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Suckit

ImARebel wrote: »

I know this is a bit of an aside but has anyone tried the chuwi or telecast tablets?

I think the tablets need a little more in depth look, as they are not always reviewed as heavily as phones. There are good tablets, but similar names could be a lot worse.

Cube, Chuwi, Huawei, Teclast and Lenovo often get good reviews. Lenovo release some good tablets, but they also release some atrocious crap.

Cube got biggish a few years back and then all went quiet for a while.

Chuwi and Teclast also release some bad along with their very good tablets, keep an eye out for that.
Obviously there is Xiaomi Tablet too, but I am not sure how their prices are. Voyo are another brand that get some attention.

ImARebel

Thanks a million, I appreciate the replies. Time to get researching,lol

Snake Plisken

I was interested in picking up the international version of the Mi Max2 but it looks like it’s missing Band 20, I take it that rules out 4G with the likes of 3,but what if you are on Tesco Mobile who I think are still 3G only will it work fine with Tesco Mobile?

corks finest

Snake Plisken wrote: »

I was interested in picking up the international version of the Mi Max2 but it looks like it’s missing Band 20, I take it that rules out 4G with the likes of 3,but what if you are on Tesco Mobile who I think are still 3G only will it work fine with Tesco Mobile?

I have the mi Max 2 since it came out,was with Tesco mobile,yes data was crap,moved to vodaphone and have 4G constant

corks finest

Snake Plisken wrote: »

I was interested in picking up the international version of the Mi Max2 but it looks like it’s missing Band 20, I take it that rules out 4G with the likes of 3,but what if you are on Tesco Mobile who I think are still 3G only will it work fine with Tesco Mobile?

Yes it will work fine with TM,but if u ant /need 4G Vodafone is your man

Suckit

I thought this would have been posted over the weekend, it might encourage some buyers to hold off a little longer.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/07/xiaomi-europe/

Ten Pin

I was interested in picking up the international version of the Mi Max2 but it looks like it’s missing Band 20, I take it that rules out 4G with the likes of 3,but what if you are on Tesco Mobile who I think are still 3G only will it work fine with Tesco Mobile?

Anywhere outside large towns / cities uses band 20 for 4G.

Tesco 3G will work fine (they say 4G is due "any day now").

Without band 20, 4G coverage will be poor outsde urban areas, you will still have 3G coverage.

corks finest

Ten Pin wrote: »

Anywhere outside large towns / cities uses band 20 for 4G.

Tesco 3G will work fine (they say 4G is due "any day now").

Without band 20, 4G coverage will be poor outsde urban areas, you will still have 3G coverage.

Found Tesco crap tbh ,calls grand,data abysmal,even in large towns,and parts of cork city

Snake Plisken

Ten Pin wrote: »

Anywhere outside large towns / cities uses band 20 for 4G.

Tesco 3G will work fine (they say 4G is due "any day now").

Without band 20, 4G coverage will be poor outsde urban areas, you will still have 3G coverage.

So I should be ok if I stuck with my three sim if I went with it as long as I’m in and around Dublin City.
Btw I see the Mi Max 3 is launching next month 7” screen apparantly with wireless charging but it’s losing the headphone jack. Also have my eye on a Redmi Note 5 which the global edition starting to become available to order. Decisions Decisions

mloc123

Considering buying an Asus Zenfone 5 from eglobal, as this is not launched here yet I assume it will be an asian market handset. Is there anything I need to know or be aware of before buying?

ED E

mloc123 wrote: »

Considering buying an Asus Zenfone 5 from eglobal, as this is not launched here yet I assume it will be an asian market handset. Is there anything I need to know or be aware of before buying?

The ZE620KL appears fine.

corkie

[arstechnica] The Trump administration just forced smartphone maker ZTE to shut down

One of the leading Chinese smartphone makers, ZTE, is shutting down global operations in the face of crippling sanctions levied by the US government. ZTE is China's number-two smartphone maker, and as recently as last year it was the number-four smartphone vendor in the US.

"The major operating activities of the Company have ceased," ZTE wrote (PDF) in a Wednesday announcement to stock market traders in Hong Kong.

ZTE's business became untenable after a US government order banned American companies from exporting technology to the Chinese smartphone maker. ZTE is heavily dependent on US-made components, especially Qualcomm chips and Google's Android software stack.

^^^ A brand to stay clear off, and If you have ZTE device, I would unlock the bootloader and install a custom rom asap!

fixXxer

corkie wrote: »

[arstechnica] The Trump administration just forced smartphone maker ZTE to shut down




^^^ A brand to stay clear off, and If you have ZTE device, I would unlock the bootloader and install a custom rom asap!

If you can unlock and put a custom rom on it then you could get some great clearance bargains, if you're willing to accept you have no come back if the hardware fails.

mono_mac

Brand new maze comet here, just opened to test ,130 if anyone wants at cost price

mono_mac

Brand new maze comet here, just opened to test ,130 if anyone wants at cost price

ImARebel

What's the camera like on it? Love my maze alpha but the camera is really weak on it

Tempted :-)

mono_mac

ImARebel wrote:

What's the camera like on it? Love my maze alpha but the camera is really weak on it

It's not to bad .front is 8mp

RocketRaccoon

mono_mac wrote: »

Brand new maze comet here, just opened to test ,130 if anyone wants at cost price

Where are you located?

mono_mac

RocketRaccoon wrote:

Where are you located?

Cavan Monaghan

UrbanFret

would this phone work in Ireland and would it be a decent phone?
https://www.geekbuying.com/item/Xiaomi-Redmi-4A-2GB-32GB-Smartphone---Gray-380331.html
Thanks!

corks finest

UrbanFret wrote: »

would this phone work in Ireland and would it be a decent phone?
https://www.geekbuying.com/item/Xiaomi-Redmi-4A-2GB-32GB-Smartphone---Gray-380331.html
Thanks!

Yes,good brand,as long as it has LTE 20 you're ok,and as long as it's global version

Suckit

The Leagoo T5 is currently €79.99 on Amazon Spain
https://www.amazon.es/dp/B073S6P7ZZ

the heathen

Suckit wrote:

The Leagoo T5 is currently €79.99 on Amazon Spain

Looking for summat for my mother and that looks ideal but it doesn't seem to have Band 20 according to the spec lists I've looked at. Shame. 😶

Suckit

the heathen wrote: »

Looking for summat for my mother and that looks ideal but it doesn't seem to have Band 20 according to the spec lists I've looked at. Shame. ��

Band 20/800 is on it, so 4G is broadly available.

Bands 4G LTE B1 (2100), B17 (700), B2 (1900), B20 (800), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900)
3G B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B5 (850), B8 (900) 2G B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)

the heathen

Suckit wrote:

3G should be enough for most people anyway, but it does have band 20.

Oh! Cheers for that - then it seems to be a great buy. Thanks!

UrbanFret

Suckit wrote: »

The Leagoo T5 is currently €79.99 on Amazon Spain
https://www.amazon.es/dp/B073S6P7ZZ

Can you change that page to english?

GBX

UrbanFret wrote: »

Can you change that page to english?

Yes. If you are using Chrome, you can translate it within the app or webpage. And also paste the web address of it into https://translate.google.com/

corkie

UrbanFret wrote: »

Can you change that page to english?

Use google chrome on a pc, and have google translate the page for you.

GBX wrote: »

Yes. If you are using Chrome, you can translate it within the app or webpage. And also paste the web address of it into https://translate.google.com/

The page you requested was too large to translate.

https://www.amazon.es/dp/B073S6P7ZZ

El Tarangu

My Zuk Z2's screen has started to become slow and unresponsive - what would be an equivalent replacement these days?

Thanks,
El T.

corkie

El Tarangu wrote: »

My Zuk Z2's screen has started to become slow and unresponsive - what would be an equivalent replacement these days?

Thanks,
El T.

What is your budget? Do you still want a 5" Phone?

Put your required specs in here: - https://www.kimovil.com/en/

Have you looked at the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5?