The Good
Outstanding value for money.
Great build quality and a matte, hard plastic shell that makes the phone feel like it’s worth a lot more than$200.
Lots of extra that aren’t guaranteed on a phone this cheap. You get LTE and Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0.
A very big 3120 mAh battery.
The Bad
MIUI was fine when it was replacing KitKat, but as an alternative to Lollipop’s Material Design, it feels dated. Everything has been paved over with the KitKat-era UI, so a lot of features are missing.
It still—still—has a menu button symbol. It doesn’t work like a menu button anymore. It opens recent apps, but the button symbol never changed.
We still don’t like these weird micro-USB A/B ports.