Please don't buy this under any circumstances. This is definitely not worth it. I buy these so you don't have to. For $200 AUD...yeah just don't even look at it. Download the stuff extracted from this thing here: archive.org/details/WELCOME-S30Ultra INTERNET ARCHIVE: archive.org/details/@smoorez TIMESTAMPS: Introduction: 0:00 Details & Listing: 2:41 The Device & Looking around it: 8:05 Power On, Screen & Quick Apps Look: 11:33 Settings - WiFi, Cellular Networks & Display: 14:05 Settings - Audio, Storage, RAM, Battery & Apps: 16:40 Settings - Fingerprint, Face Unlock & others : 18:10 Settings - Accessibility, About Phone & Updates: 19:48 Call Quality & Camera: 22:17 Camera Test: 23:58 Camera Results: 27:24 Virus Scan, Browser, Radio etc: 29:01 Speaker Test: 31:31 Play Store and the other apps: 32:33 TH-cam Test: 33:40 Gaming Test: 35:00 Checking the specs + MicroSD Card: 40:24 Conclusion: 43:49 Extra Special Teardown!: 45:21 The Specs, next item etc: 52:39 Outro: 54:10 CPU & System Apps are in the description above! As well as the extracted files from the phone! Be good people!
Thank you for another fun video as well as the extracted files. Since you want us to let you know whether you should keep doing it, I'm here to ask you to keep doing this. Cheers!
One strange thing though: the wallpapers you showed in the video were actually nowhere to be found in that package… at least not as legible picture files. Not that I would need them (I mainly hoard ringtones for no good reason); I just thought it was interesting. Maybe someone here will know more.
I look forward to your videos every week! Thank you for all you do! I love every minute of the hour long videos, and kinda wish I can find these devices at local flea markets or pawn shops but none of those phones would have ever worked over stateside
I think one of my favorite parts of these videos is your clever use of the L.A. Noire soundtrack. It took me watching a few to figure out why the music sounded so familiar!
[Doubt] "Listen here, mr 'dudepersonsonvids', if that's even your real name! I know you're playing us out! You're telling us that it you multiple videos to realise it was the main menu music of L.A. Noire? If you don't start admitting the truth, I'll have to take it by force."
16:36 I still use the Phase Beam live wallpaper to this day! 😁. It's my all time favorite live wallpaper. I currently have it running on my Galaxy S21 Ultra lol.
Thanks for this, saved me from a baaad decision! Really disgusted by these products and the people who put them out. Why would they not just be honest about the device, they would still move some products, not everyone wants a flagship phone after all.
There's plenty of good, cheap phones out there that aren't flagship that actually are what they say they are by decent companies. Nobody should buy this crap regardless of the lies. You can get much better for the price.
lol, "most of the time their crap...but you never know" I am getting my first Wish phone hopefully by the end of the month, these clone phones just fascinate me for some reason. What I like about your videos, and you're a major influence on me doing this stuff myself on my channel, is that you actually use these phones.
You didn't even have to test the microSD-card to know it's fake, because it says "microSDHC on it, but SDHC only goes up to 32GB. A 256GB card should have "microSDXC" on it.
Wow, they REALLY SPLURGED with the shiny tape to cover the "Disdained to croissant by the FAQ baconator" information! They could have used like a piece 1/10 of that area!
I've done reviews on cheaper devices but I become more serious and take on a more professional approach. With clone devices, I like to just crack a joke and have a laugh. You can see the differences from my videos where I have reviewed budget devices compared to clones.
I don't buy from Wish but I can confirm there are some insanely good phones for next to no money an Aliexpress. You just need to know which brands are the great ones.
Their version of "Tested to comply with FCC Standards" at the back is quite something. But they corrected part of it on the Wish photo they put Samrt phone or something like that and correct on the final product. An improvement ha ha.
We had 2 good Welcomes, x21 because cheap, real fingerprint and same specs as this and x23 because mtk6737, same as my old Nokia 3, 32 gb and 2 gb of ram.
You might have to flash the firmware to make that motherboard swap work. different displays require different drivers. I messed up a welcome phone with the wrong firmware. it flashed, but because it was the wrong phone, the screen just lit up. flashed the right one, and it worked again
@@SweetTodd not exactly. think of it like a set of instructions for how to power on the backlight and put the image on the screen, it's got specific instructions for different displays, like of how your computer needs to install a driver for a new device.
Interesting that you describe oppo as a budget brand. My oppo is the best phone I have ever owned. Unfortunately I broke the screen and keep forgetting to have it fixed but that's another story. Currently I have a Motorola G9 which is fine. Also has a cracked screen but functional. Turns out phones and hands on jobs don't mix
9:46 Interesting, my Xperia X restarts on its own if it crashes/lags. It is a bit spooky that it just does it on its own, but also no hassle, so... Btw I bought my Xperia X for 146 AUD, so this crap is overpriced in my opinion. Sure, I bought it during last units sale, but it is better than this junk. So I recommend getting old model rather than a chinese knock-off. Sure, 6-core is pretty useless for gaming, but I got PC for games. I use phone for TH-cam (which looks amazing in FullHD), taking photos with my 23 MPx camera, listening to music. Just perfect media device.
Hi, one people I know bought one of these, welcome s30 "ultra" or whatever and I advised him to try to get his money back but I'm just wondering if it is possible to install custom firmware and recovery to somehow use it without all the crap they installed and make it more transparent...
I think it would be awesome if you could build the ultimate welcome phone. I would buy one if you can build one that blows flagships out of the water at a budget price. Of course it would have to support US bands for LTE. Also a tutorial how to swap out a micro USB for a type C. My all time favorite phone the nexus 6 has a bad charger port and nobody seem to be able to work on motorola phones
@@kupokinzyt you cannot flash an upgraded is on a device if the upgraded is hasn't been tweaked for your specific device. Otherwise all older and exotic devices could receive any newer OSs, is it the case? No it's not.
@@kupokinzyt No problem :) Edit : I have just realized how broken my English was. Partly because of autocorrection on my phone, partly because of my limited brain lol.
Rocking a galaxy A50 here (€200,- new when I got it). It's still working smooth in 99% of my use cases on Android 11. Also gets me through the day easily with Its capable battery. So yeah, price doesn't immediately mean all that much to me.
I got my realme 5 for $60 welp it's not brandnew but it's in a really good condition when I bought it I'd rather buy secondhand phones than buying that crappy welcome phone like for $100 in my country can get you a pocophone f1s that has 6GB ram 128GB storage and powered by snapdragon 845 it's just really fun to watch you diving into buying this stuff and the fact that a lot people here gets fooled by it
The most flagship current real model in Samsung Galaxy S series is S21 Ultra (6.8 inch 1440p). But the Chinese counterfeiters could go further to S30 Ultra Plus Pro (7.2 inch)
I would kill for a reset button on my Note 8. It doesn't hard lock much, but when it does it can force you to hold in the keys to reset for literally 5 minutes (seems like an exact amount of time so Samsung are sadists).
Love the vids but could you do a cut down version for us that work alot and want to watch loads of vids in less than an hour 🤣👍 EDIT: Put vids on 1.75x speed works great.
Please, dont test free fire anymore, just test pubg instead. Makes a lotta more sense. This one wasnt so bad. Probably better than the phones of some viewers.
The thing is, its almost the same as the X3 NFC in terms of features etc. Just a new SoC. I would rather take a look at another brand to add some more variety to the channel. Doing an X3 Pro review may seem like just a slightly updated X3 NFC review if that makes sense?
Hey guys. I'm shopping for a new phone. What's the best new phone for under $250usd? I have been looking at the Poco X3. Plastic built is fine, no gaming needed. But I want a good camera. Right now I'm using an LG V20. But now it's got screen retention problems, the ear piece buzzes and the camera no longer focuses properly. Any advice?
Poco X3 is a solid choice. Other options at the same price range is the Redmi Note 10 Pro (if you want 120Hz AMOLED display) and Realme 7 (if you into gaming). If you don't mind about lower performance, Redmi Note 10 is cheaper but still offers AMOLED display and goodies like stereo speakers.
If you could add another $50, you could buy Samsung A52, cameras blow all those Xiaomis and RealMes out of the water. The only thing Xiaomis have over the A52 is a bigger battery, 8W more charging power and SnapDragon 732G instead of 720, Samsung kills them in every other department especially cameras, image processing and overall software.
I hate avast when you first get it because you spend lots of time scanning and then it just gives a fake risk so it can set up, then you have to rescan.
Please don't buy this under any circumstances.
This is definitely not worth it. I buy these so you don't have to.
For $200 AUD...yeah just don't even look at it.
Download the stuff extracted from this thing here:
archive.org/details/WELCOME-S30Ultra
INTERNET ARCHIVE: archive.org/details/@smoorez
TIMESTAMPS:
Introduction: 0:00
Details & Listing: 2:41
The Device & Looking around it: 8:05
Power On, Screen & Quick Apps Look: 11:33
Settings - WiFi, Cellular Networks & Display: 14:05
Settings - Audio, Storage, RAM, Battery & Apps: 16:40
Settings - Fingerprint, Face Unlock & others : 18:10
Settings - Accessibility, About Phone & Updates: 19:48
Call Quality & Camera: 22:17
Camera Test: 23:58
Camera Results: 27:24
Virus Scan, Browser, Radio etc: 29:01
Speaker Test: 31:31
Play Store and the other apps: 32:33
TH-cam Test: 33:40
Gaming Test: 35:00
Checking the specs + MicroSD Card: 40:24
Conclusion: 43:49
Extra Special Teardown!: 45:21
The Specs, next item etc: 52:39
Outro: 54:10
CPU & System Apps are in the description above!
As well as the extracted files from the phone!
Be good people!
Thank you for another fun video as well as the extracted files. Since you want us to let you know whether you should keep doing it, I'm here to ask you to keep doing this. Cheers!
Can you try installing Payback2 as a game on the phones you review?
Yes I want to see if you can make your own Frankenstein monster phone from Welcome devices.
One strange thing though: the wallpapers you showed in the video were actually nowhere to be found in that package… at least not as legible picture files. Not that I would need them (I mainly hoard ringtones for no good reason); I just thought it was interesting. Maybe someone here will know more.
Samsung A21S is best phone for under $200
5 Camera's
64GB Storage
Its a good day today, one of the Aussie youtubers posted a video.
Oh yeah...
DankPods
Smoorez
(and Michael MJD would be in the club too.)
Kappa Kaijuu & Joinen too
If we're lucky dankpods'll drop a nugget on us too
Hugh jeffreys also
and RackaRacka 😂
I look forward to your videos every week! Thank you for all you do! I love every minute of the hour long videos, and kinda wish I can find these devices at local flea markets or pawn shops but none of those phones would have ever worked over stateside
I think one of my favorite parts of these videos is your clever use of the L.A. Noire soundtrack. It took me watching a few to figure out why the music sounded so familiar!
[Doubt]
"Listen here, mr 'dudepersonsonvids', if that's even your real name! I know you're playing us out! You're telling us that it you multiple videos to realise it was the main menu music of L.A. Noire? If you don't start admitting the truth, I'll have to take it by force."
I ve bought a POCO M3 for a hundred euros recently. When I watch your videos, I feel so happy with my purchase :D
I like your videos. You approach all of your reviews professionally leaving no hesitation in viewers.
I like the way you leave feedback, expressing lucidly but in curt, exactly how you felt about it..
@@motionoftheocean7524 Thank you!
16:36 I still use the Phase Beam live wallpaper to this day! 😁. It's my all time favorite live wallpaper. I currently have it running on my Galaxy S21 Ultra lol.
everybody stopped using live wallpapers :( same for screen savers
How's the S21U treating you? I got the S21 and i like it, though i miss my s10+ still lol
Thanks for this, saved me from a baaad decision! Really disgusted by these products and the people who put them out. Why would they not just be honest about the device, they would still move some products, not everyone wants a flagship phone after all.
There's plenty of good, cheap phones out there that aren't flagship that actually are what they say they are by decent companies. Nobody should buy this crap regardless of the lies. You can get much better for the price.
Definitely want to see more Welcome phone part swaps
Yes, you have a lot of parts make a Frankenstein Monster Ultra Mega HD Camera Welcome phone.
😂😂
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lol, "most of the time their crap...but you never know" I am getting my first Wish phone hopefully by the end of the month, these clone phones just fascinate me for some reason. What I like about your videos, and you're a major influence on me doing this stuff myself on my channel, is that you actually use these phones.
For some reason I always wanna buy these phones after I watch your reviews.
Same here i get curious and want to see them with my own eyes not just on TH-cam but then i think to myself i'm not wasting my money on crap.
LMFAO I love the SIM tool being labelled “Needle” like it’s some sacred sword
You didn't even have to test the microSD-card to know it's fake, because it says "microSDHC on it, but SDHC only goes up to 32GB. A 256GB card should have "microSDXC" on it.
Okay, you got the:
Flagship
V
Premium Flagship
V
High-End
V
Mid-Range
V
Budget
V
Low-End
V
WELCOME DEVICES!!
you missed the "Flagship Killer" market, as well as the "excessively overkill market" Eg, ROG phone(s)
@@ItsTickingTime Lol, True!
You missed XGODY. Literally one millimeter above the WELCOME devices
@@Danse_Macabre_125 Oh, Yeah!
Wow, they REALLY SPLURGED with the shiny tape to cover the "Disdained to croissant by the FAQ baconator" information! They could have used like a piece 1/10 of that area!
I want the ULTIMATE WELCOME PHONE video!
May you also try to review budget friendly smartphones as well? I'm sure it's gonna be really fun.
I've done reviews on cheaper devices but I become more serious and take on a more professional approach. With clone devices, I like to just crack a joke and have a laugh. You can see the differences from my videos where I have reviewed budget devices compared to clones.
He's started making his own welcome devices...he's lived long enough to see himself become the very evil he's set out to destroy XD.
I don't buy from Wish but I can confirm there are some insanely good phones for next to no money an Aliexpress. You just need to know which brands are the great ones.
That cat!! 😻😻 So precious!
You and DankPods find the best stuff at Cashies
Nice to see you didn't pre judge.
16:35 I have always loved that black hole wallpaper.
It's good to see you again bro these videos are so entertaining.
Their version of "Tested to comply with FCC Standards" at the back is quite something. But they corrected part of it on the Wish photo they put Samrt phone or something like that and correct on the final product. An improvement ha ha.
3g is mostly gone here in Norway allready so it would not work. But noticed a few eBay sellers lists these with the true specs....
eBay is notorious for siding with the buyer so if someone found out that they were lying the buyer will be refunded in full.
It's surprising that they actually sent something
I'm willing to bet my house the phone says hd camera somewhere on it before I even watch the video
😆😆😆
Ripley is sooooooooooooo cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
omg what a gorgeous and gentle kitty!
We had 2 good Welcomes, x21 because cheap, real fingerprint and same specs as this and x23 because mtk6737, same as my old Nokia 3, 32 gb and 2 gb of ram.
One thing i want to know is, is the Preinstalled Playstore certified?
Surprisingly the microphone works well. I could hear Ripley through the window. Unless the window was open.
I like the photo comparison with the Nokia 3220. :)) That was the first phone that I've used with a camera.
My second was sony ericsson, quite decent camera back then too
36:40 Fun Fact: That lag occurs on actual phones too but they have to run max settings😂😂😂
i loved the LA noire theme in camera shots
11:48 LG startup but extended
You deserve as much subs as those phones have claimed cameras( X million)
You might have to flash the firmware to make that motherboard swap work. different displays require different drivers. I messed up a welcome phone with the wrong firmware. it flashed, but because it was the wrong phone, the screen just lit up. flashed the right one, and it worked again
The screens are serialized?
@@SweetTodd not exactly. think of it like a set of instructions for how to power on the backlight and put the image on the screen, it's got specific instructions for different displays, like of how your computer needs to install a driver for a new device.
@@Nurf Oh, I see. I thought for a minute cheap phones started to copy Apple.
@@SweetTodd I can't imagine they'd have the budget to do that 🤣
The startup sound is stolen from LG ( i remember hearing this from my G4)
The lock sound is stolen from Samsung (i heard this from an S3)
ENA
it’s crazy that they haven’t been able to make the cameras look any closer yet
You should try and stress test some of the Welcome chargers. :D
DiodeGoneWild already did that
"Mine actually came with a free 256 gig micro sd card! 😀"
"We're gonna test that! 😀"
Interesting that you describe oppo as a budget brand. My oppo is the best phone I have ever owned. Unfortunately I broke the screen and keep forgetting to have it fixed but that's another story. Currently I have a Motorola G9 which is fine. Also has a cracked screen but functional. Turns out phones and hands on jobs don't mix
Great videos. I usually watch these for amusement 😂😂😂😂
Frankenwelcome sounds just fine.
I had the same issue with the cameras. Most things will swap. Cameras have to be the exact model
Your currency slide is so convenient.
I can't believe this can't run TH-cam videos at 1080p60 and my old Grand Prime Duos from 2015 can. How can they make it worse than an SD410?
9:46 Interesting, my Xperia X restarts on its own if it crashes/lags. It is a bit spooky that it just does it on its own, but also no hassle, so...
Btw I bought my Xperia X for 146 AUD, so this crap is overpriced in my opinion. Sure, I bought it during last units sale, but it is better than this junk. So I recommend getting old model rather than a chinese knock-off. Sure, 6-core is pretty useless for gaming, but I got PC for games. I use phone for TH-cam (which looks amazing in FullHD), taking photos with my 23 MPx camera, listening to music. Just perfect media device.
Hi, one people I know bought one of these, welcome s30 "ultra" or whatever and I advised him to try to get his money back but I'm just wondering if it is possible to install custom firmware and recovery to somehow use it without all the crap they installed and make it more transparent...
I would love to see the non ultra version 🤣🤘
Love your videos mate big like from me for having a N91 one of my favorites from N series.
when are we going to do the Franken phone build? With all the phones you have there must be a way to make a super phone lol
No bully the Masochistic Aussie. We've all got skeletons in our closets. His just have weird ringtones.
From what I've read, Red Packets is a real thing used to send money to people with WeChat in China.
This is correct. Just confirmed!
@@HeyItsJ1_ snatching Red Package 📦
Ripley is such a princess
I think it would be awesome if you could build the ultimate welcome phone. I would buy one if you can build one that blows flagships out of the water at a budget price. Of course it would have to support US bands for LTE. Also a tutorial how to swap out a micro USB for a type C. My all time favorite phone the nexus 6 has a bad charger port and nobody seem to be able to work on motorola phones
Quickboot should look like a respring on a jailbroken iOS device, the screen should go full black but not OFF like during a normal reboot
Have you ever tried to reflash a higher version of android on one of these? ... Enjoying your videos from the USA
That's not easy to do, he would need the rewrite the drivers and stuff.
@@chongtak No he wouldn't. He could simply install a bootloader and flash an upgraded OS or firmware.
@@kupokinzyt you cannot flash an upgraded is on a device if the upgraded is hasn't been tweaked for your specific device. Otherwise all older and exotic devices could receive any newer OSs, is it the case? No it's not.
@@chongtak I misunderstood what you originally wrote, sorry, you are correct.
@@kupokinzyt No problem :)
Edit : I have just realized how broken my English was. Partly because of autocorrection on my phone, partly because of my limited brain lol.
You should call the wall Stuart too (or maybe Stewart)
This makes me feel good about my $200 Phone (depreciated)
Rocking a galaxy A50 here (€200,- new when I got it). It's still working smooth in 99% of my use cases on Android 11. Also gets me through the day easily with Its capable battery.
So yeah, price doesn't immediately mean all that much to me.
@@MLWJ1993 I agree and I'm walking with a LG K51 (RIP LG Mobile)
A DOOGEE N20 PRO with the same price is an absolute deal
Interesting Is, when I hear him say Ripley, my mind connects it to Alien Isolation game, whyyyy 😂😂😂😁
Because she is named after Ellen Ripley from the Alien franchise :)
@@SMOOREZ okay, I did not know that, thx 😁
didn't know these phones existed till now.
Battery is not glued in? JerryRigEverything would appreciate it :D
It's A "Plus", "Ultra" and a "PRO" in one phone! :D
You ever seen a energizer mobile?
i recently got a energizer p550s and its pretty good for a £50 mobile
I saw one of these used, and its decently worth that money.
Just thinking. 100 years ago, young people were most worried about another global war breaking out. Now, their primary point of concern is...bezels.
I got my realme 5 for $60 welp it's not brandnew but it's in a really good condition when I bought it I'd rather buy secondhand phones than buying that crappy welcome phone like for $100 in my country can get you a pocophone f1s that has 6GB ram 128GB storage and powered by snapdragon 845
it's just really fun to watch you diving into buying this stuff
and the fact that a lot people here gets fooled by it
yes build a welcome phone. that would be something
The most flagship current real model in Samsung Galaxy S series is S21 Ultra (6.8 inch 1440p). But the Chinese counterfeiters could go further to S30 Ultra Plus Pro (7.2 inch)
Which phone do you use as a daily driver ?
You found that phone at Cash Converters a.k.a. Cashies?!
Free fire is designed to be able to run low end devices but it has settings that you can change to make it go into higher graphical mode
I would kill for a reset button on my Note 8. It doesn't hard lock much, but when it does it can force you to hold in the keys to reset for literally 5 minutes (seems like an exact amount of time so Samsung are sadists).
The blue one's wallpaper in the listing is from a honor 20 (my current phone lol)
24:50 that beauty mode lol
I would wonder how it performed if I could time travel to 2030 and buy a Welcome device and test it in 2021
I will kill for that time machine
Wish's slogan should be "I Wish I hadn't...."
Love the vids but could you do a cut down version for us that work alot and want to watch loads of vids in less than an hour 🤣👍
EDIT: Put vids on 1.75x speed works great.
You and DankPods are 👌🏼
Auxiliary mode 😉😈👍
Notice at 18:50 that the "fingerprint scanner" moves down after setting it up. I'm getting the feeling that it is a very low effort fake.
They managed to make a clone of s30 because the thought the new flagship was s30 but nah, its s21😂
Please, dont test free fire anymore, just test pubg instead. Makes a lotta more sense.
This one wasnt so bad. Probably better than the phones of some viewers.
why WELCOME always puts the lg startup sound in their phones
why the band aids? I forgot what the reason was 😦
why does the front camera (photos) actually look better than the rear camera
can you please make a review on a "welcome" feature phone?
i like how it has 100mAh but doesnt die instantly
Excellent video. Thanks.
What is system files for ?
34:38 you can't tell me this was unintentional now
What does it mean a "welcome phone", "welcome device"?
When he turns the device on, the boot up screen says "welcome" instead of featuring a brand name.
Great video!
how about reviewing the poco x3 pro it got a snapdragon 860
The thing is, its almost the same as the X3 NFC in terms of features etc. Just a new SoC. I would rather take a look at another brand to add some more variety to the channel. Doing an X3 Pro review may seem like just a slightly updated X3 NFC review if that makes sense?
"It's fine" merch?
Hey guys. I'm shopping for a new phone. What's the best new phone for under $250usd? I have been looking at the Poco X3. Plastic built is fine, no gaming needed. But I want a good camera. Right now I'm using an LG V20. But now it's got screen retention problems, the ear piece buzzes and the camera no longer focuses properly. Any advice?
Poco X3 is a solid choice. Other options at the same price range is the Redmi Note 10 Pro (if you want 120Hz AMOLED display) and Realme 7 (if you into gaming). If you don't mind about lower performance, Redmi Note 10 is cheaper but still offers AMOLED display and goodies like stereo speakers.
If you don't game just get the Redmi Note 10 Pro(has AMOLED) or the Mi 10i (120HZ LCD). Better than the POCO X3
If you could add another $50, you could buy Samsung A52, cameras blow all those Xiaomis and RealMes out of the water. The only thing Xiaomis have over the A52 is a bigger battery, 8W more charging power and SnapDragon 732G instead of 720, Samsung kills them in every other department especially cameras, image processing and overall software.
Don't buy an X3 if you want a great camera, X3's mediocre at best
I hate avast when you first get it because you spend lots of time scanning and then it just gives a fake risk so it can set up, then you have to rescan.
you can allways donate the phones to the local food bank ;-)