Escher W999 (Star S4) - PandaWill.com

Brand: Escher
Model: W999
Purchased from: PandaWill.com

I bought this cellphone on May 3rd and I got it by May 30th. On PandaWill.com it is named "Star S4 Smartphone", but its real brand is Escher.

Item was sent from Singapore through registered air mail and it took less than 1 month to get it in El Salvador. It was really fast this time.

I got it for $99.99 at PandaWill.com. It was on a clearance sale. It usually costs $201.99.

The package included 1x cellphone, 1x 2300 mAh battery, 1x USB cable, 1x US charger, 1x flip cover, and 1x user manual. Everything was well packed.

The screen is 5.0 inches, 1280 x 720 pixels, capacitive touch screen.

It's factory unlocked, works with 2G: GSM 900/1800MHz and 3G: WCDMA 2100MHz. It has dual SIM card, dual stand by, one of them is a micro-SIM card slot.

I had a problem here. The cellphone's description on PandaWill.com said (and still says) it works with 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900Mhz networks and 3G: WCDMA 2100MHz networks, but when I got it I found it only works with 2G: GSM 900/1800MHz networks and 3G: WCDMA 2100MHz networks. I tried different SIM cards but it only got signal for Digicel SIM cards (a Salvadorean company that uses a 900MHz network and that isn't so common between people). After that, I did some research and found many pages saying what I just wrote about the cellphone's working networks. I already notified PandaWill.com to get that problem solved. I got a 5% off coupon to use in my next purchase because I didn't want to send my cellphone back to China to be checked by them. They still don't fix its description until this day (July 20th, 2014).

The cellphone has dual cameras. Front camera is 2.0MP and back camera is 8.0MP, full HD, with flash light and auto focus. Both cameras work really nice and take good pictures and videos.

It works with Android 4.1 OS. You can download lots of apps and games for it from Play Store or from other websites.

Size is good, not too big and not too small, it's perfect for most of the people. Screen is very bright and clear. Wifi navigation is very fast. Battery lasts almost 1 and a half days with regular use, almost 1 day with frequent use, and almost 2 days or a little more with low use.

Music player is nice and sounds a pretty loud, video player is nice too. Calling is very easy.

It has 1GB RAM and 4GB ROM; CPU is Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8225Q, Cortex A5 quad core, 1.2GHz; GPU is Adreno 203. Performance is quite enough for a cellphone with those characteristics. Not an awesome phone, but not a total waste. It can be a little slow sometimes, although I haven't installed too many apps on it. I'm using a 4GB micro SD card, and it still has 2GB of free space.

Overall, the cellphone has great appearance and performance, it looks like a Samsung Galaxy S4. Until now, the only bad thing I've found is what I wrote before that it turns slower sometimes even though I haven't installed too many apps or games, but it's not all the time.

I was checking PandaWill.com to see if this cellphone is available now, but I found it was sold out. Some days ago I checked and the last ones were being sold for only $84.99.




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