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

hey,
been looking for a new phone recently,
but nothing surprised me, except the force touch technology in huawei and apple and curved display, but they are too expensive for me :(
so i thought to hold on for next year till more phones adopt it and becomes cheaper:), but i need something now to ditch my blackberry 8520, and yes i still have one of those

what are your thoughts for a cheap phone under £80? cheaper the better, as it only meant to last a year/ one and half year

what chinese retailers do you recommend as well?
i looked at gearbest, but most reviews show that they fake reviews, and giztop doesnt have any, plus efox has low reviews:(

ps: dual sim is a plus, but i can survive with a single for year if it needs to be
 
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If you wait a month, all the new phones have finger print login. But not for that cheap.

Edit - never mind just read up what it actually is.
 
Megahackerd said:
hey,
been looking for a new phone recently,
but nothing surprised me, except the force touch technology in huawei and apple and curved display, but they are too expensive for me :(
so i thought to hold on for next year till more phones adopt it and becomes cheaper:), but i need something now to ditch my blackberry 8520, and yes i still have one of those

what are your thoughts for a cheap phone under £80? cheaper the better, as it only meant to last a year/ one and half year

what chinese retailers do you recommend as well?
i looked at gearbest, but most reviews show that they fake reviews, and giztop doesnt have any, plus efox has low reviews:(

ps: dual sim is a plus, but i can survive with a single for year if it needs to be
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I've just ordered a Meizu M2 (also known as the M2 mini) - http://www.oppomart.com/phones/meizu-m2.html

A few people on here, me included, have gone for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 - http://www.oppomart.com/xiaomi/redmi-note2/xiaomi-redmi-note-2.html

Amazing for the price.

Read back a few pages as some people posted their thoughts on it.

You can also look on this website for some lesser known brands - http://www.kimovil.com/en/
 
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TheBrooder said:
I've just ordered a Meizu M2 (also known as the M2 mini) - http://www.oppomart.com/phones/meizu-m2.html

A few people on here, me included, have gone for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 - http://www.oppomart.com/xiaomi/redmi-note2/xiaomi-redmi-note-2.html

Amazing for the price.

Read back a few pages as some people posted their thoughts on it.

You can also look on this website for some lesser known brands - http://www.kimovil.com/en/
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interesting enough i was just thinking about the m2, is the note version worth the extra £30 or so? and the xioami the extra £15? and the prime version another £20 on top of xiaomi

thx
 
Megahackerd said:
interesting enough i was just thinking about the m2, is the note version worth the extra £30 or so? and the xioami the extra £15? and the prime version another £20 on top of xiaomi

thx
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I went for the M2 for the wife as it's a bit smaller, she didn't want a note style 'phablet' and I went for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 because it's a great spec for the money, especially after having a shi7ty Blackberry for the last few years.

You said budget as the main factor so I'd forget the prime Xiaomi and look at these 2 - http://www.kimovil.com/en/compare/meizu-m2-note-16gb,xiaomi-redmi-note-2-2gb-16gb - unless you want the smaller M2.
 
TheBrooder said:
I went for the M2 for the wife as it's a bit smaller, she didn't want a note style 'phablet' and I went for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 because it's a great spec for the money, especially after having a shi7ty Blackberry for the last few years.

You said budget as the main factor so I'd forget the prime Xiaomi and look at these 2 - http://www.kimovil.com/en/compare/meizu-m2-note-16gb,xiaomi-redmi-note-2-2gb-16gb - unless you want the smaller M2.
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seeing oppomart, the total, with redmi 16gb+ shipping comes with £120 :( any other websites to buy it from?
 
Is cyanogenmod available fore redmi note 2?
Has cyanogenmod got the integrated Microsoft Cortana in it yet? As I read an article saying they're going to incorporate it into the OS so it can do much more.

Do you have to root to install stuff like this? As I understand it, if rooted Now TV app wont work.

Mine seems to be in France now.
Edit - actually just scanned into auk. AO should get it Monday.
Also ordered a magnetic USB cable for it, hopefully that fits on.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/WSKEN-XCabl...?ie=UTF8&qid=1442061491&sr=8-1&keywords=wsken
Dpd is by far the best, change delivery date online, map of where driver is and 1hr window of delivery.
 
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mithrandir said:
Thanks for the link.

It's showing my phone should be 4G ready but I tried to test it with a recent PAYG EE sim from my wife and does not show as 4g :(

Should the EE sim be 4G ready or need activation?

Phone is LG F240K - Band 3 and 8. I 've tried selecting from the service menu (was on automatic)
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Check on the EE site if your area is covered.
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Managed to get it working and shows as LTE :D

I noticed it was still showing as T-mob so I went into the network menu to untick auto network and did a manual search and it work, and since then the auto option worked since then.

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I've soft bricked my phone while trying out a custom ROM. I need to download fastboot recovery to get the images for reflashing to stock. However, the speeds are ****ing awful, or the archive I need fails to download. Can someone go here and try downloading the "Redmi 2 Latest Stable Version Fastboot File Download" file (it's at the very bottom of step 2). Just to confirm that it's ****** server speed / connection and not just me?
 
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