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IUNI U3 prices cut to $370 for international buyers

AndiNovember 8, 2014

If you are hoping to see a Snapdragon powered, 2K super phone under your tree this Christmas your luck is in as IUNI U3 prices have been slashed.

In China the IUNI U3 costs just 2000 Yuan, and boasts hardware which shames the OnePlus One and the Xiaomi Mi4, international prices have been understandably higher until recently.

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The IUNI U3 has not had its price cut to cut $369.99 (around 2200 Yuan) by international reseller site Vifocal. The U3 is a 5.5-inch smartphone with 3GB RAM, 13 mega-pixel rear camera, OIS and large 3100mAh battery. The phone is quite unique as it is a dual SIM flagship offering LTE and 3G support.

IUNI U3 Video Review

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Andi

- - - Michael Westcott
      November 10, 2014
      - Can you please guide or send an email to support@allmytech.pk please ?
      - Angelos_A
        November 10, 2014
        is it working well when you download or update an app too? are all the google services (maps, google+) working well too?
        Michael Westcott
        November 10, 2014
        Google now / Google Search app force closes. Play store and Google Play music seem to work OK. I haven’t used maps or Google + yet. If you flash a google apps package, you need to remove SetupWizard.apk from inside the zip file /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk as the setup wizard force closes and then restarts repeatedly.
        
        Suhung
        December 7, 2014
        Hi, Michael. Could you guide me on this. I keep failed flashing gapps into the system. It just won’t verified. Could you send the guide to suhung.liu@gmail.com. Thanks.
        Ansgar
        December 10, 2014
        Hi, can you send me a guide to install gapps? akrukau@t-online.de
        Thanks!
      - Muneeb Ali
        November 17, 2014
        Hi Michael, Ive recently gotten a u3….Ive been searching for a way to install google services on the device but have had no luck….I will be very very grateful to you if you can send me a detailed way to install google services on the device…..Thanks in advance
  - BBfromChina
    November 14, 2014
    I’m a Chinese,who is crazy about the new phone.now.I want to make a pen pal with you.I can help you buy the Chinese product and send it to you.please email me~~wangzboo@gmail.com

Simon
November 8, 2014
- Rob
  November 8, 2014
  I believe there is, I remember Andi comparing it to other Chinese roms, its basic but works well, if it were slightly bigger I may have gone for this!
  - Simon
    November 9, 2014
    - Rob
      November 9, 2014
ren
November 8, 2014
I’d love to see an updated review of the international version, especially if it now works for calls & the camera with a better app if it now has Google play?

Hissam Rumlee
November 8, 2014
hi andy will this phone work in Australia; the international version show the below bands for call and data – i
Band 2G: GSM 850/900/1900/2100MH
3G: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100MH
4G:FDD-LTE 1800/2600MHz
deogratius tesha
November 9, 2014
a company like this should just release its source code then let the devs do their work, most of people would want one considering the specs

george
November 9, 2014
How about Google Playstore Andi; Rumour has it that it won’t work properly. You can install it but it doesn’t support “Google frame”, according to what a afterseller said after consulting Iuni on that matter.
- desponent
  November 9, 2014
  - balcobomber25
    November 10, 2014
    Like most phones intended for China only there is no Google Apps, it is a government decision not a manufacturer decision. But there are 3rd party installers that make it very simply to get them.
    - dimitris
      December 10, 2014
      Third party as in who? Do you maybe have a site you can reffer me to?
    - wayner8088
      December 30, 2014
      Yes please give me a link. I need to run Google Play Store on a recently purchased U3
Josef Ovethsky
November 9, 2014
Hello.
I’m not sure how to contact you Andi, so il try threw here.
Please stop supporting Vifocal.com, they sold me fake xiaomi pistons and refused to refund my money.
you can find my story here
vifocalscam.wordpress.com
I can prove it any way you want, with pictures of the pistons and receipt .
thanks.
Josef.
- balcobomber25
  November 10, 2014
  Hate to break it to you but I wouldn’t refund your money either unless you sent the product back to me. Especially if I disagreed with your assertions that the product was fake. Not saying I agree or disagree with you but how do you know they are fake exactly?
  - Josef Ovethsky
    November 10, 2014
    Hello.
    I can show you pictures of the box and product I recieved compared to a real one.
    I know for a fact 10000% its fake because you can google ‘fake xiaomi pistons’ and check quickly and easy to know if yours are fake.
    Its not fair to require to ship them back because its a cheap product[they sell it for 7$[!] and shipping would cost me more]
    So I kept them and il sell them as bundle together with used iphones that I sell. but it sucks that I recieved fake once and I would not recommend ANYBODY to buy from them.
    I can provide any proof that youd like.
    Thanks.
    Josef.