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May 23, 2017
Sweet Phone for Being a Couple Generations Behind
5 of 7 found this helpful Okay, I'm going to just get my two complaints out of the way and then talk about how much I love this phone.
The battery life and Marshmallow's cumbersome UI are really my only main complaints. It's extremely fast and if it weren't for how inefficient the operating system is, it would be just outstanding. Unfortunately with just some of the basic apps that most people use like Facebook and Pinterest, the impressive amount of RAM runs at an unnecessary 70 - 80% and with 3 gigs of RAM that should never be the case. Almost all of that Ram goes to the UI. And what the UI eats in Ram, the screen eats in battery life. The display is phenomenal and if you do not have your screen on it will last for ages, but if you have your screen on to do even basic things the battery will drain incredibly fast and faster still if you're actually doing something intensive. As a gamer, this is incredibly inconvenient. Both the lack of RAM and the lack of lasting battery can be frustrating, though most of my games still managed to run on about 10% of RAM and run extremely well but then my phone is running at around 90%. Some games run lower and will stay around 70 or 80% but that's still a little bit ridiculous considering there's not much else going on and it has 3 gigs of RAM. Especially also considering that it has extra processing power specifically to help run all of these processes. I really don't want to risk doing any damage to my phone, but I have seriously considered rooting it just because of this. I suspect that a rooted and properly managed phone would not have these problems with the hardware it's working with.
Other than that, the phone runs well though it does have some problems with for stopping applications and I have to restart it regularly or certain functions of the phone will stop working. It took my 128 gig memory card with no major problems, and once I made sure all the settings were right things went rather smoothly. Videos and games alike look phenomenal which I guess is why it drains the battery so quickly. I am pretty much the worst photographer in the world and I can take amazing pictures so the camera is beyond belief. It is extremely fast and it is decently easy to use. It has an incredible amount of features, even when you consider the fact that T-Mobile and other providers removed many of the Android system's customizable features. I am currently playing The World Ends With You on it, and not only does it look amazing but it also runs extremely light and fast. I am really quite fond of it, and it feels nice in my hand. The screen is a good size and I can use it comfortably. It does get quite hot, but apparently this is normal. It's a great phone for being a couple generations back - just make sure you latch a plug and a power bank to your side if you ever leave the house.