Umi has had it going well this year following the release of the Umi Super but they are cooking up something to challenge OPPO’s R9 in foreign markets. The OPPO R9 was instrumental in cementing OPPO’s spot in the top 5, selling over 700 million units in 88 days.

But while it has done very well in China, it has not really gotten positive reviews outside. Some people have complained about the fact that it runs the older Android Lollipop 5.1 which is based on Color OS. Others have complained about the design similarities to the iPhone 6S most especially the rose gold version and also the high price.

Umi believes it can take on the OPPO R9 with the Umi Max. A few details of the Umi Max says it will run Android 6.0 Marshmallow, have a USB Type-C port, Helio P10 SoC, a beautiful design, and a battery and price worth looking forward to.

We can clearly see that Umi is set to iron out the issues wrong with the R9, but a quick tip here. Android 6.0 is nice, but if the company promises Android Nougat and delivers, it will go a long way in increasing sales.

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The Umi Super is the latest flagship device from Umi and it has received generally positive reviews since its release.

The all-metal device sports a 5.5” FHD screen, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of ROM, a Mediatek Helio P10 processor clocked at 2.0 GHz, and a 4000mAh battery with Mediatek’s Pump Express Fast Charge technology, all for a price tag of $219.99; passing for one of the cheapest 4GB RAM devices in the market right now.

Online mall, TomTop is however offering customers a $20 coupon if you purchase a unit from their site, which brings down the price to $199.99. So if you’ve been holding off purchasing this phone just to save a few bucks, you should head over to TomTop and apply the coupon code: 20Super.

The code is supposed to be valid till 15th of this month.

Other features of the Umi Super includes a 5MP front facing camera and 13MP rear shooter, a fingerprint scanner, a SD card slot that can take up to 128GB, and Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

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Following the launch of Umi’s latest flagship device, the Umi Super, the company has not left any stone unturned in a bid to win over more customers with the 4GB RAM metal beast. The latest trick they’ve pulled is releasing a Euro 2016 Edition which sees the phone clad in Royal Blue.  And trust me when I say it is a beauty to behold.

Apart from the visible change to the exterior, the limited edition of the super will feature the same specifications as the original version such as a 5.5” FHD screen, 4GB of RAM, an octa-core Helio P10 processor, 32GB of ROM and a 4000mAh battery which charges from 0 to 75% in 30 minutes. There is also no mention of any added changes on the software side or accessories part, similar to what Samsung did with the Samsung S6 Iron Man Edition which has a dedicated Iron Man theme and a wireless charger styled to look like Tony Stark’s Arc Reactor.

The company has however not stated if this limited edition will be bearing the $179 price tag as the original or if it will be priced higher, and how many units will be available for purchase. We are however sure that it’ll be out of stock in a very short time after release.

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We have reviewed quite a few smartphones made by Umi but their latest affordable midranger looks like the best Umi’s phone yet. Learn more in our full review.

Thanks to Tomtop for sending Umi Super for a review.

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Umi Super Review: VIDEO

Umi Super Review: UNBOXING

The phone ships with all the usual stuff that includes some paperwork, USB C cable and a fast charger.

Umi Super Review: SPECS

Umi Super Review: DESIGN and DISPLAY

As far as design, the phone is well constructed and it feels premium due to its all-metal build.

The usual buttons are nice and tactile and they do not rattle. What is interesting is that we have an extra button and you can programme it to open up certain apps. Unfortunately, this button does not wake up the phone from standby mode.

We have a USB C port for charging, which sits next to the loudspeaker. The sound quality is pretty good but it lacks depth. Also, I found the maximum volume to be too low.

As far as the audio quality via the 3.5mm headset jack, it is great and that is thanks to the embeded Hi-Fi audio chip. The sound is rich and clear, it has a good amount of depth. Finally, the volume output is loud.

The 5.5” display is very sharp with natural looking colors and it is a great panel overall. Also, the display is covered with Gorilla Glass 3.

We have a 5MP selfie shooter on the top and on the bottom there is a capacitive home button, which also acts as a customizable LED notification light. Also, you can choose either on-screen navigation buttons or capacitive buttons.

A 13MP Panasonic camera along with dual LED flash is here for picture taking. Right below we can find a fingerprint sensor, which is quite fast, accurate and it works straight from the standby mode. However, I found the display to respond slower than usual if you unlock the phone very quickly several times in a row.

Overall, Umi Super feels great in the hand and it feels like a premium phone due to its metal build.

Umi Super Review: HARDWARE and PERFORMANCE

Umi Super ships with an octa-core Mediatek Helio P10 chip with the clock speeds of 2GHz, 4GB of RAM and 32GB of expandable storage. These are pretty good specs for the price of the phone, to say the least.

The gaming performance is decent if you play games on medium graphics. If you set graphics to maximum, you should expect a lot of stutter and skipped frames.

Umi Super Review: BENCHMARKS

 Umi Super Review: USER INTERFACE

When it comes to the user interface, we have a nearly stock-looking Android 6.0 UI with just a few added features and customization options. I love the fact that you can switch the positions of navigation buttons and do some other things to customize the phone.

Most importantly, the UI runs fast and I didn’t have a single hiccup in more than a week.

Umi Super Review: IMAGE QUALITY

A 13 camera can take pictures really fast.

The daylight image quality could be pretty good as the phone can take some nice photos but… I noticed that there are a lot of images with soft focus on the left side or on the corners of the picture. Hopefully, this is something Umi addresses in a future software update.

A good thing is that macro shots turn out to look pretty good with nice details and bokeh effect.

The low-light shots can sometimes look okay but I noticed that a purple tint kicks in some situations.

A 5MP selfie shooter is not the best out there but it will do the trick for social media.

A 1080p video quality is just okay as the footage could look sharper and have more detail.

Download full resolution camera samples

Umi Super Review: CONNECTIVITY

I didn’t have any connectivity issues with the phone as the signal reception was good and the call quality was decent. Also, the Wifi worked fine and the GPS was accurate.

Umi Super Review: BATTERY LIFE

4000mAh battery is one of the strong points of the device. Also, it comes with a fast-charge support and I could fully charge the phone in just under 1h and 30 mins.

As for day-to-day use, I could constantly get around 6 hours of screen-on time on a mixed use.

On the days that I used the phone more heavily, I could still get 4.5h of SOT (gaming, using the phone as a wifi hotspot etc.), which is a good result.

Umi Super Review: CONCLUSIONS

Umi did a great job with its Super phone. The device is well built, it feels premium and it has a sharp display. Also, the UI performance is snappy and the battery, that could be recharged fast, performs great. In addition, I love some extra features like a customizable button and pulsing notification LED light.

However, the camera performance is just mediocre (it could be pretty good but the soft or uneven focus on the corners of the image kind of ruins things up). Also, the display could light up faster once the fingerprint has been recognized at times (especially if you unlock the phone very quickly several times in a row).

All in all, Umi Super is probably the best Umi’s phone yet. It does most of the things right but it falls short in a few departments that hopefully will be improved with the future software updates.

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UMi is one of the trusted local Chinese brands in the market right now who releases pretty good looking and well-specced smartphones. The company is currently busy promoting its latest flagship device, the UMi Super and the phone is turning out to be a very good mid-ranger that doesn’t break your bank. In fact, because of its specs, looks and pricing, UMi Super is selling well for the company so far.

And to celebrate the company’s latest mid-ranger, UMi has provided us with a brand new unit of the UMi Super smartphone to giveaway to one of our lucky readers. This means you get yet a chance to win one of the popular smartphones in the market right now.

Umi Super sports a pretty good spec sheet. It sports a 5.5 inch 2.5D curved glass 1080p display with Gorilla Glass 3 protection and is powered by a MediaTek Helio P10 chipset aided by 4GB LPDDR3 RAM. Further, the phone comes with 32GB of native storage which can be expanded up to 256GB. At the back, the UMi Super comes with a 13MP Panasonic sensor with dual LED light, while up front, you get a 5MP shooter. The phone comes with an 8.5mm body which houses a massive 4000mAh built-in battery. Other features of the phone include a fast fingerprint sensor, USB Type-C port, and 4G LTE support with dual SIM card slots. Supported bands include: FDD-LTE 800/ 1800/ 2100/ 2600 (B20/B3/B1/B7).

As always, we will be conducting this giveaway via the gleam widget. If you have participated in our previous giveaways, you already know how to take part in this giveaway.

The basic idea is simple, you have to visit and like a few pages, tweet the contest along with some other actions. The more you share, the more your chances of winning the new smartphone.

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So, let’s not waste any more time and directly head on to the UMi Super giveaway.

UMi Super GiveAway

You can read more about the UMi Super from our previous coverage:

UMi Super Battery & Performance better than Meizu M3 Note

UMi Super Touch ID vs iPhone 6S

UMi Super Review

UMi Super Camera: Shoot Like A Pro

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UMi Super is the most popular flagship phone latest in the internet, which is pack with flagship-grade CPU from MediaTek Helio P10, 4GB RAM from SAMSUNG support upto 256GB external memory, 4000mAh battery from SONY with latest PE+ Quick charging technology, USB Type-C by FOXCONN. Panasonic 13MP camera claim to be a speed camera. 5.5-inch SHARP display sunlight screen for better vistion in the sun. Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box, while it’s expected to be on Android N in the future.

Yet, revealed by UMi website yesterday, there’re 4 interesting features of Super, aim to enhance user experience：

The most practical Sunlight display

UMi Super built-in Sung-light display by SHARP manufacture, which adjusts Pixel-level contrast for screen clarity in bring conditions. What’s remarkable about this technology is that it only adjusts the darker pixels, leaving the lighter pixels the same.

Custom button: Vitural or Physical button, Right or left all in one

UMi Super plays by your rules. Customize the functions of your device’s navigation buttons to build a smartphone experience tailored to you.

Personalized settings – Smart key：Short cut of your most used APP/ Mute your Super

Focus on what’s really important. Bringing new control to devices, our unique Smart key is a simple and intuitive solution. It allows you to set up any most used APP to this short-cut for your convenience. Or long press to mute all the sounds immediately for important meeting.

7 colors Skylight notification, Your way

UMi Super’s notification light is sitting along with the home button. It light up the home button to notify you.  It allows you to customize different color of the light for any notification. For example, Missed call for Red, message for blue, what’sup for purple. You will notice excately

what is it coming from withtout lighting up screen as soon as you see the color

The Price Juggernaut

UMi has tasted success with its strategy, pack the phone to the brim with the latest top of the line hardware and price it half to the competition.

The affordability associated with the phone is something that makes the buyers chip in for the device and the fact that it shares most of its innards with say other premium flagships makes it a sweet deal. The $250 sticker price seems to be well justified for. Not to mention there’re a $70 off coupon you can get while it’s on presale period, we think there is very little that can go wrong.

You can find codes here: http://community.umidigi.com/thread-3169-1-1.html

Or subscribe at here to redeem one: http://umidigi.com/page-umi_super.html

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UMi announced a couple of interesting smartphones this year, which includes the new UMi Super flagship. This will be the top-end offering from the company, featuring good looks and powerful specs to entice the affordable flagship lovers. While the phone is listed on some retailers for above $200, the UMi Super flagship can now be bought for just $179.99. Banggood has just provided us with a coupon which will get $70 OFF the original price tag, taking down the purchase price this low. Just use the coupon: bg70$super and the price should reduce to just $179.99. You can check out the listing from here.

To recap, the UMi Super is a capable flagship, coming with the octa-core Helio P10 chipset inside. While this isn’t the fastest chip in the market, we have seen that it performs pretty well and is even used in the flagship OPPO R9 model. Like the recent UMi smartphones, the Super comes with an all metal build made out of light weight aerospace class unibody aluminum. 3D polishing and 0.02mm spraying make sure the phone’s surface is durable as well as smooth.

Up front, the phone features a 5.5-inch 1080p display from Sharp with thin bezels, with 2.5D glass on top. It comes with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage which is further expandable up to 256GB. At the back, the UMi Super comes with a 13MP Panasonic sensor with dual LED light, while up front, you get a 5MP shooter. The phone comes with a 8.5mm body which houses a massive 4000mAh built-in battery. Other features of the phone include a fast fingerprint sensor, USB Type-C port, and 4G LTE support with dual SIM card slots. Supported bands include: FDD-LTE 800/ 1800/ 2100/ 2600 (B20/B3/B1/B7).

You can check out more details and videos of the phone from the phone’s listing. Just hit the button below for details.

coupon: bg70$super 

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A beta build of Android N was released following the Google I/O keynote on April 18. The new build promises increased stability, to the extent that Google is encouraging developers, and even casual users, to install it on their primary devices.

UMi’s one of the first Chinese phone makers serve Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box by UMi TOUCH and UMi Super, the one who constantly integrate multiple ROMs offer to intall to their devices via rootjoy.

Today UMi’s developer sent out a couple of pictures showing they are already getting their hands on Android N beta ROM.

Accordingly to UMi, the company is getting in touch with Google team under a package of deals regarding software upgrade possibility to all their device. If there any, UMi Super could be the first to get update, on the N.

We don’t know if this is true and we don’t know when this will happened. Like Jack Ma from Alibaba said, what if dream come true? We never know！

So we hope UMi developes could make this come true for everyone.

If you are looking at this UMi Super, it’s currently on presales for $179.99 from their official Aliexpress shop:

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UMi show an amazing performance between UMi Super and iPhone 6S Plus, UMi TOUCH by Recording the time about battery drained and auto off.

It’s good practice to show the battery level. iPhone 6s Plus first appeared low battery tips and drained, when 3.5 hours had been recorded video.Surprisingly, Super could be record 4 hours and 55 minutes in the end. 20mins more then UMi TOUCH.

According to official data,UMi super with SONY® 4000mAh battery could offer 15 days of 4G standby. Even though UMi TOUCH sharing the same battery capacity 4000mAh, because of the strong CPU with greater RAM, UMi Super has a lot of improvement in durability.  Yet, UMi Super is equip with the PE+ Quick charge technology. With USB Type-C, UMi Super could charge up to 75% in 30 minutes. If you need a big battery to get through the day, UMi super will be good for you.

Price: $249.99, now available to get $70 off by subscribtion

The UMi Super arrives on the global market on May 25, including major online shops Aliexpress and Amazon. You can pre-order this new smartphone in gold or dark gray from May 25th, with a nice extra – free delivery. The UMI Super will be priced at just US$249.99.

But now you can also subscribe to get a $70 off.

Check out more about the deal at http://umidigi.com/page-umi_super.html .

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Since our first mobile phone, we have continued exploring new metal processing technologies and breaking limits. For the UMi Super, we chose lighter and solider magnalium alloy used for aircraft. After more than 100 strict processes including CNC cutting and carving, PBT nano-molding, 360-degree polishing, 3D abrasive blasting and multi-color anodizing, we scaled new heights and proudly present the unique UMi Super.

Polished Perfection

Polishing the metal body of the UMi Super takes more than you would think. It is polished after coating, and coated after polishing. This process is repeated five times, and takes more than 40 hours to complete. This is costly, but it’s the only way to ensure a perfectly uniform coloring on the metal body of the UMi Super!

Metal in the making

Despite its resilience, manufacturing the metal back cover is a delicate process. We perfected the color and touch of aluminum by sandblasting both the inner and outer sides of the back cover. This detailed process refines the edges and rims with a polished shine.

165° Palm Arc Design

Friendly curved to fit in your hand

Curved all around the edges, UMi Super has a seamless, comfortable grip that feels natural in your hand.

The best size of 4000mAh yet

UMi Super uses the latest battery technology from SONY supplier to fit an extra 26% capacity without any excess bulk. Thoughtful engineering design such as the compact circuit board and indented inner back cover maximize room for more battery.

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After official announced full specification of UMi Super, UMi now is opening a questionnaire with giving away this Super phone. You can now join here.

UMi Super is the upcoming flagship from UMi after their success with UMi TOUCH, which is smartphone features with numbers of well-known brands as component suppliers to guarantee bring out the MAX positive performance of each part. It’s made with Aerospace-class aluminum unibody carries a 4000mAh big battery. Octa-core P10 4GB RAM with 256GB extend memory. Android 6.0 out of the box.

UMi Super will be available to be pre-order by May 23rd for $249.99. However, you can now go to the website and subscribe with your email, you will then receive a $70 coupon code to pre-order when the presales starts.

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UMi formally announced their new “sub brand” “Super” phone by $70 subscription on the website, claiming Super will works with all-new suppliers from well-known brands to be the game changer, while others phone manufacturers still are not aware of the importance of how to make a good phone.

“A true good phone is an interpretation sharing the best balance between design, craftsmanship and the power of technology”, said by UMi the company.

UMi decided to change the picture with their Super phone, hopefully like the Superman change the world.

Today the company finally revealed the full spec of UMi Super by listing on the website, for more detail check here.

It’s Super Premium, it’s Super Powerful, it’s Super fast.

The presales of UMi Super would start in about two weeks at $249.99. if you have a UMi code you can  redeem $70 to pre-order.

You can get this $70 coupon by subscribing from here and participant giveaway by finishing a questionnaire. Head to the site for more detail.

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Another leak showed from UMi forum. This time UMi revealed that Super will go with SHARP supplier to pursuit an ultra-high color saturation Sunlight screen.

What does Sunlight screen mean? We’ve seen this function used on some model of Xiaomi and Meizu claiming it is feature to have 17% better overall color saturation for a richer viewing experience. The great thing to have sunlight screen is that you will not have problem reading your phone in the sun.

Not to mention Super display will has 95% NTSC gamut which enhanced from “vivid colors” based, according to UMi.

Whether you’re looking at photos, watching videos, or using exciting apps, Super delivers intense vivid colors.

Unlike other brands using different component in one model, UMi says that Super will use only SHARP display in order to bring out the richest and consistent user experience.

I guess this is why they call it Super – super suppliers

If you’re interested in UMi Super then you should go hurry and subscribe this $70 coupon here before it’s too late.

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If you haven’t heard about UMi Super, this is a new phone UMi trying very hard to make it lives up to Super. Previously it’s rumored will be a dual-camera phone with Bezel-less Super AMOLED screen. Sounds superb right.

This is not yet. Today our insider sent us another super leak.

Rumor UMi is promoting USB Type-C for their Super’s audio standard and a ultra fast charging technology. Furthermore this Super phone might come with 6GB RAM pricing around 300$.

What CPU does this UMi Super use that can support 6GB RAM? I guess we all know the answer – the famous Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. Speaking of Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, UMi released their first snapdragon phone back in late summer of 2015, UMi eMAX mini, which you can find it on Amazon for $150 . It was the creature between TCL and UMi. Seems like their marriage hasn’t end yet. Are they working close together again on their Super child?

What will be next?

Poll: Will you pay 300$ for a 6GB RAM phone?

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We have been hearing about a rumored smartphone from UMi called as the UMi Touch X. It was said that the phone was going to be bezel-less. Now, we have new information which states that the UMi X is actually going to be called as the UMi Super and will come with much more than a bezel-less display. The upcoming device is now said to come with dual cameras at the back, a feature which only the top smartphone makers can boast of.

2016 seems to be the year of dual cameras, with this particular setup being seen on a number of smartphones lately. Dual cameras did see some popularity a couple of years back, but it soon faded away. Now, looks like manufacturers are all set to give this setup a second try, making it much better than before.

Along with the new name and the features, we also have the first image of the UMi Super. As you can see, the company seems to be experimenting with a different design than smartphone manufacturers like Huawei and LG. Instead of placing the two cameras parallel to each other, UMi Super comes with two cameras, one below the other. In between, we can see what should be a dual tone flash. Apart from the interesting dual camera design, rest of the looks seem to be similar to the recently launched UMi Touch.

Placing two cameras at the back is not an impossible task, but getting them to work together to capture the best possible images and videos is something that’s going to be a challenge for UMi. We will have to wait and see how the dual cameras on the UMi Super will work together to take pictures.

As of now, this is all we have on the Super. Stay tuned for more details on the device in the coming days.

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