Need a smartphone with many features that is also inexpensive?

[Yesitisdakid]

Well if you do this one might fit the bill. I was walking through market plaza Mall here in Hua Hin passed a Banana electronic shop and this phone happened to catch my eye. 

ZTE Nubla v70

So I spent some time examining it is a 1.6 quad core. 6 GB of RAM 128 GB of onboard storage and it will hold a memory card. The selfie camera is 8 megapixel the rear camera is 50 megapixel and it has a 2 megapixel macro camera. I was super impressed with the build quality it's a solid phone nice looking 6.7 inch display HD resolution it looked very good a 120 GHz refresh rate. Runs Android 15 which I believe is the latest water resistant dust resistant to ip54. It's a dual SIM phone I think maybe if you want to use the second Sim you could not use a memory card with it but I'm not for certain. A 6,000 mAh battery and 22 watt fast charging Comes with an 18-month warranty. 

The reviews I've read are okay the downside were not for heavy gamers and the camera in low light suffers no different than my xiaomi phones so that's not an issue knowing that going in. I've got three phones now and don't need one but I almost bought this damn phone just to play with it. The price 2999 baht. That's at the banana store it's available on Lazada as well. While you don't hear much about the phone itself Nubla the parent company ZTE has been around for quite a while doing research on them they're quite big in China. 90 US dollars would be worth a risk to me anyway if I was needing a phone. I might still buy the damn thing and I don't need one 😂

 

Edited November 21, 2025 by Yesitisdakid

[sakik2024]

Thanks for your help. I just ordered it. 

[Yesitisdakid]

39 minutes ago, sakik2024 said:

Thanks for your help. I just ordered it. 

Please let me know how you feel about it I'm very close to going and picking one up just for shits and giggles. It looks like a great social media everyday phone for somebody who's not a heavy gamer

[Derek Dangleberries]

Looks perfect for me mate ... I get UK Gov "double pension" next month.... I think I'll get one too !!

[Derek Dangleberries]

2 minutes ago, Yesitisdakid said:

Please let me know how you feel about it I'm very close to going and picking one up

@sakik2024 Me too mate .. but remember I'm an old man brought up on valve radios, CRT TVs and Abaci .... So keep it simple please !!!

[boydeste]

@Painter

A cheap option for you?

[Painter]

9 minutes ago, boydeste said:

@Painter

A cheap option for you?

30 minutes too late!!!!

[Derek Dangleberries]

1 hour ago, Yesitisdakid said:

The reviews I've read are okay the downside were not for heavy gamers and the camera in low light

It also has "a single bottom-firing speaker" which could prove embarrassing if you're having afternoon tea with the vicar ... 

[Yesitisdakid]

This is a very good YouTube review of the three models they make in looking at the video of the three models it seems the cheapest model has the biggest battery the newest Android operating system as well. And as well it has the largest screen of any of the three models despite being the least expensive

 

Edited November 21, 2025 by Yesitisdakid

[Bazle]

It seems it doesn't support 5G.

[Yesitisdakid]

10 minutes ago, Bazle said:

It seems it doesn't support 5G.

Yes 4G I have yet to purchase a 5G phone haven't seen the need the 4G phones I've been using up to this point have been perfect for me I guess there's some benefit if it's because they're faster I don't know how much faster I need my 4G phone to be to be honest

Edited November 21, 2025 by Yesitisdakid

[Yesitisdakid]

Even cheaper on shopee by 200 baht

Edited November 21, 2025 by Yesitisdakid

[Painter]

38 minutes ago, Yesitisdakid said:

Yes 4G I have yet to purchase a 5G phone haven't seen the need the 4G phones I've been using up to this point have been perfect for me I guess there's some benefit if it's because they're faster I don't know how much faster I need my 4G phone to be to be honest

I've just (literally 30 minutes before Larry posted this) a samsung a17, but the 4g version. Thought about the 5g, but (a) my sim is only a 3g sim, (I know a trip to a dtac shop would get me an upadated 5g sim) and a 3g sim wouldn't work on a 5g phone, (b) it was 2000b cheaper, (c) my uk phone is 5g but only works on 4g and is plenty fast enough for what I need. 

[galenkia]

1 hour ago, Bazle said:

It seems it doesn't support 5G.

It won’t give you Covid then.

👍

[Yesitisdakid]

15 minutes ago, Painter said:

I've just (literally 30 minutes before Larry posted this) a samsung a17, but the 4g version. Thought about the 5g, but (a) my sim is only a 3g sim, (I know a trip to a dtac shop would get me an upadated 5g sim) and a 3g sim wouldn't work on a 5g phone, (b) it was 2000b cheaper, (c) my uk phone is 5g but only works on 4g and is plenty fast enough for what I need. 

You can't go wrong with Samsung it's pretty obvious but the value for the specifications on that phone that I posted are pretty amazing worth the risk I would think for $90 US. I've yet to own a 5G phone I can't see the benefit of it. At some point probably not in my lifetime 4G will be phased out and 5G will only be available of course it'll be second tier to what will probably become 6G we evolve

[Yesitisdakid]

Of course for those who need the best of the best

[Yesitisdakid]

Okay I took one for the team I went back today and they were on sale even further 2799 85 us all the homework I did on it tells me that it's great I'll see for myself after I set it up and report back over and out

[boydeste]

20 hours ago, Painter said:

I've just (literally 30 minutes before Larry posted this) a samsung a17, but the 4g version. Thought about the 5g, but (a) my sim is only a 3g sim, (I know a trip to a dtac shop would get me an upadated 5g sim) and a 3g sim wouldn't work on a 5g phone, (b) it was 2000b cheaper, (c) my uk phone is 5g but only works on 4g and is plenty fast enough for what I need. 

How did the transfer go?

Have you any hair left?

[Painter]

10 minutes ago, boydeste said:

How did the transfer go?

Have you any hair left?

Time consuming, and not stress free, but all seems to be working....

[Yesitisdakid]

Okay so I got this new phone set up took about an hour and then another hour to get all the apps and everything I needed where I wanted them. There was no blip in the system everything went very smoothly. The phone is very quick and I have 93 apps on it.

 

It does not have an IR blaster which I'll miss because I like using it for remotes when I travel for the TV and the air conditioners makes life a little easier. It does have a separate AI camera that I found interesting to play with you can take photos and it has the Magic Eraser that can take things out of the photos kind of interesting to play with. I think it's becoming common on a lot of phones but I'm not sure if this price point. 

 

The fingerprint sensor is brilliant much better than the one I've had on my xiaomi phones it's very responsive. The phone handles two SIM cards as well as a SD card my xiaomi phones will hold one SD card and one sim card or two SIM cards and no SD so this is a plus as well. 

Well set up and played with it a while I just can't see any faults with it I'll use it as my regular number one phone for a month and see how I feel about it after that. I'm happy with the camera quality I put some photos up the one photo of the roof line and the next photo is zoomed two times

Not sure you're going to find a phone anywhere near this one for $85

[boydeste]

4 hours ago, Yesitisdakid said:

Okay so I got this new phone set up took about an hour and then another hour to get all the apps and everything I needed where I wanted them. There was no blip in the system everything went very smoothly. The phone is very quick and I have 93 apps on it.

 

It does not have an IR blaster which I'll miss because I like using it for remotes when I travel for the TV and the air conditioners makes life a little easier. It does have a separate AI camera that I found interesting to play with you can take photos and it has the Magic Eraser that can take things out of the photos kind of interesting to play with. I think it's becoming common on a lot of phones but I'm not sure if this price point. 

 

The fingerprint sensor is brilliant much better than the one I've had on my xiaomi phones it's very responsive. The phone handles two SIM cards as well as a SD card my xiaomi phones will hold one SD card and one sim card or two SIM cards and no SD so this is a plus as well. 

Well set up and played with it a while I just can't see any faults with it I'll use it as my regular number one phone for a month and see how I feel about it after that. I'm happy with the camera quality I put some photos up the one photo of the roof line and the next photo is zoomed two times

Not sure you're going to find a phone anywhere near this one for $85

Have you got the camera on maximum quality setting for those pictures above?

[Yesitisdakid]

8 hours ago, boydeste said:

Have you got the camera on maximum quality setting for those pictures above?

No idea couldn't tell you. I don't think I've ever dicked with any of the settings on My mobile's when I've taken photos I'm not a photographer I wouldn't know anything about aperture and the likes all I do is turn it on and snap away and up to this point including now I've been happy with the results.

[boydeste]

6 hours ago, Yesitisdakid said:

No idea couldn't tell you. I don't think I've ever dicked with any of the settings on My mobile's when I've taken photos I'm not a photographer I wouldn't know anything about aperture and the likes all I do is turn it on and snap away and up to this point including now I've been happy with the results.

I wasn't referring to any fancy settings mate. Just whether it's on the maximum Megga pixel setting

Many camera's default to a smaller Mp so that the file size is kept low.

Those pictures will be much sharper, especially on zoom if there is a higher setting. 

Think that phone is capable of 50Mp.

Edit, just did a bit of googling and it looks like the default setting on that model is 50Mp.

 

Edited November 23, 2025 by boydeste

[Yesitisdakid]

2 hours ago, boydeste said:

I wasn't referring to any fancy settings mate. Just whether it's on the maximum Megga pixel setting

Many camera's default to a smaller Mp so that the file size is kept low.

Those pictures will be much sharper, especially on zoom if there is a higher setting. 

Think that phone is capable of 50Mp.

Edit, just did a bit of googling and it looks like the default setting on that model is 50Mp.

 

Yeah I had a look the default is 50 megapixel. The photos are a lot better than I was expecting I still can't get over the fact they produce this phone for $85. It has the same or better specifications than my xiaomi that I love but I paid 6000 baht for or about 200 US. I'm not getting real excited about it just yet I'll see what happens in 30 days but the early use of it has been really really good we shall see

[sakik2024]

The phone arrived yesterday and it kicks ass. The only issue is getting used to the fingerprint reader on the side.