Hows China Mobiles For Rim

[befriend_my 0]

Hi Friends,

I m thinking to buy China handset for reliance mobile connection , as CDMA & GSM both cards at a time options available in China handset.

Hows China handsets ? pls let me know. Is It worth buying ?

Can I surf net using GSM or RIM's GPRS on my laptop or PC?

Please advice me...

[@ksh@T 20]

please search before posting, before purchasing just make sure you are purchasing a good h/s with a genuine IMEI no.

[Mufaddal 678]

Hi Friends,

I m thinking to buy China handset for reliance mobile connection , as CDMA & GSM both cards at a time options available in China handset.

Hows China handsets ? pls let me know. Is It worth buying ?

Can I surf net using GSM or RIM's GPRS on my laptop or PC?

Please advice me...

y not go for spice phones instead rather than chinese handsets........there is a thread goin on in the forum u can read about it n make ur decision accordingly

[_Kailash_ 63]

Spice is launching D1111 Dual CDMA + GSM jus wait for it man

Chinese phones are good but its kinda risky...coz it has no warranty and once u drop it from your hand it may not work the next time u pick it up

[Honest 836]

@befriend_my

My dear friend, you can also go for good quality chinese like handsets available with different Indian manufacturers like USHA. As they have proper IMEI number.

And if you want typical Chinese Handset which are available in the market, then do not forget to check if it has proper IMEI number.

Regards.

[hritik123 4]

whats is a proper imei number , how will we know

[Honest 836]

^^^

My dear friend, if their are all zero or no zero in the Imei number then it reflects to be suspecious.

Regards.

[bobbymots 0]

Hi...

If you wanna check mobiles for IMEI real numbers just remove the battery and check for a 15 digit number starting with 35... in the battery compartment. (It has to always start with 35)

You can also type *#06# in standby mode to see the IMEI number on the display.

High end China phones (touch screen) do have proper IMEI numbers, but then again you never know if duplicate IMEI number has been issued (i.e. an already used IMEI number)

I am using a china touchscreen cdma+gsm phone CG6680 since last 7 months, have dropped it accidentally a couple of times and its still working all okay. It looks classy, high quality body with fantastic touchscreen experience and stereo speakers and can put Nokia to shame.

China dual (gsm+cdma) phones are excellent multimedia phones but have some drawbacks only for CDMA as below.

1) Simple functions like bluetooth or setting a picture as wallpaper are only available on the menu list if a GSM sim is present in the handset. (I keep an old voadone sim in the GSM sim slot)

2) MMS, Internet, Call waiting, Call Diverts, record feature while on call, etc are only allocated to GSM sim card. These features are not available for CDMA sim. (probably they were not able to design a phone that can cater these features to both types of networks on a single handset - Not sure if its the same case with SPICE phones)

I tested each and every functionality of the phone at the store for more than 30 minutes before buying it.

Still it came up with one issue and I am living with it and it is;

- If I send a standard length text message (less than 160 chars) say of 40 to 60 chars., the message goes out as a broken message and incomplete.

- If anybody sends me a text lengthier than 40 chars or so, I receive it as a blank or a 3 to 4 chars message.

(However, I can send and receive any length messages using my GSM number from the same phone. This can be an issue with only my phone or maybe with any CDMA+GSM dual phones)

I'll be getting it reflashed to see if that solves the SMS issue.

I am basically a Reliance user so if have to send text messages I have to stick to an 8 to 10 words messages.

The problem is I might receive long messages and hence blank or a few chars.

For eg. the message that Reliance sends each month for my bill that is generated comes as "Dear Cu" and thats it :-)

If you wanna buy the dual (CDMA+GSM) china phone:

- check all settings before you buy. put both sims and try calling, sending sms from CDMA to GSM(lengthy), bluetooth, etc....

- check the IMEI (*#06#)

- Though mobile phones emit safe level of radiation, if its an unbranded phone and coming cheap you never know if radiation has been taken care of. Hence with china phones it is better to use handfree kit or bluetooth headphones (it works with bluetooth headphones - atleast my model does)

Cheers

Bobby

Edited November 17, 2008 by bobbymots

[Mufaddal 678]

f you wanna check mobiles for IMEI real numbers just remove the battery and check for a 15 digit number starting with 35... in the battery compartment. (It has to always start with 35)

You can also type *#06# in standby mode to see the IMEI number on the display.

not necessrily ....i hve my two china phones of my frend lying with me which were purchased for 14 k ....which r dual band gsm/cdma ........the problem is none of them have imei nos .....infact * #06#....which by the way is a common code which works on nokia devices ( even on iphone) ......doesnt show anything ....there is nothing on the box as well.....

and besides there is no guarantee that even an expensive china phone will have imei ....so its always better to check .....if u r concerned about the imei .....

[bobbymots 0]

Exactly............

Thats the reason I said;

If you wanna buy the dual (CDMA+GSM) china phone:

- check all settings before you buy. put both sims and try calling, sending sms from CDMA to GSM(lengthy), bluetooth, etc....

- check the IMEI (*#06#)

- Use handfree or bluetooth headphones (it works) --- though mobile phones emit safe level of radiation, if its an unbranded phone and coming cheap who knows whether radiation has been taken care of.

Cheers

Bobby

Edited November 16, 2008 by bobbymots

[mihirf2003 7]

dont go for china phones....instead buy phone from rimweb techies or buy some spice phones...but china phones are serious no no....they can never be trusted....might be working at the time of purchase but on constant use will surely get bad and not work properly...

SO BEWARE OF CHINA PHONES!!!

[Honest 836]

My dear friends, now a days every second electronic equipment we purchase from the market is assembled at China, regardless to its brand.

I don't see any harm in purchasing Chinese Handsets if the IMEI numbering is proper.

And if their are still any doubts then my dear friends, just go for any BRANDED HANDSET with BILL and WARRANTY and have PEACE OF MIND.

Regards.

[hritik123 4]

i have a dual gsm/cdma mobile which i bought which is showing proper imei number , and i can send sms of 160 characters from my cdma witout any probs

[Honest 836]

^^^

Its good to hear from you my dear Hritik, that your dual sim handset has the proper IMEI number. As those mobiles which don't have proper IMEI number would going to be banned in India due to security reasons.

Regards.

[rameshmadhavan 4]

Hi Friends,

I m thinking to buy China handset for reliance mobile connection , as CDMA & GSM both cards at a time options available in China handset.

Hows China handsets ? pls let me know. Is It worth buying ?

Can I surf net using GSM or RIM's GPRS on my laptop or PC?

Please advice me...

The battery would be a major problem, the one good thing in these chineese handsets are, once you pair a handset using blue tooth, then you can get into the paired handsets folders without even an alert on the paired handset, it would be like surfing your own handset, you can send all information from the paired handset to yours using this without any alert on it.