**** The Official Chinese Phones Thread ****
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Nice to see the K3 Note getting some community support. Just checked XDA and found lots of third party roms (trying limoncello 5.1 Mod now) and various fixes including GLOSNASS satellite detection which doubles the number of GPS fixes.
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MIUI is my favourite version of Android.
Sadly I've decided to jump off the chinaphone wagon. Replacing my Xiaomi Mi2S with a Galaxy Alpha. If Xiaomi had done another sub 5" phone with near-flagship specs I'd have bought one. I was getting pretty tempted by the Redmi 2 2GB version but just couldn't bring myself to downgrade the GPU and battery so much (I have the 3000mah upgrade for the Mi2S).
I'll be keeping the Mi2S as a spare and will keep an eye out for ones going for spares or repairs to hopefully get my hands on a genuine screen. If it weren't due to complications following a broken screen replacement I wouldn't even be considering replacing it. Utterly brilliant little phone.
If Xiaomi has a downside it's using Micro-A/B rather than Micro-B like most phones. It's never going to be as snug as a micro-b connector for chargers etc.
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Stoosh, you got your phone yet mate?
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http://www.vickmall.com/
thats the store i bought it from , it took 5 working to days to be delivered in Greece, with Singapore post (non express)
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according to this
http://www.mi.com/en/mi4/specs/
not. If there is anyway to check the phone go ahead an tell me
Sent you an email.
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Not a clue . Thanks anyway
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Xiaomi Mi4 64 GB RRP cut to 17999 rupees in India. That's about £181. Tasty.
http://indianexpress.com/article/te...4-64gb-price-slashed-permanently-to-rs-17999/
That's last year's flagship. Mi5 must be due...
http://indianexpress.com/article/te...4-64gb-price-slashed-permanently-to-rs-17999/
That's last year's flagship. Mi5 must be due...
No Dude. There was a mix up between DHL and the company which in their words was "a very rare occurrence."
I'm assured that it will arrive this week. If it doesn't I paid via PayPal and I'll get my money back and buy a Z3 again
In the meantime I've been using the Honor 6 and the battery is on par with the Z3C!
Aside from the odd hiccup here and there it's almost up to par with most flagships.
How you getting on with the Z3? I knew you'd go back to it sooner rather than later
Got an email that the Honor 7 has been dispatched.
Let's see if it l goes smoothly.
In the meantime I'm having fun using the Honor 6 at the moment and for the price it's a very decent phone.
It's on 60% after 1 day and 1 hours use...not bad at all.
Let's see if it l goes smoothly.
In the meantime I'm having fun using the Honor 6 at the moment and for the price it's a very decent phone.
It's on 60% after 1 day and 1 hours use...not bad at all.
Here you go Tauren 
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Well where do I start? My expectations for this phone were high and I'm glad to say that the Honor 7 has lived up to them.
The phone is built very well and screams quality, the metal build reminds me of the HTC One M series and is finished extremely well. The screen is very bright and is up there with other LCD tech screens including my favourite device of the year the Z3. The speakers are at the bottom left of the phone, there are what seems to be two grills but unfortunately they're not stereo speakers and the other grill serves as a microphone. Having said that the speaker is loud and clear and bassy and it's not up there with the benchmark of speakers of HTC but it reminds me of the LG G4 in terms of loudness and clarity however the Honor 7 has a little bit of bass to the sound.
The fingerprint scanner is superb and is quick to transition from lock screen to getting access to the home screen. It's very reminiscent of Apple's Touch Id.
A bonus is that there's a screen protector factory installed so all I need to worry about is finding a case for this fine phone.
Obviously this is a Chinese phone but thankfully Google Play Store is there so you can download all your favourites and run the phone as you would like a European phone. There are odd bits of Chinese language peppered here and there I thought it would get on my nerves but the phone's performance soon made me forget about it.
The model I bought has 64GB internal storage paired with 3GB RAM and it has a micro SD slot so there's lots of memory to play with.
I've only had a brief play and this phone was actually going to be my backup phone until the the big players release their phones in Q3-4 but this phone has certainly surprised me and I will be using this as my daily driver until 2016.
The Honor 6 was good but the Honor 7 takes it to the next level and then some!
Superb phone - another hit from Huawei
Well where do I start? My expectations for this phone were high and I'm glad to say that the Honor 7 has lived up to them.
The phone is built very well and screams quality, the metal build reminds me of the HTC One M series and is finished extremely well. The screen is very bright and is up there with other LCD tech screens including my favourite device of the year the Z3. The speakers are at the bottom left of the phone, there are what seems to be two grills but unfortunately they're not stereo speakers and the other grill serves as a microphone. Having said that the speaker is loud and clear and bassy and it's not up there with the benchmark of speakers of HTC but it reminds me of the LG G4 in terms of loudness and clarity however the Honor 7 has a little bit of bass to the sound.
The fingerprint scanner is superb and is quick to transition from lock screen to getting access to the home screen. It's very reminiscent of Apple's Touch Id.
A bonus is that there's a screen protector factory installed so all I need to worry about is finding a case for this fine phone.
Obviously this is a Chinese phone but thankfully Google Play Store is there so you can download all your favourites and run the phone as you would like a European phone. There are odd bits of Chinese language peppered here and there I thought it would get on my nerves but the phone's performance soon made me forget about it.
The model I bought has 64GB internal storage paired with 3GB RAM and it has a micro SD slot so there's lots of memory to play with.
I've only had a brief play and this phone was actually going to be my backup phone until the the big players release their phones in Q3-4 but this phone has certainly surprised me and I will be using this as my daily driver until 2016.
The Honor 6 was good but the Honor 7 takes it to the next level and then some!
Superb phone - another hit from Huawei
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very interesting stoosh. Did you mention in this thread how much that was inc. shipping?
Cheers Dude. I bought it for £429 including shipping from Topresellerstore.co.uk
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Was expecting it to be less than that if i'm being honest.
OnePlus Two is spec'd similarly and is £289. Invite only admittedly.
Moto X Style announced today only £359 too.
OnePlus Two is spec'd similarly and is £289. Invite only admittedly.
Moto X Style announced today only £359 too.
Metal built phone with 64GB memory and fingerprint scanner - not available in Europe yet it's worth paying that for me.
Am not interested in OnePlus Two or Moto X style.....because of my previous experience with OPO I feel the phone is buggy and cut too many corners not to mention the yellow screen and touch screen issues. OnePlus Two has the dreaded SD810 chip which I wouldn't touch with a bargepoll.
As for the Moto X style - at 5.7" the phone is too big for me plus although you can customise the phone it's not totally made out of metal.
Am not interested in OnePlus Two or Moto X style.....because of my previous experience with OPO I feel the phone is buggy and cut too many corners not to mention the yellow screen and touch screen issues. OnePlus Two has the dreaded SD810 chip which I wouldn't touch with a bargepoll.
As for the Moto X style - at 5.7" the phone is too big for me plus although you can customise the phone it's not totally made out of metal.
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Fair enough. Let us know your thoughts after a few days usage.