Ulefone Note 9P the phone from hell
I've always owned cheap phones for the last seven years, and the majority have been surprisingly reliable, often lasting 3 or 4 years before I replace them with a new model. However there are reliable phones and then there is the Note 9P from Ulefone. I've had nothing but problems with this phone since it arrived, some 10 months ago. Calls randomly drop out mid conversation, when the phone decides to just turn off and reboot itself for no obvious reason. Picture quality is absolutely awful from the main (rear) camera, I don't think i've owned a camera phone with image quality this bad for over 10 years, but the Note 9P takes grainy, washed out images. Android Auto doesn't seem to connect using this phone, i've tried it using different cables and even different cars. Finally, and probably the worst problem of them all is the fact that since a recent Android 11 update, the phone seems to have lost its fast charge ability and now charges at 300ma or below which now takes over 8 hours to charge the phone to 100% from the low battery warning. The update was the official release carried out using the built in wireless option on the phone. The slow charging now makes the phone completely useless for daily mobile use, so its resigned to the bin. This experience has not endeared me to the Ulefone brand, and it will be the first and last time I entertain ANY product from this manufacturer.