Amazes me that they can put out a full 5G capable phone at such a ludicrously low price tag yet no manufacturer on the planet can seem to release a standalone emulation handheld using a similar cpu at the same price.
@@contradictorycrow4327 I mean I'd rather have a $100 emulation device with this spec and inlcluding bloatware rather than not have it at all. Also its android so rooting or custom ROMs could easily deal with it.
Maybe because of economy of scale, using already common parts makes it cheaper. Its that or this is basically a rebranded device + boost mobile discounts.
@@kaguraschimizu4609 Yer tbh to even get in the door at a company like MediaTek or Qualcomm i think you need to secure and guarantee quite a large nuber of chip orders up front otherwise they wont sell to you.
@@corsinivideos probably rebranded Chinese phone with virus free android. In regards with emulation device, its a niche market with the likes of switch already in the market, probably not a feasible to sell a cheap android emulation device (probably with built buttons) with price to spec ratio like that.
Man that's crazy those benchmarks are basically the same as my Note 9 which was a 800 dollar phone when I got it! Plus I'm still using it since it feels great still. Smart phones have come such an insanely long way.
I really want this one. As an Android developer you cannot have enough physical devices for testing. On top of it, it's a very good phone to use every day.
Glad we got a pretty thorough review on the specs here. I'm one of the BOOST users. I got it for the $49.00 promo. Boosts advertising is misleading though. Here are the 3 tiers for the phone, and what you get in the packaging. ( roughly, I might have missed an item) 1. $49 for boost customer with an account with a 3G /4G phone. ( as 3 G is going away, so they want you to upgrade.) You get the phone, sim card, and a charger 2. $79 boost users that have a 4, or 5 g phone. You get the phone, charger (no sim card) and a case. 3. $179. Boost phone with charger if you out right buy the phone ( no upgrade) 4. 279.00 I you are switching to boost, and want the 1 year phone service. But the advertising is misleading, as for us $49 promo users get a flyer saying the phone is worth $279... ( basically comparing it to option # 4, without stating it comes with a full year paid.) If you buy the Celero, and can't find a case, many users have used a Samsung A22 5G case ( I did, and perfect fit) but it must be the 5 G case, not the 4 G.
I'm an apple guy, and it blows my mind that they won't do a fingerprint reader on the side of their phone while these companies can do it for a hundred bucks. This thing might be worth buying just for the fun of it.
@@josephl3602 it could be that it uses supported bands, but I doubt it would be worth it to import one. Add the shipping costs, the import taxes, handling fees and VAT and it will be at least $200,-.
I remember the phones my grandma got when I was little. $99 and they were cheap, so nothing paperweights. It’s so crazy that $99 today can get something so advanced. I tell my grandma everyday to upgrade her phone. There’s even cheaper androids out there. I just want her to have a smartphone and bigger screen with bigger font for her to read versus her cheap phone right now.
LOL! Good luck with that! I recall how stubborn my grandmother was to change. I'm a grandfather but my cellphone has stereo speakers, 128GB memory and 128GB memory card.
that's really crazy for 99 bucks, just buy an gamesir or similar controller and you got for around 170 bucks a very decent handheld emulation device, can be even be cheaper if you buy a 30 buck Bluetooth controller, don't think there is anything in the market for that price range that delivers same performance.
@@Ocaz I also wanted a razer kishi, but I have had bad experience with razer products, they are awesome but they tend to break at the 6 month mark, damn naga mouse every time I bought one got busted, I am currently using a USB C gamesir, and it's a perfect match for my Poco f3 phone, normally I just leave it plugged, drains a bit of battery but it's like having a handheld, only problem with the gamesir is that while using the stand alone emulator ppsspp when you want to use the analog stick as the D pad for movement for some reason it won't register diagonal inputs, this doesn't happen with other controllers I have. I don't own a kishi, have seen reviews and they are all positive, but my exp with razer products is that they will break very easily and they are overpriced.
I currently own this device, purchased about 3 days ago. I dropped my Samsung Galaxy A71 5g in the toilet on accident, (Which I loved) and this filled the empty void... on a whim. I even got similar benchmarks as The A71 5g.... Storage is not as much, I don't get NFC, The glass is crap... but comparing this low end device with a mid range device, In 2022!, I'm just not convinced anymore... Why pay more for for any device when the low end devices, from companies like Dish (OF ALL COMPANIES), are making phones that actually compare. Even after only 3 days, I'm completely convinced that if you look at the specs, you can have a great performing device for the price of your cable bill... LITERALLY. I give this 8/10 for the budget conscious and an 8/10 for the people that prefer $1200 devices. I bought this for temporary, but I think I'll have this phone for a while.
Just got this phone, I love it. It's fast, pretty, and sleek. My only gripe is that it isn't very customizable and it didn't come with a gallery app. Google photos is extremely hard to work with
My Moto is also stock. Before I got it I had been using mainly LG phones and there are things about its UI that I do miss. I miss the Music Player, home screen looping, Gallery app to start.
actually even better sometimes rather than up dates hogging space all the time plus the benefits of being constantly notified of download updates needs to be very important needed ones
Good review, but you didn't finish. I really would like to know how good the call quality and reliability of text delivery is. Those are the core functions of a phone, you know?
Quick note about testing Genshin Impact. You might want to have an account that's played till Inazuma at least. Loading stuff around Mondstadt is fairly simple but some lower end phones may cripple when trying to load the particle effects in Inazuma and in Signora's battle.
Been in the market for a budget android phone and was waiting for Black Friday, now thanks to you, I no longer need to wait a couple more weeks for that, I ordered one right away. thank you for putting this little gem on the spotlight, great video !!! THUMBS UP as always
Ok really need some clarification from our guy here - this video is encoded at 60fps. Conker's Bad Fur Day is almost a slideshow compared to how it actually runs, and Crazy Taxi Dreamcast runs much, much smoother than it looks here (even though the counter says 60) So there's something confusing going on here. You're saying they're running 'great' but they're clearly not... Unless your video recording for this upload is dropping frames like crazy for some reason. That seems unlikely so - can anyone explain? Not the first time I've heard things here described as 'running great/perfectly) but to look at, it's all over the place stutter and fps wise I think this is quite important for a channel like this
All his videos basically have 1 format. - Intro - Specs - COD:Mobile - Genshin Impact - Minecraft - N64 emulator (say it runs great at 17fps) - PSP (say it runs great) - Re-dream (say it runs great) - Gamecube (Look surprised it runs, show slowdowns in Auto modelista) - Conclusion (Great Device) You can avoid this channel for 99% of the videos unless there really isn't anyone else uploading a video for that specific device.
I think the counter for Conker's was right? It dipped down to 12 but was otherwise at 20 or less. ETA said it was great performance but I think otherwise.
Very good point. I bought the Coolpad phone he recommended last year for this, and unfortunately was only able to use it for a week before the Boost Activation app started popping up every 5 mins. I know my away around android, but have not found a way to stop the service for running, therefore the device is not usable.
@@J.A.Z-TheMortal I bought the same one for my wife to use to play some GBA and Ds games and have the same issue. I think the bootloader is locked so you can't even root it.
@@Cologneking408 I did some research early this year, and up until that time, there was no way to unlock the bootloader. The traditional fastboot method does not work on the Coolpad. Mind you i don't blame ETA PRIME at all, but unfortunately it was money down the drain.
I don't know if its just my earphones or what but the directional sound I'm hearing makes it seem that the sound comes from below which makes me look down and take off my earphones to check if sound was leaking from my phone. Well done on the quality of the video!
I'm guessing that it does support OTG because during the Minecraft segment of the video ETA used a Razer USB-C connected controller. I'm not an expert, but, I'm pretty sure OTG is needed to make plug-in controllers work.
Most of the current Boost Mobile devices can also run on Metro as they're using the same network right now. I recently had a Metro phone that I used a Boost SIM card in, thanks to the Hostile Takeover from T-Mobile over Sprint.
Looks like the benchmarks are almost the same as the Galaxy A32, but the camera is substantially worse... I think this is an alright deal but for $20-30 more you have what I would say is a relatively good upgrade.
No they'll disable your wifi connectivity if you keep ignoring the messages. You could use it as an emulator but xcloud and streaming services will be out of the question.
I really hate that fingerprint reader position. I had one like that and every single time I slipped it into my pocket I would unlock it because that's the natural position I hold it in.
I paid the 3,5x as much for my Xiaomi Mi 10 T Lite and got similar performance to this one. I feel like it has been only a year or so since i got this phone but there's already a successor for 99$
@@1197victor Will let you know when I have it set up. I literally just got it. But you can look up the performance for the Snapdragon 855+ if you can't wait. I believe it can do a lot of Gamecube without issue. I'm will be using the Razer Kishi.
It's always bugged me that Rockstar never ported VCS to Android like they did their other PSP entries; LCS and Chinatown Wars. You'd think being a PSP game that it would be easy. Maybe they forgot to perpetually license Phil Collins' face? Haha.
It's too bad the stylo's got discontinued. With that said, I went through 3 Samsung budget phones before getting the Celaro. The A03 has great battery life & that's it. The moto g pure & the A22 didn't cut it either. The Celaro is where it's @ if you're on a budget & you want a good phone.
I just got this phone and it can run PS2 games with aether sx now its September 25 2022 the emulator has really improved since prime made this video I put the emulator in safe mode ee cycle 50 ee skip moderate underclocking and this phone has run game like medal of Honor Frontline at 57 fps it has run very hard to emulate PS2 games it is truly a powerful SOC it's a mid-range chip just a little slower than a Snapdragon 7:30 that's incredible
Thanks for this view, I've been looking for inexpensive midrange phones to replace an older Apple phone. I don't see it in your equipment list, but where do you pick up your phone stands?
3:27... I dont know exactly what I'm supporting as far as aspect ratio.... but my Disney plus comes in crystal clear and is comarible with any 1080p/4k video I watch on youtube... and the apps work fine.
Dolphin on this phones pretty decent, Im running Mario superstar baseball and it runs smoothly, wasn't too happy getting this phone but it exceeded some of my expectations
Damn that rom was cleaner then my brand new POSTPAID verizon phone! Why do the bigger companies feel the need to fill our phones with junk but random prepaids can be clean as a whistle?
I revisited this video (and the one where you tested Aether on the Celero) because TracFone now has a Dimensity 700 powered device, Samsung's Galaxy A13 5G, on sale for $129 at QVC. The best part it comes bundled with a year airtime card which makes the effective cost of the phone much less. Will I buy it? Maybe, maybe not. But it's certainly a contender.
(Year of service deal is only for the first 250 customers) Wish we had that deal in the US. All I see is $140(edit: found it at Walmart for $99) for a limited time or $279 with no bonus. It is less appealing at a 40% higher cost. For about the same you can find phones like galaxy s9's. Yes those 845 devices will be used but for emulation it could end up being a better choice unless older Android is an issue.
So I picked up this phone the other day for 79.99 for emulation. So I have been playing it and and I loved it until the constant bombardment of “Activate your phone”. Anyway I can get around it?
Been thinking of doing the same. Found one for pretty cheap and have been wanting an emulation device. How does it play? Like have you tried anything heavier like ps2 or genshin? Also. The only thing i could think of is maybe turning wifi off when you aren't using it thats what i had to do woth my old phone
It runs perfect. I’ve ran 3DS, Ps2, PSP, and GameCube. They run really well. Also runs xbox game pass great. I’ll try the Wi-Fi off and see if that helps. I really want to Root it but I’ve never done it so I’m hesitant 😬
For the price the fact you can add up to a 1tb SD card and a capale chipset more than worth the money. I'd imagine most folk watching ETA are interested in emulation so the 720p display is better than most dedicated devices. And again price to feature ratio.
It's unreal seeing Genshin Impact running so well on a $99 device. Americans are lucky to have access to such affordable devices. Unfortunately, for the rest of the world it's a much different story.
As a gaming device it seems fair, but any time I see a cheap phone I have to ask myself is the software going to remain good or will the developer push an update that will destroy it with crappy add on bloat and adware. I suppose if you keep it off line and only use it for emulation and games it could remain fine for a while, but you still have to connect it for mobile stuff like Genshin Impact and that means updates.
I don’t know what kind of generic phones you’ve used but all androids I’ve ever use require you to download then install the update unless you keep it on auto update which can always be turned on.
That means you pay upfront for each month of service, versus postpaid, where you generally sign a 1+ year contract and pay after you're billed (like, say, payments on a car.) The differences between prepaid versus postpaid are mainly the contract/commitment and also deals on phones if you're buying from the carrier instead of bringing your own.
Did you have yank the sim card on this phone To prevent company from locking the wi-Fi for the device for non-Activation? Thinking about just grabing the phone as a Wi-Fi Phablet pocket gamer 🎮/ music 🎶 media player. Which would be better than the Amazon bt streaming mp3 media players.
What I want to know is, how are phone companies still getting away with selling a $900-$1,800 phone with like 200 GB of storage, no expandable memory option and saying "for just a meager $500 extra you can have 500 GB of storage TOTAL." When a 1 TB micro SD card can be bought for $120. It's complete nonsense. The only phone I have found that sadly still costs an arm and a leg but has that option and a snapdragon 888 is the newest Sony phone. I've heard a lot of negatives about that phone though so it doesn't seem like a good choice.
Like most overpricing schemes, its all thanks to Apple. This is know on the Industry. A few years ago their sales data indicated that as the iphones became better and better, customers stopped replacing them on a yearly basis, and instead kept them on for several years. Since this is Apple, and they have a cult like following that will accept and even defend everything they do, instead of looking for ways to make customers upgrade yearly, they simply decided to significantly increase the price, even though the manufacturing costs are still similar (180 to 400 dollars to make an iPhone) magically now their phones are twice as expensive, and a storage module that cost them anywhere from $9 to $20 dollars, they charge for $100 or even $200. It is a scam. Just like the removal of the headphone jack and the lack of a charger on newer phone packages. The problem is that it works, so the Android OEMs follow suit. Specially Samsung, who copies every "strategy" aka Scam, Apple gets away with.
Because bus-connected flash is way faster. A high-end microSD card is going to be 20-25 times slower than a quality m.2 drive. To the point that high-end phones can page RAM without much of a noticeable hit. microSD is stuck at throughputs close to that of USB 2. That's before you start getting into the cost of more compact components with smaller dies, higher resolution screens, better cameras, etc.
The NAND flash used in removable storage (e.g. SD card, USB flash drives) is lower-quality (in terms of performance and longevity) than even eMMC packages (used in many embedded solutions like for smartphones) and particularly UFS-compliant storage (in high-end mobile devices) let alone PC-grade modules (so 2.5" and m.2 drives.) So while I agree that the price premium for a higher capacity mobile device is generally unfair, the actual NAND flash you're getting is higher-quality than the equivalent capacity in a microSD card. That's why you generally don't run the OS or even some applications from an SD card, although now there's an "Application Performance Class" that was specifically created to determine which cards are performant enough to run software from.
I'd get this phone. Mainly because at 3:38 the "Benchmarks" shows that the Celero5G is a Wingtech device. Wingtech ODMs for Samsung, so I'm assuming they're pretty good at what they do. Coolpad on the other hand, I don't know much about other than they're affordable. Maybe they're good, maybe they're not. I think this phone is probably a safer bet. Edit: ODM; not OEM.
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I love the fact that 10 years ago $99 would get you a keypad phone. And now.....
Mini PC
And 20 yrs ago a "pager"
with $99 in medieval time, you could be a king, so what's your point?
@mogad they don't care how much money they make on the phone its the monthly service bills that make them profit
@@diablocraft6172 yeah, makes sense!
Amazes me that they can put out a full 5G capable phone at such a ludicrously low price tag yet no manufacturer on the planet can seem to release a standalone emulation handheld using a similar cpu at the same price.
@@contradictorycrow4327 I mean I'd rather have a $100 emulation device with this spec and inlcluding bloatware rather than not have it at all. Also its android so rooting or custom ROMs could easily deal with it.
Maybe because of economy of scale, using already common parts makes it cheaper. Its that or this is basically a rebranded device + boost mobile discounts.
@@kaguraschimizu4609 Yer tbh to even get in the door at a company like MediaTek or Qualcomm i think you need to secure and guarantee quite a large nuber of chip orders up front otherwise they wont sell to you.
@@corsinivideos probably rebranded Chinese phone with virus free android. In regards with emulation device, its a niche market with the likes of switch already in the market, probably not a feasible to sell a cheap android emulation device (probably with built buttons) with price to spec ratio like that.
Man that's crazy those benchmarks are basically the same as my Note 9 which was a 800 dollar phone when I got it! Plus I'm still using it since it feels great still. Smart phones have come such an insanely long way.
Yes, they have come a long way. This phone is a much better deal than Apple also. :)
I really want this one. As an Android developer you cannot have enough physical devices for testing. On top of it, it's a very good phone to use every day.
Glad we got a pretty thorough review on the specs here. I'm one of the BOOST users. I got it for the $49.00 promo. Boosts advertising is misleading though. Here are the 3 tiers for the phone, and what you get in the packaging. ( roughly, I might have missed an item)
1. $49 for boost customer with an account with a 3G /4G phone. ( as 3 G is going away, so they want you to upgrade.) You get the phone, sim card, and a charger
2. $79 boost users that have a 4, or 5 g phone. You get the phone, charger (no sim card) and a case.
3. $179. Boost phone with charger if you out right buy the phone ( no upgrade)
4. 279.00 I you are switching to boost, and want the 1 year phone service.
But the advertising is misleading, as for us $49 promo users get a flyer saying the phone is worth $279... ( basically comparing it to option # 4, without stating it comes with a full year paid.)
If you buy the Celero, and can't find a case, many users have used a Samsung A22 5G case ( I did, and perfect fit) but it must be the 5 G case, not the 4 G.
How do you get the promos?
@@helllo131 they came either in mail, or by email.
I'm an apple guy, and it blows my mind that they won't do a fingerprint reader on the side of their phone while these companies can do it for a hundred bucks. This thing might be worth buying just for the fun of it.
Really impressiv for only 99$! I was surprised that It can Play God of War for PSP in 2x! Sadly we can't get that Walmart Smartphones for Germany.
Boost isn't limited to Walmart fyi
@@AndrewJVN I think the Germany part is more important in that sentence. No Boost in Europe.
Is there no service in Germany that makes use of the bands supported by this device? There has to be a way to unlock this to work..
@@josephl3602 it could be that it uses supported bands, but I doubt it would be worth it to import one. Add the shipping costs, the import taxes, handling fees and VAT and it will be at least $200,-.
“Obviously, you get the device in the box as well.”
Idk ETA, you can never be to sure these days.
I remember the phones my grandma got when I was little. $99 and they were cheap, so nothing paperweights. It’s so crazy that $99 today can get something so advanced. I tell my grandma everyday to upgrade her phone. There’s even cheaper androids out there. I just want her to have a smartphone and bigger screen with bigger font for her to read versus her cheap phone right now.
LOL! Good luck with that! I recall how stubborn my grandmother was to change. I'm a grandfather but my cellphone has stereo speakers, 128GB memory and 128GB memory card.
I got this on cyber Monday for $69 and am very excited.
that's really crazy for 99 bucks, just buy an gamesir or similar controller and you got for around 170 bucks a very decent handheld emulation device, can be even be cheaper if you buy a 30 buck Bluetooth controller, don't think there is anything in the market for that price range that delivers same performance.
Yup. Got a Kishi on Amazon for under 50, but don't like using my main phone. This could be a good buy.
@@Ocaz I also wanted a razer kishi, but I have had bad experience with razer products, they are awesome but they tend to break at the 6 month mark, damn naga mouse every time I bought one got busted, I am currently using a USB C gamesir, and it's a perfect match for my Poco f3 phone, normally I just leave it plugged, drains a bit of battery but it's like having a handheld, only problem with the gamesir is that while using the stand alone emulator ppsspp when you want to use the analog stick as the D pad for movement for some reason it won't register diagonal inputs, this doesn't happen with other controllers I have.
I don't own a kishi, have seen reviews and they are all positive, but my exp with razer products is that they will break very easily and they are overpriced.
I love cheap stuff that lives up to the expectations and I'm far happier when I get a cheap good thing, than an expensive one:)
I currently own this device, purchased about 3 days ago. I dropped my Samsung Galaxy A71 5g in the toilet on accident, (Which I loved) and this filled the empty void... on a whim. I even got similar benchmarks as The A71 5g.... Storage is not as much, I don't get NFC, The glass is crap... but comparing this low end device with a mid range device, In 2022!, I'm just not convinced anymore... Why pay more for for any device when the low end devices, from companies like Dish (OF ALL COMPANIES), are making phones that actually compare. Even after only 3 days, I'm completely convinced that if you look at the specs, you can have a great performing device for the price of your cable bill... LITERALLY. I give this 8/10 for the budget conscious and an 8/10 for the people that prefer $1200 devices. I bought this for temporary, but I think I'll have this phone for a while.
Just got this phone, I love it. It's fast, pretty, and sleek. My only gripe is that it isn't very customizable and it didn't come with a gallery app. Google photos is extremely hard to work with
My Moto is also stock. Before I got it I had been using mainly LG phones and there are things about its UI that I do miss. I miss the Music Player, home screen looping, Gallery app to start.
The only problem with these $99 phones, is that you'll be lucky to get even one update.
actually even better sometimes rather than up dates hogging space all the time plus the benefits of being constantly notified of download updates needs to be very important needed ones
My 100 dollar Prepaid A10E got both Android 10 and 11.
Just get a cheap s9 off ebay
who makes that ? brand?
Hopefully those Mediatek are no longer trash phones like before.
Good review, but you didn't finish. I really would like to know how good the call quality and reliability of text delivery is. Those are the core functions of a phone, you know?
It's amazing
I remember when we purchased it, it was $25.00 because Walmart could not activate the device. Makes for a good handheld!
I just love watching eta primes videos
My ZTE Blade X1 5G on Geekbench 5 is 616 and 1893. I would have to say that your Celero 5G is pretty good for $99.
Quick note about testing Genshin Impact. You might want to have an account that's played till Inazuma at least. Loading stuff around Mondstadt is fairly simple but some lower end phones may cripple when trying to load the particle effects in Inazuma and in Signora's battle.
Well, tbh I don't have any problem in inazuma but when im in windrise my phone started to lagging
That's a steal for $99
Been in the market for a budget android phone and was waiting for Black Friday, now thanks to you, I no longer need to wait a couple more weeks for that, I ordered one right away. thank you for putting this little gem on the spotlight, great video !!! THUMBS UP as always
Thanks ETA! Loving these prepaid cheaper phones.
ATT prepaid seem to be better since you just pop the sim out and you don’t get anymore activation pop up’s or risk having WiFi blocked
Ok really need some clarification from our guy here - this video is encoded at 60fps.
Conker's Bad Fur Day is almost a slideshow compared to how it actually runs, and Crazy Taxi Dreamcast runs much, much smoother than it looks here (even though the counter says 60)
So there's something confusing going on here. You're saying they're running 'great' but they're clearly not... Unless your video recording for this upload is dropping frames like crazy for some reason. That seems unlikely so - can anyone explain?
Not the first time I've heard things here described as 'running great/perfectly) but to look at, it's all over the place stutter and fps wise
I think this is quite important for a channel like this
All his videos basically have 1 format.
- Intro
- Specs
- COD:Mobile
- Genshin Impact
- Minecraft
- N64 emulator (say it runs great at 17fps)
- PSP (say it runs great)
- Re-dream (say it runs great)
- Gamecube (Look surprised it runs, show slowdowns in Auto modelista)
- Conclusion (Great Device)
You can avoid this channel for 99% of the videos unless there really isn't anyone else uploading a video for that specific device.
@@youtindia 😅
I think the counter for Conker's was right? It dipped down to 12 but was otherwise at 20 or less. ETA said it was great performance but I think otherwise.
Thanks! This video helped me decide on getting the Celero 5G and I'm grateful for all of this info!
Great video! Love the entry price point! What about a best budget phone comparison video at some point?
This is an epic deal. Wow. It's more powerful than my Moto G Power 2021!
Can u make video on phones u dont have to activite to use? Just wifi and budget friendly?
dimensity 700 is a great little chip
You need to let people know any boost mobile phone used as an emulation devices only won't work without activation. Boost blocks the wifi from working
Very good point. I bought the Coolpad phone he recommended last year for this, and unfortunately was only able to use it for a week before the Boost Activation app started popping up every 5 mins. I know my away around android, but have not found a way to stop the service for running, therefore the device is not usable.
@@J.A.Z-TheMortal I bought the same one for my wife to use to play some GBA and Ds games and have the same issue. I think the bootloader is locked so you can't even root it.
@@Cologneking408 I did some research early this year, and up until that time, there was no way to unlock the bootloader. The traditional fastboot method does not work on the Coolpad. Mind you i don't blame ETA PRIME at all, but unfortunately it was money down the drain.
@@bulletpunch9317 it depends on the phone. If it doesn't have a large community on xda nope
I don't know if its just my earphones or what but the directional sound I'm hearing makes it seem that the sound comes from below which makes me look down and take off my earphones to check if sound was leaking from my phone. Well done on the quality of the video!
I would love to see more devices with clean android experience
@@contradictorycrow4327 If I knew how to do it I would have done so long back.
This thing is going to be expensive for those of us living abroad. Not to mention Walmart doesn't ship internationally.
Then you have infinitely more options since you don't need to worry about US cellular bands
Does it support OTG? Please check this on all your phone and tablet reviews!
I'm guessing that it does support OTG because during the Minecraft segment of the video ETA used a Razer USB-C connected controller. I'm not an expert, but, I'm pretty sure OTG is needed to make plug-in controllers work.
@@mattdavis9601 True, good catch!
The Cubot Max 3 would be a great Phone to test. Or anything from Cubot, Umidigi, elophone, ulephone or even Nokia Smartphones.
This thing out performs my LG Stylo 4.
2 questions:
1. Can it work on MetroPCS?
2. Is it bootloader unlockable?
Asking the important questions! We need to know
Most of the current Boost Mobile devices can also run on Metro as they're using the same network right now. I recently had a Metro phone that I used a Boost SIM card in, thanks to the Hostile Takeover from T-Mobile over Sprint.
Unlocked would be awesome. Locked to Boost mobile plan only, not so good as a phone. Very decent for a retro gaming gadget.
Great "unlocked" review!!!
Please edit the description. Not able to click the wall mart link. Thanks
Looks like the benchmarks are almost the same as the Galaxy A32, but the camera is substantially worse...
I think this is an alright deal but for $20-30 more you have what I would say is a relatively good upgrade.
@2:37 In the phone specs section, "Android 11” is off the bottom of the screen.
Did they fix that issue where you can't just buy it as a WiFi device without activating your Boost account (thereby paying more).
No they'll disable your wifi connectivity if you keep ignoring the messages. You could use it as an emulator but xcloud and streaming services will be out of the question.
@@AGuerrero-cy2yr adb maybe?
@@chriswright8074 maybe I haven't looked into that but it's definitely worth a shot.
@@AGuerrero-cy2yr it's not a hardware thing it's a software thing I'm sure it something that can be disabled if you know the name
Is adb even available on this device?
I really hate that fingerprint reader position. I had one like that and every single time I slipped it into my pocket I would unlock it because that's the natural position I hold it in.
I paid the 3,5x as much for my Xiaomi Mi 10 T Lite and got similar performance to this one. I feel like it has been only a year or so since i got this phone but there's already a successor for 99$
I just got a One Plus 7T for $150 that I'm using as a handheld emulation console and back up phone. If I didn't get that, this would be a good option.
How does it perform? What are you playing on it?
@@1197victor Will let you know when I have it set up. I literally just got it. But you can look up the performance for the Snapdragon 855+ if you can't wait. I believe it can do a lot of Gamecube without issue. I'm will be using the Razer Kishi.
For $99 a Canadian carrier will only give you a charging bring with no power cord.
I bought a $80 verizon prepaid samsung smart phone. I took out the prepaid sim card, and it worked perfectly with my regular Verizon sim card
I buy one $135 have a nice camera and slow motion video recording.
The base model of these is currently going from 10 dollars with the promo currently
Did someone notice he wrote GPU 2x in the Specs list 1 time at 6X A55 @ 2.0GHz GPU
And another time at the right Position
I love your reviews, however as soon as you will show a 99$ device that can run by a vice city stories in 4x resolution it's my goal reached ;-)
It's always bugged me that Rockstar never ported VCS to Android like they did their other PSP entries; LCS and Chinatown Wars. You'd think being a PSP game that it would be easy. Maybe they forgot to perpetually license Phil Collins' face? Haha.
It's too bad the stylo's got discontinued. With that said, I went through 3 Samsung budget phones before getting the Celaro. The A03 has great battery life & that's it. The moto g pure & the A22 didn't cut it either. The Celaro is where it's @ if you're on a budget & you want a good phone.
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I just got this phone and it can run PS2 games with aether sx now its September 25 2022 the emulator has really improved since prime made this video I put the emulator in safe mode ee cycle 50 ee skip moderate underclocking and this phone has run game like medal of Honor Frontline at 57 fps it has run very hard to emulate PS2 games it is truly a powerful SOC it's a mid-range chip just a little slower than a Snapdragon 7:30 that's incredible
Got mine today for 80. Can't wait to play codm
I got this phone ..battery drains fast after a week of use . It's okay and it is very fast 😊
Damn, that thing is well worth $99
Thanks for this view, I've been looking for inexpensive midrange phones to replace an older Apple phone.
I don't see it in your equipment list, but where do you pick up your phone stands?
I love that 15w power supply XD
3:27... I dont know exactly what I'm supporting as far as aspect ratio.... but my Disney plus comes in crystal clear and is comarible with any 1080p/4k video I watch on youtube... and the apps work fine.
Wow. Now that is impressive. Great video!
n64 "Rockin out" the frame rate was all over the place...it dipped down to 12 fps - i wouldn't consider that playable at all....what gives?
I am going to buy one this month.
Dolphin on this phones pretty decent, Im running Mario superstar baseball and it runs smoothly, wasn't too happy getting this phone but it exceeded some of my expectations
Damn that rom was cleaner then my brand new POSTPAID verizon phone! Why do the bigger companies feel the need to fill our phones with junk but random prepaids can be clean as a whistle?
5 years abo, this would be a $800 phone
I revisited this video (and the one where you tested Aether on the Celero) because TracFone now has a Dimensity 700 powered device, Samsung's Galaxy A13 5G, on sale for $129 at QVC. The best part it comes bundled with a year airtime card which makes the effective cost of the phone much less. Will I buy it? Maybe, maybe not. But it's certainly a contender.
Awesome to see a phone at the price point run emulation really well.
ETA PRIME!! Thank you for reviewing this phone!
(Year of service deal is only for the first 250 customers)
Wish we had that deal in the US. All I see is $140(edit: found it at Walmart for $99) for a limited time or $279 with no bonus. It is less appealing at a 40% higher cost. For about the same you can find phones like galaxy s9's. Yes those 845 devices will be used but for emulation it could end up being a better choice unless older Android is an issue.
So I picked up this phone the other day for 79.99 for emulation. So I have been playing it and and I loved it until the constant bombardment of “Activate your phone”. Anyway I can get around it?
Been thinking of doing the same. Found one for pretty cheap and have been wanting an emulation device. How does it play? Like have you tried anything heavier like ps2 or genshin?
Also. The only thing i could think of is maybe turning wifi off when you aren't using it thats what i had to do woth my old phone
It runs perfect. I’ve ran 3DS, Ps2, PSP, and GameCube. They run really well. Also runs xbox game pass great. I’ll try the Wi-Fi off and see if that helps. I really want to Root it but I’ve never done it so I’m hesitant 😬
I just this device for $68 on Boost Mobile with Cyber Monday.
so it's simlocked. i'm guessing that's the reason, why it's so cheap
Can you connect this to wifi out of the box or do we need to load up first?
For the price the fact you can add up to a 1tb SD card and a capale chipset more than worth the money. I'd imagine most folk watching ETA are interested in emulation so the 720p display is better than most dedicated devices. And again price to feature ratio.
It's unreal seeing Genshin Impact running so well on a $99 device. Americans are lucky to have access to such affordable devices. Unfortunately, for the rest of the world it's a much different story.
Im mad we've come to a point where phones are really being built with out headphone jacks
As a gaming device it seems fair, but any time I see a cheap phone I have to ask myself is the software going to remain good or will the developer push an update that will destroy it with crappy add on bloat and adware. I suppose if you keep it off line and only use it for emulation and games it could remain fine for a while, but you still have to connect it for mobile stuff like Genshin Impact and that means updates.
I don’t know what kind of generic phones you’ve used but all androids I’ve ever use require you to download then install the update unless you keep it on auto update which can always be turned on.
Good to see the entry level phones at this point. Does this one support video out via type c? Great video as always.
you should do best phone under 50!
nice phone. no chance to get it over here in germany :( cheerz and thanx 4 the video
I don't get it. What does a prepaid phone mean? Are t here any other costs associated?
That means you pay upfront for each month of service, versus postpaid, where you generally sign a 1+ year contract and pay after you're billed (like, say, payments on a car.) The differences between prepaid versus postpaid are mainly the contract/commitment and also deals on phones if you're buying from the carrier instead of bringing your own.
Can we talk about the grainy fucking front facing camera?! I try and video chat and look like a fucking cement floor.
Did you have yank the sim card on this phone To prevent company from locking the wi-Fi for the device for non-Activation? Thinking about just grabing the phone as a Wi-Fi Phablet pocket gamer 🎮/ music 🎶 media player. Which would be better than the Amazon bt streaming mp3 media players.
I have told people you can get good phones between $100 and $200 dollars. Its insane to spend $500 dollars on a phone.
ETA, boostmobile has the Legacy Brisa that has a snapdragon 665 and a 1080p screen for $60.
He did a review of that back in February
Thanks. What's the cheapest phone that will emulate up to and including Wii?
Awesome video Bhaijaan
I’ve got that same phone stand
What's a better phone, this one or the Samsung Galaxy A32 5G? Trying decide between the two right now.
Have you seen the wiko ride 3? I know you reviewed the original, and I was wondering if it is worth the upgrade.
This phone works great with the Roto Riot Controller, too👍👍👍👍
What I want to know is, how are phone companies still getting away with selling a $900-$1,800 phone with like 200 GB of storage, no expandable memory option and saying "for just a meager $500 extra you can have 500 GB of storage TOTAL." When a 1 TB micro SD card can be bought for $120. It's complete nonsense. The only phone I have found that sadly still costs an arm and a leg but has that option and a snapdragon 888 is the newest Sony phone. I've heard a lot of negatives about that phone though so it doesn't seem like a good choice.
Can I put that 1TB se card into my laptop gaming ?
Like most overpricing schemes, its all thanks to Apple. This is know on the Industry. A few years ago their sales data indicated that as the iphones became better and better, customers stopped replacing them on a yearly basis, and instead kept them on for several years. Since this is Apple, and they have a cult like following that will accept and even defend everything they do, instead of looking for ways to make customers upgrade yearly, they simply decided to significantly increase the price, even though the manufacturing costs are still similar (180 to 400 dollars to make an iPhone) magically now their phones are twice as expensive, and a storage module that cost them anywhere from $9 to $20 dollars, they charge for $100 or even $200. It is a scam. Just like the removal of the headphone jack and the lack of a charger on newer phone packages. The problem is that it works, so the Android OEMs follow suit. Specially Samsung, who copies every "strategy" aka Scam, Apple gets away with.
because they can
Because bus-connected flash is way faster. A high-end microSD card is going to be 20-25 times slower than a quality m.2 drive. To the point that high-end phones can page RAM without much of a noticeable hit. microSD is stuck at throughputs close to that of USB 2.
That's before you start getting into the cost of more compact components with smaller dies, higher resolution screens, better cameras, etc.
The NAND flash used in removable storage (e.g. SD card, USB flash drives) is lower-quality (in terms of performance and longevity) than even eMMC packages (used in many embedded solutions like for smartphones) and particularly UFS-compliant storage (in high-end mobile devices) let alone PC-grade modules (so 2.5" and m.2 drives.) So while I agree that the price premium for a higher capacity mobile device is generally unfair, the actual NAND flash you're getting is higher-quality than the equivalent capacity in a microSD card. That's why you generally don't run the OS or even some applications from an SD card, although now there's an "Application Performance Class" that was specifically created to determine which cards are performant enough to run software from.
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No link to buy?
Thanks 😊
You should run Resident Evil 4 for game cube. It has studders on my Samsung Galaxy A7 10.4.
this is a support comment xD i love your stuff
Cant wait for the PolyMega video!
What's the name of the controller again?
TH-cam CC didn't spelled properly.
I'm on the fence between this and the coolpad legacy brisa. What do you guys think?
I'd get this phone. Mainly because at 3:38 the "Benchmarks" shows that the Celero5G is a Wingtech device. Wingtech ODMs for Samsung, so I'm assuming they're pretty good at what they do. Coolpad on the other hand, I don't know much about other than they're affordable. Maybe they're good, maybe they're not. I think this phone is probably a safer bet.
Edit: ODM; not OEM.
Can you unlock the bootloader? Probably not, but it's the initial step required before rooting and making custom roms.
ETA is there a device you recommend for Gamecube emulation like Twilight Princess?