The China Android Phones, Best Value, Updates

[ralfale]

Apart from this really nice xiaomi mi2 that's coming out in 2 days time, which other china phone supports MHL（HDMI) ?

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[llau99]

anyone knows where to get the huawei honor 2 at the best price? been looking around and the cheapest i can find is whymobile at $380 sgd. Also, will that model come with google play? thanks.

You can root and flash it with other ROMs easily, less than 5 clicks (or 3 clicks if you don't need to perform full phone backup) using your computer mouse. Supported ROMs are Emotional UI, MIUI, LEWA, etc. Together with sub-modified ROMs, there are currently 16 ROMs you can play with for Honor 2 (excluded those from XDA)

 

[llau99]

anyone knows where to get the huawei honor 2 at the best price? been looking around and the cheapest i can find is whymobile at $380 sgd. Also, will that model come with google play? thanks.

Apart from this really nice xiaomi mi2 that's coming out in 2 days time, which other china phone supports MHL（HDMI) ?

Mi2 already supporting MHL, the newly launched Mi2a and Mi2s are improved versions of Mi2.

As MHL required certification, there aren't any low and mid range China phones are supporting it, aside from a few of the top tier makers such as Huawei (Ascend D1 for example) , ZTE , Lenovo , Meizu (MX and MX2) and OPPO (Find 5)

 

[llau99]

ZOPO ZP980 - 5 inch 1080P Screen MTK MT6589 Quad-core 13MP Camera Android Phone

ZOPO ZP980 MTK6589 Quad Core Android 4.2 5.0 Inch First FHD Screen 440PPI 13.0MP Camera Smart Phone - Wholesale Electronics on AntElife.com

The phone is set to be released in mid May (likely 16th May) in China

ZOPO is considered a mid-high brand in China and has a good history of releasing smartphones that powered with imported processors such as those from TI and Qualcomm. To release a phone with low cost processor such as this MTK6589 from Mediatek is rare.

440ppi is overkilled (beyond what human eyes can differentiate), although there are not short of China phones that will be released with display that match this resolution (such as the one I discussed a few days back, iOcean X7) . Still, it's still something good to have.

1GB Ram for a mid-high end phone now is a bit "stingy" , we expecting all China branded phones that priced above USD$300 features a 2GB .

While ZOPO has good reputation in quality, they rarely make good camera phone. We suspect this latest model from them will be an exception.

The phone overall design is really "nothing" special, in some ways it looks like a 2007 bar-phone design . The designs from a few other younger up-starter in China can easily better it.

According to a few reviewers of the phone, it has just a typical mtk6589 performance. But the price is a bit on the high side.

 

[llau99]

ZOPO ZP980 - 5 inch 1080P Screen MTK MT6589 Quad-core 13MP Camera Android Phone

ZOPO ZP980 MTK6589 Quad Core Android 4.2 5.0 Inch First FHD Screen 440PPI 13.0MP Camera Smart Phone - Wholesale Electronics on AntElife.com

anyone knows where to get the huawei honor 2 at the best price? been looking around and the cheapest i can find is whymobile at $380 sgd. Also, will that model come with google play? thanks.

At $380 it is considered a good deal.
A China set will not come with Google Play. But you can easily root and flash it with a custom ROM , which take you around 10 minutes. (exclude the time taken in downloading the ROM)

 

[llau99]

I am using the Jiayu G2. It is dual core with 1gb ram n 1ghz.

Quite ok. I got it for US$154 in late Feb from Antelife. Took about 8 days to deliver via Sing post.

If you just want a cheap and good android phone you can look at this. But if you want support like custom rom etc then better find the more popular China brand like Huawei etc.

They have a G3 and it has higher specs like quad core.

I agreed, I read about some good reviews on JIAYU phones. Together with UMI, iOcean , Uniscope , a few others young up-starter, are making really good budget phones with mid-high specs. My friends just bought a Uniscope and the other a "chilli" model, they both impressed. Again I would like to remind of you that while many of these phones are deserved your attentions, post-sales services and warranty claims are still a risk to consumers in Singapore. In the other hand, the pricing are really attractive with the given quality and price/performance, you may argue that some of them are really "worth" the risk.

 

[G_Zola]

moby website indicates the honor 2 has only 1gb ram only. anyone can confirm?

 

[SongManKranji]

How about Lenovo, any bros here own this hp, specs looks impressive.
Launching 17 Apr 13.

The Lenovo K900 boasts an impressive specification including dual-core Intel CPU, 2GB RAM, 5.5-inch 1080 HD display, 13 mega-pixel rear camera and ultra-slim 6.9mm body,

 

[llau99]

moby website indicates the honor 2 has only 1gb ram only. anyone can confirm?

It comes with two edition ,one with 1GB RAM and the other with 2GB

 

[llau99]

How about Lenovo, any bros here own this hp, specs looks impressive.
Launching 17 Apr 13.

The Lenovo K900 boasts an impressive specification including dual-core Intel CPU, 2GB RAM, 5.5-inch 1080 HD display, 13 mega-pixel rear camera and ultra-slim 6.9mm body,

This is the phone found in the show ,Finding Mr . Right or 【北京遇上西雅图】, that the lead actress Tang WEI was using . Many who watched the show was attracted to orange phone , which allow swapping of the rear casing . The phone has good reviews from fellow media in China . We need some feedback from the real life users

add on.. early tests show that this latest hotel power phone has very good compatibility with existing APP in google play store. however, certain games and app still reported issue with it.

very good stacked CMOS for camera but need improvement on white balancing. the looks is very solid.

 

[coolin]

It comes with two edition ,one with 1GB RAM and the other with 2GB

I emailed them to confirm, this is the reply i got:

"Hi Colin,

Thank you for your interest in Mobyshop, I am sorry for the mix-up but the confirmed Singapore version is the 1GB ram only. Thanks!"

So i'm guessing the extra $20 from whymobile would be worth it for the extra 1fb of ram?

 

[G_Zola]

it can also be whymobile also 1 gb?

 

[SongManKranji]

any bros got info on UMI brands, specs looks impressive

UMI X2 Smart Phone MTK6589 Quad Core Android 4.1 2GB RAM 32G ROM 3G GPS 5.0 Inch IPS OGS Screen

 

[coolin]

it can also be whymobile also 1 gb?

From their description on the website, it says 2gb of ram..

 

[llau99]

I emailed them to confirm, this is the reply i got:

"Hi Colin,

Thank you for your interest in Mobyshop, I am sorry for the mix-up but the confirmed Singapore version is the 1GB ram only. Thanks!"

So i'm guessing the extra $20 from whymobile would be worth it for the extra 1fb of ram?

RAM is very important for Android systems, meant for smoother experience during a multi task operations

 

[llau99]

any bros got info on UMI brands, specs looks impressive

UMI X2 Smart Phone MTK6589 Quad Core Android 4.1 2GB RAM 32G ROM 3G GPS 5.0 Inch IPS OGS Screen

I own a umi x1 , camera is better than GalaxyS2, thinner and lighter than GalaxyS2 though inferior in display and touch screen, battery friendly as it has very good third-party ROM supports. one of the best selling models in the market for a young company and still selling like hot cake . umi x2 not yet released, first 1000 sets had been sold out

 

[kel09]

I am using the Jiayu G2. It is dual core with 1gb ram n 1ghz.

Quite ok. I got it for US$154 in late Feb from Antelife. Took about 8 days to deliver via Sing post.

If you just want a cheap and good android phone you can look at this. But if you want support like custom rom etc then better find the more popular China brand like Huawei etc.

They have a G3 and it has higher specs like quad core.

Hi Bro

I am quite interested in the Jiayu G2, how is your review for this phone after usage.

 

[eatcarrotcake]

Hi Bro

I am quite interested in the Jiayu G2, how is your review for this phone after usage.

It is nothing to shout about. Battery can can last 1 day with a few calls and some games and surfing. Screen is very beautiful n touch is responsive.

It comes quite bare with only a few software compared to my Note 2. I bought it for my daughter. I put in gps tracking software to track her where abouts as she is in primary school.

The only complain I have is the gps is a bit slow. Need to use some gps fix apk to make it faster.

Also you can forget about many custom rom or rom update. So far I got 1 update only. You can try Lewa which I did not.

 

[llau99]

It is nothing to shout about. Battery can can last 1 day with a few calls and some games and surfing. Screen is very beautiful n touch is responsive.

It comes quite bare with only a few software compared to my Note 2. I bought it for my daughter. I put in gps tracking software to track her where abouts as she is in primary school.

The only complain I have is the gps is a bit slow. Need to use some gps fix apk to make it faster.

Also you can forget about many custom rom or rom update. So far I got 1 update only. You can try Lewa which I did not.

As far as I just checked, there are at least 12 ROMs available for Jiayu G2 and 4 ROMs for Jiayu G2s. G2 is only a single core, the mid-range phones are now mostly Quad Core and selling between RMB 888 - RMB 2220 for new set. You might want to consider that again .

As I mentioned before, if you cannot understand chinese , it is better that you just go with whatever you have , or just get someone who understand Chinese better to help you with finding the right tool and the ROM flashing .

 

[rECKleSSfElla]

Dont mind me asking but is aliexpress a reliable site to buy china phones from? Are there any reliable sites that are similar to aliexpress? I wld have prefered to buy directly from taobao but most of the tabobao buying/shipping agents charge really exorbitant prices which makes its totally not worth it.