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amadablam

Hi all,

Just looking for some pointers really.

Im currently out of contract and decided to just buy a handset rather than a new contract.

Had been looking at the S9+ but after some thought, Im thinking that maybe there are better options out there?

Ill pay up to 500 for a nice handset and would be looking for S9+ specs or similar.

Any of you Android Guru's have a few models or manufacturers that I should focus in on? Ideally to be shipped from a European source.

Thanks for you help.

Suckit

OnePlus 6 spotted on TENAA - https://www.phonearena.com/news/OnePlus-6-specs-TENAA-leak_id104638

howdoyouknow

amadablam wrote:

Had been looking at the S9+ but after some thought, Im thinking that maybe there are better options out there?

Go to kimovil dot com and do a comparison with the s9 and other similarly specced phones to see what options you have

dougm1970

mrs needed a new phone and i suggested a mi a1...i like stock android* and it seemed as good as any at the price.
got a 32gb black for 187 euros which included "1-2 day" delivery via ups express from a germany warehouse and insurance.
this was shopping on geekbuying btw.
anyway...that was early yesterday (thursday)...and today looking at the tracking it had its first tracking scan at 3.45pm today (friday) in poland...with a sheduled delivery by end of day next wednesday.
that sound normal for their 1-2 day delivery via express courier ?


*one thing i would miss going from my samsung to a stock android / android one device would be the scroll capture when taking screenshots...i use that a lot...is there an app or method for doing that on non samsung devices ?

Digital Solitude

corkie wrote: »

Xiaomi phones to be sold in Three stores in UK, Italy, and other European markets




The question is will the devices be locked to the Three Network, if you decide to purchase through that method!

BRIEF-CK Hutchison Holdings Forms Global Strategic Alliance With Xiaomi

I spent about a month begging Mammy to buy me stocks in Xiaomi there about 6 years ago, knew it would be a matter of time until they broke the EU market, now Tesco and Three carrying them I could have been rich!

It's great to see though, either way.

ImARebel

I know this is a bit of an aside but has anyone tried the chuwi or telecast tablets?

I know they won't be as good as a Samsung or an iPad. But as long as it wouldn't break your heart like the Amazon Kindle and have a half decent display I'd be happy enough

It's for the other half watching a movie browsing the internet etc. Nothing mad but it still needs to tick along

GBX

ImARebel wrote: »

I know this is a bit if an aside but has anyone tried the chuwi or telecast tablets?

I know they won't be as good as a Samsung or an iPad. But as long as it wouldn't break your heart like the Amazon Kindle and have a half decent display I'd be happy enough

It's for the other half watching a movie browsing the internet etc. Nothing mad but it still needs to tick along

I've never had one but saw this thread during the week which the op doesn't rate the laptops
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=106861582

ImARebel

Thanks for that. I did a search but that post didn't pop up. Cheers!

Suckit

amadablam wrote: »

Had been looking at the S9+ but after some thought, Im thinking that maybe there are better options out there?

Ill pay up to 500 for a nice handset and would be looking for S9+ specs or similar

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=106505041&postcount=9566

I don't believe much has changed in terms of what has come out yet.

LG and Huawei are also often compared (V30 and P20). Big price difference though.
I am not sure the price of the LG V30 though, I think it is around €550.

Suckit

ImARebel wrote: »

I know this is a bit of an aside but has anyone tried the chuwi or telecast tablets?

I think the tablets need a little more in depth look, as they are not always reviewed as heavily as phones. There are good tablets, but similar names could be a lot worse.

Cube, Chuwi, Huawei, Teclast and Lenovo often get good reviews. Lenovo release some good tablets, but they also release some atrocious crap.

Cube got biggish a few years back and then all went quiet for a while.

Chuwi and Teclast also release some bad along with their very good tablets, keep an eye out for that.
Obviously there is Xiaomi Tablet too, but I am not sure how their prices are. Voyo are another brand that get some attention.

ImARebel

Thanks a million, I appreciate the replies. Time to get researching,lol

Snake Plisken

I was interested in picking up the international version of the Mi Max2 but it looks like it’s missing Band 20, I take it that rules out 4G with the likes of 3,but what if you are on Tesco Mobile who I think are still 3G only will it work fine with Tesco Mobile?

corks finest

Snake Plisken wrote: »

I was interested in picking up the international version of the Mi Max2 but it looks like it’s missing Band 20, I take it that rules out 4G with the likes of 3,but what if you are on Tesco Mobile who I think are still 3G only will it work fine with Tesco Mobile?

I have the mi Max 2 since it came out,was with Tesco mobile,yes data was crap,moved to vodaphone and have 4G constant

corks finest

Snake Plisken wrote: »

I was interested in picking up the international version of the Mi Max2 but it looks like it’s missing Band 20, I take it that rules out 4G with the likes of 3,but what if you are on Tesco Mobile who I think are still 3G only will it work fine with Tesco Mobile?

Yes it will work fine with TM,but if u ant /need 4G Vodafone is your man

Suckit

I thought this would have been posted over the weekend, it might encourage some buyers to hold off a little longer.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/07/xiaomi-europe/

Ten Pin

I was interested in picking up the international version of the Mi Max2 but it looks like it’s missing Band 20, I take it that rules out 4G with the likes of 3,but what if you are on Tesco Mobile who I think are still 3G only will it work fine with Tesco Mobile?

Anywhere outside large towns / cities uses band 20 for 4G.

Tesco 3G will work fine (they say 4G is due "any day now").

Without band 20, 4G coverage will be poor outsde urban areas, you will still have 3G coverage.

corks finest

Ten Pin wrote: »

Anywhere outside large towns / cities uses band 20 for 4G.

Tesco 3G will work fine (they say 4G is due "any day now").

Without band 20, 4G coverage will be poor outsde urban areas, you will still have 3G coverage.

Found Tesco crap tbh ,calls grand,data abysmal,even in large towns,and parts of cork city

Snake Plisken

Ten Pin wrote: »

Anywhere outside large towns / cities uses band 20 for 4G.

Tesco 3G will work fine (they say 4G is due "any day now").

Without band 20, 4G coverage will be poor outsde urban areas, you will still have 3G coverage.

So I should be ok if I stuck with my three sim if I went with it as long as I’m in and around Dublin City.
Btw I see the Mi Max 3 is launching next month 7” screen apparantly with wireless charging but it’s losing the headphone jack. Also have my eye on a Redmi Note 5 which the global edition starting to become available to order. Decisions Decisions

mloc123

Considering buying an Asus Zenfone 5 from eglobal, as this is not launched here yet I assume it will be an asian market handset. Is there anything I need to know or be aware of before buying?

ED E

mloc123 wrote: »

Considering buying an Asus Zenfone 5 from eglobal, as this is not launched here yet I assume it will be an asian market handset. Is there anything I need to know or be aware of before buying?

The ZE620KL appears fine.

corkie

[arstechnica] The Trump administration just forced smartphone maker ZTE to shut down

One of the leading Chinese smartphone makers, ZTE, is shutting down global operations in the face of crippling sanctions levied by the US government. ZTE is China's number-two smartphone maker, and as recently as last year it was the number-four smartphone vendor in the US.

"The major operating activities of the Company have ceased," ZTE wrote (PDF) in a Wednesday announcement to stock market traders in Hong Kong.

ZTE's business became untenable after a US government order banned American companies from exporting technology to the Chinese smartphone maker. ZTE is heavily dependent on US-made components, especially Qualcomm chips and Google's Android software stack.

^^^ A brand to stay clear off, and If you have ZTE device, I would unlock the bootloader and install a custom rom asap!

fixXxer

corkie wrote: »

[arstechnica] The Trump administration just forced smartphone maker ZTE to shut down




^^^ A brand to stay clear off, and If you have ZTE device, I would unlock the bootloader and install a custom rom asap!

If you can unlock and put a custom rom on it then you could get some great clearance bargains, if you're willing to accept you have no come back if the hardware fails.

mono_mac

Brand new maze comet here, just opened to test ,130 if anyone wants at cost price

mono_mac

Brand new maze comet here, just opened to test ,130 if anyone wants at cost price

ImARebel

What's the camera like on it? Love my maze alpha but the camera is really weak on it

Tempted :-)

mono_mac

ImARebel wrote:

What's the camera like on it? Love my maze alpha but the camera is really weak on it

It's not to bad .front is 8mp

RocketRaccoon

mono_mac wrote: »

Brand new maze comet here, just opened to test ,130 if anyone wants at cost price

Where are you located?

mono_mac

RocketRaccoon wrote:

Where are you located?

Cavan Monaghan

UrbanFret

would this phone work in Ireland and would it be a decent phone?
https://www.geekbuying.com/item/Xiaomi-Redmi-4A-2GB-32GB-Smartphone---Gray-380331.html
Thanks!

corks finest

UrbanFret wrote: »

would this phone work in Ireland and would it be a decent phone?
https://www.geekbuying.com/item/Xiaomi-Redmi-4A-2GB-32GB-Smartphone---Gray-380331.html
Thanks!

Yes,good brand,as long as it has LTE 20 you're ok,and as long as it's global version