strange hey, people buying a phone to use as a phone. whatever next, 2g maybe
escortboy to Dryosh
6 Apr 161#17
I'm on TalkTalk which don't give users 4G.
£5.50 a month for 3GB data, loads of minutes and texts.
When I'm out and about I just use the internet for checking email, Facebook, HUKD and BBC News.
I have 76MB ultrafast Broadband at home which I use for Netflix etc.
3G is more than fast enough, especially when it's on HSDPA or whatever it's called.
NoRegrets
5 Apr 16#5
Checking availability and cost of replacement batteries for Cubot phones is advised.
topss to NoRegrets
6 Apr 16#6
Loads available for around £15 on ebay
bkpatel
6 Apr 16#7
New Roma etc possible in this?
SClub
6 Apr 161#8
Looks like a great deal :o
sexbomblynx
6 Apr 16#9
I have this phone, paid £95 before Christmas, it is brilliant, the best phone I've ever had, I've had a few. only downfall is the camera is not too good in the dark, fab daytime. Don't need a memory card as I've 5 pages of apps and still got room with the 16G, so used the space for an 02 card ( priority) it looks like an iPhone, a fraction bigger. I love this phone.
rasdonny to sexbomblynx
6 Apr 16#26
Since you own it couple of Qs pls :smiley:
(1). does it have NFC ?
(2). does it have hotspot (ie can one create a Hotspot with it) ?
thnx
compadre
6 Apr 16#10
€105!
shalton
6 Apr 16#11
104.99 euros
Gooner77
6 Apr 16#12
I have a Cubot X16 and it's great so far, best thing is a clean version of Android out of the box.
buglawton
6 Apr 16#13
So it was a misprice maybe? This deal needs expiring look like.
Julian30
6 Apr 16#14
I've had one of these for around a year now, very good for the money but the GPS chip is awful, apparently a common complaint.
escortboy to Julian30
6 Apr 162#18
It's the MTK chipset, you're lucky it even works as the Chinese phone I had with one about 4 years ago (first one I've owned out of the four I've bought since) had no working GPS at all!
BTW all phones I've bought from China still work fine unbelievably, I buy a new one each year because they seem to get better and better but still around £100.
I've spent £400, probably less on 4 phones, if I sold them after the year I could probably still get money back from them but keep them as backups for if anyone I know breaks or loses theirs.
I'm completely sold on the China concept and people always mistake my phones for their high end counterparts which cost £500-600.
Even after using the phone people say they are similar to top end smartphones you get in the high street, I think it's hilarious...
LKBdeals to Julian30
6 Apr 16#40
I agree, I had this phone but had to get rid as the sat nav and Google maps kept failing due to poor GPS. I also felt the screen was too bright (even in dimmest setting) which means the battery life isn't that great.
fifthcolumn
6 Apr 16#15
This or the IPhone 6S? Specs seem very similar...
JimBobJr to fifthcolumn
6 Apr 162#16
IPhone wins by a mile but then again it is £500 more
Tequila to fifthcolumn
7 May 161#43
I need to educate you the basics,different OS utilizes hardware differently as an example 1GB Ram on iOS goes a long way and provides great soeed and performance whereas on Android it's so wasted that is barely enough.
it's not bare specs that determibe vakye and performance of a phone.
Come back when you have the knowkedge to talk about these stuff.
neil_pandb
6 Apr 16#19
Not sure if it's of interest to anyone else, but it's just let me buy one now. Only the gold one at this price
clnsndrs
6 Apr 16#20
I have had a Cubot H1 since Xmas and its been great. If you want one for excellent battery life get one as it really does last days on general usage. Plays all games i have thrown at it with ease. I had to replace my LG G4 with this and i really dont see much difference speed wise.
wayners to clnsndrs
6 Apr 16#21
Cubot H1 looks good. Never heard of that phone. Interesting
nhanif4
6 Apr 16#22
Can software be updated
greenandwhite
6 Apr 16#23
Had a Cubot X6 before, from a reseller on Amazon UK, and loved it. It only had 1GB of RAM but it performed well and benchmark scores were more impressive than non-budget well known brandname phones of similar specs. That cost me over 100.00GBP and I was very upset 6 months down the line when Amazon recalled all of them because "some" resellers were supplying the phone with a fire hazardous charger. It didn't matter that my seller gave me one that was ECC compliant and the dodgy sellers appeared months after I bought mine, Amazon UK refunded the full price into my credit card balance against my wishes because apparently that was their policy regarding resellers, whereas if bought straight from Amazon they would just replace the charger. Buy from a reseller and if one part of it is deemed defective and dangerous and you must return the whole pack of items. They didn't even tell me they'd refunded me until they sent their final (actually their one and only) demand for the phone to be returned so it had went unnoticed by me at the time, a couple of months earlier.
Anyway +1 for this at 50 pounds + ~5.00 shipping, which is half the price of my old X6 and with twice the RAM, same storage size. It's a really good deal even though it will just be a backup phone to my OnePlus One and helps rebalance the unfairness of having to part with my dear old X6. Thanks OP : )
"Can software be updated?"
I doubt you'll receive updates OTA but the Cubot X9 also comes with the Lollipop ROM installed so a simple download of that and flash it via custom recovery and you'll have at least Android 5.0 and I'm sure if you hunt around you'll find unofficial builds right up to Marshmallow. If it's anything like my X6 it will be rooted already out of the box, but if not it's an easy process.
JC1997 to greenandwhite
6 Apr 16#34
do you know where to find a Lollipop ROM for cubot x10 ?
iRomek
6 Apr 16#24
wow the gold one must not be selling very well.... the same phone but in the much more beautiful (and predictably in demand) "schwarz" is almost twice the price! :man:
pako
6 Apr 16#25
I've been using this one for about half a year. (Dec 2014 - May 2015). Bought it for about £115 and it was not a bad deal at all (therefore current one is superb I think).
What you can expect? A solid phone that does the job really well. Talk quality is fair enough, speaker quality is OK. The system runs ok, but you can experience some slowdowns here and there (not too often, though). As for the beginning of March there was still no system update (still running Android 4.4). The phone itself is light, lighter than it seems to be (considering its size).
Overall experience was very good. If I were on a budget and didn't mind having the latest Android, I would buy it once again defo. Especially for that price.
cmontgomeryburns
6 Apr 16#27
I might be wrong here, but I don't think it's covering all 3g bands - don't Vodafone & 02 use 900MHz for 3g as well as 2100MHz?
little_green
6 Apr 16#28
Looks nice I'm tempted but have a huawei p8 lite, Sony Xperia s1 and a smart ultra 6
.... :$
NeoRegia
6 Apr 16#29
Nice price but i cant buy it, Amazon says that it cannot be delivery to Glasgow
topss to NeoRegia
6 Apr 16#32
Ordered one last night, maybe they have changed it since.
sotomonkey
6 Apr 16#30
Bit of a dud deal as it can't be delivered to the UK.
pozmu
6 Apr 16#31
Serious problems with battery +
No 900mhz 3G +
Lousy warranty support =
A gamble, if you get one with OK batery then it's worth it, otherwise...
JC1997
6 Apr 16#33
after checking the spec i decide to go for cubot x10 for £39 :stuck_out_tongue:
rogmar
6 Apr 16#35
Why are you deliberately misleading people on here? the Cubot x10 is not £39.
rogercat
6 Apr 16#36
Have to agree I lost my S4 in the USA on hols, then dug out my dual SIM Cubot complete nightmare seemed to get a Nav position once every 10 minutes.
JC1997
6 Apr 16#37
morrig
6 Apr 16#38
Not with all MTK phones,with my DG550 been on plenty of walks and Map my walk has not missed a gps beat.
Admittedly my Samsung player can pick up a few satellites in the sitting room but the phone can not,but out and about ok.
escortboy
6 Apr 16#39
The older ones were much worse, newer one is a darn sight better! There was a setting you could change on the a820 lenovo that made it better but not by much.
podge3
7 Apr 16#41
Gold version is now gone but the Black is €71 delivered.
pako
7 Apr 16#42
1. It has NO NFC, sadly. :disappointed:
2. It has a hotspot option and it's working like a charm.
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Model:Cubot X9
OS: Android 4.4.2
CPU: Octa-Core MTK6592 1.4GHz
RAM:2GB , ROM:16GB
Screen: IPS Capacitive Touchscreen, 1280*720 High-resolution Screen, 294 PPI
Size: 5.0" HD 5 Point Capacitive Multi Touch Display / OGS
Camera: Dual Cameras,front camera 5.0MP+88 degrees wide angle camera（interpolated 8.0MP）,back camera 8.0MP（interpolated 13.0MP
Sim Card: Dual SIM Card Dual Standby (Micro SIM Card + Standard SIM Card)
2G:GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 850/2100MHz
Battery: 2200mAh
Cubot X9 Details:
Extend Card: Support TF card up to 64GB extended
Wireless transmission: 3G,WIFI 802.11b/g/n,Bluetooth 2.0,EDGE,HSDPA,HSUPA
Navigation: Built-in GPS chip(GPS+AGPS)
Support: Gravity Sensor,OTG/USB/Bluetooth4.0/HotKnot,Music/video,WAP/WIFIBrowser,Multilingual
WIFI: 802.11b/802.11g / 802.11n
Earphone Interface: 3.5mm
Weight: 124g
Size: 143.5*72.5*6.9mm
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£5.50 a month for 3GB data, loads of minutes and texts.
When I'm out and about I just use the internet for checking email, Facebook, HUKD and BBC News.
I have 76MB ultrafast Broadband at home which I use for Netflix etc.
3G is more than fast enough, especially when it's on HSDPA or whatever it's called.
(1). does it have NFC ?
(2). does it have hotspot (ie can one create a Hotspot with it) ?
thnx
BTW all phones I've bought from China still work fine unbelievably, I buy a new one each year because they seem to get better and better but still around £100.
I've spent £400, probably less on 4 phones, if I sold them after the year I could probably still get money back from them but keep them as backups for if anyone I know breaks or loses theirs.
I'm completely sold on the China concept and people always mistake my phones for their high end counterparts which cost £500-600.
Even after using the phone people say they are similar to top end smartphones you get in the high street, I think it's hilarious...
it's not bare specs that determibe vakye and performance of a phone.
Come back when you have the knowkedge to talk about these stuff.
Anyway +1 for this at 50 pounds + ~5.00 shipping, which is half the price of my old X6 and with twice the RAM, same storage size. It's a really good deal even though it will just be a backup phone to my OnePlus One and helps rebalance the unfairness of having to part with my dear old X6. Thanks OP : )
"Can software be updated?"
I doubt you'll receive updates OTA but the Cubot X9 also comes with the Lollipop ROM installed so a simple download of that and flash it via custom recovery and you'll have at least Android 5.0 and I'm sure if you hunt around you'll find unofficial builds right up to Marshmallow. If it's anything like my X6 it will be rooted already out of the box, but if not it's an easy process.
What you can expect? A solid phone that does the job really well. Talk quality is fair enough, speaker quality is OK. The system runs ok, but you can experience some slowdowns here and there (not too often, though). As for the beginning of March there was still no system update (still running Android 4.4). The phone itself is light, lighter than it seems to be (considering its size).
Overall experience was very good. If I were on a budget and didn't mind having the latest Android, I would buy it once again defo. Especially for that price.
.... :$
Ordered one last night, maybe they have changed it since.
No 900mhz 3G +
Lousy warranty support =
A gamble, if you get one with OK batery then it's worth it, otherwise...
Admittedly my Samsung player can pick up a few satellites in the sitting room but the phone can not,but out and about ok.
2. It has a hotspot option and it's working like a charm.