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

[koolpc]

Pro = Snapdragon (SD)

Cheers, so that link should be good for the phone i am interested in?

 

[just Scott]

I've narrowed it down to these 2 shops for a Redmi 3

Aliexpress top-one - £115 no warranty

ibuygou.com - £140 2 year warranty with repair center in EU

What do you think?

 

[joelk2]

I've narrowed it down to these 2 shops for a Redmi 3

Aliexpress top-one - £115 no warranty

ibuygou.com - £140 2 year warranty with repair center in EU

What do you think?

gearbest are supposed to be good.

http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_294232.html

 

[just Scott]

gearbest are supposed to be good.

http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_294232.html

Shipped from china, so will have to mess with customs. Also heard very bad things about gearbest recently, and they're the worst for installing malware. I know you just flash it but buying from someone like that just doesn't sit right with me.

 

[AndyCr15]

I wont order from Gearbest again. Twice they leave my order on processing for 10 days (no indication of delays when ordering). Honorbuy seem pretty good to me.

 

[horrorwood]

ibuygou leave them sealed with original firmware at least

 

[krooton]

Man, the Mi5 looks sweet, if only it had an AMOLED screen and SD card slot

 

[willems]

I've narrowed it down to these 2 shops for a Redmi 3

Aliexpress top-one - £115 no warranty

ibuygou.com - £140 2 year warranty with repair center in EU

What do you think?

i bought from top one. will use them again. very good

 

[joelk2]

i bought from top one. will use them again. very good

ive ordered loads of thing from aliexpress in the past with no issues. obviously its just a market place for hundreds of sellers though so your results may vary.

alternatively depending on how quick you want it.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-WHITE...913033?hash=item35fb91f3c9:g:mUcAAOSwDuJWy1ih

 

[willems]

just flashed to the global rom. not the easiest task to do and after all that i prefer the chinese rom

 

[archer_dan]

really curious about the Xiaomi Redmi note 3 Pro, looks like a great phone for the price, positive opinions here too.

How are owners getting on with it?

 

[elrasho]

The chinese phones are putting me off. I'm leaning towards a 64GB oneplus2, is only has a 13MP camera but the sensor is much better.

 

[koolpc]

The chinese phones are putting me off. I'm leaning towards a 64GB oneplus2, is only has a 13MP camera but the sensor is much better.

Where to buy?

 

[willems]

really curious about the Xiaomi Redmi note 3 Pro, looks like a great phone for the price, positive opinions here too.

How are owners getting on with it?

very well. coming from a lumia 640 its a big improvement. flashed to global ROM today but was coping fine on the chinese ROM after installing google apps.

please ask for anything specific

 

[elrasho]

Where to buy?

https://oneplus.net/uk/oneplus-2

 

[koolpc]

https://oneplus.net/uk/oneplus-2

Thanks. Quite a bit more in price than the chinese one.

 

[elrasho]

Your paying for better specs

 

[koolpc]

very well. coming from a lumia 640 its a big improvement. flashed to global ROM today but was coping fine on the chinese ROM after installing google apps.

please ask for anything specific

So, would you recommend the flash of the rom? What benefits do you have by flashing it? Also, where did you get yours from please? Link? Ta

 

[willems]

So, would you recommend the flash of the rom? What benefits do you have by flashing it? Also, where did you get yours from please? Link? Ta

I'll let you know on the ROM having only flashed this afternoon.

Global ROM gets rid of all the Chinese apps and google stuff is installed.

Got mine from Top One aliexpress

 

[koolpc]

Top One aliexpress is quite a bit more with delivery costs