Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This phone (as the title says) is aimed at the budget consumer. At a $79.99 price you cannot expect a Samsung Note 9 but you can still get a decent budget friendly phone with some nice features you'd probably not expect on a phone at this price point. A few months back I bought my wife the Umidigi A1 Pro for $99.99 and at $20 less this is closely similar to that phone. So onto the specs of this phone... SPECS: The CPU is the same as on the A1 Pro - MediaTek MT6739 (Quad-core 1.5GHz), 2 GB RAM, 16 GB Storage, Running Android 8.1 (Oreo), Dual SIM (Nano) and dedicated spot for Micro SD card (so you can have two sims AND a SD card if desired), 3300mAh battery, Back Camera setup is 12MP + 5MP and front shooter is 8MP, Screen/Display is 5.5 inches HD+ 18:9 ratio 1440*720, FPS on back. Performance: First thing is make sure you get a decent SD Card to add to the internal storage of 16GB. I bought a 64GB Class 10 rated with 90MB/s read (although I don't think I am getting that with this phone). Reason you want a decent SD card with good read/write speeds is because it WILL impact performance. I knew this from my experience with the A1 Pro; we tried using an older SD card and the phone was extremely slow until I replaced with a better SD card. Even so there are going to be some tasks that are slow. I noticed mainly my email apps are slow. I tried with and without the SD card and still same results. Strangely other apps like Temple Run (tried just to get an idea if performance was system wide or just specific apps) ran fine. Using Chrome browser also seemed fine but Slack at times seemed a bit slow but not as slow as the email. For email I used both the include Google Mail app and BlueMail. I tried a few games that seem fine although load times may take a bit of a while. I did not try anything like PUBG as this phone simply is not designed to handle such intensive games and those would also require you to have a good high speed connection. Speaking of connection, I don't seem to have any issues with WiFi, Bluetooth or Mobile. I'm still early on with my purchase but I'll update if anything changes. Camera: I wasn't expecting much with this phone being $79.99. Thought images would just look like older Standard Def pictures. But they are not actually too bad and I've included 3 pictures that I took with the phone. There is a normal mode and a Depth of Focus that blurs the background (more of a radius - so middle section clear and everything else is blurred). There is a beauty mode that I'm not too crazy about, it adjust the facial appearance and to me it seemed to "squeeze" the head if you wanted a narrower look or other such adjustments. I'd probably stick to "normal" mode although the selfie also has "stickers" you can add to have some fun. The video I shot with the phone was so-so when moving and filming and even the post processing to "steady" the shot seemed to actually make a bit worse. But when stationary and taking a video it as not too bad and the mic really picked up the sound very well. I also used the camera for Messenger and it worked fine - I know my wife says her family cannot understand her when she uses the A1 Pro so this may actually have been approved on the A3? Display: It's not really too bad - considering it's a $79.99 phone. I've surfed the internet, watched YouTube videos, recorded and watched my own for this review and the display is a decent display. I did select the 720p for YouTube while viewing just to see if there would be any issue and there wasn't. Conclusion: So who should buy this phone? Obviously it's a budget phone for those who mainly need a mobile but not all the bells and whistles that the higher price phones have. If you're not a heavy gamer, don't need a ton of "extras" and just need a phone that works, is connected and can take a decent photo then this phone may work for you. Likewise if you need a backup occasionally or want a cheaper phone for a child (who may lose the phone) then this will work for you. I do have a more powerful phone on the way but until it arrives I will be using this one to get more familiar with it and update this review as needed. Some additional notes: Using a LG Mobile SD Card 64GB. Phone uses micro usb connection for data transfer and charging. Single speaker on bottom of phone. Does have the 3.5mm jack. Volume rocker and power button on right side with sim tray on left side. FPS on back of phone. Package included US power brick/wall adapter, usb cord, pre-installed screen protector, case, sim ejector, instruction booklet and of course the handset itself. Also, phone does have a LED notification light. Phone received an OTA update out the box with October 5, 2018 security patch (Android version 8.1.0)