DOOGEE VOYAGER DG300 MTK6572 - Mobile Phone - How bad is it and buying from Deal Extreme

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Edit: no idea about DealExtreme

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I'm no expert on phones, but I heard that Samsung's phones last fairly long.
Also, a dual core and 512+MB of ram seems more than enough; especially for fairly basic needs.

You know that the problem of using the phone while driving is not holding it with your hand, but focusing on it instead of driving, right?

Deal Extreme is awesome!
...for little tech gadgets. I don't think I'd buy a phone there.

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It's not really that good of a phone. Only 512 MB of RAM. I suggest finding a better brand.

Man, don't. Never buy Chinese electronics, unless it's developed by good company. It will be shitty quality, cheap plastic, most probably not even properly fitted, it will creak and break soon. And wait for reviews, never buy anything from DX without reading them, most of their stuff is cheap shit.

For 100$ you can buy very good used phone. I bought used Sony Ericsson k810i 5 years ago for 120$ and it still serves me well.

I would advise against buying phones from DX, though you certainly could look at, say, some trusted AliExpress sellers. Don't ever buy strangely named Chinese phones, but by all means look through the actual Chinese brands, like Zopo, Jiayu, Amoi or Haipai for example. They make really powerful gadgets that still could be sold cheap, and their quality got actually pretty damn good in a couple of last years. Also, they more often than not come pre-rooted and with no restriction on hardware options (like, say, OTG, which is being locked out on many brand phones these days).

$100 is pretty low, I'd say go for a phone in $150-$180 range for the best price/quality (my sis for example is very happy with her $150 Neo002i) with IPS display and everything, but you still can get a Lenovo A630 or something like that, for example. For myself right now, I'd buy something with a good battery and screen like probably $250 Gorilla Glass Jiayu G4.

Last year I actually had a chance to experiment with quite a few of Chinese devices, both no-name and branded, and described some of the more interesting experiences on my website, but it was mostly tablets then and it's in Russian anyway :)