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

Zefan said:
£400 is considerably less expensive than other handsets, don't forget Huawei made the Nexus 6P, it's not like they're an unknown :p
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Yeah I'll probabluy be going for a Redmi in that case. For the Huawei kind of money I'd just get a Samsung!
 
mdaw said:
Does anyone know when or if they are going to release the global ROM for the mediatek version of the redmi note 3? Stock ROM that came with the phone works fine but want to update to marshmallow when possible.
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No date as yet but hopefully it should be pretty soon.
 
I'm going to be working abroad (Europe and Asia) for the next 12 months or so and I need a budget phone that can take both my UK SIM and a pre paid roaming SIM

My budget is around £100 and I've looked at the following:

Bluboo X9
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3
Umi Hammer S
Umi Iron Pro

Are there any I should definitely rule out, or others I should consider?

Essential:
Dual SIM
Expansion card slot (so not a dual SIM that is also the card slot)

Desirable:
Half decent camera
Decent screen
Battery life

Any suggestions or considerations?
 
Lopéz said:
I'm going to be working abroad (Europe and Asia) for the next 12 months or so and I need a budget phone that can take both my UK SIM and a pre paid roaming SIM

My budget is around £100 and I've looked at the following:

Bluboo X9
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3
Umi Hammer S
Umi Iron Pro

Are there any I should definitely rule out, or others I should consider?

Essential:
Dual SIM
Expansion card slot (so not a dual SIM that is also the card slot)

Desirable:
Half decent camera
Decent screen
Battery life

Any suggestions or considerations?
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best scratch off the redmi note 3 then. the pro has dual sim OR sim + microSD
 
GOLDWAY are selling the Redmi Note 3 Pro with Snapdragon and 32gb for £156 delivered on Aliexpress here.

Has anyone any experience with that seller?

EDIT: the standard Redmi Pro, with snapdragon and 32gb is also up for £125 here
 
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My Mi4c arrived a couple days ago and very impressed by it.. solid build quality and a bargain at £165 which included tempered glass screen protector, cheap case and power adaptor (no VAT etc just as Top-One claimed).

Bootloader was locked so had the joy of using windows to sort that out :rolleyes: had no end of problems getting the right drivers to work.. once they were sorted miflash said flashed successfully when it didn't lol left me with mi.com logo on screen as it wouldn't boot up. Luckily fastboot still worked so used adb sideload to stick the latest weekly rom on from xiaomi.eu

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Following the problems I had with my Ulefone Power, I decided to have another look at what was available, then settled on the Lenovo ZUK Z1. I could have sworn it was mentioned previously in this thread, however a search for "ZUK" draws a blank. It's the first phone I've used with Cyanogen OS, and I have to say that I am delighted with it so far. The customisation offered over stock Android, and not having to put up with the (admittedly minimal) bloat on the Xperia Z3 are both wonderfully pleasant surprises.

I've never reviewed a phone properly before, but I have to say that I am impressed with the ZUK Z1. Really, the only thing that I find disappointing about is the lack of support for LTE band 20/800MHz, which means no 4G on o2. I've been with o2 for over a decade, so I wasn't keen on leaving them, however after looking at the competition I came to realise that I've been getting a pretty poor deal. As such, I've switched to Three, and I'm delighted to report that 4G is working perfectly, and as an added bonus, I'm saving money on my contract. The 4000mAh battery gets me through a full day of heavy use, which the Xperia Z3 was failing to do.

The fingerprint scanner being integrated into the home button is a revelation to me. I am required by work's policy to have my phone encrypted and password protected. This is made so much easier by the fingerprint scanner, which has worked flawlessly over the past week. Having 64GB of onboard storage means no fighting with Spotify and Pluralsight to get them to cache onto the SD card - in fact, I've no need for an SD card now, which mitigates the lack of one on this phone. For £175 I am very pleased with it; I just hope it turns out to be more robust than the Ulefone Power!
 
Saundie said:
Following the problems I had with my Ulefone Power, I decided to have another look at what was available, then settled on the Lenovo ZUK Z1. I could have sworn it was mentioned previously in this thread, however a search for "ZUK" draws a blank. It's the first phone I've used with Cyanogen OS, and I have to say that I am delighted with it so far. The customisation offered over stock Android, and not having to put up with the (admittedly minimal) bloat on the Xperia Z3 are both wonderfully pleasant surprises.

I've never reviewed a phone properly before, but I have to say that I am impressed with the ZUK Z1. Really, the only thing that I find disappointing about is the lack of support for LTE band 20/800MHz, which means no 4G on o2. I've been with o2 for over a decade, so I wasn't keen on leaving them, however after looking at the competition I came to realise that I've been getting a pretty poor deal. As such, I've switched to Three, and I'm delighted to report that 4G is working perfectly, and as an added bonus, I'm saving money on my contract. The 4000mAh battery gets me through a full day of heavy use, which the Xperia Z3 was failing to do.

The fingerprint scanner being integrated into the home button is a revelation to me. I am required by work's policy to have my phone encrypted and password protected. This is made so much easier by the fingerprint scanner, which has worked flawlessly over the past week. Having 64GB of onboard storage means no fighting with Spotify and Pluralsight to get them to cache onto the SD card - in fact, I've no need for an SD card now, which mitigates the lack of one on this phone. For £175 I am very pleased with it; I just hope it turns out to be more robust than the Ulefone Power!
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I've been looking at one of there. The ZUK brand is a sub brand of Lenovo hence my interest :D

Can I ask where you got it from? Also what's the camera like in doors?
 
saw this thread the other day, my samsung s5 died over the weekend and will be needing a stop gap phone 'till september/october.

So, im away for a month on hol and wont need a phone, so is anything coming out, whats the best buy etc etc?

I spose i'm looking for up to around £150quid. I've seen the redmi note 3 pro (£127 atm), but theres also the prime? (£157) Ahh the pro only has 2gb ram :)

anything I should keep an eye on?
 
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