Chinese phones

[JONNYG]

I was looking at the Xiaomi Mi4C which seems to have a really good spec but bottled out at the last minute and preordered the much cheaper cubot X16 over at Banggood....

[andyinlondon]

The Elephone Vowney is up for presale on geekbuying for $239.99 with a one to three week delivery estimate
hmmmmm just bought the p8000

[flipper321]

Based on various things I've seen I think I'll be avoiding Elephones.

Has anyone found a decent forum for these things? It's difficult to know which brands are more reliable than others.

I'm currently looking at:

Innos D6000
Bluboo XTouch X500
Doogee F3
Cubot X16
Leagoo Elite 1

All are 5" screen (5.5" too big for me), decent but not top spec. Big concern for me is always camera quality, the Innos is reported to be good but is bulky due to the massive battery capacity.

[flipper321]

Right, put myself on the invite list for a Oneplus X

https://oneplus.net/invites?kid=FTSZAY

[ss30]

I was looking at the Xiaomi Mi4C which seems to have a really good spec but bottled out at the last minute and preordered the much cheaper cubot X16 over at Banggood....

Let us know what the X16 is like when you get it

[JONNYG]

Let us know what the X16 is like when you get it

Will do m8, stock isn't due in until Nov 7th...

[fanni]

The one plus x looks nice would have bought one but only 16gb rom yes you can add a micro sd but then you can't have a second sim card silly idea if you ask me

[flipper321]

The one plus x looks nice would have bought one but only 16gb rom yes you can add a micro sd but then you can't have a second sim card silly idea if you ask me

Most of the Chinese phones work that way from my research?

[fanni]

Not the elephone that im holding in my hand

[satzzz]

These Wileyfox phones seem goodhttp://m.androidcentral.com/hands-wi...ampaign=nextv2

[piggzy]

Most of the Chinese phones work that way from my research?

All the elephones I looked at don't. Mine deffo uses 2 sims and an SD card all working fine.

[piggzy]

These Wileyfox phones seem good http://m.androidcentral.com/hands-wi...ampaign=nextv2

It's gonna have to be good with that name. Who wants to tell the boys down the pub they have a phone called 'WileyFox' . You'd sound a right cunt.

[JONNYG]

Will do m8, stock isn't due in until Nov 7th...

Well i've still not received the Cubot x 16 and it doesn't look like i will be getting this anytime soon... Banggood not so good

[ss30]

There are loads on ebay for £119.99 delivered from UK!

[JONNYG]

There are loads on ebay for £119.99 delivered from UK!

Thanks, I have cancelled my order and waiting on a refund....
I thought that using Banggoods EU warehouse there wouldn't be much of a wait but they keep pushing the date back, original date was 7th and then it went to 17th and now they are saying the 23rd. W*#kers!

[shawtek]

Just to let you guys know that i ordered a couple of P8000 handsets from Focal Price, based off a suggestion on here and still awaiting delivery 45 days later.

Tracking states that they were shipped overseas on 30 October. erm... did they fit the phones with flippers and tell them to swim over?!

Wishing I had waited for the Vowney now.

[grrrd]

I got my P8000 from Ebay, love the phone, love the battery. You can tell its not as polished as a top tier supplier, but still the quality isn't shabby. Finger print reader works 90% of the time if you put your finger on it correctly (i take this as more secure)

1 lesson i have learnt, the hard way, is never accept OTA updates! I accepted one in an airport travelling home and it got my phone in a constant bootloop. The 'fix' that Elephone suggest is to manually flash the rom again using their Chinese tools (and rubbish drivers) took a little while and i am back up and running. From their forums it seems like this is a common issues with all their OTAs.

Also their Loader is rubbish too, first thing to do is remove that and put Google (or what ever you like) loader on. My sister didn't know how to do that and within a week their loader started to fail and she had a constantly flashing screen.

[JONNYG]

I know the feeling Shawtek...

Ordered a Cubot x 16 with Amazon on Tuesday for £125 its dearer than Banggood but it arrived yesterday, Initial thoughts are good.
It looks and feels quality and screen is more crisp and responsive than my samsung prime. It came with no bloatware and had google apps pre-loaded, i've stuck a few apps on like whatsapp and Facebook aswell as a couple of games and they all are working well.
I've not really tested the Camera or Satnav yet and its to early to comment on battery life but i am really happy with it.
The only thing that i can find as a negative at the moment is the dual sim holder, if you wan't to use a sd card it sits in the micro sim slot

[ss30]

Has anyone got a Oneplus X?

[Nathz29]

I've just ordered a ulephone armour 2. Fed up of phones getting nicks, scratches and cracks whilst working.
Itll be a few weeks no doubt as it's on a slow boat from China

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