Cutting through the marketing bull, Xodiom have hit the web with bold claims, international availability and a low price of only $329.99. Real or scam?
We donât know how Xodiom are and we donât know where they are from, but if their first phone is real they could be on a journey to disrupt the smartphone industry.
Xodiom didnât go down the viral marketing path to announce their new phone, but simply launched a site and are relying on word of mouth to grab customers.
So what makes the Xodiom so special? Well the phone comes with a Snapdragon 805 chipset, 3GB RAM, 5.5-inch QHD Super Amoled display, and 16 mega-pixel camera. The body (similar to the Meizu MX4 Pro) has slim bezels, 6.6mm body and 3200mAh battery.
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There is a heart monitor, LTE support for pretty much every network, and even a custom version of Android 5 called xOS!
Whatâs more the phone is available for pre-order on the Xodiom site now and available internationally. The company even take a crack at OnePlus by telling us:
To buy the xodiom you DO NOT need an invite, hooray for freedom
At $329 for the 32GB and $379 for the 64GB and free express shipping the device is very appealing. Even I headed straight for the buy button!
I didnât pull the trigger on the purchase though as it really does seem to good to be true! Also the only payment options are Bitcoin and International bank transfer, and there would be simply no way to get your money back if this were a scam.
So is the xodiom interesting? Yes, very much so. But the real question is the phone genuine or just a clever scam to trick you in to shelling out 300 bucks? We donât know.
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its a scam.
4k display? yeah right…(actually only the tag says 4k display,the specs say 2k,but 4k video..)
3200mah on 6.6mm? yeah right….
and micro sd slot/lte ,sure
at 280e, sure
edit:ok its confirmed scam, the phone number they use for contact is a scam number, the image they use for the os is from another phone and many other things,
Nearly every Snapdragon 801/805 phone these days has 4k recording, and it quite clearly says Quad HD. Umi fit a nearly 3000mah battery in their 6.4mm thick phone. Seeing as IUNI were able to fit similar specs for a similar price, it isn’t that unrealistic. Still could well be a scam though.
Their domain name registration infos are also hidden.
No company description in their website,not even a video of the phone. Their HTTPS certificate is garbageâŠ
I guess that we will see a bunch of website like this one in the near future.
No wonder there… was too good to be true at this price… makes me more
and more not look on new weird-name companies and trust the ones I
already know.
When something is too good to be true it generally is
“…custom version of Android 5 called xOS!…”
“…the only payment options are Bitcoin and International bank transfer…”
Uh! what else ? :S
Anyway, thanks for the infos Andi, you’re living in a dangerous country, definitively ! đ
Another TV sized device called phone with the same specs as dozens of competitors, trying to find market share. Boring…..
It is offcause an scam – normally it will take 5-6 month to develop such phone , and the Distributor price will be min 500-600 USD for the entry version
Frauds and scams according to unreturnable payment method.
They ARE a scam. Hidden Whois data, non-existent company, bank account on Cyprus.
Scam! I wonder if somebody did pay for this.
Its a scam.
Yes. They only accept bitcoin and wire transfer(currently not available) .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D32IKV-1mXo&feature=youtu.be
scam
I guess you should take this news with a large amount of “xodium” bicarbonate! Amirite? No? Anyone?
I’m with you bro.
I’m with you too Airyl. Too good to be true really. Arms crossed and waiting.
Since the OnePlus One was introduced, quite a few scams that target high spec, low price phones has surfaced already! Seems like a trend these days! Careful with your hard earned money people! Triple check the source, the pedigree of the seller before biting the bullet.
You lost me at bank transfer. SCAM.
I pre-ordered 3 phones for myself and my family. I can’t wait phone looks great.
It’s a scam…
Oh noes! But the camera has phase detection. PHASE DETECTION!
Seriously though it looks like they just photoshopped a meizu mx4 body a bit and added a couple navigation buttons.
no paypal no party
If they made a http://www.xodiom.in they would rake in the “pre-orders” like there’s no tomorrow.
Your a$$ just got jealous of all the $hit that came outta ur mouth.. đ
it’s a scam. Be aware đ
Well I’m pretty sure that it’s a scam but I don’t understand why so much sites have it news. You should remove it from sticky for somebody who is not so fluent in English and could actually order it.
The only thing where this could play is if somebody made a startup (OPPO-Oneplus One, Xiaomi-Xodium) but no…
ââŠâŠ.you’re living in a dangerous country âŠâŠâ
When you have a cancer that is preventable, like, say, smoking and lung cancer, what would/should anyone do? ALL governments know what to do when they see the chance to Beg & Steal but not the averaged Joe/Jane other than the addicted Fingars-Crossed.
When a barefaced liar is lying barefaced, the joker is not out to convert other than to keep count on his flock [much like shouting out âidiotsâ and ALL the idiots rise to meet the âchallengeâ]. Similarly, the aim of a crook, which include ALL âpoliticiansâ [bar almost none], is to alert those who are alert to Beggary-Thievery in order to hone and sharpen the self-preservation skills.
For the dissenting, a big problem of âWesternisedâ societies is Abandonment which their numpties of Righting This, That & The Other take as âFreedomâ in addition to conveniently/guiltily forgetting about thir Past. To groom the addictive qualities within Greed-Fear such that the abandoned will always gravitate towards their addictions. Afterall, which âCancer Victimâ does not lament the fact that, âIf I only knewâ, the cancer wouldnât have developed [fully].
As such, the fact that fire burns in addition to giving heat and light means that cautionary skills are as important as the âBloomingly Obviousâ. China is not a country of Beggars & Thieves. âThe Westâ is one such joker, which, because It owns The Oral Gymnasium in addition to liberating gymnasts like you, dear 15-stone âweaklingâ out begging N stealing whenever the mantra of âDonât Get Caughtâ is applicable [why so? Because you were numpty enough to expose your true selves without realising that you are doing so], are able to posture as The Overly-Conscience when they are actually The Underly-Conscienced.
Humanity is like a tree in that âThe Eastâ is The Root System whereas âThe Westâ is The Foliage. Without balancing one with the other, that Tree is doomed. Remember this well, those who âfink that they are The Chosened, pleeze g_d. You know, The Dumb/Beggary posing as The Stupid/Thievery. Donât know/canât see what the looney is yakking on about? Give it another 1,000 odd years and the underlying reality jest might be realisable. Until then, keep pretending as if you are some chosened Control Freak who is none other but Its Abandoned Nutter. For the record, âEasternitesâ are The Thieves whereas âWesternitesâ are The Beggars whereas On The Stage, it looks like Westernites are The Thieves and Easternites are The Beggars. Not when EVERY thinker is dual natured which then means that Beggary is Thievery suppressed and Thievery is merely Beggary expressed.
umm….
Most people think this is a scam so surely you should state that it is a scam as a warning in the blog title your readers should be warned “if it looks too good to be true then it usually is too good to be true”
If it is genuine then why do so many others think its a scam.
out of curiosity, I sent them an email at their contact address. And the email bounced back as undeliverable.
Prank or scam, not sure, but definitely not real.
Why is this still stickied?
+1. Andy please remove this entry from the site.
That was a rough launch buddy!
Due to a lot of negative feedback from the community such as the mix up with our domain WHOis information and the lack of PayPal as a payment method we have decided to not accept any new orders until we have properly implemented PayPal / Credit Card payments.
We are expecting this to be somewhere within the upcoming week.
This will also give us time to properly process the massive amount of orders we received over the past 2 days.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Please check back later, thanks!
No single touch fingerprint sensor?
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They have now posted
“Due to a lot of negative feedback from the community such as the mix up with our domain WHOis information and the lack of PayPal as a payment method we have decided to not accept any new orders until we have properly implemented PayPal / Credit Card payments.
We are expecting this to be somewhere within the upcoming week.
This will also give us time to properly process the massive amount of orders we received over the past 2 days.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Please check back later, thanks!”
lel , NOW they are implementing paypal payments đ
so not a scam after all..