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Best DUAL SIM android phone?

Hallo, I'm intrested in one of these phones, all with MT6577 and 1gb of RAM:

Zopo ZP300+ (300$, 4.5", 1800mAh)
Huawei U8836D (260$, 4.3", 1930mAh, gorilla glass)
Zte V970 (200$, 4.3", 1600mAh, no front cam)
Newman N1 (190$, 4.3", 1700mAh, gorilla glass)

What is the best choice?
One vendor site who has all of them, recommends V970 over the N1, but the latter has a more powerful battery, two cams and, above all, gorilla glass.
Does someone have tryied them??

Thanks and... sorry for my English!! :)
 
mikedt said:
Analog TV...are they kidding? AFAIK that's in the process of been turned off in many places, including China.
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In italy is gone in most of the country since 2010, and completely since july 2012.

Most part of the old channels is used for DVB-T channels, but some of the spectrum will be used for 3/4G over 800/900MHz.

I believe is the same in most of the western countries.
 
The Solutor said:
In italy is gone in most of the country since 2010, and completely since july 2012.

Most part of the old channels is used for DVB-T channels, but some of the spectrum will be used for 3/4G over 800/900MHz.

I believe is the same in most of the western countries.
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I saw a fake iPhone 4 a few weeks ago, with a pull-out telescopic antenna, just like you'd find on an FM radio....I thought like WTF!! :confused: ...of course there is absolutely nothing for it to receive.
 
I've already broken the glass of my V970.

Etotalk told me that the glass is not available from the manufacturer.

Do you know where to buy a new glass?

Thank you.
 
syrinx75 said:
I've already broken the glass of my V970.

Etotalk told me that the glass is not available from the manufacturer.

Do you know where to buy a new glass?

Thank you.
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A ZTE V970?

Chinese repairer probably. Unlikely that anyone outside of the PRC will have spares for this phone.

ZTE will probably repair it for you in China, although the cost is likely to be prohibitive. However I'm sure they won't supply spares to consumers.
 
syrinx75 said:
I've already broken the glass of my V970.

Etotalk told me that the glass is not available from the manufacturer.

Do you know where to buy a new glass?

Thank you.
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i have zte-t-u960 dual sim mobile.i dropped u960 many times on the floor(not intentionally) but nothing happening.i mean no broken glass,not any scratch on mobile's body.
 
A few days ago I bought a Lenovo P700i for 1400RMB from China Mobile. This is a 4inch screen Android ICS 4.0 phone with dual-core CPU. Feels very solid and well constructed, better than the Galaxy S I had. Very smooth and responsive, not laggy. Battery life is really good for an Android phone, goes for two whole days without charging. Has a 2500mA/h battery as standard. The Galaxy S with its 1500mA/h battery, could only manage one day without charging it. It's only got 4GB internal storage, but that's not a problem as I've put a 32GB micro-SD card in it. Also it doesn't have Google Play, but then that's not too clever in China anyway, free apps only. It syncs with Google just fine though, for contacts, email and calendar. No redundant analogue TV or anything silly like that. However it does have an FM transmitter as well as normal FM radio, so I can hear my phone calls and music on any convenient radio LOL.

Lenovo is a reputable manufacturer of quality phones, unlike many of these Chinese dual-SIM devices. However they don't normally sell phones outside of China, and the P700i is officially only sold in China.

It was the screen itself that broke on the Galaxy, not the front glass, had great big crack in it. Don't quite know how it happened, it was in my pocket, pulled it out and noticed that the screen was busted. I didn't drop it or anything. I was quoted 1600RMB to repair the Samsung, but that was more than what the Lenovo cost, so definitely not worth it.

Here's a screen-shot of a couple of the home-screen widgets.
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..it's getting cold at nights now.

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iflames666 said:
Well, its not the greatest phone in the world but its ok.

Now im thinking in bought this one:

Smartphone X18i - Android 2.3 Dual Sim UMTS | Buy online with Brigtek.com

It looks like the xperia arc.

Im not looking for an Galaxy SIII or something, just one that has android + dual sim + 4.1 inch. Is mostly for working.
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OK, you're planning to buy a brand new "Windows 3.11 for workgroups" ???!!!

And now you are telling us that for what??

Do you want us to cry or to pray for you Dude?
 
iflames666 said:
Well, its not the greatest phone in the world but its ok.
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The thing is, it's probably NOT okay. Most of these un-branded cheapo phones are nothing short of garbage. I see them all the time, every cheapo tech store in town has them. BTW I live in China.

iflames666 said:
Now im thinking in bought this one:

Smartphone X18i - Android 2.3 Dual Sim UMTS | Buy online with Brigtek.com

It looks like the xperia arc.

Im not looking for an Galaxy SIII or something, just one that has android + dual sim + 4.1 inch. Is mostly for working.
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€250 is a heck of a lot of money for that thing. 144MB memory, 650Mhz CPU, as well as the rather pointless analogue TV, :rolleyes: don't even know who made this phone, but it's more than likely some fly-by night Shenzhen tech shop that does fake iPhones as well. This sort of very basic Android dual-SIM now sells here in China for around €50-€100, and they can be rather crappy as well. Non of these phones have Google Play either, if that's important to you. Will more than likely have a Chinese app store, and be pre-loaded with Chinese apps.

IMO like buying something that looks like Ferrari but only has the guts of a Yugo, but you're paying the Ferrari price for it. If one is going to pay a significant amount of money for a Chinese dual-SIM Android, at least get a quality one from a recognised reputable manufacturer like Huawei, Changhong, ZTE or Lenovo. Another thing, there's even counterfeits of famous Chinese brands now. Chinese faking Chinese, so that's something else to beware of.
 
hellomnp said:
what is your problem with analouge tv.any thing u dislike but others like that.
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No I don't dislike it, I grew up with analogue TV. However OTA analague TV is all but dead and obsolete now. Most countries in Europe have already gone to digital TV, and the last few contries European seem to be turning off OTA analogue TV this year and next year. The USA completely shut down analogue TV a couple of years ago in favour of digital. Whatever countries that still have analogue TV, well it will probably be shut off sooner or later.

Those dual-SIM phones with the analogue TV feature are Chinese, intended to be sold and used China. There's no OTA analogue TV where I live, it was turned off 3 years ago. We've got a digital TV system now that's actually intended for mobile reception, China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB). Non of these phones can receive it. That's why I see it as a useless gimmick.

From experience of trying to use things like Sony Watchmans and Casio pocket TVs in the past, reception on a hand held device with a telescopic antenna was often not good anyway.
 
Hi,
yesterday I recieved Huawei G500 pro, but something went wrong and I am not able to boot the phone, I have access to factory mode, to recovery mode, but nothing helps. If somebody has the same phone, please could you somehow make a backup of firmware for me, so I can restore it into my phone? Otherwise I have a nice piece of paper weight :-/ Thank you very much.
 
hellomnp said:
is this phone support skype video calls
skype video calls
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It should do, no guarantee though. However my Lenovo does Skype video calls OK.

Don't know if the pictures are accurate, but this ZTE seems to be full of China Unicom branding and apps. Which is something that Unicom often does with their phones. This might be a concern though if your carrier isn't China Unicom...
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...looks like it has carrier specific software.

Also this is a Chinese wholesaler, so it's caveat emptor.
 
mikedt said:
It should do, no guarantee though. However my Lenovo does Skype video calls OK.

Don't know if the pictures are accurate, but this ZTE seems to be full of China Unicom branding and apps. Which is something that Unicom often does with their phones. This might be a concern though if your carrier isn't China Unicom...

...looks like it has carrier specific software.
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its armv7.every armv7 supports skype video calls what is your opinion?also it is very low price 500.00 元.
my zte u960 also same software when i received.
 

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hellomnp said:
its armv7.every armv7 supports skype video calls what is your opinion?
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That CPU should support Skype video just fine. However depending where you get your Skype from, video might be disabled. Microsoft for some reason seem to have chosen to disable video, except on certain select phones. The official Skype I got from Skype.com didn't have video calls on my Galaxy S, but a hacked version I aquired from a friend did video calls OK on the Samsung. I'm currently using Skype I got from the Lenovo app store, on my current phone, and that does video calls.

hellomnp said:
also it is also very low price 500.00 元.
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Yeh, 500元 is a very low price, a bargain.

hellomnp said:
my zte u960 also same software when i received.
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I was referring to the "UNI_CN_" in the Version Number/版本号, which I assume stands for China Unicom/中国联通. It might have software load that's customised for that carrier.

BTW are you in China, like me? :)
 
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