Huawei phone, not fit for purpose

veejay43

Actually posted this under mobile phones thread, but this is probably the right one
Got a Huawei phone on the 1st of May, had to take it back as i thought it was faulty,the battery didn't last very long. was having to charge it twice a day,they wouldn't replace with a different model, even though i offered to pay more, so got the same again,it is doing the same thing, it is ridiculous, and i hate it,it is the worst phone i have ever had
I have rung consumer protection and they advised going back again and telling them the phone isnt fir for purpose, i got it from the o2 shop

I pay £18 a month plus around £3-50 extra for the phone as an upgrade
Any advice please

Boomslang

Depends what you do with phone whether it is a fault or you are just a heavu user?

forgotmyname

Playing a game on my phone can kill it within an hour...

Sitting on the side unused it loses about 20% of its charge over 14 hours.

Mr_Singleton

What model is it and weren't you concerned with all the problems surrounding Huawei and Google?

mattyprice4004

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

What model is it and weren't you concerned with all the problems surrounding Huawei and Google?

He / she may have been well informed instead of panicking about this Huawei nonsense like everyone else has been doing.
There's no risk owning a Huawei phone, it'll still be updated and work as usual.

As with most things in life, pointless scaremongering has got everyone up in arms about nothing.
I don't have a Huawei phone, but I do have a laptop of theirs and I'm not worried (despite having background in network security and administration)

JJ_Egan

Its a budget phone with poor battery life on a few reviews .






The Y6 2018 is not very economical in terms of power consumption. Our review unit consumes 6.8 W under load, which is around 7% higher than average consumption under load for a Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 device. In terms of our comparison devices, the Y6 2018 consumes slightly less than the Moto G5s consumes but is significantly more consumptive under load than both the BQ Aquaris VS and the Nokia 2. Strikingly, the Y6 2018 uses around twice the energy at idle than an average of our comparison devices.






https://www.helpforsmartphone.com/public/en/huawei/y6/android-5-1/guides/14/Extend-battery-life-Huawei-Y6

molerat

JJ_Egan wrote: »

Its a budget phone with poor battery life on a few reviews .


The Y6 2018 is not very economical in terms of power consumption. Our review unit consumes 6.8 W under load, which is around 7% higher than average consumption under load for a Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 device. In terms of our comparison devices, the Y6 2018 consumes slightly less than the Moto G5s consumes but is significantly more consumptive under load than both the BQ Aquaris VS and the Nokia 2. Strikingly, the Y6 2018 uses around twice the energy at idle than an average of our comparison devices.

https://www.helpforsmartphone.com/public/en/huawei/y6/android-5-1/guides/14/Extend-battery-life-Huawei-Y6

How is it supposed to send all your info off to China without using power ?

JJ_Egan

Damn clever these Chinese.
Haweee have boxes on loads of telegraph poles .

veejay43

Thank you for your reply, i don't download anything, music/films,you tube, facebook, etc, i only use it for texts,and calls, but not even many calls, about 4 a day at most, and checking my bank
I have a landline so unless i am ringing another mobile i use that
I think i will take it back and say what consumer protection have said

oldagetraveller

JJ_Egan wrote: »

Damn clever these Chinese.
Haweee have boxes on loads of telegraph poles .

And my fibre broadband is supplied through a Weewei box at the end of my road. I wonder what information that is transmitting to China?:D

veejay43

I thought about selling it, but would whoever buys it be able to register it,as i bought it with a sim contract, don't want any comeback