The UMi Rome has the makings of a really disruptive phone, with hardware punching well above its compeition and a low price. Here the first real photos of both the gold and black versions of the UMi Rome.
While we haven’t had time with the UMi Rome ourselves, we have managed to get these real photos showing what both the gold and a new black version of the UMi Rome will look like in the flesh.
UMi Rome Photos
The UMi Rome, for those of you who haven’t heard about the phone, is a budget device which was offered on pre-sale earlier this month at only $89. A low price for any phone, but especially impressive since the UMi Rome promises a 5.5-inch AMOLED 2.5D display, 3GB RAM, octacore MT6753 chipset and Type C USB.
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UMi are saying that 100,000 UMi Rome phones have been pre-ordered at the low intro price, and now pricing will rise to $109.99, still a bargain if the hardware lives up to the hype.
Photos released to us today show the gold UMi Rome alongside a black version, which gives us a better look at the 100 process CNC alloy chassis. The frame actually looks similar to the UMi Hammer S with a nice curve to the rear, holes drilled in the base for dual speakers and a taper before meeting the rear panel. The chassis measures in a 7.9mm leaving enough room for a 2500mAh battery.
Do you plan on buying the UMi Rome? Do you think this budget phone could really disrupt the smartphone market?
“UMi are saying that 100,000 UMi Iron phones have been pre-ordered at the low intro price”
Something is wrong there ?! Hehe
Phone looks good but UMI never fails in designing their devices so no surprise there. Now it’s all up to performance of the phone. Really curious since I’ve had the Hammer and no own the Iron. Both had their cons and pros but I never felt like I over paid for them.
iron was a disgrace tho …
i hope rome is their saving face , going into 2016
I wouldn’t call it a disgrace, phone works perfectly except for the few bugs. Yes it could definitely have been better but still it’s a great phone.
I doubt anyone will get it this year. Sellers are listing the lead time as december 15
lol , if umi rome does indeed have a fingerprint scanner … then its a killa budget phone atm !
think the camera will probably be the let down, imx179 (?) yet to see anything good out of that.
Obviously more $, but check out Elephone M2 review on geeksnack.com , not best samples, but shows a lot of promise.
hahaa … thats what elephone are about …
eternal promise … altho i hope they realise thats a death warrant on its own and stop being ‘eternal’ :p
fingers crossed
Where were all the 89 dollar ones up for sale then? Did we ever discover them?
You missed the train on that one. But I got mine two days ago off aliexpress for 98 usd. its still on pandawill for 99. Everywhere else it goes for 119.
There is no business selling price of $ 89, umi official said the price of 89 dollars is just a deceptive slogan, which is despicable means umi has been used, it is cheating. People can not believe they even use the phone whether the material is correct, there is no false arguments.
No me gusta los botones capacitivos dentro de la pantalla los marcos horribles al rededor de la pantalla y la pobre batería así que un 0 para umi
English!
SP. jose en las fotos se ven claro los botones afuera. asi que debes revisar las fotos y lo demas para no comentar como desinformado.
EN. jose in the pictures you can clearly see the buttons outside. so you should look at the pictures and else so you won’t come out comenting as uninformed.
Ya lose que están fuera pero también están dentro lo he visto en vídeos por lo tanto yo no se porque an puesto los botones fuera si están también. Dentro de la pantalla
I have ordered one for my brother. A nice bargain methinks