Chinese Android Phones

pajor

tallaghtmick wrote: »

I think here is ok, whats the tablet?

http://www.mixeshop.com/ainol-novo-9-spark-ii-atm7039-quad-core-97-inch-retina-screen-ram-2gb-hdmi-32gb_p3743.html

Barr

Missymoohaa wrote: »

I thought this looked good on bang good for the price, you can have a gander, battery is 2200 m/h instead of 3000 though which may be a bit of a problem

http://www.banggood.com/CUBOT-X6-5-inch-MTK6592-Octa-core-1_7GHz-Smartphone-p-917451.html

Nice looking phone for the money. The main advantage for me is the Xaoimi has a snpadragon chip which seems few and far between on budget Chinese phones.

tallaghtmick

pajor wrote: »

http://www.mixeshop.com/ainol-novo-9-spark-ii-atm7039-quad-core-97-inch-retina-screen-ram-2gb-hdmi-32gb_p3743.html

I would go for it, tbh I hate apple so my opinion is biased :pac:

pajor

tallaghtmick wrote: »

I would go for it, tbh I hate apple so my opinion is biased :pac:

32gb internal, 2gb RAM, nice display, metal case. Comes to about €200 with keyboard case.

Am I missing the catch?

tallaghtmick

pajor wrote: »

32gb internal, 2gb RAM, nice display, metal case. Comes to about €200 with keyboard case.

Am I missing the catch?

Its Chinese thats the risk.

pauleoin

pajor wrote: »

32gb internal, 2gb RAM, nice display, metal case. Comes to about €200 with keyboard case.

Am I missing the catch?

Worth checking whether the rom is in Chinese or English and whether there are any alternative roms available from sites like XDA & Needrom.

seannash

Barr wrote: »

This looks quite good , dual sim xiaomi with a snapdragon processor. The gps should be excellent in this if it is a priority.


http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Xiaomi-Redmi-1S-4-7-Snapdragon-400-Quad-Core-1-6G-1G-RAM-Dual-Sim-3G-Smartphone-/181390227003?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a3bb3363b#ht_5298wt_988

I could be wrong but I think the redmi uses a Mediatek processor.

tallaghtmick

seannash wrote: »

I could be wrong but I think the redmi uses a Mediatek processor.

Hmmm you're right

http://www.mi.com/sg/redmi/

Says quad core so its the same as mine now

pajor

pauleoin wrote: »

Worth checking whether the rom is in Chinese or English and whether there are any alternative roms available from sites like XDA & Needrom.

Didn't put another ROM on my phone, so not too concerned about it tbh.

Barr

seannash wrote: »

I could be wrong but I think the redmi uses a Mediatek processor.

It used to , but they done away with it for the better.

pickarooney

Missymoohaa wrote: »

I thought this looked good on bang good for the price, you can have a gander, battery is 2200 m/h instead of 3000 though which may be a bit of a problem

http://www.banggood.com/CUBOT-X6-5-inch-MTK6592-Octa-core-1_7GHz-Smartphone-p-917451.html

140 bucks? almost worth the risk!

Barr

seannash wrote: »

I could be wrong but I think the redmi uses a Mediatek processor.

Found an article about the move to snapdragon

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Xiaomi-launches-4-7-inch-Hongmi-1s-Android-smartphone-with-quad-core-processor.111723.0.html

seannash

Barr wrote: »

Found an article about the move to snapdragon

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Xiaomi-launches-4-7-inch-Hongmi-1s-Android-smartphone-with-quad-core-processor.111723.0.html

Nice,
definitely a big improvement alright.

Barr

seannash wrote: »

Nice,
definitely a big improvement alright.

I think this is a real alternative to the Moto G if it were as readily available.

irishproduce

Elephone P6s has been shipped.
1.5 days after placing the order and emailing them this morning checking why it was still marked as ready to process.

Paid for the expedited delivery so I should have some feedback for you all next week!

tallaghtmick

irishproduce wrote: »

Elephone P6s has been shipped.
1.5 days after placing the order and emailing them this morning checking why it was still marked as ready to process.

Paid for the expedited delivery so I should have some feedback for you all next week!

Wow never buy from Merimobiles then you will hate their processing time :pac:

Missymoohaa

tallaghtmick wrote: »

Wow never buy from Merimobiles then you will hate their processing time :pac:

Can't fault banggood, ordered my Iocean X7hd on Monday afternoon, shipped today with expedited shipping, so the wait begins.....

tallaghtmick

Missymoohaa wrote: »

Can't fault banggood, ordered my Iocean X7hd on Monday afternoon, shipped today with expedited shipping, so the wait begins.....

I think ill wait until later in the summer for a new phone, ill be using etotalk as I want their rom.

seannash

tallaghtmick wrote: »

I think ill wait until later in the summer for a new phone, ill be using etotalk as I want their rom.

Is there rom any good. I would have imagines they just wipe the chinese crap from it and then install play store on it.

Does it have any advantages over Cyanogemod or any others?

tallaghtmick

seannash wrote: »

Is there rom any good. I would have imagines they just wipe the chinese crap from it and then install play store on it.

Does it have any advantages over Cyanogemod or any others?

No Idea thats why im buying from them to see what its like :pac:

brimal

I too would be interested as to why people on his thread say they like the Etotalk ROM

MiUI, Cyanogenmod, Flyme OS, etc. would have far superior features, much cleaner code and huge communities to develop it further.

Missymoohaa

brimal wrote: »

I too would be interested as to why people on his thread say they like the Etotalk ROM

MiUI, Cyanogenmod, Flyme OS, etc. would have far superior features, much cleaner code and huge communities to develop it further.

I three would be interested to know what you're all talking about, scaring me, will I not be able to use my iocean straighf out of the box, will I have to do loads of work on it?

tallaghtmick

Missymoohaa wrote: »

I three would be interested to know what you're all talking about, scaring me, will I not be able to use my iocean straighf out of the box, will I have to do loads of work on it?

No work needed at all dont worry.

pajor

Have been looking at all the 2GB RAM tablets on mixeshop, the choice is just mind boggling.

Going off the idea of the iPad.

Missymoohaa

pajor wrote: »

Have been looking at all the 2GB RAM tablets on mixeshop, the choice is just mind boggling.

Going off the idea of the iPad.

Oh I'd never go back to Apple, very restricted. Total freedom with android.

pajor

Missymoohaa wrote: »

Oh I'd never go back to Apple, very restricted. Total freedom with android.

That's what's swaying me. Even something simple like putting a video on it. Painful having to do it with iTunes etc.

Simi

pajor wrote: »

That's what's swaying me. Even something simple like putting a video on it. Painful having to do it with iTunes etc.

Make sure you scour the web for reviews of any tablet you're thinking of buying. Tablets that look great on paper, can often end up being horrible to use in practice. Tablets that rank highly in benchmarks might struggle to provide a smooth browsing experience, or freeze randomly (rk3188 based tablets are especially prone to this).

Retina displays look nice, but unless they have the graphical might to drive that many pixels, you'll be looking at sub 15fps gaming.

T-Bird

Especially investigate the battery life, Chinese tablets are notorious for bad battery life. You may be able to purchase an all singing and dancing tablet regarding performance and graphics, but the battery may only last up to two hours.

tallaghtmick

T-Bird wrote: »

Especially investigate the battery life, Chinese tablets are notorious for bad battery life. You may be able to purchase an all singing and dancing tablet regarding performance and graphics, but the battery may only last up to two hours.

Very true, we got a jxd tablet for the lil man and it drained in 3 hours

pajor

Insightful.