Chinese Android Phones

Polo_Mint wrote: »

HI Guys . im looking for an Android phone with a large screen size ( Galaxy note size). Any suggestions?

If money is no object, Huawei Ascend Mate7. If you're on a budget and a 5.5" screen will suffice, then check out Jiayu S3, Meizu M1 Note, or Lenovo K3 Note.

Ode to a great thread..

Chinese android phones , or non brand phones as they where when this thread was started were new. Only the brave jumped in, you paid $60, crossed your fingers that customs would not charge you with importing a counterfeit fake of some big brand phone,, in fact you hoped that customs would not see the phone at all..

Back then if you did get your phone, it lasted about 4 months before dying a smokey death, most likely you were glad to see the back of it, as it was about as much use as a brick..

Now, 10,000 posts later, things are a lot better, many sites now work hard to sell very nice phones, some phones are now brands in their own right, some sites are as well known as to us geeks as Amazon or Ebay, even PayPal are happy to jump on board..

This thread has come a long way in 10,000 posts..

T-Bird wrote: »

Only 10? every time I look you seem to be changing them... Still got original jiayu g3, working perfect but collecting dust now. Might hold out till the new Lenovo laser model gets released before buying next one.

They need to stop getting better and better

Someone get the link up for the new thread before this one dies, I need to order a phone soon

fitze69 wrote: »

Hey were did you find a UK seller?

I ordered from a seller on ebay who had the white 1,didn't fancy the yellow 1

The last time I posted on the old thread as a newbie looking for an android phone you guys directed me towards the Motorola MotoG, which has been a great phone for the past year or more, but is currently slowing down quite a bit, and I'd like to upgrade to a phone which has a bigger screen and a much better camera.

Ideally I'd like to spend under 200 quid all in, with customs and delivery etc included.

Are there any popular/reliable phones within my price bracket which fit the specs that I should be looking at?

spix wrote: »

Meizu m1 note? Choose DHL and its guaranteed no duty /item/Pre-order-Meizu-Blue-Charm-Note-5-5-Inch-1920-1080-Octa-Core-4G-LTE-FDD/32259348254.html[/url]

Looks good, I've also been looking at the Lenovo K3 Note 2G RAM+16G ROM (can't post links) which seems similar and cheaper?

seanin4711 wrote: »

ordered this as I am biased towards lenovo from having the A830 for two years with no issues and multiple roms on it from needrom.
looking around for an extra 10€ from relativley unknowns i decided to go for the k3 note,even if it is only available in yellow or white ,i am getting a black cover for it!

1. bang per buck
2. previous experience with the brand
3. build quality

these are my main deciding factors.

hope it helps.


Not afiliated with any website i shopped around and to2c seemed to be the best value with NL post shipping for very little extra(tracked 7-10 business days)
two factors to consider

1. what is the best phone for you?
2. where is the best place to get it?

Awesome thanks very much! I think the Lenovo K3 might be the phone for me. I've never flashed ROMs onto a phone before, I'm assuming it's relatively easy to do and the ROMs are as good as the latest android OS?