Ulefone Armor 9

Technical specifications

As a device....average, because as a phone for everyday use, it is a failure....

When reading the previous reviews, I have the impression that it is not the same phone. I have the Armor 9 and I am very satisfied with it. I have had it for a year and a half and I do not complain. The only downside is that one must wait a moment for the GPS to acquire the position on the map. It has survived every fall, diving, and filming videos in the sea, and the battery lasts a long time.

The phone is a failure. During the first charge, the original charger exploded, and no other charger supports fast charging. The GPS takes 5-6 minutes to start or sometimes does not start at all until a restart, and even when it eventually turns on, the speed indicated by the phone fluctuates by +/- 3 km/h while driving at a constant speed on cruise control. The software is very unrefined; there is no option to change the number of icons on the home screen, for example. It supposedly has NFC, but payments do not work for me, and I also never managed to activate inductive charging (to be fair, I did not try many chargers). An update was released, but it could never be downloaded; it reaches 40% and then stops. Every once in a while, the phone must be restored to factory settings because it disables MMS functions for no apparent reason. After 1.5 years, the speaker failed completely, and after 2 years, the phone overheats significantly and depletes that huge battery in half a day. The parameters look good on paper, but practical use is very poor. I have not tested the water resistance, but considering everything, I am afraid it would not pass that test.