Chinese Phone Advice

boatman

Jon_01 wrote: »

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

This or the smart ultra 6.
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=storedetail2mobilesitedetail

dodgydave69

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).

Atasas

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).

My dog Rufus has simillar querks, he pees on every single corner, just like other dogs, must be Chinese.

Cisco001

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.

ballyblack

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-grey

Atasas

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

buglawton

Atasas wrote: »

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.

Not properly UK 4g compatible (e.g. no 800Mhz/Band 20 for Three)

[ 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 4g

buglawton

Atasas wrote: »

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.

Atasas

unsure, about your findings...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271962622516

buglawton

Atasas wrote: »

unsure, about your findings...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271962622516

Corrected

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."