Seriously sam of London , could you stop your trolling every android phone post and spouting utter crap . This a deal any way you look at it (thanks op) and please stop this waffle with band 20 . The crap that we buy from the high street is also " made in China" that includes the iPhone !!
So could you zip it? Or is it too much to ask of you?

Here you are talking absolute nonsense about cat 12 lte again, when no UK networks even have cat 12. EE offer the fastest 4G using carrier aggregation of 2 2600mhz and 1 1800mhz. Article here. 800mhz does nothing for the speed. Only improves coverage to more rural areas which is irrelevant for people who get full signal anyway. X12 is not dependant on Snapdragon 820. It can support it but the phone needs to also have it. One Plus 3 for example has X7 modem despite being SD820 so even if Cat 12 LTE existed in UK, it couldn't access it. Article about 4G speeds from Ofcom. O2 is clearly a lot slower than all the rest and uses pretty much only 800mhz, yet you determine "B20 is best UK 4g band". Typical nonsense from you to back up your "opinion"

​i have been using phones, tablets and android boxes direct from Chinese sellers (including gearbest) for at least 5 years.
I have used them for my banking and other confidential information without ANY problems.
I have ordered at least 20 items from gearbest and have NEVER been charged by customs.
I had one problem with a delivery and gearbest sorted it.
why do you have such a problem with others liking Chinese (especially gearbest) sellers.
please don't say " I recently bought a phone and it was full of malware"
you were challenged about that and went quiet, I seem to remember even the gearbest rep asking you about it.
please just stop slating everything at every opportunity.

I got mine from Banggood.

Lots of phone for the money. A 20 minute read up on how to install either the Indian or Chinese ROM. I settled for Indian as its like stock Android. My biggest issueswith actually doing the upgrade was with Windows 10.......

Battery is much better than my Nexus 5x. I like the 5" screen size -always a sweet spot for me. I loved my old Nexus 5.

The fingerprint scanner is amazing. The button gestures are useful too.

Just tested 4G - 38Mbps with EE 4g (Basingstoke). For most tasks that will do. :sunglasses: Enough of the Band 20 waffle already...

For me, it feels like an Android iPhone 4. I don't really like the overly closed Apple ecosystem so this phone is great. Performance is off the scale too.

People do rip into the phone for a lack of NFC but I don't use that function anyway. That may be a deal breaker for some who use that feature.

no band 20 LTE

all those specs yet no battery size?

nice and fast, weak points are no band 20 and 3000mah battery. I'd prob go for the slightly cheaper redmi 4 pro if I was after a 5 inch phone.

still hot though

Isn't this the phone that needs a rom flashing to make Google play services work

How do you get additional pictures into the OP?

On the site is says 3500 mAh the battery i think for a 5 inch it should be okay.

Requires a little work when it arrives but it is a great phone. I am very impressed with mine.

no google play installed you need to flash it