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Suckit

The Leagoo T5 is currently €79.99 on Amazon Spain
https://www.amazon.es/dp/B073S6P7ZZ

the heathen

Suckit wrote:

The Leagoo T5 is currently €79.99 on Amazon Spain

Looking for summat for my mother and that looks ideal but it doesn't seem to have Band 20 according to the spec lists I've looked at. Shame. 😶

Suckit

the heathen wrote: »

Looking for summat for my mother and that looks ideal but it doesn't seem to have Band 20 according to the spec lists I've looked at. Shame. ��

Band 20/800 is on it, so 4G is broadly available.

Bands 4G LTE B1 (2100), B17 (700), B2 (1900), B20 (800), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900)
3G B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B5 (850), B8 (900) 2G B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)

the heathen

Suckit wrote:

3G should be enough for most people anyway, but it does have band 20.

Oh! Cheers for that - then it seems to be a great buy. Thanks!

UrbanFret

Suckit wrote: »

The Leagoo T5 is currently €79.99 on Amazon Spain
https://www.amazon.es/dp/B073S6P7ZZ

Can you change that page to english?

GBX

UrbanFret wrote: »

Can you change that page to english?

Yes. If you are using Chrome, you can translate it within the app or webpage. And also paste the web address of it into https://translate.google.com/

corkie

UrbanFret wrote: »

Can you change that page to english?

Use google chrome on a pc, and have google translate the page for you.

GBX wrote: »

Yes. If you are using Chrome, you can translate it within the app or webpage. And also paste the web address of it into https://translate.google.com/

The page you requested was too large to translate.

https://www.amazon.es/dp/B073S6P7ZZ

El Tarangu

My Zuk Z2's screen has started to become slow and unresponsive - what would be an equivalent replacement these days?

Thanks,
El T.

corkie

El Tarangu wrote: »

My Zuk Z2's screen has started to become slow and unresponsive - what would be an equivalent replacement these days?

Thanks,
El T.

What is your budget? Do you still want a 5" Phone?

Put your required specs in here: - https://www.kimovil.com/en/

Have you looked at the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5?

El Tarangu

corkie wrote: »

What is your budget? Do you still want a 5" Phone?

Put your required specs in here: - https://www.kimovil.com/en/

Have you looked at the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5?

Never came across this kimovil site before - thanks pal, I'll take a look at that the Note 5.

Suckit

UrbanFret wrote: »

Can you change that page to english?

You can read the English version of the listing here
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B073S6P7ZZ

If you just want to purchase it (on Spanish site), just press the yellow button "Añadir a la cesta" and next, next (or click the shopping trolley "Cesta" at the top of the page), it should be pretty straight forward from there to checkout.

k123456

Re the Zuk 2,maybe worth putting a custom rom very good chance it will fix. Google Chris Panton on YouTube or Google xda

El Tarangu

k123456 wrote: »

Re the Zuk 2,maybe worth putting a custom rom very good chance it will fix. Google Chris Panton on YouTube or Google xda

I am running 'dirty unicorns' at the minute; I will take a look there and see if there are any updates I am missing - cheers.

b.gud

Thinking about changing my phone, currently have a Xiaomi Mi 5, and looking for some recommendations from the hive mind . 

My requirements would be, I hope, fairly simple.

Must haves:

• USB C
• Fingerprint reader
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• Decent Lineage OS support

Nice to haves:

• Bigish battery, 3500 mAh or higher

GBX

b.gud wrote: »

Thinking about changing my phone, currently have a Xiaomi Mi 5, and looking for some recommendations from the hive mind . 

My requirements would be, I hope, fairly simple.

Must haves:

• USB C
• Fingerprint reader
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• Decent Lineage OS support

Nice to haves:

• Bigish battery, 3500 mAh or higher

You can put the device requirements into Kimovil and then cross reference on LineageOS & XDA for unofficial support.

KilOit

Phone prices increased? i bought a Zuk Z2 for under 150€ last May and was looking to buy another one for someone else and discover their over 200€ now.

Similar spec phone is way above it on Kimovil. Raging i didn't buy 2 of them back then as they're a brilliant phone for people who like to keep it small

Suckit

KilOit wrote: »

Phone prices increased? i bought a Zuk Z2 for under 150€ last May and was looking to buy another one for someone else and discover their over 200€ now.

Similar spec phone is way above it on Kimovil. Raging i didn't buy 2 of them back then as they're a brilliant phone for people who like to keep it small

It often happens for different reasons.
Lenovo finished the ZUK brand last year and stopped production, so my guess is that there is a very limited amount left, and that is the reason for the price hike.
https://zuk.hk/ was the official site (dead now)
It is $199 on Banggood (OOS)
and
$204 on Sunsky clearance
https://www.sunsky-online.com/view/476579/[HK Stock] Lenovo ZUK Z2 4GB 64GB.htm

Snake Plisken

Are honorbuy safe to buy from? Any potential issues? Warrenty etc?

RossieMan

Warranty and Chinese phones dont belong in the same sentence.

It's the risk you take.

Textronic

RossieMan wrote: »

Warranty and Chinese phones dont belong in the same sentence.

It's the risk you take.

Don't think that's correct

Afaik some of the Chinese sellers have European repair centres

ImARebel

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Are honorbuy safe to buy from? Any potential issues? Warrenty etc?

I'd no problem with them bought 2 phones off them so far

cmac2009

Any Xiaomi MI6 users here? Looking to get one but a little concerned about how heavy it is - any comments on this. Cheers

Digital Solitude

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Are honorbuy safe to buy from? Any potential issues? Warrenty etc?

Ive used honourbuy several times no hassle

Uf you're after after sales support stick with aliexpress tho

Beans_On

quick questions folks..need a bit of help as in need of a quick budget phone.

will this work for me here with a three sim?

https://www.geekbuying.com/item/Official-Global-Version-Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-5A-3GB-32GB-Smartphone-Gold-391620.html

fixXxer

Beans_On wrote: »

quick questions folks..need a bit of help as in need of a quick budget phone.

will this work for me here with a three sim?

https://www.geekbuying.com/item/Official-Global-Version-Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-5A-3GB-32GB-Smartphone-Gold-391620.html

Give this a try:

https://willmyphonework.net/

NATLOR

Beans_On wrote: »

quick questions folks..need a bit of help as in need of a quick budget phone.

will this work for me here with a three sim?

https://www.geekbuying.com/item/Official-Global-Version-Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-5A-3GB-32GB-Smartphone-Gold-391620.html

Yes it will. Its the global version which has the all important Band 20 for getting 4G coverage

RossieMan

Yea that'll do the job. I'd look at a mi A1 though instead. Should be cheaper too.

GBX

RossieMan wrote: »

Yea that'll do the job. I'd look at a mi A1 though instead. Should be cheaper too.

Dont think you'll get the Mi A1 cheaper than that .. Its been north of €150 for quite some time.

https://www.kimovil.com/en/where-to-buy-xiaomi-mia1
Prices on the right.

fixXxer

Did anyone here get the Vernee Mix 2? I see the 4gb version can get for around €160

fixXxer

GBX wrote: »

Dont think you'll get the Mi A1 cheaper than that .. Its been north of €150 for quite some time.

https://www.kimovil.com/en/where-to-buy-xiaomi-mia1
Prices on the right.

eGlobal have it for €155 if you don't mind Gold.

Edit: Sorry, the prices didn't load for me properly the first time so I see that €155 isn't anything special.