There's finally a decent British smartphone company - it's just a pity the phone didn't work

Rob Price/BI

In December, I got to try out an interesting smartphone from a promising new British company.

It's called the Storm, and is built by WileyFox.

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It's big, fast, and not unattractive in a somewhat stylised way. And it's an absolute bargain.

Now, here's normally the point where I recommend you go out and spend your hard-earned dollar on this phone.

BUT. That's tricky. Because a lot of the time when I was testing the phone, it just didn't work.