Guest shweeney Posted October 29, 2013 Report Posted October 29, 2013 I ordered v967s at Antelife 25 days ago. They sent it on 17 october thru singpost. Trackning doesn't show any useful info yet. I ordered from Focalprice on Sept 30th - still don't have the phone. Airmail seems to be extremely slow at the moment...
Guest Posted October 29, 2013 Report Posted October 29, 2013 Xiaomi Hongmi (Red Rice) WCDMA version is to be released on 5th Nov. Think it will be very difficult to get hold of one at a sensible price for the first few months. http://www.gizchina.com/2013/10/29/wcdma-xiaomi-hongmi-will-launch-november-5th/
Guest dakok Posted October 29, 2013 Report Posted October 29, 2013 Dutch! :) Ouch! :blush: Airmail seems to be extremely slow at the moment... No wonder - imagine all of those battery containing parcels* being drawn from china post and hongkong post offices and then transfered to Singapore post office and scanned there for double battery parcel elimination. * Pandawill got near 1300 parcels returned in three days only!!! The real wonder is why we have to dig that for ourselves. Why is it so hard for chinese sellers to admit problem and present it to their customers? Xiaomi Hongmi (Red Rice) WCDMA version is to be released on 5th Nov. Think it will be very difficult to get hold of one at a sensible price for the first few months. http://www.gizchina.com/2013/10/29/wcdma-xiaomi-hongmi-will-launch-november-5th/ I belive that it would not be smart to order anything from China during 15th November 2013. - 5th February 2014. There is New Year coming and then another festival at the end of January stretching onto couple of days in February.
Guest george109 Posted October 29, 2013 Report Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) The new Jiayu Phone has been released (The Jiayu G5.) It is on Geekbuying for £175.87 It has a stainless steel back, and is slimmer than the G4. It has the usual specs of a chinese phone, MTK6589T chip, Dual Sim, 2 Cameras (13MP). Do you think its worth it? It does look like an iPhone, but then again, it does have a stainless steel back... Image: Edited October 29, 2013 by george109
Guest Maringer Posted October 29, 2013 Report Posted October 29, 2013 I belive that it would not be smart to order anything from China during 15th November 2013. - 5th February 2014.There is New Year coming and then another festival at the end of January stretching onto couple of days in February.Chinese New Year is at the end of January in 2014. Western New Year shouldn't really be any busier in China than any other time though, of course, the postal system tends to be swamped around the Christmas/New Year time across the world.I think you're right that we can expect long delays in delivery of phones at any time during the next few months but the major issue seems to be the battery situation. A pity, really, as the FAEA F1 I ordered via ChinaPost during the summer arrived pretty quickly, considering.The WCDMA Xiaomi Hongmi looks interesting, especially with the excellent software support from MIUI.Personally, I've decided to stick with my F1 for now (and hope for software updates to fix some of the bugs), then wait to see how phones with the forthcoming MT6592 and MT6588 chips perform.
Guest george109 Posted October 29, 2013 Report Posted October 29, 2013 Chinese New Year is at the end of January in 2014. Western New Year shouldn't really be any busier in China than any other time though, of course, the postal system tends to be swamped around the Christmas/New Year time across the world. I think you're right that we can expect long delays in delivery of phones at any time during the next few months but the major issue seems to be the battery situation. A pity, really, as the FAEA F1 I ordered via ChinaPost during the summer arrived pretty quickly, considering. The WCDMA Xiaomi Hongmi looks interesting, especially with the excellent software support from MIUI. Personally, I've decided to stick with my F1 for now (and hope for software updates to fix some of the bugs), then wait to see how phones with the forthcoming MT6592 and MT6588 chips perform. What bugs does the F1 have?
Guest kyan31 Posted October 29, 2013 Report Posted October 29, 2013 I should probably update the poll, any suggestions for phones to add?
Guest dakok Posted October 29, 2013 Report Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) Finally something constructive! :) Amoi N828 Amoi N850 BBK Vivo Faea F1 Faea F2 G`FIVE G9 Goophone I9 Haier W910 Huawei G510 Huawei G520 Huawei G525 Huawei G610 Huawei G700 K-Touch U86 Lenovo A820 Lenovo A830 Lenovo A850 Lenovo P780 Lenovo S820 Lenovo S920 Little Pepper LA-Q1 Meizu mx2 Meizu mx3 Mlais MX58 Neken N6Neo / Rio N003Newman K1 THL W100 THL W200 THL W8UMI X1sUMI X2 Vowney v5 / Verne V5 Xiaocai X9 Xiaomi m2 Xiaomi m2a Xiaomi m2s Xiaomi m3 Xiaomi Hongmi XYZ X1 / Cubot GT99 Zopo C2 Zopo C3 Zopo ZP810 ZTE v967s ZTE v987 Most of these are top selling phones already. Edited October 30, 2013 by dakok
Guest Maringer Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 What bugs does the F1 have?In my usage, the problems are mostly a bit of glitchiness from time to time. Specifically, the phone gets worryingly hot in use (especially playing games) with the stock ROM. With the odd hacky third-party ROM available (Lewa OS, specifically), the heat situation is not as pronounced which would indicate that the issue is as much about bugs in the ROM as anything else. My memory card has recently died as the phone kept reporting it was being unmounted then remounted but this could be the fault of the card, I suppose. It worked fine in my previous phone, however. The accuracy of the battery reading is not very good and, on occasion, I've looked at my phone in the morning to find it has 'apparently' lost charge of around 50% and gone flat. The next night, the battery claims it has only lost 5 or 6% charge when left for the same amount of time. Apps randomly force close on occasion (possibly because of the heat issue?) and I've had SMS messages refuse to send a few times. I generally get around this by wiping the data for the messaging app and rebooting. That seems to work. Another point is that the second SIM often doesn't seem to have any connection showing. A good signal area here where I live so that shouldn't be occurring, not that I've really needed to use this backup SIM!All in all, the ROM (released back in August) is distinctly lacking in polish. An Android 4.2 ROM update has been promised by FAEA but they are less than forthcoming as to when this will become available and I'm rather doubtful, to tell the truth!
Guest kyan31 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 Finally something constructive! :) Amoi N828 Amoi N850 BBK Vivo Faea F1 Faea F2 G`FIVE G9 Goophone I9 Haier W910 Huawei G510 Huawei G520 Huawei G525 Huawei G610 Huawei G700 K-Touch U86 Lenovo A820 Lenovo A830 Lenovo A850 Lenovo P780 Lenovo S820 Lenovo S920 Little Pepper LA-Q1 Meizu mx2 Meizu mx3 Mlais MX58 Neken N6 Neo / Rio N003 Newman K1 THL W100 THL W200 THL W8 UMI X1s UMI X2 Xiaocai X9 Xiaomi m2 Xiaomi m2a Xiaomi m2s Xiaomi m3 Xiaomi Hongmi XYZ X1 / Cubot GT99 Zopo C2 Zopo C3 Zopo ZP810 ZTE v967s ZTE v987 Most of these are top selling phones already. Wow, what a list. I'll get those added soon alright :)
Guest dakok Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 I forgot about Vowney v5. Post with phone list is updated now :).
Guest Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 Dakok, why have you crossed through some?
Guest george109 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) In my usage, the problems are mostly a bit of glitchiness from time to time. Specifically, the phone gets worryingly hot in use (especially playing games) with the stock ROM. With the odd hacky third-party ROM available (Lewa OS, specifically), the heat situation is not as pronounced which would indicate that the issue is as much about bugs in the ROM as anything else. My memory card has recently died as the phone kept reporting it was being unmounted then remounted but this could be the fault of the card, I suppose. It worked fine in my previous phone, however. The accuracy of the battery reading is not very good and, on occasion, I've looked at my phone in the morning to find it has 'apparently' lost charge of around 50% and gone flat. The next night, the battery claims it has only lost 5 or 6% charge when left for the same amount of time. Apps randomly force close on occasion (possibly because of the heat issue?) and I've had SMS messages refuse to send a few times. I generally get around this by wiping the data for the messaging app and rebooting. That seems to work. Another point is that the second SIM often doesn't seem to have any connection showing. A good signal area here where I live so that shouldn't be occurring, not that I've really needed to use this backup SIM! All in all, the ROM (released back in August) is distinctly lacking in polish. An Android 4.2 ROM update has been promised by FAEA but they are less than forthcoming as to when this will become available and I'm rather doubtful, to tell the truth!Oh! If I was going to get one, that would put me right off! Shame, as I always thought it was quite a good phone :( Especially as it had NFC... Edited October 30, 2013 by george109
Guest dakok Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 Dakok, why have you crossed through some? They are already in Poll - so no point in adding them there :)
Guest kyan31 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) nevermind Edited October 30, 2013 by kyan31
Guest kyan31 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 Does anyone know how to clear the votes? :blush:
Guest dakok Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 Can you delete OP content and re-made the Poll?
Guest smweb Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 Does anyone know how to clear the votes? :blush: If you want to vote again, I think you can use the delete my vote button
Guest Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 You need to change all the Xiaocai listed to Xiaomi except the Xiaocai X9.
Guest kyan31 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 Can you delete OP content and re-made the Poll? Are you asking me to do it, or tell you 'if' its possible to do it? :P
Guest kyan31 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 You need to change all the Xiaocai listed to Xiaomi except the Xiaocai X9. Done
Guest kyan31 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Posted October 30, 2013 Ehm, iOcean is missing :) Sheng iOcean X7? Added.
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