Small smartphone

donnajunkie

Neil49 wrote: »

The Sony XZ1 Compact has a 4.6 inch screen and very good performance.

The downside is that it isn't cheap.

£379 in carphone warehouse last time i checked. It maybe cheaper elsewhere but thats the lowest price i have seen.

telemarks

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

Hoping you come back to this, just decided to try to find a Xiaomi Redmi 4x - where did you get yours from please, was it Ebay?

Yep eBay from a seller from Ireland for under £100,

You can get it cheaper £82, outside the EU, direct from China, but delivery takes a while, and I had a poor experince with a phone from China I had to return.

Couple of things to watch for:

• The 3GB/32GB, is a better bet than the very slightly cheaper 2/16GB
• There are LOTs of similar models, look out for the 5" 4X screen models, not 5.5" "Note", 4a, or older pro/prime models.
• Check with the seller the 4X comes with Google play store, some China only models are "googleless".
• My daughter went for the black, but it is a little plain and she now wishes she had got one of the colours.

eGlobal is a well known company, importing from France:

• https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Xiaomi-Redmi-4X-32GB-4G-Dual-Sim-SIM-FREE-UNLOCKED-Gold/122660081573
• https://www.eglobalcentraluk.com/xiaomi-redmi-4x-32gb-4g-dual-sim-sim-free-unlocked-gold-en.html

Enterprise_1701C

telemarks wrote: »

Yep eBay from a seller from Ireland for under £100,

You can get it cheaper £82, outside the EU, direct from China, but delivery takes a while, and I had a poor experince with a phone from China I had to return.

Couple of things to watch for:

• The 3GB/32GB, is a better bet than the very slightly cheaper 2/16GB
• There are LOTs of similar models, look out for the 5" 4X screen models, not 5.5" "Note", 4a, or older pro/prime models.
• Check with the seller the 4X comes with Google play store, some China only models are "googleless".
• My daughter went for the black, but it is a little plain and she now wishes she had got one of the colours.

eGlobal is a well known company, importing from France:

• https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Xiaomi-Redmi-4X-32GB-4G-Dual-Sim-SIM-FREE-UNLOCKED-Gold/122660081573
• https://www.eglobalcentraluk.com/xiaomi-redmi-4x-32gb-4g-dual-sim-sim-free-unlocked-gold-en.html

Thank you, think I will keep an eye on Ebay. Funnily enough the spec you have suggested is exactly what I am after, certainly don't want to go for the Note, way too big.

Funny you should mention eglobal, saw that was a good price but did some digging and does not appear to be fantastically safe.

telemarks

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

Thank you, think I will keep an eye on Ebay. Funnily enough the spec you have suggested is exactly what I am after, certainly don't want to go for the Note, way too big.

Funny you should mention eglobal, saw that was a good price but did some digging and does not appear to be fantastically safe.

Yep eGlobal are "well known", and do have their knockers. That was why I put the more expensive eBay link first, as if you go this way you have Ebay and Paypal protections if needed

d123

telemarks wrote: »

eGlobal is a well known company, importing from France:

Ah, yes, eGlobal, they're situated in that famous old part of France, called Kowloon, Hong Kong...

Contact information
https://www.eglobalcentraluk.com

West Wing, 2/F,
822 Lai Chi Kok Road,
Lai Chi Kok,
Kowloon

https://www.eglobalcentraluk.com/privacy-policy.html?desktop

parking_question_chap

Mister_G wrote: »

Its predecessor, the Z1 Compact can be had new for just over £100 on a familiar auction site.

I've had mine for just over a year now and I find that it does everything that I need.

Word of warning with that approach, as I have purchased refurbed/end of line mobiles on aution sites before. You will not be getting shops warranty, so if your old phone packs up you will probably be out of pocket.

After a couple of times buying old models which turned out to have limited remaining life, I ended up buying a non branded cheapo smartphone from a shop, ok the spec isnt as good, but its still going.

Most handsets have 2 year warranites from shops, I think thats worth having even at a cost.

Mister_G

parking_question_chap wrote: »

Word of warning with that approach, as I have purchased refurbed/end of line mobiles on aution sites before. You will not be getting shops warranty, so if your old phone packs up you will probably be out of pocket.

After a couple of times buying old models which turned out to have limited remaining life, I ended up buying a non branded cheapo smartphone from a shop, ok the spec isnt as good, but its still going.

Most handsets have 2 year warranites from shops, I think thats worth having even at a cost.

Perhaps I've just been lucky then!

Currently on my third 'auction site purchase' and no problems with any of them.

mac.d

d123 wrote: »

Ah, yes, eGlobal, they're situated in that famous old part of France, called Kowloon, Hong Kong...





https://www.eglobalcentraluk.com/privacy-policy.html?desktop

I think I'd rather just order from gearbest than use eGlobal via ebay. There's no getting away from the fact there is a risk buying these import phones, and buying it from someone trying to hide where they are based seems worse.