Wileyfox Storm

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Trustmeimadoctor

12,525 posts

154 months

Friday 16th October 2015
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any other oneplus/wileyfox rivals out there yet that are worth looking at ?

andyb

139 posts

283 months

Wednesday 21st October 2015
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Having had the Swift a week (and I know this thread is really about the Storm...) quick update.

Apart from one thing... everything is great. Fast, works well as a phone, happy with the camera, right size. Not missing any of the functionality that more expensive models have.

BUT.. the GPS is absolutely appalling. No idea if its my one or they are all terrible. It looses signal if you go into a car, put the phone in your pocket, walk near large buildings. I'd like to think its me being stupid but can't think what I'd be doing to cause that.

Anyone else got one can confirm if its just me?

andy-xr

13,204 posts

203 months

Thursday 22nd October 2015
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Is it set to high accuracy and do you have any widgets such as weather running?

Transparent weather/clock widget always fks my S4 up and I cant use Maps

Broccers

3,236 posts

252 months

Thursday 22nd October 2015
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I'm interested in the above findings cheers.

Wonder if the Storm is going to be worth a punt (can always give it someone for xmas if its not that great)

BigsimonY

616 posts

124 months

Sunday 1st November 2015
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I've just received my Storm. its great

tenohfive

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6,276 posts

181 months

Sunday 1st November 2015
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Still no indication of whether it will shoot RAW?

Silly little thing, but it annoys me that I (and others asking) can't get a straight answer.

andy-xr

13,204 posts

203 months

Monday 2nd November 2015
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I cant imagine why it would tbh

BigsimonY

616 posts

124 months

Monday 2nd November 2015
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tenohfive said:
Still no indication of whether it will shoot RAW?

Silly little thing, but it annoys me that I (and others asking) can't get a straight answer.
Ive no idea what this means.....lol.

andy-xr

13,204 posts

203 months

Monday 2nd November 2015
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BigsimonY said:
Ive no idea what this means.....lol.
He's asking whether the camera will spit out the raw data that the sensor saw without it having all the editing and compression that most cameras will do to produce a jpeg. The idea being that the raw data in whatever form its spat out in will have more information in it, so an image can be manipulated without as many losses or without the choices of the software on what the bring out (exposure, colour, contrast, saturation, shadow, highlight) and what to drop

I cant imagine at this price point it's going to do anything like that

ZesPak

24,421 posts

195 months

Monday 2nd November 2015
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How's the camera and screen on these? Usually a sore point for these lower budget phones...

tenohfive

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6,276 posts

181 months

Monday 2nd November 2015
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andy-xr said:
I cant imagine at this price point it's going to do anything like that
From what little I've been able to see it's entirely software related and may even be down to how Cynagon runs, but I don't know for sure.

But it's not the 'will it won't it' that bothers me. If it doesn't I can factor it in and move on. It's the lack of a definitive answer - I've seen questions asked on Facebook, Twitter, these forums and responses to most of 'we'll get back to you.'

If Camera2API isn't enabled just spit it out. It'll turn off a very small percentage of consumers (yes, I'm one) but at they'll know rather than being left to guess.

Broccers

3,236 posts

252 months

Monday 2nd November 2015
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Got mine today. It's really good for 200 quid.

andyb

139 posts

283 months

Monday 2nd November 2015
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How's the camera?

I fixed my GPS issue with the swift using a keep GPS alive app... so the only remaining issue is the camera which is a bit washed out at times. A relatively minor issue in a 129 phone. Interestingly same lens I think as the one plus x.

Anyway, how is the storm camera? And battery life ok?

2Btoo

3,410 posts

202 months

Tuesday 3rd November 2015
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andyb said:
I fixed my GPS issue with the swift using a keep GPS alive app.
If it keeps GPS alive all the time then doesn't it eat it's way into the battery life horribly?

BigsimonY

616 posts

124 months

Tuesday 3rd November 2015
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Im in no way a seriously tech guy so if you have ant questions plz try to simplify them.
Ok so my 1st 2 days with it. It has a battery life similar to my Moto G gen 1. Screen is good, blacks look black, colors look bright and vibrant. Not as good as the Samsung super AMOLED on my last phone though. The storm does not have the micro usb cable issue the swift had. I've use 4 different chargers without problem. Its just as fast in real day to day use as my pals Moto X play. In fact he now wishes he had waited and saved the £70 extra he spent on the X play. The OS is good too. Full of useful extra options. It comes with a screen protector pre fitted. It looks to have been fitted by a blind man, full of air bubbles. So that was removed straight away. The backing is said to be sand stone texture, i find it a more rubbery texture. Any other questions plz free to ask. As for if it shoots raw? Not got a clue. On the camera though, its hard to believe its a 20meg unit. looks more 13meg quality!!!

andyb

139 posts

283 months

Wednesday 4th November 2015
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2Btoo said:
If it keeps GPS alive all the time then doesn't it eat it's way into the battery life horribly?
I meant I use the 'keep alive' app when I'm using it for navigating. Otherwise it seems to get turned off / backgrounded and doesnt work well.

If I'm not using GPS, then I wouldn't have the keep alive running.

judas

5,963 posts

258 months

Wednesday 4th November 2015
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BigsimonY said:
I've just received my Storm. its great
Broccers said:
Got mine today. It's really good for 200 quid.
Where did you guys get yours? Still showing as 'register interest' on the Wileyfox site and not yet available on Amazon, Expansys or Clove.

BigsimonY

616 posts

124 months

Wednesday 4th November 2015
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judas said:
BigsimonY said:
I've just received my Storm. its great
Broccers said:
Got mine today. It's really good for 200 quid.
Where did you guys get yours? Still showing as 'register interest' on the Wileyfox site and not yet available on Amazon, Expansys or Clove.
i did not pre-order. I popped on the Amazon site at 10am on Friday morning, ordered it. got it delivered on Sunday. Seen a lot of folk saying they have pre ordered it but not got one yet.

BigsimonY

616 posts

124 months

Wednesday 4th November 2015
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If you get one a top tip is don't use the pre-installed camera application. Download "a better camera".
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com....
It improves the picture quality no end.

BigsimonY

616 posts

124 months

Thursday 12th November 2015
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Well its been sent back, my Wileyfox experience stops here. Outrageously bad customer service, build quality issues, stock issues. Back to a more established brand