This $125 "WELCOME S26 ULTRA+" from AliExpress is a TERRIBLE Clone of about 4 different phones...

[@SMOOREZ]

*Folks who are photosensitive - skip the video test as it does flash a lot* - Also don't mind during the camera test for front camera video it says "POVO" at the top, it's definitely not. Greetings everyone and welcome back to another installment in my iWish series and oh boy this was absolutely painful to review. It is definitely something that is for sure. Thanks to the folks that did donate towards seeing this on the channel, I do appreciate it! Let me know what you thought of this one down below :) Keep being awesome and I'll see you all soon! TIMESTAMPS: Intro & Thanking Folks: 0:00 Current Pricing, Disclaimer, Advertised Specs & Reviews: 1:33 What the S25 Ultra looks like & Listing: 3:19 Unboxing: 7:09 Around the Phone, Build Quality & Z Flip Comparison: 8:56 Power On, Display Quality, Icons, UI & Shortcuts: 11:53 Speaker Issues, Horrible Lag, Wallpapers & Networks: 13:52 EPen Setup, System Apps, Battery, Sounds etc: 15:30 Advanced Fingerprint Unlocking & The Phone decides to nope: 17:25 Accounts, EPen Test, Accessibility & System: 20:11 Performance is wonderful & Browser Test: 22:24 The Camera: 24:03 Camera Test - Photos: 26:01 Camera Test - Videos: 27:46 It is even slower, Camera Quality & FM Radio no worky: 30:36 Speaker Test: 33:13 Running out of Patience & KZbin Test: 34:46 Geekbench & Going Insane: 37:19 Gaming Test - DOOM: 39:24 Gaming Test - GTA San Andreas: 40:49 Checking the Specs: 41:50 QuickShortcutMaker Fun & Changing the Specs: 43:02 Conclusion: 45:27 Teardown & Investigation: 46:25 Does it live on, Full Specs & Finishing Reassembly: 50:05 Thanking Folks & Casual Rambling: 51:30 Outro: 52:50 System files and Apps to test your phone are in the description also Be good people!

[@UserT5959]

The welcome phone i bought that i said i had bad experience? It actually saved me from certain situation.

[@Sunscreen723]

Another cool video ,keep making them !

[@hello_I_like_to_do_stuff]

a core 2 duo is better than this phone

[@tyttuut]

Whoever made that intro sure knows how to make sci-fi beep boops and mechanical doodads.

[@user-dingus-dingus]

17:52 If I had a nickel for every time I watched an Australian dude boop his nose into a fake phone, I would have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but weird that it happened twice.

[@samholdsworth420]

Smasnug.... More like SMASH NUG with one grit 😂

[@LucaSucks]

😂

[@markeckett9740]

I'm sold 😂

[@orokanamame]

Was not expecting a Dank pods reference, but I'm more than pleasantly surprised

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

The australian tech gang. I hope we see a James Channel easter egg at some point. Especially the cat meow at the end has jumpscared me not once, but twice.

[@natsuko_mikan]

frank says nothing🐍

[@techbaffle]

SAMSUNG: stop copying our phones SMASNUG: no, WE did it first!

[@jonnyhall3052]

The flash on that phone is about as bright as my future

[@paranoiia8]

Raw power of that device is so immense that my computer started to heat up just playing video about it...

[@FiatUno2003]

HELL YEAH!!!!!! Finally a phone that can snatch red packets faster!! I was looking for a phone that was capable enough to do that!!! You have absolutely no idea of how happy I am!!!!!

[@aleksazunjic9672]

"Red packet" has something to do with Chinese online monetary transactions . It is not completely random term. Maybe someone from China could elaborate.

[@clark_johannes]

@@aleksazunjic9672 It's the red envelopes with money inside, given by married couples during Lunar New Year to random relatives and friends. People who are into Islam do similar customs too with greener version of their envelopes. The amount of money are usually $1 for children but randomized to adults so if you're lucky, you might get 10x the amount they give!

[@huangzichenjoshuawellingto8364]

Red packets is money that your elders give during Chinese new year

[@Radu_-ro6fp]

SMASNUG?!!?

[@michaljirka131]

SMASNUG

[@blazebd97]

Oh ya mate

[@user-zf3yb8g32vv]

fake samsung. not a real

[@bryanmartins2559]

Watching this while flying to Amsterdam. Thanks for always keeping me entertained. I will always continue to be a Smoorez Mad Lad (aka supporter of the channel) 😊

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

26:02. Super Duper Ultra High Resolution Pictures almost 500kb 😮... look like JPEG images to me. Top-quality from a s26 futuristic camera...

[@AguevadoConCaraDeSonso29]

The whole "hissing" sound that plays after every time the speaker plays something reminds me of my mom's old Azumi A35c Lite; like, last year when I was goofing around with this phone I recalled multiple times hearing hissing from the speaker after playing the default ringtones on this out of boredom

[@AdamIsUrqed]

I am still lmao at the Vice Grip Derek cameo. "Factree" indeed. If I survive my current tribulations, I'm adding to your warchest towards the purchase of janky cells. Quality content, mate.

[@hikkamorii]

I've seen plenty of MT6580 phones with 2GB of memory, however, all of them were made from more "reputable" manufacturers like ZTE and Doogee.

[@Murimansprophet]

Thanks for putting in the rupee conversion, I'm from Bangladesh and the rupee is more familiar than the other currencies

[@TheHeroWarsAdsCollector]

in my country, s26 is a milk brand lol

[@LucaSucks]

xD

[@kbhasi]

Where I live, S11 is a food court chain.

[@Myth1xał]

In most conturies flip 6 is a speaker😅

[@nekowolf583]

I think that’s the first time we’ve seen a decorative headphone jack.

[@gamestechvideos]

Dude, your videos are so good! Your like dankpods but not with devices no one can afford/find where to buy.

[@gamestechvideos]

Update: I just watched The segment on the flashlight, and my phone screen is probably brighter than that!

[@y-toolsgames8771]

34:05 I found your song on SoundCloud. It actually sounds really good!👍

[@GCAGATGAGTTAGCAAGA]

40:52 - the feral phone is hissing at you lol

[@TweeterMan287]

The best feature is the flashlight

[@HyperFleX77]

Everybody gangsta until I pull out the unfoldable foldable

[@HJB-v8]

I love these kinds of videos.simple and entertaining.also I love watching these horrible devices they are more fun then super expensive devices.

[@f_for_freedom2492]

Always a good day when I come out of a long day of work and notice a new smoorez video. Keep going mate

[@TheRedYTPer]

12:10: Fun fact, this is the startup sound and screen for almost every single generic android smartphone

[@wikiepeidia]

i think at some moment China Mobile used this as their startup for feature phones

[@SMOOREZ]

The origin was on China Mobile phones. I have a few that make the sound. They even used the sound on Android phones.

[@marekmaxpabianice]

It is beyond me HOW this is still going on. All the card providers, PayPal, etc should BAN these scams. Unbelievable.

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

But they don't because profit.

[@Emil215p]

MT6580 devices are just depressing at this point, 3G is all but useless in a lot of places and the chip is a decade old and wasnt even that great back then.

[@CptDuck]

These fake phones ironically have better design than the real phone. It just poorly executed.

[@ryanlevis7532]

At least it's not a Craig

[@lordgmlp]

DankPods and Smoorez collab when?

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

🤔😮. It's not even 2026 and Samsung already dropped It's s26 line up. This guy might also be a Time Traveler ⏲️ 😳.

[@StephenLambert-k9s]

The very worst phone I ever bought was the Pova 6 pro from AliExpress. When it arrived it looked like an Infinix GT 10. Sort of. It was Soo bad when I complained they gave me money back no problem. The most impressive thing about this transaction was the speed with that they reimbursed me. Well done them for admitting rubbish and giving my money back. A weird way of being honest!!!

[@thedarkknight1971]

00:59 - IF... Samsung go with a rear screen, well, in my opinion, THAT... Would be F@CKING STUPID... Who the F puts their phone down face first? You simply just INCREASE the chances of a scratched screen! And even IF you do put screen protectors on, you'll only find you'll go through the hassle of replacing said screen protectors MORE OFTEN! PLUS... With the sheer cost of replacing backs/fronts/repairing these expensive phones, people buy 'Tough cases', so, HOW with the rear screen thing work then??? Jeez! it's just INSANITY! 😒😒😒 😎🇬🇧

[@OnTheRocks71]

It's a shame they can't like....recycle 10 year old Nexus 6p mainboards in these phones. You'd have the most advanced Welcome phone to date.

[@harolldjenskin1210]

Thank you for reviewing all the weird smartphones on Aliexpress, which I've always been curious about 😂😂

[@hojo9115]

This is almost painful to watch, but it's very funny and thank you for buying this so nobody else ever has to😂

[@redsable6119]

Can't believe after all this time they still haven't bothered to get a native English speaker to do their listings...

[@thany3]

I like the nose unlock 😀 It's actually something I'm missing from reviews (from others) of genuine devices. They usually show how quick and easy fingerprint or face unlock is, but then they don't show what happens if someone else tries to unlock. I mean, quickly unlocking my phone is great, but not if someone else can do it too. Welcome devices are just in a whole other league of security, aren't they 🤣

[@hmklegend2791]

17:53That just made me laugh so hard not sure why😅😂😂😂

[@seanet1310]

My daily driver 2023 flagship probably has a similar size chin. The joys of Sony. Welcome is everyehere, from multi geneeations ahead "flagships" to baby monitors and watchss. What a group

[@GAMERIN-rn6dj]

Copies of phones are made 1-2 months after release but this copy is literally 2 year into the future 😅

[@stuartchapman7934]

On the plus side the Ali S24 Ultra Welcome Economy Budget Phone is Great for Battery and Data Saving . . . it only allows a 2G mobile connection, so no need to mess around in Settings to economise your running costs . . . 😂🤣🤣🤣

[@reluttr2]

@10:20 It says "Warnig" instead of "Warning". 🤣

[@kindofanmol]

2:04 You can actually get a decent budget phone from Motorola, Xiaomi or Lava at ₹7k here in India. Crazy how much these knock-off brands charge for cheap off-the-shelf hardware.

[@i1DERProductions]

Calling it before the video tells me the actual camera megapixels: 48 is 4.8 and 72 is 7.2. Jokingly, if you look at the listing images, you have to have 100000X zoom, but there's likely a nanoscopic dot between the numbers for the megapixels hehehe.

[@i1DERProductions]

Logical Correction: 48mp is 480p and 72mp is 720p and them trying to be clever using those numbers as trickery. /shrug At least that would have almost worked number wise if the back cam was actually 720p.

[@ryanlevis7532]

9:50 Oh boy! A headphone jack!! Modern flagship smartphones could never do that!

[@KOSMOS1701A]

Welcome......Welcome never changes.....

[@rockyjs42]

Even the starter budget phone like A05 or A05s still perform MUCH much better than this "Welcome" phone. And for A05s, the price is around 120 to 150 (depend on the region) if I'm not mistaken. Cuz I use A05s as a spare phone alongside with S22+.

[@trollface391]

Root it and change the operating system To windows for example and see how it turnss into a beast phone

[@saveriokarol112]

WHO BRINGED UP THE ANDROID 4.3 BROWSER 💀💀

[@jacobr7693]

I wonder when they will use something better than the MT6580 as the standard in thease 🤔

[@PinskiYT]

Damn that CPU spec is worse than the Dell dimension 3000 that I had that was a desktop PC with a single core

[@lullabymat828]

Thx for including INR currency ❤

[@btlim4316]

I am using a real samsung 2017 note 8. I want to know if this imitation s26 will blow the 2017 note 8? I am not a heavy gamer obviously since i am using such an old phone. My main reason for wanting to switch is i have too many big apps and not enough space on my note 8. My note 8 has 64 gb and i constantly have to either move apps to the SD card but the annoying thing is when the app updates, it is installed back internal memory and i have to move it back to SD card. Will this imitation be an upgrade?

[@SMOOREZ]

Please do not purchase this phone. It's false specifications and super dodgy. Stick with Samsung or any other reputable company rather than these.

[@d9zirable]

Just buy a phone from an actual brand. Even Infinix, Tecno is better

[@btlim4316]

Well I went ahead and bought another fake phone and returned it. The phone I got looks and feel like a phone from 2014. For a 2014 phone it is ok/good. Still note 7 from 2017 which is flagship phone from samsung beats it anyday.

[@Chuckyplaysgames]

It amazes me that welcome still has a market given how many videos like yours showing how shite these phones are I'd sooner buy the og razor phone hell even a pixel 1 would be a better option.

[@saveriokarol112]

That phone with a "welcome" screen, super terrible, someone cloned a GSI and putted on dis sh#t We are in S24, Blud arleady in S26 (2026) 💀

[@nothingbutvr57]

I would've never thought that I would see a reference to vice grip garage in a smoorez video

[@kingmatexd]

10:04 I just love how treat that phone like baby

[@atifnadeem7905]

I'm pretty sure its Infinix phone (which is sold in Asia, mostly Pakistan India) they're allot cheaper so they just bought them and added Launcher in it. That's why in listing it was saying tested at Infinix center These phones cost arround $60-70 here

[@Archpope]

I think at 10:25 it means don't trim a full-size SIM card down to a nano-SIM card by hand or it might get jammed inside.

[@hi-tech-guy-1823]

I would of done one more test - This one come up With the Clone Android TV Set Top boxes (malware) But is also showing up with the Clone Phones Also + Mini PC's

[@caralynx]

10:21 It's referring to SIM cards

[@samo-rezar]

hey..can i ask u 4 a favour?? can u pleasa write me, wich of `knockoff` phone from any sites could u say that is good, almost as original? as size of ram, hdd. for any hardware hungry games. (cod M, cod W, etc.( tnx

[@maxl96systems]

I need to know if the Samsung test mode also has the doggy image on this phone 😂 That would probably mean they just used the original app which I want to know aswell 😅

[@h3n7r1kotakuboy4]

Why does the phone BREATHE when it makes tap sounds

[@RedVRCC]

I get why they put garbage specs but I always wondered why they use outdated android? It literally wouldn't cost them anything extra to throw a more modern version on there. Unless maybe it's because newer versions would be completely unusable with the horrendous specs these have. 24:02 strong argument for using adblock right there. If you have a garbage _anything_ whether it be a scam phone, legit old budget phone, crappy pc, whatever, adblock is pretty much necessary because of how much ads will tank the performance.

[@Catm0eww]

Thanks for add INR currency info

[@Kiwi_As]

I think it is worth the money for the wife, fm radio and 3.5mm headphone jack. Everything else is just a bonus if it works

[@detroit897]

The camera's on there looks like a straight out of a horror film.

[@unisonarcanine]

Real Moto (Motorola) phones have their own set of features under "Moto Display", "Moto Actions" etc. They just stole the name but used generic system settings instead

[@Delta6500ThisIsAURL]

Remember, mobile phones are like people.

[@mattdavis9601]

Some pretend to be something they're not so they can trick you out of your money.

[@SKT_2016]

12:10 Bro has a China Mobile startup sound

[@candidosilva7755]

God damn s26+ they went crazy with the numbers and the description.😂 but it was a funy vídeo.

[@JustAPersonWhoComments]

17:51 U should do this on all cheapo phones ngl lol

[@daviddunmore7076]

I've often wondered what a red packet actually is, and why would you want to snatch one faster?

[@GAMERIN-rn6dj]

We are 2 year into future with this 😅

[@fp-1ballsack339]

Would be fun if Smoorez visits a factory for any of these "phones"

[@amazeyourself_]

the alps factory

[@SneakySN]

AP as our lovely friend, the most familiar 😂 wish it could be replaced with a helio p22 or something in the future at least

[@Daniel1t12silv]

18:13 "I would do it for u" *he says with a silky voice*

[@saveriokarol112]

Pop-ups like MIUI bruh Navbar like a Nexus bruh Bro needs to dig the gold bruh Android 8, not good for a clone bruh

[@falternatereality]

When you can get a pretty good new in box Moto g series phone from 2021 and before for 100-150 these welcome phones are definitely not the thing lol. That's not even bringing up old used phones.

[@jerryg7391]

In the USA you can get a new Blu phone with 4 gigs of ram and 64 gigs of rom for $69.

[@thedarkknight1971]

It needs to be sent to Zack... For Durability testing... 😉🤣🤣🤣 😎🇬🇧

[@skatepunker]

Why is this trash-type stylys that is given for free with any random cheapo aliexpress purchase is called E-Pen

[@wickerman6000]

(translated from russian via Google) I can’t believe that such garbage is sold for $125. With that money you can buy a pretty decent mid-segment smartphone. In addition, I recently bought myself a spare phone that I don’t mind breaking for only $20, it’s called BQ Trend 5560L, yes, this is also a Chinese piece of garbage and in some characteristics it is even inferior to the smartphone from this video, for example, it has only 1GB RAM and 8GB of storage (easily fixed with an SD card), but it has a more recent and not so pathetic CPU (UNISOC SC9832E with Mali-T820 MP graphics) and a more recent Android 11GO which is not littered with all sorts of garbage software from China, so it does not freeze, works smoothly and even plays a KZbin videos in 720p and 60fps. Plus it has a good IPS screen and the battery lasts about 2 days. So if your 125 bucks smartphone is losing out to a super-budget cheap 20 bucks one , that’s a reason to start asking questions.

[@GekkoCircleHead]

13:57 Maybe The S26 Ultra+ Have A Similar Sound System As The GBA, A.K.A 8-bit Sound System?

[@Random_4400]

Yes! Finally another clone vid!

[@MrDeamon1]

An acquaintance of mine bought a phone he said was a Samsung but said it was listed as an s24. He told me he got it from eBay and it had all the hallmarks of a welcome phone. I asked if it said welcome and he said yes. I told him not to use it and he put his banking app on it. It goes like you think......

[@d9zirable]

The advertised RAM is the size of the actual storage

[@Technology-Repair-Proto]

DOOM on my ancient Toshiba Satellite 300CDT/S which was released in 1994, runs better than this. That is actually both hilarious and insanely impressive in the weirdest possible way! :D

[@markenetube]

That sure is a janky bit of cheap tech. Looks good though. 😁

[@SMB1568H]

The Chinese app is Aging Test

[@devenm4601]

the phone sounds like an empty spray paint can when you try to spray it

[@lydiagalantmotherf]

Ah, works as well as my old Wiko View 5, bad memories...

[@AutumnWind92]

I imagine some 6 yo kid in a third world country flexing with this phone.

[@bedrockbetter386]

😂😂😂

[@fredrickbambino]

I don’t know how you live with yourself after making a device like this

[@h3n7r1kotakuboy4]

Jesus it's like you time traveled to 2009

[@jpvblerk]

😂😂😂this is so funny bro!

[@tigersusyt]

How can these have google, while huawei can't???

[@hmklegend2791]

19:33 If u get into this situation just force stop that app and relaunch it

[@honeysuckle3232]

That phone runs worse than my own cheap kindle tablet and mine can run at least 480p on KZbin quite nicely it can run 720 okay but I don't usually keep it on there

[@RichHutchinson]

Ah yes ,the words every cat owner utters.....stop wrecking the house.....

[@Nancy-hy5so]

Do a video on those printable tattoo machine please seems very interesting and I'm wondering if they even work