Seems good value for the money - and I love the brand names that come out of China these days. My favorite so far was Dogee :smiley:
But that will change once they release the Hansel A8 along with the Gretel A9 :smile:

Full stops come after a sentence, comas come after an accident.

Only available in "Gingerbread" colour? :wink:

GSMArena phone search for 2016/17 phones with 2GB RAM or less. 384 results and thats excluding these kinds of unknown brand phones. "Times are changing". iPhone 7 - 2GB RAM. Apple must be 5 years behind in RAM quantity... :wink:

it says oos

Click get deal it's pre order

Not oos pre order

Wow, full UK 4G bands, that's unusual for these oddball brands

looks good for the price

Seems good value for the money - and I love the brand names that come out of China these days. My favorite so far was Dogee :smiley:
But that will change once they release the Hansel A8 along with the Gretel A9 :smile:

Only available in "Gingerbread" colour? :wink:

Do you usually get hit with customs charges when buying from Gearbest?

Poor battery by the looks of it. Also, never pre buy new phones without reading at least non biased review.

Will be crap, guarantee it.

its Doogee :smiley: not Dogee

I'm guessing LuckyL likes to use the phone in a particular style.

Out of stock

Tempted. Battery life?

Just 2gm ram?

Gonna allow this..

Cold.

Came for the Hansel joke. Left humbled.

Very light maybe.. in this day and age 2gb isn't much.. 5 years ago would have been plenty..

Times are changing..

Kind regards

I couldn't find one. Found lots of eerily similar variations of the same 'review' on lots of sites - none of which I'd ever heard of. Put me off. I'll wait until someone here has one and can report back.:stuck_out_tongue:

Ordered.

I was replying to your comment saying how heavy the ram was.

I know. thank you..

£64 can you find me same spec phone at least appreciate someone hard work HAVE SOME MANNERS

£64 can you find me same spec phone appreciate someone hard work

£64 can you find me same spec phone appreciate someone hard work have some manners

GSMArena phone search for 2016/17 phones with 2GB RAM or less. 384 results and thats excluding these kinds of unknown brand phones. "Times are changing". iPhone 7 - 2GB RAM. Apple must be 5 years behind in RAM quantity... :wink:

BEFORE VOTING COLD PLS FIND SIMILAR SPEC PHONE FOR THIS PRICE YOUR HARD WORK WILL BE APPRECIATED

Ever heard of full stops or comas ??

Regards

Apple is special, Innit?

Full stops come after a sentence, comas come after an accident.

Actually jokes aside.. all Apple hardware is relatively pretty mediocre per se. It's the iOS that is super efficient and the powerful memory management means that they actually perform much better than even the higher spec android devices..

Kind regards

£57.07 on Aliexpress here:-

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Gretel-A9-4G-Fingerprint-OTG-Smartphone-MTK6737-64-bit-Quad-Core-5-0-HD-Android-6/32798937651.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.28.mTflno&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10065_10130_10068_10136_10137_10138_10060_10062_10141_10056_10055_10054_10059_10099_10103_10102_10096_10148_10052_10053_10050_10107_10142_10051_10143_10084_10083_10119_10080_10082_10081_10110_10111_10112_10113_10114_130_10078_10079_10073_10070_10123_10120_10124,searchweb201603_2,afswitch_1_afChannel,ppcSwitch_5,single_sort_0_default&btsid=599cf0cd-391d-4042-9a98-ae99bef3bf87&algo_expid=6fd1fcca-daa5-46ca-9440-d9b2db726bdc-3&algo_pvid=6fd1fcca-daa5-46ca-9440-d9b2db726bdc

Agree. It helps when you own the entire ecosystem.

Android is the most widely used phone OS but the number of 2GB RAM or less phones in the past year still far exceed the number of phones with 3GB or more. "In this day and age 2gb isn't much" is a ridiculous statement without context. Making that kind of comment towards a 5" 720p resolution phone makes it even more ridiculous considering it's sub £70 and:
2016/17 phones that are 5" and have 3GB or more RAM - 45 results
2016/17 phones that are 5" and have 2GB or less RAM - 192 results

Are you having a laugh? My wife is getting her new S7 today so I'm getting her old Nexus 5x with only 2GB of ram and it'll be fine for me, I bet she doesn't even notice the improvement in performance as she is not a gamer. I've been coping fine until now with my S2(1GB) & daughter loves her LG G3 (2GB). We are talking about a phone costing £65.

I have the blackview a8 (also made by gretal) and can say it is a fabulous phone for the money. honestly? this looks likes a steal for the money.

You don't deserve decent language

I have used AliExpress before they are crap also they don't accept PAYPAL I don't want to share my card details with them and on their 3rd party seller AliExpress don't take responsibility I don't want to risk it sorry good luck[/quote]

First time buying from one of these sites, bit late telling me that now....lol

We will wait and see, how long does delivery take? (I know it is pre-order but seems they are posting this week on Gearbest anyway).

Beware of the wolf in sheeps clothing. Beware of Gearbest.

Considering the complete functionality of high end non Google Android phones, i'd say they perform remarkably well due to the fact that OS is not in-house like Apples.
Reduce the functionality of even a low end Android phone down to the level of an iPhone and watch it become as snappy if not way snappier on the same amount of RAM

http://www.pdevice.com/product/gretel-a9-specs

for a barely legable review, the scores are usually about right on most of the Chinese devices these review. this gets 7.9 if it helps.

Just hope it doesn't come by DHL because when they request any duty/vat they add approx £10 for collecting it.

So why do iPhones have such s**t battery life?

I think their MAHs are low..

Anyone got the link where I can check whether this phone works on 3's 4G service ?

So it's been about a year now since I bought an Ulefone Paris with very similar specs to this but for less money. Ulefone are crap and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone unless they were about to buy a phone from a completely unknown brand and for more money.

I thought it was just flash memory that had gone up in price the last few years but it seems smartphones are also getting more expensive in some cases. Odd world we're living in at the mo.

lol preorder on a chinese retailer :confused:

This one better?
Cheaper, bigger screen, bigger battery.
http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_367071.html?wid=11

£62.16 with code GBMBP
price goes up to £67.57 but takes it down to £62.16 with code.

£64.90 with insurance and 7-15 day delivery.
Thank you.

Not 4G and not latest android 7 nougat

Just got there normal email from them saying there supplier has let them down and will not be shipping for a few weeks.
Will be shipped on April 27th if there is no delay on supplier's side.
Standard email with everything you buy with them. lol
Standard we will not refund you, but give you a store credit if you cancel order.
Paid through paypal so will claim money back.

^^ Strange as I just had an email telling me that it has been shipped.

I had email saying shipped and then the delay one.
Received full refund this morning .

Thought they would delay payment or try to give me store credit like it said in there email, but no they was very good and sent payment very quick.
Very good customer service.

:smiley: finally a review. It's good!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/device-reviews-and-information/gretel-a9-information-reviews-5-0-hd-t3568919

Mine arrived today. Really pleased with it. Android runs really well, smooth and responsive. Word of warning: The GearBest website states it is micro sim and nano sim. It's not its dual nano. Too early to talk about battery life.

Really unexpectedly good. Only issue is I wanted to use it in my VR helmet, only to realise there isn't a ruddy gyroscope. I've paid a lot more for worse phones though.

My daughter thinks it is great phone and it arrived safe and sound from AliExpress. I doubt you will get a etter phone for the money.