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Hi,

Looking to spent max of 3500 on a smartphone , so far the 1 phone that stands out for me is the Xiaomi Redmi 7 64GB at R2999.What other options do you recommend ?
 
I had the Redmi 5 awhile back, for R2K from Gearbest. Best phone for the price though, but expect not so much for the display PPI and camera quality. You get what you pay for. Xiaomi offers some good phones for the budget range.

Don't go for Dogee. They are the most suspicious and shady company, bombarding you with ads on the device.
 
RuhanSA079 said:
Don't go for Dogee. They are the most suspicious and shady company, bombarding you with ads on the device.
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Been using various Doogee phones over the last few years. No ad's except when using free versions of lousy launchers. How many Doogee phones have you owned? Me (and my wife and son), have had 7 in the last 3 years (DG700, T3, Mix, X5MaxPro, S50, S55, BL7000). I'm currently using the S50, my son has the S55 and the wife lugs the BL7000 around.
 
Dairyfarmer said:
Been using various Doogee phones over the last few years. No ad's except when using free versions of lousy launchers. How many Doogee phones have you owned? Me (and my wife and son), have had 7 in the last 3 years (DG700, T3, Mix, X5MaxPro, S50, S55, BL7000). I'm currently using the S50, my son has the S55 and the wife lugs the BL7000 around.
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Had a colleague of mine, who himself and other three family members of his had this experience of closing one ad after the other, where the phone would turn useless after a while.
Tbh, I really don't know who to blame. Dogee, the users downloading/installing shady apps, or even the seller loading the "goodies".

Thats my collection of Dogee so far. Word of mouth. Eish.

I would be very careful from where I buy any device.

EDIT: TIL from Lew over at Unbox Therapy - Seems like there is two different types of Dogee devices you can get: the ad subsidized one which is cheaper, but loaded with adware and most likely to overwhelm you at some time. (Probably to make up for the "device" costs?) Amazon is one good example.
Then you get the other ones with no ads.

TL;DR My colleague most likely bought the cheaper alternative, but probably did not know about the ad subsidization...

@Dairyfarmer Sorry, my bad.
 
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@RuhanSA079 No problem. Like I said I've been using them for a few years now. Mainly for their outstanding build quality especially in the rugged phones.

Only ever bought mine from SunSky, Gearbest or Banggood.
 
Gearbest sucks with they delivery options. R250 to send EMS? Would rather buy from somewhere that, at least, offers Aramex. DHL prefered. Yess it costs a few hundred Rand more, but everything clears customs in HK once you pay the duty, so the packages just sail through when they get to SA.
 
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