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So a friend is buying me an iqoo phone from china (he wont actiavte or even open the phone) and he will import it to me directly in Europe, and I searched a lot and still couldnt understand if the phone might region lock or no, i asked some AIs too if it would region lock and it said maybe & no, now i asked if region lock even exists for vivo chinese rom and it said no.

So can someone pls confirm it or inform me abt this please

Edit: Idc abt the notification and Android missing stuff, i care more about being able to use the phone, no region lock

So a friend is buying me an iqoo phone from china (he wont actiavte or even open the phone) and he will import it to me directly in Europe, and I searched a lot and still couldnt understand if the phone might region lock or no, i asked some AIs too if it would region lock and it said maybe & no, now i asked if region lock even exists for vivo chinese rom and it said no.

So can someone pls confirm it or inform me abt this please

Edit: Idc abt the notification and Android missing stuff, i care more about being able to use the phone, no region lock

Hi

So I 'm in Europe and I decided to buy iQOO 15 Ultra brand new, I'm still a teenager so my dad will buy it for me, and since he doesn't trust online site, he got a friend from China to buy it physically from a store and import it to me in Europe.

Since iQOO 15U is still Chinese Only, it has CN ROM and every time i searched online it says it will work perfectly without region lock in my country in Europe. But I just searched right now that if the phone is bought from there and directly imported to Europe without being opened there, it will have region lock.

So my question is, what are the chances that it will be region locked if my dad's friend doesn't open the phone and unlocks it and just send it to Europe in my country. Since its 1000$ phone and my I barely convinced my dad to buy it, ofc I don't want it to just be wasted.

I always saw people who had iqoo phones complaining abt the company and saying its bad, stating that they fake everything and its not as relaible

Can sm1 explain? I'm worried bcuz I'll buy myself iQOO 15 and I want to understand the issues with iQOO

So I've seen a lot of cases where people sent their imported phones back to China for repaur and for months they still didn't get it back.

And I'm planning to buy an iQOO 15 Ultra in Europe and since I need to be sure I can get replacement parts from somewhere I contacted Vivo Chinese mail. I asked if is it possible for them to ship any parts to Europe and they said the only way is to send the phone to them in China.

So my question is, how sure can I be that it won't take months or even not be able to get the phone back, bcuz I've seen cases like this too.

Hi, so Im thinking to buy a 1000$ phone in Romania and the site says that they will cover the VAT 20% taxes

But my dad says even if they pay or not, we still have to pay 20% anyways, which will make it to 1200$+

Can any1 PLS explain and tell me if this is true or not??

Hi, so in a month Im going to buy an iQOO 15, Ultra to be specific and I wanna know from some people that has it or know what I need:

1.How sure can I be in the future that the battery wont explode?

2. How sure can I be that I wont get any green lines?

3. How sure can I be that I wont have any defectice components from daily driving it normally?

4. If I drop it, can any component break that easily from the absorbing shock?

5. How scratchable is the phone?

I want to main the phone for 3+ years and I want to be sure of all these bcuz I wont send it to any repairs if something happens

Hello,

So I'm looking to buy an iQOO 15U from here, since its safest site I found to order this exact phone

But, since I'm a teenager, my parents are going to buy it, but they dont trust this site at all, no matter how much I explain it to them, saying that "what if the package doesnt arrive" or thinking its a online shopping site as every other uknown sites. They asked a friend who is from China and he tells my parents that he doesnt trust the site, but I just know that he didnt even research about it.

So if anyone of you that is able to convince them, or give reasonings to why and how it is completly safe, I will really appreciate it.

For those who have it, I really need some answers snd reviews:

1. Does it heat when charging

2. I saw people complain about the gaming performance and its overheating, is it true?

3. Is the OS smooth?

4. Is the battery really promising or it drains fast?

• Can I daily drive it for 3+ years with no really major issues? Or it just depends on the future OS?

Thank you so much for those who replies and help me get through these

Imma get a phone with Chinese OriginOS and thoee who have this OS version pls tell me:

1. Hows the network, no issues?

2. Does it have issues connecting with Bluetooth anything?

3. Are Google apps running smoothly ( no bugs or anything else )?

4. What are the apps that notifications get delay or dont come at all?

5. How good is it battery optimized?

6. Can the phone get hot easily from just some basic tasks? ( ik this depends on the phone specs, but in general, does a mid end vivo phone not overheat on the Chinese OriginOS )

7. Does it happen to sometimes bug when opening or closing any app to fast?

Im from Europe and am planning to keep the phone for 4+ years so dont really want a bad experience for such long term use.

Ty

This question is only for people in EU

Hi, so am planning to buy an iQOO phone and want to have Funtouch OS since its less Apple based and more simple, but the phone i want to get cant support Funtouch OS so I wanna know, how is Origin OS in EU?

How are the Google Apps?

What about english language? Please tell me there isnt a single thing that is written in Chinese

I heard that there are sm chinese apps that u cant delete, is that correct?

Idk which phone to choose, but i saw many people complain abt both OS, but i wanna know which one is worse

Funtouch OS or Redmagic OS

Pls help, i cant really find any info. on any other platforms

As much i saw the phone's back, where the heck is thst flashlight💀

Please send photo showing it instead of saying where it is, i dont wanna solve puzzles

So there was a post sm weeks ago that i lost track of it, but the OP was talking about how he delivered redmagic 11 pro and it was delivered to the wrong house even when the redmagic support said its delivered at the right house, then requested again the phone and happened the same thing again, i dont really remember but it may have happened the 3rd time, and then he was finding a lawyer to send the phone to the right destination.

So my real question is, how rare is it to this even happen to me? Like im really worried to order and smth wrong to go bcuz im still a miron and my parents dont trust " chinese phones " especially when im ordering it from there, in my region is costs 300$ more which is not worthy at all

I'm still currently using a 4G phone and I'm curious:

1. What is different from 4G to 5G

2. Is it a that big difference?

3. What would I notice?

Im thinking to get RM 11 Air in a month, and im genuinely curious how is it outside of gaming?

• I dont play games, but smtimes rarely so Idc abt gaming review bcuz ik it handles it really well

• Idc abt cameras

But i wanna know, for a casual phone user, how good is it?

Is the display bright, clear and white?

How dark can it be inthe night, comfortable for the eyes when watching in bed? ( i keep my current phone at lowest brightness. )

Is it overall smooth and no small tweaks when opening apps / apps from notifications or other things?

Are there network problems? ( Ive seen sm people complain abt it )

And i would love to hear ur review by giving an overall raiting for the phone by daily driving!

I still have Samsung A50 since 2020 and didnt realize i have Android 11 till sm months ago when i learned abt phones.

But my question is what changes would i notice from Android 16, and what has changed?

Was thinking to buy iQOO phone but am in EU.

Can Ik how hard and why is it that hard to find one in EU?

Hey, so I've been thinking to get a Redmagic 11 Air but I'm really curious, how easy is to get scratches at the back glass, the back of the phone?

Thinking to daily drive the phone for next 3+ years and would want to mostly use it without case for its looks cuz I just love the design ( the main reason why I'm choosing it over iQOO 15 Ultra/OnePlus 15 😭 ) but I want to know how resistive is the back glass and how easy is to scratch it. And over half a year, is it pretty common to have scratches there?