UMI has now changed the price of UMI X2 with 2GB RAM and 32GB ROM. The latest price is Rs. 16,000. Users who had already booked the handset (before 10th May) will still get it for the same old price – Rs. 14,000.
Update : Beats by Dr.Dre Earphone Absolutely Free with Umi X2 16 GB or 32 GB Smartphone : UMI Facebook.
As per their Facebook update UMI will be launching the 16GB X2 version with 1GB RAM that will be price at Rs. 14,000. The 32GB UMI X2 version will be with 2GB RAM for Rs. 16,000. Users will also need to pay the shipping charges. The reason for the price change is the increase in import duty.
Users who had booked (via part or full payment) X2 with 32GB storage and 2GB RAM (before 10th may) will get it at the old price. Any new bookings will be as per the latest price tag. UMI has also updated its service center list and UMI X2 shipping will start after 15th / 18th May in India.
The UMI X2 handset will now come with the MT6589T (Turbo edition) with clock speed of 1.5GHz.
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Hi Mr Gogi,
I had done prepayment for X2. This means i get it for 14000, but will the new changed CPU model be delivered o me or the old one?
regards,
info
If you check the umi facebook they say you will get the old chipset.
Did anyone get the phone so far and started using? Feedback please
Hi Gogi,
I really love the looks & feature of zopo zp980. But can you tell be out of zopo 980, zopo c2(from pandawill) and umi x2, which one is best. Also tell me 4 GB or 16 GB. Thanks in advance….
When a person wants to buy a fridge ( any domestic item in that sense) costing 15K , he will in depth survey the market. bargain,choice,model…..etc.
Why then for mobile he blindly makes advance payment ?
The electronics/communication technology is developing so fast that every six months something new comes up.
Hello Gogi, Is Umi going to be another BeeLabz? You had talk with them, wha do you think?
Debashis, no don’t think so.
GUYS HONESTLY DONT wait for UMI X2 there is a very good handset at awesome price its NEO N003 try it the quality is too good and its perfect in all sense. check it out yourselves and the international version is already on sale for $190.00 for 8gb Rom/1GB Ram and $255.00 for 32 GB ROM/2GB RAM…
Gogi,
I got a SMS asking me to pay balance amount of 13,500 which i Paid through NEFT yesterday but have not got SMS confirmation of the same. Tried calling UMI on their mobile for the whole of yesterday a i always got a message saying all customer service associates are busy, my number is noted and i will get a call shortly, but untill now no one from UMI called.
Looks like this is a big scam. I will wait till this month end and then go to consumer court.
Ravindra, better wait for month end then you can take a decision. You can ask for refund and see if you get that as consumer court is too slow.
@Gogi: the 16k model now available for bookin… does it come with the updated turbo chip MTK6589T with 1.5 ghz and a faster GPU MGSGX544 357Mhz ??? can you confirm this officially so that i can book one pls 🙂
Ravi, let me check it when I get the consumer version for review.
okkkkk!!!!!my final waiting till 25th may atleast for some in depth revew…. costwise they r same but specs r worth waiting another ten daysss!!!
Waiting and waitinggggg…..
i m now moved to canvas a116…should i buy that or wait for this so called always postponed beast??? Did they contact you yet??
Sameer, better go for what is available.
okkkk!!!! just comparing the specs…ummm..
Fake Dr. Dre Beats headphones cost just $3 in China!
http://www.gizchina.com/2013/05/13/fake-dr-dre-beats-headphones-cost-just-3-in-china/
umi x2 turbo antutu scores r abou 15000. what r the nenamark scores gogi?
hi, mediatek says,quad core processor supports dual sim dual active, but yet no phone have the dual active feature, why?
Fake Beats headsets are available in china for as low as $3. Hope UMI will not give Indiams the fake ones.
Gizchina has got the 1gb version??? what about you gogi?? did they contact you??
I was told I will get the handset may be this week I guess.
Watch Gizchina’s video carefully ! The black strip all around the display is still
there. No notification LED. Nothing which was promised by UMI in the final version. It is still the prototype I think !
“The reason for the price change is the increase in import duty.”
As a blogger you know very well there is nothing increase in import duty particular for umi but you haven’t a word. Any seller can increase or decrease price but umi’s logic was wrong.
hey..you are right..you know the reason behind the price hike..
it’s competition.jiayu g4 has delayed its handset till mid august..( check pandawill forums) now they know they are ahead of competition and hence making bucks out of it better still if you have a credit card/paypal account order via pandawill 250$ is cheaper than 14000 +taxes and shipping still cheaper than 14000 (i guess) but you get a nice product on time and in my view thats what counts most.
am not associated with pandawill in any way, just sharing some info which i found.
Is UMI X2 a good phone. ?
At least the specs are good, the new scores of benchmarking on various tools also looks good for this price. Reality will come to picture once it’s delivered
hi mr.rana i’m very satisfied with your reviews,i want to buy a good smart phone, is umi x2 is that much powerful,standard to buy this phone for 14000/ rs.please suggest me shall i buy umi x2 or other standard phones from samsung,nokia etc….
Dear GOGI,
I am rigid follower of your site. The way UMI has increased the price to 16,000/- plus shipping plus etc is daunting, when no one on this earth could review the final product and stated the bench marks and compatibility and no service center facility is established and fully functional.
It is a total cheating after a long wait believing their false promises. Instead of 17,500 INR to UMI X2 , very well we can add another 1000 INR and go for samsung galaxy Grand and enjoy for another three years.
Or we can wait and go for Jiayu G6 costing around 14K.
what is your opinion Gogi bro?
S.Kannan
Kannan, wait for some more days, we will see more handsets. As for the price of these Chinese handsets it will be close for same specs / features.
Gogi bro vat could b the BEST choice for 13k? Pls rply:)
hey guys..is pandawill a good site to buy phones?
Hi Mr. Gogi your website doesn’t have the internal search option to find the review or specification quickly just by entering a name or part of it.
Thanks
Right side (top) Search.
Fraudulent company.
Hey gogi, I am having a 8 gb class 4 sd card.. from last 2 days, its showing memory card damaged, reformat it error on my mmx a110… even after reformatting it many times, after some time or after restarting the mobile, it again shows the same error.. however, the card is working fine in my other nokia handset.. plzz help…
Gaurav get the handset checked at service center. Or if you can try using some other card and see if the same error is replicated.
i tried another 2 gb card which worked fine in my a110.. also the 8 gb card which is showing as damaged after every restart inspite of formatting in my a110 is working in my bro galaxy ace.. is d problem in my memory card or in my a110??
Gaurav, if other cards work then there is no issue. The current card that is not working on A110 is it a old one / used on some other handset etc. Check the class if its too low. I would suggest class 4 or over.
its 3 years old class 4 memory card.. i used it in my nokia c6 for 2 years then started using it in my a110 from last 3-4 months.. if the card is corrupt, then how come its still working in my other mobiles i.e. galaxy ace n nokia c6??
Gaurav, not sure why its working on other devices. If you get access to another A110 try it and see. Or better still visit the service center they will try it on other A110.
Format it with sdformatter software in computer; if nothing works, the last resort is to insert the same with adapter in some nikkon camera and format – it will definitely work.
Set launch v nehi hua aur price increase ho gaya…
hii Gogi bro,
Can umi b trusted, that it will not run away with the money and will deliver wht it promised??
i want to buy, but I am a bit sceptical.
Dear Gogi sir i have been following you since 1 month bt i am really confused regarding umi mobile policy as they were going to launch their x2 32 gb version in 14k and lower version 16gb in 12k respectively but now they have increased the prices bt as you said that it is due to changes in the processor but what about lower version it is similar as the old version and they cant increase import duties about Rs 2000 what do you say gogi sir….???
dear gogi,
pls review and unboxing the lava iris 405.
Hey Mr. Gogi,
I heard frm TechGuruz on fb dat Nokia launched Lumia 928 in US.
Can u tell me wen it cud b launched in India??
The last time u did a review of the 32 gb ROM and 2 GB RAM umi x2, the benchmarks scores were quite poor for the specifications. Will the quadrant scores of the 16 gb be even lower???
chikoo sahab ……
why r u so keen about quadrant ?
you are buying phones for running quadrants ? lol ……..
Real time performance is what we must look for .
Hi Gogi,
I was one of the guys who was eagerly looking ahead to the UMI X2. For me the main puller was the entire package. 6589T+2G+32G+12MP+3MP+5 Inch FHD+14000. This equation has now changed, if price is constant RAM is changed and vice versa, considering that the actual landing price for X2-2GB RAM would be 16000(handset)+500(earphones)+500(flipcover)+500(shipping)= 17500. do you still think that it is worth it??
Hi the handset is good but wait for the second review. The Zopo Zp980 is also a good option.
Hi,
Even the Zopo is not in stock…and will take 15 days for the stock to arrive…as per the service center of Zoppo !
As of the other FHD phone available, the ZOPO 980 also doesn’t have reasonable ANTTUTU scores. it has something around 12000. I think this is going to be a common problem with FHD phones & MTK6589 CPU. The only FHD phones tht seem to perform well are the ones with SNAPDRAGON CPUs like OPPO FIND 5
I think for 1GB ram a 720p display will hav better performance than a 1080p display. Also all snapdragon 1080p have 2GB RAM, and gizchina has an article of x2 turbo benchmarks where x2 has seen beaten the htc one x.
Hi
Gogi will you make comparison video between zopo zp980 and UMI X2 and one more thing why the nenamark scores are very low in both the mobiles will they able to play all games as compare to canvas HD or samsung grand??
Atirakshit,
I feel you gotta add OCTROI as well which is 5% (in pune) of value around 1000rs for all places where Octroi duty is applicable
Actually they have shown others how to increase the price of product which is not exist in present time!!!
hi gogi sir,
a very big follower of your site..one querry only..
when u will receive umi x2 turbo addition..have u recd. shipping details till now from umi. plz reply asap.
Not yet, but keep a watch on the announcement section on the site.
I pre booked on 30april and balance paid on 9 may and didn’t get any payment confirmation. Will I get uni x2 15-18 may lot
gogi sir
i ordered umi x2 on 25 april ,but not paid booking amount. Can i pay all payment now or it is not possible. I was waiting for ur review. Is there any possibilties of order confirmation now. Plz help me .what can i do now.
What About Unboxing and review you are not giving a single review just posting specification.
Gogi ji agar custum duty badi hai to umi k other phone ki cost kyon nahin badai gai x1 pehle wale price par hai aur s1 ka bhi wahi price hai jo starting mai bataya gaya tha x2 sirf jyada demand ki vajhe se price badaya gaya hai
Sewak, there are many things for the increase another is the price increase of ROM. The higher ROM capacity gets costlier.
ohhhkk!!! thnx.. achinaseller promises to disclose it as a low cost gift…nywayss will look for your review first…its better to give extra 2k than wasting all of the 14k!!! kindly do the review asap.
Price increase due to increase in Customs duty? what to say… Duty rates haven’t changed recently!
Hi gogi sir
Is it worth buying on increased pric?
Well yes even at 14K with 16GB ROM and full HD it looks good.
guyzzz!!! get the 32 gb version for 245 dollars from fastcardtech…i guess it will prove to be cheaper…what do you say gogi?
Sameer not sure but they will charge you extra for the import duty / taxes. Also depends on the courier you want to choose.
Sameer, please look @ the specs carefully & comments below on http://www.fastcardtech.com/Umi-X2. the price is for x2 1gb/16gb version & not for 2gb/32GB version. I have read abt FASTCARDTECH tht they are not reliable sellers. I purchased mine from . He’s a reliable seller & u can see from comments
Customs duty wouldn’t have increased the price by 2000rs. I am beginning to understand the marketing tactics of these Chinese companies. hope jiayu don’t do the same.
Brother, after adding 1000 for headfone and for shipping total price will be 15k and 17k. Without launching a single phone they are doing monopoly. This is possible only in india.
Is there any water n dust proff mobiles available in chinese brands???
In my Opinion Zopo is better as they do’nt talk they deliver.
gogi bhai if i order nw i will gt mt6589t 1.5 ghz model wid 2gb ram???
Not expected. As i wish to order one. But now will opt for Gionee.
Out Now – Umi S1 8 GB ROM, Buy now @ UMI website @ Rs. 12000.00
Raj Behenwal
1. Gogi are you receiveng the turbo edition for review?
2. What do you think this turbo change will improve nenamark score?as frequency of g.p.u is also changed?
Shiva, very soon. Yes I think there will be a slight increase in performance, not sure if Nenamark score will increase.
On their official blog, ANTUTU scores are 14525 of the X2 TURBO version. Not high…..!! for all the hype created. I thought the reason for upgrading to TURBO processor is due to 2GB RAM optimization issues. But i see the 1GB/16GB UMI x2 on also having an upgraded processor of 1.5ghz. Still is a mystery why UMI upgraded the UMI x2 CPU?
The Turbo version of 6589 is just because the 2gb RAM was not at all compatible. Plus the Turbo Version seem to be costing less to manufacture these devices. So, all in all, UMI is in total advantage. Their Cost to manufacture has not increased a lot, but they have significantly increased the handset price and blaming solely to the hiked excise duties.
Yes! this was well anticipated.
Zopo also increased increased price for 980 4GB to 13k plus 500 shipping charge.
Hi Gogi,
Frankly, i have no idea how UMI India is going to manage delivery in India. There is no clear instructions when to make balance payment 13500/- Is it after receiving confirmation SMS/email or regardless ????? Some customers have made order since Mar & still havent received any SMS/email. UMI India on their FB page mentioned 12000 confirm orders; but dont know how many phones will actually come from China during 15-25 May. Will all these 12000 indian customers get their phone by May-end. How are they going to handle tech service for these 12000 customers ???? UMI Intl have mentioned 50000 UMI x2 will be produced in first batch run. I think UMI have made the processor upgrade decision in last minute; because just last month they sent u a prototype model with old processor. I dont know why they sent you a device without undergoing rigorous compatibility tests & now within a month, they are producing with MTK6589T chip in a rush. Latest ANTUTU scores with new CPU reveal around 14500. Is that still up-to-mark ????
Alex, I will check the benchmark once I get the handset. I think for the price 14K for 16GB still seems a good buy. As for delivery, yes they still seem to be struggling.
The gpu also changed http://www.gizchina.com/2013/05/08/what-are-the-differences-between-mediatek-mt6589m-mt6589-and-mt6589t-soc/
Waiting for the launch of Neo N003..
So sad news come to knw before sleeping. I think i have to drop d idea of buying it. Hope dey wil retain the original billing. Gogi bro do smthing….
zopo also increases price
I dont think UMI will ever deliver anyting except false promises….crapshit
Guys wait for one month more u will get more option to choose phone leave blady umi not worth for 16500 including shipping charges.
Some shed on various mtk chipset.
http://vr-zone.com/articles/mediatek-s-mt6859-quad-core-chipset-models-compared/20019.html
First atleast they were competitors with zopo when it came to pricing,now people would have choice either go for zopo or umi
Cheating but still price OK
Gogi,
I am planning to buy a smart phone and need your suggestion, what do you suggest to buy between micromax a116 and umi x2 ?
Thanks.
Ahmed.
I guess it doesnt matter a lot. Not many people are interested in UMI after their too many delayed (or may be false) promises. Whoever is still going to buy UMI handsets, will be putting their hard earned money on risk as Support is still the Major issue. Yes, they have announced the detailed List of Support Centres but are yet to be functional and god only knows when they are actually going to be functional. MMX A116, Zen 701 or Xolo handsets should be preferred choice for low budget android smart phones because of their existing & vast support system.
Hi Gogi bro,
when will you get the umi x2(turbo) review unit???
Out of the total 30000 UMI x2 2Gb/32GB units in production, UMI could not send 1 piece to tech reviewers like GOGI……???
Good gogi, so service center problem solved. Can we go ahead ?
This is cheating.