My Z Pro died so I bought a Z1

AndyLovesFuzz

\n\nI wanted to post this in the Z1 forum but the administrator hasn't allowed posting in that forum yet.

I bought a Z pro and the screen cracked, so I replaced it with another Z pro but this one arrived with a faulty battery. It eventually bricked itself and Amazon had run out of Z pros, so I ordered a Z1.

My Z1 arrived today. I expected it to be an upgrade, but I'm not entirely sure.

• The CPU is different (see comparison) but I haven't noticed any speed difference yet.
• My Z pro is running Android 7.1 but the Z1 is still on 7.0 at the moment.
• The rear cameras on the Z1 are noticeably worse. I'm not sure if this is a firmware issue. I took a photo outside in broad daylight and the quality was terrible. Zoom in to see:
  

If the camera issue is not resolved then I think I'll have to send back yet another phone

AndyLovesFuzz

Here's an example of the battery issue. I hardly used the phone all day and it went down to 37%. I used the phone for 24 minutes and the battery went down to 23%.

AndyLovesFuzz

I managed to get my old Z Pro working again somehow, so I was able to compare the cameras side by side:

Z pro:


Z1:

Ricey155

All that glitters is not gold

li0nsar3c00l

I am actually really interested in getting a thinner Z Pro, but I wonder, why it doesn't seem like an upgrade.
Thanks for the comparisson!

li0nsar3c00l

can you post further comparisson?

AndyLovesFuzz

\n\nI've attached benchmarks so you can get a better idea of what's what. The Z1 is slower than the Z Pro in general (slower CPU, slower memory), but has much faster read/write access. Having used both, I haven't noticed one being faster than the other.

My Z1 kept crashing every time I enabled bluetooth which made it unusable for me, so I bought a 3rd Z pro. All three Z pros have had a similar issue where the battery drains in under a day without me really using the device. My Z1 on the other hand lasts two days with constant use.

To be honest I think I'm going to send them all back and use a different brand. All the phones I've had have been so close to being great, but with one or two small things letting them down.

MarcinP

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AndyLovesFuzz replied at 2017-8-2 00:48
I've attached benchmarks so you can get a better idea of what's what. The Z pro is slower in general ...

There is update available fixing screen colours temperature and camera optimization. 2017/06/27. Please update and test again!
Also please send pictures to PC or directly to TV etc and compare on same screen but not on phone screen.

AndyLovesFuzz

I am already using this version on my Z Pro, although I had to update manually because the OTA updater doesn't find any new versions. I do not have any camera issues on my Z Pro and it does not help the battery issue.

SUPER-USER

Battery drain is still a big problem.
Also the current update (UMIDIGI_Z_Pro.V7.01_20170710) has not improved anything.

On the way to work (about one hour) I use Waze.
My UMI Super (4000 mAh) has consumed about 12-13% battery.
My UMIDIGI Z Pro (3780 mAH) consumes about 25-30% battery.

The battery is only minimally smaller, but consumes twice as much power.
What is the reason for that?

AndyLovesFuzz

That's essentially the issue I'm having. Even leaving my Z pro on my desk with the screen off and no running apps uses about 5% of the battery per hour.