Here's a code for 7% off "keryetGB" just tried it took price down to £48.94

​got it today from bangg, order it Fri the week before, sent me a nice case and a screen protector with it, BUT the wrong ones(for ule Paris) :disappointed: ...anyway, first thoughts, very happy, got update once I first connected to WiFi, good sign... camera in low light is average, good shots for fb, but nothing worth keeping.. don't know on daylight yet...run nice and smooth with multiple apps ( normal apps didn't try games or other heavy apps), fast 4g on ee, fast WiFi, above average reception on wifi ,brilliantly on 4g..memory management, with 2-3 apps open, 1.4gb available!!! not a lot 2gb phones can achieve that! begs that I can think is that looks a little plasticy(although no gaps or mismatches, etc),rear cover I don't think will last long if u keep swapping sims, has 3 point multitouch (at least on papers, I don't think it ll make any difference to me)...as I said first thoughts, its a no brainer, blows away anything below 50-60 quid..

I ordered two Doogee X5 Pro (white and black) from BangGood on the 14th October and they were out of stock. When they got new stock, they were sent on the 20th October and they arrived today (26th October).

I've only had a quick play and the phones and they seem fine for sub £50 device (10% discount when buying from the BangGood app). I hope to have much more time to use them/set them up tomorrow.

How would this compare to a S3. Been looking for a refresh for a while, would be hard to say no at this price.

Bought plenty from Gearbest. No issues and never had any custom charges as I just use their standard postage.

customs = %20 plus £8 royal fail 'handling fee'

I've ordered from them before with out any problems

Ordered from them end of July, took nearly 2 months to receive, absolute nightmare,ended up emailing them every other day. That particular order was from China,however when I ordered earlier in the year from the European warehouse (Germany) I think shipping took less than 48 hours.

been posted beforfe look at earlier posts long history

This is the standard price so cold from me I'm afraid.

If you're unlucky enough to be hit with customs charge, expect to pay 20% + circa £8 - £10 admin fee.

I posted this deal Tuesday night. Got email from hukd saying it's not one of there recommended sellers and it was taken down within minutes. Come on hukd. Make your mind up.. I bought one anyway last Saturday from German warehouse but not received yet?

The ebay link in the comment above is for the x5 not the x5 pro that the original post is for (different ram 1gb as posed to 2gb)

I've been ordering Chinese phones for years and have NEVER had to pay any import duty, charges etc (although there is a long wait for the item usually 4-6 weeks minimum). Have ordered three from gearbest in the last year alone and haven't had any issues so far.

i think ops question was is it any good

how is this compare to p8ooo?
you can get one for around 100-110

It must be just me but the name of this phone sounds like 'dodgy'.

It's £50, so worth a punt, at least it's got 16gb internal, so many budget phones only have 8 and they quickly fill as there's only so many you can move to sd

Very tempted, would this work on 4g with 3?

As an experiment I sold my Z3 Compact and ran an Elephone P6000 for about 3 months as my main phone. The Elephone has a similar spec to the DooGee X5 Pro

On the plus side, it ran a clean Android, performed flawlessly for the money, and for most uses such as browsing, apps and (casual) games not really any noticeable downgrade from my previous phone.

As negatives, the battery life was poor so I found myself actively limiting my screen time, camera was pretty poor, but the biggest deal was that the Sat Nav was completely unusable, it would say I was in a field when I was driving down the road, thought I was in Portsmouth when I was on the Isle of Wight etc.

I've since given it to my daughter as an upgrade from her Moto G (1st edition) and she's made up with it.

So to summarise, Chinese 'no brand' smartphones offer exceptional value for money, and if the DooGee X5 Pro performs anything like the Elephone P6000 this is a fantastic deal. But, this will not be the seamless smartphone experience that you would get from an 'established brand' and there will be obvious flaws in certain places.

With most of these phones the available reviews online are limited and you should always try to find out where the device has its shortfalls so you are able to decide whether the savings in cost are worth it. For this phone I would be worried about the amount of screen time afforded by the 2400 mAh battery, and the performance of the 5mp (interpolated to 8mp) camera.

I believe any seller can become a recommended seller on hotukd if they offer to pay the requisite 'referral fee' :smirk:

it makes absolutely no sense buying this phone for £89.99 to get access to a UK company who offer a warranty.

the same phone from gear best is £50, if it went wrong (unlikely) you could simply buy another, but gear best are usually quite good at sorting out issues anyway

and of course there is no guarantee that the more expensive UK seller would respect any "warranty" they offer

Anyone Help wanting to find out if the phone has a Removable Battery.

Anybody got one ?

One problem: it's very hard to find cases etc for these phones. Any ideas?

I recently received the X5 (3G) version of this, here's a review I made:

https://www.reddit.com/r/chinaphones/comments/3odwqs/review_doogee_x5/

OK, I've decided to take the plunge and order it, if it does take ages and I get something else I'm sure I could sell it on ebay easily enough.

Cheers for the replies folks.

How come they are accepting Gearbest now???? I tried to post something from the UK warehouse a couple of months ago and was informed not to be a naughty boy. I gave up after several exchanges of email as it was getting nowhere.

Someone posts a "deal" on the Asus from Banggood when it is £30 cheaper from Gearbest's UK warehouse....... and people wonder why we give up posting.

1 review I read suggests a battery life of 7 hours on standby - yikes!

I have ordered my one at the end of September and it has not been sent yet

I've ordered 2 phones from gearbest a doogee x5 been waiting 2 months and still not been dispatched emailed them 6 times about it been told to wait longer. Also ordered a doogee x5 pro been waiting 6 weeks and still not been dispatched waste of time.

Isn't it only 1GB RAM, not 2GB as stated ? - Ignore - the Pro is 2GB. If ordering on eBay, the PRO versions are much more expensive than Gearbest, so hot from me. BUT, if it goes faulty on arrival (like one that I ordered from them) you CANNOT return it - No courier will return due to the battery.

This is the x5 pro which is 2gb, the normal x5 is only 1gb

looked at this a a replacement for a lost phone until my contract runs out. for £50 seem good 2gb of ram 16gb of memory and all UK 4g bands. I recon its worth a punt

just a word of warning dont buy from these guys "Easiamall" i ordered a few weeks ago took the money from paypal on website said unprocessed unpaid undespatched and only way of contacting i found to my peril was facebook or skype eventually have had to get paypal involved for refund .Website looks legit though ??

had doogee phone myself, would not buy it again... good price for spec...

Here's a code for 7% off "keryetGB" just tried it took price down to £48.94

If u buy from GB EU then surly there is no customs to pay?

Does the GPS work on this ?

get what u pay for.. personally stick to what you know

Customs charge IS 20 % of the the declared value on the package ( which is the UK VAT rate ) plus £8 Royal Mail admin fee.
If customs think the declared value is wrong on the package then they can charge 20% of what they determine the correct value to be. Its very rare that they open the package to check though.

Most Chinese sellers put a lower value on the customs declaration note on the package ( if its under £15 then UK customs don't charge even if they spot it ) . This is why most parcels get through without charges.

GPS problems were on the old MTK chipsets from 2 years ago. Current chipsets - like the one used in this phone should have no GPS issues.

If you're unlucky with customs, you'll be charged an extra 20% (VAT) of the price paid, plus £8 Royal Mail handling fee. It's a gamble.

One of the chinese suppliers offers an insurance against customs charges something like 5% of price.
Unfortunately I cant remember which one thought it was Bangood but can't see the waiver there so am still searching
(Not sure if it would work in practice - but worth a shot if I can find it)

Same. Bought an lg k3 note, long time to deliver and the phones got so Trojan adware stuff I've yet to remove. Annoying

Not the same phone.

Respect. Will amend earlier post.

Easily done - they look identical.

I ordered this phone on the 5th October. Still not dispatched. Could be a long time in coming

hmm, trogggy sounds similar to doogee, are you related to one another in any way? :-)

Got email. Shipped this morning

Same Dispatch email ....Phone In Transit !!!!

It was uncalled for. My sense of humour needs cleaning up. I am sorry.

Ordered this Oct 18, so far the order status is still 'Processing'.

I ordered two Doogee X5 Pro (white and black) from BangGood on the 14th October and they were out of stock. When they got new stock, they were sent on the 20th October and they arrived today (26th October).

I've only had a quick play and the phones and they seem fine for sub £50 device (10% discount when buying from the BangGood app). I hope to have much more time to use them/set them up tomorrow.

Anyone else had it delivered yet ??

Received my shipping mail today

gearbest wow ive just had my doogee x5 pro dispatched after 9 weeks and about 20 emails not again

I hope those who are waiting for deliveries get their phones soon.

A little update on the Doogee X5 Pro - I was wary, after reading comments about some smartphones with modified Android installations being full of Chinese apps that couldn't be deleted. Fortunately, the phones come pretty clean of unwanted applications and I don't think I could find any apps that I thought was worthy of immediate deletion.

The new owners are very happy with their sub-£50 smartphones and they're a big step up from what they had before. They really like the screen which I can only describe as being at least twice the size and clarity of their old Samsung phones. They're both on Three mobile network and the X5 Pro works great on 3G and 4G.

I've ordered two cases from BangGood and they should be with me in the next seven days as that order was only placed a couple of days ago.

​17th October mine dispatched. Not arrived yet

For all of you who have or are waiting to get the DooGee X5 Pro - download the 20Mb update straight away and install it as not all Play Store apps will install without the new software. All was well with the first phone I set up as I installed the update and then accessed the Play Store, but on the second phone I downloaded it and was going to install it after going through the rest of the settings.

Hi, any more thoughts from those who have been using their x5 pros. Putting off purchase until I know more. Any thoughts on GPS usage in UK, accessibility for custom rom eg CM development etc, any StageFright and security vulnerability fixes, battery life with high usage?

Doogee Support replied regarding policy for future upgrades eg Marshmallow Android 6 but their reply included below I don't really understand either.

[reply from doogee-support:We do not have any official information regarding updates at present,but there is a trends to produce a new one with Android 6 Marshmallow,

And our firmware technician will update a patch to prevent the virus threat unscheduled.]

Should not be long now hopefully another few days just tracking my shipping
02-11-2015 08:10 The item has been processed in the country of destination UNITED KINGDOM
30-10-2015 23:04 The item has arrived in the country of destination
30-10-2015 05:32 The item is on transport to the country of destination
30-10-2015 02:57 The item is at the PostNL sorting center
26-10-2015 08:43 The item is pre-advised

mine is still stuck on pre-advised whatever that means :disappointed:

begs=negs

battery from fully charged to 15% in 4-5 hours of relatively heavy usage (downloading and installing apps from wifi, streaming and playing music on the phones speaker the same time, GPS on) it feels that will not last the day with more than 2-3 hours screen time...GPS locks accurate location very quickly (under 10 sec) although haven't check accuracy when moving..

I dunno if this might be of use but an app called "Phone Tester (hardware info)" by Miguel Torres to test various bits.

My phone arrived today. Worked out there is clear tape over battery terminals so was worried for a while. Got it going and the over WiFi update installed OK. It's got a plastic back like a food container. Lol. Seems OK though for the money.

Ordered 12th October, still on pre - advise I won't be Ordering from GearBest again.

Mines Arrived today as well all good and looks the part.

Can anyone else confirm the 300 minute battery life?