Where to buy Chinese mobiles? GearBest

Chinese mobiles have completely changed the world of Android. Nowadays it is possible to get a high-end mobile phone for a relatively affordable price. The problem is always the same. Where to buy it? Are there trustworthy stores? GearBest is one of the best options.

GearBest

No Actually, GearBest is not too different from what a conventional online store is, although it specializes in smartphones from different companies, mainly Android. It has mobiles of different levels, from the basic range to the highest-end mobiles. And the same goes for the quality of smartphones, which range from worse mobiles to the highest quality mobiles available. That is, like any other mobile store, although with a large number of them. The quality of the mobile will depend on the smartphone you want to buy and the one you choose.

"But I don't know English"

Perhaps one of the problems you have is that you don't know English. In this case, you most likely already know that you can use Google Translate to try to understand the mobile data that appears. However, in GearBest you have an option at the bottom right that allows you to change the language of the web and that already uses the Google translator, making it much easier to use. The same goes for the currency. At the top right you have the option to select "Euros" as the currency, and the precise prices of each of the mobiles will appear.

Is shipping really free?

It is quite possible that one of the things that caught your attention is the fact that shipping is free. How is it possible for a mobile phone that comes from the other side of the world to get here without paying anything, when making a shipment within Spain costs me money? One might think that it is a hoax, but the truth is that it is not. If free shipping is available, which it usually is for most mobiles, and it appears that way before paying, it will be free. If it is not available, in remote case, do not worry, because it also appears very clearly before paying. Of course, free shipping is usually slower, so you can prepare for it to take from two or three weeks, up to two months even, but the truth is that it always arrives.

What if I have a problem with the shipment, or it is lost?

Another of the fears of many users is that the mobile is lost in shipping. Well, it must be said that if you are going to spend 300 euros to buy a mobile, you may be interested in paying a shipment of 20 euros so that it arrives faster, and to have more information about the shipment. But even if you have selected free shipping, don't worry, because you can claim GearBest at any time. Even if you don't know English to write to them, you can write to the Facebook page in Spanish, called GearBest in spanish, in which they will answer you directly in our language, to make it easier, and you will be able to communicate perfectly. We have already used it, and you will see that there are comments from users asking for help and receiving a response.

Are there guarantees?

But it could even happen that the mobile had a factory defect, something that is always possible. Here we are not affected by the European guarantee. What happens if the mobile arrives and in three weeks it already works badly? There is no problem, since GearBest gives us a one-year, 360-day repair warranty, so even in case we have had the misfortune that that smartphone is defective, GearBest is responsible for the repair. If the errors arrive after a year, it is obvious that we are no longer talking about factory problems, and the situation will be the same as if we buy directly from Spain.

Payments by PayPal

And finally, the best thing is that we can make payments by PayPal. That is, we can simply pay from our credit card. Why PayPal? Because if we finally do not receive our order, or we have been deceived, which is something that will not happen, we have the possibility to request the money from PayPal. These will give us the money back and there will be no problem.

Tariffs or customs

Finally, there is a problem to take into account, and it is that of the tariffs that we could be charged, or the taxes that we would have to pay if the mobile goes through customs. Will it happen? Well, no one can rule out that it could happen. As a general rule, stores send mobile phones as gifts and with a very low value. In addition, shipping using the public postal services of China and company do not usually generate this type of payments, due to the large number of shipments to be managed, which makes it impossible. Still, it can happen, so that's something to keep in mind. It is not usually, but it is a possibility, so it should be taken into account as a remote possibility.

What can I buy, is it really that interesting?

You don't even need to explain why you should buy from stores like GearBest. The Chinese mobile phones they have are not present in the vast majority of Spanish stores. And even those that are, are more expensive here than there. We are talking, for example, about the UleFone Be Touch 2, which is around 200 euros with features worthy of the best flagships. It is also now available for pre-order the Meizu MX5, as we already told you, one of the best phones you can get today, and probably the best you can buy for 300 euros. In any case, it is best that you take a look at all the Chinese Android phones they have and come to your own conclusions.