stop using the word bones.

You are a marketer's wet dream :smiley:.

HSPA+ is not ancient technology. It will happily stream Full HD content whilst doing other things simultaneously. Now I'm not sure how you use your phone, but I very much doubt you EVER max out your 3G connection....let alone fully utilise a 4G connection.

But I'm glad there are people out there with your philosophy. You help subsidise the infrastructure that I'll eventually switch to using :smiley:

It's going to get so hot in here I'm going to take off all my clothes.

They were quick to drop the price, was £89.99 this morning!!! Obviously price matching the Hihonor price hack!

Also not available until 6th March

I think this is the price hack. Honor sell their phones through Amazon

It's going to get so hot in here I'm going to take off all my clothes.

Huawei is rebranding itself "Honor" now???

Easier to pronounce I guess but not even the proper English spelling :stuck_out_tongue:

Still a Galaxy S3 spec device for £75... This is a return to form for Hua.. sorry Honor

Review: http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/mobile-phones/1402662/huawei-honor-holly-review

looks good value, better than my prestigio.

Is it good company?

Anyone know how to get rid of the annoying screens that list all the apps as opposed to having a circle app button that is separate from the home screen?

ordered.....Cos she's worth it ;0)

Only if you be sexxy ..... lool.

full specs from gsmarena

Ps.
'AMERICANised English' you have there? .. yes, granted, its NOT an 'American' Company', but neither is Nokia, SonyEricsson, Samsung, HTC & the like?, but they allllllll 'CONFORM' in way or the other nontheless?, so ..... lool. :-)

Not bad .. do you know some of the names of any? .. thanx. :-)

Nova
Apex
Google Now (Launcher)

Sweeeeeeeeeeet!, thanx. :-)

calm down just calm down!!
I know huwai have been a company for ages but I didn't hear of this one

seems like a good deal for a phone of this spec. they should have included 4g and it would have been perfect for the price

Just a name or is it, should Pussy Galore have been named Honour Blackman to be spelt in English.

Last week I had a look-see at the Huawei G620S. You can get it for £69.99 on upgrade at Carphone Warehouse. It's looks similarly specced to the Holly but with the added plus of being 4G. Have to say, I was rather impressed and am tempted...

You mean this doesn't have 4G?

cancelled.....cos I got a slap! ;0)

how's the camera on this phone? anyone know?

4g and I've have had it

ITS NOT A zte BLADE 6....nothing compares....

Nope - not rebranding. Honor is their budget arm, much as Arnova is to Archos, Or Nokia's Asha range is compared to their Lumia etc.

anyone know if the GPS suffers the same issue as other duel sim MT6582 phones ? I've had a few, and they take ages to get a fix, if at all. Loads of sites online suggesting a fix, but I couldn't get any to work permanently

Honor is their flagship too.

Here's some links to the previously mentioned ones plus a few others
Google Now
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.launcher

Nova
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher

Apex
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher

Solo
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=home.solo.launcher.free

Action Launcher 3
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.actionlauncher.playstore

I've got Pro versions of Nova/Apex but I'm using Action Launcher 3 now and loving it.

If this gets EMUI 3.0 it will be a great phone, 2.3 is a bit clunky and dated.

I just got my price hack come into my email.
The link take you to amazon @£74.99

Shame not 4G but looks a good phone!

I may come back on 6th March - I don't like pre-ordering things.

Other than the obvious price difference, how does this compare in real world use compared to a Motorola Moto G (non-4G version)?

Any of these Chinese phones around £100 that are?

Getting fed up of the lag on my Moto G (dual sim, non 4g version)

It might be worth it if a.the camera is better not just in pixels but who knows yet? b.you want loads of apps or large apps/games stored on your phone. Be interesting how the screen compares apart from the same pixel count.

What HSDPA bands are supported on this phone?

ah nvm:

Honor Holly (Hol-U19) is a Huawei developed UTMS+GSM dual card dual standby single pass smartphone. It runs the Google AndroidTM system. The UMTS module supports 900/2100 MHz frequency bands while the GSM module supports the 900/1800/1900 MHz frequency bands.

This was available in India for months now, had the time to play with the handset. and I must say I was impressed.
The battery is ok, lasts about a day and half with moderate internet usage.

This is a budget phone with a decent 720p screen, back camera is above average. I had some issues with signal, but that may also be because I was in some patchy area.

Does not have a Gorilla Glass / Dragon tail glass which was a priority for me, instead I opted for a ASUS Zenfone 5 Dual Sim for £80 ( 2 GB RAM)

On the bright side the price is the same as in India.

Agree, even their £250 model has become the "Honor 6 by Honor" on Amazon.

It's an attempt to create a more recognisable brand of SIM-free phones. Still sounds kinda cheesy though.

Seems they've given up on selling through networks. Hell of a job winning back customers after the Moto G hit the market like a sledgehammer.

Can this thing be rooted & faffed about with?

Nexus 4.

130 bones.

It's a separate arm of 'H'wah'way (that's how you pronounce Huawei).

Nice deal. for a dual sim. Heat!

Are there any other phones below £100 that are better than this

American English...

if I have 2 sims in the phone can both be called or texted during the daybook do you need to choose 1 simply at a time to be active?

Seems good to me

That was the price for it on flipkart, with an offer for Indian Credit Card. Now it is £83.36 ( @ £1 = 95.95 INR ) but worth it as it is a really nice phone.


: Both are active throughout the day, only one can be used at a time. Its Dual Sim, Dual Standby , when you call/text you have to select the sim you want to use

Hope this helps.

I think both sims can be called or texted to but only one will work with 3g ... I believe!

Great spec for price. 16gb internal is great for a budget phone 2.5gb will used by Android system

5 inch. Close to 300ppi . Dual sim.. Pretty good camera. It ticks most boxes

The next Moto G and Moto E will be £150 and £120 I believe .... These will be 4g and have lollipop out of the box. Released March probably towards the end March

The budget phone marketing is getting very interesting... Sony Xperia E4 as well for £88-99 with 5 inch screen

This phone is known as the Honor 3c play in China if you want to see a video of it on youtube. Only difference is this runs on emui 2.3 instead of 2.0.

It's very good for the price but the screen isn't the best even though it has good resolution. It's one of those cheap 'looks grey whilst off' screens that isn't bonded to the display. If you can stretch a bit extra I'd go for the Honor 3c instead which has a higher quality screen and 2gb ram.

whats the camera like?

The "honor 3c play" and the "honor 3c" are two different phones, well in China they are. Here the phones are called honor holly (honor 3c play) and honor 3c

Heat added...Was on the lookout until recently for a dual sim phone that wouldn't cost me an arm and a leg, for occasional use abroad and eventually went for the Lenovo A820 from Aliexpress..cost me £42 all in and received it within 2 weeks of ordering. Fantastic phone, came rooted with an English custom rom and no bloatware. Granted it only has 4 GB storage and 245 ppi but it does have a micro SD slot, 8MP camera, the same Mediatek Quadcore processor as the phone in the OP and 1 GB RAM. Acheived 18500 on Antutu which is not bad at all for a £40 phone. Plenty still on offer on Aliexpress around the $65 mark so definitely worth considering if you just want a phone with dual sim capability that will only see very occasional use..

http://m.aliexpress.com/item/32217840602.html

Full specs from GSMarena

http://m.gsmarena.com/lenovo_a820-5462.php

Edit: Just noticed that the Huawei in the OP has an older build quadcore processor ( MT 6582 released in 2013 ) compared to the Lenovo A820 ( MT 6589)....

How does this compare against the 2014 Moto G? :man:

Take it easy mate, you might lough yourself to death.
It's not a crime to not know a Chinese brand that you happen to know.
Actually, not a big deal if you never heard of an UK company either

Any other phones that are below £100 and are better than this one.

What's wrong with Mediatek? :smiley:

Never heard of them before, that's why.

Nothing wrong with mediatek really. They used to be average at best but the mtk6582 is decent enough, even though its one of their last years chips. Its on par with the snapdragon 400.

Their most recent chipsets (mtk6732,mtk6752) are actually ahead of qualcomm alternatives(snapdragon 410,snapdragon 615) with better performance and lower heat. They also have a new one coming out soon to challenge the snapdragon 810 and from all the issues reported with that, mediatek will probably be better.

Here's a video of some htc phone with mtk6752 and snapdragon 615 variants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-XzU785lzU Mediatek destroys it.

Perhaps something you've overlooked there is that many of us Brits are rather *** off with everything slowly changing to usa English rather than British English...... perhaps in part due to the 'indoctrination' and attempted world domination via Hollywood films etc ?
It would be rather nice if goods destined for the UK market were to use British English for a change - I've lived and worked in other countries, and many students would prefer to learn our version of the language if possible, but sadly the slightly creepy worldwide influence of the states makes it more difficult every year.

Looks like a good deal!

Hmm... Just a few posts above yours someone explains how GPS is unusable on Mediatek phones.
There are other issues as well, lack of community support, lack of updates, all mentioned in this thread.
Why ignore them all? I owned a Mediatek phone, never again, thanks.

Not sure how you managed to find a youtube video in vietnamese... :smiley:
Also it's about mtk6752 as you say which is NOT the chip in this phone.

Ordered, worth a punt. Heat added.

What are the chances of this phone getting android os updates e.g. to lollipop?

The GPS problems don't exist anymore on their newer chips, true the mtk6582 doesn't have the best GPS but you can usually get it working fine. Not everyone cares about custom roms, lack of updates is because most mediatek phones have been released by Chinese companies who wouldn't update them regardless of what chip they are.

Qualcomm has its own issues too including the notorious sensors.qcom bug which drains the battery from 100-0% in a matter of hours even without use.

Btw I clearly said this phone has mtk6582 and the one in video is mtk6752

Flubit offering this phone for £64.30, should i buy !!!!!!!

An average phone at a good price, however will not be buying as will not get Lollipop, at orginal price of £100 sat between Moto G & E, however performance lags well behind Moto G, depending on your budget I would go for the Moto G, however if you can afford another £100 he ZTE Blade S6 offers far more bang for your bucks. However at the end of the day its what you want and can afford, but it is good to see that you can now buy phones with higher end specs in a mid range price.

Will this be locked down to any particular network?

I know jack about phones as I've only ever used iPhones in recent years. Can this take any SIM card? Ive grown tired of poor battery life and high bills with Apple. Wondering if this or the Moto G are worth taking a punt on?

What?!? You get a Free SIM with the phone - bargain!

cheque please ...

yep tried that one on both phones, marginal improvement initially but had to keep starting it and even then wasn't good. Work gave me a Windows Nokia, the operating system drove me mad but it did have extremely fast GPS connectivity which made me realise just what I was missing so bought an Xperia Z and am now so much happier (refurb gradeC £110, very good purchase)

ummm will they HONOuR these....
thanks, I'm here all week.....

My Galaxy S3 (non 4G model I think) runs really slow, and struggles to pick up calls, would this phone have the same specs and therefore possibly give me the same problems (Although the S3 isn't updated to KitKat)?

Great my wife wants it

does this have 4g

Are there any other honor phones that are really cheap due to price hack

Solo

this phone is selling for 106 USD on ali express with free case and car charger in for 1 and you acting up like little kids and so naive.

You just know what she is thinking in that GIF....

She was probably thinking something like...

"I wish my other half was as big as this"

why the hack the previous zte blade s6 deal page has marked as spam? I want to follow updates on that post for phone reviews and admin removes it!

think its a price mistake, don't think amazon will honor it

Just a note, this phone runs a cut down version of emui 2.3, probably to better suit the 1gb ram. It's missing the theme store, phone manager and maybe a couple of other things. It has stock android notification bar/settings menu too which may preferred by some people. It's much closer to stock android than other honor phones.

Totally agree about Android updates. For the first couple of months there will be bugs and issue's that can seriously impact on your phone's performance. Most changes are minuscule anyway and the majority of non techies won't know or care what Android version they are running.

Android has been a smooth and slick os since ICS and I just feel the constant unnecessary upgrading every year or so is more of a tactic to encourage people to keep buying new phones in the belief they are missing out on something.

Question for those in the know: Is this actually an upgrade from a Galaxy S2? Although it's aging a bit, it's still a good phone. I liked the Moto G, but the 5MP camera isn't good enough.

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I think you're talking about the old Mediatek. The GPS on the later boards is now fine (helped along by 4G admitedly), and you do get upgrades for them, it all depends on the manufacturer. I've had three or so OTA upgrades on my THL handset in the course of under 9 months. Again support is down to the manufacturer of the phone, not the chipset maker (try getting Intel to support your PC). I've owned about 8 Mediatek phones, and while the early ones were indeed a bit ropey, the later ones have been getting really good in every department (including the use of the Sony camera chipset).

Heads up that the the code don't work;

Amazon promotional codes:20% - stylefix

Chinese 3G phones market value is no more then £60-£65, up to £70 if 2GB RAM. 4G phones you can bay around or under £100.

Anyone wanting longer battery life but do not care too much about screen resolution might want to look into THL 4000.

here another with a silly Name . but we had



one of these for some while and its really Good

here another with a silly Name . but we had



one of these for some while and its really Good

Really? Is that why I'm still stuck with 4.4.2 on my Honor 6?
Still works perfectly fine for me, I doubt I'll even notice the differences, but they're one of the slowest when it comes to updates.

They did release EMUI 3.0 though. It is still an update. 5.0 should be with the Honor 6 in March/April.

Can't find any confirmation about 5.0. They originally said it would come with EMUI 3.0, which it obviously didn't.

Lollipop is the best OS out there. I have it on my Nexus 4 which I bought for a mere 130 bones.

No problem at all on that. Apart from the fact that Google removed silent mode. That was really clever. (They're adding it back in 5.1).

You can watch Marcus Brownee's review of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEDQ1z1-PvU

Also many phones have just one update and by the time the update comes out (sometimes a year) it's old news and you have grey hairs.

Buy a phone with Lollipop out of the box. Even the el cheapo phones like this one will probably start coming out with it within 2-3 months.

If you don't need 4G sign the Nexus 4 for a mesmerising 130 bones. You know you want to.

stop using the word bones.

Rather have a phone with a battery that gives more than 2 hours screen time with 4.4


I was impressed with the changes they made going from 2.3 to 3.0. Even if it was 5.0 you probably wouldn't know unless you checked in the settings.

for me isn't 4G, couple reviews https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Honor+Holly

I'm looking for a phone with a bigger screen, sort of Note size. Any recommendations?

anyone knows if you can cat the screen of this to chromecast? (kit kat 4.4.2 maybe can???)

Just ordered one. Pretty good smartphone for the price. Thanks.

It doesn't worth even half of the price: 512MB RAM +4GB ROM.

Just ordered through flubit for £67.45

Yahoo Aviate is a brilliant launcher!

I tried Nova Launcher and Google Now Launchers on my Huawei Y550 (uses the same Huawei emui as the Honor Holly ) but they keep crashing after an hour or so .

I got confirmation from customer services in the uk

More likely the Rom causing instability than the launchers - I have both thos launchers on a number of phones and launcher crashes are very seldom.

How does this compare to moto e or g please. ( I know the moto again). Plus why has someone put Holly Willoughby on and what is she doing. Puzzled as to what this has to do with a phone thread.

The second sim is 2G only, and that's a dealbreaker for me.

thanks just ordered one ..great low cost budget smartphone:)

guys wheres the blade s6 post gone?

and at this price!

what is Update: Just ordered through flubit for £67.45

Churchill went to USA during WW2 and said to Roosevelt you can now rule the waves.

Because the phone is being sold as a 'dual-sim', but will have very little usability in terms of data usage with the second sim, as 2G data access on most UK networks is pretty dire.

Why? I went ahead with the Blade yesterday. Dispatched last night. All good so far.

Why was this?

no idea guys

Will Lollipop work on this? How good is Lollipop?
I have the offer on Cubit, for £67, but I'm not sure. Only need it as a second phone as I already have an iPhone 6 as my primary.

Like I said fair play.

For others who may not know .... What phone do you recommend that are dual sim with both 3G ?

How was it spam???

I was surprised too when I found that last night

There is very very little market for such a phone.

This type of dual-SIM phone intended to be used for mixing and matching data and voice call packages, you put your cheap data SIM in the 3G/data slot and your voice SIM in the 2G slot. You configure the phone to use data from SIM 1 and then select SIM 2 from the dialer app as the default for all voice calls. You can give each SIM a name and then incoming calls are tagged with that name on screen.

Another use case would be if I was traveling to another country, I would put my home SIM in the 2G slot so that I can still receive calls (see who called anyway) / texts and buy a local SIM at my destination for data / calls.

Cry me a river!

can anyone say what happened with this thread? I want to ask did any1 buy it already and receive it? how is it?

Yes, I bought the S6 from an eBay seller and got it delivered the next day...so UK stock. It's a very good phone. Fast and fluid and good-looking. Build is plastic but better quality than I expected and it really does look like an iPhone 6...well, until you pick it up. Photos are good, especially from the front camera. It has it's own OS update app, which will update the OS over the air and save the installation file to an SD card....you then use Android's normal phone update setting to get it from the card to the phone. Bit longwinded and there've been no updates so far, so I don't know how well it works. All in all a very good phone for the money - in fact for more money - and I'm enjoying using it, especially as it has microSD card slot and preloaded with Lollipop.

I wish the mods would explain when they mark something as spam. There was a big discussion going on in that thread with lots of useful information and then suddenly *poof*... all gone.

I ordered mine from gearbest using code ztes6 to bring it to £148. The order is still marked as "processing" after 3 days and I expect it to be dispatched from China rather than Europe as they claim on their website.

I TOTALLY AGREE... WHY MARKED AS SPAM, no longer accessible?? Shame.

Does anyone have a view on Custom Roms??

Are developers likely to be interested in this phone or the S6 (spammed deal).

Custom Roms are a little bit of a ball ache to install but once mastered a brilliant way of keeping old tech up to date with software advances.

according to this the phone ain't that great, the screen is pretty bad and it's worse than the Motorola moto G in processor, so that added up that Motorola' ate gonna be better built I guess the moto G is a much better option worth the barely 20 quid difference.

Think the Moto G 2014 is more comparable and costs about £130.

The review gave it 4/5 stars also the review is comparing it to the second generation moto g which cost £140+, nearly double the cost of the Honor Holly

exactly what I thought. I think it's due to the fact that few people on that post were arguring and debating against each other on silly stuff and someone just reported it as spam.

But seriously, the admin should give warnings to people that "misbehave" on hukd rather than blocking the whole post. Deleting the whole post was just a passive way to stop people from confronting, and people like us will not be able to receive any updates. It sucks.

I have received my ZTE phone yesterday but I have not opened it. Going to return it back to seller as I fear the battery life sucks as someone previously suggested. It doesn't have gorilla glass and high res which is not I ultimately want.

Says who?

Your very very little market comment is laughable.
For your information, dual sim handsets have been popularity for many years now in Asian markets like India and China. Over the years, I have used many like Nokia 100 Dual Sim, Nokia 530 Dual Sim.

The reason you are not aware may be because the UK networks were never interested in getting dual SIM handsets in the market.

In Nokia 530 Dual Sim - both Sim cards supports 3G, so do in many other dual sim phones available for sale on Amzaon India:

http://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B00Q646IGY (£55 mark)

Dual Sim phones - Amazon India

According to this it was removed as it was a non-uk merchant http://www.hotukdeals.com/feedback/where-did-thread-go-request-thread-1644712?p=24494264

Well that's just stupid. The seller is ZTE who are obviously a business registered in China but all stock was coming from the UK. It's rather odd that ALL deals for the S6 have been deleted for the reason of the business being outside the UK yet deals for foreign websites like dealextreme remain on the website. Can't have one rule for one, one for another.

Oh, they can. This is HUKD don't you know :wink:

well I think its crazy too, as previously stated it was UK stock via ZTE/ amazon.

HUKD you best remove all posts where the product has not been manufactured in the UK. That sounds totally logical..

[/quote]For me the 'right' Rom is more important than the device - of course there are some hardware aspects that are important from person to person, eg, good camera, screen res etc, but a decent Rom makes a phone so much better to use day-to-day.[/quote]

Totally agree, I have slimkat running on a HTC one X (HOX) runs flawlessly unlocking all hardware potentional, very stable and responsive and does all what I require of a phone and so much more. Much better than stock android at least for me..

For flubit I'm getting we don't accept this product

I had my offer cancelled by Flubit today with the following statement :


I would expect that everyone that has ordered the phone with Flubit will have had the same e-mail.

I've yet to receive an email from flubit and they've taken payment

If it was the offer that was cancelled anyone who has actually ordered may be ok, or was it an order that was cancelled?

I just had an order accepted by Flubit...now waiting to see if they cancel it...

Hi,

Thats strange I have just ordered from flubit for £65.45!! Had the offer this morning.

No cancellation email yet!!

I ordered from the offer I had from Flubit this morning at about 10, my cancellation didn't come until 14:30. Interestingly you can't request a cheaper offer now for this item. For those that ordered yesterday good luck. Some you win, some you loose.

I am aware that dual SIM phones exist and are very popular in other countries, I have owned several myself (the last being a JiaYu G3), however I was referring to the demand in the UK market.

I have demonstrated dual-SIM to lots of people who I thought might be interested in the advantages, but while people thought it was 'cool' they were happy with whatever setup they had. Most people are happy to pay a fair bit extra for either data or minutes they don't need, and people who need two mobile numbers prefer to have two separate phones.

I have bought one of these myself, although I doubt I will make use of dual-SIM this time.

Heat given but would have to have 2gb ram for me to consider it.

When someone says "bones" it reminds of the Flintstones!

Holly shoout!

Ordered :smiley:

Any one know of a decent phone case for this to fit into?

tempted, just to use as an mp3 player

what do people think, this or moto g 4g?

don't really need 4g, will be using wi-fi for most things. why the comment on gaming?

the sub £100 segment seems pretty good atm with this, moto g/e and lumia 535/635, pretty hard to make a choice!

The GPU in the honor isn't very good for grahics heavy games, less stressful games like flappy bird, andgry birds and things of that ilk will run fine. However the CPU and nearly every other spec is equivalent or better.

Fair enough, I'm not too big on mobile games, so may pick this up, but thinking i'll wait till after MWC and see what's announced.

Sorry if this is a dumb question - but I assume that you can use this phone with just one SIM card if you want?

Huawei means "honorable man or honorable one" in Mandarin.


I totally just made that up, but it sounds convincing doesn't it?

The price is great, but I do not intend to buy another Huawei, especially if there is no Cyanogenmod for it. For some phones Huawei never provided any updates...

Cold from me. This phone is not even 4G! How are you meant to browse without getting buffer faced?

Sorry, cold...

Huawei are a huge telecoms company they make some 70% of the worlds communication equipment almost all the ADSL / VDSL kit in the phone exchanges in the UK is made by them. They also make high end phones and do R&D in the UK (Cambridge). In the US they are not widely used. They withdrew from the US market. Even the low end phone they make are good. Most of the 3g/4g wifi modem sold in the UK are Huawei (e.g the ones branded Orange, Three, etc) if you read the labels most of these are in fact Huawei. You may have Huawei kit at home and not realise.

According to this review the Dual SIMs are both 3g though I cannot speak to the veracity of these facts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rmkhs5UhxM

Dual SIM is common in large countries where you have one SIM for you home state and one for your work state (e.g China and India) of course you can use one sim only and some of the Huawei units now use a combined micro SD / SIM socket! e.g. http://twit.tv/show/before-you-buy/163 Huawei seem to be innovating e..g their high end phone with the camera that lets you change focus after taking the photo.

I own an ascend g300 and the screen doesn't work and its laggy as hell. Wont buy from these again.

maybe so, but any phone is not good company unless someone else is on the other end of it.

With all due respect - technology has changed a lot since the last few years.. Things move on and we get more advanced. If you live in central London, you would not be using a 3G phone. Period. It just doesn't cut it. 4G is the way forward. Why get a phone which is based on ancient technology...

I guess you're still one of those minorities who uses dial-up...

COLD.

that phone is three years old....what relevance does it have here!?

No actually I have 72Mb down infinity which is more than enough for me, and faster than most of the country.
What about the 50% of people than don't even live anywhere near 4g connections, why would they possibly need a 4G phone?
HSPA+ is more than sufficient for most people. 4G makes browsing snappier, downloads faster but it doesn't directly impact the functionality of my phone.

I have 4 G but have to say the guy above has a point. I work in London and get the tube.... I hardly take advantage of it. when I'm at work I'm always linked to WiFi and the same goes at home as I live outside of London in a non 4g zone.

It's personal preference at the end of the day.

I'm just talking about my circumstances, and every second counts while surfing and downloading. I personally would not be able to cope with 3G connection while in the city. It's miles behind time and way behind the rest of the world (some places like Singapore are on 5g!!). We are supposed to be propelling this country forward, rather than promoting return to the dark ages...

I'll get my coat..

You are a marketer's wet dream :smiley:.

HSPA+ is not ancient technology. It will happily stream Full HD content whilst doing other things simultaneously. Now I'm not sure how you use your phone, but I very much doubt you EVER max out your 3G connection....let alone fully utilise a 4G connection.

But I'm glad there are people out there with your philosophy. You help subsidise the infrastructure that I'll eventually switch to using :smiley:

You bought a 3 year old phone for 100 bones and you wonder why it's laggy?

give the bones a rest!!

I never bought a 3 year old phone it was new when i bought it, I am just saying what my experience is with this make, that's all.

mate the g300 is a three year old device. early android what did you expect? android and huawei have come a long way since then

that's what she said

I can understand the appeal of 4G from a coverage perspective definitely, but for download speed i really cant, not while most of the mainstream networks don't offer unlimited downloads, for example with the largest offerings from o2 i think being 8gb, and ee 20gb, with the top speeds of 4g you would get through your entire monthly allowance in something between 10 and 30 minutes (very roughly) if you were downloading at max speed. I would argue that would be mostly pointless. You could get just as much useful speed out of a 3g network. Unless you are trying to stream high bitrate 4k video to a cheap phone with a 720p display is it really going to make the world of difference to your experience?... BUT as i said on the basis of the improved coverage argument im all in favor of 4g... But then i live in wilds of Devon so currently at home I don't have 3g let alone 4g so it makes little difference to me most of the time, i have to life with the fact that rural areas are many generations behind in both mobile and fixed line broadband for the most part... pretty though.

I do not understand why the people still want to buy 3G while 4G has gradually become a standard ?

Just ordered one for £66.52 happy days :smiley:

My 3G is barely acceptable so yeah bring on 4G...

4G ? I'd be happier if the Mobile companies developed networks that didn't act like it was 1985. For the last 18-24 months, dropped calls, failed texts, etc. The core infrastructure is very poor at the moment

What advantages does this have over say, a train, or a moto g, which I could also afford?



Srs question. Minus train.

The price is competitive,i like it.

or some providers (like virgin) don't even offer 4g

flubit says it does not acceptable this product. I can't see what ive done wrong :disappointed:

Im pasting the Amazon link into flubit and it says it doesn't accept...?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00TQPOTTS/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Budget phones have been pretty stagnant, most barely hitting 960x540. So a 1280x720 screen phone for £75 is pretty good.

They have accepted plenty of orders but some time in the last day or so they've made a decision to stop accepting demands on this particular product... im guessing they cant actually make any money on it when they discount this phone. I got my order in as did plenty of others but im not 100% convinced we'll actually get them. Have to wait and see, the question is do i also order on amazon just in case.

Personally it seems to me it might be a bit of a trading standards issue if they are advertising 'Demand a better offer on any product you're about to buy' and then some products they say sorry we don't accept this.

Can this phone be used in the USA?
What size SIMs can be fitted in the phone?
thanks.

is honor the same or manufactured by Huawei ??

Hey All,
Slightly off topic but is it me or do threads on here disappear?
The ZTE Blade S6 one has vanished and that was really warm
I was just wondering how people go on with the S6

Thanks

for the specs it's a fantastic price. I'm not knocking it down on that. I'm just saying I wouldn't buy if because 1gb ram is not future proof. My nexus 5 usually uses about 1.2-1.5gb ram at any given time.

My bad! I thought it was the first Moto G :innocent:

No piece of tech is "future proof" - that's sales spiel that makes no objective sense.

As you said, it's great value for money and if you're looking for a phone around this price, then you can't do much better.

I would still stick with iphone 6.. The 4G really does help. The only downside is the battery life.

Enjoy

Looks a decent phone for the price. I'll get something similar when my HTC dies. I think the days of being tied in to a marathon 24-month contract or paying £600 for an off-contract phone will soon be over...

There is such thing as "lasts longer" which "future proof" actually means.

im a bit lost with phones but do we know if this will work on vodaphone/talk mobile 2g/3g?

i understand about the not locked bit but i keep reading about mhz this and mhz that and im lost

Sorry if it's already been asked, but will this be better than my Galaxy S3?

Thanks! Don't want to lock into a new contract and my s3 is looking a bit battered

haha seems like everyone become so frustrated with their S3 all the same time. I'm on the same boat as well. Everytime I try to use my phone it freezes more than 5 to 10 seconds from time to time, even worse it reboots itself few times a week and drains battery less than half a day. Gonna buy this as a replacement phone but I really look forward to getting the zenfone 2.

Why don't you wipe your s3? I have s3 too, and do factory reset it at least once every 6 months to keep it clean.

Does that mean that one SIM is 2G only? That would be a deal breaker for me...

According to YouTube videos like this, the 2nd one is 2G only (skip to 2.35)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX3r99n0VtY

and this one skip to 2.40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sopX3HAJFg

I did, actually i tried everything. I even flashed my s3 from android 4.3 back to 4.1.2. Android 4.1.2 works better than 4.3 on S3 but it's still crap. Plus I've got many stuff and apps installed it would be pathetic to do factory reset and back up files all over again for every half a year. Even if I did factory reset, the phone starts to slow down within a week. Everytime I checked the battery status, the android OS sucks up 2x or 3x more juice than the screen! Worse time I had the battery drained to 10% in 5 hours even I didn't really use my phone... Buy a new phone and save all the hassles.

I know someone who has a Holly in the Uk, asking for them to check the dual SIM network standby , it should be 3G/3G dual SIM Active standby , Micro SIM according to my conversation with @honorEU on twitter (im @gavinlew)

Why not say what you actually mean then?

(That's assuming the phrase "last longer" sheds any light on the subject...having a higher technical specification means that a device is less likely to become obsolete in the near future...there, that's better).

Both mean the same to me :-)

I like being more precise in the language I use. It's just a preference.

Sure it's like saying 1080p, you know the person means 1920x1080 :-) Future proof is over used.

Future proof is over used by virtue of the fact it's used at all.

It implies that if you buy a (usually more expensive) product, you will never have to buy another device ever again - so you're actually *saving* money!

Classic upselling.

Future proof doesn't mean you're sorted for life, it means you're ready for a specification that's not entirely mainstream, like buying a GTX 970 that has HDMI 2.0, not really the standard but you're ready for it. Or installing internal speaker cable for a 7.1 setup but only using 5.1 for the mean time without needing to redo it.

This is entirely my opinion.

Your opinion is as valid as mine.

We're arguing semantics which, let's face it, is rather dull.

:stuck_out_tongue:

Indeed. It is easy to say what is not future proof: if your device does not support the next big thing (Android 5.0, 4G, 4k, whatever you think it is).

I don't think you understand what future proof means. It does not mean the piece of technology will be able to keep up with modern changes in technology forever. What it means is, in this context, is that you can use that phone in 2015 and still be able to use it 2-3 years on without feeling restricted in what you can do with it i.e. downloading and playing demanding games or perhaps getting an OS update (OS updates can make phones laggy)

I would just add as a caveat to your viewpoint: one is not entirely sure or guarenteed that the prospective specification will ever become mainstream so care needs to be taken when operating on such a unrealised basis. :smiley:

Mostly hollow points and opinions above which are neither right nor wrong. The bottom line of "future proof" is what you do yourself through own actions that removes or reduce your dependence on others' dictate or bossing you about. E.g. Dictator tells you to buy A and your response could be "no I don't need A, mine still does the job" because you have future proved yourself through your own actions.

ZTE BLADE6 UPDATE: phone works amazing,, gps good, three nano sim switches to 4g whenever is available. Both cameras are good, about 38hrs life with low to mid use. youtube streams well, nice keyboard, good videos, good quality pictures message me if you want any other information on the ZTE blade s6

69 likes, it's a shame I'm going to change it to 70..

Sorry to OP pressed cold by mistake. Title should say Huawei Honor Holly

This is a good Chinese piece of kit for the price, just make sure you change the firmware to remove any spyware to be on the safe side. (see Lenovo)

Does this phone have a bonded display? I hate recessed screens.

Just tried to Flubit like it says in the OP and it's stating they don't accept this product, anyone else having this issue?

The ascend g300 was an incredible phone, I paid £50 new for mine back in 2012 and it served me well and is still going today. Also how can you know it laggy if the screen doesn't work? Get iobit and clean up your phone. Its not the phone at fault its the thing operating it.


Also Flubbit isnt working for me either. Guess they cant beat the price any longer.

Before I've decided to buy honor c I had flubit offer £68.80 on this one.

Need some help folks, this or the Asus fonepad from expansys???

Thanks I've ordered one - fingers crossed it is OK

What's the warranty on this?

89.99 now!

expired

I ordered just in time before the price rise, thanks op x

has anyone found a decent phone case yet?

cheers, I saw that both on ebay as well, but the cheaper ones don't have a sample colour and not dispatched from the UK neither, the second one is a bit too much for me. May have a look on other chinese website to look for more options.

how about this one?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321682165727?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&var=510585986627&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Actually, I've just realised that that cheaper one I bought isn't due to be delivered until 2 April! So was about to go for one of these, but just noticed that it says it's a pre-order item and will not be available until 27 March. Cheers.

PS. if anyone know where you can get a replacement back cover (in blue) I'd be very interested to know. Certainly not been able to find anything like it that's easily available in this country.

could it be the problem that cases are not readily available, is because the phone is quite new, on the Amazon website it says:Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 23 Feb. 2015

Currently unavailable???

Check Aliexpress for phone cases too. I've got some screen protecters and a nice case. :innocent:

Actually I just did some little research oh huawei phones, seems like honor 3c play has the identical shape as honor holly.

http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/comparison/546210458

so I just bought this one and try my luck

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251658293265

Through https://www.flubit.com/ when it was available on amazon and just pasted an amazon link. £68.80 for Holly, not 3C (for 3C I paid £102.75)

Anybody got their phones yet?

thanks

This is now £89.99. The Uhappy UP520 is only £68 and has equal specs.

That has a lower resolution screen

Only 8GB ROM too

Plus the fact that while Huawei may not have the best track record for Android updates I suspect the chances of that phone getting android 5.0 are zero.

it's marked as dispatched! can't wait!

Anyone else's been dispatched? I pre-ordered 23/2 and no money been taken or changes to the order. :disappointed:

I've just had a dispatch confirmation from my flubit order... I'm somewhat surprised (pleasantly). I think I paid £66.70.

Mine delivered to Amazon locker.

Just received mine, surprised as I only selected Super Saver. Phone is brilliant so far, upgrading from a Galaxy S2. Can't believe how much you can get for £75 these days, the screen is really nice and sharper than I thought it would be.

Mine has arrived!

i have the S4 mini so i am going to have a play. Its about the same size as my old S2 but much more streamlined. Very crisp responsive and clear screen.

I ordered on the 24th at 17:34

Hi Thanks for that just got despatched email delivery on Monday.

Now I have to decide between this and the Amazon fire phone!!

Is anybody else stuck on the Honor screen at first boot?

Nope but it did take a while to get to the setup. A few minutes I think

I ordered on the 23rd of February and no dispatch email or update. Still just "preparing for dispatch". :disappointed:

Arrived this morning. All seems very good.

First impressions where that it felt a bit too light (cheap plastic light etc). However since using I don't really notice that and it feels well made.

I popped a 16GB card in that I had spare. Installed loads of apps and all seems good. Much faster at downloading files over the wifi than the old phone. Used it for a couple of hours and all is good.

Only thing I haven't tested is the phone part as the micro sim is coming on Monday!

The one I'm used to is the iPhone. I haven't weighed it but for its size it felt light. Not a negative though - been really happy with it

finally received my phone, a little late as it's been delivered to my office. First thing I noticed is the menu touch button and the back touch button are the opposite of my galaxy S3!

Ive been waiting for a gel case to arrive and the order has been cancelled!

Ive found cases that deliver next week for under £3
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm?itemId=231406568855&varId=530666691587

surprised at the little activity on this thread. Great phone but trying to find a decent case is frustrating.
still waiting for a decent slim flip case - not too convinced the screen on the Holly would withstand a drop!

that's true. I actually dropped my phone acidentally on the floor of the underground train yesterday with the screen facing to the ground. Luckily the floor is not anything like concrete and it dropped off from less than half a metre so it has survived. pheww...

i actually wrote a review on amazon so feel free to read it see if you agree with it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R11MSONLJT7M0G/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R11MSONLJT7M0G

update: finally got my case today, it fits great! For the screen protection I used my remaining S3 ones I bought few years back.

I received the £4.99 gel case today. It fits but not very snuggly. It fees too loose at the top and bottom of the case. I imagines that if the phone was dropped the case could come off. I ordered purple but blue came.

Anyone tried a 64gb sd card in it yet?
I know from the specs it only states up to 32gb, just curious if the 64gb card will work.

Help... Have had this phone for 2+ years now and always worked fine on both sims until recently say last 2/3 months only works with one sim showing signal have tried many different locations incase it was a signal problem but still not worked? Then recently travelled to Europe and bingo the phone worked on both sims in France Belguim Switzerland and Italy it was perfect.... Came back to UK not working again only one sim??? Anybody else this happens too? So annoying im on the 3 network.