Sign up to receive daily breaking news, reviews, opinion, analysis, deals and more from the world of tech. Simply put, this is how much of a scene in front of the camera will be captured by the camera's sensor. inch trend, the British manufacturer has stuck with the 5-inch display size of the original Wileyfox Swift.

This has been acknowledged by Wileyfox who stated that they were working on a software fix to address the issue. The scanner works a treat and, bar a few instances when using the phone in drizzle, it accurately read my fingerprint pretty much every time. The CPU bits are determined by the bit-size of the processor registers, address buses and data buses. Compromise isn’t a word you’d associate with the Wileyfox Swift 2 X; on the contrary, this is a smartphone that’s more than the sum of its parts.While these cases protect the back, rear camera lens and sides, they do not protrude to protect the screen. The higher the pixel density, the more detailed and clearer is the information displayed on the screen. The Swift 2 and Swift 2 Plus improve on this thanks to a larger 2,700mAh battery, but only marginally, stretching to just 9hrs 32mins in the same test. The lower the f-stop number, the larger the diaphragm opening is, hence, the more light reaches the sensor. Bluetooth uses various profiles and protocols related to faster exchange of data, energy saving, better device discoverability, etc.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with 720p in sub–5-inch displays - just ask Apple with the iPhone 7 and Sony with the Sony Xperia Z5 Compact, both of which cost considerably more than the Swift 2 Plus. It’s not the best screen we’ve ever come across, but it’s a solid, well-rounded display that's a marked improvement on the company’s past phones.

Of course, with cheap fingerprint sensors in particular we often wish the manufacturer simply hadn’t bothered, so unreliable or sluggish is their performance (hello ZTE Blade V7 Lite and Bush Spira E3X).

There's more good news for current Wileyfox owners too, as STK will honour warranties that are still in date, ensuring that you have the support you need if your phone develops a fault. STK already has its own smartphone portfolio, but Salameh said it plans to keep the two brands separate as they compliment each other. The Swift 2 X is British upstart Wileyfox’s current flagship smartphone, sitting above the firm’s slightly cheaper Swift 2.If you find an inaccuracy in our frequently asked questions, please let us know by using our contact form. On the other hand, smaller pixels allow for increasing the resolution while preserving the same sensor size. The fault manifests itself by when it is initially activated, the exposure is correct, but after a second or two, the screen goes dark as if night has quickly fallen. Due to the absence of a physical home button the scanner is located on the rear of the device, just beneath the camera lens. Again, Wileyfox’s careful consideration is apparent, as the Swift 2 Plus’s sensor is reasonably quick and reliable.

talk time is the time period a battery charge will last, if one is constantly talking on the phone in a 2G cellular network. That’s pretty good for topping up your phone mid-afternoon, but the downside is that you’ll need to supply your own fast charge adapter, as Wileyfox has neglected to include one in the box. We kept the display at around the halfway point for much of our time with the phone, which was more than enough for it to remain legible outside in these darkening UK autumn days. It isn’t the fastest sensor in the world, often taking at least a second to unlock the phone from sleep after I pressed it, but it’s a welcome addition nonetheless. The fact that Wileyfox has avoided turning the Swift 2 into a phablet means it's easy to use with one hand – not quite as easy as the likes of the iPhone SE, but still a damn sight more agreeable than many of the super-large Android phones currently hitting the market.Bucking the current trend higher up the pay scale, the Swift 2 X has also retained its traditional 3.