Yeah i also wish to know which batch of G4 u got... As this will bring up my confident in the seller you got it from.

The latest or atleast not the 1st batch should already been rectify some of the ealier prob.
Does the Touchscreen still need a careful touch to be precise, and does the OTG work?

Too big for my taste.
I still cant understand the notion of having bigger than 5" phone. It is no longer a phone. More to phablet already.

True the spec kind of awesome. But so does xiaomi M2s with a nice 4.3" screeen.
I still accept anythg up to 4.7" screen.

Heh, though we do demand some ridiculous spec, such as,

Low Price + awesome screen + bigger batt cap + quadcore turbo + 2GB Ram + 16/32GB ROM + sd card slot + Nice build quality.

Congrat to you bro.
May we ask for a initial review?
A review from a user point of view.

I do read up about MIUI and i use mihome launcher myself. So i had a general idea and knowledge on the ROM it self.

My impression from things i read up on the net, this phone is way better than iphone 5 itself (Of coz also the uber expensive S4 and HTC One), be it the functional and spec, and also the PRICE.
Yeah, especially the Price...
But minus the build material lah, kan?

Yours a 2s? and only 1150? Nice buy, bro.
A 2GB RAM right?

Phew... a dream phone of mine, but... the only but... which i have over this phone....
is, it only has a single sim version.

My alternative is Jiayu G4 (dual sims), and due to i want a 2GB Ram, had to wait for the advance edition.

Now i'm wishing that the Jiayu G4 Advance edition wont be too expensive than this little beast.

As for MIUI ROM, yes. I know of its awesomeness... heh.
Unfortunately my phone is not compatible.

and Jiayu is using LEWA OS...

Only a certain kind of people will like Jiayu G4... and that people is like me, who love the design.
And by design, it is as close as it can be as Xiaomi M2 without actually being a clone phone.
A simple candy bar.

Other people might luv the design by other brand of more modern and stylish look.

The basic model of jiayu G4 is dual sim, and only has 1GB RAM/4GB ROM
But, it has SD Card slot.
and teh batt is 3000mah.

Nway, the good news is, The price is way cheaper than others. but the build quality is quite remarkable.

I'm waiting for the advance version because of MTK6589T and 2GB RAM/32GB ROM.

Why i want it cheaper than xiaomi m2s? because of the MTK chip vs Snapdragon 600.
Btw, it is indeed cheap but damn ok quality phone in Shenzhen, china (Sub 1000 Yuan).
But due to the high demand... the online seller are selling higher price than that to the oversea buyer.

Review by Brian Here.

And still wishing more seller will bring this into malaysian market. And make it cheaper than the ridiculous mark up price.

honestly, it is weird as nobody really do a review on the dual sims function of these china phone.

Is it dual standby? or is it dual active?
how is the performance? how does it functions?
any drop call?

A review from a singaporean user. Jiayu G4

what about the build quality? is it as good as they say?
and also how about the smoothness of operation? does 1GB Ram enough to warrant a day to day with lots apps without lagging?

Thank you mr. BartS for reconfirming.
with this i pretty much set on Jiayu G4.
Though the only hurdle left is waiting to know the price for the newly launch updated Jiayu G4 Basic vs Jiayu G4 Advance.

If the price gap is too much, then i would easily pick the 1GB Ram version.

I wish the price wont be too far from rm800.
Though a wishful thinking as the updated one come with a better camera and MTK6589T.

I did read the review on that latest C2 Premium.
From the test, i get a basic idea what Jiayu G4 Turbo with 1GB Ram gonna be.
The thing that not really my cup of tea is the 5inc screen. I rather have a tad smaller.
And of coz, the batt of jiayu g4 is bigger than C2.
Plus i like G4 design more.
C2 design give me a feeling of iphone too much.

nevertheless, C2 is on my watch-list.
Behind Xiaomi Mi2s.

My prediction for the price,
Updated Jiayu G4 basic - Rm800-900
Jiayu G4 Advance - Rm1050-1150

HTC Desire 600 is out in Malaysia.



RM1199

4.5-inch qHD display
Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200
Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5
Battery 1860 mAh
RAM 1 GB
ROM 8 GB
8MP Back
1.6MP Front

UI : HTC Blinkfeed and HTC Boomsound with Beats Audio

Dual Active Sims

Although the price is where i initially predicted, still disappointed as i wish it be below 1k.
At this price i go with Jiayu g4 advance or even zopo c2 premium. (dual sim)

If i just looking for a single sim phone, then it is the obvious Xiaomi Mi2S.

I have no idea how customer service or aftersales service from HTC.
I do know that their flagship phone htc one is good albeit expensive.

True. To those who knew, this phone is already the king since it started to exist.

unfortunately for 5.3inc display, the batt is just 2250 mAh, thus I'm not sure if it will last a day,
A decent choice, yeah, plus with it is officially sold in malaysia, atleast we know it got reputation, local warranty, and also locally well known brand.

However as the thread is more towards Cheaper phone with superior spec n quality, but relatively unknown brand in malaysia. (aka Shenzhen mari punya) So i prefer other cheaper but better spec alternative. heh.

Even if you decide to buy online from international website,
the total cost still would be RM1060++ (minus tax) for neo 003 Turbo version.

and RM770++ (minus tax) for the basic version.

What to say, all of those phones,
is only cheap if you go and buy it yourself in china.

Here... i guess we have to compromise...

How about this SpreadChart

I'm a little confuse as to how many version of Jiayu G4 gonna be.

Jiayu G4 Basic MTK6589 1GB ram/4GB rom
Jiayu G4 Advance MTK6589 2GB ram/32GB rom

Turbo version?
Jiayu G4 Basic MTK6589T 1GB ram/4GB rom
Jiayu G4 Advance MTK6589T 2GB ram/32GB rom

Anyone knows for sure which is which gonna be?

Thanks, now its a bit clear.
I wonder how much cheaper the Old Basic gonna be when still in store for local seller.

Worst case (and likely the case), the Old one price still the same, and the Turbo version gonna get a jack up in price.

Jiayu G4 Basic MTK6589T 1GB ram/4GB rom estimate RM900++
Jiayu G4 Advance MTK6589T 2GB ram/32GB rom estimate RM1100++

Def not Oppo. Too big IMHO. Not my cup of tea.

Xiaomi yeah, is great. But no dual Sims. so not yet for me. Perhaps Xiaomi Mi4 in a couple of years.

Meizu MX3



I wonder why Meizu phones are damn expensive here in malaysia.
More expensive than Xiaomi even.

Anybody has one? care to give a review?

But i do acknowledge that its design is damn sexy.

p.s: by now you guys could already guess that i like the shape of xiaomi, jiayu and new addition, meizu.

I wonder if you also get the feeling that the screen Jiayu G4 is beautiful/pretty like the NightFelix said happen on iOcean X7.

I watch youtube review on G4 but the vid quality is not really enable me to access the G4 Screen objectively,
Other review about other devices, they tried playing a HD vid, so easy to judge.

Phew... it feels like ages waiting for G4 Basic Turbo version.

meanwhile, Xiaomi "Mi3" leak pics, shown an "ugly" design for me. Too big plus sharp edges...

it has been researched that the 'dreaming' or 'wanting' to buy a thing is making us more happier than the actual "buying it".

I do agree that if waiting for so long, the hip in my mind gonna slow down.

But the good thing is, chinese phone market keep moving at a faster pace.
with new MTK chip, cheaper higher spec.

A contender to fight Xiaomi Mi2S had just arrived today.

ZTE Nubia Z5 Mini


of coz, the price is also as high as xiaomi mi2s.
it came with a 4.7inc Sharp CGS display, a 13 mega-pixel Sony rear sensor, 5 mega-pixel front camera with 88 degree lens, quad-core Snadpragon processor, 2GB RAM, SD card readers, support for most major 3G networks