The DANGERS of buying a Chinese Smartphone!

Sure, they're cheap and the quality is great, but there are a few things you need to know when buying a Chinese smart phone.
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[@edwinlee2343]

I have to admit, the salesman for the phone seemed like a really good salesman. Kind, knowledgeable, looked happy at his job, and did some fancy package opening when he open the phone. 10 coughs/10 coughs.

[@roberthardy5171]

handsome too

[@roberthardy5171]

Ruseau yes thank u

[@X3nophiliac]

his hair was dumb but yes hes very cute lmao

[@samuelhowes1969]

@@X3nophiliac what was that hair’s IQ tho

[@skata100]

and he put in google ;)

[@randolpascano9613]

*Talks about the danger of buying chinese phones* Buys one _gives the phone to subscriber_

[@michelecostantini993]

Very nice of you for the phone and thanks for the interesting videos.

[@randomcommentor1573]

I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE, STOP!!

[@randolpascano9613]

Me? Really?

[@Wolfsgejaule]

Sponsored by the Chinese communist party

[@aurichiox921]

robert lee he’s not complaining about China, he’s just showing the side of living there, and the differences we have between China and US/EU that people DONT talk about. Every country has its problems, is it wrong to talk about real issues you face where you live?

[@Liberablubly]

3:41 - 3:50 Dude , how a costumer accidenly saved him

[@atefrustn7332]

that"s little bit scary hhh

[@terencehill687]

7:37 under cover chinese ccp followed him

[@armenvanian8002]

that customer is a legend

[@user-qj6ds3zk6b]

WEST SPIES ARE INVADING!

[@nightowl7459]

Idea Theif: It was only a temporary reprieve.

[@abdulkhujliwal786]

Jokes about CCP aside, props to the seller for installing google apps in a country where they're banned.

[@roberthardy5171]

That was allowed/possible back in 2018. You cant do it anymore.

[@abdulkhujliwal786]

@@roberthardy5171 Obviously, for the state of conflict we are in, against CCP

[@roberthardy5171]

Ameya Deshpande what?

[@abdulkhujliwal786]

@@roberthardy5171 Sorry my mistake, I wanted to say that due to China's expansionist policies and trade wars between US and China, a cold-war like situation has been created

[@leovinci3149]

You can still do it. Just need to know how. And it's not difficult at all

[@grantgoodman8415]

I’m glad you still have your sensibilities about you - you aren’t convinced by the Chinese propaganda, but you aren’t always knocking china down to promote the West’s superiority either. Very balanced and honest, I appreciate that.

[@jkxss]

@@gonelucid more like he isn't holding back now

[@stifflery]

The way that lady gave you the coin with both hands is the most adorable thing I've seen in a while, bless those people and you too.

[@ThatMans-anAnimal]

She was very sweet and pretty, that's why he put her in the intro

[@polaroid3717]

What US operator does support td-lte you've been promised to be working on this video?

[@drkk7257]

Just for the record, you will finds that credit cards, coins, and money, are handed to customers by cashiers reverently, and with two hands, throughout China and Taiwan. pretty standard.

[@xandrios]

Its etiquette and a sign of respect.

[@wtpwdsmg9528]

10:45

[@stevenrobinson7722]

Serpent: “Which is the way out” Security guard: “Past the fake iPads” 😂

[@danko5866]

💀😂

[@dragonl0l]

Im 90% sure its just a serpentza style joke and he actually said "past there" or "past those tablets"

[@danzena4059]

4:18 Security Guard: Can't film here Serpentza: Oh, okay. (Proceeds to film) *BOSS STATUS*

[@lightening1296]

And then continue to criticize how others don't follow the rules…😎

[@danzena4059]

@@lightening1296 When you have *BOSS STATUS* the rules don't apply.

[@lightening1296]

@@danzena4059 What the heck is boss status? It's more like hypocrisy and supremacy shit…😎

[@danzena4059]

@@lightening1296 Hahaha. What do you mean by supremacy?

[@TheBlobik]

I am European, but to me this was kinda rude. My understanding is, that the security guy is just doing his job and he did not seem to be impolite. Unless he made up that rule and bothered him for nothing, but from what I understood that is a general rule. And I think he felt completely ignored. If I were in his shoes, I would think that someone is trying to be a jerk to me. But I get where the opposition to the rule comes from, as it seems to be made only to protect some shady counterfeit business going on.

[@rex_schd]

Security : get out stop filming we dont sell any counterfeit here ok where is the stair Security : Next to those fake ipads .

[@LiteGaming10]

Lol

[@jimday666]

get down on that fake escalator boi!

[@plg69]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@guardianangel31]

lmao

[@bryanmartinez6600]

blowfish blind in Communist China... anything is possible

[@CarthagoMike]

3:45 you got saved there by a random customer

[@Ryfinius]

for a little while anyway

[@xvnbm]

3:40 Hero, that nobody deserves.

[@DillonWaffles]

@Mr. Bipolar Sapien Blaming the "White man" has always been the forte of those uneducated enough to learn how the world actually works.

[@DillonWaffles]

@Mr. Bipolar Sapien The mall cop was clearly more interested in trying to shield shady business practices, than just do his job. Firstly "Wrong does not cease to be wrong just because the majority share in it." Secondly when has this dude ever been blatantly disrespectful? If he offends you you need sensitivity training my friend.

[@DillonWaffles]

@Mr. Bipolar Sapien I think you should rewatch the video and actually listen to their conversation. Accept you're just a racist troll, and move on.

[@_riccee3140]

Sercurity: Stop filiming Him: oh okay sorry *casually continues filming*

[@chrischoy9]

I swear, it's a Chinese thing, it's like you can't even go to a Chinese supermarket and take a picture of an exotic fruit as if they're illegally importing them like wtf?

[@kolise_koll]

He has no respect!

[@MMABeijing]

@@kolise_koll no respect, and he is clueless about china. nobody buys their phone in the market he visits, we buy everything online, with no fakes. he lectures chinese people bad manners yet he is unable to respect the injunction to not film within a commercial area (you can't vlog in planet fitness, you can't vlog in markets or schools or many places, just blog in your bedroom and don't act as if you had some kind of game, I can see you are a loser)

[@violet-trash]

He left the security guard with no choice but to politely ask him again.

[@leppavu]

@@MMABeijing Cry us a river.

[@Telcontar1962]

This guy is brilliant. No matter what the situation he keeps his cool and carries on like you'd expect a journalist pro would. Really impressive.

[@josephliptak]

Because it's staged

[@Telcontar1962]

@@josephliptak may well be. I was new to the channel then.

[@letsbereal1558]

​​@@josephliptakplease tell me how do you know. I'm genuinely curious. do You think a foreigner have "rights" in china? Come on now, foreigner in a suit, recoding in a bootleg mall for phones in a country that is known for producing counterfeit products. If youve been following this channel you know how china is

[@Moneymagi]

​@@josephliptakno it's not haha far out

[@goodsoymilk]

Love the sound effect every time an evil uncle pops up 😂

[@DigitalBenny]

Metal Gear Solid

[@SatyamKumarMishra-kl6yq]

They are not uncles u fool, they are actually the CCP agents thinking that this foreigner is spying in our country

[@UltimatePiccolo]

@@SatyamKumarMishra-kl6yq that's what an uncle is.

[@lokmanmerican6889]

@@UltimatePiccolo 😂☺️😂

[@cheems2633]

@@SatyamKumarMishra-kl6yq "Our"?

[@prisketbisket]

I laughed so hard when you put that exclamation on the sneaky uncle. 😂😂😂

[@happyfroggy3262]

prisket bisket lol

[@farrypro]

😂

[@dawnel]

Hahahha... Oh yes. That was hilarious.. I have played a game that had that exact sound and exclamation mark during game play. I just cannot remember the name of the game.

[@dgwdgw]

It's a reference to Metal Gear Solid kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX-tYnWVZ8dkbdU

[@g8le]

@@dawnel It's from Metal Gear Solid

[@nimarus3118]

My brother got a tablet years ago that was refurbished. I remember him using it and it worked just fine. Then, one day, it began to slow down. Apps opened slowly and frame rates on games dropped drastically. We thought maybe it was a bad internet connection, but our home wifi signal was good. He looked through a list of apps and noticed all of them in English except one in Chinese. He used google translate on another device and saw that it translated to "Camera" in Chinese. Makes sense because the app icon was a camera lens. Thinking this suspicious, he deleted the app and his tablet returned to normal. He did some research and we think that this app was fraudulent somehow and was possibly streaming what was happening on his tablet. Maybe someone hoped to catch him entering passwords or something. No idea why this mysterious app was using so much resource power while hiding the fact that it was even running.

[@celexialstancet]

I have the same problem with my Huawei Y6 it's became slow as fuck, the battery life decreasing and my phone storage reduced from 16g to almost nothing I deleted all my apps and it still has memory of 98 to 99% so I had to constantly clean and even stopped my self from going to the internet. One day when I was cleaning I saw an app that I have never seen that you can't search or look up on my phone at all, while cleaning I saw a particular app that was kind of secretly running the cleanind I noticed this when I saw the text next to it saying WeChart in progress, so far its the only hidden Chinese app on my phone and it destroyed my storage, speed and battery life yet I have never used it not even once and when I constantly have to clean it is the one that sought off indirectly runs it, I would never have realized it if I didn't see a documentary on it on KZbin the only way I might use it was to delete everything

[@Devdraco]

​@@greedykThat's not normal.

[@Devdraco]

@@greedyk No, I'm saying that a program like the one that you use for your smartphone should not be pushing any significant usage at all, and leaving it open over time is not going to cause it to draw more resources.

[@Devdraco]

Smartphone camera*

[@Devdraco]

@@greedyk Did you miss the part where the majority of the problem was a "Camera" app?

[@GinoGiotto]

13:04 I'm Italian, the guy didn't truly say "stay awesome" , he got a little creative and said "continue to watch this channel, it's awesome". I mean I know this is kinda irrelevant, but it's just a little curiosity 😃

[@johnrhodes3350]

Whenever I hear English and Italian translation, it always takes 10x more Italian words.

[@chuckitaway466]

ahah non me ne sono accorto

[@nikomangmarantiawati420]

Very good work. Thany you Italia.

[@thamsanqathusi9671]

i was surprised, like what😂😂😂😂such a long sentence for just " stay awesome"

[@kommissarantilus3742]

its just that we never say ''stay awesome'' it would have sound too cringe in our language, so he went for ''keep watching this channel, its amazing''

[@Australopitecuz2]

Watching this from my chinese phone

[@Athrunwong]

Australopitecuz2 Is it any good?

[@llots1981]

Australopitecuz2 i got a xiaomi with the global rom its perfect

[@Athrunwong]

L Lots I meant...how was the lag? Build quality? Anything that stopped working after a month or something like that? Does the phone takes reasonable pictures and videos?

[@Australopitecuz2]

It's a 2 year old Meizu M2 note. It had decent specs for it's time and it's still working well, so I guess it was a good buy

[@FLV95]

I have the Meizu MX4. Such a great phone

[@Bruh-od4ce]

3:40 *_not all heros wear capes_*

[@pr0xZen]

Some heroes misdirect attention

[@HamtaroEL]

metal solid gear

[@ZeInfidel]

Also as a phone engineer I can say that a lot of the cheaper Chinese phones do not follow electronic and RF safety standards. Some of the phones output huge amounts of power and the danger of that is pretty huge (battery fire, RadHaz etc).

[@fattyMcGee97]

1100 yuan is like $500, that wasn’t a cheap phone

[@tommareda4635]

i'm not an engineer or anything like that, but I have some experience with Chinese phones. For example, I've seen Huawei Y6 (2018 model i think). The battery was bad after 6 months and the overvoltage destroyed the motherboard, the battery connector and the LCD flex cable. And this wasn't some 30 dollar shit phone, this was huawei...

[@Ilus-Mirror]

@@fattyMcGee97 |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> from where you have that bullshit? 1 usd = 7-8 rmb I lived in china and know that very good |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |>

[@Fabianwew]

@@fattyMcGee97 1100Rmb is about $160

[@yash1152]

what is redHaz?

[@MrWoohoo]

I love how the guard doesn’t want him filming counterfeits but tells him the exit is past the “The fake iPads”.

[@egg5474]

I think he didn’t actually say that, just serpentza having fun with cc

[@adamkarim8855]

Of course he didn't say that, Serpentza is a prick. He lived in China for years and he knows that it's illegal to Vlog without a permit. F**king dork.

[@presidentofchina1496]

@@adamkarim8855 Calling someone a prick and a dork while name calling, okay

[@Saikocide]

I'd be suprised too if man in a business suit is filming himself walking around talking in a different language inside a supermall in china

[@wondercat3516]

He went to China to learn the language to insult Chinese products. BTW, his suit must have been 'Made in China'? To me, it did not look good, because he went to some 'cheap' tailor.

[@Ennocb]

Wonder Cat I don’t think he is insulting Chinese products at all?

[@mandc20022]

@@wondercat3516 you gave no idea what you are talking about!

[@eo7770]

@@wondercat3516 yes he has given bad impression on china, nothing good from his mouth. Like those western reporters, nothing positive about china. Why must he goes round and take video of shopping center.

[@eo7770]

@@Ennocb why not. The title itself is bad enough. He could have simply put the title as "what to look out for when buying China phone "

[@Just-My-Opinion]

Mall cop was about to stop you but a nearby customer distracted him while you got away 3:39

[@SnakeTheBoss13]

JG yeah that was pretty interesting. Almost seemed on purpose

[@ChaosNever]

Hey Serpentza, you should bring a cardboard box to hide in.

[@James-sc1lz]

3:42 there’s a security guard that was just about to throw you out for being foreign and to give him something to do but you were saved by someone asking him where’s the toilette so you were saved. My mistake. He caught you

[@cornheadahh]

They're puttin' apps on the phones that are turning the friggin' frogs gay!

[@drakers8069]

"right by those fake IPads" I feel like that wasnt exactly translated right but I would laugh if thats what he said xD

[@marczhu7473]

He just asked which way in order to go downstairs.

[@MondaySurprise]

When you buying a Chinese phone in China, just make sure DO NOT buy the contract phone, some contract phone has special built-in firmware which might unable to root by most software you could find online, and lead you to NO GOOGLE SERVICE FRAME issue.

[@sondrerudlang6954]

True dat. Experienced this in China whne i lost my my phone and tried to buy a new one in China.

[@dhookster7459]

Oppo is how Chinese say Apple!

[@yuqing2006]

😂Got my sister an OPPO and it have annoying navigation and icons that is almost like an iPhone 😠. OPPO is like an android version of iPhone. DAMN SLIDE TO TURN OFF PHONE ICON.

[@newname3718]

Now that you've mentioned it. Mind=blown

[@pootnannies]

huh. that makes sense.

[@EdPal]

Omg. I just realized that

[@roberthardy5171]

@@yuqing2006 why would you buy an oppo lol feel sorry for your sister

[@DiscoverMVP]

I swear Hollywood couldn't have made a better scene. You deserve an Emmy and give the security guard a 🏅 for that performance.

[@jasonosmond6896]

Lol at the Metal Gear Solid alerts.

[@sheer2waist]

SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!!

[@Vlad-yk9cc]

6:54 I saw the Italian subscriber in mall, he wanted to say hi

[@MrEvodio65]

You are awesome

[@duncansimpson4679]

My contract on my iphone finished in november 2019 and i considered upgrading to an Huawei,but have seen so many negative reports on chinas attitude around the world i finally went back to a Samsung which i had had previous to my iphone....SO GLAD I DID!

[@vizx8574]

Dont buy chinese please , especially huawei . iphones are the best but if you cant afford them then try samsung .

[@PeterFranks-ls5qw]

huawei is twice the phone that i phones are i rate iphone lower than 50%of phones in use.

[@BichaelStevens]

@@vizx8574 Top meme, small brain

[@dinis8271]

The iPhones also spy you mate. You’re only choosing if you’d rather be spied by the US or China. Both countries are shit and I’m writing this from a 5 yo iPhone.

[@justacutie.]

I always liked Huaweis, the camera, the system all. But duo the problem with the US (I'm European) the phones now will have a different store and other things. In characteristics, for me, usually, really good phones and cute design. iPhones are not bad but I don't see the Apple system better than the Android. My actual and past phone was bought online, it's not a brand that we see in physical shops, at least here. Because of customs fees I don't buy directly from China, but look the same or an equivalent in a seller from Europe, specifically Spain in my case because as a portuguese its way easier ship from Spain. What I see is online we can buy good phones, way cheaper and it will do really well what it's expected.

[@michaelbradshaw4770]

Your so right about the coverage, it’s phenomenal in China. I was at the last Chagan Lake Ice Festival in the middle of nowhere in northern Jilin province and they put temporary cell towers. The thousands of people attending in -20+ still enjoyed excellent reception and data speeds like as if they were in a 1st tier city.

[@reignofmo]

“Over there by the fake ipads” 😂

[@krisofamerica]

The evil uncle sound effect made me laugh!

[@thamsanqathusi9671]

You really polite and have good manners. The way you interract with people is really lovely. I personally love you for your personality. You're my role model.

[@tincheunglee5352]

you were saved by a stranger @ 3:46. that security was coming after u~ watch out lol

[@user-yg2nu7zc4c]

yea, I just saw that lol😉

[@ABlackCountryWoman]

hahaha yes!

[@JazeebAbdul97]

Yeah lol

[@acolombo]

It's the same guard that stops him right after

[@tincheunglee5352]

that guard just never give up :p

[@zaineridling]

This is very generous of you, Winston, yes, shipping costs are murderous! Spend your money on tech you need, because we want you to have all you need for this channel! 😃

[@engineersoyoz7492]

I like how cool you were dealing with that security guard. You didn't allow him to ruin your day. Probably this would ruin mine.

[@anandnairkollam]

They can film your originals, but you can't film their copies. They are not just irrational, they are pure evil!

[@azurejojo7896]

So this what jason statham do nowadays.

[@reyhvn3649]

XD

[@kronzalo66]

“Which way can i go down?” “Over there past those fake iPads” 😂 Subbed

[@republiccan5203]

I watched this clip for the 2nd time after Huawei is being banned.

[@maggoteater2290]

Still have an honor

[@Shogoeu]

6:58 the girl realising she was being filmed is priceless - from :( to :) in 0.5 seconds

[@drogoscg1]

I always find it so funny that the Chinese are so surrounded by electronics everywhere but seem so surprised when they see someone vlogging.

[@liz2880]

i Granot I think it has something with being more reserved, vlogginng would take a lot of confidence and shameless (meaning you can’t be shy)

[@drogoscg1]

I'm not buying that. More to do with paranoia perhaps?

[@HenningGu]

No because Chinese people don't do this kind of vlogging. They prefer streams with a BJ sorting in front of a PC.

[@davidbhart]

I've always assumed it's more because it's a 6 foot + westerner in a black suit and tie who's doing the vlogging. I imagine the security guards get so worked up because they think he's some kind of American secret agent.

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

Lmao, yeah.

[@ptsai514]

A lot of smart phones had changed for foreign customers. Just don't buy no brand knock offs. I use Huawei in Sydney and no problem at all.

[@fnige]

so they work in australia, Right?

[@tkps]

Jacques .C They sell them here like they sell other phones so they won't be cheap knockoffs. Australia wouldn't allow that. I think the real brands work fine. I have to say I've so far only heard of Huawei here, not the others I've seen mentioned but they may come with time.

[@kwhatten]

I bought a Xiaomi Mi8 a few years ago and removed as much bloatware as possible. Funny part is apps I couldn't remove I tried removing permission to use both Wifi and Mobile so they couldn't automatically update, but "magically" the phone turns both permissions back on every so often.

[@myrmidon9045]

I have no intention of visiting China but I can't get enough of your videos . Very well done

[@benitocamelas7784]

>which way can i go down? this way looks blocked >over there, past those fake iPads Only in China

[@DZ-bg4ki]

Benito Camelas You should go ask some Chinese speakers to see if the security did have said that

[@elaineli1975]

security guard didn’t actually say that

[@sdhafele1]

Benito Camelas actually they are exactly the same. Same manufacturer in a different plant most of the time. They just don't up charge 6000% can't be a knockoff if made by same people. F

[@emmanueloshaddai3259]

Takes a lot of gut to film in China.

[@serpentza]

Thank you for recognising that

[@emmanueloshaddai3259]

You handle it like a boss though.

[@rpalacios4215]

Well they all look the same so I don’t ser the problem...

It's not that, it's him getting all the attention, not to mention being suspicious to the authority.

[@Xighor]

NTH THN it's because China is a literally dictatorship, say something bad about them you're going to the Gulag..I mean prison

Hi there, I am going to move to Beijing for 3 years for my work and getting lots of information from your channel. Thanks a lot. Stay Awesome.

[@queenienorris2430]

Welcome to China and U will find out how awesome this county is ! And find out his prescription is so shallow and narrow , a lot of his information and judgments of China is absolutely wrong!

[@awkwardguy8238]

@@queenienorris2430 Mhm, would you like your 50 cents in RMB or American?

[@futuretalentgaming2253]

Queenie LOL true man

[@orangecreeperx6980]

I think the security didn't actually say "fake iPads" in his own language lol

[@bambi7563]

Obviously it's a joke 🙄 🤦🏻‍♀️..

[@redpillinvestor8571]

Which way do I go? Past those fake iPads haha

[@putraduha3176]

Charles Stark i think its a paperboard display or something, not a knockoff brand

[@fnige]

putra duha, Sure? it would make sense

[@baconbreadwithbacon]

Huawei have a Chinese subsidiary called Honor. They work all over the world, have authorised Android and is not in Chinese only. No lock and key. Great products.

[@torontoclarinetist]

OMG your translations are hilarious.

[@MrMekmek29]

02:10 you've been spotted!!! Run!

[@caughtinthalife]

the metal gear solid alerts are amazing. please do more lol

[@jamescook2412]

George Jose Velez r they 4 evil uncles or gawkers?

[@tk421dr]

"Google services are blocked in China." Goes to Oppo store "We can install the play store for you." LMAO ligit thats really cool, I hope you didn't get that guy in trouble!

[@mrr0r508]

Can recommend Xiaomi. Bought a Redmi 4x and we’re happy with it, even though I’m quite critical and nitpicky with phone features compared to most consumers. I did root it, wipe it and flash a custom ROM. For privacy, and to reduce bloat/battery drain, as well as add more features. Camera did not wow me, otherwise worked well. I feel that the fingerprint scanners is more responsive than an iPhone scanner, with sweaty fingers.

[@rakeshcristobal8320]

I also recommend Xiaomi. I have the Note 10 Pro. Only thing you need to disable are the constant ads whenever you open any folder, gallery or app, otherwise it feels strange when your photos are separated by a large commercials...

[@da8874]

These videos are really informative about China in general. Ive always felt curious about asia in general... glad you're on youtube ~

[@lloyd26]

That Oppo store in China plays the song "Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same".

[@menofmayhemmm]

Pretty funny that this video haven't take down because those songs yet xd

[@damoning9338]

I noticed that too. I was kinda surprised they play American music in their stores.

[@7omood]

I hate that song's guts! It's even worse that they keep playing it everywhere all the time :P

[@NoName-oo5ge]

Lloyd Dominic Refuerzo I thought it sounded familiar😂

[@ceiling771]

Geth270 what about despacito II?

[@gedelasasibhushanarao3863]

You make your videos very interesting to watch.

[@oswaldf328]

Love your video! Great work. 🤙🤙

[@trelos376]

Most Chinese phones come outside China with Global roms with no bloatware and Google services...

[@lrc3847]

Thanos Kapsalis Ideally is to install Lineage OS in order to get rid of everything you don't want.

[@trelos376]

Yes I agree but most people can't do it unfortunately :(

[@odysseus695]

Thanos Kapsalis it still come with bloatware

[@jakegarrett8109]

+abhishek kumar Even a clean Windows 10 comes with a ton of blaotware on desktop. Groove Music, M$ office, Xbox connect, One Drive, Edge (its only purpose is to download Chrome or Firefox), Cortana, and a lot of other useless junk. I need to reinstall windows 10 again, so I'll be removing these just like I do after every brand new install.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Chinese language has a very large set of characters. that will instantly cause a slowdown.

[@LeoOfJudah]

But the plastics in the water ARE turning the phones gay

[@thespiffingamerican]

i love these subtitles and stuff its great

[@drivestowork]

Let's thank the guy at 3:44 for saving Winston from a hassle by the security guard! Edit: My mistake...

[@user-kx5es4kr4x]

3:41

[@derekmoore2038]

Just got myself a Chinese phone having seen from your review that they were as good as the ones in Europe. I paid £150 for a brand new Xiaomi Mi Redmi 5 Plus and people keep asking how much was the phone because it's so nice :)

[@MaskedMarv]

Love your translations! Radical.

[@TheUltimateSlime]

lol

[@Akmak]

MaskedMarv radical.. looool

[@zoehuang8108]

Actually you can use google play in Chinese smart phone... you'll just need a nice VPN.. I'm using HUAWEI and XIAOMI, have no problem with google play..

[@starcade90]

I'm UK based and have had the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 now for over 12 months. It came with an international rom on with Playstore included. Works perfectly in the UK would definitely buy another China phone. Top spec little price. :)

[@xopeacemakerxo4152]

I *LOVE* the MGS style exclamation marks over comerads' heads! Haha!!

[@MrEvodio65]

me too.

[@skuzlebut82]

I just randomly found your channel today. You have no gimmick whatsoever and that's probably why I enjoy it. Thank you for the good content and keep it up.

[@serpentza]

Thanks mate! Welcome to the channel

[@skuzlebut82]

Songs Mirth I see that he has been doing it for years, however I doubt the entirety of China is focused on cheating foreigners. With this man, I can see the China a foreigner can expect when living there and also some of what a tourist will see. He tells the truth about China but his truth isn't all negative. SerpentZA has done well on showing all of the great things while keeping your eyes open for the bad things.

[@mandc20022]

He does have a gimmick, his gimmick is to have no gimmick lol , it's a shame that in today's time

[@wadebradley7388]

Check out their motorcycle vids. Where they ride through the country. Now that's a cool way to see China. Noone else does this. And they talk about a cool subject whilst their riding.. I think that's what I like the most about his channel.

[@yaorongguan9259]

I've been using Chinese phones in the US for a long time without any problem. The problem is, if you wanna use a phone from the US in another country, chances are it cannot work properly, especially for those contract phones.

[@ShadowPrincePBC]

yaorong guan I will concur. USA runs a quad band - dual format(gsm/cdma) cell system. Every phone works here... just not the other way 'round... for that, typically only high-end devices or devices marked as "world phones" will work overseas from the USA.

[@cmanlovespancakes]

Newer generations of AT& T and T-mobile GSM network phones should work outside of North America without issues. Att does use a different bandwidth than other GSM networks but their phones should work on any GSM network, and the reverse should also be true with newer models.The issue is with the Verizon and Sprint CDMA phones, unless you get a model that has both GSM/CDMA capabilities such as the Samsung G8 etc. Most mid to high end phone models that Verizon sells should have both capabilities that it is best to check to make sure the model you get has both network capabilities.

[@ShadowPrincePBC]

Charles Schutz not sure how recent of phones you mean, but, I've been with AT&T for a very long time and all my products for the past 10 years have been international capable, no issues, except needing to maybe buy a different sim card... Yet, all in all, aye aye! Edit: but, the other way 'round, Sending almost any phone to "The States" should work...

[@KanishQQuotes]

Oppo sells a lot in India, and Indian Internet is not restricted. They have even dedicated India only services for Google

[@freddiepatterson1045]

Although it used to be the case that chinese copies all the designs of other countries phones, lately chinese companies especially oppo has been innovating, the oppo find x was extremely innovative and nothing can be found like it

[@cathevans9859]

I have a Xiaomi mi max 2. Fab phone, massive screen, good camera and huge battery - £220 with global rom, also beautiful design. My previous phone was Samsung Note 8 - hated the aspect ratio of the screen, terrible fingerprint location. Gorgeous camera, though - but worth £900? Not a chance. People need to know that a lot of Chinese phones won't work on band 20 in UK, so that excludes O2, Sky mobile, Giff Gaff and Tesco.

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

Well, in China newer phones are made to be "full range network accessable" (required by code I think), but that "full range" is only "the full range Chinese carriers can use", and there are only 3 carriers in China so... I guess it's really hard to tell if a phone works somewhere else, and the chance might be pretty low.

[@skulleeman]

I've got the same phone and I agree. The value for money is insane. One big problem I've had is notifications not coming through, but they seemed to have fixed that in a software update. Software updates happen frequently and they continue to release updates for years.

[@pauly9336]

Yep, I've got the MiMax 2. Love it. Had the MiMax loved it. I will buy the MiMax 3.... A new phone every year and still $400 in my pocket over 1 supposedly OVERPRICED FLAGSHIP PHONE.

[@KaspersMC]

Love your subtitle ; ) "sup homie" "bro, you can't be filming.." "Chill bro"

[@pisse3000]

Just have to second that. The subs are great!!!

[@Andrewx4]

What was actually said though? Doesn't help with my Chinese learning 😅

[@spacy9571]

Past those fake ipads

[@vain3940]

Excellent video. Keep going on.

[@Dave4infinite]

Love the info on smartphones and Metal Gear Solid references!!!!!

[@RileyRi007]

I really enjoy your style of editing and candid filming :) I also find it surprising that you manage to keep your train of thought surrounded by everything happening around you!

[@PocketUau]

3:41-3:46 that cop started following but good guy Cheng asked him a question to stop him.

[@hahahah3788]

Nope bro. Actually that’s a mall safety man

[@Max-eb5qp]

PocketWow No, he is just a guard of the mall. Look at his uniform, there is no POLICE characters

[@TechZG]

PocketWow so so so many people film in there every day, I think that guard wanted to feel big for a minute, haha

[@aldeveron9498]

Love you subtitles! lol... Enjoying your vids.. very informative..

[@henrybartlett1986]

Always interesting.

[@randompeculiarintrovert8446]

The problem is that I can't read Chinese. That's a real problem

[@Reza254]

there are apps that scan text & translate for you. Google it ;)

[@tobi7505]

ALL literally ALL phones which are in chinese are also able to display in english. And they are soo much cheaper and better than their western counterparts. Could tell you 1000 points and you would never buy western "brands" again

[@majorwicket2261]

...so, but you can speak...

[@ronaldcheng9199]

But I can 读华语哦😂

[@ifyouwantmoneythengivemeev8094]

Flash an English ROM...

[@sampletextlensflare]

Keep doing what you're doing, man. My favorite channel is yours. Stay awesome! (:

[@Shad0w_Tech]

I love you and your videos, stay awesome!

[@8jerasikapark8]

I love how people smile or freak out when they see the camera & you play the noise hahaha!

[@Dsdcain]

I was getting a kick out of the people in the background waving at the camera as you were going by. Thanks for the great videos.

[@user-yg2nu7zc4c]

+Red Flag go propagandize elsewhere..

[@grotesque2786]

Red Flag Noone cares about your Chinese propaganda bullshit sorry, it's well known that copyright doesn't even really exist there.

[@martinzone8153]

Red Flag runaway from china and living in denial.

[@georgeisboard]

Whoa hang on there.. Huawei phones are good I'm using one now......but the last couple months the US propaganda is that there Huawei phones are spying on people example like Russian Intel an China spy to rigg elections in USA.... I'm not a senator or a political figure an so I don't care

[@sensesfailg]

Hahaha me too that was cool

[@pannyman1711]

Your videos make me miss China so much. Been to Shenzhen and Hangzhou in 2009 and 2017 respectively. I would be happy to go there again. Love your videos. Keep 'em coming.

[@infobytesbdasia3009]

serpenza...really cool man !! you share a lot about China culture...learn a lot from your channel !! appreciate and thanks

[@ilovejesus9303]

Why am I binging on your videos? Really really interesting and entertaining

[@kav2000]

the security guards feel uncomfortable when you record a video...

[@klauscartesius1275]

Ahh, she handed the coin over with both hands - cute and nice gesture - makes up for a grumpy uncle :-)

[@Dowlphin]

I trust no one who makes 9er prices. Especially not private sellers. (Yes, I have experienced such. Selling a used item on Ebay and making it a 9er price.)

[@caddydaddy84]

That cell phone store was nicer than any I've been to in the states

[@markiscouch6729]

Great video!

[@Scrubbles]

Alex Jones is literally the last person I expected to see on this channel, lmao.

[@user-yg2nu7zc4c]

he's famous!!😂

[@ishy8723]

The sound u put in when someone stares at the camera is brilliant 😂😂😂

[@urmantaqi3253]

Thanks for valuable information. Best

[@pierre5325]

AS always sir, very good vid. André

[@DJRonnieG]

hahaha "over there past those fake ipads"

[@earlenriquez5645]

DJRonnieG hahahahaha......well that was informative