Not sure if I did the review for the Robin, so here goes.
I've always eyed Robin for a while, as the regulars here now. Based on some things that's happened recently, I decided to make some changes and downsize. Now, if I was still into big phones, I could have really downsized for a ZTE Max Pro (
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cell-ph...pro-review/#/4). I settled on Robin becuase it still was offering me what I was looking for at a decent price.
The design is nice and funky looking. I'm used to the boxier look (from the HTC Diamond through to the Xperia Z3). Mine is the white and mint color combination...the darker blue and mint and the red (or yellow) + black models look nice too. It's a very symmetrical design. The screen is crisp (although I still think the Mi 5 was my favorite 1080P ever). The weight and in hand feel are nice. The stereo speakers are a welcome addition and the audio by headphone jack is solid. Robin's UI is OK. In comparison, I actually preferred MIUI by far, because the tweaks in that OS were more useful to me. Still, I put Nova launcher on this thing and it hums along nicely. The fingerprint scanner is nice and fast (not as fast as the Mi 5 though). The camera is OK. I think it's a bit better than the Maxx, so I can live with it. It holds onto signals OK.
My biggest con is the battery life. It was as bad as Trump's latest female comment. But in Robin's defense, there was an update I got this week that has made battery life a whole lot better. Now I can get through a day more comfortably again instead of feeling like I had to nurse the phone through the day - even on standby.
All in all, this was a nice pickup as a downgrade. While I could argue up until this week that the Nexus line would get better support, Robin was released this year which means I'm more likely to get Android N and O come next year. I would recommend this to someone who wants to run a cleaner daily driver and not be inundated with every single app around. Or a developer with competent hardware requirements. I plan to keep this even if I luck into a HTC 10, G5 or V20.
Approved by Z3 Tablet Compact!
