I've had this phone for about 3 months now. My issues with it so far: The stock earphones are slightly longer than normal, meaning if you use any other earphones that aren't designed for this phone, the microphone won't work unless you push them in really hard. The rear camera is the furthest protruding part of the phone which makes it very easy to scratch. Bad design. Sometimes my Bluetooth speaker will randomly stop working, turning the Bluetooth on and off again fixes it for a while but it's still very annoying. Fair bit of lag when browsing the internet, can take a few seconds for the phone to register when I click on a link. After the phone has been submerged in water, the speaker will sound muffled and quiet, have to really shake the water out to get it to sound normal again. Other than that the phone is OK. Amazing battery life, I get 2-3 days worth of HEAVY usage, takes a long time to charge as I can't use the original charger as it has a different plug to my country's standard, but even using a 2.4amp charger can take over 8 hours to charge from 0% - 100%.
Update; I am now having the common problem of the phone taking a very long time to charge, leaving it on charge over night leaves me with 50% charge. Blackview support want me to make a video on this as proof before I send it back. They are very difficult to deal with I do not recommend buying any Blackview phone.
When submerging the phone,how do the headphone jack and charging port hold up? I am very confused how the phone holds the IP rating considering there is no flaps so and salt water usually eats or rusts away the ports since i come from using a Cat S41 and it had flaps.
I've been using this phone for a week now. It's an amazing phone. Coming from Nokia phone that survived getting run over by a car. So I wanted another rugged phone. He also mentioned gaming performance. It is not that good. I ran benchmarking and it is one of the lowest rated in the list. While the top tier scored 10000+, this phone score little over 1300. If gaming isn't your things then I seriously do not see any issue beside that honestly.
If Blackview only decided to go at least for Snapdragon 660, this would be better than Mi Max 3. Mediatek should retire. Seriously! 10k mAh would be like a 4000mAh on this chipset.
I'm fine with Mediatek, after all they perform the same or better than a (more expensive) Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC, and unlike Qualcomm they don't behave like a pseudo-monopolist. Older Mediatek SoCs had poor radios but the current ones are up to par with Qualcomm. If Blackview had used a Snapdragon 660 then the price would most certainly be close to $500.
Bought a few BV9500s. All the cables shipped with the phone were fualty. One caught fire and damaged the phone. Blackview's sales manager Lily Chen was very hostile when told and refused to even help solve the problem. Even hung up the phone when told the cables were not good. Terrible attitude.
@@theturdinator6011 I think you should re-read all my comments, I've had multiple issues with this phone. Battery and 4G were fine though, which is what I said.
The BV9500 I just got to work with today for family member, connected right up to the AT&T Network here in the US. Should be important to say this, its battery says 10,000 mah but its a safety feature so the battery does not explode, they limit the phone to a usable 9000 mah is what CPU-X was showing me. Still thats atleast double my own BV8000 Pro's battery capacity so I will not complain. *Edit: CPU-X Might be reading a different value then what the phone actually has.
I don't get it. Why would there be a need for Blackview to limit the battery capacity. Oukitel made a k10000-series but they didn't limit those 10000 mAh phonebatteries and no problem with that. Blackview, this is false advertising.
I had 13h SoT with 17% battery left. 24h seems unaccurate. Now i tested it from 95% charge on 100% brightness all the time and played for 5 minutes several times and watched RUclips videos and surfed a lot, had some calls, texted some and now i have had it running for 24 hours and 30 minutes and have 9h 45m SoT and still 18% charge left. And no power saving were used for this test. Great results.
Just got mine in today. It's an absolute beast. I'm happy with it for my current lifestyle. It was this or carrying around 2 phones (work and personal) plus a battery pack and cables for both. The Micro SD card slot and other specs are just juicy gravy. I'm super impressed with the build quality and the barebones android experience. I highly recommend it if you can deal with the size and weight ;) It out specs my other android phones (Sony Xperia XA2 ,LG G4 and Nexus 6p) with the exception of the quad HD screens on the latter two.
Update: In an ironic twist of fate, I dropped my phone outside of a bar this weekend. It managed to land perfectly on the camera lens. Turns out it's not gorilla glass on that part. Huge shatter through the right most camera. Funny enough I believe thats the camera that only captures the monochrome data, since it still looks crystal clear and all the camera functions still work. Including HDR. I suppose it's still worth making an attempt to not be reckless with the phone....or drunk haha.
Thanks for your review. If possible, can you expand on what it is like carrying a phone around that is this size and weight? Does it fit OK in a trouser pocket? Is the weight heavy enough to pull down your pants? Does it fit OK in a jacket chest pocket? Would the weight cause a jacket to sag?
I found a permanent fix for the rebooting issue on the BV9500-series. Go to settings-> smart assistant -> power save manager and just disable it altogether. My BV9500 hasn't restarted at all anymore since i disabled the power save manager. Not talking about the battery saving mode because that is in the battery settings in the settings menu.
The only problem with Blackview is how well built it is, after 3 years i still havent got the reason to upgrade, mine still works as good as the day i got it. BV6000.
They should go for some newer chip. SDM636/638 would be good. For flagship, 670 or so. Even MediaTek, they should go for P60. 300 bucks is not cheap. In China, you can get a Xiaomi 8 which equips SDM845,6G,64GB class. Even considered more regular class(I do not know how Xiaomi make money through their phone). Nokia X6 gets a FHD+, 636 and priced around 200-250
The upcoming Blackview BV9600 will have the Helio P60 and amoled screen and around 5,6k mAh battery. I recommend that as it have better specs than bv9500 except battery size.
Theoretically rugged but delicate. I bought two. First slipped off the pocket on the concrete and died. Sent for warrant repair to Blackview and never returned. I described the story on blackfail.prv.pl The second slipped off my hand and fell on its back on asphalt from about 40cm. It's camera cover had shatterd. Who installs protruded camera port in the rugged phone? This time I only asked on the forum which glass would be fine and ordered two on Aliexpress. I'm not alone - hundreds were sold so far.
I like my bv9500 too. But an ota-update is available but it fails when unzipping and/or when it starts installing. That is the only gripe i have with my new bv9500.
The Screwdriver-ed SIM Card slot actually is an upgrade, as at BV7000 that I own 2 years now there was a humidity leaking and the sim card stopped working
I have the BV6000 and the 8000. The 8000 is a nicer phone with more features but it no longer used th rubber plugs around the USB or Earphone jack. This renders it unusable when swimming or snorkeling in saltwater unless you have the ability to wash it out with fresh water right away. I really want to purchase the 9500 PRO but the lack of these water egress plugs is making me look at what else is available. Otherwise they have both been great phones.
The Bv9500-series is among a lot of other things also saltresistant so it shouldn't be neccessary to rinse it in freshwater after dunking it in the seas.
For everyone that thinks about buying this phone! Read my experience! It's nowhere near indestructible, that is for this model anyway an extreme lie! It is somewhat durable but that's it, severeal people commented that it broke when falling only for a short distance of maybe 40 cm onto asphalt screen first resulting in the screen cracking, and also when some people dropped it rear first , the first thing to take the hit is the potruding cameralens glass, that is an extreme design flaw that almost always result in the cameralens glass cracked allover, and also the fact that they slimmed down the protective bumbers quite a bit resulting in it not being as durable as for instance the BV6000, that thing was a true tank. I have a BV9500 as my daily driver and i am pretty satisfied with the battery life, not so much on durability except for the great waterproofness, and the cameras are okay too. But i hate the design flaws of this thing. Will eventually buy another better rugged phone.
Silly question maybe, but in 2:53 has the 3.5mm and USB port open and exposed. Is it still waterproof? are there any silicon plugs that i didn't see on the video?
No plugs at all but the bv9500-series is ip68 and ip69k so it can withstand hot high pressure waterjets up to 1440 psi. And among many things this series can withstand it is also saltresistant.
They put very strong speaker(magnet) inside this phone but they forgot build protection from small pieces from metal. This phone not for construction workers or someone who use any kind of machines for metal working.( grinding, cutting, drilling, welding, and so on). After 3 months speaker is full of metal and broke down and quaranty dont cover this factory issue
You were unlucky then, my BV9500 works just fine, the battery lasts for more than 3 days with moderate to heavy usage, and it has the same Sony IMX298 camera sensor my LG V20 had. In Hungary 4G works like a charm, but since its radiation is much higher than 3G's and I have wifi coverage everywhere I want to use my phone for prolonged periods, I only use 3G. I hope @gizmochina will review the AGM X3, because it has a lot stronger HW - but the same non-existing support the Blackview has... My dream device would be a 10.000mAh Snapdragon 855 phone with 8GB RAM and 128GB (at least) UFS 2.1 storage with a Sony IMX586 sensor for the main camera, plus having the same ruggedness the BV9500 has. :))
@@StormChild I don't know if there's any rugged phone like that, but Crosscall Trekker X4 is the best outdoor phone I've seen so far. The catch? It's $700 or so, and I think it's only available in Europe and North America.
Thank You For MAking The Video, it Helped me a Lot BEacause i was looking for a phone like this And You even Showed me the Pros And Cons! Keep Up the Hard Work!
I had ota-updates failing every time but the only neccessary thing to do was removing my sdxc-card which is a 500Gb one which works perfectly on my bv9500. The 2 available ota-updates my phone found were both successfull in installing on first attempts. Now i will use it without memorycard so OTA will work each time.
The hardware might be awesome, but they tend to stop caring about the phone very quick. At least it's what happened with bv8000 - they released a buggy update to Oreo (which for example decreased battery life and fast charging!) and haven't fixed it for months. They also refuse to share code needed for community forks.
Blackview phones are good my P6000 lasts for maybe a week between charges. The only downside the GPS is total crap. They know this but have no interest in a fix.
I have this phone for a month and the microphone stop working...I people is not able to hear me when I am talking...so disappointed.. I talked to the service department they told me try factory reset but still did not work.
Stay away from AliExpress, as soon as the protection period is over and you have a problem with the phone, you are screwed as there is no way to raise a dispute. I recommend eBay, wherever you buy from make sure they accept PayPal so you're covered.
I bought the bv9000 at the beginning of the year turns out was not capable of running on the ATT system in the United States what a rip off was told by gearbest and the manufacturer that it was capable of running on the AT&T system so disappointing the phone did have a nice build quality but a total piece of crap if you're not able to use it
I fault the carrier companies for this problem. Even when a phone has the proper bandwidths, the carriers computers won't "recognize" the IMEI #. They are basically refusing to acknowledge many Chinese phones, and want us to spend $1,000 + on stupid Apple phones and Samsung. Annoying level= 10,000!
The older phones like the BV9000 don't support many LTE and 3G bands and lack most of the U.S. bands, a fact that you could have easily verified by looking at the specs at the Blackview homepage. The BV9500 however is a 'global phone' and supports all relevant LTE bands that are in use in the U.S.
I had one for nearly a year. Then the battery decided it wanted to be twice the size. Then blew up. It ran software ok. But the ports were a pain in the ass to get to.
Well when you contact the seller of the phone and ask the question before you buy and are told that there are no worries and it will for sure work .....as a normal consumer and not a god damn tech genius you just tend to take their word for it and buy especially if you're somewhat of a busy person and just needed a damn phone
Strange... I keep hearing of banned or incompatible phones with AT&Ts network, yet I've had two Huawei phones & the BV9500 and I just keep transferring the same SIM card that started on a Samsung Note 4 Edge that died after 10 months. Never had a break in service & the ATT account website lists whatever phone I drop the SIM into....(?) Was it just some sales dick that refused to activate a card for you because it "doesn't work;" or did you legitimately have a SIM card activated and ready to go and still not working...? Cause a salesperson will tell you the sky isn't blue to get you to buy their shit; activating a card is comparatively an unwanted nuisance I imagine...
So far I am having problem with charging, it is needs to be super clean or else it would charge slow, like super slow. Another problem - headphone mode turns on from nowhere. Very annoying. It is bettet to keep it far from water and humidity. Other than that - I am very happy with this phone!
@@TheBullshit64 I can't upload photos to RUclips and in the RUclips settings for recording new video i can't access the bokeh effect i want to show you. Honestly everything point to all 3 cameras being present and works as advertised.
Bought this phone and it fell a few times and then the screen cracked well the agent says it not unbreakable it’s just tougher than others phones, bluetooth starting to give issue a etc. This brand is over rated and unproven in the market
I just got the Bv9500 .. Things I don't like.. Can't connect to a smart TV by cast. Dont have a flash for selfie in dark rooms. For some reason its getting hot on wireless charger.. Besides that phone the best to me right now.. For $334 in amazon. IM IN THE USA and it work great in METRO PCs service.
The walkie talkie can't be disabled on this phone and the PTT button is exactly where you would pick it up. You are always accidentally turning on the walkie talkie (Intercom) and running the battery down. Blackview needs to make it where you can disable the Intercom app.
I bought a bv9500 3month ago. Battery is crazy. battery was charged energy of 50-70%. but power is turning off. and my phone began to recharge from 1% And, light of lcd is leaked. I didn't droped this phone. I didn't droped this phone into the water. My phone was no impacted anything shock. A/S??? fuck... China is not import that like li-po battery, phone. So you can't send to a/s center or seller for a/s.
so I've had this for like 2 or 3 weeks now and I can say that this phone is a big disappointment and has many major issues that not a single review video I've seen has mentioned for some reason; - if you use your thumb to drag things, you'll notice that it might skip and lag, but if you turn on visual touches in developer mode, you'll see that it's the screen not registering touches properly instead of the device underperforming, so you can't even make use of its power by playing games unless you use either your fingertips or an external controller . this issue is completely unrelated to the included screen protector - the headphone jack seems to be a non-standard variant, and anything other than the included pair of headphones will pop out way more easily than it should, and tough luck if you hate the included ones (which I haven't even tried yet because I just know mine are better) - it will occasionally restart itself for some unknown reason, even if you're listening to something with the screen off. it doesn't even go through the normal restart procedure when it happens, it just goes straight to the logo screen and then finishes rebooting in 5 seconds flat - it comes with known malware/PuP called adups.fota and kika keyboard preinstalled that you can't completely remove without root. malwarebytes has instructions to "uninstall for user 0" but it's still there at the firmware level, meaning it will come back after a factory reset (forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/216616-removal-instructions-for-adups/) - the non-pro version doesn't have anything underneath the antenna cover but plastic, it's completely useless even if you manage to pry the superglued lid off. would've been better to not have it there at all in that case also mine came in a different box and didn't include the OTG cable, and the stock launcher is garbage. maybe I just got a lemon but it was still a disappointment at least the battery lasts 7 days before reaching 30%, and it won't break if I sneeze on it
If it's randomly resetting itself, then the phone is faulty. Good luck getting Blackview to fix it, I feel bad for you. You're right about the audio jack, I found I had to push my earphones in hard just to get the microphone to work. Bad design.
@@santoshkumarkuna6608 I usually buy chinese smartphones from the manufacturer themselves so when i bought an Oukitel k10000 max i bought it from Oukitel official in Aliexpress and now i bought the Blackview bv9500 from Blackview Specialty shop on Aliexpress. The shipping is free if you just buy without changing the shipping option. But it takes longer since it is standard shipping.
The phones processor is cheap. That big case claims protection but the phones software and coding are poor and malfunction before the phone will getva chance to crack. the company just looks for good reviews. TRUST ME NOT WORTH IT.
That's pretty much the same for all Chinese brands which have no representation in Europe or the EU. Sending stuff back to China for warranty is silly so your point of contact in case of problems is the seller. However, Blackview has a forum, and they happily sell you spare parts for their phones, something that even Apple doesn't do. There's a reason these phones are so much cheaper.
I got the BV8000 and it was an absolute piece of garbage within 1 year, also came with a big battery but hardly lasted for a day, even when charged to 100% the next morning it would be 60% just on standby, speakers hardly work, microphone is now also dead as from last week, it's laggy, photos are crap, support is non existent, all in all a very bad phone, no more blackview for me, my 1,5 year old Xiaomi redmi4 holds much better and is still very fast and batteries last for 2 days even though on paper it has less capacity.
Probably another junk phone I own one that's supposed to be waterproof, but the first time I took it to the pool it didn't want to charge anymore, and they don't want to do anything about it, they keep telling me that's my fault.. "even though it waterproof I shouldn't use it in the pool" thats exactly what the told me, anyway I wouldn't recommend it to anyone because you won't get what you payed for nor will they take they're warranty Sirius.
I've had this phone for about 3 months now. My issues with it so far:
The stock earphones are slightly longer than normal, meaning if you use any other earphones that aren't designed for this phone, the microphone won't work unless you push them in really hard.
The rear camera is the furthest protruding part of the phone which makes it very easy to scratch. Bad design.
Sometimes my Bluetooth speaker will randomly stop working, turning the Bluetooth on and off again fixes it for a while but it's still very annoying.
Fair bit of lag when browsing the internet, can take a few seconds for the phone to register when I click on a link.
After the phone has been submerged in water, the speaker will sound muffled and quiet, have to really shake the water out to get it to sound normal again.
Other than that the phone is OK. Amazing battery life, I get 2-3 days worth of HEAVY usage, takes a long time to charge as I can't use the original charger as it has a different plug to my country's standard, but even using a 2.4amp charger can take over 8 hours to charge from 0% - 100%.
Update; I am now having the common problem of the phone taking a very long time to charge, leaving it on charge over night leaves me with 50% charge. Blackview support want me to make a video on this as proof before I send it back. They are very difficult to deal with I do not recommend buying any Blackview phone.
@@australienski6687 jappened to me as well, but it turned out only the usb cable had to be replaced, it wasn't the phone
When submerging the phone,how do the headphone jack and charging port hold up? I am very confused how the phone holds the IP rating considering there is no flaps so and salt water usually eats or rusts away the ports since i come from using a Cat S41 and it had flaps.
I don't see any disadvantage regarding the sim card slot's cover with screws.
It's actually better than the slide in one, because you can have two simcards and a memory card simultaneously.
But what if you drop it I the water and the screws fall out. That's the main concern over a slider or snap on.
@@JesusOurKing there is no concern for properly tightened screws falling out
@@JesusOurKing
They don't even come off once you un tighten them.
I've been using this phone for a week now. It's an amazing phone. Coming from Nokia phone that survived getting run over by a car. So I wanted another rugged phone. He also mentioned gaming performance. It is not that good. I ran benchmarking and it is one of the lowest rated in the list. While the top tier scored 10000+, this phone score little over 1300. If gaming isn't your things then I seriously do not see any issue beside that honestly.
If Blackview only decided to go at least for Snapdragon 660, this would be better than Mi Max 3.
Mediatek should retire. Seriously! 10k mAh would be like a 4000mAh on this chipset.
I'm fine with Mediatek, after all they perform the same or better than a (more expensive) Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC, and unlike Qualcomm they don't behave like a pseudo-monopolist.
Older Mediatek SoCs had poor radios but the current ones are up to par with Qualcomm.
If Blackview had used a Snapdragon 660 then the price would most certainly be close to $500.
Mediatek processors are fine, their GPUs arent, thats why snapdragon is better
don't forget that the $340ish usd model is paired with 4gb of ram you have to jump to the $400+ model to get the 6gb of ram that octo core cpus crave.
Will iron filings or powder paint not block the speaker? There are holes
Bought a few BV9500s. All the cables shipped with the phone were fualty. One caught fire and damaged the phone. Blackview's sales manager Lily Chen was very hostile when told and refused to even help solve the problem. Even hung up the phone when told the cables were not good. Terrible attitude.
Yeah I've also had bad experience with their customer service, take a long time to respond to emails and make it very hard to return if faulty.
@@australienski6687 and you replied to another comment here saying yours was fine. So are full of shit or what?
@@theturdinator6011 I think you should re-read all my comments, I've had multiple issues with this phone. Battery and 4G were fine though, which is what I said.
@@australienski6687 stop fucking swearing at me pinky! Jesus fucking shitbag Christ wtf is your fucking problem?
@@theturdinator6011 Wtf is wrong with you?
The BV9500 I just got to work with today for family member, connected right up to the AT&T Network here in the US. Should be important to say this, its battery says 10,000 mah but its a safety feature so the battery does not explode, they limit the phone to a usable 9000 mah is what CPU-X was showing me. Still thats atleast double my own BV8000 Pro's battery capacity so I will not complain. *Edit: CPU-X Might be reading a different value then what the phone actually has.
Thanks for the info. I'm glad that it does work thru ATT's network. How is the browsing as far as speed and the call quality though? Thanks again.
I don't get it. Why would there be a need for Blackview to limit the battery capacity. Oukitel made a k10000-series but they didn't limit those 10000 mAh phonebatteries and no problem with that. Blackview, this is false advertising.
How is it on ATT
@@PierreAndersson85 You could probably enable it but you really shouldn't charge any lithium ion battery to full capacity ever.
@@GhostSamaritan you are 100 prcnt right
I had 13h SoT with 17% battery left. 24h seems unaccurate. Now i tested it from 95% charge on 100% brightness all the time and played for 5 minutes several times and watched RUclips videos and surfed a lot, had some calls, texted some and now i have had it running for 24 hours and 30 minutes and have 9h 45m SoT and still 18% charge left. And no power saving were used for this test. Great results.
Just got mine in today. It's an absolute beast. I'm happy with it for my current lifestyle. It was this or carrying around 2 phones (work and personal) plus a battery pack and cables for both. The Micro SD card slot and other specs are just juicy gravy.
I'm super impressed with the build quality and the barebones android experience. I highly recommend it if you can deal with the size and weight ;)
It out specs my other android phones (Sony Xperia XA2 ,LG G4 and Nexus 6p) with the exception of the quad HD screens on the latter two.
Update: In an ironic twist of fate, I dropped my phone outside of a bar this weekend. It managed to land perfectly on the camera lens. Turns out it's not gorilla glass on that part. Huge shatter through the right most camera. Funny enough I believe thats the camera that only captures the monochrome data, since it still looks crystal clear and all the camera functions still work. Including HDR. I suppose it's still worth making an attempt to not be reckless with the phone....or drunk haha.
Thanks for your review. If possible, can you expand on what it is like carrying a phone around that is this size and weight? Does it fit OK in a trouser pocket? Is the weight heavy enough to pull down your pants? Does it fit OK in a jacket chest pocket? Would the weight cause a jacket to sag?
The rear camera is the furthest protruding part of the phone and makes it very easy to scratch, very poor design IMO.
@@harrypearce6216 get a good belt. It's heavy, but you get used to it. You definitely know if you've left it behind.
I found a permanent fix for the rebooting issue on the BV9500-series. Go to settings-> smart assistant -> power save manager and just disable it altogether. My BV9500 hasn't restarted at all anymore since i disabled the power save manager. Not talking about the battery saving mode because that is in the battery settings in the settings menu.
The only problem with Blackview is how well built it is, after 3 years i still havent got the reason to upgrade, mine still works as good as the day i got it. BV6000.
same. unfortunately the a part of the screen stopped responding to touch. Thinking about just getting anout BV6000
I've still got my BV6000 and it does everything that I need it to do.
Agree. I have bv6000 for 3,5 years now and still no problems. Great phone!
They should go for some newer chip. SDM636/638 would be good. For flagship, 670 or so. Even MediaTek, they should go for P60. 300 bucks is not cheap. In China, you can get a Xiaomi 8 which equips SDM845,6G,64GB class. Even considered more regular class(I do not know how Xiaomi make money through their phone). Nokia X6 gets a FHD+, 636 and priced around 200-250
The upcoming Blackview BV9600 will have the Helio P60 and amoled screen and around 5,6k mAh battery. I recommend that as it have better specs than bv9500 except battery size.
I know that ulefone power 3 and blackview 9500 have the same 10000 mah battery but which one has a better battery
Theoretically rugged but delicate. I bought two.
First slipped off the pocket on the concrete and died. Sent for warrant repair to Blackview and never returned. I described the story on blackfail.prv.pl
The second slipped off my hand and fell on its back on asphalt from about 40cm. It's camera cover had shatterd. Who installs protruded camera port in the rugged phone? This time I only asked on the forum which glass would be fine and ordered two on Aliexpress. I'm not alone - hundreds were sold so far.
I love my bv9500 and it works on the T-Mobile network too which allows me to use MetroPCS here in Florida
I like it too, but headphones are big shit. I just buy 3.
I like my bv9500 too. But an ota-update is available but it fails when unzipping and/or when it starts installing. That is the only gripe i have with my new bv9500.
@@PierreAndersson85 got the same problem. Update has installed when I switched the phone's language back to english.
@@TomatorPL What made OTA work without issues for me was only to remove my sdxc-card.
How come you have Antutu installed but don't show the scores?
The Screwdriver-ed SIM Card slot actually is an upgrade, as at BV7000 that I own 2 years now there was a humidity leaking and the sim card stopped working
I have the BV6000 and the 8000. The 8000 is a nicer phone with more features but it no longer used th rubber plugs around the USB or Earphone jack. This renders it unusable when swimming or snorkeling in saltwater unless you have the ability to wash it out with fresh water right away. I really want to purchase the 9500 PRO but the lack of these water egress plugs is making me look at what else is available. Otherwise they have both been great phones.
My idea is that you could buy rubber plugs for the USB and audio ports. It's what I was planning on doing once my unit arrives.
The Bv9500-series is among a lot of other things also saltresistant so it shouldn't be neccessary to rinse it in freshwater after dunking it in the seas.
Aren't there any "RUGGED" wireless earphones?
They are not salt resistant mine got green oxidation after been i salt water
For everyone that thinks about buying this phone! Read my experience! It's nowhere near indestructible, that is for this model anyway an extreme lie! It is somewhat durable but that's it, severeal people commented that it broke when falling only for a short distance of maybe 40 cm onto asphalt screen first resulting in the screen cracking, and also when some people dropped it rear first , the first thing to take the hit is the potruding cameralens glass, that is an extreme design flaw that almost always result in the cameralens glass cracked allover, and also the fact that they slimmed down the protective bumbers quite a bit resulting in it not being as durable as for instance the BV6000, that thing was a true tank. I have a BV9500 as my daily driver and i am pretty satisfied with the battery life, not so much on durability except for the great waterproofness, and the cameras are okay too. But i hate the design flaws of this thing. Will eventually buy another better rugged phone.
Do you know another rugged phones models better than this one? This one is good but I am looking for a smaller one (smaller screen
Does this work in the USA for TMobile with LTE connectivity?
Silly question maybe, but in 2:53 has the 3.5mm and USB port open and exposed.
Is it still waterproof? are there any silicon plugs that i didn't see on the video?
No plugs at all but the bv9500-series is ip68 and ip69k so it can withstand hot high pressure waterjets up to 1440 psi. And among many things this series can withstand it is also saltresistant.
Only the supplied earphones will work properly with this phone's audio jack, as it's deeper than normal.
They put very strong speaker(magnet) inside this phone but they forgot build protection from small pieces from metal. This phone not for construction workers or someone who use any kind of machines for metal working.( grinding, cutting, drilling, welding, and so on).
After 3 months speaker is full of metal and broke down and quaranty dont cover this factory issue
How does this compare with Ulephone Armor 3. Almost 10000 but much thinner?
Can you compare this to ulefone armor 3.. Please? =)
In USA, what carriers can work with this phone?
It's a great phone
I own this phone in Australia, 4G works fine for me. I get 2-3 days of heavy usage from the battery, maybe you got a dud.
Try the ulefone Armour 3T
You were unlucky then, my BV9500 works just fine, the battery lasts for more than 3 days with moderate to heavy usage, and it has the same Sony IMX298 camera sensor my LG V20 had. In Hungary 4G works like a charm, but since its radiation is much higher than 3G's and I have wifi coverage everywhere I want to use my phone for prolonged periods, I only use 3G.
I hope @gizmochina will review the AGM X3, because it has a lot stronger HW - but the same non-existing support the Blackview has... My dream device would be a 10.000mAh Snapdragon 855 phone with 8GB RAM and 128GB (at least) UFS 2.1 storage with a Sony IMX586 sensor for the main camera, plus having the same ruggedness the BV9500 has. :))
Mine is 4G LTE amazing battery, great camera and you CAN turn the PTT button off!!!!
@@StormChild I don't know if there's any rugged phone like that, but Crosscall Trekker X4 is the best outdoor phone I've seen so far. The catch? It's $700 or so, and I think it's only available in Europe and North America.
Do they have the Google store
Thank You For MAking The Video, it Helped me a Lot BEacause i was looking for a phone like this And You even Showed me the Pros And Cons!
Keep Up the Hard Work!
Is it work all Indian 4g sim card ??
I had ota-updates failing every time but the only neccessary thing to do was removing my sdxc-card which is a 500Gb one which works perfectly on my bv9500. The 2 available ota-updates my phone found were both successfull in installing on first attempts. Now i will use it without memorycard so OTA will work each time.
Hi, how i can set function key? (Not PTT key)
Settings --> Smart Assistant --> Shortcut button.
@@PierreAndersson85 Thanks! :)
@@PierreAndersson85 Thanks for the answer, was looking for it like ages ... lol
@@cernunnos3150 thanks for asking ... lol
Is bv9500 compatible with Sprint/Boost Mobile?
Yes it is!
@7:23 "Like the video if you liked it" - Linus, gizmochina
How can I get one
Buena review! excelente este equipo y todo lo que puede ofrecer!
The hardware might be awesome, but they tend to stop caring about the phone very quick. At least it's what happened with bv8000 - they released a buggy update to Oreo (which for example decreased battery life and fast charging!) and haven't fixed it for months. They also refuse to share code needed for community forks.
Will you review the pro version 2?
Hello ,can I use the #BV9500 in India ?? Will it support INDIAN JIO 4G VOLTE Network ?? plz confirm
Now MTK P60 chipset use is started by Blackview
Amazing content! Great review, mate! Got me hyped up for my phone!
Have one great camera etc etc.but the coverage on calls is terrible. Had to switch back to my doogee s60
What service did you have it on?
Could you do video comparing this to the agmx3
I have bv 6000 and it don't lag or skip frames and its 3 GB ram
How these can lag with 4 GB RAM
Slow Gpu...
Should I take.this phone or iPhone 14 Pro max
Food for thought, I have had a doogee s60 for 3 years, I can get 1 1/2 days of heavy use even now.... With half the battery size!
What is a ptt button?
Push too talk(walkie talkie)
Blackview phones are good my P6000 lasts for maybe a week between charges. The only downside the GPS is total crap. They know this but have no interest in a fix.
Linus, Gizmochina channel is yours?
alot of negative reviews on TrustPilot , saying this is a low-quality company... so i'm not really sure anymore
I have this phone for a month and the microphone stop working...I people is not able to hear me when I am talking...so disappointed.. I talked to the service department they told me try factory reset but still did not work.
Are you talking about the microphone in the phone, or is it when you use earphones?
Great video. Please pardon my ignorance, but is this phone available for use in the USA, and with which carriers. I am impressed. Thank you.
AT&T works as someone in this comment section confirmed.
Please tell me what is the exact website you used to buy that phone, I'm really interested to have one.
Amazon has them
Blackview's Stores on Aliexpress. I bought my bv9500 from Blackview specialty shop on Aliexpress.
Stay away from AliExpress, as soon as the protection period is over and you have a problem with the phone, you are screwed as there is no way to raise a dispute.
I recommend eBay, wherever you buy from make sure they accept PayPal so you're covered.
Please could you please make one more video for me with zooming ?
Rate kya ha
those Screws in the back is a point for me to buying it, instead of the CAT S60
Türkiye de ne zaman satışa çıkacak
Gracias por compartir, me encanta la autonomia de este telefono! una pasada que llegue a mas de 10.000mah
I think I'm ready to welcome the successor of my beloved Moto G3 Plus.
Great review keep it up as always Linus
How much
I bought the bv9000 at the beginning of the year turns out was not capable of running on the ATT system in the United States what a rip off was told by gearbest and the manufacturer that it was capable of running on the AT&T system so disappointing the phone did have a nice build quality but a total piece of crap if you're not able to use it
I fault the carrier companies for this problem. Even when a phone has the proper bandwidths, the carriers computers won't "recognize" the IMEI #. They are basically refusing to acknowledge many Chinese phones, and want us to spend $1,000 + on stupid Apple phones and Samsung. Annoying level= 10,000!
The older phones like the BV9000 don't support many LTE and 3G bands and lack most of the U.S. bands, a fact that you could have easily verified by looking at the specs at the Blackview homepage.
The BV9500 however is a 'global phone' and supports all relevant LTE bands that are in use in the U.S.
I had one for nearly a year. Then the battery decided it wanted to be twice the size. Then blew up. It ran software ok. But the ports were a pain in the ass to get to.
Well when you contact the seller of the phone and ask the question before you buy and are told that there are no worries and it will for sure work .....as a normal consumer and not a god damn tech genius you just tend to take their word for it and buy especially if you're somewhat of a busy person and just needed a damn phone
Strange... I keep hearing of banned or incompatible phones with AT&Ts network, yet I've had two Huawei phones & the BV9500 and I just keep transferring the same SIM card that started on a Samsung Note 4 Edge that died after 10 months. Never had a break in service & the ATT account website lists whatever phone I drop the SIM into....(?)
Was it just some sales dick that refused to activate a card for you because it "doesn't work;" or did you legitimately have a SIM card activated and ready to go and still not working...? Cause a salesperson will tell you the sky isn't blue to get you to buy their shit; activating a card is comparatively an unwanted nuisance I imagine...
thanks for the review!
Wow intresting !
So far I am having problem with charging, it is needs to be super clean or else it would charge slow, like super slow.
Another problem - headphone mode turns on from nowhere. Very annoying. It is bettet to keep it far from water and humidity.
Other than that - I am very happy with this phone!
im strongly considering this but the fake camera is annoying
What do you mean "fake camera" all three cameras works as advertised for me and my bv9500.
Fire up a video and let us see samples then.
@@TheBullshit64 I can't upload photos to RUclips and in the RUclips settings for recording new video i can't access the bokeh effect i want to show you. Honestly everything point to all 3 cameras being present and works as advertised.
Review muy completa, este modelo es una pasada en especificaciones. Gran autonomia, resistencia y potencia!!
this needs to be a new SoulJa phone lol
10.000mah y resistencia militar, excelente equipo!
I just order me one do far is working ok ...a bit to heavy ...in ur pockect...but is ok
good phone..i love am gonna get one for myself...good work men for showing it keep it up
Me gusta mucho, debido a su resistencia y a su gran autonomía
I have a blackview he at phones
Great review :)
Bought this phone and it fell a few times and then the screen cracked well the agent says it not unbreakable it’s just tougher than others phones, bluetooth starting to give issue a etc.
This brand is over rated and unproven in the market
One must use the supplied tempered glass protector on day 1.
for sure my next phone. Does it comes already rooted???
No.
I just got the Bv9500 .. Things I don't like.. Can't connect to a smart TV by cast. Dont have a flash for selfie in dark rooms. For some reason its getting hot on wireless charger.. Besides that phone the best to me right now.. For $334 in amazon. IM IN THE USA and it work great in METRO PCs service.
I'm considering buying the bv 9500 Can you tell me if it makes Wi-Fi calling? If not I'll get an galaxy active. Do you still recommend the 9500?
to tell you the true . i havent try it yet .
When you do could you give an update? All the ones on RUclips are not really from the owners point of view.
@@czs7709 yes I will
@@czs7709 yes you can do WiFi calling no problems... Only down side is .. It doesn't have a flash for selfies in low light
I just ordered for s8 blackview
Thanks for the vid really want phone but camera low-bright light & microphone performance alone eliminate it for my life needs
I'm in Canada and I have the P6000 and love it but no NFC. Have to take a hard look at the BV9500.
It's good phone in general, but if you drop it you might damage the speaker
The walkie talkie can't be disabled on this phone and the PTT button is exactly where you would pick it up. You are always accidentally turning on the walkie talkie (Intercom) and running the battery down. Blackview needs to make it where you can disable the Intercom app.
Nastavení -> Smart Assistant -> Klávesová zkratka
I bought a bv9500 3month ago.
Battery is crazy. battery was charged energy of 50-70%. but power is turning off. and my phone began to recharge from 1%
And, light of lcd is leaked.
I didn't droped this phone. I didn't droped this phone into the water. My phone was no impacted anything shock.
A/S??? fuck... China is not import that like li-po battery, phone. So you can't send to a/s center or seller for a/s.
i have this phone blavkview bv9500 plus and i like it it was veey good
Imagine if it blasts then what will happen...
Wish it worked well in America
Móvil muy resistente y con una buena cámara.
volume too low to hear.
so I've had this for like 2 or 3 weeks now and I can say that this phone is a big disappointment and has many major issues that not a single review video I've seen has mentioned for some reason;
- if you use your thumb to drag things, you'll notice that it might skip and lag, but if you turn on visual touches in developer mode, you'll see that it's the screen not registering touches properly instead of the device underperforming, so you can't even make use of its power by playing games unless you use either your fingertips or an external controller
. this issue is completely unrelated to the included screen protector
- the headphone jack seems to be a non-standard variant, and anything other than the included pair of headphones will pop out way more easily than it should, and tough luck if you hate the included ones (which I haven't even tried yet because I just know mine are better)
- it will occasionally restart itself for some unknown reason, even if you're listening to something with the screen off. it doesn't even go through the normal restart procedure when it happens, it just goes straight to the logo screen and then finishes rebooting in 5 seconds flat
- it comes with known malware/PuP called adups.fota and kika keyboard preinstalled that you can't completely remove without root. malwarebytes has instructions to "uninstall for user 0" but it's still there at the firmware level, meaning it will come back after a factory reset (forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/216616-removal-instructions-for-adups/)
- the non-pro version doesn't have anything underneath the antenna cover but plastic, it's completely useless even if you manage to pry the superglued lid off. would've been better to not have it there at all in that case
also mine came in a different box and didn't include the OTG cable, and the stock launcher is garbage. maybe I just got a lemon but it was still a disappointment
at least the battery lasts 7 days before reaching 30%, and it won't break if I sneeze on it
If it's randomly resetting itself, then the phone is faulty. Good luck getting Blackview to fix it, I feel bad for you.
You're right about the audio jack, I found I had to push my earphones in hard just to get the microphone to work. Bad design.
10000mah last longer than 24 hours of constant use. If it only last 24hours it might not be 10000mah.
Buen móvil relación calidad-precio
I ordered a BV9500 from Blackview on Aliexpress.
How much cash on delivery is available r not
@@santoshkumarkuna6608 I didn't understand what you're asking.
I'm asking mobile price and which site(online stores) used to ordered by u and cod is available r not
@@santoshkumarkuna6608 I usually buy chinese smartphones from the manufacturer themselves so when i bought an Oukitel k10000 max i bought it from Oukitel official in Aliexpress and now i bought the Blackview bv9500 from Blackview Specialty shop on Aliexpress. The shipping is free if you just buy without changing the shipping option. But it takes longer since it is standard shipping.
I bought the K10000 max for around 235 $ and the bv9500 for around 240 $.
Mungkin blackview is 11000 mah
MTK??? the most lowest cipset...damn..why not Sd lol..
Helio p23 is faster than SD625 and it's cheaper for the company
i would use this device
I bought this mobile phone, but if I was there, there is a big new defect that I can easily break and scratch. I do not know how to make it
What defect do your bv9500 have?
Do not charge only after his morality and open it before charging?
The phones processor is cheap. That big case claims protection but the phones software and coding are poor and malfunction before the phone will getva chance to crack. the company just looks for good reviews. TRUST ME NOT WORTH IT.
Its epic love it
Wouldn't buy if your from UK no customer service and once you buy it they want nothing to do with you
Same goes here in Malaysia.. The distributor also is rude..
That's pretty much the same for all Chinese brands which have no representation in Europe or the EU. Sending stuff back to China for warranty is silly so your point of contact in case of problems is the seller.
However, Blackview has a forum, and they happily sell you spare parts for their phones, something that even Apple doesn't do.
There's a reason these phones are so much cheaper.
It gonna expensive for me since currency convert going to crazy
Please buy on amazon
I got the BV8000 and it was an absolute piece of garbage within 1 year, also came with a big battery but hardly lasted for a day, even when charged to 100% the next morning it would be 60% just on standby, speakers hardly work, microphone is now also dead as from last week, it's laggy, photos are crap, support is non existent, all in all a very bad phone, no more blackview for me, my 1,5 year old Xiaomi redmi4 holds much better and is still very fast and batteries last for 2 days even though on paper it has less capacity.
Probably another junk phone I own one that's supposed to be waterproof, but the first time I took it to the pool it didn't want to charge anymore, and they don't want to do anything about it, they keep telling me that's my fault.. "even though it waterproof I shouldn't use it in the pool" thats exactly what the told me, anyway I wouldn't recommend it to anyone because you won't get what you payed for nor will they take they're warranty Sirius.
Because chlorine and chemicals wear away on the water resistant coating sadly
fingerprint scanner??? no thnx