Kyocera Hydro Life

mtnman

I've had this phone for 18+ months and it takes tons of abuse without a cover. The case is all scratched up from dropping it onto concrete at 15 mph TWICE but the screen is fine and it still works. I wash it in the sink under running water too.

Rick

I traded in my free LG K7 for this phone. It obviously did NOT have gorilla glass because when dropped, I caught it with my foot and when it barely touched the ground, the screen cracked. I was leery about the Kyocera since I they are a newer company, but thought "what the heck, I'll be upgrading soon anyway." So far I have been really pleased with the phone as far as durability and dependability and have had it for almost a year. Although I got it for free I geel that it is the best low priced phone on the market.

Anonymous

I've had this phone for about a year and even though there are more factory apps then I would like it's pretty decent when running them however when on data or a cruddy wifi network the more apps open the more "bogged" down it will be. Even tho I have like 4 cracks in the screen the waterproof feature still works which is great because I swim and do alot of sports that play rain or shine. 8.5/10 because it is a fairly thick phone and after a while the front camera does get darker.

Anonymous

honestly this phone is crap (no hate) but i have a lot of problems with this phone. I had this phone for about a year and the charging port broke off easily and i hadnt do anything to it .

PLEASE HELP IF ABLE

I cant send a video even 30 seconds long via email. Is there a solution to this problem or am I s.o.l.? Also, any suggestions on camera settings? Please respond if knowledgeable!!!!

Anonymous

All in all, it's a really decent phone. I've only ever had the "budget" kinds of phones, and this one performed really well up until recently. I've had it about 2 years and it's starting to crap out on me. It jumps 4 hours into the future and then calling doesn't work at all. However, until then, this phone was an absolute dream. It is fast for what I was using it for (social media and texting, mostly), and worked really well as a mobile hotspot even when it only had 1 bar. It feels good in the hand and the touchscreen has been consistently good. The camera isn't the best, but they rarely will be in budget phone, and in the daytime, it was more than acceptable. It is too old to play pokemon go, which might be a problem. I think the performance problem might be because the waterproof, shockproof, and dust proof aspects wear down over time. I work with fish tanks, so my phone gets wet a good bit, and I noticed the main breakdowns right after it getting wet, so that is something to keep in mind if that aspect is appealing to you. I would buy this phone again, especially since they run less than $50 a lot of places now.

Anonymous

Not very good. Can't separate the ringtone and notifications volume = big turn off. A promised 8 GB of usable storage, but only actually like 3.7 GB. Also, in general, slow to run and apps crash often.

no

No yu cant

Deb

Is there separate volumes for messages and ringtones ??

bigcountry95

awesome phone love the feel and look of the hydro life

RAA

Hail hydro

Anonymous

How do you uninstall factory apps?

Stonesouls

Great phone so far. Purchased at Metro PCS for $30, great deal. For the price there is really no equivalent. The camera is pretty good under regular lighting situations, not great under low light. Speed of the phone is excellent. I do not think that Cnet did this phone justice.

AnonD-383642

Can i able to use indian Sim in it?

AnonD-217800

how to unlock for gsm?

AnonD-372820

We bought one of these brand new thru MetroPCS. Lots of features and apparent value, until it breaks. Ours worked for two weeks. Took it back to the big box retailer, they said take it to MetroPCS. At their store, they said we had to send it in to Kyocera for evaluation and repair. "Should take about a week", they said. Here we are eight weeks later (!) and still with no phone. After I paid to ship it to Texas, they took two weeks to evaluate it. The verdict: "unrepairable" due to no fault of ours, and will be replaced, as soon as they have one in stock! Might be two weeks, might be three weeks....well, it's been three weeks, still no usable phone and no timeframe for receiving one. In short, stay away from this brand like the plague. Kyocera customer service is stupid slow and unresponsive. I've left three voicemails at corporate 'customer service', but no reply. I can't remember being treated worse by any corporation.

Jorge

Hi! If i buy one of these phones and then a wanna sell it.. is it illegal that the guy change GSM provider? I mean, i life in Venezuela.. if he/he changes it to movistar by unlocking is okey? I really don't know how metro PCS works!

Joe jame

Like $40 @ metropcs

Joe james

Mine only cost $30 to unlock

Anonymous

I think on metro pcs you can find it at 29.99 but unlocked it could cost 129.99

Anonymous

Seriously, this phone is a steal. The camera kind of sucks, but the rest of the feature more than make up for it. And the freaking touch screen glass is the receiver. The sound actually comes through the glass. So awesome.

Rampho

This is fantastic phone. Bought it for my wife after she put a bottle water in her purse and got her other phone wet, after which it did not function well after that. Being a photographer for over 50 yrs, where this phone falls short is in color resolution. Colors are not vibrant for me, but great for her.

mikeephx

Bought it for 29.99 at Metro, twenty cheaper because a salesman knows sales and can appeal to their greed. Anyway I've dropped 4 times, w/o a scratch, fast quad core performance, and bigger screen, I'm sold.

AnonD-319584

Top notch item here; considering the cost it's a TKO. Copying several GB's of MP4's to internal storage (class 10 MicroSD) from Windows7 file manager (HP Laptop ported USB2) was exceedingly faster than my friends Samsung Galaxy S5 and my LG Optimus G - which this phone replaced... (copying 1.29GB from my LT to Phone required 116 seconds = Awesome performer). The touch screen is the smoothest object i've every touched; literally smoother than that. These phones are bit lighter than i'd liked, but are stable and nests well in the palm. Pre-installed apps galore - but easy to uninstall them. The "Life" will get on your good side quickly; combined with the confidence of military grade standardized design and Androids capable Jelly Bean OS it's a TKO for Kyocera. After over 15 years in IT i'm willing to say it's on par with the best of today's cellular offerings. Both front and rear camera's are respectable performers, you will be impressed with the pre-installed enhancement and editing software; functional and smartly developed. Streaming online video's is excellent too, side by side with my friends IPhone5 reveals the "best bang for the buck" is all Kyocera's. Not to mention the Lifes qHD screen is larger; in this case that doesn't mean less detail in the pixel world tho. Regardless of the angle the video was clear although the speakers weren't a loud as the IPhone's they performed, respectfully. Obviously, i like this phone.

Rick

Its Sure is A Killer Phone Just bought it and am very impressed.. no regrets kind of purchase

kim

where can i buy that on phillippines???

Kenyan

Isnt this a great phone

gandal

$124.00 at walmart.com

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Any one knw its price