Chinese Android Phones
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Many await your review, very brave 
bluepassat
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I have a android cubot p9 unlocked dual sim great phone, big screen I would recommend, now down to £56 with a free gift....ordered direct from china paid via PayPal took about 10 days
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What about Updates etc OK??
bluepassat
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If you search the web I'm sure you can install custom roms, it has jelly bean pre installed it's good enough for me
diesel
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ive brought a xiaomi mi4 from china its an amazing phone knocks hell out of iphone 6 and i bin with iphones for years but fancied a change best move i ever did..
I got a Moto G as a second phone and its so good i use it as my main phone now.
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Ok, I'm seriously looking at this one Unlocked Lenovo A806 Android 4.4 5.0" 16GB Octa-Core Touch 4G Smartphone Black | eBay
Just unsure about 4g bands? Seems to be a decent spec phone for the price
Just unsure about 4g bands? Seems to be a decent spec phone for the price
I would steer away from Lenovo phones..the firmware they run is their own version of android..it has many problems with running good in the uk due to the heavy bloated firmware,it's slow looks nothing like android and I have heard nothing but bad stuff about Lenovo android devices.
As for the generic China mobiles I have played with loads like cubot or kingspan star etc they all do the job okay BUT CHECK THEY ARE 3G uk compatible as many won't work with three network,there is no OTA updates of firmware to update you need to flash device,they can be very temperamental and after a few weeks the battery life becomes poor.
I don't see the point of paying £70 for a China mobile when you can get a moto g for £90 that works like a proper android device has a full uk warranty and Will get android system updates before most other devices as its part of the Google family.
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Don't buy one of these as I did Review Mpie M10: what lies beneath spectacular performance? - WOVOW
It is filled with malware written into the firmware and fake everything.
If there was a custom rom out there I would flash it just to get rid of the dodgy apps always trying to install themselves. I will not be so naïve next time by taking things at face value.
It is filled with malware written into the firmware and fake everything.
If there was a custom rom out there I would flash it just to get rid of the dodgy apps always trying to install themselves. I will not be so naïve next time by taking things at face value.
Always had well known makes but this time ive gone for this... £119 (coming tomorrow)
Cubot X17 S - Another super slim handy phone
Cubot X17 S - Another super slim handy phone
UPDATE
Dont bother with the Cubot x17s,had it a day,speaker was tinny and quiet and the wifi was horrendous,not even full bars when literally laying on the router and once upstairs forget about it... Gone back already
Dont bother with the Cubot x17s,had it a day,speaker was tinny and quiet and the wifi was horrendous,not even full bars when literally laying on the router and once upstairs forget about it...
Gone back already
