Chinese Android Phones

Andy369

Mezcita wrote: »

Jayzus, nicely done. I'd ordered off Deal Extreme but they are now saying that they won't have stock until Friday at the earliest. Cancelled the order and went via your method above. Cheers.

Great! I just order a black thl 5000 from gearbest, and 4 free gifts are included. Thank you!

Colemania

My Mi3 was shipped on Monday from ibuygou.com and is arriving today Can't wait to get my hands on it!

Great customer service too has to be said

Iseedeadpixels

Does anyone with a Jiayu of any kind notice notice it randomly restarting?

Thargor

Nope, a different ROM will probably sort that out.

honda boi

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Does anyone with a Jiayu of any kind notice notice it randomly restarting?

Try giving it a factory reset.

Iseedeadpixels

Happens once a week, its a tad strange.

crazydom

Instead of this Chinese phone, how about the oneplus?

Xenoronin

I'm looking to buy a nice android phone so i've been scanning this thread for a bit. Saw a suggestion for ZTE so i popped it into aliexpress and found this.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/ZTE-Nubia-Z7-mini-lte-4G-FDD-smart-phone-Qualcomm-MSM8974AA-2-0GHz-5-0-FHD/1964357236.html

Seems right up my alley and in budget. Can't see much reviews though so anyone have any experience with ZTE? I know it supports 3G/4G with 3Ireland so I'm sorted in terms of network as far as I can see. Only issue could be the battery which is 2300mAh. A bit low, but it is only a 5" screen.

Thanks for any feedback!

Edit: Also found this, which seems to be an upgraded version...
http://www.oppomart.com/nubia-z7/zte-nubia-z7-mini.html
Now I'm confused xD

RossieMan

That seems like a great phone.

don't think anyone here has got one as of yet, so you could be the first.
Specs are great. Battery would be my only worry.

T-Bird

Xenoronin wrote: »

I'm looking to buy a nice android phone so i've been scanning this thread for a bit. Saw a suggestion for ZTE so i popped it into aliexpress and found this.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/ZTE-Nubia-Z7-mini-lte-4G-FDD-smart-phone-Qualcomm-MSM8974AA-2-0GHz-5-0-FHD/1964357236.html

Seems right up my alley and in budget. Can't see much reviews though so anyone have any experience with ZTE? I know it supports 3G/4G with 3Ireland so I'm sorted in terms of network as far as I can see. Only issue could be the battery which is 2300mAh. A bit low, but it is only a 5" screen.

Thanks for any feedback!

Edit: Also found this, which seems to be an upgraded version...
http://www.oppomart.com/nubia-z7/zte-nubia-z7-mini.html
Now I'm confused xD

This for a bit more, almost tempted myself....

Reduced to $379 from $549

Huawei Honor 6 4G LTE Dual Sim Full Active H60-L02 Android 4.4 Kit Kat Octa Core 5.0 inch FHD 13.0MP DSFA Smartphone

http://www.etotalk.com/huawei-honor-6-h60l02_p6168.html

Colemania

RossieMan wrote: »

That seems like a great phone.

don't think anyone here has got one as of yet, so you could be the first.
Specs are great. Battery would be my only worry.

Was actually looking at this as I was recommended it by a guy who purchases a lot of chinese phones but the battery threw me off it.

LegalCity

Hi,

Looking to buy a Chinese android phone 200e budget. 3g compatible and dual sim if possible?
I've been looking on the websites throughout this thread and just dont know what site and model to actually go for. So many devices.

Can someone please recommend site and phone from experience with good specifications i.e. 3g or 4g and dual sim? Thank you in advance.

Khannie

Any preference on screen size?

LegalCity

Khannie wrote: »

Any preference on screen size?

5 inches

Barr

LegalCity wrote: »

Hi,

Looking to buy a Chinese android phone 200e budget. 3g compatible and dual sim if possible?
I've been looking on the websites throughout this thread and just dont know what site and model to actually go for. So many devices.

Can someone please recommend site and phone from experience with good specifications i.e. 3g or 4g and dual sim? Thank you in advance.

The THL 5000 is great for the money if you have no requirement for 4g. They are brand new to the market so might be beneficial to wait as a few have ordered in this thread. We should see what they are like shortly.

spix

T-Bird wrote: »

This for a bit more, almost tempted myself....

Reduced to $379 from $549

Huawei Honor 6 4G LTE Dual Sim Full Active H60-L02 Android 4.4 Kit Kat Octa Core 5.0 inch FHD 13.0MP DSFA Smartphone

http://www.etotalk.com/huawei-honor-6-h60l02_p6168.html

Yes reduced... to its standard price since release :P

T-Bird

spix wrote: »

Yes reduced... to its standard price since release :P

yup, mostly always the way... but that's everywhere..

it's some phone for the price though

eamonnq

Been experiencing some issues with my 132usd MX59 from Pandawill (random reboots) and then the camera stopped working, it was suggested by Pandawill to flash it, so I did that and tried a few roms but the camera still did not work, have now flashed a MIUI rom, but it just keeps crashing so can't do anything else with it. Can't even get into the recovery as I cannot get Mobile Uncle tools on to it.

Managed to get into the recovery, by pressing the power up button when powering up though I would have sworn that did not work all day!!

T-Bird

I would think problem is hardware instead of firmware related myself. Either way does the suggestion that gave cause you to revoke the warranty?

Try downloading another Rom from your pc and copy it to the download section in sd card (if phone uses one).

Lochlannach

Lochlannach wrote: »

Does anyone know of a high end phone with a 5" screen which will work with meteor/emobile 4G?

I'm tempted by the likes of the oneplus or the Mi4 but the LTE side is letting them down.

Anyone have any suggestions?

spix

Lochlannach wrote: »

Anyone have any suggestions?

Are you looking for a phone that supports 800mhz/1800mhz or both? Meteor/emobile uses both these bands but not sure which is the main one. If its 1800mhz there's a good few phones to choose from including the oneplus one. If you want both bands supported there isn't many options. Only one I have found so far is the Zopo zp320.

Colemania

Using my new xiaomi mi3 right now. Very impressed by it. Didn't actually know it took the old sim cards though. Thought it would take a micro sim. Have to buy a sim adapter tomorrow or just get a free sim from three.

Anyway, first impressions are that it's fast, great screen quality and battery seems pretty good so far.

Lochlannach

spix wrote: »

Are you looking for a phone that supports 800mhz/1800mhz or both? Meteor/emobile uses both these bands but not sure which is the main one. If its 1800mhz there's a good few phones to choose from including the oneplus one. If you want both bands supported there isn't many options. Only one I have found so far is the Zopo zp320.

Was thinking one that supports both would be good - one that covers all Irish bands would be ideal but not likely ;-)

Colemania

Have only used the mi3 for a short time since I got it yesterday but I noticed that the GPS isn't connecting. Common issue with Chinese phones? Is it fixable? Haven't used it outside yet to test the signal but doubtful it would work

seannash

Colemania wrote: »

Have only used the mi3 for a short time since I got it yesterday but I noticed that the GPS isn't connecting. Common issue with Chinese phones? Is it fixable? Haven't used it outside yet to test the signal but doubtful it would work

It should be sporting a snapdragon processor so GPS shouldnt be an issue. The GPS issue was related to mediatek processors.

eamonnq

http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_64307.html

Hexacore anybody ?

RossieMan

GPS generally doesn't work inside, try it outside and see what happens.

eamonnq

RossieMan wrote: »

GPS generally doesn't work inside, try it outside and see what happens.

but he might need the GPS to find his way outside !! ??

corwill

A few have been asking after competitively priced 5"ers the last few days, they might be interested in the following:

http://www.etotalk.com/vk-vk900_p6161.html

Clonetastic, but nice specs for the price.

Khannie

RossieMan wrote: »

GPS generally doesn't work inside, try it outside and see what happens.

Just to expand on this a bit - GPS can only work properly when it can receive a signal from several satellites. You need to be outdoors and under a clear sky to get a fast, clean lock.