Chinese Android Phones

Discodog · 22-09-2014 2:36pm

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Actually, I was looking at one. 16gb is plenty for me, and the price is good. Nexus 5 is currently at least €100 more.

I didn't think that the difference is that big. I have seen the Nexus for around £230

MidlandsM · 22-09-2014 2:48pm

Discodog wrote: »

Pots & kettles. You posted that you had ordered a phone & were hoping to avoid customs.

You then posted to complain that customs had done their job properly.

haaaaaaaaa....if its not the classy DD, with his large axe to grind...because I exposed you as the low balling, bottom feeder that you are, and when I turned down your offer, you turned nasty. ahhh, classy DD, real classy you are.

Kenny Logins · 22-09-2014 2:54pm

Discodog wrote: »

I didn't think that the difference is that big. I have seen the Nexus for around £230

Oh yeah, just seen it on eglobal for €279.99. €50 more than the Mi3.

Iseedeadpixels · 22-09-2014 3:19pm

Now back to phones.....so Moto G yeh

eamonnq · 22-09-2014 3:39pm

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Any android apps to root a android box?

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Now back to phones.....so Moto G yeh

Yeah, back to PHONES !!

Discodog · 22-09-2014 3:55pm

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Oh yeah, just seen it on eglobal for €279.99. €50 more than the Mi3.

There is speculation that the Nexus will drop in price as the Mi3 increases.

Thargor · 22-09-2014 4:13pm

Id be shocked to see a Mi3 price increase tbh, when does that ever happen?

Kenny Logins · 22-09-2014 4:17pm

Thargor wrote: »

Id be shocked to see a Mi3 price increase tbh, when does that ever happen?

Went up by €4 on Eglobal today already. :pac:

SomethingElse · 24-09-2014 4:05pm

Would anyone be able to recommend a good phone for a €200 budget? Ideally it would have good battery life and working GPS (as that seems to be a problem with some of these Chinese phones!)

Kenny Logins · 24-09-2014 4:13pm

SomethingElse wrote: »

Would anyone be able to recommend a good phone for a €200 budget? Ideally it would have good battery life and working GPS (as that seems to be a problem with some of these Chinese phones!)

Moto G is the standard response. From Meteor, Vodafone, Tesco etc.

seannash · 24-09-2014 4:40pm

SomethingElse wrote: »

Would anyone be able to recommend a good phone for a €200 budget? Ideally it would have good battery life and working GPS (as that seems to be a problem with some of these Chinese phones!)

If you could stretch

http://www.ibuygou.com/p-nubia_z7_mini_smart_phone_snapdragon_801_quad_core_2_0ghz_2gb_ram_16gb_rom_5_inch_screen_13_0mp_2300mah-6219.html

SherlockWatson · 24-09-2014 4:50pm

seannash wrote: »

If you could stretch

http://www.ibuygou.com/p-nubia_z7_mini_smart_phone_snapdragon_801_quad_core_2_0ghz_2gb_ram_16gb_rom_5_inch_screen_13_0mp_2300mah-6219.html

What's the difference between that and the Jiayu G4S?

G4S seems slightly cheaper only reason I ask.

corwill · 24-09-2014 5:03pm

SherlockWatson wrote: »

What's the difference between that and the Jiayu G4S?

G4S seems slightly cheaper only reason I ask.

Bigger, higher res screen, 4g, better processor, but weedier battery.

SomethingElse · 24-09-2014 7:15pm

seannash wrote: »

If you could stretch

http://www.ibuygou.com/p-nubia_z7_mini_smart_phone_snapdragon_801_quad_core_2_0ghz_2gb_ram_16gb_rom_5_inch_screen_13_0mp_2300mah-6219.html

Very tempted to buy this now, but how weedy is the battery? Would it last a day under normal to heavy usage?

SomethingElse · 24-09-2014 7:17pm

SherlockWatson wrote: »

What's the difference between that and the Jiayu G4S?

G4S seems slightly cheaper only reason I ask.

Does the G4S not have a dodgy GPS reception?

Iseedeadpixels · 24-09-2014 10:16pm

SomethingElse wrote: »

Does the G4S not have a dodgy GPS reception?

Nope

Wickerman1 · 24-09-2014 10:45pm

I ordered a Jiayu G4S from coolicool which was posted from the Netherlands.
It arrived in the Dublin mail office yesterday but is now marked 'sent to customs'.
I'm a bit worried now

SomethingElse · 24-09-2014 11:02pm

Would this be worth going over-budget for instead?

http://www.oppomart.com/xiaomi-mi4-phone/xiaomi-mi3.html

abarkie · 25-09-2014 12:29am

SomethingElse wrote: »

Would this be worth going over-budget for instead?

http://www.oppomart.com/xiaomi-mi4-phone/xiaomi-mi3.html

If only it was Dual sim :mad:

eamonnq · 25-09-2014 8:25am

Wickerman1 wrote: »

I ordered a Jiayu G4S from coolicool which was posted from the Netherlands.
It arrived in the Dublin mail office yesterday but is now marked 'sent to customs'.
I'm a bit worried now

Worried about what, surely you were not trying to avoid paying vat on your purchases ?

Iseedeadpixels · 25-09-2014 9:02am

eamonnq wrote: »

Worried about what, surely you were not trying to avoid paying vat on your purchases ?

I thought coolicool sent from the E.U meaning no customs to pay?

horse7 · 25-09-2014 10:43am

I dont think so, How are Tax and Customs duties handled? At Coolicool, no products are taxed. However, customs officials inspect shipping packages at random. Coolicool cannot ensure that your package will remain uninspected and the customer will need to pay taxes at the request of authorities. Coolicool is not responsible for the package which return back or destroy by local custom due to The recipient refuse to pay custom duty.

Kenny Logins · 25-09-2014 10:47am

You do have to pay customs, but many of the HK/China sellers mark down the value and have been getting away with it, with no guarantees.

To 'avoid' charges you need to buy from a EU supplier or warehouse, and pay a bit more upfront.

seannash · 25-09-2014 10:57am

SomethingElse wrote: »

Very tempted to buy this now, but how weedy is the battery? Would it last a day under normal to heavy usage?

The battery is not meant to be too bad. Because its running KitKat its mean to have less drain on the battery Than previous OS did. I'd suspect you could get a day out of it.

The processor is definitely better, better screen,better camera, nicer looking,4g too.
Jiayu have stalled completely as far as I can see. I dont here of any new upcoming phones. They had less competition a year ago and were always recommended but right now there are better alternatives.

For me its a no brainer.The Nubia is the definite better of the two. I'm not convinced that the GPS issue is fixed on this particular Mediatek processor either but that's just my suspicion

seannash · 25-09-2014 12:12pm

Just one report of bad GPS with the G4S

http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/jiayu-g4s-bad-gps-issues-low-accuracy-t2830435

It doesn't appear to work out of the box

spix · 25-09-2014 2:51pm

euro dollar rate is tanking the past couple of days

k123456 · 25-09-2014 2:58pm

SomethingElse wrote: »

Would this be worth going over-budget for instead?

http://www.oppomart.com/xiaomi-mi4-phone/xiaomi-mi3.html

that looks good value at $279.00, are there any other sites offering the mi3, for less , please

seannash · 25-09-2014 3:05pm

k123456 wrote: »

that looks good value at $279.00, are there any other sites offering the mi3, for less , please

If your pushing up to that amount maybe the OPO would be another option

mcg1987 · 25-09-2014 3:12pm

seannash wrote: »

If your pushing up to that amount maybe the OPO would be another option

hardly. sure the OPO is €360 via parcel motel give or take a few euro. This is substantially less for what looks like a superb phone. Might get one myself too now after reading more about them.

Kenny Logins · 25-09-2014 3:14pm

k123456 wrote: »

that looks good value at $279.00, are there any other sites offering the mi3, for less , please

EU shipping here - http://www.xiaomishop.com/28-eu-direct

~ €260 delivered, taxes paid.

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