An update on the Decathlon phone:
There was a lot to like about it. I liked the screen size, brightness and resolution. It worked really well as an outdoor phone.
I liked the battery life, it genuinely lasts days and days without needing to be charged.
The supplied charger is really good, multiple faceplates that you swap depending on the country you are visiting.
Things that weren't so good:
The camera is just awful. Oversaturated, poor resolution, poorly focussed images. Adding in an alternative camera software package from the Play Store didn't cure things.
The amount of on-board memory is just woeful. I ran out of onboard memory pretty rapidly with just a handful of aps.
It's a very large and heavy phone, it drags on your clothes and makes it hard to sit down if you have it in your pocket.
Then the flash for the camera stopped working and more seriously, the speaker for the phone failed, so I had to use it on speakerphone.
The video card also freaked out from time to time, scrambling the display.
It doesn't seem to have enough grunt to run BBC iplayer - not exactly a deal breaker, but a shame.
I took it back to Decathlon and they refunded the money without hesitation.
If they updated it to fix these faults, I would look at it again.
