Page 3 of our Top 10 4G LTE Chinese phones, with details of U.S carrier support!
Nubia Z5S LTE
Highlights:
- U.S 4G LTE Support: Unconfirmed.
- U.S launch: Likely
- Other: On sale in China now!
The Nubia Z5S LTE is the current flagship phone from ZTE’s premier phone brand here in China. From a design point the Z5S is very similar to the last generation Z5 (which is official available in the U.S), but the internals have see a vast update. The display on the Nubia Z5S LTE is a 5-inch 1080 model with a pixel density of 443ppi and 2.67mm bezels on either side. A rear 13 mega-pixel F2.0 camera has image stabilisation and a powerful 2.3Ghz Snapdragon 800 CPU and 2GB RAM run the show! The Chinese version of the Nubia Z5S LTE has up port for China’s TD-LTE Band 38/40 and FD-LTE Band 3, if the phone is launched stateside we should see more bands added.
- Read: Nubia Z5S preview.
Nubia Z5S Mini LTE
Highlights:
- U.S 4G LTE Support: Unconfirmed.
- U.S launch: Likely
- Other: On sale in China now!
As the name suggests the Nubia Z5S Mini LTE is the smaller sibling of the 5-inch Z5S. The display is a smaller 4.7-inch 720p IGZO unit, there is micro SD card memory expansion, 1.7Ghz Snapdragon 600 processor, 2GB RAM, 13 mega-pixel rear, 5 mega-pixel front and 2300mAh battery.
Gionee Elife E7 LTE
Highlights
- U.S 4G LTE support: Unconfirmed.
- U.S Launch: Unknown, 40 countries in Latin America and Africa confirmed.
- Other: 16 mega-pixel camera, 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 800.
Gionee launched the flagship Elife E7 as a range topping smartphone with camera centric features. The phone is available in 3 version the top one getting 4G LTE and the 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 800 CPU. Other details include a very advanced 16 mega-pixel main camera, up to 32GB of storage built-in and a beautiful 5.5-inch 1080p display. The phone is impressive to say the least, but the 2500mAh battery is a real shame on such a beast of a phone!
Gizchina News of the week
- Read: Gionee Elife E7 review.
Coolpad S6
Highlights:
- U.S 4G LTE support: Unconfirmed.
- U.S Launch: Unknown.
- Other: $320 price tag.
Launched yesterday as one of China’s first low-cost 4G LTE smartphones, the Coolpad S6 could also make it’s way elsewhere as a mid range device. The phablet boasts a 5.95-inch 720p display, 1.2Ghz Qualcomm processor, 2800mAh battery, 13 mega-pixel rear camera and 2GB RAM. The CoolPad S6 will go on sale from the 24th of this month in China at just $320.
Honourable mentions
Phones which didn’t make the list purely because we don’t have enough info on them are the following;
- ZTE Grand Memo 2 LTE: will launch with a 6-inch display at MWC.
- Huawei Ascend P7: not sure about 4G LTE on this one but it could happen.
- Dakele L1: Launched for $250 in China, not likely to go on sale elsewhere.
- Vivo Xplay 3S: Delayed in China, and no news of a U.S launch.
Top 10 4G LTE Chinese phones, with details of U.S carrier support!
We hope you are as excited as we are with all the new 4G LTE Chinese phones with U.S carrier support. We are probably going to see many more Chinese 4G LTE phones launch over the next few months with some exciting rivalry between Mediatek and Qualcomm powered devices so stay tuned for more Chinese 4G LTE phone news!
We would love you hear your views on Chinese 4G LTE phones, and what devices you would like to see in the future in the comments section below.
Nice list Andi, thanks.
Pleasure! glad you liked it 🙂
A good list for what’s coming. Can I suggest an ‘always up-to-date which phone to buy NOW’ article for those of us who can’t keep the pulse that often? 🙂
About US support, did you consider that 4G LTE is not used for voice calls yet (noone launched Voice over LTE networks or phones yet except maybe South Korea, and I doubt Chinese phones support it either?). So a Chinese phone that happen to support one LTE band in the US but maybe doesn’t even support the GSM frequencies (and certainly not 3G) can be used for little more than a broadband modem.
You should probably write about LTE support for Europe instead, as the phones will be usable as actual phones there too… The overlap between Chinese phones and LTE bands in the rest of the world is quite slim though.
Nice list Andi, thanks.
Pleasure! glad you liked it 🙂
A good list for what’s coming. Can I suggest an ‘always up-to-date which phone to buy NOW’ article for those of us who can’t keep the pulse that often? 🙂
if it haves not SD CARD suport, a phone SHOULD NOT be part of any top 10..
..my opinion at least..
just some guesses:
10 out of 10 phones on this list are not available at the moment
10 out of 10 phones on this list do not have dual-sim
10 of 10 phones on this list are more expensive for european customers than compareable phones for the european market?
Corrrect!
and have not sd card… 🙂
I was wondering about the dual sim and sdcard as well. Without those it doesn’t matter if it has LTE, it is of no use to me!
Huawei Mate 2 will be in europe no doubt,as for dual sim AND LTE you have to wait for mt6595 octa to appear.
Jeah, I just wanted to point out, that this list is virtually worthless because you cannot recommend smartphones which no one has ever used for the simply fact they are not even available at the moment
It is not an “available now” list,he writes those separately. It’s more of a “latest” list.
We get high quality 4G LTE android phone in stock for european market: Android 4.4 OS,1800/2600mhz, 4.5″ Capacitive touch LCD,Camera: Rear 2.0M+5.0M
GPS/WIFI/ FM/Bluetooth/G-sensor/ light sensor Battery: 2100Mah
Sample prices:124USD 1k OEM Price:88USD
Contact me: coryaglobal@yahoo.com or Skype: corya1982 if you have intersting
Fuuckkk youuuu
About US support, did you consider that 4G LTE is not used for voice calls yet (noone launched Voice over LTE networks or phones yet except maybe South Korea, and I doubt Chinese phones support it either?). So a Chinese phone that happen to support one LTE band in the US but maybe doesn’t even support the GSM frequencies (and certainly not 3G) can be used for little more than a broadband modem.
You should probably write about LTE support for Europe instead, as the phones will be usable as actual phones there too… The overlap between Chinese phones and LTE bands in the rest of the world is quite slim though.
if it haves not SD CARD suport, a phone SHOULD NOT be part of any top 10..
..my opinion at least..
just some guesses:
10 out of 10 phones on this list are not available at the moment
10 out of 10 phones on this list do not have dual-sim
10 of 10 phones on this list are more expensive for european customers than compareable phones for the european market?
Corrrect!
and have not sd card… 🙂
I was wondering about the dual sim and sdcard as well. Without those it doesn’t matter if it has LTE, it is of no use to me!
Huawei Mate 2 will be in europe no doubt,as for dual sim AND LTE you have to wait for mt6595 octa to appear.
Jeah, I just wanted to point out, that this list is virtually worthless because you cannot recommend smartphones which no one has ever used for the simply fact they are not even available at the moment
It is not an “available now” list,he writes those separately. It’s more of a “latest” list.
We get high quality 4G LTE android phone in stock for european market: Android 4.4 OS,1800/2600mhz, 4.5″ Capacitive touch LCD,Camera: Rear 2.0M+5.0M
GPS/WIFI/ FM/Bluetooth/G-sensor/ light sensor Battery: 2100Mah
Sample prices:124USD 1k OEM Price:88USD
Contact me: coryaglobal@yahoo.com or Skype: corya1982 if you have intersting
Fuuckkk youuuu
As nice as LTE support would be for the NA market, as of right now, it is MUCH more pressing, to finally get worldwide 5+ band 3G UMTS/HSPA+42 support, including the here essential bands 5 (850MHz), 4(AWS) (1700+2100MHz) and 2(PCS) (1900MHz), so that China phones actually become useful on this continent as well and not only in EMEA and the Pacific realm.
So PLEASE add those crucial bits in all your future China phone announcements/reviews/introductions!
Huawei Honor 2 is pentaband WCDMA since over a year already. It’s still receiving updates, has 2GB RAM, 8GB storage, quadcore, HD screen, MicroSD-slot, replacable battery and now at around $200 it’s a much better buy than most other Chinese phones as long as you don’t need dual-SIM.
By the way, most Samsung and other big brand phones doesn’t have pentaband WCDMA.
can you give me another brand/model that has AWS (1700 + 2100) ?
Thanks
Lenovo K910
As nice as LTE support would be for the NA market, as of right now, it is MUCH more pressing, to finally get worldwide 5+ band 3G UMTS/HSPA+42 support, including the here essential bands 5 (850MHz), 4(AWS) (1700+2100MHz) and 2(PCS) (1900MHz), so that China phones actually become useful on this continent as well and not only in EMEA and the Pacific realm.
So PLEASE add those crucial bits in all your future China phone announcements/reviews/introductions!
Huawei Honor 2 is pentaband WCDMA since over a year already. It’s still receiving updates, has 2GB RAM, 8GB storage, quadcore, HD screen, MicroSD-slot, replacable battery and now at around $200 it’s a much better buy than most other Chinese phones as long as you don’t need dual-SIM.
By the way, most Samsung and other big brand phones doesn’t have pentaband WCDMA.
can you give me another brand/model that has AWS (1700 + 2100) ?
Thanks
Lenovo K910
one plus one is a bright color?cyan perhaps?Not yellow i hope.
one plus one is a bright color?cyan perhaps?Not yellow i hope.
thanks for the list Andy!
thanks for the list Andy!
Andi, thanks for the list. I am excited about the Chinese manufacturers moving into the U.S. market in a more significant way. I believe that it will result in the loosening of the death grip that carriers have on the consumer here. And will hopefully drive us to realize that everything that we have and do here is not always the best, even though millions of advertising dollars tell us otherwise. It amazes me how Americans look down our noses at anything that we can’t satiate our need for instant gratification with. Apple moves a volumn switch half a millimeter and tells us how awesome their NEW model is, and we break our necks to go out and get it right
Away, while we bad mouth those foreign phones that aren’t disabled with proprietary tampering and loaded with bloatware. Truly Amazing!
Andi, thanks for the list. I am excited about the Chinese manufacturers moving into the U.S. market in a more significant way. I believe that it will result in the loosening of the death grip that carriers have on the consumer here. And will hopefully drive us to realize that everything that we have and do here is not always the best, even though millions of advertising dollars tell us otherwise. It amazes me how Americans look down our noses at anything that we can’t satiate our need for instant gratification with. Apple moves a volumn switch half a millimeter and tells us how awesome their NEW model is, and we break our necks to go out and get it right
Away, while we bad mouth those foreign phones that aren’t disabled with proprietary tampering and loaded with bloatware. Truly Amazing!
I bought an Elephone P6000, but it doesn’t work on the T-Mobile 4G network. My internet speed with the T-Mobile sim is 0.08Mbs. I cant do anything with it unless i’m on wifi. The add stated that it goes up to 2100Mhz. Why doesn’t it work and how can i fix it to work? I live in US
There is two 2100MHz bands, one is called AWS band (T-Mobile is there) and other is IMT band. They have same downlink frequencies of 2100MHz but uplink frequencies are different. When you buy phone be sure it states “Band 4” not only “2100MHz” since that may be wrong 2100
I bought an Elephone P6000, but it doesn’t work on the T-Mobile 4G network. My internet speed with the T-Mobile sim is 0.08Mbs. I cant do anything with it unless i’m on wifi. The add stated that it goes up to 2100Mhz. Why doesn’t it work and how can i fix it to work? I live in US
There is two 2100MHz bands, one is called AWS band (T-Mobile is there) and other is IMT band. They have same downlink frequencies of 2100MHz but uplink frequencies are different. When you buy phone be sure it states “Band 4” not only “2100MHz” since that may be wrong 2100
Does the Presell Letv Le 1 Pro work on US carriers?
Does the Presell Letv Le 1 Pro work on US carriers?
Can you please make an updated version of this?
Can you please make an updated version of this?
Does anyone know, whether Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 or Meizu 5 is working in US properly?
Which of these phones would you recommend?
thanks
Xiaomi doesn’t work with US band 4
Does anyone know, whether Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 or Meizu 5 is working in US properly?
Which of these phones would you recommend?
thanks
Xiaomi doesn’t work with US band 4
Does anyone know if Blackview Ultra A6 phones work with U.S. carriers? If so, which ones? I tried AT&T but it wouldn’t work and I already bought the phone..:( tia
Does anyone know if Blackview Ultra A6 phones work with U.S. carriers? If so, which ones? I tried AT&T but it wouldn’t work and I already bought the phone..:( tia
The only Chinese phone I know of that is designed for the US market is
The Ulefone Power 2.
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2017/03/ulefone-to-release-a-us-version-of-the-ulefone-power-2.html
The only Chinese phone I know of that is designed for the US market is
The Ulefone Power 2.
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2017/03/ulefone-to-release-a-us-version-of-the-ulefone-power-2.html
is there any chance we can get an updated guide for phones currently? thanks
is there any chance we can get an updated guide for phones currently? thanks
http://willmyphonework.net
You can use the site above to see what sort of coverage to expect with any phone. It seems that most of the Chinese phones only get 2G speeds.
thanks! yeah, cant find anything really!
Check out gearbest.com. Do a search for global phones, they seem to have a better selection lately.
http://willmyphonework.net
You can use the site above to see what sort of coverage to expect with any phone. It seems that most of the Chinese phones only get 2G speeds.
thanks! yeah, cant find anything really!
Check out gearbest.com. Do a search for global phones, they seem to have a better selection lately.