S75 applies to any credit purchase with an undisputable debtor-creditor-supplier arrangement regardless of merchant location or product (minimum single item of value £100+ and UK-based credit provider). Not clear if Banggood uses a payment intermediary that could break the debtor-creditor-supplier arrangement; EglobalCentral for example accept CC payments directly and EglobalCentral is quoted on credit card statement with no mention of intermediary so all OK. Banggood credit card processing methodology eligibility for S75 requirements is yet to be determined.

No, EU warranty support is not available.

I'm calm (as always ) unlike the many folks who post on here after their Chinese bought phone goes or arrives duff and they then realise they have no warranty and it costs them (not Bangood! ) £60 + to return it :disappointed: Enjoy your school hols :smile:

Have ordered many times from China with no issues. Most people are aware of the risks which is why I prefer a brand that has proven itself in the market I am buying from. Not a new brand, but a company with a bit history.

You really would spend the best part of £200 on a phone from China with no EU warranty and no economic way of returning if it goes wrong? :confused: . All I can say is "Good Luck " - you will need it :disappointed:

Have ordered many times from China with no issues. Most people are aware of the risks which is why I prefer a brand that has proven itself in the market I am buying from. Not a new brand, but a company with a bit history.

Fair enough , if you are prepared to write off £200 if it arrives duff or goes wrong in the next 2-3 years . At least you know the risks .

Calm down dad! :smile:

A guy at work bought one of these and I helped him set it up....

It's really quick... but.. It had the bootloader unlocked so it had an alert when switching it on and the software was all designed for China, so it kept asking if I wanted to buy a roaming package for the UK. a bit of irrelevant crapware as well...

That said, great price!

I'm calm (as always ) unlike the many folks who post on here after their Chinese bought phone goes or arrives duff and they then realise they have no warranty and it costs them (not Bangood! ) £60 + to return it :disappointed: Enjoy your school hols :smile:

My Xperia z1 developed multiple defect in first 2 month. Purchase from Sony outlet, and all they says is let me go to the nears Sony repair centre get it checked. There only few repair centre in U.K...

Can't it be sent to the UK Lenovo/Motorola repair centre if something goes wrong?

Meh, for this price I'd wait for another similar offer on the G5 Plus (£189.99 after £10 cashback) unless you REALLY need the extra CPU grunt.

No, EU warranty support is not available.

:smile: Pay yer money, yer takes yer chances. Don't worry too much about other people. It's their lesson to learn, you've taken the horse to the water. You did tell them! I mean, what more can you legally do!!? :confused:

Pay by a UK issued credit card and you're covered - simples.

Hahahahahahahaha lol

Not convinced Banggood offer direct payment so unlikely S75 protection would apply. May be worth checking though.

I got one of these a couple of months ago amazing phone have had no issues with it. The only thing with it the android system which comes on it is awful so I flashed mine it was easy enough to do I've never done it before and there was a step by step guide on how to do it.

if it broke then for under 200 quid id just get another one. never had a problem with bangood or chinese phones... most are way ahead in terms of technology compared to whats built for use in the european market.

I'd cut that out you'll get hemarroids

Would be interested to know if this actually works... but I rather doubt it.

Have a feeling Section 75 protection isn't valid for purchases from these Chinese grey imports websites

Also no NFC - which is a shame alongside its great 'main' specs.. wouldn't add much to production costs to add it, so strange that most of these China phones exclude them...

Under restocking and can't currently order unfortunately.

Edit: Can order now but voucher has reached usage limit

Ok so what do you recommend instead? At what price?

The way I see it, to get comparable specs you'd have to spend easily £400. In a year time your phone would have lost close to the entire value of this phone. So really if this last 2-3 years, you'd be quids in. You can just spend the £200 you saved on the newer faster fancier model rather than having to keep your slowing and scratched £400 phone for another 2 years... if you are lucky since by then it's old, worn and has no warranty.

A second hand Oneplus 3 which has a lot better specs probs

Hmmm: http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8038&idPhone2=7995
Not sure how Oneplus 3 "has a lot better specs"?

I sort of get the cynicism in this thread regarding no effective warranty etc but I've been buying mobiles for as long as I care to remember and have NEVER had one that experienced any sort of malfunction during its time with me. I guess it boils down to how much you think a warranty is worth in monetary terms because, let's be honest, you couldn't get anywhere near this spec from a UK-sourced mainstream manufacturer for less than 350 quid.

PS I have the (lesser) ZUK Z2 which I got for 130 quid and it's a stunner!

A little bit of a silly recommendation given the poster was bemoaning the lack of warranty....

Be careful with Banggood as they are selling Moto Z Plays and they have had the boot load unlocked. Does that cause updating problems?

Show £222 and Preorder :disappointed:

'Perhaps' ?? :neutral_face:

EU warranty?

I ordered one from China 3 months ago. Not disappointed for a bit. It's a beautiful and very powerful phone. It definitely competes with my other phones => the iphone 7 and Galaxy s7 edge.
And for the money, you just CANT get better....

I've bought a Motorola from carphone warehouse 18 months ago that is now broken and they are doing nothing to help.

I don't think it makes a difference when a warranty is only 12 months in slot of cases anyway.

S75 applies to any credit purchase with an undisputable debtor-creditor-supplier arrangement regardless of merchant location or product (minimum single item of value £100+ and UK-based credit provider). Not clear if Banggood uses a payment intermediary that could break the debtor-creditor-supplier arrangement; EglobalCentral for example accept CC payments directly and EglobalCentral is quoted on credit card statement with no mention of intermediary so all OK. Banggood credit card processing methodology eligibility for S75 requirements is yet to be determined.

Bargain! But be ready to re-install ROM if you want to get the most out of the handset.:wink:

Time to get glasses excited thnx

I speak from my own experience, the handset came with a custom international ROM, which was missing the health app, for example. I did manage to install the stock ROM, but this is only in English and Chinese. It is a very good phone, once you have it configured.

Would the camera on this be superior to the Xiaomi Remid Note 4 and MI5s?

Oneplus 3 is equivalent. How much is a second hand oneplus 3 and how much warranty would you get on a second hand oneplus 3?

A new Oneplus 3T has a bit better specs and is £400 if you want full U.K. support directly from Oneplus.

You can get a new Oneplus 3 from sellers like eglobal for ~£300 but then you end up with some grey import and likely not a lot better support for £100 more.

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hey guys i ordered this but been 13 days and my phone hasnt turned up..i know its china but this normal?

my phone turned up yesterday! Overall took 15 days to arrive which I suppose isn't bad at all. The phone has by far exceeded my expectations and I dont know why but the stock rom I got on the phone didn't have any chinese software, seems to be great so far. The only bad thing I've found is am using the stock rom that the phone came with and I don't seem to get any app notifications ie if i get a text the phone won't light up, if i get a whatsapp it won't notify me..have tried googling and can't seem to find much help..if it did that it'd be a full 10/10 for me. Its hands down the best phone ive had to be honest...

Mine turned up today. The phone is superfast and the rom is ZUI 2.1.120 ST with no OTA. App Permission management is disabled and after scanning, it has Liuliangbao.apk trojan which cannot be uninstalled. Any advice how to progress from here is welcome? For instance, how do I install trojan free rom? For anyone who has done this, can you please give me a step by step guide?