disappointed to read that the camera is supposed to be pretty awful
and battery life & screen apparently aren't great either
still, good spec for the money.
cjhilton49
17 Oct 15#5
I am looking for a 5.5 screen phone with the ability to use 2 sim cards plus an sd card,and removable battery,other than this phone are there any others worth a look,thanks any help appreciated
Uridium to cjhilton49
17 Oct 15#6
Take a look at the elephant P8000
niceguyrichy to cjhilton49
17 Oct 151#13
the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 has a lot of fans
can be had for a smidge over 100, which looks like good value considering all the positive reviews from websites and real world users alike :-)
cjhilton49
17 Oct 15#7
tcb offer 6% cashback using Gearbest Usa,but not certain it will track
cjhilton49
17 Oct 15#8
Agree with that, I had a Teclast tablet delivered in 2 days and no duties added
Super3444
17 Oct 15#9
The elephone P8000 does not have a removable battery although I think the P7000 does
tleecher06
17 Oct 15#10
Is this tablet any good?
cjhilton49
17 Oct 15#11
cjhilton49
17 Oct 15#12
will do thanks
ChampionshipManager
17 Oct 151#14
What's so difficult about supporting all 4G bands?
Bossworld to ChampionshipManager
17 Oct 153#15
Make no bones about it
bachgammon
17 Oct 152#16
I bought a Redmi2 phone from Gearbest recently. It's ok but you should know that it comes with huge amounts of intrusive bloatware. I have read that this phone is the same.
You will need to root the phone and uninstall the spyware apps, which is not straightforward, as it's not at all clear what programs contain what.
waj1969
17 Oct 151#17
Phone is good for the price but the problem is its from China.
If anything goes wrong then you have to ship it back...
Plus gearbest customer service is awful....ive had to raise a dispute through paypal to get my money back
I would warn against buying from them, but thats just my experience
iDealYou
17 Oct 15#18
Asus offer the bootloader unlocking for free but voids the warranty.
Mark300ZX
17 Oct 15#19
Would this be an upgrade over my Galaxy Note 3? TIA
sodz8 to Mark300ZX
18 Oct 151#26
Same boat need an upgrade from Note3 was betting on the Note5 but no sd is a deal breaker.
rickstanley30
17 Oct 15#20
Similar price to the Moto 4G, how does it compare?
brettreading
17 Oct 15#21
Does this work with uk 4g? Thanks
dcx_badass
17 Oct 15#22
I wish this was 5", find 5.5" too big, loads of 5" about but all use crappy Mediatek chips, I want something QUALCOMM based.
Better than nexus 5x. I'm sure aosp based roms will be available soon
malky39
18 Oct 151#31
try the mi4c 808 processor dual sim 5'' screen 3gb ram 32 GB memory sure its about £190 and you can get the international miui rom from xiaomis website, I believe doing that would remove the spyware
hiphophustler
18 Oct 15#32
So this zenfone will have spy ware then will it??
Mark300ZX
18 Oct 15#33
To be honest I am not sure why my Note 3 works fine, I think I am a bit bored with it and I am a gadget nut LOL
splender
18 Oct 15#34
All goods outside of EU are imported into EU after full whack of taxes and customs excise and EU levies paid. Therefore there is no need to charge you again in the EU. after you would have paid full whack in the EU price.
sandozer
18 Oct 15#35
I bought this in China a little cheaper 6 months ago. A great buy replacing a Nexus 4 (with appalling battery life)., it supports 2 sims, so you are carrying two phones. Camera not as bad as folk say, have a look on forums to see. The battery easily lasts two days. It also charges really quickly.
Marecki12
18 Oct 15#36
Was looking at it, but going to stick with my note 3 with zerolemon 10000mah battery.
Just got it rooted now waiting for note 5 rom.... Should do for another couple of years....
Mark300ZX to Marecki12
18 Oct 15#37
I presume you have to root to put the note 5 rom on, any links on how to do this please?
China firmware. Plenty of bloat to float your boat.
Sieben563
6 Nov 15#42
Can I trust Gearbest guys? Because I'm from Belgium and when I want to buy this phone It's from the China Warehouse so my question is will it work here in Belgium? Because I have read some people had problems with google play store not working.
waj1969 to Sieben563
6 Nov 151#43
I wouldnt personnaly order from gearbest coz of the trouble ive had with getting a refund.....it was settled by paypal this week
If you do buy from them make sure you use paypal or something where youre covrred and they will fight your corner for you.....but just me experience talking
dwattsy21
5 Dec 15#44
Hi did your doogee f5 come? How is it, specifically the camera?
Thanks
slice_cbr
5 Dec 15#45
Just in response to an earlier post - the P8000 does have a removable battery
Infiltrator to slice_cbr
5 Dec 15#47
Yes it's removable - with a toolkit, 30 mins of your time and breaking the adhesion of the glue between the battery and the circuit board.
The P7000 battery is changed in seconds without a toolkit - that's what I'd really call removable.
Just in case anyone is interested, I've had my P7000 from the June launch, there's been a recent OTA which has restored the 3450 mah battery life back to 2 days, an earlier update had reduced it to one day for me. I'm still loving the phone, only gripe is the camera's centre pink tinge on some photos. But for the $149 presale price it was still a huge bargain.
bisoner
5 Dec 15#46
I had similar issues. They offered me a 50% refund for a lost phone - when Yodel are involved it always gets dicey. I just raised a charge back via my credit card company. I got a full refund but it took a while. Gearbest fobbed me off for ages - shocking customer service.
I went for a £210 G Flex 2 as an alternative. Not as cheap but way less hassle - a Euro warranty as well.
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Anyways I though this was a good price for this phone considering the previous deals on this phone have been over 150£.
Just Keep in mind that the 4G will only work on three and EE and apparently the battery is just okay.
You can check out some reviews online, http://www.androidauthority.com/asus-zenfone-2-review-600414/
If you want the specs you can easily find it online
https://www.asus.com/Phone/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/specifications/
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Also they have an EU warehouse you can order from for £155.77 with no import charge and much faster delivery
and battery life & screen apparently aren't great either
still, good spec for the money.
can be had for a smidge over 100, which looks like good value considering all the positive reviews from websites and real world users alike :-)
You will need to root the phone and uninstall the spyware apps, which is not straightforward, as it's not at all clear what programs contain what.
If anything goes wrong then you have to ship it back...
Plus gearbest customer service is awful....ive had to raise a dispute through paypal to get my money back
I would warn against buying from them, but thats just my experience
Better than nexus 5x. I'm sure aosp based roms will be available soon
Just got it rooted now waiting for note 5 rom.... Should do for another couple of years....
If you do buy from them make sure you use paypal or something where youre covrred and they will fight your corner for you.....but just me experience talking
Thanks
http://youtu.be/OrCdwdjEYP8
The P7000 battery is changed in seconds without a toolkit - that's what I'd really call removable.
Just in case anyone is interested, I've had my P7000 from the June launch, there's been a recent OTA which has restored the 3450 mah battery life back to 2 days, an earlier update had reduced it to one day for me. I'm still loving the phone, only gripe is the camera's centre pink tinge on some photos. But for the $149 presale price it was still a huge bargain.
I went for a £210 G Flex 2 as an alternative. Not as cheap but way less hassle - a Euro warranty as well.