Chinese Android Phones

Barr

Has anyone seen RossieMan recently – he seems to have stopped posting in here :pac:

RossieMan

The joys of finishing college and having nothing to do for the summer.

If only now i could afford some of these pretty phones.

accountname

Took the plunge into the Chinese market and ordered a Xiaomi Mi 3, can't wait Does the DHL 2-5 day option really take that short though? Was expecting to be waiting a month, but for 20 Euro, hopefully it'll be here next week :cool:

brimal

Xiaomi Mi3 is a great phone, let us know how you get on with it

Discodog

zerks wrote: »

I wonder if this is suitable for use on any of the Chinese phones?

http://www.mobogenie.com/

Further to my previous post. I googled Mobogenie. I wouldn't want it anywhere near my phone

pauleoin

Barr wrote: »

I think this is for the Chinese market only

The 3G won't work here

Hi Barr, you may be right, different sites have different 3G specs, some of the confusion may be down to a similar new Lenovo phone the S8, this review http://www.gsmarc.com/lenovo/golden-warrior-a8/reviews/, states that it has the same 3G bands as my current Lonovo phone, so we may have to wait until it goes on sale.

Digital Solitude

accountname wrote: »

Took the plunge into the Chinese market and ordered a Xiaomi Mi 3, can't wait Does the DHL 2-5 day option really take that short though? Was expecting to be waiting a month, but for 20 Euro, hopefully it'll be here next week :cool:

3-4 days in the arse end of Leitrim for me! Expect another 20 on top of that if you don't get it labeled as a gift

MidlandsM

accountname wrote: »

Took the plunge into the Chinese market and ordered a Xiaomi Mi 3, can't wait Does the DHL 2-5 day option really take that short though? Was expecting to be waiting a month, but for 20 Euro, hopefully it'll be here next week :cool:

nice, thinking of one myself...where did you order it from ?

amby666

Hi, I've just received my Hongmi 1s with etotalk rom, but it looks they thought it was going to Israel!
Could anyone step me through the menu options to change the language please?

Iseedeadpixels

amby666 wrote: »

Hi, I've just received my Hongmi 1s with etotalk rom, but it looks they thought it was going to Israel!
Could anyone step me through the menu options to change the language please?

The language settings has a (A) symbol, should be easy enough to find.

Barr

The Nubia Z7 is in the pre sale section of Etotalk now .. worth the wait



http://www.etotalk.com/nubia-z7-4g-lte_p6209.html

accountname

brimal wrote: »

Xiaomi Mi3 is a great phone, let us know how you get on with it

Will do

MidlandsM wrote: »

nice, thinking of one myself...where did you order it from ?

Etotalk. The 16GB was 214 before add ons and that I think. Went all out and got a power bank, case and a few goodies

Digital Solitude wrote: »

3-4 days in the arse end of Leitrim for me! Expect another 20 on top of that if you don't get it labeled as a gift

Sweet! Why what's the extra 20 about?

Digital Solitude

accountname wrote: »

Sweet! Why what's the extra 20 about?

Import Duty, it's a tax based on the value of the goods, it might be even more than that for a Mi3. If you can prove it's for personal use I think you can get away without it.

Thargor

Barr wrote: »

The Nubia Z7 is in the pre sale section of Etotalk now .. worth the wait



http://www.etotalk.com/nubia-z7-4g-lte_p6209.html

Fcuk it, Im buying it.

RossieMan

is that model not selling for over €400?

pleasant Co.

Thargor wrote: »

Fcuk it, Im buying it.

sweet, a guinea pig :cool:

amby666

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

The language settings has a (A) symbol, should be easy enough to find.

Got it thanks

johnybean

Any opinions on this for my first foray into the wonderful world of chinese android phones. Was looking for something which would match galaxy note 2/3 without having to remortgage the house and came across the Kingzone. have seen a few reviews about it and seems to be getting good feedback. Should be about €200-€220 delivered which is the budget and for that I would be getting
5.5" 1080P screen
2 GB Ram
16 GB Rom
14Mp camera
Expandable memory
NFC
OTG
Wireless charging
Snappy performance (From what I have seen in reviews)
Looks good
Thoughts?

Barr

RossieMan wrote: »

is that model not selling for over €400?

I would find it hard to justify that price .. especially with the Lenovo K910 selling for about half that price on Etotalk.

Thargor

Yeah 280-300 would be my limit there I think, thought only the Oppos and a couple of other luxury ones were still touching 400, will have to wait and see.

Ibood not a total rip off today, would have jumped on this 6 months ago:

http://www.ibood.com/ie/en/product_specs/49518/Sony_peria_ZL_smart_phone_with_uad_Core_processor_5_Full_HD_screen_and_Bravia_Engine/

Colemania

Would anyone recommend buying any of these phones from tmart? All very cheap. Or are Tmart not good to deal with?

crasy dash

Colemania wrote: »

Would anyone recommend buying any of these phones from tmart? All very cheap. Or are Tmart not good to deal with?

Cannot realy quote on phones from tmart but from my own experience with dealing with them they are fine.
Ordered probably from them 7-8 times no problems free shipping is a pain usually 3-4 weeks dhl under a week though.
Somebody else on here will guide you phone wise, just link to the phone you are looking at somebody will reply.:pac:

eamonnq

Colemania wrote: »

Would anyone recommend buying any of these phones from tmart? All very cheap. Or are Tmart not good to deal with?

Depends on the phone, lots of places have cheap phones, Tmart are ok to deal with as far as I am aware.

honda boi

Thargor wrote: »

You could have another couple of weeks, free delivery from China is sloooow. At least you'll have Kit Kat for it when it comes:

http://www.gizchina.com/2014/07/06/download-jiayu-finally-release-android-4-4-update-jiayu-g4s/

Anyone update to KitKat? What's it like?

Thargor

Barr wrote: »

The Nubia Z7 is in the pre sale section of Etotalk now .. worth the wait



http://www.etotalk.com/nubia-z7-4g-lte_p6209.html

Price has appeared now $699 = €512 :eek:

Scratch that plan anyway, anyone seen any nice 4G 5.5s anywhere? snapdragon preferably.

seannash

Thargor wrote: »

Price has appeared now $699 = €512 :eek:

Scratch that plan anyway, anyone seen any nice 4G 5.5s anywhere? snapdragon preferably.

The flagship has always been advertised around that price, the Mini and Max versions are the bargains out of the 3 (The mini more so)

crasy dash

http://www.pandawill.com/mobile-phone-c1/android-os-phone-c551/x1-smartphone-mtk6589-android-42-50-inch-hd-screen-130mp-camera-3g-black-p90367.html

Just had a quick look on pandawill site what do you guys think of this only want a cheap phone not really concerned about gps or 4g etc

eamonnq

crasy dash wrote: »

http://www.pandawill.com/mobile-phone-c1/android-os-phone-c551/x1-smartphone-mtk6589-android-42-50-inch-hd-screen-130mp-camera-3g-black-p90367.html

Just had a quick look on pandawill site what do you guys think of this only want a cheap phone not really concerned about gps or 4g etc

http://www.adverts.ie/apple/huawei-ascend-g-300/5925314

Barr

Thargor wrote: »

Price has appeared now $699 = €512 :eek:

Scratch that plan anyway, anyone seen any nice 4G 5.5s anywhere? snapdragon preferably.

I reckon Etotalk will discount it by about $300

It will end up similar to this at a guess

http://www.etotalk.com/huawei-p7l00_p5584.html

Thargor

http://www.etotalk.com/nubia-z7-max-4g-lte_p6211.html

There's the Max, still a decent enough phone, ticks all my boxes anyway, will have to wait and see though.