I just got one from Target because I still can't afford the phone I want, and my Honor 5x finally died. I got the AT&T version. It cost me $90. It's a turd, but it's a very polished one.
It runs better than I expected, and after spending 20 minutes uninstalling all the boatware and reinstalling my apps, I'm fairly happy with it.
The ability to enable bootloader unlocking is visible, but disabled in the developer settings. I was hoping I would find a workaround here, but I don't think it's possible, which means no root, no TWRP, and no Substratum.
It forces you to use the gesture navigation, but it's the half assed one that retains the back arrow. I'm not thrilled that I can't use the traditional navigation buttons, nor can I move the back arrow to the right side of the screen, where I have become accustomed to having it.
I wish I could disable the carrier label in the status bar.
Hopefully it will get the Android 10 update, but it looks like, even if it does, it's not coming until mid-to-late 2020.
The resolution is pretty terrible, but the screen still looks pretty great in spite of it. Coming from a 1080P screen I can notice the difference, but it is very subtle. Everything looks pretty crisp and clear, and the colors are good.
I've been using it for 2 days now, and I am very impressed with this phone. It isn't capable of taking great picture or higher end gaming, so I still want to get a better phone soon, but I've lived without those options for years already, as the Honor 5x is also a lower end phone, and I paid more than twice as much for it, back when it was released. I'm very happy with what a current sub-$100 phone can do today.
If you don't already have AT&T or Cricket, than you probably don't want one of these unless you want to switch, or you don't currently have a carrier, because they almost definitely are not carrier unlocked. I was already using AT&T Prepaid, so in my emergency I was only considering phones for that service. I'll buy an unlocked phone on eBay at some point in the future. I would definitely recommend this phone, especially if all you use it for us taking, texting, messaging, Facebook, Twitter, etc. It has no problem playing music or video, either.
Update: I'm fairly certain this phone kills SDcards. The one I had been using for years became read-only, but I just figured it was done, because I'd been using it for years. However, I bought a new 256GB card, and the same thing happened within an hour of use. Reformatting fails, as does attempting to repartition the card, using several different utilities. Beware.
