A new UK-based company called Wileyfox is getting into the smartphone game with two new phones designed to offer decent specs at a reasonable price.
The Wileyfox Swift is a $200 phone with a 5 inch, 720p display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor, and a £129 ($204) price tag, while the Wileyfox Storm is a £199 ($314) phone with a 5.5 inch, 1080p display and a Snapdragon 615 chip.
Both phones run Android-based Cyanogen OS software.
Wileyfox has no plans to offer the phones in the Western hemisphere, but they should be available in Europe, the Middle East and Africa soon, with pre-orders starting this week.
Here’s a more detailed look at the specs:
Storm
- 5.5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel IPS display
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core ARMv8 processor
- 3GB RAM
- 32GB storage + microSD card slot for up to 128GB of removable storage
- 20MP Sony IMX220 rear camera and 8MP front camera
- 2,500 mAh non-removable battery
- Cyanogen OS 12.1 (Android 5.1)
- 4G LTE dual-SIM
- 802.11b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0
Swift
- 5 inch, 1280 x 720 pixel UPS display
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core ARMv8 processor
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB storage +Â microSD card slot (up to 32GB)
- 13MP Samsung S5K3M2 rear camera and 5MP front camera
- 2,500 mAh removable battery
- Cyanogen OS 12.1 (Android 5.1)
- 4G LTE
- 802.11b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0
Zenfone blows away all competition (for the money)
Until you factor-in the crappy ZenUI overlay and all the unremovable Bloatware on the Zenfone.
Has the 5.5″ model really only got a 2500 mAh battery?