It's amazing what these cameras can do these days.....

:smile: LOL!

Remember with gearbest if the item fails you will go through weeks of emails back and forth as the will ask you to try all manner of things to try and get it working, sending them pictures and videos to prove its broken and no matter what warehouse you buy it from it has to go back to china. I'm in the process of this with them, two months since the phone broke and still no replacement. Having said that if the item works ok for at least a year its a bargain and the EU warehouse does deliver quickly.

Tempered glass protectors cost 1.41 delivered and IMO are far more effective than having Gorilla Glass as standard. iPhones have Gorilla glass as standard and I just can't believe how many I see with cracked screens! Gorilla Glass is effective at stopping scratches but IME can easily shatter should you drop the phone. The tempered glass is designed to take the 'hit' from a fall and leave the origina; screen intact. And I've seen it happen enough times now to convince me it really does work!

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Doogee-X6-Tempered-Glass-100-Original-9H-Screen-Protector-Film-For-Doogee-X6-Pro-Mobile-Phone/32562306334.html?spm=2114.30010308.3.2.fKaqgG&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_9,searchweb201644_5_505_506_503_504_502_10001_10002_10016_10005_10006_10003_10004,searchweb201560_8,searchweb1451318400_-1,searchweb1451318411_6452&btsid=5a005c3d-8d47-4c6f-9ff8-226fb3fb9587

Just received my "ordered via eBay" X6 Pro yesterday.

First impressions are quite positive. It's nowhere near the build quality of my Samsung Galaxy A3 but it's quite acceptable.

I've got one issue so far that's a fairly major one....I send Skype video messages quite regularly and so far this one isn't playing ball at all. Most of the time the recorded video just disappears (no option to send - after a long delay when pressing stop) and at other times it stutters and does not play back properly.

Anybody else here that sends Skype video messages care to comment on their experience?

Still waiting.

​And what was the outcome?

Just ordered one of e-bay for £36,not expecting to get it,but let's see what happens.This should be fun.

I have finally got my PayPal refund! Woo hoo!

How did you pay?

last entry on tracking - 2016-02-15 12:58 HUB, Return - Processed By Hub
gearbest avoiding helping or giving me refund.

What does your tracking say?

anyone not recieved their order?

The ANNOYING thing about this is, a few times in the past on the GearBest Web Site, when on your Phone you do a Search for: 'DOOGEE X6 Pro 4G' (or even just simply: 'DOOGEE X6', it throws up allllll sorts of dumb non-descriptive error things all over the place!.

It gave me the Doogee X5, and the Doogee X5 Pro!, plus Phone Cases for BOTH the Doogee X5 Pro and Doogee X6 Pro too!, but .....

Not a sodding whisper of any actual Doogee X6 Phones ANYWHERE! (be it Doogee X6, Doogee X6 Pro, or otherwise?). :-(

Mad confusing that?.

Thanx OP .. I'm just glad that your link links directly with the Doogee X6 Pro itself ..... lol. :-)

Got my case raised with PayPal... they reckon they cover non-receipt, so I should be good. The tracking just says nothing since "waiting for courier receipt" on 14th Jan. With Hermes.

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​​​​ok. so you need to know what happens if your item does nott turn up.

I ordered a tablet early Jan. it still has not arrived. they will not act until 25 days have passed.

after 30 days item still not arrived so they offered me HALF of my money back as STORE VOUCHERS?

unbelievable. stay well clear is my advice.

​and bigger screen. :smile:

I ordered a phone from them on 10th Jan. Still not had it. I have been chasing up since 25th Jan. They just fobbed me off copy and pasting the order tracking (which I can see and hasn't been updated since 14th Jan). 1-3 business day delivery ... Ha!

Finally raised a PayPal dispute.
They are offering me a $80 refund from a $150 purchase because I didn't have insurance. Hopefully they'll find it at the courier and I'll get it, as it is worth more than $80 to me. Or maybe PayPal will give me a full refund?!

The customer services are worse than useless... I will not be using Gearbest again.

Hmmm ......dodgee by name dogee by nature

Mine did the same - same outcome. My conclusion - Doogee phones are subject to at least one fatal design flaw and buying from Gearbest gives no effective redress at all. My quoted options were as follows:
1)Return the item back to us
You can return the item back to us in China as per our terms and conditions indicated in the link above.
Once we receive the item , we can exchange or offer a product refund( 99.99USD) back to your GB wallet. As long as the item does not exceed the 45 day money back guarantee limit.

2)Keep the item and accept a partial refund on Wallet (credit)
We can offer a partial refund of your product value which is 30.00USD on your wallet. This amount can be used for your future orders.

3)Resend a replacement (No return)
We can resend you a replacement but we kindly ask you cover partial cost of item and the shipping fee which is 70.00USD. We will then arrange a shipment and send you an invoice if you choose this option.

I would note that any Gearbest credit note would have zero value to me as I would never buy from them again.
Caveat Emptor

Yes I have tried all the usual....but I actually see a tiny bit of smoke come from it..must of been something to do with the flash.
I'll bang a ticket on but guess I'll just have to rant and rave at them with little result.

I've been following Chinese phone threads on here for at least a year and I don't recall them ending badly the way this one has? Or maybe I left the topics before delivery had been made....?

Mines "died" 3 times....no burning smell though. Have you tried connecting a charger?

Re sending it back, I'd have thought postage would make it prohibitive. Would a PayPal claim work? Or bank charge back?

I still havent got my order (of a different phone) from their EU warehouse since 10th Jan. I do wonder how long is acceptable :-/

Yep!, like order the Phone twice?, lol. :-)

Ps.
Will the 8% Discount still apply if 1 lot of the Doogee X6 Pro's is bought alongside say a Cenovo or something?, or ..... thanx.

*WARNING* i just took a pic using this phone and it now dead. pressed the right hand side and on screen and it just went off.
it now smells burnt from the back!!!!
is it even worth trying to send this darn thing back...
ill never ever ever buy a cheap chinese phone again

Yep!, I noticed that too ..... lol.

Dumb isn't it?. :-(

Ofcourse you didn't ..... lool. :-)

No way mine came from China (too quick).

What does your tracking info say?

Sorry for late reply....I did reply, then decide it would be better as a PM, tried to send you a message, but you don't have it enabled....

Not got those apps, the ones I do close in this way don't get completely killed in that I will get further notifications from them.

Hope that helps?

The phone is growing on me, despite a few more niggles:

Default weather widget won't find my town, yahoo weather finds it, but when I went to add the widget, it became a widget sized wallpaper overlaying the apps on each screen, had to uninstall.....Found one which worked in the end.

Twice in one night it refused to turn on until a charging cable was put in, at which point it turned back on (with 50%+ battery)

Oh, and media drug won't install which is a tad annoying. PITA workaround of using an old phone with mediadrug installed and dropboxing or whatsapping the files over

Why do I have a feeling the fones are coming from China and not EU.
Any one else go their phone apart from 2people?

sorry. What I meant wrt closing apps in Recent, is that it sometimes kills them completely which I don't want it to.
So, for example 360 Security dies and no longer scans for viruses and its security AppLock no longer asks you for password. It also disappears from your Notifications.
I was wondering does this happen on yours? Esp apps that have persistent Notifications.
Hope this makes sense?

​Great Recent works in yours.
What I meant

Thanks, recents works with long press. Not come across that before. Apps are removed from recents by swiping. Not sure if anything remains.

Another bad point, it won't charge in my car whilst I'm at work overnight. "Battery too cold, remove charging cable"

Try long press Home Button for Recents.

Does it kill apps completely when you swipe them away in Recents?
It does that for me with 360 Security, ES File Explorer Pro.
Can you double check yours please?

Yes, via myhermes. Delivery attempted Saturday, and again Monday (left with neighbour).

Heartstoping moment when I put it on charge and it didn't power up (need to remove tape from battery :smiley: )

Overall I'm pretty happy with it. But unless you need dual sim, I'd pay the extra £30/40 for the su6 given a straight choice (as per earlier post, I have a faulty su6 currently under dispute with Vodafone. Eventually all being well I will probably sell the doogee, unless I can only get buttons for it)

Some minor(ish) niggles:

VERY laggy of antutu 3D video.

Chinese plug with adaptor.

Back button to right of home button, rather than left as per UK spec.

Other button seems to shortcut to widgets rather than display recent apps so no way to kill running apps??

I ordered a phone (not this one) from the EU warehouse on the 10th Jan. Still not had it.

anyone received their phone yet?

​You are correct, I've only ever posted one deal and it turned out to be posted already so my deal got deleted.
What that has to do with the credibility of my post however, is beyond me.
I would appreciate if you did not personally harass me for expressing my opinion in the future - I understand someone must have taken the jam out of your doughnut when writing this so I will not report your post but I encourage you to be more tactful going forwards as that aggressive tone will only end in your account being blocked for misconduct.
Good day *tips hat*

​good luck getting anything sent back to Vodafone...I had a nightmare trying to get a phone returned to them I had bought online , after about 2 months I ended up just selling the phone on ebay ! still waiting on a courier to pick up the phone after 6 months lol .

Gearbest sucks. Period.

Its also a very cynical exercise to harvest your data/cards etc and then spam you for life.
Monkey tricks in the monkey year.

Why is it always those who do virtually nothing to help the site who constantly moan? When I saw this post I had a little bet with myself that you had posted NO DEALS. And guess what? Yes, NOT ONE DEAL posted in over 2 years on the site. Ordinarily I really wouldn't have a problem with your moaning. But when you are leeching off others' work to have the temerity to moan like you have just makes me shake my head....

Is no one else bothered by the sheer volume of staff-posted Gearbest deals? I've never used them so have no experience but come on, there should be a limit to how much you can freaking self advertise.

A lot of people have very genuine grievances with Gear Best. They are a truly terrible, terrible company.

However in your case you shouldn't expect the same phone but in a different colour for the same price just because the colour you ordered isn't in stock. That's just not how it works with any company, be that in the UK or China. Neither are obligated in any way to give you the same phone in a different colour if the original colour goes out of stock.

In a Vodafone shop, not online

They are doing the same with my X5 Pro order, another 30 day wait or they keep my money in a wallet !

ordered x5 pro deal got offers of refund but kept at them. phones now despatched, though not arrived

Where can you get the SU6 for 100£ they are all at £115

Thx.. :smile:. Ordered

Thx.. :smile:. Ordered

been waiting 8 weeks from china no stock there they recon another 30 days but only paid 39.00 so not complaining. communication very good twice ive been updated and twice offered refunds or the option to wait. respoces to my emails within hours.

I've mostly had an ok time with Gearbest. I've ordered Xiaomi pistons and a few other low price electronics. However, last time this or the x5 was posted I ordered - after a few weeks they message my account to say it's on back order.

I decided to cancel. It took me about a month of hounding them and a paypal dispute to get my money back.

It's irritating to say the least. I am likely to order from GB again, but it is off putting when they act like that.

Worst company ever. if they have your money and suits them is fine, but the first bump and you will not be looked after. I have ordered black Doogee X5 pro for £40, next day they have sent me email to tell me that the phone is not available and they offered me 3 options: 1.Money back to Paypal 2. Money back to their wallet 3. Wait for the phone to become available. I decided to wait. 2 weeks later they have sent me email offering me only the first 2 option. I have seen that the Doogee X5 pro is available in white and I asked them to post that instead - same phone but with white colour. They said they could post that phone but I need to pay additional £20. Meantime i have ordered Screen protector for The Doogee X5 as I did not expect them to make me second offer (offering money back only). So after 2-3 waiting time it seems i have waisted money on screen protector and learned that participial chinese company would do anything to get your money and they do not understand what is fair dealing or good customer service. so good luck to anyone who is purchasing from them. I guess if they have it in stock your order will go smooth, but if there is anything else do not count on good customer services and you will be out of luck.

I got to say, the items from china did turn up for me. I did a test run, and purchased some micro sd card readers. Which where not allot. I thought i was going mad, and i had received the items. But about a week later they turn up. In total it takes about a month, maybe a little longer.
I then purchased from eu warehouse a quad copter.It arrived about a week later after i order.

Well I wouldn't touch Gearbest with someone else's bargepole. After being tempted on the recent X5 Pro deal, they turned round and said the black was out of stock but I could pay the same again for the white version (because it costs twice as much at present), and a refund to my card isn't an option (they're keeping my money whatever happens). In the UK this would probably be fraud.

Anyway, with contract law. You form a contract with gearbest eu warehouse, not the china one. So wouldn't stand up in a court! Or at least that is my understanding of contract law

Anyone know how long something takes from their EU warehouse? I ordered a phone on the 10th Jan and it still hasn't arrived. Their order tracking is a bit hard to decrypt and their responses to my 2 queries about it are to just show me the order tracking.

As far as i can tell this is the exact same phone as the x5 pro just with more rounded corners and a different back on the case.

oos :disappointed:

ordered thanks

Remember with gearbest if the item fails you will go through weeks of emails back and forth as the will ask you to try all manner of things to try and get it working, sending them pictures and videos to prove its broken and no matter what warehouse you buy it from it has to go back to china. I'm in the process of this with them, two months since the phone broke and still no replacement. Having said that if the item works ok for at least a year its a bargain and the EU warehouse does deliver quickly.

This poster should be banned, look at their history. its a rep.

They keep trying to cancel my order and keep the money in a wallet.

Being told upto 30 day wait.

Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 - £99.00 instore @ ASDA
a UK deal you can trust

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I agree with previous comments about the very good value of Chinese phones! My experience with the doogee F3 pro has been fine. Its got a great screen is blisteringly fast gets 4g fine when available is well built too! Use it all the time and occasionally as a phone!! The voice activated "find me" function is useless but its a gimmick anyway. As always the battery is mediocre and camera good in daylight all for around £100.
Gearbest supplied it after a long wait but arrived via Holland and no duty! I would buy a Doogee again and at these prices you can't really go wrong.

the most durable smart phone i owned was the moto g gen1. It was dropped countless times, and thrown about but had barely any signs of ware. My nexus 5 on the other hand died on its first drop.

Theres more to a phone than that, the chipset for one. From experience (I have one as second phone), I know that the SU6 will last all day.

x5 pro for leas than £40, where was that?
Bought my Mum an X5 last week, great phone but the extra gig ram in the pro would make it as good as any flagship in normal day to day use

MY X5 PRO was oredered from the hk warehouse but must have been shipped from the EU w/house as i only oredered it on tuesday and had it delivered saturday via Yodel

How does this stack up against a sony xperia c4?

This is the X6 Pro. Different phone altogether. Plus this is from the EU warehouse whereas the X5 Pro was from the HK warehouse.

You might want to take a look at the video on the gearbest site, when they click storage it says 8Gb not 16Gb, if its like my Timmy M7 they've split the partition in two (I cant install anything on the second partition) Android 4.4 though (and only 8Gb with 1Gb to install apps!!)

Pretty sure you're referring to the X5 Pro. This is the X6 Pro

dont forget quidco etc

for the £37 i paid for the x5 pro pretty impressed with what i got :smiley:

Pretty annoying they cancelled my 3 7.00 order and now this pops up!!!!

Screens not strong , mate cracked his from light use - don't even remember doing it

8% off coupon (valid) pushes price up to $100????!!

Code:GB16SALE

Ordered (without code, obviously!)

The Vodafone SU6 looks very good, but having just come back from an overseas trip I realize how useful dual SIM phones are. The Doogee is dual sim, the Vodafone is not. That's a clincher for me, but for others I'm sure it won't matter.

It's amazing how much phone you can get for your money these days. I doubt I will buy a premium brand again.

The better battery will be eaten quicker by the 1080p screen, so not a better deal at all!

Ooh, this or the Vodafone Smart Ultra? Hot anyway from me.

my phone just died last night so i ordered this, thankyou!

Battery and CPU speed could be better, but for the price you can't ask for more really. Hot from me :wink:

The camera WILL suck, but it`s a brilliant specced phone for the price. Heat, especially as it`s from their EU warehouse (no customs charges)

Yes, it's a sort of 'flash sale' and the codes never work on these. In fact, like you say, they actually 'work' but increase the asking price!

:smile: LOL!

Url suffix ?wid=3 to go straight to EU price http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_262390.html?wid=3