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UMi Hammer on just $129.99 with free shipping until 26th May

AbbieMay 19, 2015

Remember the tough little UMi Hammer we reviewed a few weeks back? Well it is on special offer until the 26th May for only $129.99.

The UMi Hammer was the first 64bit LTE phone from UMi and is surprisingly tough too. The device comes with a quad-core chipset, 2GB RAM, 13 mega-pixel main camera and 5-inch HD display (the only thing missing at the moment is Android 5.0 Lollipop).

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From today until the 26th May UMi are offering the UMi Hammer on Aliexpress for just $129.99 with free shipping. In other news UMi have also reported that some earlier models of the UMi Hammer were shipped with the wrong battery size and customers finding that their battery is smaller than specified should contact the store they bought their phone from for a free replacement.

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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!

- May 19, 2015
  oh man…why did Umi have to do this kind of monkey tricks?? It will give Chinese phone companies bad reputation and create distrust with potential customers =(
  - Riccardo Benzoni
    May 19, 2015
    head to their FB page and you can read what happened. Not their fault and they are offering replacements for free.
claude
May 19, 2015
I dt trust UMI anymore.. too many lies and problems in their history.
My next big battery phone is the Bluboo x550. I wait to see some reviews, if they r ok, i just order it…

Michael Ogbonnaya
May 19, 2015
At least they are not denying the fact about the battery and are offering to replace them for free. I’d say thumbs up to Umi for the bold gesture.
- bassa
  May 19, 2015
  - Riccardo Benzoni
    May 19, 2015
- Riccardo Benzoni
  May 19, 2015
  maybe you missed some news about it lately, the first batch has unities with 1750mah battery due to some mistakes made by battery producer (which had made 2 versions), the ones with this reduced battery will get a free replacement with the correct 2250mah one. I’m one of the luckiest to have real 2250mah on the first batch (like the user who posted the photo you can see up in the post), the others will have their own for free asking it to their seller!
  - Mihaly Bil
    June 23, 2015
    are you satisfied with your, let’s believe it real, 2250 mah battery??!!
    how often do you recharge it?
bassa
May 19, 2015
- jack
  May 20, 2015
  how do you know? all the chinese battery company lied about capacity. they are just one of the affected company. there are other brand maybe doing it on purpose that you don’t know. at least UMI offer a replacement to make it right so in this way i dont see they are lying on purpose
  - bassa
    May 20, 2015

Marco Lancaster
May 19, 2015
The problem with the battery is true, but also some people have the true capacity of 2250mAh:
http://i60.tinypic.com/2dkbuyr.jpg
So I have almost sure, Umi should be using more than one Battery supplier for the Hammer, and one of them are selling fake batteries. Btw if this is the case also shows that production control or final research on the products need to be improved before distribution.
- jack
  May 20, 2015
  as they said it’s only a few part that has been missed with the wrong size. glad to see that

roni24
May 19, 2015
in to2c.com, its 130$ for almost a month
patouki
May 19, 2015
Hi,
I have a 2250 mah battery.
Bought it 1 week ago from to2c
thierry
May 21, 2015
i got black inky stripes over my screen since a few days and more came along. dunno where it comes from. i wonder if its even worth spending 30 euros extra to ship it back registered as im too dissapointed by the camera. maybe if the battery is fake too i should.. better wait for my z5s mini and decide if its worth it. boo umi boo
Max
May 27, 2015
i have a whole different problem with my hammer… cell reception is bad where it shouldn’t be (at least it is not for every other phone i or friends have.) which eats my battery.
cell standby of 30-40 percent is “normal” and waaaaayyy too much for my taste. anyone can help me?