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GROUP TEST  BUDGET PHONES
                                                                              BEST FOR
                                                                              PHOTOS
                                          £219








                                                                                                     SOFT TOUCH
                                                                                                      €  e fi ngerprint
                                                                                                     scanner sits right
                                                                                                     where your index
                                                                                                   fi nger naturally rests,
                                                                                                   so you barely have to
                                                                                                     make a gesture to
                                                                                                     unlock the phone.




                                                                                                      LET US PAY
                                                                                                    With NFC to add to
                                                                                                    the fi nger scanner,
                                                                                                   the phone is perfectly
                                                                                                    equipped for Android
                                                                                                     Pay, letting you
                                                                                                      treat it like a
                                                                                                     contactless card.























                               NOW       Wileyfox Swift 2 X  Price £219 / stuff.tv/Swift2X
                               APP
                               THIS     What’s the story?       with that bit more detail in your   €  e popular Snapdragon 430
                                        Want to buy British? €  at’ll be   photos. However, keep your   processor makes this phone
                   Adobe Photoshop Fix  the Wileyfox Swift 2 X, then.   expectations in check because   run fairly fast, although gamers
                   £free                It was designed in London. But   shots still end up looking a bit   will have to fi ddle with the
                   A lot of smartphone   yes, inevitably, it’s still made in   fuzzy at night or indoors.   graphics settings on a few
                   photo-fi ddling involves   China. Sorry.                               console-like picks.
                   just tapping a fi lter   €  is is an aff ordable phone   Is it any good?  It may not have the amazing
                   button and hoping for   that pokes at the mid-range   €  e Wileyfox Swift 2 X looks   battery of the Lenovo P2 or the
                   the best. Photoshop   crowd with a metal body, 32GB   and feels smart, with a coat of   value of the Moto G5, but this is
                   Fix lets you get a bit   of storage and a sharp 1080p   dark blue ‘midnight’ aluminium,   a sweet package in its own right.
                   more hands-on, with   screen. €  e spec that might   and the software is interesting
                   a dedicated zone for   catch your eye in present   too. It launched with the
                   tweaking the facial   company, though, is the   CyanogenMod interface, but   TECH SPECS
                   features in selfi es.   camera resolution.    as that project has sunk it’s   ● 5.2in 1920x1080 IPS LCD
                   ‘Spot healing’ can even   €  e Swift 2 X has a 16MP   moving over to Wileyfox’s own   ● Android 7.1.1 ● Octa-core
                   be used to completely   main camera – a full three   Foxhole launcher. €  is is similar   Snapdragon 430 ● 3GB RAM
                   remove people from   megapixels ahead of the   to normal Android, but has a   ● 16MP rear, 8MP front
                   photos, Stalin style.  budget pack. You can tell   funky alphabet-infused apps   ● 3010mAh ● 32GB, microSD
                                        the diff erence in good lighting,   menu and a Zen news feed.   ● 144x72x8.8mm, 155g
                  STUFF SAYS A great budget all-rounder with the best camera in this test


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