Blackview BV9100 (2019) Rugged Smartphone with 13000mAh battery (60 days standby), 6.3'' FHD+ IP68 outdoor Android 9.0 mobile phone, Octa Core 4GB + 64GB, 30W Fast Charge, 16MP+16MP NFC OTG Gray

Bought this beast back in November 2019, been my main phone ever since.First impressions: BRICK AND A HALF. You could give a solid whack with this one (not recommended).Upsides:Insane battery life, 5+ days easy even when using the thing constantlyGreat display, bit of oddball aspect ratio but whatever doesn't matterTHERE'S AN OPTION TO HIDE SOFT KEYS HELL YES, bit more screen real estateCheap cheapy McCheapReliable and hella sensitive fingerprint reader, also yay for back and home functions available on it woop woopDownsides:CPU is kind of slow but I don't really notice any lag and there's a lot running in the backgroundNeeds a special wall wart to shove angry pixies fast enough to charge quicklyComes with EU charger, no adapter in the box

Very happy with this phone. I required a solid phone for on site and it has done reasonably well. I have got a small crack on the screen though in less than 3 months. The camera quality is pretty poor overall with underpar photos even with the steadiest of hands. The battery is brilliant, for example I charged it for when I awoke yesterday morning at 6am, used as a sat nav to and from work and streamed Spotify until 3pm yesterday and today, my phone is currently at 55% on day 2. I will probably charge the phone again tomorrow. You will need a 30w charger which I got on Amazon and will charge your phone in 2 hours. The phone comes with a lead.

I bought this phone 6 months ago. Now I have screen problems at least 20 times a day . The GPS and the network connections are horrible I m loosing my Network all the time. When it starts raining the screen became unworkable. Also the battery was that long life from the first 4 months.. Now 9 hours and it's done . Also the fast charger it's not that fast anymore. This product is Cheap with reason! Bluetooth is getting reconnected by himself have a issue to keep the Bluetooth convected to my car also I am using Bluetooth headphones all day it disconnected my headphones in every half an hour. The all software it's twice slower then before even when I start my camera it froze for 3-4 sec before the camera started. But the screen problems are most often I have to lock and unlock the phone and then the frozen screen is disappearing.

So, the obvious first, it is heavy - about 3x the weight of my Motorola G4. It is also about 3x as thick. This is as described so don't be surprised by it.The not so good features:The high speed charger (and you need to use a high speed charger if you don't have all day) is a 2 pin not UK so you need an adaptor which is annoying (and one is not supplied to go with the charger).The nicely fitted screen protector (a spare is supplied too) was covered with a removable film. Unfortunately, pulling the tab to remove it took the screen protector off too. So now I have bubbles under it where dust got on the glass.It is really irritating that you can't fine tune alerts - There is no show silently option and no way to pick which apps display on the lock screen - very much an all or nothing approach I have not seen on other phones I have had.An odd and annoying problem I had was the 5GHz wifi stopped connecting to my home wifi after a week. Tried all sorts and finally found that connecting to another 5GHz wifi for a while then enabled me to connect to my home wifi again (took a while to figure out and even factory reset the phone first).Slightly disappointed that a user of this phone said it had already been updated to Android 10 when is has not, it is still on 9. Time will tell how often updates get pushed outGood pointsThe finger print reader works way better than my works phone.The screen is clear and bright (if a slightly unusual aspect ratio) and both audio and video play well.Very few installed apps that I don't want (that are not removable) unlike some phones I have had.The main reason I bought this was to use as a GPS when out walking. So far I have only tested in GPS tracking mode (that I mostly use) with Guru Maps - Running this on and off for 18hs over the 6 days between charges it only used about 4% of the battery. Pretty impressive. GPS Test shows a good number of satellites are detected so the accuracy if pretty good so pleased with that.The supplied ear buds (USB C) seem quite nice but you might want to use BT rather than plugin to avoid having to keep removing the waterproof cover over the USB socket.Not really tested the camera, but seems good, and not yet tried it underwaterUpdate after a few weeks usage:GPS using Guru maps, in navigation mode, used very little battery on an all day walk, very impressed.Less impressed that yet again the 5GHz network at home fails to connect (after 2 weeks rather than one as before). This time the alternative network I used to get it working also fails. Either network will connect for a matter of a second before it disconnects, then tries again. After doing this repeatedly the network gets set as disabled - VERY annoying so dropping a star for this

This is the second Blackview phone i have had. I have only had the phone for 3 days but it is working perfectly at the moment and the GPS is noticeably more efficient than my older Blackview phone. It was easy to set up and transfer all the data from my old phone to this one.I have downloaded lots of apps , plenty of maps and various other data aswell as all the other setting up features and 3 days later the battery is still on 72 percent which is impressive.The screen is way clearer in sunlight than my previous phone which i wasnt expecting.In all, the early signs are that this will be a decent outdoor phone that has a long battery life.

Switching from an iPhone to this was daunting at the time but haven't missed it. I have enjoyed this phone for the 9 months I've had it. However, a big however, the touchscreen has progressively got worse. It seems to have a glitch where it'll stop working every 5 seconds or so and will have to lock the phone then unlock the phone for it to work. I've had to do it 5 times while writing this review. That's the most disappointing thing with the phone. Apparently it's because of the RAM, isn't enough free. If this phone had 6g or 8g it would be fine. Battery life is great. Most I've gone is a 6 days with full use before charging. Now I'm just stuck with this phone with a screen that sometimes works

This excellent phone battery backup is really good but it is really heavy and after few months screen broken and problem is can't find the screen replacement

Excellent bit of kit , battery life is remarkable but comes at the cost of weight and thickness but doesnt bother me at all.