The Official Chinese Phones Thread

benparker · 1 Oct 2016 at 10:55

Best price for mi 5s so far? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ori...re-5-15-1920x1080-Smartphone/32741389940.html

scrivz69 · 2 Oct 2016 at 11:17

Seems a good deal for anyone after a note 4 http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Xiao...-X20-3GB-64GB-Smartphone---Silver-372795.html

benparker · 3 Oct 2016 at 08:44

Google's announcement tomorrow. If the pixel phones are premium then Mi 5s it is.

sydeccles · 3 Oct 2016 at 13:06

benparker said:
Google's announcement tomorrow. If the pixel phones are premium then Mi 5s it is.

+1 I was looking at the new Moto G4, but not so sure now

batfink · 3 Oct 2016 at 20:10

+2, although for me it's a toss up between the Oneplus 3 and the Mi5s. Pros and Cons for both.

sydeccles · 3 Oct 2016 at 22:06

sydeccles said:
+1 I was looking at the new Moto G4, but not so sure now

Basically I just ne s a good dual SIM Android phone, currently have a Moto G 2nd gen Dual Sim, but thought the Chinese route was maybe we'll worth a look

benparker · 4 Oct 2016 at 07:18

batfink said:
+2, although for me it's a toss up between the Oneplus 3 and the Mi5s. Pros and Cons for both.

What Op3 gas going for it mainly is custom roms and they have sources for specs, something that Xiaomi lack on or are slow. 6gb but we dont need it.

Mi 5s - good size, excellent camera, ultra sonic fingerprint reader and good price

scrivz69 · 4 Oct 2016 at 21:46

First look at the mi5s

Janesy B · 4 Oct 2016 at 23:10

Video quality looks dire. Disappointing.

silverblack · 5 Oct 2016 at 00:43

Janesy B said:
Video quality looks dire. Disappointing.

Does seem a strange omission not having OIS considering the Mi5 does have it :confused:

stoosh · 5 Oct 2016 at 01:35

I guess manufacturers have to gimp a phone somehow....no OIS and the massive border around the screen is a put off for me.

benparker · 5 Oct 2016 at 07:21

stoosh said:
I guess manufacturers have to gimp a phone somehow....no OIS and the massive border around the screen is a put off for me.

I'm having second thoughts and thinking of getting Mi5. The 5s has the same camera found in the Pixel phone and about the black boarder, buying black model should 'hide' it.

thep02 · 5 Oct 2016 at 08:17

thep02 · 5 Oct 2016 at 08:24

thep02 said:
It does have video ois, stability doesn't look "that" bad not quite as good as the s7.

https://youtu.be/qzrMoYtHUIE

Phone arena up against the galaxy s7.

spudbynight · 5 Oct 2016 at 12:08

I need to buy a cheap chinese phone for someone. I'm looking for something about £50ish that will be used for browsing, calls and whatsapp.

They had a Doogee X5 which they were happy with but have damaged.

Janesy B · 5 Oct 2016 at 12:10

26fps and 96kbps Audio for 4k is not good. OIS looks awful, as does the rolling shutter effect. It's unusable.

fendi · 5 Oct 2016 at 19:21

Has anyone had problems with the charging port on their Redmi Note 3? Mine now is failing to charge though the charging light is on and the charging animation is on showing it is charging when the phone is off. I am guessing the phone is faulty. It got worse over a couple of days, at first it would charge after taking the cable out and inserting it again but now no charging at all.

Edit,

Dropped below 20% and getting a red light blinking. Youtube shows a possible solution but have to wait till the weekend to get my power bank back to try and charge it from the 5v port after disconnecting it from the phone.

benparker · 6 Oct 2016 at 13:15

Does anyone have a Mi5? How are the custom roms?

BaldJedi · 6 Oct 2016 at 14:47

benparker said:
Does anyone have a Mi5? How are the custom roms?

If you get one give the rom from xiaomi.eu a try. Google installed, chinese crap removed and updates every week.

As a nexus user for many years i didn't think i would like miui but the xiaomi.eu rom works really well with good battery life. At the w/end i ran waze for 4 hours on the battery and took 30+ photos and still had 10% battery and the end of the day, my nexus 5 couldn't manage that.

benparker · 7 Oct 2016 at 06:55

BaldJedi said:
If you get one give the rom from xiaomi.eu a try. Google installed, chinese crap removed and updates every week.

As a nexus user for many years i didn't think i would like miui but the xiaomi.eu rom works really well with good battery life. At the w/end i ran waze for 4 hours on the battery and took 30+ photos and still had 10% battery and the end of the day, my nexus 5 couldn't manage that.

What about cm roms etc?

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