Z2 pro price has dropped below the pre-sale discount level

saikee

UMI may have suffered from the security glitches when launching the Z2 pro.  Basically z2 pro  created a storm when many users found the phone could lock itself out when it first rebooted.  Judging from the curent silence from the forum members here the flaw should have been substantially if not succesfully rectified after the first wifi update was released two days ago.  The damage, however, could have been done as many reported to have sent the phones back before the update was released.  

UMI might have left with more stock than it like and is now dropping the price secretly in the UMI shop.  The price you see in Aliexpress is higher than the price you have to pay when you decide to buy.   I got a Ceramic Edition as a presale order in August at £284 from Gearbest and has just ordered another one today for £260 from Aliexpress.  For some reason Gearbest is not taking any order for z2 pro which is now  priced at a much higher level than Aliexpress.  

My first z2 pro did have security problems as others but has been working normally if I opted not to use 2/3 of the available security functions, using only the password to start the phone thereafter using either the fingerprint or face to unlock.  After the first wifi update I get the last 2/3 of the security functions back and some minor improvements to the phone.

My second phone is for the wife as she is using her s2 pro which has given us no bother at all.  However we do get ac wifi, wireless charge and 4 instead of 3 cameras at higher definition with the z2 pro. S2 pro has been reported having an update difficulties with its missing support from the UMI OS.

This may be the time to get a cheap Z2 pro which were admitted by all purchasers looks a premium phone with premium gadgets now that the security glitches have been resolved.  The price drops apparently lasts for 3 days.

saikee

Just a couple of observations.

(1) Z2 Pro price has recovered in Aliexpress to the advertised level.

(2) For the last three days Gearbest appears to have stopped selling Z2 Pro.  Only accepts arrival notices and has marked up the prices for the entire z2 pro range.  Has Gearbest received too many return Z2 pro and in dispute with UMI?  Gearbest is selling the s2 pro significantly cheaper than Aliexpress in an attempt to get rid of the stock?

milkov

Hello, Saikee,
Please tell me if your Umi Z2 Pro has instability Wifi (interruptions)? This video show how my phone run WiFi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGyGOxilxu8 . This video is with N standart router.

Thanks in advance,
Best Regards,
Milko

saikee

milkov,

I have the second wifi update today to 0926 and my z2 pro now lost connection to the 5GHz band which is detected and usable using a laptop.

I do not know how to quantify wifi instability as this depends on the distance from the wifi source.  The z2 pro wifi connection was "satisfactory" with the 0920 update in my case but got worse with the new 0926.  It is very stable if I am close to the router or a powerline wifi extender.  Thus it does connect automatically the one with the stronger signal.

On balance I would say z2 pro, on Android 8, is slightly less stable than my s2 pro which has Android 7 and nowhere near as solid as a HP Spectre 360 laptop.