I do have a slight concern about this, although my T has got to the point where Maps just dies every time it has to do an in-journey reroute so it can't be any worse.
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I do have a slight concern about this, although my T has got to the point where Maps just dies every time it has to do an in-journey reroute so it can't be any worse.
Similar to the Elephone. Austrian friend bought the Blaster for his gf. Says it's alright: https://www.just5.com/latvia/en
With helped from my friend in HK, I managed to get a 4GB/64GB version from Asus HK online store. And it should arrive in next few days.
http://store.asus.com/hk/item/201504AM290000382/A25876
Be-careful when import ZF2 from overseas because some versions like Taiwan's version doesn't support all LTE bands in UK.
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Or if you can't be arsed with jumping through hoops in the hope of a discount code then just pre-order at the full price from wherever, ie http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_147582.html
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Interested in the P7000.
When someone gets one can you see how quickly the GPS locks? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en_GB
When someone gets one can you see how quickly the GPS locks? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en_GB
Cheers.you getting one on order then? Seems to good to be true. Even at the non discounted price.
Holding out for a discount code. If I don't get one I'll probably just stick with the K3 Note I already ordered.
Soldato
"Elephone will accept reservation from April 25th to May 8th on our Official website.Everyone can participate by filling out reservation form. And customers who made reservations qualify for the Rush to purchase Pioneer event on May 11th"
I've ordered one for £134. May cancel it though, still unsure about GPS performance.
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The phone below uses the same chipset as the P7000 so I wouldn't hold out any hope of being able to use it for Navigation.
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Surely it depends on the vendor and/or the software with it? Can't imagine Lenovo for example advertising GPS and it not being functional.
Very close to cancelling my order now. Fed up of shoddy GPS with the Nexus 5 so my next phone has to work well for navigation.
Very close to cancelling my order now. Fed up of shoddy GPS with the Nexus 5 so my next phone has to work well for navigation.
Just looking at the Ulefone Be Touch. Almost same specs but a 720p screen and no black border round the screen. Looks good for 134 quid.
http://www.ulefone.com/products/betouch/features.html
http://m.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_180348.html
http://www.ulefone.com/products/betouch/features.html
http://m.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_180348.html
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No lollipop so you'd be relying on Cyanogenmod support.
edit: shop says 4.4, manufacturers website says 5.0
edit: shop says 4.4, manufacturers website says 5.0
Soldato
It's the Mediatek hardware unfortunately, I've had a phone with an MTK SoC twice now and while they picked up signal fine, its accuracy and ability to hold the lock when moving was shocking. It looks like Mediatek have made very little progress in this area and concentrated on CPU & GPU grunt.
That's fine if you're a punter that doesn't use GPS but I do all the time for navigation so I rule out anything with an MTK chipset now. I followed every guide available to try and improve it's performance and while I saw some limited improvements ultimately the performance was not where I needed it to be and I still saw dropped locks and very poor accuracy very very frequently.
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Cancelled order
Would still be interested in what people think of it, but I need reliable GPS.
Would still be interested in what people think of it, but I need reliable GPS.