vivalavida:
MissTechy, where can I buy this phone now.

It will be OK for my mum. All of a sudden she wants an Android phone and I don't want her having a phone that will be too complex for her to use

Check Yudala or Konga

balogun16:
yeye phone. you are a evil girl for trying to force this rubbish on us. I will sue you to court that I promise you

I await your Lawyer's summon.

burkingx:
Google promised us ?


PLEASE WHO IS " US " ?

Nigerians

MissTechy:


Lol, do you know how many times I took that scene? I can't act naturally to save my life

Hahaha!! Do you know how many times actors rehearse and mess up their roles before they eventually get it right.

I like that part in one review where your twin dropped the review phone behind you and it paused midway, then you turned backwards to pick it mid air.
I was like this is Genius...awesome.

How you do this stuffs still beats some of us that aren't too techy.

I don't have any reson to buy this shit for 5k

Nice review..

I am supposed to be happy with Google for providing this decent piece of hardware for a peasant 13k, but the Nigerian in me is wishing it could have been better for the same reason someone will be looking for a fully functional G-wagon not more than 80k.

This is a good initiative. It will help bring a large number of Nigerians initially constrained by finance to the internet, like your evil uncle in the village. Nice one Google. Nice one MissTechy.

MissTechy:



Freetel partnered with Yudala so it should be accurate there.

Fine

AnthonyAk:
Lol 2MP camera and 0.3MP? Seriously? My current phone is 28MP and I got it for free

How did you get it for free?

This phone and tecno w1 have similar specs, which one would you advice someone that need just an android phone to go for?

epospiky:


How did you get it for free?

When you pay your phone bill on time monthly your eligible for a new phone after a year. I was able to get this without paying anything

AnthonyAk:
Lol 2MP camera and 0.3MP? Seriously? My current phone is 28MP and I got it for free

the best things in life for free

na wa oooo wetine we expect for 13k phone before.......

MissTechy:


Check Yudala or Konga

Thanks

MuhMubRaj:
the best things in life for free

Well it's not quite free but let just say i don't have to pay anything extra to my current bill and my old phone which I got from them is mine now.

For those intrested, its currently available on Jumia @ 13,000.

Link: https://jum.ia.com.ng/ice2-4.0-8gb-dual-sim-3g-mobile-phone-black-freetel-mpg119547.html


remove the dot after the m

Jumia claimed the battery is 1350mah , and not. 1900mah take note.

Pls . correct your jumia link above because it is wrong. It is not Jum.is.com. but jumia.com

AnthonyAk:


When you pay your phone bill on time monthly your eligible for a new phone after a year. I was able to get this without paying anything

lemme count meself out I don't got sorta money for bills

.

This phone and tecno w1 have similar specs but the price of tecno w1 is around 16k, pls house which one would you advice someone that need just an android phone to go for?

MissTechy:
As far as the accessories are concerned, you only have your MicroUSB cable and Power Adapter.

Powering on the device takes about 28 seconds— it overtook the Infinix Zero 4 Plus to claim the third spot. (Images on MissTechy .com)


BUILD

The Ice 2 has an all plastic build and the back cover is removable, same as the battery. Therein lies the dual SIM card slot and a slot to put your MicroSD card. And trust me, you are going to need to need one because the Ice 2 has 8GB of Internal storage on paper and only 4.38GB available to use.

The Ice 2 is also light, coming in at 117g.

DISPLAY

As for the display, this is 4-inches, with a screen resolution of 480 x 800. As expected the colors are nowhere near great— they even appear washed out— but it gets the job done.

Sunlight visibility is okay provided you increase the brightness slider to the maximum.

SOFTWARE AND PERFORMANCE

The Freetel Ice 2 comes with an Android 7.0 out of the box, and thanks to the partnership with Google, you get a stock Android experience. However, it does come with a couple of bloatware — like TD Africa, MyMtn, and MTN Music— all of which can be uninstalled. Performance-wise, you get 1GB of ram and a processor that is clocked at 1.2GHz. As expected, the experience while using the device isn’t fast or smooth.


But it does the basic stuff like browsing the web, checking WhatsApp, and even playing a game or two (This would only work if you play one game at a time i.e. No other app must be in the app drawer when playing).


CAMERA

The Ice 2 comes with a 2MP back-facing camera and a 0.3 front-facing camera. So, if you were expecting “on-fleek” photos, you need this:

Of course, I took some pictures using the back camera.


As for the front camera, all I can say is this, do not use the front camera without enough light (Preferably daylight) so as to avoid your photos looking like this:


Another indoor shot with good lights:



BATTERY

The 1900mAh battery on the Ice 2 won’t last you up to 2 days of light use, but it can be used all through the day before charging.

Speaking of charging, it took about 2hours 50 minutes to charge the Ice 2 from 1% to 100%.



AUDIO:

You won’t get amazing sound from the speaker which has been placed at the back of the device. But you have the earphone jack.



BENCHMARK:

For those who are interested in benchmarks, it will interest you to note that the Ice 2 is better than the Hot 3 in this regard:


Surprised?

SENSORS

You only get the accelerometer and proximity sensors — nothing else.

CONCLUSION:

This Ice 2 doesn’t have the best qualities, or the best display, or the best anything for that matter, but it does the basic stuff and for a N13,000, it is not a bad bargain.

As always, let me know what you think?

Psst: Just to look for a bit of trouble, would you like if I gave this away or the Hot 5? Also, what do you think of Thorpe — one of my quadruplets— in the video?

This phone and tecno w1 have similar specs but the price of tecno w1 is around 16k, pls house which one would you advice someone that need just an android phone to go for?

MissTechy:
Remember the Ice 2? Well, I got a unit of the device some days back and my weekend was spent reviewing the device.

In the video, I did mention that there is currently no device with the specification sported on the Ice 2 and at that price point (If there is, let me know in the comment box), as a result of the price tag, you won’t get any bell or whistle.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsudje0iNLk


By the way, this phone is manufactured by Plus One Japan Limited under the brand name Freetel.

cc @lalasticlala

dope dope review... will you teach me your trade ma. plss

MissTechy:
Remember the Ice 2? Well, I got a unit of the device some days back and my weekend was spent reviewing the device.

In the video, I did mention that there is currently no device with the specification sported on the Ice 2 and at that price point (If there is, let me know in the comment box), as a result of the price tag, you won’t get any bell or whistle.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsudje0iNLk


By the way, this phone is manufactured by Plus One Japan Limited under the brand name Freetel.

cc @lalasticlala

Nice review.

I heard the phone can only work with mtn sim. Is it true?