European users of Intex Aquafish share your experience

answered 2016-10-16 17:35:04 +0300

Bart S
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I have one since mid of August 2016 replacing my good ol' Nokia N8 (which now still is my alarm clock). Bought through e-bay and probably slipped through as there was no import tax or VAT added. Total cost: €95,99

I think the square design with the orange backside is quite ok. The materials are cheap, but what to expect for less than 100 Euro. Operation is smooth, much smoother than I expected. The camera image quality is so so, but for taking pictures I have a DSLR.

So far everything is working, however, there are some issues in the OS that needs to be addressed: some examples:

• notifications from Android apps is not 100%
• since Sailfish OS 2.0.2.51 there are some kind of soft resets closing all applications, but the system keeps running
• calendars getting duplicated
• mobile data getting disabled

The phone connects to 4G (Netherlands) and it runs all applications that I need (including android apps)

One disadvantage: The usb connector is on top of the phone which is making it difficult for me to make a call while charging (the connector irritates my ear), and in the car the charger cable will go from top of the phone to somewhere below the phone for the 12V plug.

I don't have a Jolla device, so I cannot compare. I ordered this phone because I wanted to try Sailfish OS

answered 2016-10-23 17:11:51 +0300

Dimi
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I'm using the Intex Aqua Fish for a month now and encountered 2 major downsides:

1 I'm unable to connect the phone properly to my carkit (Volvo C30).

and 2 which is a very bad one is this.

All the rest works fine.

answered 2016-10-29 23:24:43 +0300

Cmdr_Zod
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updated 2017-07-11 02:19:37 +0300

I imported an Aqua Fish to Switzerland and I currently carry it together with my original Jolla (I always do this when buying a new phone to get used to it and after a few days/weeks, I switch over to the new one). My old Jolla now loses its WWAN-connection about once a day and needs a reboot to "fix" it, so I will switch to the Intex once Saifish OS 2.0.4 is available for it.

So, how do they compare?

• WWAN; I use Sunrise SIM-cards in both devices (at the same time); in city areas (with dense population) there is no difference, in more rural areas, the Aqua Fish falls back to 3G (with HSDPA), while the Jolla 1 is still on 4G. The coverage (ignoring the speed) is the same for my daily usage. The providers are using the higher frequency to cover dense areas, and in rural regions, they use 800MHz, because it allows to have larger areas covered with one cell tower. 3G seems to be good enough for all my mobile needs like surfing the Web, SSH or modRana (application for Open Streetmap)

  With Tethering, 3G is limiting my user experience, I need more bandwidth on a notebook because the websites are larger, and I am faster checking websites and opening new tabs/links.

• Display: Handling the larger Aqua Fish with one hand is sometimes a bit of a problem, but the additional screen size is an advantage. At the beginning, I had the impression that browsers were not always making use of the additional screen size, but I no longer see that.
• Status LED: The Aqua Fish has a status LED, but it is white only. I really miss the different colors of the Jolla 1
• Camera: The optical coating of my Jolla 1 is really scratched, but the pictures of the Aqua Fish are still not much better (In fact, I would still prefer the camera in my old Nokia N900 over the Jolla 1 and Aqua Fish).
• Performance: I can't tell to much about CPU power, I don't have the impression to have more performance at hand. I tend to have a lot of open tabs in the browser, and this works much better on the Aqua Fish, probably because of the additional memory.
• File system: The Aqua Fish is using ext4. I expect ext4 to be more robust, especially when running out of disk space.
• Battery life: Can't really compare it right now, as I don't use these two devices in the same way. Right now, I miss the option to get a spare battery for the Intex phone (I have one for the Jolla, but to be honest, I did not run ouf of battery since I have a spare). I have the impression that the Intex is loosing quite a bit of charge over night, just sitting on the table, with not activity, beside being on the WWAN connection.
• Build quality: The Intex seems to be made a bit cheaper than the Jolla 1 (The logo on the backside has already lost its "x", the letters are made of silver plastic in a molded recess), but it is not bad. The packaging contains a protective film for the screen, but I did not apply it, because I always carry my phone in a belt pouch. Only time will tell how the device copes with daily use. UPDATE 20161110: I managed to scratch my display somehow (just a tiny scratch, I have now Idea how it happened) and will now apply a protective screen.
• FM radio: There was no autoscan and no speaker mode in SFOS 2.0.2 (finding the stations was really cumbersome), both should be fixed in version 2.0.4. I used to listen a lot to FM Radio on the N900, no idea if I will again start listening to it on the Aqua Fish. It is 2016, and i would clearly prefer a DAB+ tuner.
• Power/volume buttons: The power button and the volume buttons have switched their position, which takes some time to getting used to it (I often used the power button to turn on the screen, and now I hit "volume up").
• Shape: The original device had an easily distinguishable front and backside (rounded edge on the long side of the device and on the short edge of the other half ), which made it easy to blindly grab the phone and always hold it the right way. This is of course a small detail, but it is really handy, and I miss it on the Aqua Fish.

Conclusion: I would buy the Intex again. At the price I paid, it is really a bargain. I already ordered a second device as a spare, because at the price for the device + shipping, I would probably not send it back to India for a repair, should it fail during or after its warranty period.

What I miss the most on the Aqua Fish are the colors of the status LED.

answered 2016-11-10 22:41:39 +0300

martonmiklos
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I have purchased one from India about a month ago.

I do not use any Android apps, and I only have wifi connection.

I did not had high expectations because of the price range. (My father always told me that miracles does not exists: you get what you paid for.)

SW wise: As a first usage step I have performed Coderus's "cheat" on my device, so it is pretty much the same experience what I have used to with the JP1.

The UI feels a bit more fluid and faster than the JP1 thanks to the RAM I think.

HW wise: It has a feeling that it is a cheap phone. The plastics, the molding residuals on the lock button. Somehow the JP1 was felt a higher grade phone (yes it started from a way higher price range) .

First it was hard to get used to the unlock button position. My Nokia N9 had it below the volume buttons, the JP1 had it above, now it have at the middle.

The camera quality is worse than the JP1. I have not made direct comparisons, but in average it makes noisy pictures.

The battery life is better, however my JP1 had ~1year old battery.

My favourite feature the LUX in the lock screen pulley menu did not worked at first, but I got it fixed.

Anyway I think it was a good buy, in the same price range I could have bought a low end Android device, which would have much more compromises I think.

answered 2016-11-11 17:46:00 +0300

evo3de
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Please enter your 4G expirience at this list https://together.jolla.com/question/151080/wiki-intex-aquafish-provider-compatibility-list/

answered 2016-11-19 00:00:26 +0300

fstrahlm
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updated 2016-11-19 13:35:29 +0300

I've had the af for approx 2 weeks now and it's been a rocky start. I like the hardware (part from the white-only led) but I've had quite a few issues getting started:

First I couldn't retrieve my backup from the sd card. This lead me straight to problem nr two. When I tried transferring my contacts via bluetooth from my Jolla 1 I couldn't get the phones to pair up. After several attempts I managed to get the two connected and began the sync. Only half of my contacts were transferred. However after a few attempts I got all contacts over to the aquafish.

Once again I had trouble with the bluetooth as it was difficult to get it to pair up with my car(Audi A5). once it did, the phone dropped the bluetooth so I couldn't use it.

Finally I've had some trouble uninstalling gaana as it has randomly popped back. However the situation seems to be fixed.

A minor issue I've also encountered is that the phone doesn't always warn about low battery.

That's all I can think of at the moment, I'll add stuff if I encounter other problems