Insane battery life, probably best on the market. Heat for good price

If only it had band 20.

Cheaper at AE aliexpress.com/ite…tml

Awsome phone. Got mine from 3. Had it a few months and I am really impressed.

Eventually you might start getting a battery like this on something with a good camera

It's a great phone and the camera isn't too bad.... Got mine from 3 also before they stopped selling them. It's so great not to worry about battery life and just use the phone as much as you want

I also got this from three replaced a Sony z5 with dreadful battery life. I wouldn't go back to a Z5... But one niggle is the signal strength definitely isn't as good as in where I used to have no problem calling from inside certain places I have to venture outside alot more.

Finally took the plunge after missing a few deals in the past weeks, total came to £165.

Why did three stop selling them?

if only this was a 5" screen,

but i guess the battery wouldn't be as big.

looks like it was available for £159 from the same website less than 2 weeks ago... yes yes no time machine etc but i'm not particularly tempted on the basis that it likely it will go down further/again.

plus for having NFC - though i have recently heard chinese grey import phone even with NFC won't run Android Pay?? anyone have any experience/insight into this?

would you get this over the Moto G5 or Samsung J5(2017) - all at similar prices.

Only if it was 6'9inchs, £69 and 69000 mah battery. :raised_hand:‌ :grin:‌ :sunglasses:‌ :angry:

Does anybody know if android pay will work with this one? I understand it works with ones purchased from three.

I've had one of these from three since they came out. Fantastic phone, I charge it every 2 days, the battery is honestly a game changer when it comes to smart phones.

I used to carry around a battery pack, my phone would rarely make it to the end of one of my 12 hour work shifts. Those days are gone.

I'm sure it's not as fast as more expensive phones, but its more than fast enough for myself, and when you no longer have to worry about your phone seeing the day out, who gives a ****

I have one of these, and to echo what others have said, the battery is a game changer. I can use 3 hours of Spotify streaming with Google maps on my daily commute, and do lots of heavy tasks (YouTube, Reddit, games) and usually still have more than 50% left at the end of the day. The camera is ok... Images look better in Google photos than they do in the stock image gallery for some reason.

Great phone, especially the battery, but first one had to be returned to Three due to it randomly resetting throughout the day. No way I'd be buying this from a company not backed up by a standard UK returns policy. not voting either way

Cold. It has bezels.

Need a phone to replace my damaged S7 edge. Is this appreciably worse than the S7 edge?

Great phone - great price - Heat

I have bought 2 of these now, first for my eldest then when I saw how good it was I got one for myself to replace my Note 4 which has the dreaded mmc issue.

The phone is superb for the price, I don't use 4g anyway so don't miss band 20 as H+ is plenty fast enough. The battery life is 3 days use, 64gb storage is so much better to live with and it updates straight to Nougat. 2 things I miss from my Note 4 are the S pen and the great camera. Speed of the phone is fast everything opens instantly so can't really see how flagship phones would be noticeably quicker, just on paper. Oh and the fingerprint scanner works a dream unlike the Note 4s which what utter crap.

Already posted?

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It's hassle, 2 days without a charge, what's not to like? Everyone I know who owns an iPhone, carrys a charger around with them. If you're happy to do that, you crack on. I'm not interested, nor do I have to worry with this.

Different priorities I guess, everyone has taken a daily charge as the norm, but really when you think about it, it's rubbish. I used to forget to charge mine sometimes, missed alarms etc, no phone for the rest of the day if I didn't have a charger. No thanks

Have to agree, that phones like this deserve a more prominent place on the UK high street/web stores. It's sad the one of the best USP's is battery life longer than 18 hours, when all phones should be targeting it rather than making phones 7mm thick, and taking things like headphone jacks out, and SD slots etc. It's fine on the small 3.5-4" screen phones that want all the power, but have not a lot of room internally.
However since I had the first Galaxy Note, which people used to laugh at and say it was stupid, and who needs a phone that big, we've lost features and yet all the other manufacturers have now move to that form factor for flagship devices.

HEAT! for me, and here's to hoping some company with common sense start making, thicker phones with 5000mAh batteries like this one. :smile:

Very good phone nothing comes near it

No band 20 is the reason, lots of operators use it.

Is it possible to upgrade this from android 6?

Also, there is supposed to be a version with band 20 support. Where can I find that?

I was chatting to someone in Three regarding there app and it not being compatible with my dual sim One Plus 3. When I mentioned that there P2 was also dual sim, they said they had stopped selling it as three as a network don't support dual sim.

Of course, this may be rubbish but you never know.

looks like no headphone jack and micro usb port (not USB-C)... also not supporting B20 4G... so close to being the perfect phone for me. :angry:

6'9inches is a home cinema screen, not a phone :grin:

So is band 20 4G?

Can this be used straight away and no issues with any settings etc

This or the Mi Max 2? Spec looks roughly the same on both.

I'd be buying it from AliExpress though since I don't have 6 months to wait around until Gearbest actually bother to send it.

Would be fantastic if we saw flagship phones with these big batteries. I know I’d rather have a thicker iPhone to have a bigger battery. Though when it comes to iPhones, a lot of people just upgrade when the battery has deteriorated so if they were sold with big batteries then it would harm Apples future sales.

I’m only on the Apple yearly upgrade program because I use my phone a lot and the battery has taken quite a beating after a year.

Can someone tell me if this phone is the same as it would be buying from 3 (if they still sold it)!

Does it have a UK plug and all the features of a UK phone. I have used Chinese phones before (currently have a cheap Gretel) but find some things don't work, like 4OD.

According to GSM arena it's upgradable to android 7 Nougat

What make you say it has no headphone jack? All the reviews I've read say that it does.

If you like your phones huge, then the MM2 for sure...

Physical size comparison: phonearena.com/pho…541

Side-by-side specs comparison: gsmarena.com/com…582

This or the new xiaomi mi a1 that's released on 15th September? I know the battery is gonna be a massive difference but apart from that would the xiaomi mi a1 be the better option?

Yes, i have the phone imported from China and use android pay daily

Main differences between the 2 apart from the battery, is that the A1 has dual-rear cameras, but no NFC. Also, the A1 has an InfraRed port that the P2 doesn't, & Type-C USB vs microUSB on the P2 - specs comparison here: gsmarena.com/com…776

Android pay works perfectly on my imported version

Mine is the imported version and I have had no problems with the signal through three, always have 4g signal with good data speed. I do spend most of my time in Manchester though so maybe the band 20 isn't used there?

I'm torn between this and the Redmi Note 4
Want the battery and NFC from this but prefer the nav buttons and rear fingerprint of the Redmi

Anyone sell me either way?

It'll be absolutetly fine for most people with a mid-range phone & average camera, but I wouldn't recommend it as a replacement for somebody who has a high-end one with an excellent camera. Also, the lack of 4G Band20 could make it a bad choice for you here in the UK.

I got my three P2 wet and its dead. If only this was a genuine UK p2a42* with band 20 I'd be on it in a heartbeat

*not saying this isn't genuine Lenovo, just that the band 20 is an issue for me.

It always makes me chuckle when people on here are desperate to have Android Pay on budget phones - pull your Debit/Credit card out instead, it's far more likely to impress the shop assistant.

If only this was a 6" screen!

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To echo and answer...

- TBH this is an amazing phone and despite a few tiny niggles (actually with the OS and minor hardware issues) it's basically as good as it gets.
- If it's a P2A42, get it, if not, YMMV.
- Don't get it wet
- Don't lose the charger
- The camera is pretty average (especially in even vaguely low light)
- Upgrade to Android 7 (Nougat) is perfectly feasible, there's a genuine 3UK upgrade, and a bloat-free ROW (Indian) ROM kicking about
- Battery is insane *beyond your wildest dreams* (within obvious physical parameters)
- There are models with 32GB and 64GB, the 3UK one was only available as 32GB - watch yourself
- There is a headphone socket (speaker is quite loud additionally)
- The lenovo OS in the ROW ROM I'm using is absolutely spot on
- Three stopped selling them because they ran out, AFAIK. I tried to get a replacement, couldn't (see below)
- It has a USB2 Micro USB port
- It is dual SIM and can be used instead as SIM/SD (actually you can have SIM/SIM/SD too, look on YT but it's mega fiddly)
- You can charge other devices because the battery is so big! I would be careful tho because... (see below)


Known issues

- photos not saving to SD card: big issue, I lost some photos recently that defo took. Research showed this could be ongoing, might be a prob in the card drawer? Mine worked again immediately after I reseated the SD card and reinserted
- I bought two of these handsets (3UK P2A42) - however one of them quickly developed a fault in the USB connector - it will charge ok but a data pin is broken, and it will not communicate with anything. 3UK were unable to replace this and advised me towards Lenovo who I eventually (it took some work) got to agree to a repair, but we didn't bother sending it off. You should note though that this is your only recourse in terms of a hardware failure
- Android Doze in Nougat is a total POS. You can't turn it off in the UI, and it's completely useless when you have a battery this size; you just don't need it. With the connector broken, the fix for this is not possible without rooting, which may also not be possible without a USB connection. Because Doze is broken, it screws up ALL your notifications. If you have this device, suggest you turn off Doze using ADB (link not supplied) and also installing Tiles app to control Heads-up notifs, and there are some other tweaks if you can't/won't do this (link not supplied).

If anyone is struggling with the OS BS I will push more links as hinted at here but I'm working so CBA to re-research them ATM.

HTH

Just a word of warning if you are in the UK and thinking of buying from Gearbest.
I ordered a £200 xiaomi mi5s phone from them last month and they sent me an empty box.
This is their response ....

Thank you for your reply. We wish to again apologize for this issue.
As explained in the previous message, delivery is the responsibility of the shipper.
We suggest you open a claim with your local post office.
Kindly review our terms and conditions for more details here:gearbest.com/abo…tml
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Again we thank you for your understanding.
Best Regards
Gena
Gearbest Customer Service
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Needless to say, I've learned my lesson and won't be dealing with them again!

Thanks OP, ordered, heat from me

out of curiously, did you take out the isurance with them?

I have Motorola Moto G5 16GB with 3 GB RAM, 16GB. Good phone but after I downloaded some applications the memory is finished. I had installed 30GB card, but the apps use phone memory. I have to erase apps to load new ones.

Lenovo phone has 64GB - does it mean it will hold much more apps?

I've had this phone for about 4 months from Three, with an EE SIM.

Stick a 128gb SD card in it, select "adopted storage" and you'll probably never run out of app space ever.

My previous phone was a Moto G LTE and I was concerned that this handset would be too big in comparison, but that hasn't been the case.

I should of asked this before I ordered one, does this support OTG? Thanks

Yes, it will.

Sweeeeeeet!, thanx. :-)

Thanks

I have the Mi Max 1 now and while the size can be occasionally be a little cumbersome, the pros massively outweigh the cons IMHO.

I've never had a problem with signal on mine, can pick up WiFi where previously my Sony couldn't... The battery is amazing why wouldn't you buy this just for the freedom it affords

Ps gearbest are shocking 50/50 at best tgst you'll even get it delivered...

Hi NikLP,

I really love this phone since I bought it from 3 about 2 months ago exceptional battery life but I have been suffering with the notification issue from WhatsApp and wechat. Do you know if there is a fix on this?

The first smartphone I've ever owned that has a sensible battery life..

My position on that is 6.9 is certainly the sweetspot :smile:

Yes. Plus the fact that this actually dumps power *out* as well, means it will support a platter HD, which is pretty nuts.

Hello - this thread has one "fix" - forum.xda-developers.com/len…e=1
In this thread someone posts a pic about the data settings. This helped me until I was able to get the other unit off my GF and hack it properly with an ADB setting. See the link that I posted on this same thread, to a page containing the ADB command. You need a computer with ADB to do this and working USB connection with developer settings. This ADB setting WILL NOT last past a boot I'm afraid and I've found no better solution yet.

Furthermore, you can execute another command via ADB which allows the Tiles app to work, and the author of that has made a Tile that turns off Heads-up notifications, which was my other bugbear with the OS. Check the app info for Tiles here for more info. play.google.com/sto…les

I've had the best success with ADB client on PC using Ubuntu, as it's all command line. Either way, you want "standalone Android SDK Platform-Tools package, you can download it here - developer.android.com/stu…tml"


*** If you have this phone, I recommend Tiles for a few quirky settings that you might want but don't have, but primarily (after some perms/ADB futzing) it gives you extra gizmos for your notification drawer including turning off Headsup.

That is shocking, did you paid via PayPal? Please let us know the outcome.

Or, hopefully paid by credit card at least?

My 3 Lenovo P2 the that I've had for a while, is useless with regards to notifications. I can't understand why some people have this problem and others don't. Can it be fixed? Mine has been like that from buying it. It still hasn't upgraded to nougat! I have been thinking about getting shut of the phone because of the notification issue!

Had mine a few weeks, coming from a Samsung S5 LTE-A prime, its an amazing phone for the money. Battery lasts ages, squeezed 4.5 days low usage out of it with 8% battery left lol. Over 2 days should give you 10 to 15 hours screen time no probs.

I'm trying out Open camera and Bacon camera which are better than the stock camera. GPS and compass are spot on when I use as satnav and hiking and the Snapdragon 625 is nippy enough for my needs. Build quality seems good too, if Lenovo continue to make phones like this then I will say goodbye to Samsung :smile:


code LNP2 knocked a bit off for me, it might still work :wink:

If carlsberg did mobile phones it would be a P2 :smile:

Don`t wait for the update, just flash the RestOftheWorld ROM (Official Lenovo) , Warranty is intact and you get Nougat.

I got my wife the moto e4 plus which has a similar size battery. She gets 2/3 days out of it

Both the 2 I got from GearBest updated to Nougat immediately. Neither have experienced any issues with notifications either so don't know what any of these issues are others are seeing.

Hot as hell. :imp:

How do you do this? A link would be great. Thanks!

forgot you can do that with this phone! cant remember what i did with the box and the dongle thing.........what lead do i need?

just a normal otg?

Had this phone for a few days now. Had to download a few updates but this phone is brilliant and at this price, for anyone looking for a new phone that isn't too big into mobile gaming, this one is a no brainier. Excellent phone.

That was massive screen, nearly 7"-how did you carry that?

the adapter is included and then just normal usb to whatever at the other end, lightning, micro usb etc.
or since you lost it micro usb plug to usb socket.

Yup. Took a while but I got a few of these so I always have 1 on me - dx.com/p/m…131

Haha. Yeah the P8 Max is a big phone. I measured it before I bought it and it fitted in my pockets OK. Definitely one of the best phones I have owned

The Moto E4 PLus comes very near on spec and is £20 less, which should I go for

Mine arrived today. Thanks again OP :grin:

bought one of these but regretting it now , as the screens are breaking

Now slightly cheaper at Deal Extreme £160. 47p

How's the screen breaking

On its own

Dropped

not me , users are saying the screen is made from sugar glass. :grin: . i have one on order bought a armour case for it so will see how it goes. living with 3000mah phones is annoying me.

Was worth every penny at £199 when it was available on 3

I know I wish I had got one as I'm holding out as I want want one with the Band 20 and I can't get one anywhere.