Chinese Phone Advice
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I can recommended the XIAOMI Redmi Note 3 Pro.
My lads working in HK and bought one a month back. The best phone he's ever had, he tells me (and he's had LOTS!).
Currently on Gearbest for £159.68
Just make sure you get the pro version of the Redmi Note 3 with the snapdragon 650 processor. There are two 'pro' models, 16gb and the 32gb.
http://m.aliexpress.com/item/32622877163.html?tracelog=storedetail2mobilesitedetail0 -
I've had the Doogee F5 Pro and more recently the Umi Rome X and both have had little quirks that i just could not get used to. Both also had odd screens in that the Doogee one i had to poke 1cm below the place where i should be poking and the Umi phone sometimes responds to the slightest flick and sometimes i have to drill my finger through the screen. Personally i'd be reluctant to buy any of the cheap Chinese phones in the future. (Doogee was £54 and Umi was £46).0
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dodgydave69 wrote: »I've had the Doogee F5 Pro and more recently the Umi Rome X and both have had little quirks that i just could not get used to. Both also had odd screens in that the Doogee one i had to poke 1cm below the place where i should be poking and the Umi phone sometimes responds to the slightest flick and sometimes i have to drill my finger through the screen. Personally i'd be reluctant to buy any of the cheap Chinese phones in the future. (Doogee was £54 and Umi was £46).0
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If the battery life is your concern, Ulefone power is one of them you can look at.
Don't get Xiaomi, it doesn't support band 20 4G.0 -
Well for £115 down at Argos you can buy a brand new Vodafone Smart 6 Ultra and get it unlocked via ebay for less than £2. I did exactly that last week and having a cracking Android phone for peanuts
Down to £99 at Vodafone PAYGO
http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/pay-as-you-go/vodafone-smart-6-ultra-payg/sku86605-grey0 -
Asus ZenFone
http://www.dx.com/p/asus-zenfone-max-android-5-0-4g-phone-w-2gb-ram-32gb-rom-champagne-434643#.V08iR0TTXqA
Worth twice/trice the price in specs above "branded" rivals
Even better just check 4g frequence of your SIM
http://eud.dx.com/product/xiaomi-redmi-3-android-5-1-octa-core-smartphone-w-5-0-tft-2gb-ram-16gb-rom-silvery-white-844424848#.V08iXETTXqA0 -
http://m.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_263490.html?utm_source=Criteo&utm_medium=CPCUK&utm_campaign=Displayads&vip=81406
Easyest to deal with, cheapest, no mods required to have full google.uk instalation.
[ EDIT ]
checked again and Gearbest spec details say:
GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
WCDMA 900/2100MHz
FDD-LTE 800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz
So it does appear to support Three 4g0 -
Asus ZenFone
http://www.dx.com/p/asus-zenfone-max-android-5-0-4g-phone-w-2gb-ram-32gb-rom-champagne-434643#.V08iR0TTXqA
Worth twice/trice the price in specs above "branded" rivals
Even better just check 4g frequence of your SIM
http://eud.dx.com/product/xiaomi-redmi-3-android-5-1-octa-core-smartphone-w-5-0-tft-2gb-ram-16gb-rom-silvery-white-844424848#.V08iXETTXqA
That ZenFone does not have band 20.
That's the thing to check for if you want full fat UK 4g - Band 20 / 800 Mhz. Three charges same as 3g for using 4g.0 -
unsure, about your findings...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2719626225160 -
unsure, about your findings...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271962622516
This answer (May 18th ) by Gearbest is a little worrying though:
"does this item have google play store?"
"It does not have google play pre-installed.
It has its own app store."0
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