Chinese Android Phones

crasy dash

eamonnq wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/apple/huawei-ascend-g-300/5925314

Had a huawei before found the response to touch slow just want to try out something different have a htm m1 at the moment its ok but speaker is rubbish on calls

Discodog

johnybean wrote: »

Any opinions on this for my first foray into the wonderful world of chinese android phones. Was looking for something which would match galaxy note 2/3 without having to remortgage the house and came across the Kingzone. have seen a few reviews about it and seems to be getting good feedback. Should be about €200-€220 delivered which is the budget and for that I would be getting
5.5" 1080P screen
2 GB Ram
16 GB Rom
14Mp camera
Expandable memory
NFC
OTG
Wireless charging
Snappy performance (From what I have seen in reviews)
Looks good
Thoughts?

That's almost Lenovo 910 money. I haven't heard of the make.

johnybean

Discodog wrote: »

That's almost Lenovo 910 money. I haven't heard of the make.

Lenovo doesn't have expandable storage and (shallow and all as it sounds) I think the Kingzone looks a lot better than the lenovo.

Thargor

Never heard of Kingzone before but either that's a nice looking phone, NFC onboard aswell. 2500 mAh Battery and no 4G though.

johnybean

Thargor wrote: »

Never heard of Kingzone before but either that's a nice looking phone, NFC onboard aswell. 2500 mAh Battery and no 4G though.

Not too worried about 4g to be honest, only thing of concern for me is I justy noticed that this phone only operates on
2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 850/1900/2100MHz
Does that mean that I will onlyu be able to get Edge, G, 2G and 3G. At the moment I can get these but also get H and H+ which is why I wasnt too worried about 4G.

Thargor

Not 100% but I always thought if the device can get 3G over here then H and H+ are guaranteed, forget how to check though its been years since I had to.

Barr

Thargor wrote: »

http://www.etotalk.com/nubia-z7-max-4g-lte_p6211.html

There's the Max, still a decent enough phone, ticks all my boxes anyway, will have to wait and see though.

There is some tasty phones in the pre sale section of Etotalk ....hopefully they will come into stock sooner rather than later.

Barr

At the lower end of the market I really like this for €71 ,good looking , kikat, dual sim , good camera etc



http://www.etotalk.com/elephone-p10c_p5908.html


Anyone here any experience with elephone ?

Ivefoundgod

Would be interested in ordering that Elephone P10. Whats the story with delivery from etotalk? Expensive?

Barr

It should give you the options on the same line as the price (on right hand side)

Colemania

that elephone looks nice alright. so i'm very new to these chinese phones so do you still have the playstore on these phones or do you have to root the phone and flash roms on to it?

Sam Mac

Colemania wrote: »

that elephone looks nice alright. so i'm very new to these chinese phones so do you still have the playstore on these phones or do you have to root the phone and flash roms on to it?

Resolution is not great on the elephone.

I am actually waiting for this to be delivered to me: http://www.ahappymango.com/star-s4-smartphone-msm8225q-android-4-1-1gb-4gb-5-0-inch-hd-ogs-screen-3g-gps.html

Cost me just over €66 in a recent Pandawill sale a few weeks ago.

Barr

Colemania wrote: »

that elephone looks nice alright. so i'm very new to these chinese phones so do you still have the playstore on these phones or do you have to root the phone and flash roms on to it?

Yip with Etotalk , pick their own ROM , the phone will be rooted with Google Play installed.

Colemania

Barr wrote: »

Yip with Etotalk , pick their own ROM , the phone will be rooted with Google Play installed.

ah ok cool. what phone would any of ye recommend to me so? nothing bigger than 4.5 inch screen, fairly fast phone with good storage and don't care about the camera really. have a budget of 280 but wouldn't risk that on a chinese phone so lets say 120

chisel

RossieMan wrote: »

Some rhoaster from the sthicks.

LOOK AT ME! ME ME ME!

Ok after loading my MIUI ROM, to get root access go to permissions and its at the bottom.

To fix the not downloading over wifi problem, find the app that says downloads. Then click the cog on the top right hand corner. Up will pop a new menu thing. change data usage to unlimited.

Download all the apps you like.

Ah sorry bout that, only seeing your post now! Yes, that worked, and I would never have found it myself!

Delighted with the phone, performance is very good....... I think its a great deal so far. How it stands up over time is the next thing to see....

Digital Solitude

How does someone (a friend ) go about dodging customs?

RossieMan

Get it sent as a gift.

Put a low value on it being sent. Usually an MP3 player or something.

You can't do much really, its the luck of the draw so it seems.

Iseedeadpixels

Digital Solitude wrote: »

How does someone (a friend ) go about dodging customs?

We're getting carded for this now? News to me considering all we do is talk about mixeshops delivery service

Khannie

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

We're getting carded for this now? News to me considering all we do is talk about mixeshops delivery service

Ah tax evasion is illegal. We can't discuss stuff like that on here. The card seems harsh, but it's for the poster to bring a dispute if they want to.

eamonnq

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

We're getting carded for this now? News to me considering all we do is talk about mixeshops delivery service

Does Mixeshop's service just allow you to pay vat in Belgium (instead of in Ireland) ?

Barr

Colemania wrote: »

ah ok cool. what phone would any of ye recommend to me so? nothing bigger than 4.5 inch screen, fairly fast phone with good storage and don't care about the camera really. have a budget of 280 but wouldn't risk that on a chinese phone so lets say 120

The Jiayu G5 is 4.5 I think , look for the octocore. Has expandable memory for extra storage.

Digital Solitude

Seems asking is card worthy, but answering is not. I'll probably just end up causing trouble for other users if I start a dispute, and "swindling the revenue commissioners" is a quote from the FAQ :pac:

Colemania

Barr wrote: »

The Jiayu G5 is 4.5 I think , look for the octocore. Has expandable memory for extra storage.

Based on the iphone design i see. Does is it have google play store or is it one of these rooted phones where you put it on it yourself?

Does anyone have experience with this phone?

eamonnq

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Seems asking is card worthy, but answering is not.

If you don't ask, nobody will answer.

Barr

Colemania wrote: »

Based on the iphone design i see. Does is it have google play store or is it one of these rooted phones where you put it on it yourself?

Does anyone have experience with this phone?

A couple of people here have the G5 if memory serves me correctly.

Get it from Etotalk would be my advice.

RossieMan

Get it from mixeshop and chose euexp to avoid customs would be my advice, don't know why more don't use it.

Colemania

Well i just sold my nexus 4 for 180 so in buying this for around the 200-220 mark, are you saying this would be a better phone? 220 is a lot for a chinese phone if its not much better than the nexus.

Cantona's Collars

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Seems asking is card worthy, but answering is not. I'll probably just end up causing trouble for other users if I start a dispute, and "swindling the revenue commissioners" is a quote from the FAQ :pac:

My phone arrived using bog standard post,it was sent via Netherlands Post so I assume with that printed on the package it was ignored by customs.As far as I can see it's hit and miss if you get charged for stuff by customs.

Digital Solitude

Bit the bullet and emailed them off Mams email :O No worries sure, it better be worth it I can probably get my brother to cover it anyways....

brimal

Colemania wrote: »

Well i just sold my nexus 4 for 180 so in buying this for around the 200-220 mark, are you saying this would be a better phone? 220 is a lot for a chinese phone if its not much better than the nexus.

If you are going to spend 220 for a phone I would get the Xiaomi Mi3.

Quite a step up from Nexus 4; better resolution, faster processor, larger battery, thinner, etc.

http://www.phonearena.com/phones/compare/Xiaomi-Mi-3,Google-Nexus-4/phones/8193,7531

However it's worth noting that Xiaomi are launching the Mi4 on 22nd July.