Huawei Y6 (2018)

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Sbozilovic435
JKP
16 Apr 2024

Phoneandyfan, 28 Sep 2021PS: I basically smashed the phone with a hammer. And threw ... moreI know thins is an old comment, but believe me, Redmi 9 with 3/32 is much worse. Huawei can run the screen recorder and a resource intensive app at the same time and still maintain at least some responsiveness, while Redmi upgraded to Android S OS will start to lag badly and eventually freeze while watching videos, browsing the web or even using light apps. Wow, it even freezes while watching ads and playing Candy Crush! Even though I had an Alcatel and it was slow as heck, at least that needed less restarts than Redmi 9 ever did. The Alcatel also ran resource intensive apps and would've still had a way out unlike Redmi. Redmi 9 cannot go over 7 hours of uptime without needing a reboot to do basic tasks. It would even start lagging on the lockscreen without any apps open.

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EPICNUEL YT
Eie
18 Mar 2024

this is actually one of the best phones Ive used before, I'm a geometry dash player, this is a rhythm based game that other phones that I have used to play geometry dash have a terrible input delay.
it feels like playing the game on pc and the phone is extremely thin and lightweight which is really good!

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Jiroooo
7Xt
12 Mar 2024

urdaddy, 06 Aug 2023i just had this phone in 2022 and it is straight garbage i ... moreLMAOOO u just got scammed

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Itsu
7Xc
29 Dec 2023

I know this phone is 5 years old already and I had it since Dec 8 2018, but I keep coming back to this because of It's camera with good lighting it's so good though like an Iphone 6 camera If I'm not exagerating that much. I now use this phone as my manga and manhwa reading device still a really great phone for me.

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PetarS
3nw
23 Nov 2023

Onye, 20 Nov 2023It's a good phone just dat the battery is sooo bad Pl... moreProbably around 5-20$ if you can even find one. It is 5 years old already though so I wouldn't invest in it anymore just get anything newer.

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Onye
X5u
20 Nov 2023

It's a good phone just dat the battery is sooo bad
Pls how much is a new battery

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urdaddy
7XY
06 Aug 2023

i just had this phone in 2022 and it is straight garbage i bought this from my friend for a cheap price because it was his old phone and it is fking garbage i cant even install 5 apps that is crazy and it doesnt run some games so i recommend not to buy it

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Anonymous
wYG
27 Jul 2023

I have had this phone since Nov 3, 2018, under a carrier contract that is already suspended. It is overall a solid phone. It has a fantastically good camera and screen. I also use an Oppo A15. I must say it is even better than the Oppo A15 in terms of camera and display although performance-wise, the Oppo is more capable of demanding graphic content more smoothly but still lags. The Y6 here struggles and lags more but is tolerable as it does not actually freeze and hangs.

I also advise people who own the phone that whenever the phone does start to behave slow and laggy in general and that the space seemed to be small even if only the apps installed are only less than 1-2GB, it is imperative to hard reset the phone to bring it back to a usable state and also again, enjoy the phone as if it was new and it then returns to its speedy state.
Since 2018, I have hard reset this phone 9-10 times. For convenience, use the Huawei HiSuite on your PC to back up the phone's contents, you can select which specific contents on the phone to back up. The HiSuite itself may be sort of buggy when restoring (when the bar does not seem to show any progress even after waiting for 20-30 mins) but one of the get around is to sometimes try to individually select content to be restored at a time (which is time-taxing).

My recommendation is if you would want to put many apps on the phone for future usage, you must first do the backup of the essential stuff you would want the phone to retain. Reset the phone once, log in to Google, download the apps, back up the apps, and reset the phone for the second time (It may also be essential to remember your Huawei ID credentials in case you have backups there). After this, you may restore all the contents from your backups. This will ensure that there will be more disk space as possible for your regular use (this phone does not seem to clear cache/temp files).
Please take note that there may be Google app services that cannot be backed up and will need to be updated once reset.

For some reason, the OS of the phone isn't well designed to efficiently manage disk space, it may be that there are shadow cache/temporary/unneeded files that get dumped hiddenly on the phone over time that do not get deleted or cleared up.

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Anonymous
dSV
10 Jul 2023

Anonymous, 19 Jun 2023I still have this phone after 5 years. It's the worst ... moreHey anonymous, did you try fitting sd card? Will apps not install to that?

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Anonymous
647
19 Jun 2023

I still have this phone after 5 years. It's the worst stuff I have ever seen but at least it still works. Browsing the internet and starting apps is slower than a snail taped to a steel beam. I had to delete all of my favourite games and apps to make basic functions work. No one wants a Huawei email, and 16GB is just laughable in 2023.

But again, it still WORKS. Charges normally, takes photos, it's completely functional and lasts a LOOONG time. Only buy if you don't care about performance (like, at all)

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Marko
snP
12 Jun 2023

I'm using this phone 4 years. Very good phone when you compare it with todays phones.
PROS:
Compact and light weight, has solid camera and screen, led notification, 3.5mm and fm radio, 2 sim cards plus memory card, nice interface (EMUI), proximity and ambient light sensors.
CONS:
16gb internal memory, performance may be better, video stabilization.

Belive or not but Y6 has better screen and camera than newer Y61, so I returned to Y6.
Also I tried Samsung A33 5g - colors on images and screen are not natural, lacks fm radio and 3.5mm jack, EMUI is better than OneUI in my opinion, so I returned to Y6 2018 again.
It is hard to replace this phone.

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Boss
XU@
02 Jun 2023

Good ✅✅💐💐

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Jhay dhee
xjH
07 Apr 2023

Dreisem, 30 Mar 2023Not good, the battery is getting bigger and is gonna explod... moreI bought mine 5 years ago and everything about the phone is still rocking. The battery still lasts 7-8 hours of full charge. I think it all boils down to how you take care of your phone's battery. I charge my Y6 if the battery is down to 40-50%.

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Dreisem
t7V
30 Mar 2023

Not good, the battery is getting bigger and is gonna explode, and no more files but full storage.

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Anonymous
Ldd
19 Nov 2022

The phone is much better. I've been using it for 5 years. The phone is very resistant

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keke
uSV
05 Nov 2022

poorly optimized phone from huawei, i think the android system took all the internal storage and left us with 2gb of memory. After i deleted all unused apps and removed updates it's still not giving me free space, this shouldve been android oreo go edition i cant believe my localest of the local phones is way faster than this. I just wish my father buy himself a new phone 'cause he making me fix this thing and i almost did it for whole day! I cant with the lag and freeze

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WOLF OF WALL ST
T4p
29 Oct 2022

Anonymous, 10 Sep 2022no, it IS that horrible - imagine you have a phone that cam... moreBitch, its a 2018 phone and technology changes day by day
You can't think of 2018 phone like its a 2018 car or smth

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Anonymous
TnX
10 Sep 2022

Anonymous, 16 Aug 2022it's not that horrible, it's just a old phone, ob... moreno, it IS that horrible - imagine you have a phone that came out in 2018 and you can't even use instagram or reddit on it - using connection devices like bluetooth speakers or TV is impossible with that pile of cringe.

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Anonymous
K72
16 Aug 2022

Anonymous, 25 Jul 2022Horrible phone, worst phone I've ever owned.it's not that horrible, it's just a old phone, obviously there are way better phones now but this one is just old. you could've chose something else other than this.

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Anonymous
LwF
25 Jul 2022

Horrible phone, worst phone I've ever owned.

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