Chinese Android Phones 2 - Read First Post!

corkie · 21-11-2017 11:40PM

Black_Knight wrote: »

Revenue says Customs charges too (and those are subject to VAT also). I'll report back when the slap me with the bill.

Black_Knight wrote: »

DHL.
It's status every morning is updated with "Clearance event"

Just curious but don't you need to pay your custom charges, for it to be processed?

Black_Knight · 21-11-2017 11:46PM

corkie wrote: »

Just curious but don't you need to pay your custom charges, for it to be processed?

No one has contacted me to give me the opportunity to. Only contact i've had is 2 calls from DHL. 1 to confirm the package and inform me that customs were looking at it, and the 2nd to ask me to send on proof of purchase and payment.

Last time customs were looking for payment, DHL told me as I was taking it off them (first I heard about owing tax on it). Basically said you owe X on this parcel, you need to pay it before I can give it to you.

jpos · 22-11-2017 12:29AM

Hi guys, great thread. Really helpful for so many little things I would never have thought of. Struggling at the moment to figure out which to go for. MiA1 or RedMi Note 4. Anybody tried both?

nuff · 22-11-2017 12:38AM

Black_Knight wrote: »

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Last time customs were looking for payment, DHL told me as I was taking it off them (first I heard about owing tax on it). Basically said you owe X on this parcel, you need to pay it before I can give it to you.

I got mine last week. I was sent a txt to pay the customs but it was already with the driver and he rang to say he could also take payment when he arrived. I wonder was there no invoice on your package. Who'd you buy from?

Black_Knight · 22-11-2017 04:20PM

nuff wrote: »

I got mine last week. I was sent a txt to pay the customs but it was already with the driver and he rang to say he could also take payment when he arrived. I wonder was there no invoice on your package. Who'd you buy from?

Further Details - Shipment has been given a release by Customs.
Next Steps - Unless there is an adhoc exam or a stop by another regulatory authority the shipment will proceed to delivery

Must bring a wedge of cash to the office tomorrow so

nuff · 22-11-2017 06:27PM

Black_Knight wrote: »

Further Details - Shipment has been given a release by Customs.
Next Steps - Unless there is an adhoc exam or a stop by another regulatory authority the shipment will proceed to delivery

Must bring a wedge of cash to the office tomorrow so

Hope you get it tomorrow!

corkbuoy · 22-11-2017 07:28PM

eamonnq wrote: »

What did it cost you ?

Solutions Shop seem to be well thought of, so I would think a lot of people will be using them (some regularly!!).

Cost 237 including about 8 euro delivery

Jaycornyn · 22-11-2017 10:04PM

Trying to decide between Redmi Note 4 or the Zuk Z2 Pro. I read plenty about the Redmi Note 4 and seems like a decent phone. Haven't seen much about the Zuk. It seems a powerful phone for the money. One downside is no SDslot but it does come with 128GB so it shouldn't be a problem.

Anyone used a Zuk before. Any good. I'd be leaning towards note 4 purely because it tried and tested but the Zuk is tempting!

jodaw · 22-11-2017 10:11PM

Jaycornyn wrote: »

Trying to decide between Redmi Note 4 or the Zuk Z2 Pro. I read plenty about the Redmi Note 4 and seems like a decent phone. Haven't seen much about the Zuk. It seems a powerful phone for the money. One downside is no SDslot but it does come with 128GB so it shouldn't be a problem.

Anyone used a Zuk before. Any good. I'd be leaning towards note 4 purely because it tried and tested but the Zuk is tempting!

Big difference in price but ZUK purely on specs. If you are spending about that much, check out the Meizu Note 6. Good camera i believe

Bahanaman · 22-11-2017 10:38PM

Don't think the Meizu has band 20.

mikeysmith · 22-11-2017 10:48PM

Jaycornyn wrote: »

Trying to decide between Redmi Note 4 or the Zuk Z2 Pro. I read plenty about the Redmi Note 4 and seems like a decent phone. Haven't seen much about the Zuk. It seems a powerful phone for the money. One downside is no SDslot but it does come with 128GB so it shouldn't be a problem.

Anyone used a Zuk before. Any good. I'd be leaning towards note 4 purely because it tried and tested but the Zuk is tempting!

The zuk is more compact and shorter battery life with the S820 and 3000 battery

But better specced than the xiaomi

Suckit · 22-11-2017 10:49PM

Bahanaman wrote: »

Don't think the Meizu has band 20.

It does, you may need to choose International or European version though.
The Zuk Z2 pro has had a few buyers here i think. The Lenovo phones all have a pretty good name anyway. The Lenovo Moto range and Zuk range mainly.

Fastest mouse... 24th - 26th Xiaomi are selling 50 phones for $1.00
I will not be trying, but i would imagine you would have to be very lucky even to be in with a chance. On the 24th 10 phones, 25th 20 phones and 26th another 20 phones.
http://event.mi.com/sales2017/blackfriday/

Supercell · 23-11-2017 02:46PM

Ordered a Honor 9 though EUDirect which is likely to have a Chinese ROM on it, I see on XDA that there are EU roms (hardware is the same) , anyone have any personal experience dong that?
I'm not overly bothered, but if its easy to do I'll probably put the EU rom on. My wife is Chinese so can help decipher anything weird!

Black_Knight · 23-11-2017 11:21PM

Black_Knight wrote: »

Further Details - Shipment has been given a release by Customs.
Next Steps - Unless there is an adhoc exam or a stop by another regulatory authority the shipment will proceed to delivery

Must bring a wedge of cash to the office tomorrow so

62 Euro for customs. Happy to do it though. ZTE axon 7 for 200+customs charge. Doesn't seem fake as yet anyways.

Queue the phone exploding/giving up on me on a few days.

Bahanaman · 24-11-2017 12:38AM

Black_Knight wrote:

62 Euro for customs. Happy to do it though. ZTE axon 7 for 200+customs charge. Doesn't seem fair as yet anyways.

Black_Knight wrote:

Queue the phone exploding/giving up on me on a few days.

Will be bursting to hear how you get on! So tempted to go for this! But have heard so many bad things about gearbest. Only 196 euro at the moment! Probably just end up settling for the a1 from a European warehouse in the end! And that'll even be a big step for me!

mikeysmith · 24-11-2017 01:47PM

Are doogee phones decent build quality?

CantGetNoSleep · 24-11-2017 09:34PM

mikeysmith wrote: »

Are doogee phones decent build quality?

I had one about two years ago and it certainly wasn't well built, would be reluctant to go for one since this

Kalel · 25-11-2017 09:44PM

Got my Elephone S8 during the week.. Fantastic phone for the money, screen is amazing. After a few days use I can't knock it.

twoinfinities · 25-11-2017 10:52PM

Looking at getting this on coolicool from eu warehouse for euro212:

ULEFONE T1 6GB RAM 64GB ROM Helio P25 MTK6757CD 2.6GHz Octa Core 5.5 Inch 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass FHD Screen Dual Camera Android 7.0 4G LTE Smartphone

Anyone got any advice one way or the other?

allthedoyles · 25-11-2017 11:11PM

twoinfinities wrote: »

Looking at getting this on coolicool from eu warehouse for euro212:

ULEFONE T1 6GB RAM 64GB ROM Helio P25 MTK6757CD 2.6GHz Octa Core 5.5 Inch 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass FHD Screen Dual Camera Android 7.0 4G LTE Smartphone

Anyone got any advice one way or the other?

The 3680mah battery is not massive as they suggest and you may not get a full day out of it .

I would look for one with at least 4000mah battery

twoinfinities · 25-11-2017 11:23PM

allthedoyles wrote: »

The 3680mah battery is not massive as they suggest and you may not get a full day out of it .

I would look for one with at least 4000mah battery

Sound - the other one i was looking at for similar money was:

ELEPHONE P8 6GB RAM 64GB ROM MTK Helio P25 2.5GHz Octa Core 5.5 Inch 2.5D JDI FHD Screen Android 7.0 4G LTE Smartphone

But the battery on that seems worse... It is a present for my wife and won't really be used intensively (20mins calls and a few hours of Facebook and candy crush maybe) so do you think we'd get away with it? Anything you'd recommend instead for that sort of price?

Black_Knight · 25-11-2017 11:40PM

Bahanaman wrote: »

Will be bursting to hear how you get on! So tempted to go for this! But have heard so many bad things about gearbest. Only 196 euro at the moment! Probably just end up settling for the a1 from a European warehouse in the end! And that'll even be a big step for me!

Happy out so far. Everything seems to work.
Finger print reader is 90% spot on.
Fast charging working great.
All sensors working (GPS, Wi-Fi, mobile, gyroscope etc)
Battery is OK (from usage so far, early days still) - fast charging makes up for it a bit, but today with only a bit of use I've had to charge it as it was going to die (30 mins maybe got me an additional 70% battery back)

First and continuing impressions are great. Lovely packaging (phone, booklet, ear phones, charger, adapter, USB type b to type c adapter for your old charger), key ring sim card tool.

For 263 or so euro, I'm happy.

Bahanaman · 26-11-2017 09:39AM

Great to hear. I went to get it myself yesterday and they were gone at that price. Back up to 400 euro. That's what I get for being too chicken!

corkie · 26-11-2017 07:59PM

The Solution Shop launches EU Express Plus (1-2 day tax pre-paid shipping)

We've been quite busy recently. We increased our standard warranty to 2 years & increase our support hours to 8AM - 11pm GMT.
But we are most pleased to say that we have just launched EU Express Plus on orders from our Hong Kong warehouse. This means that all Redmi Note 4 & Mi A1 orders can now be sent via EU Express + for the same price as EU Express.

We have also been working to speed up our standard EU Express system and implement a better tracking system.

EU Express is now moving from a 5-10 day service to a 3-8 day.
We are also implementing a much more accurate tracking system, with email notification and the ability to track directly from your account.

This means that if you come to order presents for this Christmas then you know it will arrive in time and not get stuck in customs. (Cough) Gearbest (Cough)

Thargor · 26-11-2017 08:32PM

Im probably going to go with a 6-6.5" phablet as my next phone, I know theres a big thread in Bargain Alerts at the minute for the Xiaomi Mi Max 2 4G Phablet but the rural 4G bands thing is putting me off a bit even with the great price, has anyone seen any better options around anywhere?

mikeysmith · 26-11-2017 08:41PM

Thargor wrote: »

Im probably going to go with a 6-6.5" phablet as my next phone, I know theres a big thread in Bargain Alerts at the minute for the Xiaomi Mi Max 2 4G Phablet but the rural 4G bands thing is putting me off a bit even with the great price, has anyone seen any better options around anywhere?

Do you not have to do everything 2 handed?

I'm switching back to 5" from 5.5 because they're too much of a stretch

smilerf · 26-11-2017 08:42PM

Thargor wrote: »

Im probably going to go with a 6-6.5" phablet as my next phone, I know theres a big thread in Bargain Alerts at the minute for the Xiaomi Mi Max 2 4G Phablet but the rural 4G bands thing is putting me off a bit even with the great price, has anyone seen any better options around anywhere?

Maybe the Lenovo Phab 2

Thargor · 26-11-2017 08:49PM

mikeysmith wrote: »

Do you not have to do everything 2 handed?

I'm switching back to 5" from 5.5 because they're too much of a stretch

I do everything with 2 thumbs anyway, was like that from the Nokia days.

Thargor · 26-11-2017 08:51PM

smilerf wrote: »

Maybe the Lenovo Phab 2

Pricey and not great reviews, Lenovo dropped support already, thanks anyway.

smilerf · 26-11-2017 08:54PM

Thargor wrote: »

Pricey and not great reviews, thanks anyway.

I have a mi max 2 myself. Great phone but ye the 4g is definitely an issue

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