Thousands of happy customers have finally been receiving their long-awaited JiaYu G3’s this weekend with customers of both the silver and black models finally getting their super popular dual-core phone! And now resellers and online stores are claiming to have stock!
The JiaYu G3 has been the source of lots of news both negative and positive, but it seems the Chinese phone brand has finally worked out all the bugs and are getting up to speed shipping the phones to customers in China, I have also received word that some dropship and Chinese resellers are beginning to receive stock too!
One such reseller is achinaseller.com (link removed as it seems they are not trustworthy! See comments) who claim they have stock of the JiaYu G3 and are ready to ship the phone internationally now! Just be aware though that I have never dealt with this but have heard from “Jack” who says they have stock. Have any of you dealt with achinaseller? Are they trustworthy?
While achinaseller claim they have stock other stores I have spoken to either avoided the question or told me that they still don’t have the G3 available.
Have any of you guys successfully bought a JiaYu G3? And if so who do you recommend?
I never bought from this seller and I doubt about it because they claim to have stock on Oppo Finder 5 that’s seems to be impossible… :o/
I hope I get mine this week!
looks like they are not not trustworthy!
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/achinaseller
http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52110
Wow lots of bad comments about this one! Let’s keep clear of them!
I think is a fake they want it to be paid through transfer or something like that.
And that smells, no paypal no good.
Also noticed that they say the price of the phone is going up after Oct. 25th to a whooping $280. Seems suspect to be honest.
don’t trust achinaseller.
achinaseller is scam, you can googling it.
i have conversation with them,
he say they have a stock, then
i ask he to take photo of jiayu with today newspaper, but after that
he say the last product already sold, and dont have time to take photo.
beware of chinaseller.
Seems they are one to avoid thanks for your comments guys keep them coming!
Achinaseller is a real scam. Don’t trust them. Their website and customer support r very suspicious. They lie a lot to get customers n then u end up waiting forever or even if ur product arrives, theres a problem with it. I prefer ugoodbuy from aliexpress. Impressive customer support and they stick to their word. Can’t wait to get mine soon =D
Thanks for making my day Andi!!
BTW Andi, I think you should stop waiting for Jiayu to tell you when to pay. If it’s true that some resellers have stock, order from them then coz it might take forever if you wait for Jiayu to message u..
Haha might be a good idea 🙂
I don’t know what to say about this site, because when I browse “customers” questions about the Jiayu G3, I see post from July 7th 2012 asking if the phone is in stock, and their reply was “No, this is for a preorder”, so that seems very honest to me, and not leading people on. They are also accepting paypal, moneybookers, and credit cards, usually scam companies only accept western union, or bank transfer, so they seem legit to me.
Here’s where i get skeptical, they list the OPPO Finder 5 as being in stock when asked, so do they really have that phone, are they stolen, did they manage to sneak some out?????
Idk man, you’re 50/50 with this company.
I did some research on this company. Basically if you want to find out which companies are legit/scammers, just type in their name then put scam in the google/yahoo search, for example “achinaseller scam”, and if they are a scam company, you should see customer reviews about them. I came across a site, and the reviews are NOT good:
http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52110
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/achinaseller
http://www.reviewstalk.com/complaints-reviews/achinaseller-com-l16362.html
DO YOUR RESEARCH PEOPLE, AND THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. I think we are all safe on aliexpress through “Escrow” that way we are guaranteed refunds.
Cheers for that! I’ll take down their link.
so which site you guys recommend??
Anywhere legit in stock?
Great, I bought the jiayu g3 with them. Looks like I’m ontheshort end of the stick with this one….
Did you get it?
I bought g3 from achinaseller in august….. still waiting…… i think i have lost money -_-
achinaseller is scam. I ordered the Jiayu G3 as he told me it is in stock. When I got no reply after payment I made several emails but only after I told Jack from achinaseller that I informed Western Union about fraud (I really did and send him copy of the conversation with Western Union) he said he does not have the phone at the moment but he can send another (an S3 clone). As I realized that I have no chance to get my money back I told him to send the S3 clone which I will sell here in Germany and maybe i will lose only 20-30 USD.
What about antelife, do you guys know this one?
They are a hit and miss. There are a dozen poor reviews on facebook. They are horrible at communicating. They didn’t even bother sending out the tracking details until it reached my country. It wasn’t until I threatend to dispute the charges with Paypal they started to respond to my messages.
Don’t go with them.
Well, I’m afraid out is too late for that…as I did preorder already and have been waiting for a long time. So far they have communicated same things as this page (theoretically they have stock since yesterday)…. Let’s see…
Jiayu factory Maximum capability producing phones is 10,000 per week only (If no issues).
we have some millions of customers eagerly waiting. I think at least 3Months had to wait for resellers to have stock in stores.
As we are all aware that popular phones like Xiaomi are sold millions of quantity in just 30Minutes after open in their website.
Jiayu G3 is most popular phone (HOT)
so we (International) customers have to wait.
WE can post links here to good sellers..
The sellers on aliexpress hasen´t got it yet either..
FastCardTech.com
http://www.fastcardtech.com/goods-7418-Jiayu-G3-MTK-6577-Dual-Dore-Dual-Simcard-Dual-Standby-1G-RAM-45-IPS-Screen-8MP-Camera.html
out of stock and they don’t know when they will get
i received a mail from them 2 days ago claiming that the address i’ve given is not my paypal verified address, and i’ll need to confirm it’s the one i wanna have it sent to. i replied, but no follow up since then. they claimed to have it on stock 10 days ago (it’s now obviius that they didn’t), and i hope that their mail was the first sign of the phone aproaching my hands….
Ok it sounds like we really need to avoid these scammers! I hope you get everything fixed.
Just got a mail from my seller (Aliexpress) asking for the color choice for the phone. Apparently the seller would be getting the stock in 2 days from the factory.
Can you give me the url of your seller? thanks
Just had a look at aliexpress. Seems to be in stock now at some sellers…still waiting for a message of mine…
I got my G3 on 12. October from Tmallbox.com. They had it on stock at 5. October. Now, maybe they got more pieces.. Tom or Justin in Live Chat will answer you, if real in stock or not.
i found this seller on Aliexpress caliming he got the phone in stock. But dont know if its true.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Pre-order-SG-post-freeshipping-Jiayu-G3-MTK6577-Dual-core-1GHZ-CPU-4G-ROM-1G-RAM/664583706.html
“claiming”. sorry for mistake
PandaWill and DinoDirect don’t have yet. FocalPrice and DealExtreme will not sell it
(I’m admin of a community (it’s like a forum) of OnlineBuyers and I have direct communication with the owners of that store)
cheers for the update 🙂
Hi Profesor Yeow,
Which online store do you suggest for buying Jiayu G3 and shipping to Canada or US?
Thanks.
I bought it in pre-order in Pandawll. (DinoDirect don’t have pre-order but wil sell it when have a regular stock from JiaYu). Have free-shipping (with tracking-code to all the world) or can choose for express shipping. In my community (of Hispanic people) we always buy there without problems.
Hello Guys.
I am a seller from China.I want to give you some infos about Jiayu G3.
For the Jiayu G3.It is 4.5”with 1280×720 resolution, MT6577 CPU, 1GB RAM, 4GB ROM, 8MP back camera. Price is only899CNY(142USD). The price makes it good for customers and they seem like it. But Jiayu started to give sad news in July. They announced the sale date:5th Sep.
Actually 5th Sep is not the shipping date.They just recorded how many people would buy it.People who take preorders, haven’t order from Jiayu.They are waiting for Jiayu official’s news for date of paying.
Jiayu announced that they will ship 5000pcs of G3 for the first batch.But it’s only for China.You know,there are so many Chinese want it.(As I know, they only informed 2000 people to pay the order until 9th OCT. They just informed people to pay.Some of people are still waiting for the parcel.)Here you can see from the Official Jiayu Website:
It says, they almost have finished 2000 orders of Black G3,the last order is at 12:30 pm is on 5th Sep. The customer who took the order before 12:30 pm need pay it asap.
The moderator “Wade” made post Jiayu will start to the orders of the second batch:10000pcs.But until now there is still no news. They even haven’t shipped all the 5000pcs for the first batch.
Jiayu will just sell G3 by themselves on its own Website as so far.They won’t give to their agents.I am not sure if they have agents now.It’s a New Brand here in Shenzhen.In my opinion, Jiayu doesn’t want to earn much money now.They just want to make their brand more famous and more famous.That’s why it sells G3 at a so cheap price.If you want to deal it or try to buy one for yourself.,I am afraid you have to wait until there is no Chinese buy it anymore.You know,China has a huge population.You might wait 2 months,3months,……or more.
So if you want to deal it.I suggest you stop this plan now.Or it will make you wait and wait.Then lose the interesting.
This is just my tips about Jiayu G3’s stock situation,I don’t criticize anything.
Thanks for the info Jack
Hello Andi
May I know your email address? I wonder if I can discuss something about Chinese phone with you.
Regards!
I have a contact form which you can use.
So Jack to all people like me paid 180 us dollars from achinaseller for this “Virtual” phone g3 what can u say?
Can u send us another phone or we have to wait till 2015…. or we just wasted our money ???
Hello I am the Jack Ma who is not from achinaseller.
I emailed mixeshop asking if they had any stock, they emailed back saying it is and the price will be going up soon. Wasnt sble to find much on the reseller, hopefully i didnt get scammed when i decided to place an order.
http://www.mixeshop.com/jyg3-mtk6577-45-inch-ips-retina-screen-android-40-3g-gps-wifi-smart-phone_p1652.html
Dear Andy, are you censoring me here?
I’ve sent you a hint via the contact form and I posted a comment here yesterday, telling you that my seller (which I named for completeness, not for advertisement – others have named their sellers too) has already sent my Jiayu G3 on its way. I did not receive any response, nor was my comment published.
Im checking the EMS tracking regularly, according to the log, the parcel has left China and should be here soon.
Hi nope this is the first message I’ve seen. Hope you get it soon
Maybe the spam filter got you? Feel free to write the name of the seller
Mixeshop seems good i have bought things from them in the past but no phone,. just dreambox sat boxes, and they deliver them fast and they was good..
Not sure why but my comments from yesterday have disappeared. No problem but someone gave me a site to download English Android rooms for my copynIPhone 4S. Anyone help me out. Still want one of these phones 🙂
Sorry wrong thread. Doh!
I’ve got message from Tmallbox.com that they have it in stock now and ship within 3-5 days.
i ordered the phone now. Price: 225 USD (A bit higher than others but still a good price I think)
Hi I sent a message to AliExpress store UreDeal and asked them when I will get my phone and the reply was that they expect stock from 30th October and that they will fill orders oldest order first, I was the first person to order from them. I also checked a few other AliExpress stores and found at least 2 others stating that they expect stock around 30th October
Lucky me, looks like I get my phone soon. I have ordered
delivery with DHL Express, so it should arrive latest end of next week:
Minutes ago I got this message from Tmallbox.com:
my friend ,
have receved your money !
we will ship it tomorrow by dhl ,and give you tracking no tomorrow also !
Thanks for your order again !
B.R
Tom Lin£¬zhenpengtech@gmail.com
2012/10/25
Anyone here who already got the phone ?
http://www.tmallbox.com. I bought there, they will send the phone today.
www .fastcardtech.com also trustworthy
Andy, can you tell us which trustworthy sellers? I think ive been scammed by achinaseller
Best to ask other readers in the forums.
http://www.tmallbox.com.
I bought there, they will send the phone today.
www .fastcardtech.com also trustworthy
did you already receive your phone?
The package left HongKong this morning at 4:45 h. I hope the phone is inside the package…
I think I have a good chance to get it Friday (DHL needs only 3 days).
I will let you know
Just checked my supplier for my G3 at http://www.uredeal.com and big banner at the top of the screen saying Jiayu G2 & Jiayu G3 in stock. Strange since I ordered mine on 11th September but still not shipped, made an instant message call and this is the text below
Donald Rogers(2012-10-26 14:55:42)
Hi do you have the Jiayu g3 in stock yet
Tina Wong(2012-10-26 06:56:31)
sorry ,jiayuG3 have no in stock now
Tina Wong(2012-10-26 06:57:02)
why not choose another ,jusy like ,UMIX1 NEWMAN N1
Tina Wong(2012-10-26 06:57:14)
IS also sells very good
Donald Rogers(2012-10-26 14:58:13)
On your website at uredeal.com you have a big banner at the top saying Jiayu G2 & Jiayu G3 in stock
Tina Wong(2012-10-26 06:58:46)
yes ,but there are too many orders,
Donald Rogers(2012-10-26 14:59:15)
I ordered my g3 on 12/09/2012
Tina Wong(2012-10-26 06:59:33)
in our shop?
Donald Rogers(2012-10-26 15:0:28)
yes Ali express order number xxxxxxxxxxxx
Tina Wong(2012-10-26 07:02:32)
ok ,let me check
Tina Wong(2012-10-26 07:05:13)
dear ,i have got it,
Donald Rogers(2012-10-26 15:5:40)
Can you ship me the phone today
Tina Wong(2012-10-26 07:06:07)
your goods will send in the next arrival,because we send goods accroding to the order time
Donald Rogers(2012-10-26 15:7:8)
When will you get next arrival
Tina Wong(2012-10-26 07:07:51)
sorry ,the last arrival have all send out ,and most of them oder in August,so your order is SEP,we will send in next arrival
Tina Wong(2012-10-26 07:08:29)
next will arrival in one and two week
Donald Rogers(2012-10-26 15:9:15)
OK no problem
Seems like these guys are overrun with orders….
have someone tried this?
http://www.jiayumobileshop.com/jiayu-mobile-phone/jiayu-jy-g3/jiayu-g3-mtk6577-dual-core-4-5-inch-ips-retina-gorilla-glass-screen-1g-ram-2750-ma-large-battery-smart-phone-black.html
it said that jiayu g3 is in stock and available for shipment. is this official jiayu shop or just another online scam?
They are antelife guys.
http://www.easywhois.com/index.php?domain=www.jiayumobileshop.com
Someone who already receives the phone, the glass is gorilla glass or not?
thx
I got mine yesterday. Yes, its gorilla glass. And I generally do like the screen. Good brightness, colors are good imo, not as overly intense as on Samsungs AMOLED displays.
hi,
george from which seller you purchase?
arifullah8@gmai.com
i got mine. 🙂
– display amazing
– performance good
– backcover very thin plastic, take care when opening the phone!
bought mine at tmallbox.com
when you ordered?
If I ask nicely can you test for me the Viber application, or other voip apps It works well, because the THL w3+ does not like the woip apps
THX
I ordered it October, 24th. I got an email that they have in stock and I paid immediately.
Yes sure I can test some things for you. I will install Viber and let you know
Hi Ansgar,
i try to buy from tmall box and i not able to find payment by Paypal.
how you pay them
As tmallbox.com is ttrustworthy I paid with Western Union.Viber works fine. I installed and tested it.
Viber works fine.Any other things I should test?
Thanks a lot.
It was good to hear it works. Only this app what interested me.
I want to ask , how many FREE ROM/RAM can use by default and drops the GSM or GPS sign?
The battery keeps 2 day?
The next week I have to order one from the Tmallbox, and i well write the duration of transport.
Thanks your help and have a good day
Hi Ansgar,
1.How is the Loud Speaker quality is it stereo quality or normal , in following condition i. with ear phone ii. without ear phone.
2.Battery
3.Display quality
4.Build quality
Arifullah8
Hello Arifullah,
I can answer.
1) Speaker quality with ear phones is good (judging by music), speech quality will depend on the microphone on the other side. Loud speaker quality when playing music is not too good and mediocre when phoning.
2) battery life: Expect a day of above average usage with around 10-30% left in the evening. It takes rather long to charge, thought.
3) Display quality is great, imo. Colors look very natural in my opinion, not as artificially intense as on AMOLED displays
4) Build quality is good. Havent found a reason to complain yet. Well crafted and well built phone.
thank for detail test and final question is photo picture quality
1. day light – inside room
2. day light – outside room
3. night – inside room
4. night – outside oom
sorry i forget to ask about
1.Internet speed
2.GPS navigation
please take your time for test and i will check web page for every 2-3 hours
Thanks
Tested both today. Wlan very quick.
GPS signal after few seconds
Hi Ansgar,
GPS signal after seconds means you are losing or what?
what about picture quality taken by camera
I mean that the phone finds the signal very quick and is stable. Picture quality is good.
hi, can anyone post or send the tmallbox URL. thanks.
Uhh, I just ordered G3 from tmallbox. Hope I will receive it soon…
Today at 10 am (GMT+2) for very short time this phone was in stock also at fastcardtech…
Good luck 🙂
After 5 days of receiving the phone I can say that the battery definitely
holds longer than any other in my phones I had before (Galaxy S2, Huawai Ascend P1)
Plugged it off from loading yesterday morning at 8 am. Checking/writing Emails regularly, using internet, WLAN switched on, played Angry Birds, used Facebook and Twitter.
Now 27 hours later: battery still on 46 percent.
Well, something negative (for me it is):
Camera shoots only pics with format 4:3. Not possible to switch to 16:9 wide format.
Quality of the pics is good (colour/sharpness). But why the hell only 4:3 format?
I tried other camera apps but it is not possible to chose other format.
Can you weigh the battery ?…
so roughly with 48hrs with normal or heavy usage??
Lol – yes I can weigh the battery when I am home later.
Let’s say 43,4 hours normal use in a row. Of course you
have to deduct sleeping time in the night.
I meant 27 hours = 46 percent but from these 27 hours
I slept 7 hours where it was in Standby.
To be exactly:
46 percent = 20 hours use
100 percent = 43, 5 hours use
But be careful with such informations, I think every user defines normal or heavy use different.
Battery = 54 gramms
Phone = 102 gramms
Total = 156 gramms
Hi thanks for your time and reply 🙂
No problem!
Interseting: when you search for the specs of this phone, everywhere is mentioned 121 gramm. The real weight is 30 % more !!!
Does anybody know whether it’s possible to update the android version of the G3 and if yes, how do i do this? sorry but i am new to android and especially to chinese phones 🙂
I want to ask why I can’t take photos without SD card? I mean lots of friends have android phones from China and there’s no problem! but when I use G3 I cannot listen to music, take photos… any suggestions? is the SD card so essential? I mean there’s internal memory.. why can’t I use it..?