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Wileyfox Swift review: A 2015 British budget phone running CyanogenMod with privacy focus.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2015·$160
Overall
46/100
Class rank
#30 of 46
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A British Cyanogen phone.

Wileyfox Swift was a UK startup's privacy-focused Cyanogen OS Android — a quirky 2015 experiment cut short when Cyanogen Inc. folded.

01Display

60/100

60/100 trails the 63-point cohort average for budget phones of 2015.

TypeIPS LCD
Size5.0 inches
Resolution1,280 × 720 px (HD)

02Camera

58/100

58/100 puts it above the 55-point average for budget phones of 2015.

Main13 MP
Selfie5 MP

03Performance

46/100

46/100 trails the 49-point cohort average for budget phones of 2015.

ChipsetSnapdragon 410
RAM2 GB
Storage16 GB · microSD

04Battery

64/100

64/100 trails the 67-point cohort average for budget phones of 2015.

Capacity2,500 mAh (removable)
Standby~ 700 hours

05Build

60/100

60/100 puts it above the 58-point average for budget phones of 2015.

06Value

64/100

64/100 puts it above the 61-point average for budget phones of 2015.

What works
  • Cyanogen OS — privacy-tuned Android.
  • Made in Britain.
  • Removable battery + microSD.
  • Dual-SIM at $160.
What doesn't
  • Cyanogen Inc. shut down in 2016.
  • Snapdragon 410 slow.
  • HD only.
  • Niche brand vanished.
Cross-shop it against
LeEco Le 2
$180 · score 67/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 46-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .