Its just a quad core phone with higher pricing due to Qualcomm soc, and larger ROM only. Besides it's a CDMA phone which mean no 3g here. Want Qualcomm snapdragon at affordable price you could check up on xiaolajiao 3s, which is 5.5 incher with fhd, 2gb ram and 16gb ROM with nfc. It's currently price at around 1.3k yuan

This post has been edited by sniperwolf: Feb 28 2014, 06:49 PM

If its really true then its really a good news for those who intend to grab it if it really reach local shore. And as price you mentioned, the 1st phone that will get ko by it will most likely be lenovo s939 Too bad its dont have nfc

If they willing to bring in 3c, I think it will ko all lenovo low end budget smart phone with that kinda of pricing, considering its bout rm100 extra like honor 3x pricing you mentioned. (1k yuan bout rm533 + rm100)

And if honor 3x really available locally, honor x1 might able to be found locally

This post has been edited by sniperwolf: Feb 28 2014, 07:04 PM

Honor brand is actually meant for aggressive pricing in mainland to counter xiaomi, which is why you could see its 3c is 1 yuan cheaper than hongmi

Is midland huawei phone ap or original? Well we'll wait till April to see if this good news turn out to be true or not la.

This post has been edited by sniperwolf: Feb 28 2014, 07:38 PM

All the honor 3x available now are only with 8gb rom and no news with it upgrading to 16gb.

As for b199, its a carrier specific phone for china telecom which only cdma/gsm only, which you could see the tian yi (天翼）logo at the back cover of the phone, practically useless here with only gsm support. There wont be any support at all for GApps by default unless you root it and install GApps yourself.

I lazy to repeat numerous of time, so go read properly what I had posted. T100S Iron Man and T200 is basically the same phone, which only difference is screen size 5 vs 6, and front camera 13mp vs 8mp

Monkey king is direct translation from Chinese where the English branding is ironman, and also slight difference on battery , 2300 vs 2500 mah

This post has been edited by sniperwolf: Mar 1 2014, 01:31 PM

There are people selling here in lelong for t100, which you don't need to order from China. And those that sold here come with stock android, which is not same as the monkey king 2 that order from China with tang dou os, so GApps is already preinstalled

From what I know, if you order from taobao, most likely it will be the China version, where if from Ali express, it will usually be the international version that come with GApps.

This post has been edited by sniperwolf: Mar 3 2014, 10:55 AM

Taobao is mostly cater for China users, which is why I said most phone found there are China version, even its a wcdma phone. You need to confirm with the seller on the os part when you buy through taobao, where as from Ali express you won't need to worry much on it as they are more cater for international buyers

Local pricing is at rm1.1k for the ironman is lelong, and 1.8k yuan after conversion already rm950+ minimum, which not yet include shipping cost and taobao agent service charges. So you could do the math yourself

Anyway I think we are bit off topic now since its a honor 3x thread

This post has been edited by sniperwolf: Mar 3 2014, 04:34 PM

Unless you consider those so called free gift very important, then just get from taobao as by default the phone already come with a screen protector and a back case. Price is bout 300 (298 to be exact) USD included FedEx charges from Ali express from my last visit. And there a champagne gold version which I think looks nicer if you are not aware of it and no additional cost for that

This post has been edited by sniperwolf: Mar 3 2014, 05:50 PM

And most likely limited for td-scdma only for now. So the default honor 3x is still a better choice, at least widely available.

Honor branding is currently solely for mainland only. Someone mentioned before that authorized unit will be brought in this month, but never has any follow up anyone till now.

The phone is 3g only, not 4g. Want 4g then go get honor 6

Both cater for different needs, as honor 3x selling point is the dual 3g support on both sim (TD WCDMA + WCDMA), which can be an important features to those which always travel between China and Malaysia, which you wont need to carry 2 different phone due to network differences.

In terms of design, honor 3x is also lighter and thinner when compare to hongmi note which has close to 200g of weight for just a 5.5 inch phone.

The 3x price has dropped since the launch of 3x pro, where if not mistaken can be easily found for around 1400 rmb with free gift such as leather case and etc.