Rongyue E5 5G - new phone

Rongyue E5 5G

$43.89

Unisoc processor
Android 13
5G
2GB RAM+32GB
Network Bands:
2G: GSM: B2/B3/B5/B8
3G: WCDMA: B1/2/5/8
4G: LTE FDD: B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20//B28
4G: LTE TDD: B34/B38/B39/B40/B41
5G NR: N1/3/5/8/20/28/40/41/48/79
Camera : Rear Camera 5.0MP, Front Camera 2.0MP

Link to Aliexpress

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Those bands aren’t great for the US.

Maybe in some areas on T-Mobile?

Zero U.S. bands

5G also not?

limited

Maybe 1 band? Wouldn’t matter anyway, right now you need VoLTE In the United States, which 5G can’t give you

I think it’s made by some Chinese company who thinks they’ll trick users of basic phones, such as are discussed on this forum, to buy it without researching bands and so forth. It’s bound to be a disappointment. With that retail price, I’m guessing its wholesale price might be $20, and its hardware be actually worth $10. Beware.

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Would this work well in israel?

In terms of bands, basically yes, (5G can cause problems)
But my friend who bought it, hasn’t tried it yet

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I ordered one to UK. Got is yesterday. Didn’t even bother testing properly it looks so bad. Quality feels absolutely junk, and just by turning on and seeing the resolution I put back into the box to return. Just moving between apps and scrolling through home screen without downloading or adding anything, it was already extremely slow. Don’t bother, it’s that price for a reason.

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Maybe a custom ROM would help?

Especially since it looks like it ships with Google bloatware.

If the phone is that half baked, then the ROM is probably very unoptimized.

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