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Sure Thing

Just received a 4gb\32 Leeco Max 2 in grey from Geekbuying for €228.55 by NL post (3 weeks from ordering)
Excellent value for money...and for the benchmarkers 145k Antutu..wow
Play store preloaded, small amount only of bloatware. Google Now Launcher working great.
Highly recommended.

vkid

gerrybbadd wrote:

The seller tells me it's running an International ROM. What does that mean exactly?

In my case, I bought from ebay. It meant a vendor rom with play store on it. Global rom was very different.

ronano

Sure Thing wrote: »

Just received a 4gb\32 Leeco Max 2 in grey from Geekbuying for €228.55 by NL post (3 weeks from ordering)
Excellent value for money...and for the benchmarkers 145k Antutu..wow
Play store preloaded, small amount only of bloatware. Google Now Launcher working great.
Highly recommended.

how do you find the battery life?

dinneenp

dinneenp wrote: »

Hi again,

Last, last question before I buy- anyone used http://www.alegrecompra.com ?

They have the LeEco Max 2 6GB & 64GB for €250, shipped from China. The same from Geekbuying is €322 from China.

Thanks again,
Pa.

Hi again,

Could anyone comment on this please?
From http://www.scamadviser.com it looks trustable....

coldfire1x

Got this in mail. Not sure how good or bad it is:

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/UMI-Diamond-X-4G-LTE-Mobile-Phone-5-inch-1280x720-HD-MTK6737-Quad-Core-Android-6/712948_32774896120.html?detailNewVersion=&categoryId=5090301

Sure Thing

ronano wrote: »

how do you find the battery life?

Hard to say at this early time as it's getting heavily tried out. Doesn't seem any worse than the Moto X Style I have moved on from, charges up fast, but then I always am by power point. Only down point us fingerprint scanner not working..which I see is common problem on X822 but does not concern me as rest of package excellent

ED E

ronano wrote: »

how do you find the battery life?

Very good.

Quick charging is awesome. Im used to VOOC which is good, this is better.

gerrybbadd

Anyone using the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4? I have one waiting at home for me now! (bought off mishop.ie, through Adverts - had it in a day, with free delivery!)

I've heard that the task manager is quite aggressive and won't allow apps to run in the background. Any tips on this? I believe this feature can be knocked off

fixXxer

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Anyone using the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4? I have one waiting at home for me now! (bought off mishop.ie, through Adverts - had it in a day, with free delivery!)

I've heard that the task manager is quite aggressive and won't allow apps to run in the background. Any tips on this? I believe this feature can be knocked off

Go into the settings and turn off battery optimization for anything you need running. Also you can swipe up on apps in the app switcher and it puts a padlock on them which prevents them being closed.

Kamili

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Anyone using the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4? I have one waiting at home for me now! (bought off mishop.ie, through Adverts - had it in a day, with free delivery!)

I've heard that the task manager is quite aggressive and won't allow apps to run in the background. Any tips on this? I believe this feature can be knocked off

theres a thread here on them too

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=101830234

Del007

Lads, is there much difference between the 2 and 3 gig versions?

http://www.honorbuy.com/833-redmi-3s-16gb-smartphone.html

It's for the sister, cheers lads

darmul

A friend of my brother living in China coming home for Christmas, I've floated the idea of him bringing a phone home for me, seems happy enough to. Is a phone (thinking Xiaomi Mi 5s) bought "over the counter" there going to provide me with many headaches to get it up and running here? He's not overly techie, was saying any android he brought home before wouldn't run Google play. Are they just exactly what you'd get from a Chinese online seller?

gerrybbadd

darmul wrote: »

A friend of my brother living in China coming home for Christmas, I've floated the idea of him bringing a phone home for me, seems happy enough to. Is a phone (thinking Xiaomi Mi 5s) bought "over the counter" there going to provide me with many headaches to get it up and running here? He's not overly techie, was saying any android he brought home before wouldn't run Google play. Are they just exactly what you'd get from a Chinese online seller?

Dunno if it's much good to you, but I got a Redmi Note 4 off the mishop.ie seller on adverts.

Phone is perfect, free postage in Ireland, and I had it the next day after ordering

He has a Mi5 for 289

http://touch.adverts.ie/other-mobiles/xiaomi-mi5-32gb-3gb-ram-fingerprint-scanner-irish-stock/11150728

I see also that he has increased the asking price of the Redmi Note 4 to 400 squids. The chancer! I got it for 289 off him (assuming it's a him)

NATLOR

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Dunno if it's much good to you, but I got a Redmi Note 4 off the mishop.ie seller on adverts.

Phone is perfect, free postage in Ireland, and I had it the next day after ordering

He has a Mi5 for 289

http://touch.adverts.ie/other-mobiles/xiaomi-mi5-32gb-3gb-ram-fingerprint-scanner-irish-stock/11150728

I see also that he has increased the asking price of the Redmi Note 4 to 400 squids. The chancer! I got it for 289 off him (assuming it's a him)

On his website for €229!

http://www.mishop.ie/product/xiaomi-redmi-note-4/

Very tempted,what rom was installed?

Pique

I have an unused Ulefone Future 32GB looking for a new owner if anyone is interested. PM me.

jozi

Where is a good place to compare phones? Thinking of treating myself to a new phone to replace my oneplus x, something around the 5" screen size. The honor 8 and Xiaomi mi5 both look interesting if a little larger than I prefer

Ryback

Go to Kimovil.com, you can run conparisons there

Jasper79

Hi,

I looking for advise, just received a Redmi note 3 but having 2 issues.


1) Camera won't work, when try to open the app just says can't connect to camera.

2) When I try open the play store, says cannot connect to google services.

I bought the international version from geekbuying.. hoping there's an easy fix ?

ifeelstupid

darmul wrote: »

A friend of my brother living in China coming home for Christmas, I've floated the idea of him bringing a phone home for me, seems happy enough to. Is a phone (thinking Xiaomi Mi 5s) bought "over the counter" there going to provide me with many headaches to get it up and running here? He's not overly techie, was saying any android he brought home before wouldn't run Google play. Are they just exactly what you'd get from a Chinese online seller?

Friend of mine got a work colleague to bring one back. Not a techie either and ended up leaving it with local repair shop for a couple of days for them to unlock it and install global ROM, Google Playstore etc. as phone was set up for Chinese use. Made very little savings on the initial purchase and it ended up costing a bit more by the time they had it set up for local use.

GBX

darmul wrote: »

A friend of my brother living in China coming home for Christmas, I've floated the idea of him bringing a phone home for me, seems happy enough to. Is a phone (thinking Xiaomi Mi 5s) bought "over the counter" there going to provide me with many headaches to get it up and running here? He's not overly techie, was saying any android he brought home before wouldn't run Google play. Are they just exactly what you'd get from a Chinese online seller?

ifeelstupid wrote: »

Friend of mine got a work colleague to bring one back. Not a techie either and ended up leaving it with local repair shop for a couple of days for them to unlock it and install global ROM, Google Playstore etc. as phone was set up for Chinese use. Made very little savings on the initial purchase and it ended up costing a bit more by the time they had it set up for local use.

Get you mate to ask in the shop to get it done before hand - shouldn't be an issue as id say they get plenty of phones going out of country. If not just order yourself for peace of mind.

mcgiggles

NATLOR wrote: »

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Dunno if it's much good to you, but I got a Redmi Note 4 off the mishop.ie seller on adverts.

Phone is perfect, free postage in Ireland, and I had it the next day after ordering

He has a Mi5 for 289

http://touch.adverts.ie/other-mobiles/xiaomi-mi5-32gb-3gb-ram-fingerprint-scanner-irish-stock/11150728

I see also that he has increased the asking price of the Redmi Note 4 to 400 squids. The chancer! I got it for 289 off him (assuming it's a him)

On his website for €229!

http://www.mishop.ie/product/xiaomi-redmi-note-4/

Very tempted,what rom was installed?

I got mine for 156 on geekbuying! saying that, I've heard here that that website hasn't a great reputation, but I had no issues with them.. anyhoo you'll get it cheaper than 229!

mcgiggles

Just to add to the above mine came with a vendor rom on it, I got it unlocked and put an original rom onto it - when I found the right links to follow it was sound and I'm not techie at all- if I can do it anyone can

GBX

mcgiggles wrote: »

I got mine for 156 on geekbuying! saying that, I've heard here that that website hasn't a great reputation, but I had no issues with them.. anyhoo you'll get it cheaper than 229!

That site only went live a few weeks ago. Its linked to an adverts site - tasty pricing! Definitely a case of shopping around.

Ryback

ifeelstupid wrote: »

Friend of mine got a work colleague to bring one back. Not a techie either and ended up leaving it with local repair shop for a couple of days for them to unlock it and install global ROM, Google Playstore etc. as phone was set up for Chinese use. Made very little savings on the initial purchase and it ended up costing a bit more by the time they had it set up for local use.

From my understanding all Xiaomi phones come with English as an option even on the Chinese only models. If it's the stock ROM it should be easy to side load the Google services, there's a ton of step by step videos. It can be done in 5 minutes. But if you're looking for peace of mind you might be better off ordering from someone like Top One who will add the Global ROM for you.

eamonnq

mcgiggles wrote: »

I got mine for 156 on geekbuying! saying that, I've heard here that that website hasn't a great reputation, but I had no issues with them.. anyhoo you'll get it cheaper than 229!

I thought the prices weren't that bad, 156 on geekbuying ( if you add 23% vat and the usual handling charge you are up around the 200-210 mark ?).

gerrybbadd

NATLOR wrote: »

On his website for €229!

http://www.mishop.ie/product/xiaomi-redmi-note-4/

Very tempted,what rom was installed?

Sorry for the delay, it's a global ROM. Google Apps and all installed. Very little bloatware

smilerf

So my Ulefone Power won't turn on today. It charges for a while but then when I try to turn it on I get the red battery depleted. Bugger

mcgiggles

eamonnq wrote:

I thought the prices weren't that bad, 156 on geekbuying ( if you add 23% vat and the usual handling charge you are up around the 200-210 mark ?).

Just checked my statement - €154.72 was the sum total I paid, shipped and all

eamonnq

mcgiggles wrote: »

Just checked my statement - €154.72 was the sum total I paid, shipped and all

I take it you did not have to pay VAT when it was delivered then ? If it is stopped by customs they add the VAT and you have to pay a handling charge on top of that.

Bargain for 154.72 if you got away with it, but not everybody will be as lucky.

jozi

Would something like a red my note 3 be a better phone, spec wise, than a oneplus 1?

I had something in mind for a oneplus 1 but at this stage the spec is getting quite old and I'm wondering would a sub 200e phone be better at this stage?