Or buy 3 of these and triple screen lol :sunglasses:

If I get a year out of it for £32 I'd be happy, could have one every year for 20 years for the price of a bendy iPhone :stuck_out_tongue:

Seems good for a cheap phone but worth checking which UK 4G bands it supports (O2 and Vodafone only use 800mhz (band 20) along with Three using it for some of their network for all devices in the future).

Why do all these dual sim phones have one sim slot that is GSM only? :neutral_face:

Says 4G: LTE 800/1800/2100/2600MHz if that helps?

Just bought one for myself as well lol.

Thanks OP I don't need one don't want one but just bought one :wink:

Is that screen resolution OK?

Cheers OP. Great price for a spare backup phone :smiley:

Amazon price - £76.99?

FYI: quite a lot of negative feedbacks from Amazon buyers.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B011QYAB2K/ref=acr_dpx_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addOneStar&showViewpoints=0

Although plenty of positive reviews too, still worth reading and be alerted.

BTW, I did try buying a REALLY cheap smartphone last year. Specs and functions seemed amazing and unbelievably cheap. However, the screen brightness and the speed was even more unbelievable, if you know what I mean. Basically, don't just look at the specs. User experience is more reliable, hence the big names have most of the market.

It's qHD, not QHD. Big difference haha

At 35 what do you expect really it's made in China and the build quality and reliability will be issue. Also software updated will be non existent. But again it's 35 pounds.

Paying with paypal it costs £34.04. I have ordered just to test it,never bought any which is not made for UK specification.

I know its a cheap phone. But going for a 2nd hand Moto G 4G (probably about double the price,) is a way better bet. If you can bare 3G, a first gen Moto G is better for similar money.

i would of gone for this but can't find any sar values. even the doogee x5 pro has documented sar values. for 20 quid more i am waiting for the x5 pro. but i must admit this looks nicer.

So. Is o2 sim will be working as 3g or not?

Redmi note 3 3gb is the China phone I'll be buying come February.

960 x 540 pixels (qHD) on a 5" screen is very low resolution, but as you say, for 35 quid it`s still a bargain. :smiley:

Had two Cubot phones die on me in a year so no longer a fan....

Bit skewed putting the negatives first, out of 110 reviews 77 gave it a 5 star and 15 a 4 star, so 92 4/5 star and 18 3 stars or under, sounds a bit better now doesn't it?

The Cubot reviews for this phone on Amazon are excellent (4.5 stars) , can`t be bad. :smirk:

Those were my daughters. I still use my Nokia C2!

I think it will probably last just a year before it breaks. Like most people iam sure that's what you expecting most reviews don't take take that into consideration as they probably reviewing the device new when they got the phone and everything is all well and good a couple months down the line and the review might be different. But 35 pounds come on. As long as people are fully aware of what they are getting and don't have unrealistic expectations you will most like be happy

Ordered one to play with, at that price I can't lose much. I have a Doogee x5 pro coming from Amazon as well. That’s my Christmas presents to me sorted. Heat added and thanks OP

Last time I ordered from Gearbest with EU stock it took 2 days.

Please don't judge Android on this phone though, it won't match up to your iPhone! Android is great but...well, it's a £30 phone!

Anyway cheers OP, I've ordered one.

That's quick. I have the 4S, so I'm guessing it may be an improvement.

Just ordered one myself I'm looking in buying an Android going to move to Android from Apple to expensive if all is ok will be selling my iPhone 6 now that I'm not working

cheers grabbed two as stocking fillers. the wilfox looks expensive at even £100 compared to this imo

This phone is great for the price. No it doesn't compare to my S5 but its not *that* far behind in practical day to day use.

People saying screen size needs to be five billion pixels per inch, really need to ask themselves what they're watching that requires them to be that close.

For us normal folk with non-bionic vision, this is great for films and the iconsvare clear and bright.

The only negative things I would say about the phone are;

- Really annoying Chinese loud jingle when you turn it on.
- Accelerometer is not great, fine for most things but nothing that requires super sensitivity, like VR apps.

Or buy 3 of these and triple screen lol :sunglasses:

May worth the price just to use it as an infrared remote controller...

Gearbest, i have seen a few deals posted on here about them. Where are they based and if abroad do you have to pay an import tax

Thanks

The problem with phone from China is not only the cheaper component used but also how it is manufactured. The soldering and manufacturing process is not as refine so to say as the big players. Also there is little or no quality assurance or quality control so many faulty units pass through and many good phone due to the poor manufacturing will ultimately fail after a certain time. Not that this won't happen to top branded phones it's just the chances and time of failure is longer. Regarding updates not all phone get updates and China phone most of the time not so i cannot say this won't get updates iam pretty sure unless it has a thriving community it most certainly won't

They are indeed, don’t ask me why but wasn’t keen on the Wileyfox.

Really? Looks great. But still...wouldn't it have been better to spend the money on one good phone? Why two?

Only got two hands, and as light as it is, at my age I would need Viagra to be able to see the middle screen :disappointed:

Price is up for me to £49.75; I now won't bother. Good spot though for those interested.
"Cubot X12 MTK6735 64bit Android 5.1 4G LTE Smartphone
EU warehouse ships to 24 country(s)
127.60
49.75"

I currently carry a dual and single sim phone, Work sim personal sim and wife sim which is free Vectone to Vectone calls

Is this a better buy than the Doogee Y100 X posted last week?

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/doogee-smart-phone-32-79-delivered-gearbest-2320259

Not everyone is a 'Brand Victim' and can see past the overpriced rubbish they sell just because they have a good marketing and sales strategy, Apple products are extremely overpriced and are not as reliable as most people think, a quick search on EBay will bring up hundreds of smashed screens and faulty iPhones, people buy them for that logo on the back because everyone else buys into it because it's trendy.

If I stuck an Apple sticker on the back of this and told people it was a pre release iPhone 7 I am sure people would fall for it lol :smirk:

Oh and Apple phones are made in Taiwan for info!

Cheers op, nice cheap Bike GPS/recorder.

49.75 is the price in dollars

The phone chipsets only handle one 3G connection usually, so short of doubling up most components it can't be done.

sold out :-(

COLD purely because if something goes wrong Gearbest systematically ignore you, and wear you down until you go away, so this is part of the product i.e. the service.

Once you open a ticket, they change it to processing and it stays that way until..........forever. Any subsequent tickets raised for that order are then put on an automatic ignore list and set to "processing" as opposed to "open".

Live chat - terminate your chat if your on the ignore list, if you raise a paypal claim they will ask for it to be returned at your cost, at the cheapest method possible, which will cost you and may not be economically feasible.

Ordered quadcopter - came used, everythig missing except the quad and remote, SD card had images on it, was clearly a secondhand or ex demo repacked they offered $6 only when Paypal got involved, thank god PP upheld my claim and didn't even ask me to return it to China, I actually messaged them direct and asked them to manually look at my claim, they were brilliant to be fair.

All I am saying is, beware, worst service ever experienced and I have been buying China stuff for many years. Dealxtreme and Focalprice have always been good when things go wrong.

My silly bad! You are correct. (I had java blocked on that page and didn't realise. I'm a bit of a security freak.)
Thank you very much for responding.

you pay for what you get. that's all I'm saying...happy buying

Now showing sold out

With my family more so.

I have been buying from China for as long as I can remember, hardly ever had problems from numerous orders, some really large pricey orders, including the risky Aliexpress. Gearbest have to be the worst money grabbing crafty barstewards out there - they have setup a very clever and crafty system to shaft you if things go wrong. All their support system have been designed around this, I know I tested it with new tickets and ones without the same order number.

I think they will also be having a Paypal account review soon due to the number of complaints and cases against them.

I would strongly suggest Ebay first, and then Dealxtreme etc, Ebay is always the safest bet as the supplier never wants negative feedback, and in my experience is always the best option if an item is available there, sometimes things are even cheaper there, expect to pay the extra quid or so on Ebay at times BUT worth it.

OOS

Would concur with those comments! My order from them for the doogee f3 pro has been 3 months and still no phone! I've had tracking numbers given but when I try to trace them it shows " not found" so don't know if it's shipped or not. Gearbest's info is that it was in holland 2 days ago so am forever hopeful of getting it soon but not holding my breath. Will reserve my judgement on them for a day or so.

They are so bad that they even raised a ticket themselves to advise me that they thought I had duplicated my order because I ordered 1 and then another 30 mins later, Hmmm, that's really bad service considering they could have ignored it and just sent both without checking!

Well I am impressed with their attention to detail so far, maybe some people have an axe to grind?

Anyone know how to cancel this order? In all the years of buying from around the world, I have never had to prove my ID by sending copy's of Passport, Credit cards.

Your order is now ON HOLD,we need to complete this one-time verification.
This is a standard anti-fraud check for online payment,please check our website for more details here :
We will process your order as soon as we receive the payer's ID confirmation.
Please provide us the following documents:
1) 1 color photo of your identity card or passport or driving license.
The photo must show clearly, the full name, expiry date, signature and address if applicable.
You can hide the date of birth and document number for your privacy.
2) 1 credit card photo of the card used for the payment
For your safety , please just show the cardholder's name,the expiry date and the last 4 numbers.
If you have paid with a virtual credit card please send us sreenshot of your electronic bills, which shows the card number and details.
If you have paid by Paypal，please send the credit card's copy that you have registered in PayPal.
Kindly make sure both attachments' size do not exceed 2 MB.

OOS

Hmmm ... on trustpilot there is a warning that the gearbest domain have had hundreds of fake reviews. Upon further analysis of the reviews nearly all the reviews are either 5 star or 1 star. The 1 star reviews look and feel genuine whereas the 5 star reviews are of a more generic unrealistic nature along the lines of "amazing gadget company". The 1 star reviews state in the main that gearbest have terrible customer service, do not ship the items and do not give refunds.

Good luck to those that have ordered.

Damn, missed it!

Never had any problem with Gearbest or Chinese phones. Had two, one dual sim and current is Triple sim bought when the dog chewed up the dual sim. Don't expect an Iphone for this price and you wont be disappointed.

TIP:
Charge the Paypal amount to your CREDIT CARD, not bank account. When you come to dispute a purchase, you have credit card charge back to fall back on. Paypal knows this and you should have no problem dealing with them.

The first triple sim phone I bought did not work as a phone, disputed with Paypal, I did not even have to return the phone to China, they refunded. Cost of phone £63.. Cost of tracked shipping return to China £58! Seller will try to get you to return ship at your expense, "we will refund" They dont, ask them to pay up front, they won't!. You will never get return shipping cost back from Paypal.

would never use gearbest again sent me a dead phone and wouldnt even accept return kept asking me to send pics videos even though i did and then its im liable for postage my bank said same

I think its expired?

Misprint, now expired, back up to $99+

Sorry to hear about your problem with this lot.

Just to help try and relax people a bit...I bought a phone from Gearbest in the past, arrived in two days completely as described. Obviously some people have had issues, but generally the people that go on review sites are those that have had bad experiences.

Can't guarantee everyone will be happy obviously, but they're definitely not scammers.

Axe to grind. Made me laugh.Maybe some people don't want other people to be hurt.

Gearbest have been an absolute nightmare from start to finish.
They often reply to your tickets but what they say and what they do are very different things.

Been waiting for over 3 weeks for a gb wallet refund back into PayPal. Waiting for months for a partial refund to be honoured.

I was stupid enough to place a second order and still waiting after more than 2 weeks for a despatched phone.

Without evidence or stats, that just sounds like Brand Name propaganda to justify their excessive prices.

Apparently you switch it in software though. So there is no hardware difference between the SIM slots, but only one (either) can receive data at one time.

Waiting to be corrected...

YOU pay for brand logos - that's all I'm saying. :wink:

What on Earth are you talking about? Misprint? Champagne?

Iam sorry I don't have facts or figures on this but this is from my experience I have bought lots of Chinese phones and recommend them to a lot of people for a long time and still continue to buy/recommend them but I do know that reliability is not as good as a phone from the UK. I have been buying since the days that Nokia was a brand and in my experience they tend to break or go wrong quicker. Hopefully this won't happen to you. But everytime I advise people or friends or family to buy then I do tell then that it will go wrong and in my figures I would say around roughly about 85% of the time China phones have developed a fault.

sorry but if they send a phone that isnt working by there own admissions they are supposed to accept it back not leave a ticket open so long they then say i should have contacted them within the 5 day period which i did

What difference does it make if you buy them in the UK? They are not made here!

Talking about more of phone sold here even company such as huawei or zte are Chinese company's who's sell phones here. They provide a service in the UK regarding warranty. There is reason why they are selling the phone so cheap. corners have to be cut and the corners are quality of components and manufacturing processes. the cut in this leads to products developing faults faster. I am not saying it will go wrong it chances are higher than phones sold over here as uk phone have a greater quality control otherwise if they did develop a fault people would send them back and the company wont make money. look on the gearbest site for phones from Huwei and zte and oppo they demand a higher price even if they are made in china why? its because they are selling worldwide and have stores in the uk that sell there phones and if the phone broke easily people wont buy there phones. if this phones breaks who will you complain to will the cubot take your phone and fix it? send it back to china? most of the time you wont be bother or the company's wont respond.

No idea about "misprint", but I think champagne is one of the other colours not in the offer.

It wasn't in direct response to your situation. Obviously their customer service is rubbish, hopefully Paypal will sort it out. For £30 it's worth a risk in my opinion though, I had no issues when I bought a far more expensive phone from them.

EBAY/Paypal protection is getting less reliable. You have the option to mark item as returned.
REMEMBER UK LAW STATES SELLER PAYS RETURN POSTAGE for FAULTY or NOT AS DESCRIBED goods.
Ebay now sends you a shipping paid label for UK purchases. But when you mark as sent it waits for buyer to mark it
as received, many do not. There is no way to escalate the claim. You can speak to Paypal 0800, to get a refund if seller does not reply. Here is where your Credit card charging of Paypal amount comes in. They know you can 'charge back'
When you pay by Paypal, if you have a bank account and Credit card on your account. the charge will always default to the Bank account. Change it to credit card before you complete the payment.

didnt use paypal otherwise no problem used visa who say its my responsibility to return

Seriously? I'd look into that if you can. Shouldn't be any responsibility on your behalf if it arrived broken.

they say standard visa policy they will refund me but only if i return

I've had my shipping confirmed and been given a tracking number. Looking good so far.

Same, had despatch confirmed.

Same here, although only one is despatched but I did place separate orders.

Do you know how to track it? I have a tracking number, but it says it's with UKEXP - which doesn't appear to exist. They mention EMS, UPS and DHL on their shipping methods page, but I can't track my number on any of those companies' UK, NL or China sites.

Edit: update in next post

Done a bit of digging and found this: The link for All-in-One Package tracking is: https://www.17track.net/en/. I found details of my package there. Looks like a useful site.

A bit more tracking info is available at One World's site: http://www.oneworldexpress.com/.

Mine has been delivered, very happy with the phone and delivery rate - even comes with phone case and screen protector installed, and extra separate UK converter plug.

What date did you order it? My first one hasn't arrived yet?

Wow nice, I hope mine does as well! It was delivered today but I was out unfortunately.

Damn I ordered first and mine is still showing at the hub, Grrrrr! :stuck_out_tongue:

mine still hasnt been dispatched

Exactly the same with mine as well. Easily worth this price, no question. Just set the phone up and runs really smoothly.

Cheers once again OP!

You're Welcome :laughing:

Mine arrived today. delivered by yodel. all the tracking information was on http://www.oneworldexpress.com/. As already posted came with a gel case and a Screen protector which I have to install. Seems like a nice phone.

It's ridiculous, I bought this as a gift and bought myself an LG G3.

I'm far more excited about seeing what this can do for £30 than I am about getting my own phone!

Mine arrived yesterday. Cheers T2000Bill! :smile: Hope yours arrives soon.

Had a quick play and it's looking good. I refuse to use that cheap euro->uk adapter that they chucked in though. Asking for trouble IMO.

Still sitting in the hub? Looks like my other one is coming from China as well!!

Whoop one arrived today!

Very impressed, so light and quick too!

They say it takes a 32GB SD card. I've been using a 64GB to sideload apps and play music from. Don't know if it would be any different using it to run apps from. The one I'm using is: Integral UltimaPro 64GB Class 10 Micro SDXC Memory Card with Adapter

Mine hasn't arrive yet..

My 2nd one hasn't yet either.

My phone battery is just about dead after only 6 cycles. Not sure what I should do that.