iPhone Clone (JiaYu)

brianl

Boss says she wants something like an iPhone except it can't be an iPhone because she says she doesn't like iPhones. Please just accept this directive.
Anyways, also need the dual SIM thing. It's got a metal body, 4.5" screen (iPhone is 4") and it's only slightly larger than iPhone, it's not one of those giant droids that she doesn't want. Anyone have comments on this one? http://jiayumart.com/jiayu-g5-smartphone-android-42-mtk6589t-45-inch-gorilla-glass-screen-3g-otg-130mp-camerablack-p-125.html

Vitaliy_Kiselev

LOL

They have two versions

http://www.pandawill.com/jiayu-g5-smartphone-android-42-mtk6589t-45-inch-gorilla-glass-screen-3g-otg-130mp-camera-black-silver-p81825.html

http://www.pandawill.com/jiayu-g5-smartphone-2gb-32gb-mtk6589t-android-42-45-inch-gorilla-glass-screen-p85726.html

otherwise nothing special except iPhone likeness.

You can get http://www.pandawill.com/refurbished-as-brand-new-iphone-4-16gb-35-inch-retina-screen-3g-black-p87138.html original :-)

On your place I'll look at something with FullHD screen, mtk6589t is not bad, but people told you latest is octa core chips now :-)

brianl

I know, I'm pathetic at this. When I get a phone for myself it takes five minutes. But this is for the boss, if I screw it up I'll never hear the end of it. Thanks for the tips.

Also, I have major PTSD from going on that site with the 4 billion different models of smart phone.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@brianl

PandaWill is just most popular for such things.

May be get Nokia phone instead? I mean 920, 925, 1020? Or even 520-635 range (as they are very cheap in US) ?

duartix

I've got a Jiayu G4 for about 8 months now. Everything about it is one step above it's price range. Construction is very good, battery life is excellent (I've got the 3000mah version), performance is beyond reasonable and the official ROMs are spectacularly stable (better than any ROM I've installed on my LG Optimus 2x).

Having said that, GPS reception is it's Achilles Heel, like in all phones with the MTK6589 chipset. There are software fixes for it but it's not a full fix. On top of that, my car's windshield bust be shaped like a radar deflector because it makes the matter worse than any other car where I've tried navigation. If she constantly drives in an urban area with narrow streets and 5+ story tall buildings, I'd say she's very bound to loose fix every ~2m.

This one has a newer chipset that has that problem fixed:

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