The Official Chinese Phones Thread

scrivz69 · 23 Feb 2018 at 14:28

Ah ok mate, I will have look.

Angerer · 24 Feb 2018 at 18:27

About to pull trigger on one of these Xiaomi phones, whats the best one to buy for £150ish??

Cheers

Angerer · 25 Feb 2018 at 12:48

I'm currently using an iphone 6plus so grabbing a xiaomi will be fun and new to me but I'm used to android anyway.

How hard are they to root? As hard as updating/changing bios on mobo or gpu?

Cheers

silverblack · 25 Feb 2018 at 12:53

Angerer said:
I'm currently using an iphone 6plus so grabbing a xiaomi will be fun and new to me but I'm used to android anyway.

How hard are they to root? As hard as updating/changing bios on mobo or gpu?

Cheers

If you want something cheap to try and can sell on if you don't get on with it Note4.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ori...25-Mobile-Phone-5-5-FHD-3GB/32795119576.html?

Angerer · 25 Feb 2018 at 13:04

Cheers Silverback I was about to buy the note 4 about an hour a go but now I'm thinking is it worth waiting and grabbing a note 5 pro?

silverblack · 25 Feb 2018 at 13:16

Not available yet but seems to have a £150 ish price tag can only wait till it appears online.

memyselfandi · 25 Feb 2018 at 14:51

alexgrin said:
I'd avoid buying Chinese phone if you aren't confident you're able to load a stock android on it. The hardware is good, but the bloatware on all of these phones, including xiaomi is pretty terrible if you're used to being in control of what is on your phone. Samsung is the worst, but the others are similar.

Disagree, If you have a Chinese phone with the rom for the Chinese market on it then yes there can be quite a bit of useless bloat on it but the ones I have or have used with a proper global rom on them have been pretty light on bloat ... in fact my old Umi phone ran pretty much stock android.

Angerer · 25 Feb 2018 at 15:10

silverblack said:
Not available yet but seems to have a £150 ish price tag can only wait till it appears online.

For £150 well worth the wait.

Will you be buying one mate?

Cheers

benparker · 25 Feb 2018 at 15:47

Wouldn't the Nokia 7 be priced around that bracket? Just wait a few days to see the pricing.

silverblack · 25 Feb 2018 at 16:24

Angerer said:
For £150 well worth the wait.

Will you be buying one mate?

Cheers

No mate i have a Oneplus 5T sold my Xiaomi Mi5s to get it.

Angerer · 25 Feb 2018 at 16:27

silverblack said:
No mate i have a Oneplus 5T sold my Xiaomi Mi5s to get it.

Ok mate nice one

Is aliexpress best place to get Xiaomi?

thenewoc · 25 Feb 2018 at 19:39

benparker said:
Wouldn't the Nokia 7 be priced around that bracket? Just wait a few days to see the pricing.

Seems it's going to be around £350.

https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/new-product/mobile-phone/nokia-7-plus-3672586/

silverblack · 25 Feb 2018 at 20:09

Angerer said:
Ok mate nice one

Is aliexpress best place to get Xiaomi?

Ali,gearbest,banggood all the same really.Remember the warranty is next to useless from them as it will cost an arm and leg to send back and forth to China.

Angerer · 25 Feb 2018 at 21:15

silverblack said:
Ali,gearbest,banggood all the same really.Remember the warranty is next to useless from them as it will cost an arm and leg to send back and forth to China.

Cheers buddy.

TheBrooder · 27 Feb 2018 at 19:20

Can anyone with a Xiaomi Redmi 5A confirm that it takes a nano sim card? I've seen references to both nano and micro and I'm about to order a new sim for the wife (we pay €10 each for them here...)

silverblack · 27 Feb 2018 at 23:15

TheBrooder said:
Can anyone with a Xiaomi Redmi 5A confirm that it takes a nano sim card? I've seen references to both nano and micro and I'm about to order a new sim for the wife (we pay €10 each for them here...)

Definitely Nano sim, i think your seeing Micros SD memory card slot in the specs.
I think most sims you get these days cover all sizes anyway,you just pop out the one you need.

TheBrooder · 28 Feb 2018 at 07:05

silverblack said:
Definitely Nano sim, i think your seeing Micros SD memory card slot in the specs.
I think most sims you get these days cover all sizes anyway,you just pop out the one you need.

Yeah not the ones from this company, you have to choose a specific one...

But thanks, I'll order a nano!

Kelt · 2 Mar 2018 at 14:09

Ordered a phone from Coolicool, was out when Royal Mail attempted delivery, left a card asking for £11.82 customs.

Paid it, sent an email to seller to claim back the customs (I paid a fiver extra for insurance to cover non delivery/customs), and they've offered me £10.

I'm not going to haggle over £1.82, just consider it a bit unprofessional.

mithrandir · 2 Mar 2018 at 14:45

Thanks for the heads up @Kelt hope you left a review for others to see

Kelt · 2 Mar 2018 at 15:01

mithrandir said:
Thanks for the heads up @Kelt hope you left a review for others to see

I'm due to get the phone (Umdigi United C Note 2 4Gb/64Gb) tomorrow, weather allowing.

Haven't got a nano sim for it yet, but will give my impressions of it for sure.

It's cost me £83 all in, which for the specs, I'm amazed at.

I'll leave a review when I get the tenner!

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