AGM X6 Phantom Review

OS, UI and software

AGM X6 Phantom runs on almost stock Android 14. The Lock Screen is dominated by a huge Clock widget adjoined by a small Date one and basic status bar icons. The Home Screen has a search bar on top and two rows of apps at the bottom. A swipe-up opens the app drawer listing the apps in alphabetic order. Desktop shortcuts are supported. The customization picker can be accessed after a long press on any free space on the desktop. It contains a Widgets menu, a Wallpaper & style menu, and Home Settings. The Task Manager tiles the applications horizontally allowing you to enter split-screen mode (if supported) and go to the app info page. A swipe down from the top of the screen opens the list of notifications. The Notifications shade has a standard design and layout. A second swipe opens the Quick Settings toggles listed on two pages with an option to add more or remove existing ones from this list. A swipe to the right from the Home Screen opens Google Discover. AGM X6 Phantom arrives with a minimal set of pre-installed applications, including Calculator, Calendar, Camera, Chrome, Clock, Contacts, Drive, Files, Gmail, Google, Keep Notes, Maps, Meet, Messages, Phone, Photos, Play Store, Safety, Settings, Sound Recorder, YouTube, and YT Music. There's a dedicated app serving the temperature sensor. It allows you to measure the temperature of the human body (forehead or wrist) and of objects. It keeps a history of the measurements and can form a temperature table. The Settings app comprises 19 menus headed by a settings search bar. The first two menus are about connectivity and are shown in detail in the corresponding section of this review. The third menu is "Apps" and it allows you to manage various aspects of the applications on the device - follow up the screen time, battery usage, permissions, etc. It is followed by the "Notifications" menu which manages this specific aspect of the smartphone, including device and app notifications, history, conversations, bubbles, DND mode, etc. The "Battery" menu is described in the corresponding section of this review and the following "Storage" one is self-explanatory. "Sound & vibration" is next on the list comprising the four standard slide bars for media, calls, rings & notifications, and alarm volume. You can also choose a ringtone, alarm, and notification sound, manage the Live Caption options, the vibration and haptics one, DND mode, etc. The "Display" menu follows, including only the basic options - brightness level bar, adaptive brightness, dark theme, night light, lock screen settings, auto-rotate screen toggle, and screen saver. The "Wallpaper & style" menu that follows duplicates the options from the Customization Picker. "User Defined Key" lets you activate it as a shortcut for five functions - push-to-talk, audio play, camera, flashlight, or temperature measurement. You can also choose for it to do nothing when pressed. The "Accessibility" menu allows you to manage your screen reader, display (size and text; color and motion; extra dim; magnification), interaction controls, system controls - the same options exist in the System menu, vibration and haptics, Live Caption options, audio aid, and accessibility shortcuts. "Security & privacy" is in the new Android 14 format with renamed services and privacy settings included. The More Security & Privacy options include Lock Screen Notifications, App Content, Android System Intelligence, Autofill Service from Google, Extend Unlock, and others. Extend Unlock is the Smart Unlock feature renamed. The next menus are standard and include "Location", "Safety & Emergency", "Passwords & accounts", "Digital Wellbeing & parental controls", "Google", "System", and "About Phone". The "System" menu contains the separated languages and keyboard settings, gestures options, update options, backup and reset, and date and time settings. Under gestures, you will see the "Navigation mode" (on-screen gestures or virtual buttons with further customization), the "Press and hold power button" feature, the "Lift to check phone" toggle, and the "Three pointer screenshot" toggle. "The About Phone" menu contains the usual data about the model name, main specifications, software versions, etc.