I'm looking to buy a phone, and have settled on the 6577 processor. There are tonnes of phones with this processor, but I'm looking for one with good build+1GB RAM (As opposed to 512MB in most).
After quite a lot of research, these two phones seem to be the most popular: JY G3, ThL W3 dual core (ThL W3+) and UMI X1.
Can I have your views on both these phones. Or any other mtk6577 phone, with 1GB RAM and preferably not a clone. Among the three listed above, JY G3 has the biggest (2750mAh) battery, while the ThL W3+ (2000mAh) and UMI X1 (1750mAh) have significantly smaller batteries. It'll be great if someone can speak of the difference these different batteries will make. I hope to get around 12-14 hours of runtime. Been using an LG Optimus One since more than a year and it still does this with its 1500mAh battery. I don't know how much difference the added dual sim functionality and the much higher resolution (1280x720) will make.
Tbh I like the ThL most among the three.
Looking forward to replies. Thanks!
Only one of three phones is in stock now (tHL W3+) , Jiayu G3 & UMI X1 are still for pre order.
A month ago I look in to article for Jiayu G3 and when I saw the specification I decide to buy it*
But after the whole saga about Jiayu G3 with all delays and quality problems I changed my choice on tHL W3+
Instead lack of Gorilla glass and a little low but still enough power battery,
I think that W3+ is perfect choice.
Also I saw pictures and video clips shooted by Jiayu G3 that look worst.
W3+ camera shoot very good.
Also tHL W3+ have big support in this Russian forum > http://forum.china-iphone.ru/viewforum.php?f=74
Good luck with your choice. :good:
Yes, the ThL is insanely popular at China-iPhone. Thanks for your views!
I placed an order for the ThL yesterday, expect it to be here by Thursday
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I also wait for mine to come in a few days
Hope you get it fast too. :highfive:
That's cool! Excited
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Where did you by it ?
Was it on ebay ?
Regards
Igge
I haven't checked, but I ordered it off AliExpress.
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HAHA My G3 is near at hand!
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I was thinking to buy a UMI X2 as the specs are really great but as its a chinese company I'm afraid it'll not last long. Any suggestions?
99% of the phones are produced in china. umi x2 has great quality like it's predecessor umi x1 that was great too.
there are others with the same mtk quad core chip but umi x2 seams to have better specs and it even has corning gorila glass (unlike iocean x7 for example). so it's very durable. also depending from where you buy you can get 1 year warranty. it works better then "non china" ones.
get it.
price is about 180$ from umi and stores will start to sell around 300$ which is a great profit margin so the price is likely to drop below 250$ in a few weeks/months.
it's also a common phone that will have great support and it can be rooted. imo it only lacks 4G but then it has dual sim where others with similar specs don't have.
antuntu benchmark is about 13k. for comparison galaxy s 3 has 16k. but then umi x2 has a full hd screen.
Dont think much buy,thats all its good,i saw its specs, Really great..
Go buy.....:thumbup:
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Reliability
I also have the same question on its reliablity ?
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I also have the same question on its reliablity ?
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They are really efforting to get their base operations up and running in the country and they are transparent about it !!
Well that's bothering me too!!!
specs are the most tempting in the phone, the best part is the pricing too!! best price value for money.
but before buying watt I personally look for is its support, I want the phone rooted!!!
ROM I can cook or port as it has same processor as canvasHD
but rooting and CWM needed, and also the hardware support, service centers also do matter
good to see a thread for this dynamite phone.
where as karbonn titanium s5 has no xda thread LOL
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They are really efforting to get their base operations up and running in the country and they are transparent about it !!
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HI,
Did you buy it finally?
I will be interested by your custom rom as you say you can customize
hello guys how are U
I am new member and this is my first thread
I know this's a strange question but really I want new smartphone and I don't have enough money for something like galaxy s4 & s3 htc one x & one ... etc
my bro has galaxy s4 and I find it good
but I find new smartphone
it's CUBOT X6 I like the design and the low price and the spec
but I wondering if this device will be really good as the spec told ?? I mean is the battery 2200mAh and stand by 2-3 days ( I hope this true)
and about the performance (in antutu benchmark it's between 25500-27850 as I saw !!!!! (also I hope this device will be fast as his benchmark result ???
and the last thing camera ??? it's 13 megapixel ?? and the G S 4 also 13 mp ?? and video FHD 30fps and the G S 4 has the same (FHD 30fps )
just I want be sure If this smartphone (CUBOT X6 ) has the same camera as galaxy s4 performance and fast CPU & GPU as in Spec ???
and the battery life ???
and also I can't find trusted spec for the cubot x6 I want know about the screen how is't look compered with G S 4
if all of this Spec is real as in fact I will buy it directly !!!!
thnx in advnce for HLP
Here are some answers to your questions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647933http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647933
Suggestion: next time try: "search all forums"
azz911 said:
hello guys how are U
I am new member and this is my first thread
I know this's a strange question but really I want new smartphone and I don't have enough money for something like galaxy s4 & s3 htc one x & one ... etc
my bro has galaxy s4 and I find it good
but I find new smartphone
it's CUBOT X6 I like the design and the low price and the spec
but I wondering if this device will be really good as the spec told ?? I mean is the battery 2200mAh and stand by 2-3 days ( I hope this true)
and about the performance (in antutu benchmark it's between 25500-27850 as I saw !!!!! (also I hope this device will be fast as his benchmark result ???
and the last thing camera ??? it's 13 megapixel ?? and the G S 4 also 13 mp ?? and video FHD 30fps and the G S 4 has the same (FHD 30fps )
just I want be sure If this smartphone (CUBOT X6 ) has the same camera as galaxy s4 performance and fast CPU & GPU as in Spec ???
and the battery life ???
and also I can't find trusted spec for the cubot x6 I want know about the screen how is't look compered with G S 4
if all of this Spec is real as in fact I will buy it directly !!!!
thnx in advnce for HLP
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Chill down, bro. I own the Cubot X6 and the Galaxy S4.
For sure, in many parts the S4 is better. But the S4 has the higher prices and the higher specs. The processor is a better one, it has 1 gb of RAM more, it has a 1080P Display and not 720.
The X6 has slightly better battery life than the S4. The S4 has 400 mAh of battery more, but the X6 has just a 720p Display and it just uses the juice well. I can use the Phone 2 days without charging, The s4 max. 1.5.
The camera is way better on the S4. Boy, megapixel don't say much about the quality of a picture. The only reason why the manufactores always use cameras with more megapixels is, because it sounds like they are using a better Camera. A friend of mine has bought a great Canon Cammera. Around 400€. The Camera of the Nokia phone of a friend of mine has more megapixels. So the Nokia Cam is better? Oh god no, way behind.
That was just about the megapixels. The Cam of the X6 is well enough, if you sometimes take a shoot, but if you want a phone, that does high quality picutes, this is nothing for you.
So the X6 is not as good as the S4. Is it a bad phone? Hell no! I'm quite sure you can't get these specs cheeper. It's damn cheap for the specs, it's fast as hell and it's really really fun. If you don't want the best device aviable, the X6 is propably more than enough for you.
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Chill down, bro. I own the Cubot X6 and the Galaxy S4.
For sure, in many parts the S4 is better. But the S4 has the higher prices and the higher specs. The processor is a better one, it has 1 gb of RAM more, it has a 1080P Display and not 720.
The X6 has slightly better battery life than the S4. The S4 has 400 mAh of battery more, but the X6 has just a 720p Display and it just uses the juice well. I can use the Phone 2 days without charging, The s4 max. 1.5.
The camera is way better on the S4. Boy, megapixel don't say much about the quality of a picture. The only reason why the manufactores always use cameras with more megapixels is, because it sounds like they are using a better Camera. A friend of mine has bought a great Canon Cammera. Around 400€. The Camera of the Nokia phone of a friend of mine has more megapixels. So the Nokia Cam is better? Oh god no, way behind.
That was just about the megapixels. The Cam of the X6 is well enough, if you sometimes take a shoot, but if you want a phone, that does high quality picutes, this is nothing for you.
So the X6 is not as good as the S4. Is it a bad phone? Hell no! I'm quite sure you can't get these specs cheeper. It's damn cheap for the specs, it's fast as hell and it's really really fun. If you don't want the best device aviable, the X6 is propably more than enough for you.
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In addition , I can say that the(the price of the CUBOT X6)/ (its value ) ratio is much bigger than (the price of the S4) / (its value).
I'm currently using a Nexus 5, on stock android 5.1. I'm starting to have a few problems with it, the GPS is slow at best, battery life just gets me through the day, and i'm running low on space at 16Gb.
In my job I have been given a Windows phone for work, What i'd like to do is buy a Dual-Sim device so I can go back to carrying 1 device. I've been looking around and been quite impressed with the chinese offerings. The top phone on my list are the -
Ulefone Touch Be 2
Elephone P8000 (unable to post links)
So far, The features i'm looking for are dual sim (obviously) good camera, expandable storage & good GPS.
There are so many phones to choose from these days im just not sure what to choose.
Thanks In advance.
What model Huawei?
You can try one plus two 64gb.
Its the best. 25,000 rs. Better than nexus
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I would really like that but its out of my budget.
Try one plus one. Nw u can buy for 15000-18000 rs range.
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it has to be optimized!
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I'm currently using a Nexus 5, on stock android 5.1. I'm starting to have a few problems with it, the GPS is slow at best, battery life just gets me through the day, and i'm running low on space at 16Gb.
In my job I have been given a Windows phone for work, What i'd like to do is buy a Dual-Sim device so I can go back to carrying 1 device. I've been looking around and been quite impressed with the chinese offerings. The top phone on my list are the -
Ulefone Touch Be 2
Elephone P8000 (unable to post links)
So far, The features i'm looking for are dual sim (obviously) good camera, expandable storage & good GPS.
There are so many phones to choose from these days im just not sure what to choose.
Thanks In advance.
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Before you buy a Ulefone, Elephone, Umi ... or any of these cheap Chinese brands. Please be aware that they do not optimize their Android OS!
This means, you may get worse performance as you had on your Nexus 5. I would say before you buy one of these brands, stick to your old Nexus 5.
If you want a good quality phone with optimized Android Rom on it, that offers good performance with a pretty good camera.
Get one of the following barnds only!
Oppo
Huawei
Xiaomi
Meizu
What is your budged btw? If a good camera is important to you, really stay away of not optimized Anrdoid!
All other small Chinese brands, put truly crappy not optimized Android on their devices!
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Before you buy a Ulefone, Elephone, Umi ... or any of these cheap Chinese brands. Please be aware that they do not optimize their Android OS!
This means, you may get worse performance as you had on your Nexus 5. I would say before you buy one of these brands, stick to your old Nexus 5.
If you want a good quality phone with optimized Android Rom on it, that offers good performance with a pretty good camera.
Get one of the following barnds only!
Oppo
Huawei
Xiaomi
Meizu
What is your budged btw? If a good camera is important to you, really stay away of not optimized Anrdoid!
All other small Chinese brands, put truly crappy not optimized Android on their devices!
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Thanks for the info, I'm looking at about $200 - $250 Max.
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Thanks for the info, I'm looking at about $200 - $250 Max.
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That's a good price range, to start from.
You could check out the best prices if you want to at: kimovil . com
within this price range you could get, all of the following are dual sim:
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 (only oppomart has it in stock right now) ~150$
Xaomi Mi4i ~220$
Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML ~200$
Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML ~260$
Meizu M2 Note 16GB ~150$
Huawei P8 Lite ~250$
I didn't list the following brand, but it's still a decent device:
Jiayu S3 (3GB version) ~180$
ZTE Nubia Z9 mini ~250$
The listed phones are just examples. All of them have their own downs and ups.
Meizu and Xiaomi are heavy skinned Android phones, they might remind you to iOS. I love my Xiaomi Mi4i, but it´s not for everyone.
I do assume that after using the true stock Android of your Nexus 5, you might want to stick to a phone that gets at least to close to stock Android.
So if you want the normal Android, you would have to go for the Asus Zenfone or the Huawei P8 Lite.
The Asus is more powerful but might not get an update, because it features an Intel SoC. The Huawei on the other hand has a weak SoC compared to the ASUS Zenfone 2.
It comes down to what you prefer, what would you use the phone for?
Do you want stock Android, do you want a phone that is at least as good as your Nexus 5 is, or are you willing to compromise just to have dual sim phone?
Within the price range of 200$ to 250$ there is a lot of good stuff to choose from.
That's some great info, thanks for taking the time to help me out. I was hoping someone in the know would be able to shed some light on this for me. I've been looking for a few weeks.
The idea is to replace my current personnel Nexus 5 and works Windows Lumia 635 (Rubbish), so thats what the Dual Sim is needed for. Then I like to use it to take photos on when I'm out with family and travelling for work, Im reasonably satisfied with the Nexus's camera so I'm not looking for a DSLR replacement but something competent. Then when I travel I use it for GPS to get around in Europe and the US. Next is to play music in the car so expandable storage for music and apps. 4G connectivity. Then for work emails etc. i think thats it really.
regarding good GPS signal you would have to stay to Qualcomm or Intel SoC's, those devices paired with a good brand are a save call.
For what you do the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 16GB chinese Version with dual sim and micro SD Card should be good enough. It's a big 5.5 inch phone.
It has the MIUI7 on it, it will be a completely different Android experience. There are no reviews about the GPS quality and the phone uses a fast MTK SoC, it is hard to say how good it is, usually Xiaomi places really good antennas in their phone, but as of now there is no review of it.
The battery is average ~3000mhA thing, paired with the Octa Core it will last for a day and maybe a bit more, should be better than the Nexus 5.
Advantage: it's cheap, it's Xiaomi so great quality with great support.
Downside: it has MIUI7 on it a very heavy Android modification.
You could get it for about 150$ from many different pages or straight from oppomart a bit more expensive.
The Asus Zenfone both version the 2GB/4GB is really good specification wise. The 4GB Ram version is just overkill, in my opinion.
The build quality is good, the performance is great. The only downside would be the battery life and the camera, neither is horrible bad.
GPS should be fine.
You could get the 2GB Version from pandawill for 210$ and the 4GB is at gerabest for 240$
Worth mentioning, not all dual sim phones support the full speed on both slots, as of now only the Xiaomi Mi4i has 4G net on both sim card slots!
The Redmi Note 2 and the Asus Zenfone 2 are 5.5" devices
If you want a pretty nice powerful device without a micro SD card extension, at 5" you could consider to get the Xiaomi Mi4i, the only downside of it is that a optical camera stabilization is missing. I don't see this as a problem, as I do make loads of pictures and it rarely bothers me, but it is worth to be mentioned.
I'm pretty sure i looked at the Redmi Note 2 previously, but didn't think it support expandable storage so dismissed it.
I understand most only support 4G on 1 sim this is fine. Also the size of 5.5 although is a little bigger than the Nexus I'm fine with it but would be the limit.
I also looked at the Zenphone but the camera put me off.
Spardha said:
I'm pretty sure i looked at the Redmi Note 2 previously, but didn't think it support expandable storage so dismissed it.
I understand most only support 4G on 1 sim this is fine. Also the size of 5.5 although is a little bigger than the Nexus I'm fine with it but would be the limit.
I also looked at the Zenphone but the camera put me off.
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The Chinese 16GB Version has a microSD extension slot you just have to find one. I read on gearbest that they sell this version with 16GB and microSD slot, but it's hard to say if they provide the right information.
If you don't need the extra performance, the Zenfone might be the wrong phone.
You could also consider the Jiayu S3 3GB Version (or Jiayu S3 Advanced), some people like the phone! It is available for about 180$
It's a really good all-rounder with amazing GPS and a pretty good camera
Search on youtube for a review of the Jiayu S3 by ITXtutor, it should cover all you want to know about the phone.
If i could push the budget to $300 what could you recommend? Im from the UK too.
Meizu MX5? Just found out no SD and the 32gb is closer to $400..
Spardha said:
If i could push the budget to $300 what could you recommend? Im from the UK too.
Meizu MX5? Just found out no SD and the 32gb is closer to $400..
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Haha yeah I would have recommended the MX5, I had the MX4 Pro for a bit and that was an awesome phone! But yeah the 32GB Version retails for about 390$
The Lenovo Vibe Shot Z90, has only a SD 615, an awesome camera dual Sim and a SD Card Slot. the 32GB is around 300$.
At leats in my Xiaomi Mi4i I have no trouble with this SoC, in daily use it doesn't get hot or anything, I am not a gamer so it's a great SoC for my needs.
The Huawei P8 Lite ships with the same SoC for 240$, it's worth a thought too. I would probably go for this one. The only downside I know about is the screen brightness, it could be better and I am not sure if it has Android 5 by now.
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Haha yeah I would have recommended the MX5, I had the MX4 Pro for a bit and that was an awesome phone! But yeah the 32GB Version retails for about 390$
The Lenovo Vibe Shot Z90, has only a SD 615, an awesome camera dual Sim and a SD Card Slot. the 32GB is around 300$.
At leats in my Xiaomi Mi4i I have no trouble with this SoC, in daily use it doesn't get hot or anything, I am not a gamer so it's a great SoC for my needs.
The Huawei P8 Lite ships with the same SoC for 240$, it's worth a thought too. I would probably go for this one. The only downside I know about is the screen brightness, it could be better and I am not sure if it has Android 5 by now.
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Could you recommend where to purchase the Lenovo Vibe from? its not on oppomart.
Ive been looking at the one+two and i think that is the phone i really want.. the OS is more what I'm used to the hardware is up there, the only downside i can see would be the price for the 64gb model. Im going to see if I can purchase via my work and if need be pay some towards it.
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Ive been looking at the one+two and i think that is the phone i really want.. the OS is more what I'm used to the hardware is up there, the only downside i can see would be the price for the 64gb model. Im going to see if I can purchase via my work and if need be pay some towards it.
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yes that is the best thing to do!
There are two version of the Vibe Shot the Z90-3 and Z90-7, the -7 is more expensive, but supports the right bands to be used outside of japan/china!
aliexpress would have the Z90-7 for 330$, but it's always a bit risky to buy from aliexpress
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regarding good GPS signal you would have to stay to Qualcomm or Intel SoC's, those devices paired with a good brand are a save call.
For what you do the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 16GB chinese Version with dual sim and micro SD Card should be good enough. It's a big 5.5 inch phone.
It has the MIUI7 on it, it will be a completely different Android experience. There are no reviews about the GPS quality and the phone uses a fast MTK SoC, it is hard to say how good it is, usually Xiaomi places really good antennas in their phone, but as of now there is no review of it.
The battery is average ~3000mhA thing, paired with the Octa Core it will last for a day and maybe a bit more, should be better than the Nexus 5.
Advantage: it's cheap, it's Xiaomi so great quality with great support.
Downside: it has MIUI7 on it a very heavy Android modification.
You could get it for about 150$ from many different pages or straight from oppomart a bit more expensive.
The Asus Zenfone both version the 2GB/4GB is really good specification wise. The 4GB Ram version is just overkill, in my opinion.
The build quality is good, the performance is great. The only downside would be the battery life and the camera, neither is horrible bad.
GPS should be fine.
You could get the 2GB Version from pandawill for 210$ and the 4GB is at gerabest for 240$
Worth mentioning, not all dual sim phones support the full speed on both slots, as of now only the Xiaomi Mi4i has 4G net on both sim card slots!
The Redmi Note 2 and the Asus Zenfone 2 are 5.5" devices
If you want a pretty nice powerful device without a micro SD card extension, at 5" you could consider to get the Xiaomi Mi4i, the only downside of it is that a optical camera stabilization is missing. I don't see this as a problem, as I do make loads of pictures and it rarely bothers me, but it is worth to be mentioned.
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Can I access google play/google services on this phone if I purchase and use it in China?
I know my GF's phone cannot install google play store app (Huawei Ascend Y511).
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Can I access google play/google services on this phone if I purchase and use it in China?
I know my GF's phone cannot install google play store app (Huawei Ascend Y511).
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yes there are a lot of threads about this topic in the official Xiaomi MIUI Forum. Link: en.miui.com
Have a look there and you will find all you need to know
If they release the device globally or in India, it will get a ROM with google installed per default. Xiaomi makes no difference between their devices.
Rom download page: http://en.miui.com/download
Like I have the Indian/global version of the Xiaomi Mi4i and can install the official Chinese ROM or the global ROM, as I like.
Would you recommend any 5inch phones in the $150 dollar region?
5.5 is just a little too big for me.