live with a budget device and need insane battery life, you should consider the phone — but first, you must make sure you can live with the downsides and consequences.

Suggestion

No audio certification, gps random failures

Mar 31,2017

Eccezionali tutti i reparti hardware e software, memorie processori, reti, wireless, durata della batteria, etc. (secondo me tra i migliori sul mercato).
Ottimo rapporto qualità/prezzo.
Smartphone molto bello esteticamente (per la fattura metallica e schermo Gorilla Glass 2.5D), robusto e compatto ma abbastanza maneggevole.
Ben bilanciato in mano.
Ottimo schermo con ottima risoluzione e con colori brillanti, realistici, quasi naturali e sempre nitido e ben visibile in tutte le condizioni di luce. Si legge sempre molto bene qualsiasi testo.
Buono il reparto fotografico/video.

Exceptional all hardware and software departments, processor memories, networks, wireless, battery life, etc. (In my opinion one of the best on the market).
Excellent value for money.
Smartphone very nice aesthetically (for the metal workmanship and screen Gorilla Glass 2.5D), robust and compact but quite manageable.
Well balanced in the hand.
Great screen with good resolution and bright colors, realistic, natural and almost always clear and easily visible in all lighting conditions. It always reads very well any text.
Good photo / video department.

Suggestion

Si dovrebbe migliorare :
- Il peso (un pò pesante in mano, tende a scivolare)
- I colori delle foto non sono perfetti come la risoluzione.

It needs improvement:
- The weight (a little heavy in his hand, tends to slip)
- The colors of the photos are not perfect, as the resolution.

Jun 24,2016

An excellent phone and very good value for money. Build quality is superb and you can feel that quality. It has a bit of weight but not excessive. Quite slim and feels good in the hand. Battery life is good, lasting me about two days, with moderate use, before a charge is required. Mostly metal construction.
Clear and bright screen and ,as supplied almost stock Android. there have been a couple of updates so it would seem that UMI are supporting their product. Adequate RAM and internal memory with the means to expand that using a micro sd card.
The addition of a notification l.e.d. is also very useful.
I have fitted a UMI hard clear back protector which fits perfectly and offers excellent protection for the rear aluminium casing.
Overall I am very pleased with this phone considering I was able to purchase during a flash sale at a considerable saving.

Suggestion

Non removable back and non user replaceable battery.
Camera operation could be improved.
A function that could be implemented is the ability to wake up the phone using two taps on the screen and two taps on the notification light or home button to send it to sleep. This would reduce potential wear with the power button.

Dec 03,2016

I use my mobile more like a computer than as a phone. For writing messages, emails or even texts the UMI Super is really superb because of it's long lasting power and quick and easy recharge! Fantastic! Also the possibility of adding a 200 GB card is great. I really have all my bureau stuff on board as well as all my music. After playing the role of the dj at last Saturday at a party with playing music via a connection cable between my Super and full music equipment I've been really again astonished because of the professional sound and because of the still very high carge.

I also like this weight of the super because it gives the impression of a really boys or male gear! Love that!
So who needs Samsung or Apple"Juice" if you can get an UMI Super for this little cost!
Another wonderful point was that the Super came so very fast to my hands! A point that I really did not imagined to happen so fast.

Suggestion

Okay, the build-in camera is not that good but one can use an alternative app or a real camera.
I've been a little astonished that I had to pay import taxes.

Aug 29,2016

ho acquistato umi super trovando un offertissima a 135€ ....non mi aspettavo nulla di che anche se le caratteristiche promettevano bene...scrivo questa recensione dopo circa una settimana dalla ricezione....ottima costruzione, la scocca in metallo fa la sua figura, buona la ricezione, buono il sensore impronte....forse mi aspettavo un po di piu dalla fotocamera....messa a fuoco molto lenta, qualità delle immagini uguali a smartpone della stessa fascia di prezzo....nulla a che vedere con le caratteristiche.
Il peso un po eccessivo
una nota piacevole.....ha il tasto "trasmetti" che ti da la possibilità di utilizzare lo smartphone con una televisione wifi oppure con chromecast....puoi utilizzare dalo smartphone anche app come vlc....bella scoperta...tutto sommato sono molto soddisfatto per ora.

Suggestion

ho acquistato umi super trovando un offertissima a 135€ ....non mi aspettavo nulla di che anche se le caratteristiche promettevano bene...scrivo questa recensione dopo circa una settimana dalla ricezione....ottima costruzione, la scocca in metallo fa la sua figura, buona la ricezione, buono il sensore impronte....forse mi aspettavo un po di piu dalla fotocamera....messa a fuoco molto lenta, qualità delle immagini uguali a smartpone della stessa fascia di prezzo....nulla a che vedere con le caratteristiche.
Il peso un po eccessivo
una nota piacevole.....ha il tasto "trasmetti" che ti da la possibilità di utilizzare lo smartphone con una televisione wifi oppure con chromecast....puoi utilizzare dalo smartphone anche app come vlc....bella scoperta...tutto sommato sono molto soddisfatto per ora.

Sep 20,2017