**** The Official Chinese Phones Thread ****

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I recently got a huawei p smart 2019 after having no phone for nigh on 3 years (yes really), you get a lot of phone for your money these days don't you? :o I think its excellent anyway!
 
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Recently got a Redmi Note 8T. I'm finding that the vibration is really weak compared to my old Moto G5 Plus. I'm guessing not much can be done?
 
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How you Poco f2 guys getting on?

So great. The screen is awesome, it's super smooth. The gui is actually very good. With nova on I barely noticed a difference from Samsung if anything, it's better.

But I put a dual sim in last week and the phone crashed. Kept restarting. I had to do a full reset and it's been fine since.

The camera is definitely better than my s9+ too. All round I'm very happy.
 
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So great. The screen is awesome, it's super smooth. The gui is actually very good. With nova on I barely noticed a difference from Samsung if anything, it's better.

But I put a dual sim in last week and the phone crashed. Kept restarting. I had to do a full reset and it's been fine since.

The camera is definitely better than my s9+ too. All round I'm very happy.
Good to hear. All the reviews rate it highly too.
 
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Hi guys, is this phone any good - 'Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro', I dont want to be messing with custom roms etc, are the bloatware apps / ads annoying?
If my experience of the 8T is anything to go by it will have a terrible vibration motor.

I'm most likely going to return. Forgot Amazon had extended the windows.
 
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Hi guys, is this phone any good - 'Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro', I dont want to be messing with custom roms etc, are the bloatware apps / ads annoying?
I've got the 9S which is pretty much the same phone minus nfc.
I'm very happy with it....all the bloat can be removed without root using adb/fastboot tool on a pc and any potential ads can be turned off in settings
 
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Hi guys, is this phone any good - 'Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro', I dont want to be messing with custom roms etc, are the bloatware apps / ads annoying?

Yeah had this phone for about 2-3 weeks I guess. Uninstalled a few apps when I first received it and use Nova launcher. No ads or bloat now.

Honestly I don't know what else you'd need in a phone. NFC, lightning fast, 3 day battery life, fast charging, perfectly positioned fingerprint reader, good camera.
 
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i ordered the 9s 6gb ram version shipping from Spain. while i wait for delivery i have been looking at its features. apparently it can play youtube in the background - there is a specific chinese app for this. Can anyone who owns this 9s/9 pro confirm this?
 
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i ordered the 9s 6gb ram version shipping from Spain. while i wait for delivery i have been looking at its features. apparently it can play youtube in the background - there is a specific chinese app for this. Can anyone who owns this 9s/9 pro confirm this?

Try an app called https://newpipe.schabi.org/ Blocks YouTube adds and can play in the background. Works on any phone.
 
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