News flash. Not everyone need more storage

16gb and no expansion - don't even go there! At half that price be good for someone, but loads phone choices at that price with expandable storage.

​i disagree. I have one large application (hearthstone) and I keep no music or videos (except the few I record myself) and 16gb would not be a problem for me, however I still require a phone with a decent screen, camera and reasonable specs. Storage isn't everything, especially with so many cloud services offering large amounts of free storage.

​do it then

expired :disappointed:

The advice was there for you all - on this thread and others - that eglobal is not a good place to buy from. At your own risk

Don't use eGlobalCentral - I ordered my 5X from them last month.. nearly 4 weeks later they just cancelled my order!! I am wondering if I should try and get compensation from them for wasting my time (was waiting eagerly for the new phone)

In case anyone is wondering why they haven't yet received their phones they are probably out of stock.
When I queried the delay I was told 'out of stock' but still shows as 'in stock' on their website.
This is their response to the obvious question - "Thank you for your email. Our system has a slight delay as we sync as often as our server can handle. We run multiple websites so the stock is shared, that's why sometimes there is a sudden influx in orders from other sites our site does not update in time. I apologies for any inconvenience caused. If you have any further question, please contact us.
Best Regards,
eGlobal Central - Adam"

So there you have it - a fine excuse.

Ordered from this company and they cancelled my order without any notice. I'm sure you won't get ripped off, but lucky if you get it, just flashy prices.

Thanks for the heads-up danbully.
I ordered on 08/05 and wondered why still 'processing'. Obviously the phone was out of stock at least 2 days before and yet still shown as 'in stock' when I ordered.
Have had no contact from eglobal to advise this - surely keeping customers informed is a basic for any firm hoping for repeat business. They offer a great price but customer service is lacking. Presumably why they get so many poor reviews.
Hope your phone (and mine) turns up safely after the 23rd.

I purchased one of these last week on the 06/05/16. Order shown as processing, contacted eGlobal and they are out of stock and wont have any until 23/05/16. Hope this info helps some people :neutral_face:

Showing as £211.99?

I've got the 32gb version of this phone and I really like it. Responsive, good screen (for not being AMOLED), feels good in the hand, great camera, excellent fingerprint scanner (which I thought would be a gimmick, but makes unlocking so easy). Flip side is USB C charger which means I have to carry two cables/chargers around and some niggles around wifi which seem to be Android 6 related. This is almost £100 less than I paid for 32gb version a month ago so I think if you can do without the extra space it's a good deal.

Ah damn bit too risky for me then as have had nightmares with eBuyer honoring the warranty previously, and that's when I was the original buyer.

Are these phones shipped from within EU, or from HK/China? Don't wanna get stung with custom duty.

Theyre a legit company, bought my g3 from them last may.It came within 6 days and have no problem ordering from them again.

Yeah did my research dont buy from them
I ended up buying from amazon 32 GB 230

Good deal but the site concerns me, not heard of it and its pop-up crazy, move your mouse a millimeter and yet another pop up appears. Made it difficult to navigate and trust site. Has anyone purchased from these guys and received goods promptly?

Regarding 16GB, I think it is fine for many users.
I've had a 32GB version for 8 months and rarely go above 14GB used. Watch a lot of movies and just have a purge of watched stuff now and then. I really rate the Nexus, easy to use. great value. I may just give this deal a skip due to the odd website.

dont use the website

ordered from ebuyer :smiley:

Ebuyer, £209. Also bought a case for it.

Could be interested in your 5X. Where was it bought from?

Yeah quite often available for £110, sometimes drops to £100. Cheapest was around £85 when the 20% off ebay code was available. Currently £115 on amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vodafone-Smart-Android-Smartphone-Silver-Silver/dp/B013F8UIX2


Anyone want a 10 day old 5x for £150?

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Can anyone comment on this compared to a iPhone 5S?
I obviously know the 5X will be better but I'd just like to know how much from someone who's used both.
I'm just wondering whether to stretch my budget, my main usage is the camera and basic text/browsing.

I'm also currently using a Nexus 4.

Shocking battery as well. Great if not used but gets hot with only average use and the battery falls off a cliff if you do anything intensive, like Skype, video etc.

I think all the good reviews are fake!!! i can get this phone for 169 now :a

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might be a good deal who only use 16gb with their phone but not for me :disappointed: anyway hot added

If your holiday photos/videos are that important to you ... I suggest you dont use a phone to capture them then .. I wouldnt... But I wouldnt presume to tell you what you should be doing would I?
As for the data, never had a problem, everywhere I am these days has Wifi, suits me to the ground I hardly use any data (less then 2GB a month if I remember rightly.

Its all down to peoples preference, just because its not suitable for you doesnt mean its the same for other people.data storage ...

Suggest we agree to disagree ... You feel like you have to have everything, I feel like I just need what is suitable for me.
Im sure other people can also make their own minds up.

Advising people that this is a poor choice doesn't require anyone to crawl anywhere. Just because you're happy to have to constantly juggle data and stream everything doesn't mean everyone else should be. I've been there and it's a pretty crumby experience when a few quid more gets you a much better product.

16gb for most people means manually removing things constantly. It means not having enough storage space for all your photos and videos when on holiday (I filled 30gb on my trip). It means unlimited data is a necessity and also means that the crumby battery on the Nexus 5X is going to struggle even more if you're streaming things all day. Oh yeah, and the whole thing only works when you have decent signal.

People on non-tech forums will likely not realise this until their phone arrives and becomes unusable after a few weeks so people should be able to point out here that the 16gb version is a trick by Google / Apple etc to be able to print a lower starting price on adverts, but really the product with that little memory is unpleasant to use and is terrible value.

Enjoy the 1 minute of UHD video or 10 apps you can install then. And I presume you enjoy having to remove something evey time you want to add some music of photos to your phone?

If you aren't using more than 16gb then you aren't getting your money's worth out of this phone.

It shows £219.99 where did you get £171.99

Love readint the comment on the usual space issue.

Ive got the 16GB version ... More then enough for me.
I have albums on there for whenever im not in an area with 4G (prefer spotify play lists).
Have a few GB of dropbox which syncs from the cloud .. But use plex if I ever want more videos, music or pics. Combined with Subsonic, i dont think I'll ever use the max space.

Never seen the need for a phone with a mass of space ... For games maybe, but would rather listen to music if I get time to be bored instead of playing a game on a tiny screen.

If people NEED more then avoid this version obviously. But crawl out of your own **** before you dictate your requirements onto other people

Just waiting for the smart ultra 6 to come on some sort of deal/offer . should just go ahead and pay the £130 for it as its still whole lot of mobile for 130 but doesn't feel right to pay the full price for a mobile. Gotta be a deal around the corner.

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Could people please stop thinking they know how much storage they need themselves when there are experts here to advise them! :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyway, wouldn't touch a buyer like this myself.

Usual mix of reviews on Trustpilot.

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/eglobalcentral.co.uk?page=1

I am still using my original Samsung Galaxy Nexus which is also 16gb storage. I downloaded the 'Nexus Media Importer' app from Google Play Store, bought a USB adaptor from Amazon for pennies and now have as much storage as I need.
I mainly fill a USB flash drive with media ready for any trips away!

YouTube link... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer&hl=en

​be interesting to hear if anybody has ever received 'warranty' service from eglobal central. by all means buy something cheap and cheerful from them, but don't expect any support or manufacturer warranty on your shiny new S7!

Thanks, appreciated!

I don't think you'd get a european warranty for the S7 Edge if you bought it from them. Their site states 12 month warranty on all phones. Return to Hong Kong for repairs.

Quick question to anyone: I could not find on their homepage, what length of warranty period does this phone come with? 12 or 24 months? Thanks for the help!

16gb and no expansion - don't even go there! At half that price be good for someone, but loads phone choices at that price with expandable storage.

In their terms and conditions (16.1) they say that they handle all import duties.

Cheers, the only reason I ask is I'm looking at getting a phone (Galaxy S7 edge) from their site and I want one with at least a European charger (and European warranty)

Stay very far away from eglobalcentral. Grey market imported goods from Hong Kong. Non existent customer support.

​Came with a European charger and a UK adapter.

Ordered the same phone from them back in March (£10 more iirc). Pretty sure it was originally from the UAE and came with a two pin plug with an additional UK adaptor in the same style as they said on the site.

Lovely phone tbf (though personally could do with more storage, no idea what's taking up half the room).

Oh also, as someone else in this thread said, can't see the need to worry about import duty etc. mine was sent from somewhere in the UK via courier.

Thanks OP

Did it come with a UK charger etc?

Important to consider storage is actually 9 or 10gb, as the OS takes up a lot of space

​I've loads of apps, cloud storage and stream music. 16 is fine for me.

Great as a secondary phone or even daily driver!

I got this a few weeks back. It was the Hong Kong version, I'm on 3 so doesn't get 4g in some areas due to lack of band compatible. But it's alright where I live and work

I've got the all-you-can eat plan so don't really store anything on device. Got a 1TB Google Drive so store all images on that via Google Photos and stream music using Spotify. I could actually get away with a device with less storage. The future is cloud storage as connection speeds get better. Just a shame the networks seem hell bent on cutting data allowances. Thankfully 3 still do decent data plans.

Some people will be fine with 16gb, others won't be. No right or wrong here.

I would find 16gb really tight, but my wife doesn't use half of that on her phone.

My LG G2 with 16GB storage only had about 8.5GB of user accessible storage once Android was installed. It's worth remembering if you were thinking 16GB of storage was fully accessible.

Storage isn't necessary with google play/drive. Music is on the cloud or use spotify and just keep changing what is on your phone, drive can store all your photos. Let's be honest, when are people ever not in a place with wifi at least once a day? The cloud is where every single thing will be in 5 years time anyway, local storage except for OS will be somewhat obselete

I had a 5x for a week, went back to my smart ultra 6 in the end (went for repair). Screen seems nicer, more responsive, battery life a hell of a lot better, mSD. wifi signal is stronger and I prefer the capacitive buttons for when an app goes tits up.

voted hot but I wont bother with 16gb

I have to admit that i was in that camp up until very recently. 32gb really is the minimum now and i dont install anything on my phone. However thats a really good price and if you not interested in games or offline music its perfect.

My 16gb held a few apps some email and about 4gb of music. I upgraded my 5x to 32gb because i kept running out of space and had to clear my offline music.

Zero problems when I used them, x2 UE Megaboom's ordered on the Saturday, delivered on the Wednesday via DHL - no import duties whatsoever!

​Elephone P9000, Huawei P8, Lg g3, and for a bit more Lg G4 spring to mind, but apart from this year's latest and greatest handsets there should be loads of choice at this price. Not saying they're all as fast as the Nexus 5X but most people i'd wager be much better off compromising slightly to get at least 32gb storage or expandable storage.

Me, but I like to run Cyanogenmod which this phone will do. Wouldn't use this company though.

Shoot me down (or think that you are) but 16GB is daft for an otherwise decent phone if you want to use a phone as an all-round utility. Stuff like this, non-replaceable batteries etc scream of built-in obsolescence. Personally I would avoid and get something with expandable storage, as others have already stated.

Hosting depends on network links...I have trouble loading this site half the time, never mind stream music & video.

safe to order from them?

​The Moto X Play is a prime example. Many more out there if you do some research.

​Not everyone needs 16GB. Something that was a torture for you isn't necessarily a torture for someone else.

name examples?

I can tell you as somebody who works in IT hosting and has been involved in several cloud projects that this is simply not true.

​maybe not but I just ended my 2 year torture with a 16gb phone and never again... always out of space, never had the space for games let alone media.

It's a legit company but this is also a grey market deal from Hong Kong so you could get charged import fees and will cost you quite a bit if you need to return it. Personally I would buy it but I don't want this phone. You can check their ebay shop out for some background http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/eglobalcentral-gb

Conclusion from the article in the link below:

Buying grey market tech is not for everyone, and it's clear there is some risk involved. You might get a great deal on a cheap phone, or you might get a headache that won't disappear for several weeks. Many people have great experiences in buying grey market tech (us included), but there are also some horror stories to be told. Now armed with the facts you can make an informed decision about whether buying grey market tech or cheap goods from China is an attractive solution for you.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/buying-advice/mobile-phone/grey-market-tech-pros-cons-risks-of-buying-from-overseas-3598433/

Edit: items are classed as shipping from France so shouldn't be eligible for import fees and can be returned via a UK address apparently

There's also a Nexus 6P here for the amazing price of £339. https://www.eglobalcentral.co.uk/huawei-google-nexus-6p-32gb-4g-lte-sim-free-unlocked-black.html

BUT, this hukd thread indicates doubts about this company. http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/huawei-google-nexus-6p-32gb-charcoal-unlocked-352-99-eglobalcentral-co-uk-2432474

I ordered the 32gb version from this site last time a similar deal arose and after 10 days I'd had no information whatsoever, order still pending and whatever help staff there were didn't reply to any of my emails, got my money back within a month because I paid with paypal but still a pretty untrustworthy site.

​I hear you man. I picked up a SIMO contact from 3. Unlimited data for £22p/m. Stream everything. Love this phone. Stock Android feels very slick.

has to be fake
cant be this cheap surely?

I ordered an LG G4 via ebay a few months ago with no issues.

Ok for some as it's a great phone, but not even the 32gb version would do me.

Just wish they did a 64gb version. :disappointed:

Still sticking with my Galaxy S5 for a few more months anyway and trying to resist new phones. :wink:

there was a guy on XDA who successfully upgraded the storage on his Nexus 5 I believe. don't know if the same is doable on the 5X. either way not for your standard phone user to do.

Someone needs to check if it's the 790 or 791 model. Could be crucial if it's going to be compatible with networks in this country

​i disagree. I have one large application (hearthstone) and I keep no music or videos (except the few I record myself) and 16gb would not be a problem for me, however I still require a phone with a decent screen, camera and reasonable specs. Storage isn't everything, especially with so many cloud services offering large amounts of free storage.

​agree with you totally, but there are many powerful phones available for same or less with expandable storage - why back yourself into a corner?

Exactly, it's smart to buy what you need - not so smart to pay for what something you don't need.

had the phone for about 3 months. I'd like more storage but 16gb is OK if you don't have any huge games. Seems a good deal but don't know much about the company