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Padee

Thanks for the help. Gonna order my mi5s plus today 😊

AmyTadhg

Squiggle wrote: »

Anyone have the Umi Plus E ? Looks like a decent enough phone for the price. Anyone recommend a better phone for the same money (roughly).

We got one here a couple months back for €128 via Joybuy.com for the money we can't knock it battery lasts a couple of days with constant use for phone calls, emails, browsing & games. Hasn't lagged or crashed once in the time it's been in use. compared to phones 4-6 times the price no real complaints on it only no speed dial & smart dial doesn't always work.

The Umi phones aren't really rated by people but we'd happily purchase another if we needed another spare phone

*** remembered one more quibble... wonky charger cable the phone connection isn't standard micro USB wind up having to buy USB C To USB C data sync cables for spares

eamonnq

AmyTadhg wrote: »

We got one here a couple months back for €128 via Joybuy.com for the money we can't knock it battery lasts a couple of days with constant use for phone calls, emails, browsing & games. Hasn't lagged or crashed once in the time it's been in use. compared to phones 4-6 times the price no real complaints on it only no speed dial & smart dial doesn't always work.

The Umi phones aren't really rated by people but we'd happily purchase another if we needed another spare phone

How have you found the GPS on it ?

AmyTadhg

eamonnq wrote: »

How have you found the GPS on it ?

Haven't heard any complaints on that, Google maps seems to work perfect. I know I've been stuck as the passenger navi with it a couple of times & its always found the route & moved in sync with us.... oddly on the HTC M9 before that I noticed it lagged a good bit behind

eamonnq

AmyTadhg wrote: »

Haven't heard any complaints on that, Google maps seems to work perfect. I know I've been stuck as the passenger navi with it a couple of times & its always found the route & moved in sync with us.... oddly on the HTC M9 before that I noticed it lagged a good bit behind

GPS is usually an issue with MTK phones, but every now and again a phone comes along with a MTK chip that seems to have decent GPS.

AmyTadhg

eamonnq wrote: »

GPS is usually an issue with MTK phones, but every now and again a phone comes along with a MTK chip that seems to have decent GPS.

Lucky dip phones... I warned him there could be issues before it arrived, thankfully only minor fixable things appeared. Redmi Note 4x 4gb/64gb here MTK for a family member who wanted it cos well at time was cheaper than the UMi.... see what delights this brings!!

Nialler73

Hi, gear best are advertising the redmi 4a 4g for approx 90 quid. Sounds too good to be true. Looked up the phone on the site mentioned above and seems decent, v good value. My question is, will it work on the virgin mobile network? I checked a link on gearbest and it had "planned" for the UPC network... Not live.

horse7

Nialler73 wrote: »

Hi, gear best are advertising the redmi 4a 4g for approx 90 quid. Sounds too good to be true. Looked up the phone on the site mentioned above and seems decent, v good value. My question is, will it work on the virgin mobile network? I checked a link on gearbest and it had "planned" for the UPC network... Not live.

Deal with heartbeat at your peril.

horse7

Nialler73 wrote: »

Hi, gear best are advertising the redmi 4a 4g for approx 90 quid. Sounds too good to be true. Looked up the phone on the site mentioned above and seems decent, v good value. My question is, will it work on the virgin mobile network? I checked a link on gearbest and it had "planned" for the UPC network... Not live.

Deal with gearbest at your peril.

kunst nugget

horse7 wrote: »

Deal with heartbeat at your peril.

I presume you mean gear best. I got a phone off them no hassle. Bought from their EU warehouse and got it 4 days later.

Cossax

Probably asked before but why do some sites differentiate between Hong Kong stock/warehouse compared to non-Hong Kong stock?

carefulnow100

Hi folks, back again.

Treated myself to a Xiaomi MiMax about 6 months ago. Haven't looked back since I'm in love with it.

So much so that I'm getting one for the missus too although she's not a fan of the large screen.

Any recommendations on another Xiaomi mobile? Is RedMi 4 the way to go? Ordered off I buy gou last time but have no problem ordering from a different website.

If there's any thing other than a RedMi 4 let me know. Budget under the €200 mark. Delivery asap always a bonus.

horse7

carefulnow100 wrote: »

Hi folks, back again.

Treated myself to a Xiaomi MiMax about 6 months ago. Haven't looked back since I'm in love with it.

So much so that I'm getting one for the missus too although she's not a fan of the large screen.

Any recommendations on another Xiaomi mobile? Is RedMi 4 the way to go? Ordered off I buy gou last time but have no problem ordering from a different website.

If there's any thing other than a RedMi 4 let me know. Budget under the €200 mark. Delivery asap always a bonus.

Why don't you give her the max and get your self a max2(new model).

vjmcdonnell

Got Xiaomi MI6 on Ali Express from HK Goldway delivered by DHL and no import duty.Went from HK to the UK then shipped from there to Dublin. Only took 7 days from order to delivery.

kiddums

Cossax wrote: »

Probably asked before but why do some sites differentiate between Hong Kong stock/warehouse compared to non-Hong Kong stock?

The Hong Kong stock is coming from there, so it will probably have to go through customs etc.

The EU stock may be already in an EU warehouse, or they may ship it there first fro Hong Kong. This should mean that customs don't look at it, due to EU trading laws etc.

mikeybrennan

vjmcdonnell wrote: »

Got Xiaomi MI6 on Ali Express from HK Goldway delivered by DHL and no import duty.Went from HK to the UK then shipped from there to Dublin. Only took 7 days from order to delivery.

Does HK goldway have customs free shipping on all fones?

I couldn't figure it out from the website

Icyseanfitz

well lads, dropped my oneplus one into a toilet yesterday its still working perfectly but im now paranoid it will destroy itself without notice. Because of this im looking out for a new phone. I would love to stay with oneplus but the 5 is just too much money in my opinion. Are there Chinese options that have top of the line specs?

sydthebeat

The 3t is a great phone if you can pick it up somewhere.

Icyseanfitz

any ideas where to get one? Im not really up on legit sites to buy sim free phones from

Ardennes1944

vjmcdonnell wrote: »

Got Xiaomi MI6 on Ali Express from HK Goldway delivered by DHL and no import duty.Went from HK to the UK then shipped from there to Dublin. Only took 7 days from order to delivery.

How you finding it?

Digital Solitude

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

any ideas where to get one? Im not really up on legit sites to buy sim free phones from

geizhals.eu should be able to help

vjmcdonnell

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

How you finding it?

Its a beast of a thing, really really fast and love the design, I got the 128gb Blue & Gold

vjmcdonnell

mikeybrennan wrote: »

Does HK goldway have customs free shipping on all fones?

I couldn't figure it out from the website

They call it DHL Express, message them and they answer fairly quick. Really cant fault them.

gercoral

honorbuy any good?!

carefulnow100

horse7 wrote: »

Why don't you give her the max and get your self a max2(new model).

She's not a fan of the large screen. Something a bit smaller for herself would do. Anything better than RedMi 4 around at the min?

mikeybrennan

vjmcdonnell wrote: »

They call it DHL Express, message them and they answer fairly quick. Really cant fault them.

I can't tell when i click on a fone if it's dhl or dhl express

Any ali sellers i click on have 'express' in the dhl logo

smilerf

Lads anyone know what this symbol means.
I've gotten it on my Oukitel a few times and had to do a factory reset. My apps work as normal when it's displayed but I can't access the drop down menu

smilerf

Lads anyone know what this symbol means.
I've gotten it on my Oukitel a few times and had to do a factory reset. My apps work as normal when it's displayed but I can't access the drop down menu

[IMG]http://2017_07_24_08.12.30[/IMG]

fixXxer

smilerf wrote: »

Lads anyone know what this symbol means.
I've gotten it on my Oukitel a few times and had to do a factory reset. My apps work as normal when it's displayed but I can't access the drop down menu

[IMG]http://2017_07_24_08.12.30[/IMG]

Your image link doesn't appear to work.

smilerf

fixxxer wrote: »

Your image link doesn't appear to work.

Oh feck well it's a square box with what appears to be a batter inside with the letter which underneath