I have gotten fascinated by several Chinese phones lately, and plan to own one with Straighttalk or simpletalk soon.
I want to use this thread discussing the top Chinese phones by price/budget. I have added some names below - please suggest more. I also intend to put the supported bands, so people looking to use it on specific carriers will have best luck with these phones.
(Copied from a different thread For AT&T, the band is 850/1900 MHz for both GSM and WCDMA 3G. For T-Mobile 850/1900 MHz GSM and 1700 MHz for WCDMA 3G. If your phone is WCDMA 900/2100, 3G will not work for both AT&T and T-mobile. You must have at least one band that matches with your network. For best 3G coverage, both bands must be supported by the phone.
For under $200
Jiayu G3 - not yet release - MTK6577 chipset, 1GB RAM, Android 4.1
Star ule v12 - MTK6577 chipset, 512MB RAM, Android 4.0.3
HDC Star One - MTK 6577 chipset, 512MB RAM, Android 4.0.3
For over $200
Meizu M2
Good places to buy
AliExpress.com
DHGate.com
365Gate.com
FastCardTech.com
walletless said:
I have gotten fascinated by several Chinese phones lately, and plan to own one with Straighttalk or simpletalk soon.
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Good places to buy
AliExpress.com
DHGate.com
365Gate.com
FastCardTech.com
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Hi, did you ever get any of the chinese phones? If so, wher did you buy your phone?
I'm fairly settled on the upcoming 1GB RAM version of G2, but I'm having trouble deciding where to actually make the purchase. I've been in talks with etotalk, and while they don't seem to be out to scam people, it has become apparent that specs on pre-release devices are totally unreliable and should be triple-checked with their salespeople prior to purchase.
On XDA, it's apparent that FCT has some very bad rep and only people with single-digit post-count come to their defense. (Yeah.. totally trustworthy. )
So, have you any experience to share?
I wouldn't trust my money with those phones it's much better to save up and buy an official, 'real' phone for the security and support
jman2131 said:
I wouldn't trust my money with those phones it's much better to save up and buy an official, 'real' phone for the security and support
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Jman, you're entitled to your opinion. I value your input. I'm not looking at the chinese phones because of the money, and would in fact gladly pay up to twice their price if they were on purchase here, with EU-mandated consumer protection and warranties.
The reason I'm looking at them is because I have looked at the offerings from the brands established-in-the-western-world and they're all pathetic. Show me a dual-core dual-SIM phone with screen no larger than 4.0", and a battery with a capacity at least 1.7 Ah.
Goophone Y5, soon launching Goophone I5 are great. Also S3 clones are quite trustworthy.
johhu12 said:
Goophone Y5, soon launching Goophone I5 are great. Also S3 clones are quite trustworthy.
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Hi Joh, thanks for the suggestions, but I'm asking about which e-shop to choose. Have you made a purchase at any?
hello I wonder is there any support for chines phone, I'm looking to buy one for a try, prolly from dhgate
any suggestion which model is better and etc...?
no support!
Hello all,
Has anyone possess or heard about this phone?
I am planning to buy it off amazon uk.
It has good reviews but the X9 model is not even mentioned on their website.
What do you guys think? Cheers.
Yeah i have it. Its ok.
Lots of smartphone for cheap money. But its not on the twerp or cwm list and there is nowhere not even the company leys you get the custom OTA....so deleting those factory apps is gonna be a problem for some time.
Hi everyone, I'm new in this forum making a new thread but I need help in some questions that I have, right now I am in China and have realized that Huawei Mate 9 in the version of 128 Gb of internal memory and 6 Gb ram (MHA-AL00) is cheaper here in china. ( I am from Panama). The issue is that I don't know if there is an international ROM that includes all Google services and if it is compatible with the LTE network in Panama(700 MHz band 28). It would be of great help to me advise if buy me here in China the 128 Gb version coming in $650 or settle for the model of 64 gb and 4 gb RAM sold in Panama that coupled with tax is $ 700.
Thanks to all that can help me and best regards for all.
I do not know it it is the right place to post this.
I am trying to find the new Nokia 6.1 with 65gb storage and 4 gb ram, but it seems only few countries outside Europe sell it.
Is there any one that can point me to a reliable site in Europe, where it is possible to order it?
Thanks in advance and regards