I bought a Umdigi F1 Play in January after skipping off on the Black Friday deals online as I was waiting for the newest model F2 but was very skeptical of Alibaba and extra charges and the fact its coming all the way from China, and Chinese companies in general. At first I was skeptical, after I read a few reviews (it happens with all companies that a few phones will have problems).
In January I found the model based on F1 model with higher ram, and and a flash deal on Amazon.
They seem to have have all the bands ready for the U.S market, as they are trying to do what other Chinese companies have done...to get known in the U.S which is what most companies that want to establish a reputation around the world. I would buy from Amazon, instead of directly from them to avoid any return problems, if it pops up.
I've never had any technical problems with the phone or reception. The speaker ear piece could be a bit louder (a lot of phones have that problem now due to compactness I think), but the play speaker is quite loud, which is a nice surprise. The RAM and ROM was way above and beyond the amounts of high end flagship phones, and the battery lasts several days and the phone was quite good for the price as a supposedly budget phone. Beats all the brands hands down for quality, features and price.
Most / all of their phones have terrible cameras . Not just photo quality, but just bad design all round. High megapixel counts but the quality is not that great.
For me its a great utility phone for being a phone and computer. I will drag out my real camera, if I need really good quality photos that I want to frame
