I Bought a New $29 Smartphone! - Is it any Good?
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- Опубликовано: 10 янв 2024
- Don't you lecture me with your $30 smartphone...
This is the Telstra Essential Smart 2.1 (Aka, the ZTE Blade A30) which I only paid $29 for brand new!
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For those who can afford higher end phones yeah it would be kinda cruddy. But I'm glad phones like this exist where you can get them for basically nothing and no contract. They're crucial for people getting back on their feet, getting a call back for a job, emergencies, or for those who just don't have the money and need to be connected. It does the job.
something pre owned would be a much better choice than this future landfill
Lots of people have the money for better phones, but simply want something they could use and do not care if it gets lost, stolen, broken ... Also good as backup phone with secondary number .
Still e-waste tbh. You can get an old iPhone for the money these days. Even better deal if you find a used Android.
Recently I gave a friend a Galaxy S4 with a cracked screen for free. He was struggling financially.
Amazing amoled screen even by todays standards and enough performance for all the essential things.
Miles better than this crap.
@@l4kr Very valid point! I would absolutely encourage exploring all your options before settling on a prepaid like this. Although with Apple/Samsung you may still need to set up with a contract to use it, or someone may be unaware how to get started setting up the phone once they buy it, like not knowing you can just swap in a SIM.
A different advantage on a prepaid is that you just take it out of the box and go. Some people are also weird about having a used device even if they're perfectly fine because its "used". I think someone's situation would have to be that you have no other option and for some people, they ARE in that situation. Either that or they literally could not care less about having a decent phone, because why get a nice one if they're running the risk of it being beat up all the time.
@@Revan- What? This phone uses a SIM, and I'm not sure who would have trouble setting up a Samsung/iPhone vs this. If someone has a weird bias against pre-owned devices that doesn't mean it's justified. Do you sell these devices or something?
This is what Apple users think every android phone feels like
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Can someone reply to this comment so that I can confirm I'm not shadow banned
@@theanuragsoni you aren't, i can see that you replied to this comment.
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Replaceable battery, headphone jack and expandable storage. All things I wish more modern phones had.
If Apple or Samsung or Google were to allow consumers to replace their own batteries with removable backs then they couldn't charge you exorbitant fees to replace the batteries for you or better yet just incentivize you to buy a brand new phone. Wired headphones generally cost less than wireless headphones.
Samsung replaces your battery for €60, a removable back would lose a lot of water and dust resistance.@@Snorlaxiian
True. Feels like expensive phones are more disposable than this $29 phone.
@@diabolusvincit your check from Apple is in the mail
@@diabolusvincit I currently have a phone with 128GB of internal storage which is almost full (almost 100GB used), and an SD card that is 512GB (around 300GB used).
Storage is important.
As far as headphones and audio goes, you cannot listen to high fidelity music with wireless headphones, ain't gonna happen, and I like my HIFI.
This phone has features that my S22+ does not: SD card, 3.5 jack, a charger inside the box, earphones, a removable battery, etc.
Therefore, it is better
And the S22+ has features that this phone does not: better processor,better screen,better speakers,better camera etc. Still,those ZTE phones are really decent in that price range
@@laur6405It’s honestly ridiculous that they make you have to choose between these features and a high-end phone. There is no reason we can’t stop have both besides pure greed.
Also this phone sucks even for this price you can get faster phones with better screens even for this price.
@@laur6405 And you get an award for stating the obvious and following up my sarcasm.
@@laur6405We could easily still have both in flagships if it wasn’t for greed.
This is the phone everyone picks up in movies when they're on the run from government agents after being framed for a crime.
Aka burner
Yeah but I still wouldn't buy a smart ish phone
The charging port is all the way up there because to save costs, the phone only has one circuit board and maybe one ribbon cable for the mic. Having the port on the bottom would require a 2nd circuit board and another ribbon cable.
Also fits better in a cupholder while charging.
It could be on the top no second board needed
ngl looks cool though
I disagree with the thumbnail. This phone can run RUclips, some basic apps and you can make calls on it so it's certainly not E-Waste. E-Waste is something that's completely useless and for $29 what more can you expect?
i think e waste refers to the fact that people would rather buy a second hand decent phone than an awful new one like this.
its useless if no one buys it
Also the screen looks better if you peel protective film,this guy does not know shit about phones.
@@javastateofmind I grew up with a piece of junk phone in fact my very first phone was a Sony Ericsson...
You learn to respect basic phones when that's what you grow up with.
@@laszlozsurka8991 But sony ericssons were some great phones for the time. james bond use a sony ericsson phone in the movies lol.
This vid comes off as some spoiled yt influencer wanting to be edgy. These cheap phones are helpful to people with limited incomes. Remember that a majority of the world makes very little income so be respectful.
my thoughts exactly!
It's a 'carrier-locked' phone, not worth buying despite the price point.
There's better phone cheap phone out there with better repairabilities, still include basic features (headphone jack, removable+replaceable spare parts including batteries, external storage slots), even compatibilities with lightweight Custom ROMs
Respectful to who exactly
@@heavy0119to people who would only be able to afford a phone like this.
The first phone I ever owned was a ZTE that was bought from a local service provider. They never tried to obscure the fact it was made by ZTE. They had the ZTE logo proudly displayed on the back of the phone. I got that phone in very late 2015 and I used it as my primary phone for everything until mid 2022 when I got an A53.
I had a ZTE back in 2016. It actually wasn't terrible for what I paid for it.
They gave ZTE phones away here when signing a contract (Well 1 Euro with no additional payments). It worked, ran fine-ish and was okay-ish overall. In the world where having apps on you is a big bonus - it could do the job. It's better than nothing and my dad couldn't care less if it wasn't "good". Was easy to update his Covid pass you had to show when entering places. Much more convenient than carrying a printed paper with the QR code on it.
While typing this out one would assume that such "simple" smart phones are a good introduction to the convenience in countries where you can't afford much more than these. E-Waste? Perhaps if you manufacture more than you can sell.
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I still recall the early days of smart phones. Got myself some Nokia with a touch screen and it ran Symbian OS on it. I was overjoyed with it while it lasted.
Heck even earlier just getting some dumb phone with some unique feature was the fire. All those games lost in time... Young ones wouldn't understand the good old days of GPRS web games. Spent so many summer nights grinding (when the connection was free during the night time). One action at a snails pace each click
you're a warrior dude, a holy crusader, a XIV knight
similar. Got ZTE Blade in 2016 until 2019 when i got some alcatel then switched for A13 in 2022
They make the redmagic nubia phones ie most powerful gamer phones in the world.
My first android phone was ZTE Blade, the very first one. They are not amazing, but if you have literally no money, value was through the roof!
My very first Android was a Samsung Galaxy Exhibit.
@@mjmusictest2434My first smartphone was a Samsung Galaxy Mini 2.
Mine first android phone was also the OG ZTE Blade which I bought used in 2012. Mine had the 512MB RAM and 5MP camera but sadly the LCD screen and not the OLED, though the 800x480 LCD was great compared to most budget phones which only had 480x320, 400x240, or 320x240. The phone itself did also look more like a flagship phone than a budget phone. Just look at it next to a budget phone like the HTC Wildfire, Huawei U8150 or Galaxy 3 (i5800).
My main complaints about it were the ARMv6 CPU which meant it wasn't able to run some apps and games at all, badly partitioned internal storage leaving only 150MB for apps (common thing on Android phones from the early 2010's, but thankfully it was possible to expand it to 300MB or something unofficially). And lastly the crappy camera, most of the pictures I took with it were shaky because of the long shutter speed. The pictures weren't overexposed so I think it really struggled to get any light so I guess the sensor much have been tiny. Idk if the 3.15MP camera was any better.
Mine was xperia miro 😢
My first ever Android smartphone was the original ZTE Blade as well! It was bought for me as a bday present back in 2011 and used it until early 2014. For it's time back then when i got it, owning a smartphone used to be a privilege. I still keep it and everything works perfectly fine except the speaker, which took a hit after a year of use during watching a YT video lmao. Used to mod the hell out of it by installing custom roms like CyanogenMod. Amazing phone! The display is beautiful.
These phones nowadays are called burner phones, theyre used for texting, messaging, torch, basically a utility phone. I also have one and they serve their basic purpose, it wont lag unless you install a bunch of things😂
Bro you live under rock phones now you can run gta 5 with emulator
@@Science_team165and this is relevant to the original comment how? gordon freeman is supposed to be smart unlike you
@@Science_team165I think you completely misunderstood the comment
it literally lags pressing the keyboard during initial setup
6 of the 8 phones I owned were like this. Only 1 viewing angle, cheapo cameras, precarious charge port spots, next to no storage at all, and more. This phone is nostalgic to the days I didnt make my own money XD
To be true this looks pretty cool 😅
I live in Brazil, is too dangerous to use your phone on streets because it can be easily stolen. A cheap second phone like this would be good to have.
I’m actually mind blown that this was filmed on the pixel. I thought u were filming from a special video camera. Pixel’s video quality is actually underrated asfff
this is what android haters think every android is like
Fr 😂
avarage android phone for most apple users...
The dropping frames isn't necessarily the phone's fault. RUclips has this stupid "feature" across all platforms where it will frameskip while using an auto quality setting, even if the hardware and network are capable of doing 1080p60. You have to manually set the quality to force it to play at the full framerate.
This has the vibes of putting Android 11 on a Galaxy S2 (a thing you can do).
Yes, you can go even further, but I just wanted to stick to the version.
Huh, I also use Android 11 on my Samsung Galaxy S4, because 12 is laggy when I tried it.
@@tajemniczepulchnecos2074 I used to use a S5 with Android 9 or 10. Then I was given a Mi A2 Lite, ran 10 on that for a year or so, then I used a Redmi Note 7 with Android 11 for nearly 2 years. Now I have a Redmi Note 9 Pro with PixelOS 14.
I have lineage os on my s5. Very fun to root
Android 10 on galaxy note 4 🔥
FWVGA is an abbreviation for Full Wide Video Graphics Array which refers to a display resolution of 854x480 pixels. 854x480 is approximately the 16:9 aspect ratio of anamorphically "un-squeezed" NTSC DVD widescreen video and considered a "safe" resolution that does not crop any of the image.
the calculation is basically voltage (V) multiplied by amperage (A) so we nees to round the miliamps to amps and 1 miliapm is a 1000th of an amp so 1000ma=1A so now we multiply the volts to amps so 5V x 1A you get the power of 5 watts and that is basically the bottom of the barrel of chargers
Yeah sounds about right
Damn, and here I am with a .5 amp charger for my phone, headphones and other micro usb things I have
Hi, !amp is a touch low, it does work
I use 2 to 2.5 am charges for all our phones, but you need to be carefull at 2.5w, the battery ca get warm, it was today i noticed at work my mobile was 5 or 6% so i was charging it, then a call came in , the mobile had been charging say 10-15 min and it the screen was warm when i was using it
The more amp will charge up a phone / tablet faster but it may run hot for some devices, but in my senario i was happy to say let it run 30 mins, then if i had a 1.5 or 2amp regular charger i would use it just not to overpower / heat up the battery
My daily driver (unfortunately it is) charges at 5 watts lel
@@itsyasophthat may be considered trickle-charging these days…It may help with battery health in the long run, but it will be a slow experience
I'm not gonna lie, even for a $30 phone. I think having a removable battery and an SD Card is a good selling point.
This was my old phone and I still use it! In fact I'm watching on this device rn. And it runs RUclips 1080p okay, but still drops lots of frames and I hated using this as a main device. The S8+ I have right now is so much better, but it's nice to have as a secondary device. It is not as bad as you think, as most apps work fine on this. Also its the only phone in my house with a working SD Card slot I've had this for a year
I use a galaxy S8 as well
I might just like it and buy it as I really loved the old android design before they switched to notches and punch-hole.
Just get a Samsung Galaxy XCover 4s if u want the old style phones with more power punched into it
$29 for this smartphone is pretty respectable. I live in UK & the cheapest brand new SIM free smartphone you can get off the high street, is from Argos at £50, Alcatel 1
But u can actually get a Samsung Galaxy XCover 4s for £30 my guy
@@Haz.Nation you sellin'😉
@@paranoidgenius9164 thx bro
$1 for each minute of the video
I like being a member here. I watched half of this the other day
I remember using a phone like this before! used it for small emulation, looking forward to the video!
Just found out the ZTE Blade A30 came out on the market in TWENTY NINETEEN. I can't believe they still made this phone in 2023.
What do you mean by you can't believe? you act as if 4 years old phone is outdated
@@xXVibrantSnowXxYeah absolutely. In fact, my Redmi 9 Prime that i got almost 4 yrs ago is still in use to this day and functions perfectly fine with occasional lags and stutters here and there if there's more than 1 app running, but given the fact it is an entry level device with just 3GB of RAM sold for 130€ back in 2020, it does the job absolutely well.
6:37 "Hey guys, what if we kept recycling the same bottom of the barrel SOC's and just put progressively heavier versions of Android on it? Also, make sure to compile Android as ARMv7 and not AArch64 even if the phone supports it!"
yea this reminds me a lot of some of my first phones with similar specs but i remember being able to do alot more than what was shown in the video
As someone with a samsung a13 5g this hurts so hard
@@saf751_ Lol, you call a Dimensity 700 a low end SOC?
@qwertykeyboard5901 "make sure to compile Android as ARMv7 and nit AArch64 even if the phone supports it!"
@@qwertykeyboard5901 The phone is fine. But somehow its running on 32 bit which is odd
The power of ADB, root and FOSS apps can make a phone like this very functional nowadays, I'm sure.
Explain please
@@olawale4280 Basically, using ADB you can remove massive amounts of bloatware and useless applications from your phone (despite the fact that apps like that built into the system can return after a factory reset), by rooting your phone you can gain much more control over it than allowed and change major aspects of it, and the FOSS applications you can find in websites like F-Droid or Github can perfectly replace most if not all pre-installed apps while also being smaller and performing better.
@@olawale4280 For some reason my original answer got hidden, but to sum it up: ADB lets you remove pre-installed bloatware and unnecessary programs, root enables you to make major changes to the system, and FOSS (Free and Open Source) apps are a far better alternative to many applications that come with your phone, usually being smaller, faster and better handled.
@@olawale4280 I am still not sure if my reply will actually make it through because the previous ones got sent to the shadow realm. To sum it up, each one can remove and replace a lot of bloatware and unnecessary services from your phone, while also improving on its' performance and extending the lifespan. Doing such on old or simpler phones can really bring out their true potential.
@@olawale4280 you can install custom apps and remove bloatware basically
you give me big dankpod vibes and i love it. i want all my subbed channels to basically be the dankpods of whatever their topic is.
not gonna lie if i was homeless this would be the go to phone.. you can call people listen to music and if it get stolen which happens alot its not nowhere near as bad as if they steal your iphone
If I was homeless I'd find a better phone in E-waste bins
@@frokfrdk The weather app is also accessible by clicking on the weather notification if you have that on, and through hitting the temperature underneath the clock on the home page if you have "At a Glance" enabled (which it is by default)
That's definitely the phone the main character of every spy, assassin, etc movie / show buys halfway through while on the run or about to do something crazy
That is basically an 2010s android smartphone just sold for a cheaper and rebranded. At least its better than just scrapping a "new" phone and taking its parts. Someone has a use for those.
new frok upload yay :>
you haven't peeled off the anti-scratch protective plastic layer, you can see that at the top right there is something that makes the screen color quality deteriorate
It's because it's a garbage TN LCD panel, not because of the film. My old Lumia 530 had one and it was miserable.
I mean, he's not wrong about the screen protector being there. It probably isn't messing with the screen that much. That's pretty funny that he left it on there.
this reminds me of when my mom used to buy me a prepaid phone from dollar general on the my birthday. I remember only being able to have like 16 songs at once on it lmao
This phone is actually very good for some older person who only needs to call, text messages etc. It does this job just perfectly.
I used the optus version of this while I was waiting for parts for my actual phone & sorting out its reliability (cable kept popping out after replacement). I chose it specifically because I have mobility issues and I need the screen to be smaller (every other phone nowadays is too tall!). Micro B isn't that bad of a connector imo and is the least of the phone's issues. I forced it to run 1080p video through running youtube on Firefox with the youtube enhancer extension and it was BAD. Like powerpoint slideshow and freezing up the phone bad, wouldn't recommend going over 720p. That is if you can watch anything at all since the screen makes watching anything in landscape painful. Another annoyance is it's default power saving settings close apps when you try to quickly switch from one to another. Nail in the coffin for me was artificial battery throttling, where over using it for about a year the battery got worse and worse but after not using it for a month or so after it had gone flat it was MAGICALLY at something like 60% battery after turning itself on and setting off an alarm. I went back to my 2015 xperia and it was like a breath of fresh air, I'm still using it to this day. Overall I'd prefer to use my android 2 smartphone from 2009 if it worked with the current networks as its still more pleasant to use than that thing. If my current phone stops being able to text when they shut down 3g at the end of the year (parts of 4g are reliant on 3g & it's impossible to check if your device is affected) I DREAD having to go back to that thing.
I found one of those for $20 at Cashies. Kinda funny how cheap they are
Would be great for 2013
Yeah that's a 5W charger (5 V and 1 A if I read it correctly), kinda the shittiest charger they can include, even cheap budget smartphones (100-150 usd) tend to include a normal 9W charger or even better fast chargers around the 200 usd mark to differentiate themselves from the competition. Headphone jack and microsd card slot are still common in budget phones (to my knowledge) but the removable back surprised me.
Apple used to include 5W chargers with their phones until the iPhone 11 Pro which had a fast charger (the regular 11 still had the 5W) and the iPhone 12 didn't include any charger. A lot of iPhone users who haven't bought a new charger probably still use the old 5W chargers
Hey! great to see a new vid from ya Frok. hope ya had a happy new year. and before i even watch the Video. I'm betting that thing is total Garbage XD
DANK PODS!!!! I was wondering where i recognized your video style from. It drove me nuts!
the "face id scanner" that you were filming was probably just the daylight sensor unless it pulls double duty on the iphone
ZTE is a respectable brand. ZTE was banned in America over security concerns but is allowed in every other country.
I have a £39.95 Lenovo Android 8 Oreo Go tablet. It has lite more efficient versions of Google apps like RUclips Go which actually improves performance. I use it for reading PDFs on a bigger screen than the one in my Samsung Android phone.
Hey at least you're helping us avoid throwing out unused phones and I hope you can review divest os
I love this kind of videos idk why
Blade A30 ain't bad, I used the A30 Prime before (I think its the same thing). I remember helping some people unlock the bootloader and get root on it a couple years ago.
It's a basic phone to fulfill basic needs, it'll get the job done. Throw a GSI on it too and it'll probably perform a bit better and give you some newer security updates.
You're right. It's not bad, it's *t e r r i b l e*
@@kf3l_🙄
It's nothing fancy but good for a backup device, as long as it makes calls and texts it's all good.
"yall dun need to know where we at"
**takes out iphone show adelaide**
Don't need to know WHERE in Adelaide tho...
For 29 bucks it's a miracle the thing even turns on let alone function was a phone, have a touchscreen, and is capable of getting on the internet/watching youtube. My first phone was so shitty it couldn't even function as an mp3 player and I had to carry a separate device just to play music and it costed way more than $29.
Not many Android phones in USA have FM Radio anymore because the carriers don't active the FM Chip. The radio stations want people to use their streaming app
ngl unboxing cheap not good phones are more satisfying
The 7 pro does "technically" come with a weather app. The weather "app" comes bundled with the google app and you can add a widget or open google app and tap on the weather complication to open the weather section.
It's just something you shouldn't have to do to get a weather app
"blow this up like a dankpods episode" THIS GUY KNOWS
18:00 i don't know why but the ZTE dog video have a vibe of its own.
i swear this thing is about as fast, potentially even a bit slower, as a raspberry pi 4 running android
The Pixel 7 absolutely has a built-in weather app. In fact, it was just recently updated with a new UI.
And in Bangladesh my grandma and aunt are buying $29 phones, probably built in the same Chinese factory, and using them as daily drivers like the other nearby people (rent in their area is worth $350, for comparison).
That phone looks like it came from 2013
It looks like one of those Chinese phones from 2014 with Android KitKat but with a custom ROM
2:20 you can hear an alarm i thought it was in my house 😂
Actually it's the song but it sounds like an alarm 😅
Very cool!
As soon as you revealed the box, I could tell by the crispy clean jpeg that the screen was gonna be that flimsy plastic-like glass that flexes if you poke it too hard.
We're in for a good one this time.
"I've never actually used Android Go Edition, so I don't know how good it is, but we're gonna find out how good it is."
It was at this moment, Jackson knew... He'd fluffed up.
it really looks like a tcl/alcatel 1b, so it's probably a tcl phone with a alcatel logo, that was then changed to the zte one and finally became a telsra phone lol
also, it has almost the same specs as my lg x power 1 from 2016, which was as low-mid tier smartphone at the time!
After using my 13 pro max for almost 2 years now, I switched back to using a very basic android phone. I deleted all the apps existing already in my iPhone and used it basically for calls, texting, calculator, and mp3 player. It is an old Umidigi A3s. The 5'7 screen is refreshing. Less distraction is a luxury.
W move
Android technically does have a weather app, but it's a webapp that you can add a shortcut for. I have a Pixel 6A and I use the weather app every day
I thought the video had a lot of DankPods inspiration... Then you said "Like DankPods" and I knew you too were a connoisseur of good content
In case of war, such a phone will do just fine.
This phone reminds me of my old TCL 30 Z. That phone had terrible recording quality, which made my RUclips videos that I filmed very poorly made. That's why I was so glad when I upgraded to a Galaxy Note 9 for Christmas 2023. My Note 9 has excellent camera quality and way better battery life than my old 30 Z. Plus, the screen resolution on the 30 Z was absolute crap compared to the FHD+ resolution on my current Note 9.
The Galaxy Note 9 has a QHD+ resolution
That’s an improvement. It still is a great phone. I had to trade mine last march. Miss it a lot
@@mrbeastfancalls Oh. On mine it's set to FHD+.
I have one of those tcl 30z. It's alright, and the video is par for the course, but the mic is terrible. Luckily, I have an s23 ultra, which is light-years ahead
This phone would make a good budget solar powered remote sensor device for science, environment monitoring , art projects etc.
Imagine you turn on your phone and it shouts out "cheers mate"😂
A $29 phone - replaceable battery, headphone jack, expandable storage, headphones and a charger in the box
Phones that cost 30+ times as that - soon probably won't even come with a box
Does Telstra pull a Tracfone and make their phones impossible to root?
This phone would make a really good WiFi home security camera 👍
Love that clear plastic box cutter!!
the charging port being on the side is actually good if you're playing games in landscape mode, it doesnt block your hands
And my iPhone 3G on its last update didn’t choke and struggle with Flow Free I never thought I’d see it
It was the one game I could just, play without performance concerns
Guess that’s not an impossibility on a smart phone-
Why are they releaseing the alcatel 1 qgain and again. The vodafone smart e9 alcatel 1 and this zte looks the same
The low viewing angle isn't a bug, it's a security feature, so others can't look at the screen from the side. ;-)
Not a bad phone For 29 USD. A Couple of use cases:
-Spotify or webradio station that can play any music in your garage on a set of speakers
-Navigation device for your bicycle or bike
-Wifi hotspot while you are stealth camping
-Music player for your jogging session
-Emergency or backup phone when you are on a music festival
-Music player for your kids' bedroom
-Smartphone for Grandma, so I can track her whereabouts
Just think about what can you buy from 29 bucks for your Google Pixel or apple phone? A pair of headphones? A charger? A battery? No way. Maybe a screen protector? A plastic case? No.
This is a fully usable basic phone. What more did you expect for this much money?
3:52 Those edgy jokes are the icing on the cake
Get the tablet call a ZB10S It's actually a piece of crap
yes! great vid idea
Thx
that kind of phones are good i like the removable battery, you can get 4 charge all and swap them day by day or when you got no power at all, battery stops working, like the early 2000s or 90s phones.
Not gonna lie, your channel is pretty entertaining.
way better then limited os running i diots buying iphone
Didn't ZTE lose their google Android license like Huawei did?
They actually did, but I suspect this was a workaround...
since it wasn't a ZTE branded device (just the device manufacturer)
18:13 Video on ZTE phone feels like as if there's an earthquake happening😂
I would use this on vacation to not fear my other phone getting stolen, or on the beach
just buy an iPhone 7 for a similar price which still gets updates and is like 15X faster and cheaper too
does the 7 get updates?
@@appel2112it still receives regular ios 15 security updates
@@appel2112Nah it got dropped at the same time as iPhone 6s. Both stopped at iOS 15 but got patches up until some point in 2023 (iOS 15.8).
But yeah there are plenty better options than this phone even at this price.
since this video came out telstra raised the price of this e-waste by $50 💀
I think it was on sale for $29 but the normal price is $79
yeah in the video he said it was $50 off
Also a proud owner of the Essential Smart 2.1.
The newer Telstra T-Essential has Android 13 (Go) and so does the Optus X Start 4-both basically the same as the Telstra Essential Smart 2.1-uses the same 2000mAh battery.
These newer phones for Telstra and Optus also lets you use 2GB of the 32GB internal storage as virtual RAM and have a octa-core processor instead of a quad-core.
These 2 work fine with a MVNO like Boost/amaysim unlike the Essential Smart 2.1 which didn't work with a Boost SIM without paying Telstra for an unlock code.
Respect for the sims 1 music in the background 😌
TAKE THE FILM OFF YOUR DAC/AMP!!!
You know its good when you have to use android go edition 😂
Most super budget android phones under $100 dollars use android GO edition. It's because they tend to have less ram and storage.
That first game is like 3D Logic without the cube.
A phone like this was a decent option in 2013/14. This feels like going back in time.
Not everyone in every country can afford to buy expensive phones and for the price I think it’s ok…really dislike your scornful attitude 😑
I don't get why you are trashing it so much. Didn't u get it for 29$? What do you expect? Like it's not even comedy since the phone is so cheap. If it was 200$ then i'd be comedic to trash on it but like ok??
Tbh even for this price there are better phones.
This thing genuinely seems to run worse than budget phones from 8 years ago.
It's just ewaste. It's cheap but honestly it's still not worth the price.
@@rpst39 it's not ewaste... is better than a feature phone and its cheaper than a nokia feature phone.. might not be fast... might be slow af with low quality everything but for 29$ it is excused.
@@emp116 You can literally get better phones even for this cheap.
Even in the video he mentioned he got iPhone 6s for dirt cheap, that thing absolutely destroys this phone in performance and has a better screen.
@@emp116 ya, you can make calls, use apps and text with this device. It has functionality. It’s not ewaste.
4:02 it is a very simple conversion actually! You just multiply the volts X amps. So it is 5V and 1A so 5 watts!
I have found that you need to make sure you have the three control buttons engaged on the bottom and the one you need most is the three bars and if your unit has this feature to sweep out the memory and close off all apps that you opened you'll find that your phone will 1 have better performance and 2 battery life will be better. You see when all these apps that we use on a daily basis and are left running in the background is what bogs down cheap under powered phones like the one you have there. The memory {Ram} is used up and 1 gig of Ram is barely enough where all Phones should have minimum of 3 gigs