The UMi Hammer S is UMi’s second attempt at making a near-indestructible phone. Rugged phones have been around for ages, but UMi’s trying to give rugged a touch of style with the Hammer series.
The first-generation Hammer was a fairly robust piece of kit with a decent design. We put the robustness to test, the result of which you can check here. The Hammer S seems like a device that is a lot better looking that the first-gen model… that’s what we can tell from these leaked pictures of the phone.
UMi Hammer S: First Photos
Quite clearly, UMi has taken inspiration from the iPhone 6 (Galaxy S6?) for the edges but it does make for a pretty phone nonetheless.
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The Hammer S will have a USB Type-C port, something that only the LeTV phones and the upcoming OnePlus 2 feature. Besides that, a listing of the phone on reseller site CooliCool also confirms that it’ll have the MediaTek MT6735 quad-core CPU… which will be a bit of a disappointment for some.
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Nonetheless, we’re just glad that rugged phones (at least semi-rugged) are starting to look like real phones and not thick bricks!
It looked nice on renders. But now back side looks dirty, cheap and bulky.
And again those ugly icons. Why Chinese manufacturers can’t keep to new style or make them smaller like on mi4i? Same ugly styled icons on most of the phones.
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You know that you easily can change them with another Launcher + Icon Pack? Also the lockscreen etc.
WOW. Teach me how to change the ugly off screen buttons icons with a launcher?)))
Well, you only said “icons”, you didn’t mention buttons’ icons. And I agree, buttons bellow screen is are often very ugly with chinese brands.
I agree with the plastic back being horrible. I hate shiny plastic backs, any other material is better or they could at least make it mat if they do want to use plastic.
I agree the glossy plastic doesn’t look the best, but after witnessing the alleged OPO leak this looks like the best phone ever!
After seeing those pictures I can never call a phone ugly again…
When are you going to publish the review of the Umi Iron? I am looking forward to read it!
I like the (metal ?) frame. The rest is old Umi design.
Design is ok, it looks like LeTV S1, there is only one bad thing about this phone a shitty processor MT6735
The 6735 is far from shitty. It’s not a powerhouse but for most people it will handle everything they need it to without problems. It’s the best budget SoC presently available.
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