Another review;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjUVUOaWnd8

I think I know what my screensaver and alert tone will be

to get an impression:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLBCLqB83Xk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZzYGp39y04

thanks. just ordered. had a few points do came in at £34 bargain ships on 21st

Loltastic! Great spec for the price though :smiley:

I think I know what my screensaver and alert tone will be

Cool, do you pay import customs duty and Vat from Gearbest??

does this ship from eu warehouse?

More mediatek based crap.

Ordered one. For that price it's worth it just to mess about with.

Good price for the spec. Will suit my boy, he's really feeling the strain on 1GB of RAM.

ordered, cheers op, a chance to check on gear best and their delivery times etc. that everyone talks about

Are any of these big screen Chinese phones waterproof? I'd like to get one to use as a sat nav on my bike.

Another review;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjUVUOaWnd8

can't add it to cart for some reason?

Is this such a great deal, it's only a 3g phone though appreciate the specs are quite good.

The camera will be [email protected] on this phone if that is one of your requirement when your looking to buy a new phone. I bought a Doogee X5 4G Pro when they were on offer on here for £36 and that came with a [email protected] 5MP camera (worst than Moto G 1st gen camera). I sold it on straight away.

Purchased. See how it goes. Thanks

fcuk it, here's goes. Timmai!

custom charges?

does the phone have everything disabled ?

specs are decent on this

very tempting.. but do I need another phone? no thank you.

​Me too. But then with the build quality and software glitches from Gearbest, a couple of quid is their true value.

Without starting a flame war, isn't it incredible you can buy 20 of these for the price of an iphone, these Chinese OEM phones are having such a dramatic effect on the mobile market.

why you didn't returned it straightaway instead selling?

sure they are but fault is on us as we wanted to pay them that sort of money very happily :smiley:
they are doing nothing wrong.

​return it for what? it has a 5 mp camera as advertised and delivered.

Got it for £28 last night using my points,i also got it cheaper using my android tablet,rather than using my PC.

Showing as 57quid now.

​No 77 dollars. I'll try a different browsers.

How does this compare to a 1st Gen Moto G?

$79.99 now..

flash sale is over

Is that an iPhone? No!!! it's a Timmy :laughing:

Offer has expired.

It's £23 to send back to China and I sold it on ebay for £53 including p&p.

Stay away from these they come with Chinese bloatware you cannot remove from the android OS and I installs all manner of crap

Phones from HTC, Apple, Samsung etc use better quality components, generally. You also have to factor in warranty (which these basically don't have), R&D (these are just thrown together with very little thought for software or hardware optimisations), future software upgrade paths, customer service, advertisement. That's why you can buy a Timmaaaaaay for less than £50 while an HTC costs 10X as much.

Quality is more than just the sum of a phone's parts.

Even the name brands get it wrong - I can't stand my very nicely made piece of crap called a Samsung Galaxy A3...but it's a much nicer phone to use than the Doogee X6 Pro

People who pay this sort of money are not looking for a fantastic camera, don't forget it was only a few years ago that people were quite happy with a 5mega pixel camera on their phone. I also know hundreds of people, through my job, that are more than happy with their 2/3 mega pixel selfies. So people stop going on about cameras on cheap phones, nobody cares.

Being objective, I used to own a 2.1 mega pixel Canon camera and it took superb photographs - this was between 2001 to 2004. The 5/8 mega pixel (interpolated or not?) camera that is installed with the X6 Pro doesn't produce an image comparible to that of the 2.1 mega pixel Canon. The mega pixel rating is pretty much irrelevant to the actual quality of the image produced as the sensors, lenses etc are generally all of a much lower quality/grade.

I myself used to own a 2 meg Nokia that printed out very good m prints, and some of my friends have very good photo's from 5 meg chines phones I have purchased from them and they are quite happy and not looking for professional standards in photography and I stand by my original post.

Well you just stand by that post and get one of your friends to take a photograph of you then :man:

Ha, who would've thought! A phone named after my old man :confused:

Still not dispatched. Order another item yesterday and that's already been sent.

Anyone had theirs dispatched yet?

Yip mine has been shipped out.

Been told 8th to the 17th July

Has anyone received the phone yet? My order Asus that it was dispatched on 23rd June, but there is still no tracking information available.

Ah yeah, I've just checked mine and it got updated this evening to say that it's leaving Hatfield.
Hope that you get your other phone sorted!

Mine arrived this morning, decent build quality. Really pleased with it for the money.

My Timmy has arrived this morning. Its running Jellybean out of the box but a symbol popped up after a couple of hours and its currently doing a wireless update, hopefully that's Lollipop! Case that came with it is unusual. It a flap open case but the fitting requires you to remove existing back cover and this clips on in place. Cover is quite flimsy but the overall build is good considering the price I paid on offer. Seems heavy for the size and thinness but I'm happy.
Update
Now running Andriod 5.1. It had to do two updates.

I'm not an expert but it seems quick, I like the 2gb of Ram, very large battery but I've only owned it a day so to soon to judge battery life. For £38 good value, typical price on ebay is £50 perhaps there are some phones nearer to home that would match it, best to read specs and compare.

Mine arrived Saturday, came with a screen protector and 2 backs. 1 back was integrated with a flip case. The screen is responsive and good quality. The headphone jack audio quality is acceptable for the price but is way off the quality from my iphone 5s. Also the camera is just about adequate. Even for twice the price which is what it seems to be now this phone is very good value. Not laggy because of the 2gb ram. Tried some racing games and they ran fine. No bloatware seems pretty much stock lollipop. Not rooted as all 4 app works including the downloading.

Mine arrived but strangely it is incompatible with some of the games i use (Boom beach, Drone - shadow strike), have done the updates, any help appreciated.

Received mine, very impressed with specs and performance - one annoying niggle, the touchscreen is hyper-sensitive, and pressing any icons on the edge of the screen often results in swiping left or right instead...anyone else come across this, or know how to fix?

Hi, I ordered this bit none of my aims seem to work. I just get "no service". Any ideas?

Any news on whether this model plays Pokemon GO from those who purchased it?

I can say that both my Doogee X5 Pro & X6 Pro have awful GPS qualities, I'd imagine this phone would be similar...?

Yeah it's not particularly accurate. He had an x5 before and it's marginally better than that, but GPS on the China phones is generally pap as a rule.

The main beef I have with the X5 Pro and X6 Pro is that it's almost useless for sending video messages on Skype or Whatsapp. Performance in general is very decent but it's very unreliable for video messages...works fine recording video using the camera though....?

Any feedback from those who bought this handset? Looking for a sub-£60 16GB/2GB phone and this model seems to fit the bill (also considering Doogee X5 Pro Max and Bluboo Picasso), but can't find many reviews to help me make a decision.

TIA

I think your experience is a bit flawed as the Doogee is not cheaply built just because the case seems flimsy in fact it is a very strong plastic material that gives that false impression and at least it has 4G. The one negative is that it is on 5.0 and not 6.1 but the newer upgraded ,models do. In my conclusion the Doogee is a good phone for people just starting the Android experience but for better performance go for a newer Doogee, who get good reviews on all web sites that I have read.

You are of course entitled to your opinion but in my opinion it's the most cheaply made back plate of any phone I've ever owned, let alone held before. Perhaps you've owned even lower grade phones to qualify your opinion?

Then there's the problems with video messaging in apps (camera app works OK), battery life is sub-par too. Folks complain that the mic volume is too low but I tend to use a headset when making calls anyway.

The plus sides would be decent performance with the 2GB of RAM. Good storage and the phones accept 64GB micro SD cards.

If you really consider the X5Pro to be a well made phone, then I can honestly say you've never held a decently built phone before... :wink:

I've never yet been impressed with an off-brand Chinese phone or tablet. Yes, they look good in the photographs and yes they have impressive looking numbers and specs. But as a complete package, they tend to be not quite so good with a number of negatives that take the shine off the purchase.

I'm definitely sworn off these chinese "off-brand" phones (e.g. Doogee) for now. I've been generally very impressed by phones from ZTE, which cost around the same or even less than a Doogee with dubious build quality and application glitches.

Firstly I own myself a Samsung S7 so yes I have held a quality phone.
Secondly I have purchased several of these Chinese no recognised name phones for friends and not had any complaints from them and one of them prefers it to his old iPhone so I am qualified to report on them. Yes the Doogee does seem to have a flimsy back when removing and replacing it but is almost unbreakable plastic type material that does give a false impression of poor quality but all is not what it seems.
As I think I said before some good phones for people just entering the Android platform.
Not suitable for the phone geeks I admit.
My last on this or we will just be going around in circles.

To be fair I owned a Samsung Galaxy A3 before the Doogee X5Pro - it was a very nicely built piece of crap...

Took wonderful photographs and video but the thing was a slow old dog of a phone.

Had to be rebooted to get the performance back into it on an almost daily basis - real shame as I really liked the feel and the quality of the phone - signal strength was also very poor due to the all metal case...

Thanks for the feedback guys. Was really hoping to hear about the Timmy M13 though 8-) Don't really need anything particularly powerful - 2GB/16GB should be fine for me, but I would like 2 SIM slots plus microSD support. If I were to go for something above the £60 mark I would be wanting a 1080p screen, in which case I was considering the ZTE Nubia Z7 Max, or possibly a Bluboo X-Touch (if I could get one for ~£90!).

Thanks. I'm just after a half-decent phone, and am not expecting anything cutting edge for under £60. Your ZTE ZMax 2 sounds interesting, but shipping not available on the link you provided - any idea where else it can be purchased on the cheap? Also, does it support dual-SIM plus dedicated micro-SD?

The Zmax 2 is excellent value for money but doesn't have dual sim slots - only one sim slot and a micro-SD.

The best option would be to find a pal that's taking a trip to the USA to pick one up for you.