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I enjoy tech gadgets, so over the past year or two I've tried several .......... and now this Cubot Max. It arrived on time, undamaged in good condition. The box it comes in is nice and solid, big enough for all the parts (phone, charger, lead, leaflets, case). Unusually for a smartphone, this phone comes with the removable battery already fitted inside rather than packed separately. That's probably why so many reviews say '"remember to remove the transit tape off the battery contacts!". As most people will be opening the phone and removing the battery to put in an SDcard and Sim, removing the tape off the battery at the same time is no big deal one you know its there. The phone also arrives with a gel case and screen protector fitted - so you don't have to worry about buying those separately and adding £10 to the cost of the phone! My phone was packed up nicely but the box seals were open and there was a lot of smudging (the gel 'glue' stuff ) on the screen protector. It cleaned up easily enough though and there was no apparent damage to the protector. You know how its really difficult to remove some phones backplate,? Well, not on the MAX - I took off the get case ....... and the backplate came with it .... and the case is fairly lose on the phone. Again, not a problem, nothing appeared damaged, just a surprise. Its a good enough quality case - easy to slip on and off. I untaped the battery, inserted a sim and a 64GB SDcard and charged it up. The phone gave a few 'this is a slow SD card' warnings. Unexpected, because its a good quality Sony branded card, but it worked OK, The battery arrived totally discharged, but charged up to 100% in about 3 hours. Remember its a high capacity battery (4000+ mah), so full charging will be a bit slower than you're used to with 2000 rated batteries. The phone connection was showing 4G, and Wifi pickup was good, I ran the setup, added my google account and let the phone update. It had arrived with Android 6 installed, so only a small (20mb) OS update was needed. No android 7 update. Google play updated lots of apps.The android 6 install looks nice and clean - just like my previous Cunot phones - with no bloatware that I could see. Setup my usual mix of Android/GooglePlay apps without any problems - and moved them to the SDcard storage to save space in the phone. Test ran several apps, again no problems. And, after all that updating and installing and playing around, the phone was quite warm to the touch on the upper back ..... and still had 89% battery left. The phone is a nice weight and size .... for a 6" 'phablet'. The screen is good enough. as is touch response and general performance. The audio is OK. The camera is not great, but good enough to use as a basic 720p dashcam. I played a game of Warhammer 40K Regicide (400MB, quite graphically demanding) and the phone played it without problem or lag.