LYF Water F1S is another handset powered by qualcomm snapdragon 652 octa core processor. This handset like the other LYF handsets also supports 4G with VoLTE. Here is the review of Water F1S, it is priced at Rs. 9,599.
Unboxing : Inside the box – handset, SIM tray ejector pin, user manual, warranty card, standard quality earphone, plastic case for protection, data cable USB Type C and travel charger 5V/2A. SAR value as mentioned on the box 0.421 W/Kg@1g head and 0.581 W/kg@1g body.
Design, Display and OS
The LYF Water F1S is available in 3 different color options, I got the silver color for the review. Handset is slim, light weight at about 145 grams. Dimensions are 73.1 x 148 x 7.7 (mm). It’s using a metal body, build quality and finishing is very good.
This is a dual SIM handset (hybrid slot) you can use 2x nano SIM or 1x nano + 1x micro SD card. 4G with VoLTE is supported. There is LED notification and following sensors – accelerometer, light, proximity, magnetic, hall and gyro sensors.
LYF Water F1S sports a 5.2 inch screen with FHD (1080p) resolution. Screen comes with Concore glass 3 protection and it’s also using a 2.5D curved glass. Color reproduction, viewing angles and touch response are good.
There are on-screen navigation buttons, dedicated navigational buttons are missing.
This handset sails on Android Marshmallow version 6.0.1.
Memory and Storage
LYF Water F1S is packed with 3GB RAM and 32GB ROM. On first boot you will get around 22GB free internal storage space and 1.5GB free RAM.
Performance and Benchmark
The Water F1S is using well known Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8976 octa core processor clocked at 1.8GHz with Adreno 510 GPU. Performance is smooth, lag free, though the handset did get heated up with heavy usage but battery temp was under control – max battery temperature I encountered was 42 degrees.
Benchmark
Quadrant : 42903
AnTuTu : 81573 / 19244 2nd time 81510 / 19421
Nenamark 2 : 60.5fps
Disk Speed : 172 MB/s read / 80 MB/s write
Multi Touch : 10 point
Gaming
LYF Water F1S can play a lot of high end games with ease in high visual quality mode. I tried Asphalt 8 in high mode and it worked pretty smooth.
Camera
F1S comes with a 16MP camera on the back with dual tone LED support and front camera is a 5MP shooter with front LED flash support for better selfies. It can record and play 4K videos. Camera quality is average though video 4K recording is very good.
Camera Rating 3.5 out of 5
LYF Water F1S rear and front camera samples
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Others
Reliance Jio worked no issues with network, call quality and loudspeaker sound. Sound output was loud and clear. WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth worked great. Finger print sensor is missing.
Battery
The built in 3000 mAh battery does a very good job. You can expect 5 to 7 hours of non-stop moderate to heavy usage on a single charge. With mixed usage I got up to 2 days of battery life.
LYF Water F1S Battery Performance (time / battery % drop / estimated battery temperature)
- Running Benchmark app – 9 minutes / 2% / 40 degrees
- Asphalt 8 game play – 16 minutes / 5% / 42 degrees
- 4K video playback with full brightness (WiFi /4G on) – 16 minutes / 5% / 40 degrees.
It took me 1 hours 27 minutes to charge the handset from 26% to 100% using wall charger. It will take about 2 hours for 0% to 100% charging.
Verdict
The Reliance LYF Water F1S is a good handset with a good price tag, unfortunately the only thing missing is the finger print sensor. Also camera quality is average, though not that bad. It is a good option, you can consider.
Rating 4 out of 5
LYF Water F1S is available for Rs. 9,599.
me to even want to buy lyf f1s because of its feature and porfomance, what does the box contain with handset
Worst service I have ever seen….. They don’t even ask about what’s the problem in my phone and formatted my phone without my permission…. They even dont ask once
Hi, I have one problem that when I charge my phone from 1to 30 minutes the phone get very hot, the back of the became hot and it is worst to touch for me. Pls can you give the solution pls pls pls?
It is normal for phone to get hot when charging and when battery % reaches 90% to 100% it will cool down. Avoid using the handset when it is being charged as that will speed the charging process.
I found lyf f1s better in specifications than other phones with same price but how is it originally,should I buy it .
I brought it for 7500 in offline retail store, it is better than redmi 4 with gorila glass 3,big screen, better processor, fast charge, 2 year warranty, 20% more data on jio sim, front camera flash, slim design, it taks 2hrs to fully charge while redmi 4 takes 3 hrs so big battery on redmi 4 dosent have more advantage
From which store? Lyf store?
Hello Gogi Ji,
Again i need your expert advice, i had seen your best under 10k and zeroed on lyf f1s, but while searching got one more model lyf f1, which one should buy lyf f1 or f1s.
Before this i bought 3 mobiles by asking you, (all 3 were great ☺) and as usual i will follow your verdict again. Looking for help.
The Best Pre purchase Support ever.
Have not reviewed F1 but F1s looks better. Also Reliance is giving 20% extra data on any LYF handsets.
Thank u Sir, just one more little issue. Worried about this C type, is it good or bad. I need to carry 2 chargers ( one for this and one normal micro usb) and also i need a usb c type adapter for otg.
Plz help…
You can get adapter for C Type to micro USB.
Thank You Gogi Ji….
Sir plz suggest me for best in redmi 4,2gb or lyf f1s overall
Go for F1s…It is the best in this price tag.
Hey anyone help me……..
There r diffrent specifications on snapdeal nd price is also changed after some interval of time and the processor is said to be 1.8 ghz AMD dual core.
Plzz anyone give me the link for buy original and lowest price for LYF F1s phone bcoz I liked this phone too much.
Anyone help
Hey seenu…
The processor used in lyf f1s is Qualcomm’s snapdragon 652….octa core in whic 4 cores have ARM cortex a-53 architecture and 4 have ARM cortex a-72….
Just check… whether u are seeing for f1 or f1s….(f1s is better)…and of course price may vary from site to site and also in the same site…because there are many sellers… wherever u get the lowest price…just place the order…
AMD Processors are used only in PCs bro…not in smartphones…..and buy from amazon or flipkart ….u will get original products….if u don’t like it just request for a return…..
Best phone in this price tag… Buy from Paytm..with 15% discount. I got it for just 7K.
how to stop led senser on lyf f1s
Is there LED sensor too on this phone?
I have been using this Lyf f1s for a month the performance is awesome when compared to other phones ,camera need to be improved but average camera performance with lots of features like 4k recording different modes etc.it comes with snapdragon 652 processor,3 GB RAM,VR compatibility,4k support and many more the most amazing thing is the fast charging,it just need an hour to get 100% from 30%.if it has fingerprint it would have been fantastic . Overall it is a good phone in this price range
Some 1 plz tell me about f1s camera i know its average but does it match the camera of redmi 3s or redmi 3 note?? Specially front camera. Plz reply.
It’s camera is far better than any redmi phone
Is it worth buying lyf f1s????
Of Course.. Buy from Paytm with 15% discount.. I Got it for just 7K.
Please avoid lyf Chinese junk
Buy redmi 4A or from many other branded products which will give better quality and service
The LYF is an INDIAN company.Who says it is chinese?everyone knows that redmi is chinese.I just want to say that LYF F1S is the best phone u can buy below 10k rs.
What skin does the phone use? Is it the stock Android theme like the Android one phones or something modified by LYF company itself?
It is very nearly stock android.It’s skin doesn’t have any remarkable change from stock android
best value mobile for the price, but camera performance and absence of finger print sensor…
I brought the black one. Excellent device. Best smartphone ever. Now available for only Rs. 6,999/- on flipkart.(Now offer exist but not say it’ll available in future)
on flipkart its for price 7000 in gold and black if somebody wants to buy this is the right time to buy.
Can I make direct video call without internet from jio no.
My friend told me that LYF never provide OS updates to their users? Please reply if you have knowledge on that.
Sure they won’t won’t provide any OS updates.
I got 2 updates in 1 week
Who says no updates in LYF mobile, he has no idea in this matter. I got lollipop to marshmallow in lyf water mobile and many bug error updates.
They provide updates….but only for some phones…..u see there are many lyf phone s….flame,water,earth etc…..there is no sureity of reciving updates…
What about LYF F1. Can anybody tell about battery life of LYF F1?
Lyf f1 is bullshitt mobile. dont buy.. very bad battery backup
Thanks for this review Gogi sir, bought it & your review was really accurate. Thanks for helping me make my smartphone purchase decision.
Your short & crisp reviews are very good.
On 14/03/2017 I purchased one lyf water f1s mobile for Rs 9700 sametime with a geo sim the sawroom technician replaced both sims and the cell fuctioned for fordays and the fifthday the second sim did not function so I took the cell to the showroom where I purchased they checked the phone and they told me that the sim tray drum is dameged and also they cannot replace the parts nor get it repaired and adviced me to go and check in geo show room I called the customer care and I told the problem that was a suturday so he told to to go on monday so I went to the so room and just explained my problem and told them that I want to see the manager the seccurity guard said that he has gone out and after lot arguments then the servive technician came asked me to fillup an application form and asked me to wait for few minutes afterr sometime he came and told me sir if you want repair your mobile you have to pay 7559 rs the mobile dose not cover the internal parts so what about the warranty the copany does not care so you have to careful when you going to buya new cell phone and this is the way RELAINCE CO treat their customer.
Thank you for input sir, it will help many.
Display is small ,look like poor china quality….and when low signal areas 3g h+ is not working….very very slow net speed.good battery,good look,.best phone in this range…in .low signal areas very poor performance.
Yes you are right as I am using this phone.
1. Can anyone tell me total Screen on time from 100% to 0%?
2. The volume rocker and power button made of plastic or metallic?
3. SIM tray is made of plastic or metallic as came in iPhone?
5-6 hours lte on all time.
In this phone, when we press recent menu button it show task manager and clear all button in the status bar not below status bar, please help in this regard how it can get down below status bar
Sir please tell me which lyf water f1s me kaun sa color best hai in black,gold,grey
Answer soon
I have black & its very good. Buy black.
Grey one is best
lyf f1s mobile heating problem tell me yes or no.
No heating problem.
But my phone is heating during watch video
I using Lyf f1s form some days it heating when I watch video and also those time when I run internet .. why?
Gets warm, but not hot, doesn’t lag at warm temperatures, which is important.
Bro all phones heat up…..during heavy usage and charging…..its got Snapdragon 652 which will give u a little heating problems….but not so much…just around40-45°C after heavy usage
Gogi sir lyf f1s price is 7100 on shopclues .
Please suggest can I buy it or not
your review very helpful for me. I ordered f1s from Amazon for 8041 rs only . Waiting for its delivery now.
Now available for 7639 Rs
otg support hai ky nahi..plz reply.
Supported
I got this handset! Pretty happy with it.
Compared the benchmark of S7 edge with this. Found a major difference only in the 3D graphics department,which is due to adrenocortical 510 on this and Mali 880 there. Otherwise everything was neck to neck with Numbers.
I just didn’t like that they say fast charging is supported but it isn’t that fast. Doesn’t support Samsung’s adaptive fast charger.
Bought it after reading your review. Perfect replacement phone for OnePlus one till I wait for the OnePlus 5
1-does it have type c and. fast charging.. 2_ what is 3d AnTuTu score …2 year warranty???
Yes 2 year warranty. Hopefully nothing goes wrong though.
Yes it has type c, fast charging yes, quickcharge technology no.
3d antutu was 20300, overall 83500.
Very helpful feed back ordered a set through Amazon. Any difference using with different network e.g Air-tel, Vodafone ,, as some reported it is good only with reliance Jio network..
Thanks…
I need temper glass for F1s water.
Search for ACM. Only one I could find. Or try e-bay.com, its good too.
Redmi note 4 or lyf f1s which one is better budget killer. Which one you will recommend, which one is better based on teachers.
If camera is your priority then go for Redmi note 4. If not, then this is a fabulous phone.
Redmi Note 4 camera is also not good but better than Lyf F1s… So consider Honor 6s or Cool 1 or Moto G5 plus for better camera .
xiaomi devices are not readily available, so if it is urgent you don’t really have any choice.
i own f1s and for casual use it is great, but rear camera is worst, i prefer front camera for taking any shot. imagine the situation. you can use alternative like MX camera app which slightly improve the image quality as the problem of camera lies more on the software side.
Redmi note 4 is better in battery and build department due to its SD 625 produced on 14 nm finFet. While the lyf f1s powered by SD 652 and it also has near stock user interface .lyf f1s came on when comparing in price to spec ratio GO FOR F1S
Should I buy this phone ??
Does this support usb otg?
Yes, you can buy lyf water f1s, this smart phone is very best. I thought, other smart phone company will not give this price.
Yes, believe me Raja, it does
Gogi sir I also want to know if leEco le max 2 is worth buying.
Which camera is better leEco max 2 or one plus 3T?
Gigi sir
Plz provide stock ROM link of this f1s phone.
Gogi ji do we get free data till 31 Dec 2017?
It is available at ajio.com at 10099 rs
Later you will get rs500 cashback on jio money app after registering on this device using jio sim. This will take 2-3 days to get cash back so don’t get panic. 😈😈😈😈
Pros- good buid quality
Good performance but i think it shoud have been better with s652 soc
I got 81500+ on antutu with standard power saver mode and 83700+ with performance mode. Even on loaded with lots of apps.
Touch and display are good
Price is very competitive
Size is very Handy
23Gb memory plus 1.8Gb ram free
GIID BATTERY BACKUP
GREAT fast charging
Very good copying speed via usb c type..
Cons-
Crap camera
I will give it 1/5 star
It has a 16mp but it acts like 3.2mp
But4k video recording is realy better!
Front flash is better than rear dual tone flash!
Needs improvements in software.
After received it had option to do setting with light notifications
But when i factory resseted it has ni option…. 😝😝😝
It has also no hardware button so it looks smaller.
Overall good option in thus budget
Better go for leeco le 2 but that has no Volte but camera and performance are amazing.
I am waiting for stock rom.
When i get that i will root it and make custom rom for it . 😜😜😜
Use fkash keyboard with black cat theme and it looks just awesome.!
Nitish Singh Nakanda
Nice review dude.
Rear camera seems really dull even the selfie isn’t that bright in daylight condition. Otherwise a great package with JIO offer, as usual a awesome review gogi ji, thanks a lot 🙂
The best phones of Lyf till date, its worth to consider as a new phone.
Looks very promising and in good price. Looking to buy it now.
Only thing missing is FPS
Rear camera supports upto 120 fps video capturing.
FPS means fingerprint sensor
Looks good, atlast competitive pricing from lyf mobiles. Nice review gogi ji short and good 👍👍
At this rate, Lyf might launch Snapdragon 821 or 835 based phones. They might overtake micromax.
If yu mean rates==price…then not …u will never get a phone at this price with 835 or 821….this is the cheapest smartphone with Snapdragon 652…
I bought three days ago through ajio.com. Delivered within three days. Metal finish and slim. Downloaded paid version of Poweramp player and it plays excellent music through Lyf earphone, supplied with the mobile. Jio has carrier aggregation in this phone with SD652. Very fast downloads! Inside my office, has good signal reception, thanks to metal body! No lags! At this price, you can’t get any better phone!
LYF Water F1S my nxt phone!
Definitely an option, worth to consider. Most of the people will decide whether to buy this one depending upon Redmi note 4 pricing. Hope it will come with SD 653. LYF Water F1s surely is Tough rival to le eco le 2. The basic pro is expandable memory card slot and of course competitive pricing.
Available in retail shop?
Sorry f1 It’s too late, everyone is waiting for Redmi note 4.
Does it come with fast charging?
Not technically, but charges 0 to 100% in max 2:20 hrs.
Redmi Note 3 vs LYF F1s?
I think wait for Redmi Note 4.
Redmi note 4 vs Lyf f1s?
Please tell best mobile
Your rating best redmi note 4 or Lyf f1s.
Place sent my email your info
Redmi note 4 vs lyf f1s which should i buy?
Plz correct
652 chipset or 625
Thanks and have updated.
Hello gogi, Does it has native video calling options. Please try to add native video calling line in your review as you did in your past reviews.
All LYF phones support native video calling.
It does.
Thank you so much sir for this review