Doogee

[m4tty]

Hi,

Anyone come across or own a doogee mobile phone. Mate showed me his and its identical to my galaxy s4.

For £60 brand new and couldnt really tell the difference.

Cheers

Matt

 

[NozSpark]

It might look the same, but I'm sure that the spec is different

However a mate of mine always buys phones like these and never really has much of a problem with them... They're also dual SIM which can be a benefit in dodgy signal areas

 

[Blue Duck]

I remember you could get a cypriot iPhone with no logos for £90! this was when iphones had just come out.

 

[Evans Electric]

How much do the big brand names charge for such things M4tty ?    I see on Google  that Doogee is a cheapo Chinese brand  but  with this type of stuff  they probably use the same technology and parts as the better known brands.    Buy in the same casings as Galaxy

You know that thing with TV screens ....its said there are only two companies making them so same quality  screen in a cheapo as a Panasonic etc.

 

[Evans Electric]

I'm often surprised at these things .....like the later Saab cars are  Vauxhall chassis and engines  ....where does the Vauxhall finish and the Saab start. ?

Before the Austin / British Leyland / Longbridge car works finally blew it's own head off , they had a deal with Honda to use their engines , which improved their product by 10000%  ...... then they shat upon Honda , blew them out and concentrated on committing suicide and turning the works into housing and a shopping centre.

 

[OnOff]

I'm considering buying one of these cheapo's to try. Names to look at seem to be ZTE, Cubot, G'five, Kingsing, NEO, SWEES, Jcomm etc and indeed Doogee. If you're really an Apple fan you can get skins for the Android phones too. They generally though will only take one 2G and one 3G SIM. Screens also tend to be half the resolution of the big names.

Saying all that Tesco are doing the Motorola Moto E for I think £79 and it's 4G. 4.3" screen, expandable storage etc.

Where did your mate get it from?

 

[NozSpark]

TBH I think that they are an equivalent spec to a 2 year old phone... New phones have 2.5GHz quad core processors, you'd be lucky to get a 1.3GHz dual core in one of those

 

[OnOff]

Mad though when you can get a 5.0" Android phone with Bluetooth & WiFi albeit only 2G for less than £45 on eBay. OK as a cheap tablet or media player etc.

 

[NozSpark]

They do look good for the money. I was thinking of getting one for the dual SIM.

However I've just got a HTC one m8

 

[OnOff]

What's the downside of 2G?

 

[ProDave]

What's the downside of 2G?

none up here as there is no 3G coverage, so I won't hold my breath for 4G.

 

[NozSpark]

What's the downside of 2G?

Lower quality calls and slower data AFAIAA

none up here as there is no 3G coverage, so I won't hold my breath for 4G.

I think we only get 4g (very patchy) due to an overspill from Liverpool

 

[m4tty]

Mate got it from ebay

Gonna have a go. Maybe go for the quad core on with 13mp camera

 

[OnOff]

Chinese phone(s) coming pre-loaded with spyware?

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/report-chinese-phone-comes-preloaded-153601373.html

 

[NozSpark]

 

[steptoe]

Chinese phone(s) coming pre-loaded with spyware?

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/report-chinese-phone-comes-preloaded-153601373.html

Like an iPhone then,?   :slap

 

[Blue Duck]

Like an iPhone then,? :slap

Use Google steps?

 

[Bruspark]

A word to the wise on cheap Chinese smartphones http://gu.com/p/3q7pf/

Oh dear  - must read to end of other peoples posts first

 

[OnOff]

Huawei? The well known handset and tablet maker sold in so many high street phone outlets..........................doesn't take much Googling to find allegations cropping up about them on the spying front. Think it's the US who refuse to allow the stuff on their networks etc.

Beats me why the Chinese would do such a thing though. I mean they only need wait a while and we'll give them anything they want, think power, railways, banks.............

Still I'm not worried by router's made by BT!  :lol:

..............is Doogee an anagram of "Dodgy"?

 

[OnOff]

m4tty, did you get one?

This whole potential built in spyware thing has put me off. TBH for a "known brand"  but cheapo that new Moto E looks good for £79:

http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/deals/motorola_moto_e/?gclid=COa_n97frr8CFa7HtAodRSQAhg