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So, what is important in a smartphone nowadays? A nice design so you wouldn't be ashamed to be seen with it; ergonomic shapes; a metal body, a decent camera, a good selfie snapper, reliable performance, good battery life, and a fair price is an ultimate plus, right?

Well, UMi's new smartphone does offer all of that in spades, it seems.

UMi Z will ship with the new processor, which increases performance without sacrificing power efficiency.

The impressive handset is dressed in metal and sports a 5.5-inch display with impressively thin side bezels on the front.

The panel from SHARP has a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and its colors can be fine-tuned to the user's liking thanks to the MiraVision technology, provided by MediaTek.

Speaking of MediaTek, its brand-new Helio X27 SoC is what beats under the UMi Z's chest. It continues to employ 10 processor cores, split into three different clusters — each designed to work under different loads. This way, the phone is easy on the battery consumption when doing light tasks, but can turn the performance up to 11 if need be — the maximum clock speed the Helio X27 is capable of is 2.6 GHz, whereas it's “light load” cluster works at 1.6 GHz.

The SoC is coupled with 4 GB of Samsung-made RAM for extra multi-tasking prowess. The internal memory is a fast eMMC 5.1 chip, also made by Samsung, which provides 32 GB of storage. If this looks like it's not enough — no worries, the UMi Z accepts microSD cards of up to 256 GB for storage expansion.

Dual ISP dual mode 13MP Camera delivers top-tier photo and video capture.

Both the cameras are 13 MP Samsung-made sensors, which essentially means that your selfies will be turning out as good as your landscape shots with the main snapper.

The back-facing camera uses both laser autofocus and phase detection autofocus for fast and reliable snaps. Additionally, the selfie camera has a soft light to enhance your selfies, while the flash on the back features a quad LED setup for more light and warmer, more color-accurate shots during the night.

A massive 3780 mAh big battery for a day and beyond usage at just 8.2mm slim.

The battery that keeps all the lights on is also an impressive piece of the puzzle that is the UMi Z — made by Sony, the cell holds 3,780 mAh of charge, which, combined with the Helio's promised power-saving capabilities, should last an average user quite a while. Dare we say two days?

Interestingly, UMi Z ships with a “pure” Android 6 Marshmallow installed — UMi promises that the handset will get patched to Android 7 Nougat in the next few months via an OTA update.

Currently, Umi Z is offering $60 Off at Pre-sale on a few websites for $219.99.

barackodam:
wow

Kondomatic:
The company has been releasing great affordable smartphones since last year.


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Lalasticlala

barackodam:
now I know, although, hearing them for the first time

Kondomatic:
Lalasticlala do something nah.

emakind:
Tanks bruh..i have been waitin for a fone with such specs to price nd u jus gave me 1..i just went through deir site and dis fone wow...atlist som1 has testified online abt d fones smartness..

DOUBLEWAHALA:
NO PHONE SPEC. THAT WILL EVER INTEREST ME

Kondomatic:
Why?

DOUBLEWAHALA:
CUS AM NOT A PICTURE PERSON
AND IT WILL NOT BE GAME CUS I HAVE PS2 AND 4 PLUS PSP AND PS VISTA
NO PHONE APP DAT IS NOT DOWNLOADABLE AT PLAYSTORE
WHAT AM USIN IS SAMSUNG GRAND II
AND AM OK WIT IT

DOUBLEWAHALA:
CUS AM NOT A PICTURE PERSON

AND IT WILL NOT BE GAME CUS I HAVE PS2 AND 4 PLUS PSP AND PS VISTA

NO PHONE APP DAT IS NOT DOWNLOADABLE AT PLAYSTORE

WHAT AM USIN IS SAMSUNG GRAND II

AND AM OK WIT IT

ggoldmine:
where can one buy their product?

kennyhydee:
No fingerprint scanner? Otherwise a good and solid midranger. Hope they didn't ditch d 3.5mm jack too?. And how much e b for our local currency hia?

stexsy:
Drop ur contact...

shidof:
How much is the phone in naira?

Kondomatic:
Really? I am currently using their device; Umi Super Euro Edition.

It's a great device.

ebujany:
Are you selling the phone? How do I get it?

waxxydude:
70-80K are you bleeping kidding me? for 279USD?. The XiaomiRedmiNote4 which costs a paltry 170USD costs 95k.


Sounds too good, smells fraud.

waxxydude:
70-80K are you bleeping kidding me? for 279USD?. The XiaomiRedmiNote4 which costs a paltry 170USD costs 95k.


Sounds too good, smells fraud.

Kondomatic:
It is currently available at $219 in their authorised stores.



And no, it's not fraud.

dustmalik:
Banks don't really exchange at that ridiculous black market rate. Gtb and Access exchange around 330-350.

Kondomatic:
It has finger print sensor bro.

The home button Supports Front Touch ID 2.1.

NOPE, the audio jack is there.


My bro, that depends on how much your bank charges per dollar but I think it should be around 70-80k

kennyhydee:
U selling?