Wileyfox is a british startup which has risen as one of the most interesting in Europe for low-cost smartphones. Their phones are also characterized by having CyanogenMod as ROM and this is noticeable when trying to fiddle with the smartphone, since instead of hindering that special Android experience to modify what one wants, it helps to ROOT and install other ROMs if desired, apart from being up to date when it comes to Android.
Wileyfox Spark X is one of your most serious bets for a smartphone which was released 4 months ago and characterized by a 5,5 ″ screen, 2 GB of RAM, a 1,3 GHz Mediatek quad-core chip and a 13 MP rear camera plus an 8MP front camera. A smartphone that does not exceed € 149,99 and that is distinguished from others by having CyanogenMod, so, if at any time you have gone through that ROM in your terminal, you already know what you adhere to, in a positive way , with this phone.
A phone with CyanogenMod
This is the biggest feature from my perspective being with the Spark X. A CyanogenMod that has proven its worth by contributing many ROMs to the Android community, when it was in need of a group of developers who knew how to get the most out of the hardware of a brand that overlooked the optimal conditions in the software.
Thanks to those years, CyanogenMod has made a name for itself and any of the devices that are launched on the market with CM have their own unique appeal. This is what happens with Spark X, a smartphone that performs exceedingly well in all its terms and that you can get at a low cost to be able to fiddle with it if you feel like it. This is another of its best aspects, since you will feel that the phone is really yours and that you do not have to ask permission to put your hands wherever you want.
In its specifications we find a great balance to have a quad-core MediaTek chip, 5,5 ″ HD screen, 2 GB of RAM, 16GB internal memory with micro SD option and a 2.200mAh battery. It also has dual SIM and Android 6.0.1 in the form of CyanogenMod 13. It hits the perfect battery day and is a phone that offers a very good Android experience.
Spark X Specifications
- 5,5 ″ HD IPS LCD 1280 x 720 267 ppi screen
- 1,37GHz Mediatek quad-core chip
- GPU Mali T720
- 2 GB of RAM
- 13 MP rear camera recording at 1080p
- 8 MP front camera
- Battery 3.000 mAh
- Android 6.0.1 CM13
- Weight: 163 grams
- Dual SIM
Your 2 little handicaps
Two small handicaps for what is a phone that offers great performance for its price. First is the little resolution it has, only HD (1280 x 720), being a smartphone with a 5,5 ″ screen. Sure you can't ask for everything, but if it had hovered over Full HD, it would have been a round phone.
The other point that I see negative is that it is located the speaker at the bottom rear. It may be that I am used to the Xperia Z5 that has the two stereo speakers placed at the top and bottom of the front, but it is a detail that I did not want to miss.
Otherwise, very good impressions for a terminal at a cost of € 149,99, in the absence of the analysis that will arrive soon from these same lines.