Ride-railing company UBER has delisted some smartphones assumed to be of low quality for its services. Most of the phones that were delisted are the favorite phones people use for Uber Nigeria. I know you will be disappointed to hear that uber has discontinued support for your ideal phones.
Uber drivers need a phone with functional GPS connectivity to track customers for accurate positioning However, here are the lists of banned devices Uber drivers can’t use
Banned Smartphones on Uber Platform
Infinix Hot 2
Infinix Hot 3
Infinix Hot 4 lite
Infinix Hot 4 Pro
infinix Hot 7
Infinix mobile – X5010 (2018)
Infinix Note 4
Gionee F103L
Nexus 5
Tecno Spark 2
Tecno L8 (lite)
TECNO Pouvoir 2
Tecno F2
Tecno Camon CX
Tecno Camon CX Air
Tecno Camon 11
Tecno W2
Samsung Galaxy S6 (2015)
Samsung Galaxy S5
Samsung Galaxy J7 2017
Samsung Galaxy J5 Prime (2016)
Nokia 5
Nokia 2 (2017)
Apple iPhone 5s
Apple iPhone 6 Plus
HTC One M8
itel mobile phone – iTel S12
itel mobile phone – itel it1508
UBER Minimum Device Requirements
- Android version: 6.0 or newer
- Single SIM slot only. No dual sim devices
- 2GB RAM minimum
- Snapdragon or Mediatek
- Minimum processor model: Snapdragon 630 or the Mediatek Helios P10
- Minimum of an 8 core processor running at 2Ghz
- Minimum Geekbench 4.1 score of 600 (single core) and 4000 (multicore)
- Minimum screen size of 4.7 inches
- Device must have both A-GPS and GLONASS
Bolt Minimum Device Requirements For Drivers
- Use devices that run on the latest OS: Android 9.0 and iOS 13
- Your device should have a minimum of 1.5GB of RAM
- We do not recommend rooted phones
Source: Uber Nigeria