[OFFTOPIC] China Phone Discussion - UPDATED 30/10/2013

[Guest dakok]

Here's the source for xiaomi m2 benchmarks:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-xiaomi-mi2-review

I like that xiaocai x9, too. Only thing that needs checking is actual battery consumption. Strange that majority of interesting models has rather low capacity batteries.

[Guest tillaz]

Here's the source for xiaomi m2 benchmarks:

http://www.eurogamer...aomi-mi2-review

I like that xiaocai x9, too. Only thing that needs checking is actual battery consumption. Strange that majority of interesting models has rather low capacity batteries.

yeah the nexus 4 scores are off by a lot, i never get below 20000.

the 1GB version of the xiaocai x9 is £105 from merrimobiles,

http://www.merimobiles.com/xiaocai-x9-quad-core-1-2ghz-4-5-inch-hd-with-android-4-2-jelly-bean-dual-sim-smartphone_p/meri7713.htm

but you can apparently get the pro version for £136 (2GB RAM / MTK6589T / 32GB ROM) <- £21 extra

http://www.etotalk.com/xiaocai-x9-pro_p4099.html

but i'm still unsure on the MTK6589T versions, whether they will hammer the battery & overheat

[Guest tillaz]

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[Guest GTRX3]

Found a misprice on aliexpress for the thl w11: http://www.aliexpres...1172011188.html

The standard option cost ~£170 whilst adding a car holder brings the price to ~£110

Would be amazing if the misprice was honoured.

Edit: Looks like they have fixed the price now.

Also what are your thoughts on this phone?: http://www.aliexpres...1130195965.html

Appears to be the Onn Tiger V8 and seems to be the cheapest 1080p display phone.

Edit: For god sake they seem to have bumped up the price of this as well.

Edited August 7, 2013 by GTRX3

[Guest deadonthestairs]

Found a misprice on aliexpress for the thl w11: http://www.aliexpres...1172011188.html

The standard option cost ~£170 whilst adding a car holder brings the price to ~£110

Would be amazing if the misprice was honoured.

Also what are your thoughts on this phone?: http://www.aliexpres...1130195965.html

Appears to be the Onn Tiger V8 and seems to be the cheapest 1080p display phone.

Tempted to try this! Doubt it'd be honoured though (EDIT: no option of paying with PayPal, so I think I'll give it a miss)

Noticed a Cubot GT99 on eBay located in England with BIN of £118 - think I'll finally decide on that today and make the plunge.

If I don't I'll keep going around in circles forever. Have looked at Jiayu G3S, Vowney V5, Cubot One, Tengda T94 but feel a bit safer purchasing from a UK-based seller on eBay.

Edited August 7, 2013 by deadonthestairs

[Guest dakok]

If you are aiming at cheapest phones, check

haier w910, too

http://mobile.pconline.com.cn/review/solo/1207/2873329_all.html

Edited August 7, 2013 by dakok

[Guest yaqh]

If you are aiming at cheapest phones, check

haier w910, too

http://mobile.pconli...873329_all.html

looks good but small battery.

[Guest dakok]

So many phones with batteries whose capacity seems

to be inadequate. Even cubot gt99 could be faking capacity if we consider it's actually xyz x1 phone.

[Guest kyan31]

Samsung Galaxy S4 1:1 Replica:

www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=644646

Its the first replica I have seen which actually looks like the real thing. Every detail is just like the S4 right down to the box, accessories, and even the manual.

Edited August 7, 2013 by kyan31

[Guest tillaz]

a found a place to buy the back covers for the xiaocai X9,

only problem is i would not buy from this company as they where a pain the the arss to get a refund from the last time.

http://www.banggood....X9-p-81065.html

[Guest Armadillo1]

Whats the difference between Jiayu G4 and G3S? Seems to have the same cpu and G3S can be had for around 165 dollars which makes it very attractive.

deadonthestairs - did you buy a Cubot GT99? I noticed his inventory has gone up and down a bit the last couple of days. Let me know what you think of it .

[Guest dakok]

Here are some interesting non-mtk quad cores, 4.5" or near:

Coolpad 7268 ~$160 scoring 85% - 473 users JD.com

Huawei G525 ~$180 scoring 93% - 5455 users JD.com

Beidou Hot Pepper M1Y ~$155

Lenovo A706 ~$190 scoring 89% - 249 users JD.com

Lenovo A760 $180 88% (100 users at JD.com)

K-Touch U90 4.7" $209 ?%

Mostly 900/2100MHz 3G

Price sources:

Pandawill

DealExtreme

Merimobiles

Buyincoins

Edited August 8, 2013 by dakok

[Guest Ascend]

Tempted to try this! Doubt it'd be honoured though (EDIT: no option of paying with PayPal, so I think I'll give it a miss)

Noticed a Cubot GT99 on eBay located in England with BIN of £118 - think I'll finally decide on that today and make the plunge.

If I don't I'll keep going around in circles forever. Have looked at Jiayu G3S, Vowney V5, Cubot One, Tengda T94 but feel a bit safer purchasing from a UK-based seller on eBay.

Like you I have been contemplating the Cubot GT99 for a while now. Ordered last night from the ebay uk shipper and just had shipping notification (Royal Mail) so will have it in a couple of days.

Interestingly the paypal receipt came up as Pandawill. I think they are a Chinese web supplier but the GT99 stock is in London. Most of the other stuff they have on ebay ships from China.

Looking forward to seeing what it is like.

[Guest deadonthestairs]

Like you I have been contemplating the Cubot GT99 for a while now. Ordered last night from the ebay uk shipper and just had shipping notification (Royal Mail) so will have it in a couple of days.

Interestingly the paypal receipt came up as Pandawill. I think they are a Chinese web supplier but the GT99 stock is in London. Most of the other stuff they have on ebay ships from China.

Looking forward to seeing what it is like.

Just noticed their stock had gone down to one unit, so ordered one myself. Expected to arrive on Monday or Tuesday so will see what it's like!

[Guest Armadillo1]

Just noticed their stock had gone down to one unit, so ordered one myself. Expected to arrive on Monday or Tuesday so will see what it's like!

Well, you and all your peer pressure :D

I ended up ordering the last one.

Edited August 8, 2013 by Armadillo1

[Guest tillaz]

took me a while but i found the official forums for the Xiaocai x9

http://bbs.coko.com.cn/forum-68-1.html

to my surprises it looks like the manufacture has built CM 10.1 for the device lol (notice the poster is administrator)

http://bbs.coko.com....d-6452-1-1.html

I'm just signing up so i can see the hidden stuff now...

[Guest dakok]

Hard to believe that... ^_^

Xiaocai does UI, too:

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2446782281

by the name of Cai OS

Rom collection:

http://www.romjd.com/Device/xiaocai-x9/new/all/1

[Guest tillaz]

Hard to believe that...

i don't know what to make of it

http://www.romjd.com/Rom/Detail/15541

just want the factory image but can't seem to find it on there site.

[Guest Sere83]

That wallpaper on the Xiaocai CM9 build is sweet, anyone know where I can get it?

Someone I know is looking to buy a cheap china phone. Was thinking of advising him on the Xiaocai x9, the Amoi N828 or the iOcean X7. There seems to be a slight lack of cheap 720P MTK phones that don't look like crap or clones. Wish the xioami Red Rice had wcdma would have been perfect.

I still think for the money the V5 cant be beaten, the battery is amazing too, just wish the bloody GPS worked. Also been having a few freezes recently. Its kind of annoying the V5 will never see a highly optimized rom like cyanogen etc, dont think MIUI will support it officially either.

Edited August 9, 2013 by Sere83

[Guest dakok]

Advise him Qualcomm quad core phone. Scores a bit less on antutu, prices are $160-200.

GPS works as it should...

Most of them use 900/2100MHz on 3g.

[Guest tillaz]

anyone bought from http://dealsprime.com/

[Guest dakok]

AMOI, respectable chinese manufacturer brings out a new price buster:

AMOI A862W or Small V II

Qualcomm MSM8225Q quad-core 1.2GHz

4.5" QHD IPS screen

3/5 Mpix camera

This time, Qualcomm replaces MTK SoC

Price?

$100 in China

Nice!

More info

[Guest tillaz]

MediaTek are said to be releasing the MTK6952 this month to manufactures, 8 core CPU that runs at 2GHz,

its also said to out perform Samsung's 8 core Exynos 5410

http://www.modaco.co...nes-in-q4-r1169

599 Yuan for the AMOI A862W, that's like £63, we wont get it for that though... might pick one up for the daughter :)

[Guest metal.mickey]

beenlurking for a while, but have been looking at the Zte v967 at £108 it doent look too shoddy. have had a blade and a skate from zte without any problem

cant seem to post a link but its on etotalk

[Guest tillaz]

beenlurking for a while, but have been looking at the Zte v967 at £108 it doent look too shoddy. have had a blade and a skate from zte without any problem

cant seem to post a link but its on etotalk

loving the way you can view it 360 degrees, cool way to view a phone before buying

http://www.etotalk.com/zte-v967s-android42-quad-core-12ghz-dual-sim-50-inch-qhd_p3733.html