Nextbit Robin Factory Unlocked Phone - Mint

What an amazing phone! The price just keeps going down and down, and the value keeps going up and up!TL;DR:Very good specs, very good performance, pretty good camera and amazing build! Highly recommended.Full Review:I love this phone. The closest phone with this spec is the LG G4, which is £250. The higher res screen and better camera are the only trade offs for me, but in daily use they haven't made a huge difference to me (I have both). It speeds along very well, and has not failed me at any task I've thrown at it. I've had it for about a month now.Countless friends and acquaintances have expressed surprise at how unique and distinctive this device looks, they were always very impressed. The device feels so good in hand, and the materials are very durable to drops and scratches (maybe not bending, but not a concern for me). It is a shade too big in height for a 5" phone, but it's for those great speakers so it's worth it. The fingerprint sensor is also something that almost no other phone of this price offers, it's very fast and pretty reliable.Pop a 3rd party launcher (as always) and the software experience is also superb, even though I have no use for the Cloud Storage features. I find my Google Photos account and 32GB storage more than enough but having it is just great extra value. The display has a slight vintage-esque tint to it, but I like it, it doesn't interfere much with viewing anyway; it's good for reading and entertainment and doesn't strain your eyes, and the resolution is more than high enough. The camera is really good in broad daylight but mediocre in lowlight, but like I expressed before, it's a sacrifice I'm willing to take, because the phones greatness overpowers it.Battery life is okay too, it usually lasts a working day. If it doesn't, it doesn't really matter because the USB C Aukey Fast Charger (which you have to buy anyway- the phone doesn't come with a charging brick) pumps it to full from 0 to 100 in about 2 hours, and 0-50 in about half an hour. AUKEY Quick Charge 2.0 Wall Charger 18W Single Port USB Turbo for iPhone, iPad, HTC, Blackberries, and more (Included a 20AWG 3.3ft quick charge micro USB Cable) -BlackMajor credit for the seller and NextBit for making this device available at this price, I think they need the publicity as they need to get their brand out there, more people need to discover this phone.Highly recommended for anyone looking for a phone for a great high spec phone but with a low price tag.

When I bought this phone, I was so excited to receive it that it was even a reason for me to buy a Prime membership so that I could experiment all of its unique features.When I did receive it, I was not disappointed. In fact, it was seriously better than I had imagined!The design of the phone (I bought the Mint version) felt strong and might withstand a fall from your pocket (although I have not tested this).Also, it was probably the most beautifully shaped phone I had bought in my life, and it was extremely comfortable to hold with 1 hand and the Mint colour looked outstanding.It is QuickCharge 2.0 compatible and comes with 100GB free cloud space which automatically uploads your less used apps to the cloud when you are running out of your 32GB internal storage. I found this cloud feature extremely useful since I always like to try new apps and games, hence my internal storage is usually full. So this feature gave me more freedom to download as many apps and files that I wanted but obviously I couldn't use them all at the same time since a few apps would have to be uploaded to the cloud when internal storage was full. However, another great feature about this phone is one that's called "pinning".If you are using an app very often e.g. WhatsApp, Dropbox or whatever app that doesn't already come preloaded with the phone (apps like Gmail, Google Drive, Maps etc. are always "pinned") you can "pin" them i.e. prevent them from ever being uploaded to the cloud automatically when you are running out of space. This is particularly useful with apps that you don't use very often but you still require at all times, since the phone automatically uploads your least used apps when running out space.So by this point, you might be wondering why I have given it a 1 star rating?My first problem with this phone is a very minor one, although it needs a mention as some people might have missed this...The phone does come with its own USB-C cable but no mains plug is included (presumably they were trying to save on costs? I don't know exactly why they did this)You could buy the official charger for this phone but it will set you back another £25.Alternatively, you could buy a reliable QuickCharge mains charger for under £10 which is what I did but after paying for the phone, I expected to have a basic requirement in a charger. Like I said, it's a very minor disadvantage which shouldn't affect your decision to buy the phone but I feel like I need to make people aware of this.In the first 2 weeks, the phone would take less than 2 hours to charge from 20 to 100% which was certainly good enough for me.Unfortunately, all of a sudden, charging my phone would now take 4 times longer at 8 hours. I would also see "Charging Slowly" on the lock screen, even when I charged my phone using my QuickCharge plug.After searching through several online forums, I find that this problem was extremely common.The users were blaming the dodgy USB cable that came with the phone and eventually had their USB cable replaced by Nextbit customer service.However, I have not had the same experience with Nextbit's customer service.They take 2 days to respond to my messages and keep asking for more information even though I have already sent them screenshots of my phone saying it has 6 hours left to charge to 100% from 33%.I also told them how I tried charging it using 3 different computers and laptops, 3 different mains plugs (including my QuickCharge charger) and even in my car but still the exact same problem.To summarise, the phone has a variety of unique & brilliant features however the cheap USB cable that comes with the phone and the slow, unhelpful customer service lets it down significantly, so is fully deserving of 1 star.EDIT: It's getting worse now.Every time it charges fully, the phone becomes laggy and I have to reboot it to use it.Also, another thing I forgot to mention was the speakers.The loudest volume sounds distorted and again this problem is common according to forums.Nextbit said they were working on a fix. but after several months I am still waiting!EDIT 2: So after a long wait, I received the replacement USB cable sent by Nextbit.Like the original cable, it worked properly for a few days but now has the same problem.Terrible!

£150 for an SD 808, 1080p screen, and great software support (this phone is now running Nougat). What can you say? This phone feels great in the hand and has a good camera too. I don't find the cloud features useful though, I turned them off.I will subtract a star because the battery capacity is a little on the low side. It can get through a full day as long as you keep an eye on it. Heavy gamers and netflix watchers will struggle to go through a whole day without charging.

When you receive package and see Nextbit box you'll know you bought something special. Unboxing itself is an experience. Phone is an extravagant piece of tech and it's design is distinctive from anything currently on the market.Performance wise, phone is fairly relevant with it's hexa core Qualcom CPU and 3GB of ram. Display is crisp, with great white balance, great contrast and color saturation. Only minus for some users can be 1080p resolution which is a little bit small for a 5.2 inch display.Fingrprint sensor is lightning fast. Sound from front speakers is also great. Voice call quality is also exceptional. LTE is also fast.Nextbit opted for a custom launcher with no app drawer (I really like it - I'm not a fan of a AOSP launcher) and with special implementation of widgets which are visible only when user pinch the screen. I guess it is frustrating for some users but I like it because I'm not bih fan of widgets. Except from the launcher, everything else is almost stock Android with bare minimum of preinstalled apps.It's a damn beast of a phone and you can buy it without hesitation.

keeps overheating and discoloration on back by the flashing lights from the overheating on the turquoise plastic went brownish color from heat