an extra £7 to have it shipped from the EU warehouse & avoid the risk of being stung for import duties & processing fees. Plus you'll get it faster.

How do you pronounce that? Dodgy? :wink:

I've had this phone for a few months, I think the 16 Gb memory makes a big difference. I've spent ages messing about deleting apps on other phones, but yes the camera is poor. However it is quite fast and sturdy if a little heavy. I hope that helps.

I took this photo with the phone and it's not too bad in bright sunlight, in dull conditions useless

I paid around £50 for this phone, and although it was nice to begin with, I've since moved back to an older phone, with less RAM, and find it to be better.
The Pros: It's a lot of bang for your buck (technologically speaking).
The Cons: Screen is not that responsive, battery life is poor, camera is rubbish, and after having the phone for around six months, it's starting to slow down, crash, just generally deteriorate. I wouldn't get another one.

I just got a second hand Archos Helium 50D for £40, and it feels like an instant improvement, despite being less tech heavy in almost every way.

More specs:

Brand: DOOGEE
Type: 4G Smartphone
OS: Android 5.1
Service Provide: Unlocked
Languages: Afrikaans, Indonesian, Malay, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Filipino, French, Croatian, Zulu, Italian, Swahili, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Rumantsch, Slovak, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Greek, Turkish, Russian, Hebrew, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
SIM Card Slot: Dual SIM,Dual Standby
SIM Card Type: Dual Micro SIM Card


Hardware

CPU: MTK6735 64bit
Cores: Quad Core
GPU: Mali-T720
RAM: 2GB RAM
ROM: 16GB
External Memory: TF card up to 32GB (not included)

Network

Wireless Connectivity: GSM,3G,GPS,Bluetooth 4.0,A-GPS,WiFi
WIFI: 802.11b/g/n wireless internet
Network type: GSM+WCDMA
3G: WCDMA 900/2100MHz
2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
4G: FDD-LTE 800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz


Display

Screen type: IPS
Screen size: 5.0 inch
Screen resolution: 1280 x 720 (HD 720)

Camera

Camera type: Dual cameras (one front one back)
Back-camera: 5.0MP (SW8.0MP)
Front camera: 2.0MP (SW5.0MP)
Video recording: Yes
Flashlight: Yes
Camera Functions: HDR,Face Beauty,Anti Shake


Media Formats

Picture format: JPEG,GIF,BMP,PNG
Music format: AAC,MP3,OGG,WAV
Video format: 3GP,AVI,MP4,WMV
MS Office format: Word,Excel,PPT
E-book format: TXT,PDF
Live wallpaper support: Yes
Games: Android APK

Other Features

I/O Interface: TF/Micro SD Card Slot,Micro USB Slot,3.5mm Audio Out Port
Sensor: Gravity Sensor,Ambient Light Sensor,Proximity Sensor
Additional Features: MP4,MP3,3G,Wi-Fi,FM,Video Call,Bluetooth,GPS,Browser,E-book,People,Gravity Sensing


Battery

Battery Capacity (mAh): 2400mAh

Package Contents

Cell Phone: 1
Power Adapter: 1
USB Cable: 1
English Manual : 1


Dimensions

Product size: 14.3 x 7.22 x 0.88 cm / 5.62 x 2.84 x 0.35 inches
Package size: 18 x 12 x 6 cm / 7.07 x 4.72 x 2.36 inches
Product weight: 0.130 kg
Package weight: 0.500 kg

an extra £7 to have it shipped from the EU warehouse & avoid the risk of being stung for import duties & processing fees. Plus you'll get it faster.

ive just got this phone of Amazon and for £50 its superb, camera isn't too great, but I rarely use that. USB file transfer to PC is a pain for some files.
Apart from that its weighty, feels well made and very fast with all the apps I use.

I brought this when it was on for 37 quid about 6 months ago and it is a great phone for the price but the camera is very poor (Sorry but its true) just about to upgrade to a smart ultra 6 now but if you want a fast phone for half the cost and dont care about camera then buy this hands down

How do you pronounce that? Dodgy? :wink:

Sold mine and changed to a Doogee Valencia 2 Y100 Pro (!). I found the touchscreen a bit naff on the X5 pro to be honest and struggled with speed typing, the Valencia is a clear upgrade in that respect (also looks much nicer). Still great specs for the money though, and having dual sims is brilliant.

One thing to note (with both the Doogees I've owned), for whatever reason I can't tell Amazon Music to use the SD card as storage, it's greyed out.

Edit - camera is terrible on the X5 pro - the images are interpolated to make a bigger file which doesn't look great, but far worse is the slow autofocus. Don't buy if you need a decent camera :smiley:

OK interesting, I've just read on xda-developers that the SD card on my Valencia is mounted as sdcard0, which means that Amazon MP3 is using the SD card as default (thinking it is actually using the device storage, if I've got it right). X5 Pro is probably the same...I think.

Great dual SIM phone for the money as other people have said if you use the camera a lot don't buy this phone as photos don't look very good but for everything else it's very good.

Is the doogee f5 any good, it's only a hundred pound in the eu warehouse?

I got this phone for 2 work colleagues (they are averse to ordering off the internet in general let alone from China lol and no I didn't charge them any extra!) and they are both made up with it. OK, it's not a Samsung S7 or LG G5, of course, but for less than 50 quid?? Crazy bargain. Perfect as a first mobile for a young child as well. It's not like it will be a big worry to you...

The touch screen on the one I bought was appalling, almost unusable but the comments suggest I got a dud, I dunno.

I've had this phone for a few months, I think the 16 Gb memory makes a big difference. I've spent ages messing about deleting apps on other phones, but yes the camera is poor. However it is quite fast and sturdy if a little heavy. I hope that helps.

I took this photo with the phone and it's not too bad in bright sunlight, in dull conditions useless

You'd probably never notice once it's been messed about with by google photos app.

Bought one of these off Amazon in February and can easily say it's the best phone I've used in this price range. Camera isn't great but I purchased mainly to use with my old number/sim and it works a treat.

Bought the standard X5 for my Nephew for £43 a while back, was amazed how good it was for the price.
The pro is a steal at this price.

still got my x5, had it nearly a year now, paid £48 for it from amazon, best phone i have had, never let me down, again previous comments on poor camera , yet in poor light but when bright and outdoors camera if good

Can get an Oukitel u8 for £60 if a little patient:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-5-OUKITEL-U8-4G-LTE-Android-5-1-MTK6735P-Quad-Core-2GB-16GB-Smartphone-WIFI-/162039316194

Probably better camera, slightly bigger battery, fingerprint (which does eat battery it seems)

Prices of these budget 4G phones seem to have dropped substantially since xmas :smiley:

I've 2, that are now sat in a kitchen drawer alongside aging nokias. Initially both me and my daughter loved it. But as time went on the flaws of the phone began to shine through. Chromecast is hitty missy with some apps supporting it and others not even giving you the cast button. Signal is poor, I had to swap to my older Moto G (which this replaced) in some areas of Newcastle to get a signal. Camera is abysmal. Phone often locks up/freezes despite the 2gb ram.
You can'r use sky go or certain apps that won't play on a rooted phone (such as some banking apps).

Pay the extra and buy a branded phone from a reputable UK supplier.

I paid around £50 for this phone, and although it was nice to begin with, I've since moved back to an older phone, with less RAM, and find it to be better.
The Pros: It's a lot of bang for your buck (technologically speaking).
The Cons: Screen is not that responsive, battery life is poor, camera is rubbish, and after having the phone for around six months, it's starting to slow down, crash, just generally deteriorate. I wouldn't get another one.

I just got a second hand Archos Helium 50D for £40, and it feels like an instant improvement, despite being less tech heavy in almost every way.

Any good camera phones off the Chinese makes? Was looking at the elephone p9000 and Asus Zenfone 2. Any help appreciated.

I forgot to mention the shockingly bad battery (that to be fair is interchangeable) in the post above.

Thanks think I'll have that

You could sell them :smiley:

When the screen auto locks I lose all connectivity & cant receive calls.

2gb RAM makes this phone a steal for under £50. Hot.

Iv got no complaints with batt life. With auto on/off you get several days.

Battery life can't be compared from user to user as everyone's mobile useage is very different. Having said that, a power user certainly shouldn't be looking at a phone costing 50 quid, that's for sure.

Great price for those specs. If I want good quality photos I have a camera - that's what they're for!
Don't forget TCB too!

Good point, I also think quidco works for a few percent.

it works for me at sub £40 first time around. had a couple of updates since then, seems ok apart from a load of grief when i tried to set ringtones to individual contacts (i was bored), it didn't seem to want to play. Also lack of reasonable cases available, but i guess thats the same with many chinese phones. 16gb memory is the deal maker here.

I found the battery fine. Would last a day and a half with light/medium web browsing, reasonable amount of texts / what's app etc. Perhaps the variety of the experience could be linked to varying quality batteries? They're only a few quid to replace so perhaps the QC isn't there.

If you're going Xiaomi check the 4g bands match your telco. If 4G is a priority that is.

Just my opinion....i had this phone for about a week and i had issues with the touch screen where i needed to poke approx 1cm below where i needed to in order for it to hit the right spot. A frustrating experience. On a slightly different note when dealing with companies such as Gearbest and Banggood if there is an issue with the phone don't hold out any hopes of a refund as they ALWAYS deny receiving the items back.

something definitely is doogee here :wink:

Ba dum tsh.

Did you get it sorted?
We build touchscreens at work sometimes and they usually need calibrating, so it may well be fixable.[/quote]
I had to send mine back to China (it was Banggood i bought from but i believe its common among Chinese sites). I had no idea how to calibrate the screen plus it had other minor niggles so for me it wasn't worth the hassle.

Have this phone works well. I had a satnav app which sat on the phone but never used, then all of a sudden it started to activate at night draining the battery had to uninstall it. Also anyone know how to uninstall Xender it keeps popping up with ads, again only started doing this in the last week or so :disappointed:

If all else fails connecting via USB then try the airdroid app. I always use this for my android devices as they're always a pain connecting via USB ​

Hey thanks for the suggestion, will give that a try.

expired now? Prices coming up for me are £57.70 and £68.45?

Unless these are the shipped from EU prices? Sod it, I'll go for £57 shipped from EU and save myself the wait and possible customs charges.

I've signed up to their newsletter and received an email "Simply enter the coupon code at the checkout. Each coupon can be used for orders exceeding $50."... but theyve not actually given me any bluddy coupon code! Does anyone know if a code will work in the promo code box?

I have this and got another 2 for relatives. bang for Buck it's great, no probs with screen once factory plastic screen cover removed. for under 40 Fab, getting another for another relative. camera not great but have a camera for that. 2 FBI makes it pretty quick. no probably transferring files, and dual sim and sd bonus.

I find the easiest way is to install airdroid on to the phone from the play store, then when using PC just go to web.airdroid.com and transfer files from there. I dont bother installing airdroid on to my pc.

2 sim and sd. auto correct usual pain

Still got this from the £38 deal but hardly used it, was for a backup but I like my Z1 compact camera too much. Got a SIM cutter arriving tomorrow so my OH can use it as her work phone has had it (quicker than ordering a new SIM) so hopefully see what its like then.

i love Doogee style :smile:

When connected via USB click on USB connection options, choose the second one, media files or something like that, sorry not near PC.
Move any files you want to copy to the base of the sd card or internal memory then just copy and paste, it doesn't seem to search in sub folders is show box.
Hpe that helps

Had this phone for a while now and it's great. I would happily pay £100 - 150+ in hindsight. It takes a while to charge but once it's done you get extended use out of it with normal use - texts, video etc. Because it has a removable battery I'm just going to purchase another one and swap between 2 to prevent one from dying.

The screen isn't the best but it still easily detects the precise presses required for pausing music in the navigation bar etc. Someone above mentioned that it was slow to fast type on. There is a lag on every android device between the pressing of a key and the vibration feedback the phone provides to let you know a key has been pressed, slowing you down. Turn this off and it's fine.

I would be interested if anyone has expanded the storage beyond 32gb.

Looks a bit doogee so cold from me. No warranty or anything. Buy a Smart Ultra 6 and stop being tight ****

Great, thanks.

great budget phone. perfect as spare phone. impressed with battery and screen quality. camera is naff. touch screen is frustrating. txting is slow and annoying. back in drawer now after getting my original phone fixed.

Bought this about 6 months ago and the battery life was terrible, lasting about 8 hours with no use. Re-installed the OS and let it run down a few times and now it lasts 3 days with light use.
Good phone.

Use a doogee for work
Great phones for what I need
But gearbest . no thanks

The good thing about Hotukdeals is you can complain about Gearbest without being banned from using the Gearbest website although I wonder how long that will last given the affiliate income.

I brought it from Gearbest and chanced china delivery and all was ok. Ive ordered lots from them and as long as you are patient the items turn up. I did order the same phone prior to getting it from gearbest from banggood and it was DOA and it was a nightmare to get refund but as long as you use paypal then you are covered most of the time

Hope that helps

S
Ohdearohdear! Don't think the English language point was taken on board!

My friend has ordered 2 phones from this website and both never got delivered

Might get one of these just to use as a sat nav in the car. Cheaper than a stand alone unit.

Maybe if this was an English class they'd of given a crap?

Do Lumia use the old Nokia maps?

Good to see a decent camera appearing, its the one reason I won't ditch my sony Z1C yet.

My grand daughter loves the one I bought for her. I loved the £37 price. What's not to like at this price. £600 for an iPhone for a kid is just crazy in my opinion. Having said that both my wif and my older gaughter have iPhone 6s which each cost more than 12 times as much. Crazy.

Anyone who is a bit weary of the Doogee brand, don't be, I have the Y100 Pro I got a 4 months ago, it's never had a single issue, never crashed, the operating system is not cluttered with crap, and I use two Sim cards in it.

Only slight down side if you can call it that is no major software updates from android 5.1 (they do stability and security patches though), it does come with some of the same features as 6.0 they have put their own permissions manager and power management in the OS which is not dissimilar from official 6.0, just no core features such as using MicroSD as combined storage, although I think you can mod the ROM to do that but I haven't.

My next phone upgrade would be for a bigger battery. But for this price if that bothers you buy two phones LOL,

If anyones interested in my opinion, if you are a heavy phone user like myself, the likes of doogee and elephone are probably going to be a disappointment with regards to their build quality. My elephone p7000 bent, quite catastrophically, and the frame was easily chipped, the doogee f5 whilst solid, had poor workmanship in that the volume rocker keys rattled, snd my screen developed white spots underneath. Additionally, and I know this probably doesn't affect majority of people, the software will get limited support, so you'll be stuck with the version you get shipped out with. If your a light user you will probably be fine just don't expect it to last ages, if you have a bit extra cash invest in a xiaomi (very good software support and online forums), meizu, lenovo , asus.

Got this for my dad when it was on silly offer price under £40 I believe.

He's very happy with it and when I've had a play it's quite fast and does all basic tasks fine.

For my use this is ideal. I break phones due to my work and outdoor life. Building and trekking do not mix with expensive tech. I can buy two of these and not worry about damage.

Do Doogee phones come rooted.

Would this be good for my lil sis? She is currently running an S2 and she is happy with that lol

I had to smile at the thought of plugging your daughters into the mains :-)

Great price.

This phone sounds like a real piece of ****.

​New battery is £5 from bangood much cheaper than Samsung etc.

NatWest online banking app works fine on this phone BTW.

Dear deeinlondon,
This is Gearbest Store Rep Alice
Apologize for that. Haven't received that yet ? Could you please PM me your order number for checking ?
Best regards

Go to settings, apps, Xender, then hit disable

Got my shipping confirmation today (from EU warehouse) expected within 3 days.

Can anybody recommend a screen protector? Are the £3 ones on ebay any good or is there a better quality protector I should be looking out for?

Mine came with a screen protector already fitted and is fine, might be worth waiting to see if you need one or not

thanks, I'll wait and see then.

Has anyone had any luck getting a Windows 7 pc see this phone when connected? Wont work for me.

I ordered a black one from EU and it arrived today. Had sticker on it saying White so I thought they'd got my order wrong. Any way I read some forum where someone else got a white sticker on it and opened up and it was black. So I opened mine and thankfully its black.

Moral of the story; ignore the sticker on the box when yours arrives and just open it to find out.

Why are you asking him to apologise for that? It's not his fault the company you work for makes you use an anglicised pseudonym.

screen protector on it but has "Doogee" written accross it and kind of makes the screen look fuzzy :disappointed:

I think its their bad English
That's how I read it anyway
Gearbest apologised
I still won't use them or any other Chinese company
All they seem to do is apologise a lot

Yep, mine had that, just there for transporting. But when I pulled that one off there is a nicely fitted second protector that you can only see around the edge of the screen as it has no bubbles in it, I nearly didn't spot it at first myself. Maybe they don't fit these now though?

LOL do you live in a world where people talk to each like that? Amazing. Obvs a type/translation error.

Can you get different ringtones per sim?

*each other. :wink: It was just a joke. These Gearbest drongoes can't understand what a good ribbing is anyway.

wow. you're awesome. can i book you for children's parties?

for everyone buying these phones & chinese phones in general how can you be shure they dont have malicious spyware etc?

LOL I just call and text. Good luck with that 'Spyware'

True but apparently they record ur calls and can activate the microphone at anytime soon even of ur not on a call they can listen into what ur saying in daily life :$ :/$

Spyware above and beyond google services?

Thats any Android phone. ANY. Check the BBC report.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B015QVI0U4/ref=mp_s_a_1_19?qid=1461835409&sr=1-19&pi=SY200_QL40&dpPl=1&dpID=41NFK5q8XgL&ref=plSrch


£64 on Amazon with prime for those who like to purchase from the UK etc

does anybody know if theres a notification light? E.g when the phone is locked I want the flashing LED to notify me that a message has been received? the phone seems to have a circular LED on the front but it doesnt flash

This is still £57 from EU or HK warehouse.

Doesn't have one

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?

Does anyone know how to root the X5 Pro? All results on google and root apps suggested do not work.

It either fails to load app or rooting fails. I;ve tried KingRoot, kingo root, framaroot, NewKingRoot.

I have usb debugging on, usb storage turned on etc.

A month later and opinion has dropped.
Battery life is fairly crap.
Charging takes way too long.
GPS is terrible.
Skype videos still don't work.
Camera is really crap but it will provide a record of course.
Getting screen glitches where it does not detect correct input, can normally be resolved with a reboot.
Have contacted vendor who recommends updating the ROM. I've no problems connecting the phone to the PC but the flashing program simply will not flash the later ROM...
The phone is generally quite responsive and reasonably well built.
This experience has been like the cheaper no name Chinese tablets. They look good and have decent specifications but they are not polished products.
I'd say an X6Pro might be worth considering for £40 but I'd recommend buying a more established Chinese brand such as ZTE or Xiaomi.

Similar experience to me. Mine now gathers dust in a drawer. Hate it.

​Bit of a bummer really. I recently used a similarly priced American market ZTE Warp Elite, there is no comparison in quality and performance.

Forgot to mention that when my phone rings - a blue call button appears but there is no obvious suggestion which way to swipe the button to answer the call - seems the ROM chefs forgot to add the magic ingredients for a red or green option...