Wileyfox Spark X Black
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The Wileyfox Spark X is a smartphone with dual SIM, which allows you to be reached both privately and for business on one device. Besides the 2 SIM cards, there's also space for a memory card of maximum 32GB. This gives you sufficient space for apps, videos, and photos. With the 13-megapixel camera at the back of the device and the 8-megapixel selfie camera in the front, you can make photos and videos. Your recently made images can be watched at the HD screen. Is your battery broken? No problem, this device's battery is easy to replace.
Camera quality | Standard | |
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Total storage capacity | 16 GB | |
Screen size | 5,5 inches |
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The Wileyfox Spark X is a very good phone for the price
The design of the Spark X is certainly not wrong. The materials are mainly plastic so you won't get a "premium" feeling with it compared to other high-end phones like the Samsung Galaxy lineup. However, the phone is comfortable in the hand, although the back sometimes feels a bit smooth. The design is also sleek, with the bronze-like colored edges and the bronze-colored Wileyfox logo, this phone certainly doesn't look bad. Personally, I would even like more manufacturers like this one to have a little more detail like the Wileyfox.
The speed of the device is okay, although the 2GB of RAM makes a reasonable impression. I've had a phone before this with the same processor but with 1GB of RAM, a smaller screen, and a lower screen resolution. This was held back by the 1GB RAM that was in the phone, because with a few apps running in the background you quickly noticed that the speed was a bit deteriorating due to the lack of RAM, the Wileyfox Spark X does not suffer from this
The processor is good at loading the elements of the operating system and is also quite responsive. However, it sometimes lags a bit if you're doing too much, but in general you won't experience much lag or freezes. I personally have never had the phone freeze or stutter.
Opening apps is certainly not slow, the speed of the storage is certainly not bad for a phone of this price, loading games therefore certainly does not take long
The 5.5 inch 1280x720 IPS screen of the Wileyfox certainly looks good. It may not be full HD (1920x1080) but it looks good otherwise The screen can also be reasonably bright so it does not cost you too much effort to read something with a lot of sun light, although the screen could be a little brighter for the sun, it is sometimes a bit difficult to read something when there is a lot of sun light but it is doable without too much effort. the colors of the screen aren't bad either, although it could have been better. The colors in general are good and seem a bit lively but it could have been better. With some images/videos it sometimes seems like there is a bit too much saturation. Other than that, I have no complaints about the screen. The screen supports multitouch up to 5 fingers simultaneously.
The Wileyfox's battery is certainly no laughing matter. The battery has a capacity of 3000Mah and can easily last a day, if you don't want to play games all day. Occasionally gaming is no problem, I do this myself, and if you just pay attention to your battery you can easily get through a day. I have about 20 - 40% left on average per day, depending on how long I am away from home.
The camera is not that much to talk about. The resolution of the images is very good, 13.3 Megapixels (4864x2736) If you have good lighting, taking a reasonable photo is not difficult. However, the camera quickly struggles to take decent photos if the light is even slightly less than optimal, you will soon notice that the photos become more blurry and look a lot less good if you optimize the settings for low -light performance does get a bit better, but you will soon notice that the quality of the photos deteriorates fairly quickly with less and less light.
The sound of this phone is ok. The high frequencies sometimes go a bit too far, I recommend lowering them slightly in the phone's equalizer (or the equalizer of the music app you're using). The mid frequencies are good, could have been a little higher but if you don't change them you won't notice much difference. As for the bass, it's good. The bass is neither too strong nor too low, it sits nicely in the middle. if you want more bass you will have to adjust this in the equalizer or use the bass boost function, but in general the bass is good.
The operating system that runs on the Wileyfox is Cyanogen OS 13 (modified version of Android 6.0.1). This operating system is very user-friendly and you probably won't have too much trouble getting a feel for its workings.
A small tip, the specification list of the phone (on Coolblue and on the Wileyfox website itself) states that you can insert a maximum of an SD card of 32 GB. I myself have a 64 GB SD card from Samsung and it works fine, according to others you could even put in a 128 GB SD card, whether this is guaranteed to work I don't know since I have not tried this myself but I can be sure say that a 64 GB SD card should work without any problems.
As far as issues go, I've had issues with the WiFi and connecting to the cellular network myself. Connecting to the mobile network was resolved very quickly. Insert the SIM card in the other SIM slot (it doesn't matter if you have the S(SIM card in slot 1 or slot 2) first) and try again. this worked for me at once, although I still have a little unease with connecting to the mobile network. if I have to restart the phone I have to do this 2 to 4 times if I want to have a decent connection again.
As far as WiFi is concerned, this is not always easy. I'm having the problem that the phone won't connect to my school's network, and neither will other corporate networks. At my house I had no problem connecting to the WiFi, this worked within 2 seconds of entering the password correctly, however after a few tries I still can't quite connect to my school's network. By not quite I mean the following. The connection works, but requesting an IP address does not work, although it should be possible. You can solve this problem by simply entering a static IP address when connecting, but you also don't always know what to enter if, for example, you come to a company that you have not visited before. I have already reported these issues to Wileyfox and they are still working on it. If I get a solution for these problems I will of course let you know here. (of course it could be that me and my brother are the only ones who suffer from this but if there are more then here is a possible solution)
Other than that I would recommend this phone. It has a sleek design, a good screen, a very good battery life and is reasonably on the fast side.
Mathijs Kelderman
10 December 2016
Automatically translated from Dutch
After my iPhone and 3 Samsungs I chose Wileyfox. This after studying various sites where only positive messages were reported. I've had it for a few weeks now and I'm more than fine with it. Can now set up my apps individually. If my battery at my Samsung was already exhausted at the end of the day, I can continue all evening with my Wileyfox. Great choice, just waiting for a matching cover.
Ties
13 October 2016
Automatically translated from Dutch
At first I had to get used to all those settings. But along the way, especially after the OS update, you rarely come across a phone that is just logically put together. After reading some reviews (some of which are incorrect), this one came out on top. After 4 Samsungs, this is a revelation.
Tony Kalf
26 October 2016
Automatically translated from Dutch
Product number | 724891 | |
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Manufacturer code | WFSPX5516-01 | |
Brand | Wileyfox | |
Processing of your defect | Carry-in warranty | |
Old product returned for free |
Mobile phone type | Smartphone |
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Operating system | Android | |
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Android One |
Height | 15,43 cm | |
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Width | 7,86 cm | |
Depth | 0,87 cm | |
Weight | 162 g | |
Color | Black | |
Water-resistant | ||
Shockproof | ||
Sound reproduction | Mono |
Processor | MediaTek | |
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Clock speed primary processor | 1,3 GHz | |
Number of primary processor cores | Quad-Core (4) | |
Total storage capacity | 16 GB | |
Internal RAM | 2 GB | |
Memory card reader | ||
Memory card | MicroSD | |
Expandable storage capacity up to | 32 GB |
SIM free | ||
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Dual SIM |
Camera quality | Standard | |
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Built-in camera | ||
Total number of megapixels | 13 MP | |
Autofocus | ||
Video function | ||
Video Recording quality | 1080p | |
Rear flash | ||
Image stabilization type | No image stabilization | |
Aperture | 2,8 | |
Flash type | Single LED | |
Type of image sensor | 1/3" | |
Second rear camera | ||
Third rear camera |
Front Camera | ||
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Number of megapixels front camera | 8 MP | |
Type of image stabilization front camera | No image stabilization | |
Front flash | ||
Second front camera |
Screen size | 5,5 inches | |
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Resolution height | 1280 pixels | |
Resolution width | 720 pixels | |
Pixel density | 267 ppi | |
Touchscreen | ||
Sharpness | HD Ready (720p) | |
Screen type | IPS - LCD | |
Scratch resistant | ||
Gorilla Glass |
Battery/battery capacity | 3000 mAh | |
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Replaceable battery |
Built-in WiFi | ||
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WiFi standards | Wireless B, Wireless G, Wireless N | |
Bluetooth | ||
Bluetooth version | 4.1 | |
NFC | ||
Headphone jack | ||
USB port |
Fingerprint identity sensor | ||
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Accelerometer | ||
Light sensor | ||
Compass | ||
Pedometer | ||
GPS sensor |
