This 184g smartphone has a battery that lasts up to 15 days

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...e-has-a-battery-that-lasts-up-to-15-days.html

http://mashable.com/2015/12/14/oukitel-k10000-15-day-battery/#5U.zwuEYq8qr

http://hothardware.com/news/oukitel...0000mah-battery-last-up-to-15-days-per-charge


John "My current phone an HTC EVO 3D weighs 170g/230g with my Otterbox Defender and the battery only lasts a day with heavy use or 3 days lite use"

John.

 

Hello exploding Chinese battery, nice to meet you.

Seriously though, here is what people in the states and the UK and EU just don't get... Cheap Chinese phones are cool gimmicks until you realize that your phone just died, the battery exploded, or some other such nonsense and you now have to pay for a new one because you can't file for anything against China because China doesn't care. I'll stick with my Note 5. 6 hours SoT is more than enough for me. Nice gimmicks though.

 

With that battery life i take the chance, I will use a battery temp alarm saying "fire in the hole" then you toss the phone away from you if it`s going to blow.

John.

 

What will you use this one-trick pony for? Powerbank for your primary phone? The dimensions are not exactly svelte for a 5.5-inch device, making it uncomfortable for one-handed usage. The unevenness along the seams also makes me question the overall build quality of the device. Then there's the SoC.

The MTK6735 is clocked 300 MHz lower on the Oukitel K10000, making its AnTuTu score dip below the 20k mark. This is not even a mid-range device, which hampers the benefit of having a long battery life.

I'm all for sacrificing a bit of thinness in the name of making it through a day with heavy usage before having to connect a charger, but Oukitel goes too far. I think even people that are away from the grid for a week or more would rather bring a power bank, or maybe, just maybe, a rugged high-capacity phone. I'm not sure who this phone is aimed at. Those that run out of juice all the time from checking up on social media and taking selfies need their phone to be snappy and have a decent front-facing camera, not that they'd look up a Chinese reseller offering them a phone without bling anyway.

As for the safety of the battery pack found inside, I'm not sure. Oukitel hasn't specified who's responsible for the cell, which respectable Chinese manufacturers tend to do. Then again, a cell this large in capacity should take longer to show wear, and it's not like it's hooked up to a flagship phone that draws a high amount of current, making the battery run hot in turn.

 

You do realize that most big brands manufacture stuff in China to begin with?
Also, I used 2 chinese phones thus far and none of them had issues with batteries exploding (actually, this is the first time I ever heard of this issue - but that could be just me not reading every bit of info on the subject).
The first Chinese phone was a ZTE Blade that works to this day.
I replaced that with THL W200 2 years ago, which was a mistake on my part because I didn't know at the time that MTK never releases source codes for their chips (making it next to impossible to upgrade the OS in the future - plus, limited manufacturer support means little to no official OS updates).

The only problem I had with THL W200 was the battery stopping to work after a year- and that seems to be down to bad soldering which seemed affected after prolonged camera use which heats up the phone a lot (but, quite frankly every smartphone manufacturer is bad on the overheating which can affect other components).

Other than that, the phone seems to still work (the battery however seems to be draining faster than usual - but that bit can be cheaply replaced), though I will be replacing it very soon with a different phone.
I am not going to get any of the big brand names because they all seem to have integrated batteries. And with the amount of OS changing I do on my phone, I need a removable battery as a precaution - plus, batteries are notorious for losing their charge after a certain amount of time - and in a non-removable casing, you cannot simply replace the battery and be done with it - you'd have to replace the entire unit).

Other than that... Chinese phones actually seem pretty good.
Most people who use them do not seem to experience too many issues (at least not those on Modaco and XDA forums).
I would consider getting another Chinese phone as a replacement to my current one, provided it has open support for Android OS (released source code).

At the moment, I'm considering getting Yu Yureka Plus.

 

I agree with the fact that most recent Chinese phones are OK. Especially the ones manufactured by big companies ( Xiaomi, ZTE, Huawey )...

 

"I do agree that most recent Chinese phones are OK, especially the ones manufactured by big companies like Xiaomi and Huawei...

I'm using Yotaphone 2 LTE 4G 32GB Black Smartphone and it's quite a nice phone. What i like the most is its dual screen, which is definately an awkward mix of the phone and e-reader. Till now the battery backup is pretty good and T-Dimension gave a me a Fab deal on this model. So no regrets of buying it!!"

 

YotaPhone is said to be a largely Russian project... There's definitely plenty of made china in it, but not necessarily a Chinese phone in the typical sense.

I find it really funny that people nowadays think the SoC isn't fast enough to handle social media apps.

The camera, on the other side, is a totally different story.