Chinese Android Phones

horse7 · 17-03-2015 09:28AM

What payg provider gives 4G?

Dan_Solo · 17-03-2015 10:24AM

Ah well, I have to worry about 4G even less then!

RossieMan · 17-03-2015 10:56AM

You get 4g with 3 for 20 yoyos a month.

dahat · 17-03-2015 11:17AM

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

http://www.coolicool.com/kingzone-z1-mtk6752-octa-core-55-inch-ips-ogs-hd-screen-android-44-4g-lte-android-smartphone-g-35420

Finally a decent priced phone but 4G and a great battery!

Christ...looks really tempting. Looks a good upgrade on my Neo.

Any support for this brand?

Iseedeadpixels · 17-03-2015 11:50AM

dahat wrote: »

Christ...looks really tempting. Looks a good upgrade on my Neo.

Any support for this brand?

The support of my pocket :pac:

RossieMan · 17-03-2015 01:26PM

Yea coming from the neo, I'd never buy an unsupported brand again. It's just not worth it. From what I've seen of kingzone, they seem to be very similar.

dahat · 17-03-2015 02:00PM

RossieMan wrote: »

Yea coming from the neo, I'd never buy an unsupported brand again. It's just not worth it. From what I've seen of kingzone, they seem to be very similar.

That's a pity. Think might try wrangle a One plus One off the wife for the birthday. Size of it appeals a lot to me.

seamusmct · 17-03-2015 06:57PM

dahat wrote: »

That's a pity. Think might try wrangle a One plus One off the wife for the birthday. Size of it appeals a lot to me.

i got my oneplus one a few weeks ago,and love it.you deffo wont regret buying it.

theShire · 19-03-2015 07:52AM

RossieMan wrote: »

cheers for the info. may well just take the plunge, was looking at etotalk but the chance of customs is a killer.

Did anyone end up buying from the aliexpress dealer recommended by spix?
Looking at the Jiayu F2 for myself

eamonnq · 19-03-2015 12:13PM

RossieMan wrote: »

You get 4g with 3 for 20 yoyos a month.

From the Three website:

4G access is available to all our customers, for free, from January 27th 2014 until June 30th 2015.

From July 1st 2015 4G access will be available for purchase through an add on for €4.99 for Prepay, Bill Pay and Broadband customers.

http://www.three.ie/explore/4G/

sderref · 19-03-2015 12:24PM

Hi there,
I hope it helps for some to decide.
Bought it off from adverts.ie more than a month ago.
Design. Screen 5", I was afraid to find it too big, but couple of days and I used to get to this size. Looks well made, materials are metal/glass. The on-off button is on the left side, under the volume button. After a day it feels right to have it there. The Z cover is cheapish plastic(looks great) but I have to admit it is very useful...as the phone needs some protection...
With normal daily usage, calls/texts/occasional internet to check emails ect. battery lasts 2 even 3 days. Hard usage- constant surfing/videos/calls/travel drains a battery and need to charge during the day. The charger is fantastic. 15 min brigs it up to 75% battery life. It warms up during charging!!
Its very slippery! I use the Z cover, as it could fall easily-from my hand...Anyway, screen is vivid and colorful, games-videos-sites are really eye catching. It has two speakers one front one back...I personally cant see any advantage to have one of the speakers on the back side...Extremely loud, on normal level sounds nice.The earphone socket has a little pin which opens the card tray...when I use the earphone, this little pin just waiting to get lost...my suggestion just leave it home...
OP. Android 4.4.2. At the beginning I lost wifi, after the first week its fine. During a month I had 2 Android robotic kills, after 2 minutes it come alive again, no issues- didn't check what could cause it, but I had 4-5 apps simultaneously running. I had my holiday, switch off-switch off 10 sec and found a carrier, no issues whatsoever.
I don't play games, can't comment on that.
Camera. Needs a good set up, I am able to take 10-15 accidental screenshots daily:D The photos taken are fantastic. Front camera 8m, back 16m, just brilliant. Video capturing easy. It has 16gb memory but for a hardcore photo maker I think a good size SD card could help.
Conclusion. Had a fruit one before for 7-8 years, the last one lasted 5 years but died on me:d So opted for something new...No regret at all. Stylish, easy to use phone. Hope to use it for a couple of years...

Heraldoffreeent · 19-03-2015 12:31PM

eamonnq wrote: »

From the Three website:

4G access is available to all our customers, for free, from January 27th 2014 until June 30th 2015.

From July 1st 2015 4G access will be available for purchase through an add on for €4.99 for Prepay, Bill Pay and Broadband customers.

http://www.three.ie/explore/4G/

They've extended that date twice already though, in June 14 and nov 14.
Also their AYCE data offering was extended every 6 months / year since it launched.

eamonnq · 19-03-2015 03:42PM

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-Bluboo-X6-MTK6732-64bit-Quad-Core-4G-LTE-Cell-Phone-5-5-OGS-IPS-Android/32274876418.html

Special price for today only ??

tuborg_man · 19-03-2015 04:18PM

I'm looking at this at the moment as a cheap get me buy for a while phone.
http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_122282.html
Don't really need 4g or anything bigger than 5 inch. Have had a good look around a few sites but I better check to see if there are any phones around that budget that i've missed.
(which normally happens when I buy a phone from the east.)

BobbyPropane · 19-03-2015 06:42PM

eamonnq wrote: »

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-Bluboo-X6-MTK6732-64bit-Quad-Core-4G-LTE-Cell-Phone-5-5-OGS-IPS-Android/32274876418.html

Special price for today only ??

That resolution for that screen!

jimjamcoolio · 19-03-2015 07:31PM

How does this look?
I thought the 2gb ram version of this phone be near impossible to find but this is my first time to buy from Aliexpress so am I missing something?

eamonnq · 19-03-2015 10:35PM

BobbyPropane wrote: »

That resolution for that screen!

Yep, a few dodgy specs as well, 'MAIN FARMATERS' say 5mp/13mp camera but further down the spec says 2mp/8mp

BobbyPropane · 20-03-2015 11:23AM

Ulefone will be launching a mini version of the Be Pro in the near future

KilOit · 20-03-2015 12:55PM

jimjamcoolio wrote: »

How does this look?
I thought the 2gb ram version of this phone be near impossible to find but this is my first time to buy from Aliexpress so am I missing something?

Interested in knowing this also.
Does it work on Meteor and Three bands as well?

BobbyPropane · 20-03-2015 01:06PM

jimjamcoolio wrote: »

How does this look?
I thought the 2gb ram version of this phone be near impossible to find but this is my first time to buy from Aliexpress so am I missing something?

Feedback seems good but you never know really especially with Aliexpress sellers

BobbyPropane · 20-03-2015 01:15PM

Microsoft have announced a collaboration of sorts with Xiaomi. Apparently Xiaomi users will be able to flash Windows 10 on their phones sometime in the future

http://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-microsoft-barra-595501/

Iseedeadpixels · 20-03-2015 04:30PM

BobbyPropane wrote: »

Feedback seems good but you never know really especially with Aliexpress sellers

Roll on Spix :pac:

spix · 20-03-2015 05:14PM

KilOit wrote: »

Interested in knowing this also.
Does it work on Meteor and Three bands as well?

The 2gb version they're selling is the China Mobile version. It's missing 900mhz 3G band which which is used here. Coverage might be bad.

KilOit · 21-03-2015 09:03PM

spix wrote: »

The 2gb version they're selling is the China Mobile version. It's missing 900mhz 3G band which which is used here. Coverage might be bad.

Damn. Was looking for a decent Chinese phone that isn't too big, this looked to be it!

I need a phone that's around 5" display or less and works on Meteor, anyone any ideas?

fixXxer · 22-03-2015 01:06PM

Just in case anyone is interested. Got an Umi Zero for my wife so she could have her work and home sims in the one phone.

The screen is gorgeous for such a low cost phone. It really is super sharp. It is ridiculously slim and thin. The only issue with the build is that is quite slippy. I'm fairly sure I've seen it slide on a flat surface so a case will be needed.

Now, the software was different. While I was testing it out the wifi performance was terrible. Weak signal, constantly dropping connections, or not seeing networks. Call quality was rubbish too.

After some reading I flashed a MIUI rom. Everything works like a dream now. It's fast, responsive and has had no wireless issues what so ever.

So, a great phone to get but you make need to do some techy work to get it going properly.

corwill · 22-03-2015 05:00PM

fixxxer wrote: »

Just in case anyone is interested. Got an Umi Zero for my wife so she could have her work and home sims in the one phone.

The screen is gorgeous for such a low cost phone. It really is super sharp. It is ridiculously slim and thin. The only issue with the build is that is quite slippy. I'm fairly sure I've seen it slide on a flat surface so a case will be needed.

Now, the software was different. While I was testing it out the wifi performance was terrible. Weak signal, constantly dropping connections, or not seeing networks. Call quality was rubbish too.

After some reading I flashed a MIUI rom. Everything works like a dream now. It's fast, responsive and has had no wireless issues what so ever.

So, a great phone to get but you make need to do some techy work to get it going properly.

What's the camera like?

mooseknunkle · 22-03-2015 07:52PM

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

http://www.coolicool.com/kingzone-z1-mtk6752-octa-core-55-inch-ips-ogs-hd-screen-android-44-4g-lte-android-smartphone-g-35420

Finally a decent priced phone but 4G and a great battery!

Im looking for a second phone and this looks good for the price,has anybody bought from this place before what's it like with delivery etc?

Iseedeadpixels · 22-03-2015 10:03PM

mooseknunkle wrote: »

Im looking for a second phone and this looks good for the price,has anybody bought from this place before what's it like with delivery etc?

Think the price has gone up since I posted.

theShire · 22-03-2015 10:10PM

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Think the price has gone up since I posted.

Exchange rate can't be helping prices at the moment!

gn3dr · 22-03-2015 11:29PM

Hi
I'm looking for some feedback - hopefully from people with experience of these phones.
I currently have a Moto G 4G for about the last year. Moved to it from a HTC Desire HD which I had a number of years. Happy with the Moto but I'm toying with the idea of a larger screen. Thinking about 5" but a few of these 5.5" phones caught my eye. (Although I'm still on the fence about whether 5.5" is just too big for a phone.)

Looking at sub €200 phones only. I know everyone recommends the oneplusone and money no object I would probably try it out....

Looking at what seems to be somewhat known brands which would people recommend.

The Ulefone be Pro
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Ulefone-Be-Pro-5-5--Android-Phone-2GB-16GB-IPS-HD-Screen-64-bit-4G-LTE-Smartphone-MTK6732-Quad-Core-1-5GHz-13-0MP--Dark-Blue-340268.html

or the Xioami RedMI note
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/XIAOMI-Hongmi-Note-4G-Snapdragon-MSM8928-Quad-Core-1-6GHz-5-5-Inch-Smartphone-2GB-RAM-HD-IPS-13-0MP-GPS-OTG---White-332910.html
(although what is making me hesitate on this is reading somewhere that it doesn't have Gorilla glass)

the Elefone http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Elephone-P6000-4G-1280x780-Pixels-MTK6732-Quad-Core-1-5GHz-5-0-Inch-Smartphone-Android-4-4-2GB-16GB-13-0MP-IPS---White-338224.html

or maybe this one? http://www.coolicool.com/kingzone-z1-mtk6752-octa-core-55-inch-ips-ogs-hd-screen-android-44-4g-lte-android-smartphone-g-35420

Key things for me (in no particular order) are
1. Best battery life I can get
2. Good camera
3. 4G - might as well future proof myself
4. Tough screen
5. SD card slot
6. Reliable - I've had a Chinese tablet before which was grand once rooted and played with a bit - but I don't want to have to waste time playing with something like this. I want it to work out of the box.

Any ideas? Would also appreciate feedback on the best place to buy these?

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