any europeans here? if possible, i need to know if there is any difference between aliexpress, gearbest and banggood in terms of their standard shipping options. banggood is the most expensive for what i want, but they have more shipping options (pic related).

i know i'll get a customs hit whoever i go with, but do they all declare the actual item value, and do they all take 3+ weeks via standard shipping, or are some quicker? thanks!

thanks 👍🏻

@crackedpepper fancy seeing you here :^)

sounds like /bet/.

@Tribit i'm buying a pc, it will either be from aliexpress/china or geekbuying shipped from poland.

if anyone is curious, jd/joybuy are quite good for phones in my experience.

@crackedpepper :wrong:

i bought a sharp s2 in april. dropped it on concrete twice. no issues or cracks.

never had to send a phone off for repair, be it a made in finland nokia or my chinese sharp.

tfw can't react 😬 to that post

wew.

death to anime.

ordered the beelink x45 pc last night.

the beelink or the f5?

>beelink pc has been despatched
shaking.

death to miui.

kek.

essential notch is kino.

who /gcam/ here?

i downloaded it for my phone. quite good tbqh.

mine uses sony's IMX362. pretty good tbh.

sharp s2 here, it's used on the pixel 2. mine has an additional 8mp depth sensor.

kek

interesting to know. my phone doesn't have ois, but the gcam port helps for low light.

indeed, i'm glad my phone only has ai/beauty stuff on the selfie cam.

@Frederica Bernkastel i like them. i have a beelink x45 arriving in a few days.

if i made a similar spec intel nuc, it would cost me €98/$116 usd more. not factoring in win 10 cost which my pc ships with.

mine has an apollo lake j4005, 6gb ram, 128gb ssd and a 2.5" disk slot if needed. $226 usd.

😬 it would be cheaper if i had it shipped from china but i didn't want to wait 3 weeks.

😬 would never order a mobo from their tbh.

smartphones. they're near enough guaranteed to work. maybe a laptop too.

yes. but that's different as it's one device and not a single component by itself. i'll just send the pc back to their poland warehouse if it doesn't work.

i love how the x45 is cheaper from poland than china. makes sense i suppose as i am nearer to poland, but still.

geekbuying @Dietrich they have a 5% off coupon too.

i looked around and only geekbuying have europe warehouse stock.

i mean, yes i could pay £130 from aliexpress, but i will probably get a customs fee. so £172 from poland is not too bad. and no 3-4 week wait.

i was looking at the x55 too but can't justify the extra cost.

i have no idea. i will let you know when it arrives. i don't recall seeing it in the youtube review.

i assume it's a chink brand ssd.

yes, 8gb ram vs 6gb but it's fine.

tbh i'm only using it for streaming. my current lenovo pc stick cannot handle 1080p acestream streams.

eh, i'm coming from a pc which uses emmc so it will be fine for me. i might be able to swap it out but am in no rush.

yeah, the drive bay for the x45 (separate from the 128gb msata slot) is 2.5" so i will use it at some point. maybe with ubuntu on it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J9OcKhEkyMU

i looked around for the best value and the x45 fits the bill.

kek.

my pc stick had win 10 on the 32gb emmc. not fun.

yeah, i know. but i only used it for acestream so it wasn't too bad.

handy device this is. well, was. eh, eventually everyone rips off everyone. good thing i have a surge protector.

i'll take my chances.

kek.

tfw cannot react to posts

reeeeee.

i could buy a nuc psu if i had to i suppose.

kek.

that's a relief. thanks 👍🏻

can you not cancel the order? what is it that you ordered?

i did wonder why a teclast laptop uses a 2016 m3 cpu.

😬

i've just googled it. it has 64gb emmc as storage?

oh it's just a board. fair enough. plenty in stock in the uk 😬

i've found it on their website. i see it uses an m3, kek.

interesting.

indians do it too @mo no idea why the chinese do it.

not comfy.
t. had an eee pc

nah, definitely customs if it's that long. happened to me with joybuy.

is the teclast f6 pro the best in its class? battery life seems decent.

😬

get an anker qc charger @Adam W did you get hit by customs? where did you order it from?

kek. did you go for the free shipping option? anker make good cables too if you want a longer cable. yeah that's pretty good.

https://m.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_disables_ability_to_flash_global_rom_on_its_chinese_phones-news-33533.php
dunno if this is relevant for anyone here.

my pc has arrived @Dietrich i'll set it up later.

tfw green artifacts on my screen
😬 updated to the latest gpu drivers
what hz should i set the refresh rate to? it's on 59 by default.

@Dietrich nice one 👍🏻 i've installed linux mint on the x45. everything works fine.

it's amazing how small this is.

disgusting. looks like the ios control centre.

👎

i hate samsung full-stop tbh. they release software updates at such a slow pace.

😬

tfw plastic phone

tfw don't mind the hardware but hate ios

hate mac os too.

i don't find ios intuitive at all. and i hate how 'limited' it is, and >itunes. had a horrible experience with mac os too.

remove kebab.

😡

🏳️‍🌈

what's the closest chink music player to the sansa clip+? needs to have a decent dac. the one in the clip sport is woeful.

price is no issue tbh. i just want the same form factor and an okay dac. it's only for mp3 files. i'll have a look 👍🏼

>touchscreen
hmm.

i suppose so, effort though. this is all sandisk's fault. reee.

fuck it, bought the ruizu x02.

could never go back to a 4.6" screen tbqh.

my phone is 5.5". comfy tbh.

who the fuck @ me?

kys.

the battery life may be poor wherever you buy it from.

😹

kek.

big, BIG fan of the ruizu x02 if anyone is interested. navigation is a bit odd, but i can forgive that.

lads, WHAT is the appeal of anime?