The Official Chinese Phones Thread

wazza300 · 5 Aug 2015 at 20:58

yh its a good price

do they get hot at all when in use? also like the umi iron but the release has been pushed back a little

Mobius 1 · 5 Aug 2015 at 21:15

Gearbest are good. You can trust them. I ordered a phone from them. They promptly posted it via Netherlands post, included a picture of the parcel and a tracking number. Took about 7 days to get here.

Edit. Didn't get stung in import duties either.

stulid · 5 Aug 2015 at 21:38

At £108 there doesnt seem to be any catch or anything to lose in getting one.

djay · 6 Aug 2015 at 10:07

Just ordered one myself

Hows the fingerprint scanner?

Sunbed · 6 Aug 2015 at 10:25

Going to Hong Kong in a months time. Is it worth picking something up? I've no idea about Chinese phones...

How easy are they to root? Are they well supported?

haz_pro · 6 Aug 2015 at 10:41

djay said:
Just ordered one myself

Hows the fingerprint scanner?

Where did you order from?

I'm so tempted, this or the umi iron.

djay · 6 Aug 2015 at 11:47

haz_pro said:
Where did you order from?

I'm so tempted, this or the umi iron.

I ordered from Gearbest as per the recommendation above.

Lokai · 6 Aug 2015 at 13:46

Tauren said:
Eh? Hong Kong is in china. Elephone is a chinese brand

Heh, geography is not my strong point ! more embarrassing i have actually been there !!

I bought the P8000 from Focal Point, along with this that has come today, no customs charges on either -

Ulefone Be Touch 2, already i prefer this to the P8000, slimmer and lighter (though the battery is only 3050), it's very similar in looks and feel to the iPhone 6+ (though not metal unibody).

Completely stock android 5.1, dual slim, pretty much identical spec to the P8000, was slightly more expensive at $230.

There where rumours of this overheating so will have to see how i get on with it.

Got to wonder why with phones like this people (read me

) keep splurging on the high end Samsung's etc.

Macky · 6 Aug 2015 at 14:16

Not exactly a chinese phone but can get a brand new LG G2 33GB european version for £131.99 on the bay with import taxes works out at £158. Is there anything to look out for with these imports from HK?

Mobius 1 · 6 Aug 2015 at 14:52

Ah the ulefone betouch. I was going to get one of those, glad i didn't, as the betouch 2 came out just after

that betouch 2 looks good in the flesh! I thought it had a metal unibody though?

stulid · 6 Aug 2015 at 15:09

Does it come with a UK charger or adapter?

Mobius 1 · 6 Aug 2015 at 15:11

stulid said:
Does it come with a UK charger or adapter?

When my phone arrived, it was shipped with a uk adapter. The charger, however, was not UK.

Its all micro usb nowadays anyways, so you'll have no trouble charging any phone bought from china.

Lokai · 6 Aug 2015 at 17:35

Micro usb cable and foreign charger. The body is metal, however it has a removable plastic back.

stulid · 6 Aug 2015 at 19:08

It seems if you do look past Samsung/Sony/LG etc, you can get a ton of phone for your £££

stoosh · 6 Aug 2015 at 20:48

^Exactly and competition like this can only make things better for the consumer.

Aod · 7 Aug 2015 at 13:55

Anyone been looking at the Lenovo Vibe Shot? Looks lovely with a metal casing, 800 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 MHz LTE, Quallcom SoC instead of possibly-dodgy-GPS MediaTek etc. etc!

http://www.gsmarena.com/lenovo_vibe_shot-7046.php

Looks like they're around ~£230 notes from HK on the 'bay, I'm very tempted!

Quinnaay · 7 Aug 2015 at 15:11

Oppo R7 plus pre order on Amazon £319 looks fantastic.

Clav · 7 Aug 2015 at 15:59

Anyone seen the Elephone Vowney?? Up for £191 in the Elephone store I'm struggling to find a reason not to get it at the moment..

This handset will feature a QuadHD (2560 x 1440) display along with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of in-built storage. The 20.7-megapixel camera will be available on the back of this handset, and an 8-megapixel shooter will be located on its front side. The Android variant of the device will be powered by MediaTek’s MT6795 64-bit octa-core processor, while the dual boot model will ship with Intel’s SoC

e: damn pre-order only

Aod · 7 Aug 2015 at 19:45

Quinnaay said:
Oppo R7 plus pre order on Amazon £319 looks fantastic.

I like the look of the R7 and the R7+, but apparently they're only on 4.4.2, and 6" is just tooo huge for me!

Quinnaay · 7 Aug 2015 at 20:22

Aod said:
I like the look of the R7 and the R7+, but apparently they're only on 4.4.2, and 6" is just tooo huge for me!

According to the pre order on the rainforest it's android. 5.1

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