RoadsterUK
Distinguished Member
Or would you go back to a mainstream brand ?
Definitely happy with my Lenovo P780 and have tried Pomp and Xiaomi too. Quality is absolutely fantastic, so much better than the plastic Samsungs. Huawei is also a favourite, the P6 was a real iPhone killer at half the price. Would still consider mainstream brands but only if they offered something useful that the Chinese brands don't and was worth the extra cash.
Bought my daughter a Goophone last Xmas - clever thing but lasted less than 6 months , Battery and charging problems. Then dead. So, I am very wary of Chinese phones.
What problem did you have with the inew? And which model did you have
I was thinking about getting an Mi3, but may wait for the Mi4 64GB FDD-LTE black model to be released.
Out of interest what made you buy the Mi3 (this is the phone I was seriously contemplating buying, and still might)
ok well got mine from digitalplayworld and with 12months guarantee so hopefully should be ok
Guarantee
All our products come with a 12 month Manufacturer's Warranty. Where a product is deemed faulty it will be repaired, replaced or refunded. Products that require returning will be done so at the customer's expense.
I hope so for your sake, if you are referring to digitalplayworld.co.uk I would still worry, it appears to be a fly by night type site, that website isn't UK law compliant and probably run by a 'one man band'. If he folds or disappears, so does any promised warranty.
And to add, the warranty isn't actually all that good. It's an RTB manufacturers warranty so you could still be hit with postage charges (and without any real contact details, good luck trying to pursue a consumer protection case). I hope you paid for the phone directly with a credit card.
I'd been looking at the Mi 3 since the launch last year, but just couldn't get one at the time. All the sellers were out of stock or waiting for stock so I gave up.
A couple of weeks ago, I was browsing the AV classified forum....after several beverages, and saw it on sale there. Couldn't resist it, for the missus of course, so made a purchase.
I'm so impressed i want the Mi 4; I've got a wanted advert out there but no takers as yet, so I'll give it a couple of days then head to Aliexpress. Miui just feels 'right'. It's very smooth and has no bloat ware so runs very quickly.
It's a cracking phone so I hope the Mi 4 will be even better!!
It just wouldn't turn on, I had 2 batteries which tested fine on a tester, the phone appeared to be totally OK, even had it stripped down to check by one of the techs at one of my old shops, no damage, no problems with switches. Just a general failure.
Being cheap Chinese there was no diagnostics available, no parts in the UK, and sending back to China and hoping they might be honest enough to fix it (if they even admitted to it arriving when posted) just wasn't worth the expense.
It went into the bin.
I can't remember the model number now, it was a model launched about 12 months ago IIRC.
His quarantee is same as most shops,Even currys ask you to contack the suppliers now (friend had 3 sony Tv's which HE had to liase with Sony, Currys were not interested )