Chinese Android Phones

spix · 28-02-2015 1:48am

Pyrrhic wrote: »

I sent the phone for a repair on the 20th of January and the last tracking update is it having a 'import security' scan on the 28th of January.

It's been a month since the last update and no reply when I contacted China Post.
Etotalk told me that they would contact China Post and get back to me before the Chinese New Year. That didn't happen and they just keep claiming that it hasn't arrived yet and it's out of their hands, very frustrated.

Did you try the tracking number on china post website or 17track.net?

stansgone · 28-02-2015 2:25am

I've been looking at buying an Elephone P5000 or a THL 5000. Has anyone got any experiences with either or could anyone recommend which one to buy. Both have very good specs. Battery life, 2gb ram and 16gb rom are what I'm looking for.

Pyrrhic · 28-02-2015 12:13pm

spix wrote: »

Did you try the tracking number on china post website or 17track.net?

I did and the last update is on the 28th of January.

When sending it, I returned the favor by marking it as a low value mp3 player.
Now it feels that I have made a grave error and they will claim they did not receive the phone and all I will receive is €20 back.

Paypal have contacted them on my behalf so hopefully it is just extremley delayed and I'm due a very lacklustre Christmas present!

spix · 28-02-2015 12:32pm

Pyrrhic wrote: »

I did and the last update is on the 28th of January.

When sending it, I returned the favor by marking it as a low value mp3 player.
Now it feels that I have made a grave error and they will claim they did not receive the phone and all I will receive is €20 back.

Paypal have contacted them on my behalf so hopefully it is just extremley delayed and I'm due a very lacklustre Christmas present!

With the recent Chinese holiday I wouldn't call it extremely delayed. I imagine delivery to China would be pretty slow anyway.

Also sometimes the tracking is country dependent, you will get anposts tracking but then its up to China post and they mightn't add tracking to the package.

Personally I wouldn't trust etotalk either, they've always come across as a bit dodgy to me. They could have it and lie simply because the tracking doesn't show delivered. Make sure to link them to this thread and if they screw you over they will lose business

BobbyPropane · 28-02-2015 4:43pm

Tracking for my aliexpress order is now working too. Item is in Ireland.

seamusmct · 28-02-2015 7:19pm

stansgone.............my experience with THL 5000 is very good,the screen is good and crisp.the battery lasts me 3 days with wifi on day and night,but using 3G the battery will drain in a day. call quality is fine i am using it on vodafone.
got it from irish seller on ebay
hope that helps

eamonnq · 28-02-2015 7:43pm

seamusmct wrote: »

stansgone.............my experience with THL 5000 is very good,the screen is good and crisp.the battery lasts me 3 days with wifi on day and night,but using 3G the battery will drain in a day. call quality is fine i am using it on vodafone.
got it from irish seller on ebay
hope that helps

How much did you pay for it ?

seamusmct · 28-02-2015 7:51pm

i payed €250

seamusmct · 28-02-2015 8:02pm

i bought if from globaltek-store ebay ireland

stansgone · 28-02-2015 8:46pm

seamusmct wrote: »

stansgone.............my experience with THL 5000 is very good,the screen is good and crisp.the battery lasts me 3 days with wifi on day and night,but using 3G the battery will drain in a day. call quality is fine i am using it on vodafone.
got it from irish seller on ebay
hope that helps

Thanks a million seamusmct. I was kind of swaying towards the THL. 5000. THL seems to be on the go for longer than Elephone, from what I can find. They are on Amazon for about €224 at the moment. Got quotes from loads of Chinese sites, but they don't do PayPal, so I'll b giving them a miss.

eamonnq · 28-02-2015 9:14pm

Does the 224 including shipping and are they shipping from within the EU ?

Iranoutofideas · 01-03-2015 1:55pm

Have a 4G Landvo after seeing a thread on bargain alerts.

The phone looks great but I'm getting rid of it.

Internal memory is so low it renders it useless. Battery life is atrocious. Never again.

RossieMan · 01-03-2015 1:58pm

you spent 60 euro, what were you expecting? have a proper budget and buy a proper phone.

Iranoutofideas · 01-03-2015 2:51pm

RossieMan wrote: »

you spent 60 euro, what were you expecting? have a proper budget and buy a proper phone.

It wasn't 60 euro. Different phone. Get your facts right before you act so smug otherwise you look like a prat.

And I see you are the same poster that was doing the same "posting" in the Bargain Alerts thread so you do know exactly what phone I'm talking about and how much it actually cost.

Digital Solitude · 01-03-2015 2:58pm

Have you a link to the Landvo thread?

Mark Tapley · 01-03-2015 3:17pm

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Have you a link to the Landvo thread?

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057324662/1

Mark Tapley · 01-03-2015 3:22pm

Iranoutofideas wrote: »

Have a 4G Landvo after seeing a thread on bargain alerts.

The phone looks great but I'm getting rid of it.

Internal memory is so low it renders it useless. Battery life is atrocious. Never again.

I have the 3G version and am happy with it . Repartitioned the memory and killed the boot/shutdown sounds. Battery suits my needs.

Digital Solitude · 01-03-2015 5:24pm

Iranoutofideas wrote: »

It wasn't 60 euro. Different phone. Get your facts right before you act so smug otherwise you look like a prat.

And I see you are the same poster that was doing the same "posting" in the Bargain Alerts thread so you do know exactly what phone I'm talking about and how much it actually cost.

Its the exact same phone with half the ROM and 4G. What did you pay? €80? For a 4G phone I don't know what you were expecting

AlanS181824 · 01-03-2015 6:48pm

Still waiting for my Elephone P5000, really hoping Customs don't get their hands on it.

AlanS181824 · 01-03-2015 6:52pm

Tracking says this.

17 Track Site wrote:

2015-02-17 18:21
Asendia Asia, Departure from border point of origin country

Anyone have any idea as to when I'd get it?

seamusmct · 01-03-2015 7:16pm

the Elephone P5000 looks like a nice phone. let us know what you think of it when u get it.

AlanS181824 · 01-03-2015 7:44pm

seamusmct wrote: »

the Elephone P5000 looks like a nice phone. let us know what you think of it when u get it.

Yeah, might do a full on review of it.

Very excited to try out the massive battery on it.

seamusmct · 01-03-2015 7:48pm

full review would be very useful

stansgone · 01-03-2015 10:37pm

AlanS181824 wrote: »

Yeah, might do a full on review of it.

Very excited to try out the massive battery on it.

Please let us know how u get on with it. I have my eyes on that phone too.
Looks great to me for the prices on offer.

AlanS181824 · 02-03-2015 12:09am

stansgone wrote: »

Please let us know how u get on with it. I have my eyes on that phone too.
Looks great to me for the prices on offer.

I'll gladly be your guinea pig! :pac:

Hopefully I'll get it soon, tracking hasn't updated since 17 Feb.

Jay Hatchell · 02-03-2015 1:51am

All good here with the Elephone p6000, so far really liking it, the battery aint a problem anymore, i am getting 2 days of full use out of it now mainly on wifi, i installed Battery Doctor, great app, screen leaves fingerprints but like i said before an auld haw n wipe sorts that, still waiting on the 5.0 update though!

Iseedeadpixels · 02-03-2015 11:06am

Jay Hatchell wrote: »

All good here with the Elephone p6000, so far really liking it, the battery aint a problem anymore, i am getting 2 days of full use out of it now mainly on wifi, i installed Battery Doctor, great app, screen leaves fingerprints but like i said before an auld haw n wipe sorts that, still waiting on the 5.0 update though!

Same, theres a beta out but Im not touching it!

eamonnq · 02-03-2015 11:47am

eamonnq wrote: »

http://www.dealsmachine.com/best_218804.html

Voucher code CNS2015 gives a discount, so if I am calculating correctly, phone and a case ( http://www.dealsmachine.com/best_227027.html ) comes to 130 euro.

More codes here: Might give more discount!!

http://www.dealsmachine.com/m-promotion-active-339.html

BobbyPropane wrote: »

http://www.dealsmachine.com/best_218804.html

with code CNS2015

Apparently the spec advertised for that phone is a bit 'inaccurate', not only does it not use the Sony 13mp Camera, the screen is not actually an LG IPS screen, not sure what the screen is.

Might still get one though!!

BobbyPropane · 02-03-2015 12:45pm

eamonnq wrote: »

Apparently the spec advertised for that phone is a bit 'inaccurate', not only does it not use the Sony 13mp Camera, the screen is not actually an LG IPS screen, not sure what the screen is.

Might still get one though!!

I knew about the camera problem, the screen problem is new to me. We'll wait and see sure

Jay Hatchell · 02-03-2015 1:37pm

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Same, theres a beta out but Im not touching it!

Got a letter from customs this morning
There wanting 23% of 69.02 = 15.87 for VAT
and 10 euro administrative fee so Total of €25.87

There's notting else on the letter no payment details or anything so what am i susposed to do ?

Jay

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