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

[silverblack]

Xiaomi Mi5 out in a few weeks 5.2" screen but looks very good from the specs.

http://www.gizchina.com/2016/02/17/xiaomi-mi5-nfc-26mp-camera-sd-card-3gb-and-4gb-ram-variants/

 

["andy"]

Try this price is $4 probably be £4 here rip off !!

http://www.gsmarena.com/freedom_251..._cpu_and_runs_android_lollipop-news-16671.php

nah 251 rupees is definitely about £2.50. i think i have that many rupees in my drawer somewhere

you couldnt fail to spot the extreme poverty mixed with happyness and smartphones when i was in india.

smartphone or shoes and clean clothes and smartphone won everytime

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

Will the Mi5 support 800MHz LTE though?

 

[silverblack]

Will the Mi5 support 800MHz LTE though?

Unknown until release.

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

So is there anything decent with a 5 inch screen out now with 800MHz support and that doesn't suck?

 

[loltim]

So is there anything decent with a 5 inch screen out now with 800MHz support and that doesn't suck?

You seem angry Why don't you switch to 3 if 800mhz is so important and you insist on a budget phone?

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

You seem angry Why don't you switch to 3 if 800mhz is so important and you insist on a budget phone?

And so what do I get that supports 800MHz then?

 

[loltim]

Is switching to another provider an option if you insist on importing a cheap device from China?

 

[Mobius 1]

Honor 7 supports 800mhz LTE. So does the honor 5x

Edit. Well, the European version definitely does. Don't think the Chinese version does though.

 

[loltim]

He's already had 3 x Honor 7s though

 

[Mobius 1]

He's already had 3 x Honor 7s though

Oh never mind. wait for MWC tbh

Edit. Seems the ulefone brand supports 800mhz LTE on pretty much a lot of their handsets.

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

Is switching to another provider an option if you insist on importing a cheap device from China?

I don't understand you as both O2 and Vodafone use 800MHz as their main 4G frequency. I am on Tesco Mobile (O2) hence why I require 800MHz support?

 

[loltim]

Right but if you switch to another provider, 3 for example, who aren't using the 800mhz band for 4g you won't have this problem? I was just asking if this was an option or whether you're tied down in a contract.

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

Yes but other frequencies don't work well indoors. Three is using 800MHz anyhow.

 

[loltim]

Don't 3 use 1800mhz for 4g?

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

They also use 800MHz for their "Super-Voice" network which to be fair none of these devices will support anyway but they do use 800MHz yes.

 

[stoosh]

Disable the notifications (as well as those for lots of other EMUI dross) within the preinstalled 'Phone Manager' app.

Cheers Dude....that did the trick!

 

[ChapOfSteel]

Need a bit of advice guys.

Bought a Redmi 3 from HonorBuy this week and it works great. Google Play was already installed.

Despite this I know it's good practice to install a rom to avoid any adware etc.

Problem is, there is no global rom for the Redmi 3 yet.

Has anyone else got the Redmi 3? What did you do?

Thanks.

 

[loltim]

I'm running the rom the redmi 3 came on.

4 days battery is BS btw guys. I can comfortably manage 2 days with high usage though so it's still pretty impressive.

 

[ChapOfSteel]

I'm running the rom the redmi 3 came on.

4 days battery is BS btw guys. I can comfortably manage 2 days with high usage though so it's still pretty impressive.

Ah right, so you haven't installed anything then? Just ran it how it was out of the box?