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Cubot X9 $150 UMi Zero contender

AbbieJanuary 6, 2015

There is a lot of talk about 64bit processors etc these days, but there are still some fine-looking MT6592 chipsets phones out there and prices are lower than ever.

The Cubot X9 is a slim 6.9mm phone with iPhone styling that will appeal to the same type of consumer the popular UMi Zero has managed to capture expect the Cubot X9 is $50 less.

Specification of the Cubot X9 isn’t exactly the same as the UMi, for example it uses the 1.4Ghz MT6592M chipset and has a 5-inch 720p display rather than Super Amoled, but for the international price of $150, it does offer some nice features.

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2GB RAM, dual SIM support, Micro SD (but only one sim if you use an SD card), 13 mega-pixel rear camera and 8 megapixel front are as good as specs get on phones of a similar design at a higher price more established brands.

There are a few areas of concern such as the small 2200mAh battery and lack of 4G LTE, but if you are more interested in looking good and keeping your social networks updated on the go the Cubot X9 looks up to the job.

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Abbie
Abbie is a self confessed Chinese phone addict! After cutting her teeth on the Meizu M9 she hasn't been able to keep away from Chinese phones keeping her ear to the ground especially for the latest Shanzhai and clone news!

trapchan
January 6, 2015
I dont want to choose between dual sim or micro SD, I want both. recently some OEM went this way.

Shanos
January 6, 2015
is the 6592m any better in real world operation than the 6592? have they sorted out the issues that leave phones running the 6592 struggling to keep up with quadcores? or is it literally the same chip as is but clocked slower? I hope not or it would be a piece of junk lol
- Yeti hand
  January 6, 2015
  I’m interested in the 6592 struggles, please give a link, I was about to buy a phone with this processor looks like you just save me!!
  - desponent
    January 7, 2015
    He’s BS-ing you. But I wouldn’t recommend buying an MT6592 phone now with 67xx phone starting to trickle, get that or Snap 801 instead.
    - January 7, 2015
      until MT bring out the 6795 (little big configuration of 32bit processor cores) the 6595 will continue to be their quickest cpu, the 6752 (running all 8 cores of same frequency and type 64bit processor cores), this is proved out by performance evaluation on many sites and benchmarks (although desponent seems to feel that the benchmarks are not worth considering).
      - desponent
        January 7, 2015
        Synthetic benchmark can only tell you so much. In real world the difference won’t be so big. You won’t even notice it if you just use your phone to browse website or play simple game. It won’t worth the wait and premium price.
        6795 is a 64 bit CPU with full uniform CPU (A53), not in little big configuration btw.
- desponent
  January 7, 2015
  Are you talking it out of your experience or out of your ass because you clearly have never held an MT6592 phone i you think it’s “slow”.
  - January 7, 2015
    I am talking from experince the 6592 on 1080p phones does not run smoothly. This has been mentioned several times by andy in the past and experienced by many other reviewers as well as myself!
    The 6592 does not have the memory bandwidth on the soc to support smooth operation. I will later post up soc comparisons and technicle explanations to support this reasoning, hopefully andy will also add his view on the soc.
    For now i would kindly ask that you crawl back in to your hole and try to be a bit more polite rather than trying to personally insult people for their views.
- The ‘M’ is the lower spec 1.4Ghz model.
  MT652M = 1.4Ghz
  MT6592 = 1.7Ghz
  MT6592T = 2.0Ghz
  - January 7, 2015
    Andy given that you have handled/tested many many handsets, what are your views on the 6592 soc? not only on benchmarking tests (that are optimised to run a phone at its max using all 8 cores at full tilt, in a way that standard usage does not) but in real world situations?
    My personal experience is that it leaves the phone feeling laggy and does not perform as I feel an 8 core phone should.

Steve B
January 6, 2015
The cameras are interpolated from 8 & 5mp which is not so good, but they are interestingly specced Sony units (closed loop and laser something-or-other) and apparently both f1.8 (?!) front and back. Could be good if true.

Peter Pain
January 8, 2015
The umi zero is a very good looking phone. Its very well made. These are its killer features end of story. Its other features are a perfect blend for all.
ROM will get better, its fine now anyhow.
MexiDroid
January 8, 2015
i need to know which bands cubot uses, because there is no gsm or 3G support to Movistar-Telcel on the UMI
Ican doit
January 12, 2015
5″ HD IPS/LTPS LCD with multi-touch capacitive panel,16M Color.
1280*720 high definition resolution brings you a wealth detail,
and show you a wonderful world. – See more at: http://www.cubot-x9.com/
May 9, 2015
DYNAMHTHS TO THLEFONO SUPER