Chinese Android Phones

brimal · 31-05-2014 5:04pm

AlanS181824 wrote: »

The Xiaomi range of phones seems very good.

Especially the Xiaomi Mi3 well bar the lack of SD card slot.

Anyone have any experience with these devices? Recommended?

I have the Mi3. Really excellent device. When it was released, it was the most powerful smartphone in the world. Still has very good specs, and the price has dropped a good bit lately.

If I was going to get a flagship smartphone from China I would choose either Xiaomi Mi3 or Meizu MX3.

Next month Meizu, and possibly Xiaomi, will release their new flagship phones, but it might take a month or two on top of that for them to become readily available.

Sam Mac · 31-05-2014 5:07pm

AlanS181824 wrote: »

The Xiaomi range of phones seems very good.

Especially the Xiaomi Mi3 well bar the lack of SD card slot.

Anyone have any experience with these devices? Recommended?

I've just ordered their Redmi 5.5'' smartphone. 1.7ghz and expandable memory with a HD screen for just over €160 shipped.

AlanS181824 · 31-05-2014 5:10pm

Thanks for the replies everyone!

I think I'm going to wait and see do they release an Mi4.

Thargor · 31-05-2014 6:22pm

Sam Mac wrote: »

I've just ordered their Redmi 5.5'' smartphone. 1.7ghz and expandable memory with a HD screen for just over €160 shipped.

Where did you order from please?

aaronm13 · 31-05-2014 6:36pm

Can't recommend the Meizu MX3 high enough, its a fantastic device. Been a price drop recently in China too.

Sam Mac · 31-05-2014 8:01pm

Thargor wrote: »

Where did you order from please?

I ordered from Pandawill.com http://www.pandawill.com/xiaomi-hongmi-note-mtk6592-2gb-8gb-55-inch-hd-ips-screen-130mp-3100mah-p89712.html

When you order, in the notes section on paypal, state to them that you want to avoid customs and they will put $50 as the value. Just tell them 'please state package value at 50$ and don't include invoice'

phunks · 31-05-2014 8:40pm

aaronm13 wrote: »

Can't recommend the Meizu MX3 high enough, its a fantastic device. Been a price drop recently in China too.

That is a serious piece of kit. Was looking to spend only around 200 but considering pushing the budget out a bit. Where did you end up getting it from?

Thargor · 31-05-2014 8:46pm

Sam Mac wrote: »

I ordered from Pandawill.com http://www.pandawill.com/xiaomi-hongmi-note-mtk6592-2gb-8gb-55-inch-hd-ips-screen-130mp-3100mah-p89712.html

When you order, in the notes section on paypal, state to them that you want to avoid customs and they will put $50 as the value. Just tell them 'please state package value at 50$ and don't include invoice'

Thanks, great price, Im probably going to order, any word on what the GPS is like though?

aaronm13 · 01-06-2014 12:36am

phunks wrote: »

That is a serious piece of kit. Was looking to spend only around 200 but considering pushing the budget out a bit. Where did you end up getting it from?

Got it from a seller on aliexpress. Think I paid 320 for the international 64gb version. The price drop happened just after I bought it. Think you might get the 16gb version for a good bit cheaper. Went for the bigger storage because of the lack of sd card. Kit Kat is coming soon too. There is beta builds out at the moment.

Sam Mac · 01-06-2014 4:00am

Thargor wrote: »

Thanks, great price, Im probably going to order, any word on what the GPS is like though?

From what I've read online its fairly good with a strong wifi connection or 3g.

mistress_gi · 01-06-2014 12:10pm

Hi! So I was wondering what s people's experience with http://www.mixeshop.com/, they are selling the Xiaomi note for 195$ but I ave never dealt with them and saw very bad reviews online!
Here is the link:
http://www.mixeshop.com/xiaomi-hongmi-note-red-rice-note-wcdma-mtk6592-octa-core-55-inch-ips-hd-screen-miui-v5-2gb-8gb-3100mah-battery-otg-gps-3g-smartphone_p4329.html

The other thing I wanted to ask is, I was looking at the specs of the note closer and saw that 3G is WCDMA only, will this work in europe?

mistress_gi · 01-06-2014 12:29pm

Damn, I keep changing my mind, I think I'll wait for this:
http://www.merimobiles.com/umi-rice-x3-octa-core-4g-smartphone_p/meri8407.htm
Any UMI users in the forum?

tallaghtmick · 01-06-2014 1:06pm

mistress_gi wrote: »

Hi! So I was wondering what s people's experience with http://www.mixeshop.com/, they are selling the Xiaomi note for 195$ but I ave never dealt with them and saw very bad reviews online!
Here is the link:
http://www.mixeshop.com/xiaomi-hongmi-note-red-rice-note-wcdma-mtk6592-octa-core-55-inch-ips-hd-screen-miui-v5-2gb-8gb-3100mah-battery-otg-gps-3g-smartphone_p4329.html

The other thing I wanted to ask is, I was looking at the specs of the note closer and saw that 3G is WCDMA only, will this work in europe?

Used them the last time, they were brilliant, was delivered with 10 working days and they even gave me a free cover.

tallaghtmick · 01-06-2014 1:07pm

mistress_gi wrote: »

Damn, I keep changing my mind, I think I'll wait for this:
http://www.merimobiles.com/umi-rice-x3-octa-core-4g-smartphone_p/meri8407.htm
Any UMI users in the forum?

Thats pre order you'll be waiting.

LFC Murphy · 01-06-2014 9:11pm

So I'm gonna take the plunge (finally) and the the Redmi Note is the one. Just looking for some advice as to the best place to purchase.

I'm leaning towards Merimobiles simply because of the Rooting service plus color options. In recent weeks Pandawill has been highly spoken of however I do not see these services..

My requirement is a de-bloated rooted phone with the Play store installed.

Anything ideas? my credit card is waiting

Thargor · 01-06-2014 10:01pm

Very tempted myself, this is the cheapest I can see:

http://www.pandawill.com/xiaomi-hongmi-note-mtk6592-2gb-8gb-55-inch-hd-ips-screen-130mp-3100mah-p89712.html

Dont worry about pre-rooted, if you have a USB cable its a piece of piss.

LFC Murphy · 01-06-2014 10:39pm

Thargor wrote: »

Very tempted myself, this is the cheapest I can see:

http://www.pandawill.com/xiaomi-hongmi-note-mtk6592-2gb-8gb-55-inch-hd-ips-screen-130mp-3100mah-p89712.html

Dont worry about pre-rooted, if you have a USB cable its a piece of piss.

Yeah, that's the one alright........ and I'm not very up to date on rooting etc, so a piece of pee to you isn't the same

honda boi · 01-06-2014 11:12pm

Do mixeshop update your order at all?.. I ordered on Tuesday and its still apparently processing?

tallaghtmick · 01-06-2014 11:36pm

honda boi wrote: »

Do mixeshop update your order at all?.. I ordered on Tuesday and its still apparently processing?

Thats a bit long alright,they dispatched after 2 days with me.

honda boi · 01-06-2014 11:48pm

tallaghtmick wrote: »

Thats a bit long alright,they dispatched after 2 days with me.

Ye was thinking that alright..went with the no customs delivery option and its supposed to be here in 7-12 days and its been 6 days and still processing! !!!

phunks · 01-06-2014 11:55pm

honda boi wrote: »

Ye was thinking that alright..went with the no customs delivery option and its supposed to be here in 7-12 days and its been 6 days and still processing! !!!

I ordered from there before and it was processing for about 6/7 days. Once it moved to shipped it arrived at the house in about 24 hours. That was with the DHL option.

brimal · 02-06-2014 5:33am

LFC Murphy wrote: »

So I'm gonna take the plunge (finally) and the the Redmi Note is the one. Just looking for some advice as to the best place to purchase.

I'm leaning towards Merimobiles simply because of the Rooting service plus color options. In recent weeks Pandawill has been highly spoken of however I do not see these services..

My requirement is a de-bloated rooted phone with the Play store installed.

Anything ideas? my credit card is waiting

Xiaomi phones usually come rooted out of the box.

Your phone should come with the international version of MiUI - Xiaomi's heavily customised version if Android - and will have Google apps installed.

If not, I posted a link to Xiaomi's forums a few pages back which explain how to install Google apps.

Sam Mac · 02-06-2014 11:03am

How long do panda will usually take to dispatch? I ordered a Redmi note on Saturday.

eamonnq · 02-06-2014 1:49pm

Sam Mac wrote: »

How long do panda will usually take to dispatch? I ordered a Redmi note on Saturday.

Like the rest of the sellers, they tend to take 'a few days'.

http://www.pandawill.com/shipping-and-handling

See points 3 and 4.

jousting with chairs · 02-06-2014 1:59pm

The Chinese have the Dragon Boat Festival from 31st May to 2nd June so there will be a delay getting orders out.

Most companies close for it then have a backlog to deal with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duanwu_Festival

Panthro · 02-06-2014 5:41pm

question folks, I ordered a few things from Mixeshop on the 17th May via Singapore Post.
Checked Singapore Post website and it said Dispatched to Ireland on the 22nd.
I can't find a tracking noumber to check An Post, any ideas where would I find one?

jousting with chairs · 02-06-2014 5:51pm

It's the same tracking number that you got from SP but it won't show up on the An Post system until it says ''arrived in Ireland'' on the SP site.

Panthro · 02-06-2014 6:13pm

thank you kindly, I'll give it a few more days so.

jousting with chairs · 02-06-2014 6:16pm

No bother, but I've had packages take up to 2 weeks from dispatched date so don't hold your breath

LFC Murphy · 02-06-2014 8:08pm

Just ordered the Xiaomi Redmi Note from Pandawill. Will be in touch with updates

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