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[kyan31]

Use this thread to discuss about china phones, your thoughts, ideas, knowledge, and experience are welcomed!

Here is a list of all the upcoming china flagship phones:

JIAYU G4



SPECS

• 1.2 Ghz Quad Core
  
• 1/2 GB variants
  
• 1800/3000mah variants
  
• 4.7 inch OGS IPS 720p display (312ppi)
  
• 13 MP rear camera, 3 MP front
  
• $160/£107
  
• Full details here

SHENG X7



SPECS

• 1.2 Ghz Quad Core
  
• 2 GB RAM
  
• 2050mah battery
  
• 5 inch 1080p 441ppi display
  
• 13 MP/8 MP variants
  
• $160/£107
  
• More info can be found here

LOTS MORE BELOW

• Lando X02
  
• UMi X2
  
• iOcean X7
  
• Alcatel One Touch Idol X
  
• Oppo Find 5
  
• Koobee Max
  
• ZTE Grand S
  
• Huawei Ascend D2
  
• Lenovo K900
  
• JiaYu S1
  
• Neo N003
  
• Nubia Z5
  
• Vivo X5
  
• Xiaomi Mi3
  
• Zopo ZP960

THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN BUYING A CHINA PHONE

#1 - The prices shown here are based on the prices in China. It will cost more internationally as the phone increases in price, and there is also P&P. If you buy a phone shown here for $160/£107, you will probably be paying $200/£130.

#2 - Always use PayPal when buying from a china store, unfortunately a lot of problems 'can' occur when shipping, or with the seller themselves. PayPal will ensure your money is safe until you get your product.

#3 - Only buy from trusted sellers, there are a lot of scam websites around so be careful. As I said before, just use PayPal and you should be okay. Here is a list of trusted sellers to save you the grief of buying online:

TRUSTED

• FastCardTech
  
• Merimobiles
  
• Uredeal

​UNTRUSTED/NOT SURE

• Android-Sale (untrusted)
  
• Pandawill (not sure)
  
• AntElife (Untrusted - they don't reply to emails)

Edited by kyan31, 22 March 2013 - 08:19 PM.

[dbaseii]

I want one!

[kyan31]

I hope it comes out soon so I can buy it

[kyan31]

I also found the ZTE U950 which is a Quad core 1.3GHz Tegra 3 device. It is priced at $205 of Fastcardtech.

[Mrian]

http://www.youtube.c...s8j4WmCU#t=238s

nice specs!

720 p 2 gb ram etc

i want one!

nmn fly over to china and make a shop here.....

oh scrape that it lookslike 700MB ram :/

Edited by Mrian, 11 December 2012 - 10:38 PM.

[kyan31]

Mrian, on 11 December 2012 - 10:30 PM, said:

http://www.youtube.c...s8j4WmCU#t=238s

nice specs!

720 p 2 gb ram etc

i want one!

nmn fly over to china and make a shop here.....

oh scrape that it lookslike 700MB ram :/

Its actually 1GB but there is only 700 usable. Most of the top end phones are the same so it should have no problems. I just hope it will get rooted and maybe get JB.

[Mrian]

http://en.meizu.com/...ifications.html

2gb ram, 1200*800 screen, quad core, 2100 GSM :s does that mean it won't work with our 3g network?

[Mrian]

kyan31, on 11 December 2012 - 10:50 PM, said:

Its actually 1GB but there is only 700 usable. Most of the top end phones are the same so it should have no problems. I just hope it will get rooted and maybe get JB.

yeha 1 gb shouldbe okay.. but 2 gb feels more complete? ....  just incase overload on apps?

[kyan31]

Mrian, on 11 December 2012 - 10:58 PM, said:

yeha 1 gb shouldbe okay.. but 2 gb feels more complete? ....  just incase overload on apps?

The amount of apps you have does not effect your ram.

[Mrian]

it does if their running

[JRow]

kyan31, on 11 December 2012 - 10:14 PM, said:

I also found the ZTE U950 which is a Quad core 1.3GHz Tegra 3 device. It is priced at $205 of Fastcardtech.

I must stop looking at all these nice cheap chinese phones,so tempting  
Its also quite funny to see that not only are they prepared to rip off anything,they take the p when they name them too,i'm looking at you HiPhone 5  

[FrankieADZ]

is it a dual sim?

[kyan31]

FrankieADZ, on 12 December 2012 - 07:00 AM, said:

is it a dual sim?

Unfortunately no.

[kyan31]

Mrian, on 12 December 2012 - 12:16 AM, said:

it does if their running

Yeah that's true

The g300 with only 380mb usable is pretty slick now with CM, so 700mb should be great!

[Dazzozo]

Exynos4

Developing for it is really painful, apparently.

[FrankieADZ]

Dazzozo, on 12 December 2012 - 08:23 AM, said:

Exynos4

Developing for it is really painful, apparently.

be a challenge tho right? lol

[ADROW]

Tempting, Galaxy S3 specs for £170, only £40 more than the Umi X1 although the price is set to rise after the pre-order stage it appears.

Edit:  Can't find this for anywhere near £150 at the moment.  Fastcardtech had a pre-order price of £170 but orders appear to be suspended now until they get any stock.  I've seen another site (uredeal) listing for £209 but not a lot else.

I have seen another phone called the Freelander I-20 which has identical looks and spec, so it appears to be a Newman knock-off but I can't be sure.  Sites have stock but dubious about buying.

Edited by ADROW, 12 December 2012 - 02:59 PM.

[kyan31]

ADROW, on 12 December 2012 - 12:44 PM, said:

Tempting, Galaxy S3 specs for £170, only £40 more than the Umi X1 although the price is set to rise after the pre-order stage it appears.

Edit:  Can't find this for anywhere near £150 at the moment.  Fastcardtech had a pre-order price of £170 but orders appear to be suspended now until they get any stock.  I've seen another site (uredeal) listing for £209 but not a lot else.

I have seen another phone called the Freelander I-20 which has identical looks and spec, so it appears to be a Newman knock-off but I can't be sure.  Sites have stock but dubious about buying.

I think the freelander is the exact same phone, but with two alternate names. I don't really get it to be honest

[ADROW]

From what I've been able to gather online, it really does seem to be the same phone, just branded differently.  Perhaps they are made in the same factory?  I saw a youtube video that showed in the software phone info that it was even displaying itself as a Newman N2.

I'm seriously considering it, just not sure whether I really need to drop £70 extra for quad core over the dual core Umi X1.  The G300 at £100 was a good price for the spec, just not sure about dropping twice that on a replacement, even if it is GS3 level specced.

Edit: OK, from a translated French forum it sounds like the Freelander could be an international export version of the N2.  Apparently it ships with a much larger number of languages, whereas the N2 is English and Chinese only.

Edited by ADROW, 13 December 2012 - 12:10 PM.

[grizzlyflea]

Quad core over dual core any day. Your essentially getting double performance with quad over dual