**** The Official Chinese Phones Thread ****

[benparker]

Finally took the plunge and bought a 5S 64GB at Geekbuying for £236. Just as I clicked Pay on Paypal I noticed there was an option to add insurance for £1.30

Oh well, don't want to faff around with customer support trying to pay £1.30 to add it, so will have to keep all my bits crossed it arrives OK.

Email them and say you forgot to ensure it so should you cancel. They will probably tell you to pay the difference. Should anything go wrong they can say you didn't ensure it.

 

[FutileBreadMachine]

I think I'll trust in the mobile phone gods and not confuse them with cancelling it or trying to amend it.That will teach me for rushing through the payment page on a Chinese website

inb4 "My 5s arrived smashed to bits wot do?"

 

[neocon]

Mi5 or op3? I'm swaying towards mi5 given the price

 

[R.O.S.S.I]

Nice. Tracking finally changed to:

11/11/2016
Despatched to overseas (Country code: GB)

Hopefully be a week or two till it lands with me!

 

[sydeccles]

Hmmm what postage did you pay for?

I paid for mine on 3rd Nov too and got an email on 7th saying it had been shipped along with a tracking number.

At last DHL tracking info, but its not gone far

Monday, November 07, 2016 at 15:53
Origin Service Area:
HONG KONG - HKG - HONG KONG

 

[broona]

Looking for a 5" screen phone with a MicroSD slot for less than £150 to replace the wife's Vodafone Smart Ultra, any recommendations please?

I've been eyeing up the Xiaomi Redmi 3 and Redmi 4 Pro (Prime?) which look decent, any other recommendations please, and anywhere better to buy from than Aliexpress? The 3 is around £110 and the 4 around £130 from a quick look. Cheers.

 

[[GSV]Lemming]

My mi max prime has an issue where fingerprint scanner is not working, errors when I try to add a fingerprint..

Comments on the net about it, thought I might try an upgrade as there appears to be a global rom for 8.0.3.

Anyone tried this at all?

 

[benparker]

Latest Event -- 2016-11-14 14:31 GBLALA, Arrival at border point in the destination country

Whats GBLALA? hoping GB is Great Britain

 

[NexusK]

Whats GBLALA? hoping GB is Great Britain

It's Heathrow.

 

[Diagro]

Are customs charging ppl?

I want to order a mi mix... but import costs would be massive!

 

[neocon]

Are customs charging ppl?

I want to order a mi mix... but import costs would be massive!

How do customs know the value of an item?

 

[benparker]

Are customs charging ppl?

I want to order a mi mix... but import costs would be massive!

I wouldn't buy it now since it's dubbed a concept phone. Maybe wait for the next version?

 

[memyselfandi]

How do customs know the value of an item?

It declared on the outside of the package as part of the import documentation.

Vat on the total cost (item plus shipping) and duty at what ever rate for the type of goods.

 

[krooton]

It declared on the outside of the package as part of the import documentation.

Vat on the total cost (item plus shipping) and duty at what ever rate for the type of goods.

Which is handy when the state that my £300 phone is a £50 phone

 

[benparker]

I think my 5s got delievered to my parents house today. Bought from banggood

 

[sydeccles]

At last DHL tracking info, but its not gone far

Monday, November 07, 2016 at 15:53
Origin Service Area:
HONG KONG - HKG - HONG KONG

Mine is still in Hong Kong

 

[lmfy2k]

Worth a read:
Security firm reportedly finds spyware on Chinese Android phones, including Blu devices sold in the US

http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/1...-phones-including-blu-devices-sold-in-the-us/

 

[Mobius 1]

Never heard of blu before. Must be one of those really crap brands like cubot and the like.

 

[R.O.S.S.I]

Painful waiting for standard mail to arrive from the far East haha!

My current phone is literally on its last legs, screen cracked, bits of the glass fallen out. Got to hand it to Motorola, the original Moto G is a bit of a hard *******!

 

[neocon]

Taken the plunge on a Mi5 from geekbuying at £190