Most Exciting Iron Feature

gruffles

With the exciting news of the UMI Iron being shipped I thought it may be a good idea to contunue to build on the excitement!

And what better way to do this then with a poll?! Which Iron feature are you most excited about?

For me, I'm very interested in the health features (as it's a general interest for me anyway!) and the camera. I'm looking forward to taking some nice pictures to share here!

rhen

I think Iron is a good all arounder with a good build quality.
It doesn't have any big weakness nor strength except the all metal build. I mean, that not just the back cover is metal, but the inside frame of the phone.
I think maybe this is the best feature for me.

The Eyeverify looks good on paper, but after I saw a number of reviews, it looks like I will not use it, since you have to hold the phone too close to your face (15cm) and takes too long to unlock the device. Some report says that it can be 20 second on bad case.

I'm exciting about the heart rate sensing too, but I don't have much expectation about it since it uses the proximity and light sensor to measure. I don't know how accurate is, but I will test it when I finally get the phone. Maybe I'm wrong and it will work great.

I had big expectation for the camera because the good sensor and bright lens, but it looks like the camera is good only on paper.
I'm still hoping that the phone I'll get has a better camera than the review units. I have seen a unit with a camera that has f2.8 brightness and another one with f2.2. None with the advertised f2.0.
Also I'm not sure about the sensor, but looking at the photos it seem like not the sensor is the biggest issue with the review units but the lens.

gruffles

rhen replied at 2015-7-30 15:05
I think Iron is a good all arounder with a good build quality.
It doesn't have any big weakness nor  ...

Thanks for your vote!
Just in regards to the camera and the reviews. It seems the latest reviews on gizchina are using a phone with a very old ROM version (0.5) with the actual version attending to most of those concerns.

I'll be getting my Iron soon so I look forward to letting everyone know how it goes!

rhen

gruffles replied at 2015-7-30 18:25
Thanks for your vote!
Just in regards to the camera and the reviews. It seems the latest reviews  ...

You can't fix a lens error in software (eg. blurred images on the sides of the image, lens flares, purple fringing etc). Also can't change the lens physical parameters like f number. (you can update the software to write other info into EXIF data, but that would be just cheating.)
But it can fix the uneven color of the image. I hope it will be fixed.

Anyway, I'm sure this will be my best phone to date so no complaining.

V8Torrent

Just got my IRON today and I'm starting to get a hold on it... first time Android 5.1 user also.. but my HAMMER has been a great phone so I expect the same from the IRON.