Jiayu S3 price announced at just $162 with 3GB RAM, LTE and 64Bit SoC


jiayu s3

If there was ever a time to be excited about the possibilities of the Chinese phone market then it is now, and the JiaYu S3 is just the start of it.

Jiayu have been putting the S3 together over the past few months and as usual have been open about specification and design. The only pieces that were missing were the launch date and, most importantly, the price.

Well today we at least now know the official Chinese pricing for the flagship S3, a phone that boasts 4G LTE, a 64bit Mediatek SoC and up to 3GB RAM!

jiayu s3

Jiayu will release to variants of the JiaYu S3, a 2GB RAM version costing 899 Yuan without NFC and a 3GB RAM model for slightly more at 999 Yuan with NFC. Those are the Chinese prices though, so expect to pay more once a reseller add their cut, shipping and tax to the phone, but still a good deal.

jiayu s3

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The rest of the phone offers a 5.5-inch 1080p display, dual SIM, 13 mega-pixel Sony IMX214 rear camera, 3000mAh battery, dual flash, and JiaYu promise accurate and fast GPS. Audio hardware is promising too, with the phone boasting dual speakers. Android 4.4 Kitkat ships as standard.

With just 16GB on board it is good to see a micro SD card is part of the package with plenty of room to spare for dual SIM slots too.

Designwise the JiaYu S3 is one of the best looking JiaYu phones we have seen to date. Body thickness is 8.9mm but a nicely tapered rear means the phone should sit in your palm well and feel thinner than it actually is. JiaYu’s designers have also done a great job of keeping the overall width down to only 75.5mm, a very respecrable figure for a 5.5-inch device. Full dimentions are 152 x 75.5 x 8.9mm.

JiaYu S3 gallery

The only detail missing now is the actual launch date which is so far set to “early January”. We seriously cannot wait to try the S3, what do you guys think?

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326 Comments

  1. Darevintage
    December 4, 2014

    Finally! This is it! Hope they don’t mess up with the launch date

  2. Atomicrus
    December 4, 2014

    Damn. How i hate this old fashion icons on bottom of the screen.

    • Xiaolu
      December 4, 2014

      Yeah, at least they could use the new ones meant fot Android 5

    • Marco Lancaster
      December 4, 2014

      Yeah, they could be just lighted and not painted on screen. But for these monstrous package i guess i can live with that

  3. Ivo001
    December 4, 2014

    It’s too long for me, I guess I have to wait for the JIayu S4.

    • mikeyd
      December 4, 2014

      for me also
      5 inch would be perfect

    • Evgenij Nebotov
      December 4, 2014

      +1. moved from 5 to 5.5″ and want back now. the biggest i could accept would be meizu mx4/such screen.

      • Ivo001
        December 4, 2014

        MX4 is also one of the phones i’m interested in.

        • amirexpressir
          December 5, 2014

          the best phone of the year is for sure : Vivo xplay which is yet to be released or leaked

  4. mf1gt3r
    December 4, 2014

    I am definitely getting this one. 64bit? Nice.

    • joe
      December 4, 2014

      It only has 3gb of ram so 64bit is useless on this phone.

      • mf1gt3r
        December 4, 2014

        Eggsplain pls. Why say so?

        • nonotz
          December 4, 2014

          quoted from apple A7 (just to prove its not just memory limit) :

          ARMv8 architecture doesn’t just increase the memory capacity — it also features a new instruction set which boost performance and reduces power consumption.
          Certain apps (including games) will be able to make use of that new instruction set, and acess to additional registers in the A7 chip to boost performance.

          • Manos
            December 6, 2014

            The score is 40000. But it’s going to be a good performer I think. Not the best phone for the 2015 with MTK. I don’t understand what phone it’s going to have the good CPU/GPU from Mediatek the small S4? Or will update the S3.

      • desponent
        December 4, 2014

        64 bit benefit is not only ram size (which is moot for ARM anyway since 32 bit can make use of more than 4GB since after A9).

  5. Marta
    December 4, 2014

    5,5…

  6. Robert
    December 4, 2014

    nice parameters , but FDD-LTE has only three bands, I need also band 8 and band 1.
    Will be possible to enable other bands in mtktool??

    • Jason45
      December 4, 2014

      Not possible if it is not implented on the hardware side.

  7. Jason45
    December 4, 2014

    The price is really great, I expect you can get it around 200 USD on resellers websites. I am also waiting for the Meizu budget phone, should have the same chipset as the Jiayu S3.

    Too bad this phone did not have Android 5.0 OS.

  8. realjjj
    December 4, 2014

    Don’t get to say it often but that’s nice. The height could be a bit lower but besides that they got a nice device at a very nice price. It was clear that 1080p is the new 720p and we’ll see more and more such specs at such a price , as the high end goes 1440p and 4k.
    Hope the screen is decent quality and the ROM not bad , really looking forward to a review.

    Edit: Remembered that the Orgtec WA Handy is about to launch with similar specs (2GB RAM only) and price.

    • desponent
      December 4, 2014

      I’m not too worried about Jiayu’s screen quality. In fact I’d say that it’s one of their best point rivaling anything from the big boys.

      • realjjj
        December 4, 2014

        That depends on each device ,they don’t make the screen..

        • desponent
          December 4, 2014

          They choose it.

          • realjjj
            December 4, 2014

            Yes they do based on price.and quality and that depends on the price point they want to reach.

            • desponent
              December 4, 2014

              Do you know how much those panel are priced? Do you imply that a $200 phone could not match a $800 phone because those $800 phone use like $200 for panel alone in assembly?

              Well sorry to burst your bubble but I have personally compare G4S to those $800 phone from various brand and it stand toe-to-toe to them, sometimes completely embarrassing them even. I dunno what magic Jiayu use but the result is astonishing.

            • realjjj
              December 4, 2014

              How about you take your pills for the day and then a cold shower.
              I wasn’t implying anything just expressed a need to have more info on the quality of the screen.
              As for your opinion on some other devices, well, it has no relevance.

            • desponent
              December 4, 2014

              Why do you even bother replying me if you think it’s irrelevant when it’s the main point of my initial comment? lol what a useless discussion.

            • Airyl
              December 4, 2014

              You have no reason to doubt any of JiaYu’s screens. They’ve always had gorgeous displays, ever since the G3. The panels on the S2 and G4S were iPhone quality to my eyes.

  9. December 4, 2014

    Not bad for the price!

  10. manohar basavaraju
    December 4, 2014

    seriously i am eyeing this phone.

  11. Han Lubach
    December 4, 2014

    Andy is it possible to make a spreadsheet of the upcoming 64 bit phones .So we can compare them
    Become fantasy
    Dakele (good)
    Elephone (better)
    Jiayu (best)
    and perhaps there will be others who want to beat them in price an quality although Jiayu has a name

    • amirexpressir
      December 5, 2014

      dakele..never understimate thier phones…not sure why they don’t advertise that much on international hoping sites but they had done that on black friday with 1949deal.so hope we will hear from them more

  12. Airyl
    December 4, 2014

    Hot damn. This one has everything AND the kitchen sink at a really cheap price. Does it have LTE?

    • realjjj
      December 4, 2014

      GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHZ
      WCDMA 900/1900/2100MHZ
      TD-SCDMA 1900/2000
      TDD-LTE( 频段B39 B40 B41)
      FDD-LTE (频段B3 B7 B20)

      listed on their Chinese site

      • Marco Lancaster
        December 4, 2014

        The 64bit processor of Mediatek has LTE implemented on it!

      • Xalis
        December 4, 2014

        WCDMA 900/1900/2100MHZ
        Why the fuck would they leave 850 out? I will never understand Jiayu.

        • Jason45
          December 4, 2014

          I don’t think I have seen many Chinese phones with support of 850 band. They are usually only 900 and/or 2100mhz bands. Only some US providers are using the 850 mhz 3G band I believe. In Europe, they are using the 900 and/or 2100 Mhz band for 3G.

          • Manos
            December 4, 2014

            My Jiayu G4A has800/850 3g…

          • Rebirth
            December 5, 2014

            So you are either blind or you didnt buy any chinese phone yet…
            I live in Europe and we always had problems to find one cheap chinese phone with 900mhz band. They came always with 850mhz and 2100mhz, or only 2100mhz band. Mine, in fact, has no 900mhz band. It is this year, especially Q3-Q4, when there are proliferating phones with 900mhz band (thank god)…

            • Yeti hand
              December 6, 2014

              I know right!! that guy can’t be serious!!

          • Yeti hand
            December 6, 2014

            I’ve seen SO many chinese phones with 850 I’m wondering if you’re joking or simply didn’t lift a finger to search on the internet

        • jer
          December 4, 2014

          Same here. 850 is most important in Americas. thl to the rescue? I hope!

        • Allanitomwesh
          December 5, 2014

          JiaYu has branches in Europe,900 makes more sense. Only snapdragons and Intel have both 850 AND 900 as far as I’ve seen.

  13. Nick
    December 4, 2014

    WOW great phone!!! Andi, any news regarding the Jiayu S4?

    • RRRobert
      December 4, 2014

      My thoughts exactly. All of these specs in a phone combined with the rumored 4,7″ screen size and a compact housing (< 130×65 x 8 mm) and I'm in for it.

      • Nick
        December 4, 2014

        Ha…same here. I hope that they will release the Jiayu S4 pretty soon! There is also the Meizu K52 (MX4 Mini) with a possible release date before or after Christmas. Fingers crossed!

        • Simon
          December 5, 2014

          Do you think Jiayu S4 is a better buy than Xiaomi Mi3 or Mi4 ?

          • Manos
            December 6, 2014

            Xiaomi mi3/ is top quality and have other price than Jiayu phones.
            Jiayu is the cheap way to go for a phone.

            • Simon
              December 6, 2014

              Fair enough, as long as the Jiayu lasts at least 12 months of usage it should be good.

            • Nick
              December 6, 2014

              Well, I can’t answer your question because the Jiayu S4 will
              be released probably early next year or later and its cpu will be the new Mediatek MTK MT6752 64-bit with a faster gps. Xiaomi MI3 or MI4 are great phones but it really depends on your budget and of course your personal usage. MI3 64gb version is around 310€ shipping in, MI4 64gb is around 400€ shipping in. If you can afford to pay that money then go for it. For me, the Jiayu S4 or Meizu K52 (MX4 mini) are pretty good alternatives with a better pricing.

            • Manos
              December 9, 2014

              For one year you will not have any problem.
              I have a Jiayu G4A since last year September and it’s working without any problems. My sister has a g2s more than 2 years and she is a heavy user! All the day with the phone and it has hits and marks all over!

  14. Adam Irvine
    December 4, 2014

    That looks bloody good to me! Kinda regretting ordering the missis a zp999 for Christmas now… :-S

    • Raul
      December 6, 2014

      Well the phone is yet to be given an official date, so probably the right decision to get a ZP999 as a Christmas gift 🙂

  15. Guest
    December 4, 2014

    Finally! This is it! Hope they don’t mess up with the launch date

  16. Atomicrus
    December 4, 2014

    Damn. How i hate this old fashion icons on bottom of the screen.

    • Xiaolu
      December 4, 2014

      Yeah, at least they could use the new ones meant fot Android 5

    • Marco Lancaster
      December 4, 2014

      Yeah, they could be just lighted and not painted on screen. But for these monstrous package i guess i can live with that

  17. Mo
    December 4, 2014

    Pleaseeee do not give us a shit ROM , otherwise this tops the charts atm

  18. Ivo001
    December 4, 2014

    It’s too long for me, I guess I have to wait for the JIayu S4.

    • Guest
      December 4, 2014

      for me also
      5 inch would be perfect

    • Evgenij Nebotov
      December 4, 2014

      +1. moved from 5 to 5.5″ and want back now. the biggest i could accept would be meizu mx4/such screen.

    • Ivo001
      December 4, 2014

      MX4 is also one of the phones i’m interested in.

    • amirexpressir
      December 5, 2014

      the best phone of the year is for sure : Vivo xplay which is yet to be released or leaked

  19. mf1gt3r
    December 4, 2014

    I am definitely getting this one. 64bit? Nice.

    • Guest
      December 4, 2014

      It only has 3gb of ram so 64bit is useless on this phone.

    • mf1gt3r
      December 4, 2014

      Eggsplain pls. Why say so?

    • desponent
      December 4, 2014

      64 bit benefit is not only ram size (which is moot for ARM anyway since 32 bit can make use of more than 4GB since after A9).

    • nonotz
      December 4, 2014

      quoted from apple A7 (just to prove its not just memory limit) :

      ARMv8 architecture doesn’t just increase the memory capacity — it also features a new instruction set which boost performance and reduces power consumption.
      Certain apps (including games) will be able to make use of that new instruction set, and acess to additional registers in the A7 chip to boost performance.

    • Guest
      December 6, 2014

      The score is 40000. But it’s going to be a good performer I think. Not the best phone for the 2015 with MTK. I don’t understand what phone it’s going to have the good CPU/GPU from Mediatek the small S4? Or will update the S3.

  20. Βαγγώνης Σαμαρέλος
    December 4, 2014

    9mm thick with 20nm chip? WTF?

    • Marco Lancaster
      December 4, 2014

      Jiayu don’t care much about thiness of the phone, give a look on previous generations, anyway it’s quite thin for Jiayu.

      • Manos
        December 6, 2014

        Jiayu S2 is 6mm is the thinnest Jiayu

      • Βαγγώνης Σαμαρέλος
        December 7, 2014

        Yes. But S series means “slim”. I think that they should built slim and light phones additionaly to the G series in order to cover a wide range of needs.

        • Marco Lancaster
          December 7, 2014

          I’m pretty satisfied with the 9mm Don’t care so much with insane thiness. And also having the 3000mAh battery, knowing Jiayu deliver the real capacity I’m happy

          • Βαγγώνης Σαμαρέλος
            December 8, 2014

            There are different needs, as I told.

    • trolleyfan
      December 5, 2014

      How is manufacturing process of the SoC related to thickness of the phone? This is absolute nonsense. Also the new Mediateks are 28nm AFAIK.

      • Βαγγώνης Σαμαρέλος
        December 7, 2014

        Totally. This manufacturing process offers less consumption and thermal emission, so the need of power and thermal conductivity is not so big. Intel plans to built 4-nm chip, until 2020, as I read.

    • Han Lubach
      December 5, 2014

      I have printed the model and fold it (origami) and it isn’t as thick as you think. For a creditcard phone wait for the future

      • Βαγγώνης Σαμαρέλος
        December 7, 2014

        iPhone @6.9mm (or Galaxy Alpha) uses the new core technology (20nm) and firmware to reduce the consumption and the capacity of the battery. It’s time to built better phones. Battery is the heaviest -and the biggest- part.

    • Allanitomwesh
      December 5, 2014

      You miss the part about the really big battery?

      • Βαγγώνης Σαμαρέλος
        December 7, 2014

        Yes. But Cortex A-53 is the most efficient core for now. Android 5.0 is the most efficient version for now. So why?

        • Manos
          December 7, 2014

          They will update it to the Android 5 now they have delay because there is software problems on 4.4 and on 5. First they are trying the 4.4 and then move to the 5

        • Allanitomwesh
          January 28, 2015

          Because low cost of manufacture. Slim costs money ask Vivo.

  21. Marta
    December 4, 2014

    5,5…

  22. Guest
    December 4, 2014

    nice parameters , but FDD-LTE has only three bands, I need also band 8 and band 1.
    Will be possible to enable other bands in mtktool??

    • Jason45
      December 4, 2014

      Not possible if it is not implented on the hardware side.

  23. Emil
    December 4, 2014

    Sorry but my next device will be with Snapdragon CPU…

  24. Jason45
    December 4, 2014

    The price is really great, I expect you can get it around 200 USD on resellers websites. I am also waiting for the Meizu budget phone, should have the same chipset as the Jiayu S3.

    Too bad this phone did not have Android 5.0 OS.

  25. Han Lubach
    December 4, 2014

    got a little bit confused are ther two model of the Jiayu s3.
    Because on this site http://www.kimovil.com/es/donde-comprar-jiayu-s3
    Bang good sells on for 300$

    • Jason45
      December 4, 2014

      That is a placeholder price, almost every Chinese webshop is doing it for the search rankings.

  26. realjjj
    December 4, 2014

    Don’t get to say it often but that’s nice. The height could be a bit lower but besides that they got a nice device at a very nice price. It was clear that 1080p is the new 720p and we’ll see more and more such specs at such a price , as the high end goes 1440p and 4k.
    Hope the screen is decent quality and the ROM not bad , really looking forward to a review.

    Edit: Remembered that the Orgtec WA Handy is about to launch with similar specs (2GB RAM only) and price.

    • desponent
      December 4, 2014

      I’m not too worried about Jiayu’s screen quality. In fact I’d say that it’s one of their best point rivaling anything from the big boys.

    • realjjj
      December 4, 2014

      That depends on each device ,they don’t make the screen..

    • desponent
      December 4, 2014

      They choose it.

    • realjjj
      December 4, 2014

      Yes they do based on price.and quality and that depends on the price point they want to reach.

    • desponent
      December 4, 2014

      Do you know how much those panel are priced? Do you imply that a $200 phone could not match a $800 phone because those $800 phone use like $200 for panel alone in assembly?

      Well sorry to burst your bubble but I have personally compare G4S to those $800 phone from various brand and it stand toe-to-toe to them, sometimes completely embarrassing them even. I dunno what magic Jiayu use but the result is astonishing.

    • Airyl
      December 4, 2014

      You have no reason to doubt any of JiaYu’s screens. They’ve always had gorgeous displays, ever since the G3. The panels on the S2 and G4S were iPhone quality to my eyes.

    • realjjj
      December 4, 2014

      How about you take your pills for the day and then a cold shower.
      I wasn’t implying anything just expressed a need to have more info on the quality of the screen.
      As for your opinion on some other devices, well, it has no relevance.

    • desponent
      December 4, 2014

      Why do you even bother replying me if you think it’s irrelevant when it’s the main point of my initial comment? lol what a useless discussion.

  27. Steven Fox
    December 4, 2014

    I was listed at 329 USD on pre-sale. Maybe Jiayu are being serious in playing with the big boys. It’s hard not to buy this phone. Who needs 3GB of ram, 2 is more than enough, bring it on for 169 $ 🙂

    • Jason45
      December 4, 2014

      NFC is also great (for me) and this is only available on the 3GB RAM version. You won’t be able to get this phone for 169 US dollar unless you live in China. Expect prices around 180-200 US dollar depending on the model version

      • ARUN SUBRAMANIAN
        December 5, 2014

        Every 999 Yuan phone is in range of 190-200$ on aliexpress..so yes,hoping what you say is true!

  28. Marius Cirsta
    December 4, 2014

    I only have one word to describe this news: BULLSHIT.

    This phone is not going to be sold for $200 for export, no way … Jiayu phones are of decent quality but never the cheapest. Yes they might sell 1000 pieces for this price to get some media attention but this is not going to be the regular price for this phone, not with these specs and made by Jiayu.

    • Marco Lancaster
      December 4, 2014

      You could be right, if we look at Jiayu G6 it’s a damn expensive.

      • Manos
        December 4, 2014

        I have see the price and it’s over 250€ is not cheap.

      • Airyl
        December 4, 2014

        The G6 was always expensive.

      • Allanitomwesh
        December 5, 2014

        G6 was a pricing mistake and they learnt from it it would seem.

    • Jason45
      December 4, 2014

      I don’t think they are going to lie about this price, so the price should be real. They have advertised it already with these prices. If Xiaomi can do it with their Redmi series phones, why can’t another Chinese manufacturer do the same thing. Basically a change in strategy in order to survive in the competitive market in China.

      Even Meizu will release a budget phone with the same chipset as this phone and also around this price according to rumors.

      The real more important question is, when do they release the phone on the market in large quantities?

      They say early January, but we all know that there can be delays (especially from Jiayu), The release date of 3GB RAM version with NFC is still unknown, so you could be waiting a couple of months before they release this on the market. By then, the market could be flooded by phones with similar specs.

      • Lokazan
        December 5, 2014

        To be released early January… 2016 🙂

        • Juh Souza
          December 14, 2014

          With luck.

      • Muhammad Yasir
        December 8, 2014

        I HOPE its BELOW 170$ ! (the 3gb version!)

    • sandro khokhiashvili
      December 4, 2014

      169$ isn’t pricy against 350$ of meizu mx4 one plus one xiaomi mi4…..

    • amirexpressir
      December 5, 2014

      you see, jiayu is famous for exensive handsets but don’t forget..they had also 3 phones which were truely the lowest in the time of their launch like(jiayu 3c/jiayu g4s/Jiayu g2f)…So,I think It’s possible for this company to do that…also, already the coolpad f2 is in that range..so, Maybe in “January”, 64bit MTK,will be cost less or…
      let’s be optimistic
      & lets hope they will make mini version too. as this company is the only one in chinese which offers”really” the best specs for everyone’s choice regarding size(bigger and less than 5 inch)

  29. Bailey
    December 4, 2014

    it is getting to the point where you will be able to buy a phone for the price of a loaf of bread

    • Marco Lancaster
      December 4, 2014

      Yeah with upcoming 64Bit and 3GB of Ram for 162, I guess the old MTK6582 phones will be sold under 100$ next year.

  30. ARUN SUBRAMANIAN
    December 4, 2014

    Drool!!! 🙂 ..I own Jiayu S3 and except for pathetic GPS and camera,still i would vote as the phone with stunning display and great interface…Waiting for release date very very badly!

    • Simon
      December 4, 2014

      You mean Jiayu S2 right ?

      • ARUN SUBRAMANIAN
        December 4, 2014

        Hi Simon thanks for Ponting out error.I meant jiayu g3

        • Simon
          December 5, 2014

          No problem. Will you be buying the S3 or S4 then ?

  31. Linus
    December 4, 2014

    Not bad for the price!

  32. slartiblart
    December 4, 2014

    Man, I could finger bang one of these phones.

  33. manohar basavaraju
    December 4, 2014

    seriously i am eyeing this phone.

  34. Yeti hand
    December 4, 2014

    early january??? Come on people it’s JIAYU!! That’s mean early may at best!!! Look for another phone or you will be dissapointed…. AGAIN

    • Jason45
      December 4, 2014

      I have the same feeling, can they do this right this time?

      • Yeti hand
        December 4, 2014

        noooooooooo

  35. Han Lubach
    December 4, 2014

    Andy is it possible to make a spreadsheet of the upcoming 64 bit phones .So we can compare them
    Become fantasy
    Dakele (good)
    Elephone (better)
    Jiayu (best)
    and perhaps there will be others who want to beat them in price an quality although Jiayu has a name

    • amirexpressir
      December 5, 2014

      dakele..never understimate thier phones…not sure why they don’t advertise that much on international hoping sites but they had done that on black friday with 1949deal.so hope we will hear from them more

  36. sandro khokhiashvili
    December 4, 2014

    woooooooooooooow which 64 bit processor mt6752 or mt6732????? if you know

    • sandro khokhiashvili
      December 4, 2014

      read mt6752 😀 nice my lte bans are supported have g4s think my father will buy this

      • sodra cockhiashvili
        December 5, 2014

        What about your mum ? What will she get ? and your aunt ?

        • sandro khokhiashvili
          December 6, 2014

          they have more cheap phones and with you family name i knew that ქართველი ხარ

        • sandro khokhiashvili
          December 6, 2014

          aunt isn’t so mediatek phone lover not tech lover

  37. Airyl
    December 4, 2014

    Hot damn. This one has everything AND the kitchen sink at a really cheap price. Does it have LTE?

    • realjjj
      December 4, 2014

      GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHZ
      WCDMA 900/1900/2100MHZ
      TD-SCDMA 1900/2000
      TDD-LTE( 频段B39 B40 B41)
      FDD-LTE (频段B3 B7 B20)

      listed on their Chinese site

    • Marco Lancaster
      December 4, 2014

      The 64bit processor of Mediatek has LTE implemented on it!

    • Guest
      December 4, 2014

      WCDMA 900/1900/2100MHZ
      Why the fuck would they leave 850 out? I will never understand Jiayu.

    • Jason45
      December 4, 2014

      I don’t think I have seen many Chinese phones with support of 850 band. They are usually only 900 and/or 2100mhz bands. Only some US providers are using the 850 mhz 3G band I believe. In Europe, they are using the 900 and/or 2100 Mhz band for 3G.

    • Guest
      December 4, 2014

      My Jiayu G4A has800/850 3g…

    • jer
      December 5, 2014

      Same here. 850 is most important in Americas. thl to the rescue? I hope!

    • Guest
      December 5, 2014

      So you are either blind or you didnt buy any chinese phone yet…
      I live in Europe and we always had problems to find one cheap chinese phone with 900mhz band. They came always with 850mhz and 2100mhz, or only 2100mhz band. Mine, in fact, has no 900mhz band. It is this year, especially Q3-Q4, when there are proliferating phones with 900mhz band (thank god)…

    • Allanitomwesh
      December 5, 2014

      JiaYu has branches in Europe,900 makes more sense. Only snapdragons and Intel have both 850 AND 900 as far as I’ve seen.

    • Yeti hand
      December 6, 2014

      I’ve seen SO many chinese phones with 850 I’m wondering if you’re joking or simply didn’t lift a finger to search on the internet

    • Yeti hand
      December 6, 2014

      I know right!! that guy can’t be serious!!

  38. Guest
    December 4, 2014

    WOW great phone!!! Andi, any news regarding the Jiayu S4?

    • Guest
      December 4, 2014

      My thoughts exactly. All of these specs in a phone combined with the rumored 4,7″ screen size and a compact housing (< 130×65 x 8 mm) and I'm in for it.

    • Guest
      December 4, 2014

      Ha…same here. I hope that they will release the Jiayu S4 pretty soon! There is also the Meizu K52 (MX4 Mini) with a possible release date before or after Christmas. Fingers crossed!

    • Guest
      December 5, 2014

      Do you think Jiayu S4 is a better buy than Xiaomi Mi3 or Mi4 ?

    • Guest
      December 6, 2014

      Xiaomi mi3/ is top quality and have other price than Jiayu phones.
      Jiayu is the cheap way to go for a phone.

    • Guest
      December 6, 2014

      Fair enough, as long as the Jiayu lasts at least 12 months of usage it should be good.

    • Guest
      December 7, 2014

      Well, I can’t answer your question because the Jiayu S4 will
      be released probably early next year or later and its cpu will be the new Mediatek MTK MT6752 64-bit with a faster gps. Xiaomi MI3 or MI4 are great phones but it really depends on your budget and of course your personal usage. MI3 64gb version is around 310€ shipping in, MI4 64gb is around 400€ shipping in. If you can afford to pay that money then go for it. For me, the Jiayu S4 or Meizu K52 (MX4 mini) are pretty good alternatives with a better pricing.

    • Guest
      December 9, 2014

      For one year you will not have any problem.
      I have a Jiayu G4A since last year September and it’s working without any problems. My sister has a g2s more than 2 years and she is a heavy user! All the day with the phone and it has hits and marks all over!

  39. Adam Irvine
    December 4, 2014

    That looks bloody good to me! Kinda regretting ordering the missis a zp999 for Christmas now… :-S

    • Raul
      December 6, 2014

      Well the phone is yet to be given an official date, so probably the right decision to get a ZP999 as a Christmas gift 🙂

  40. jasneskis
    December 4, 2014

    I’ve been waiting to see JiaYu make a bigger phone, this one seems to have almost everything. I am a fan of JiaYu and look forward to seeing the resale price when it comes to market.
    I like the idea of a spread sheet on new quality phones coming to market.

  41. Mo
    December 4, 2014

    Pleaseeee do not give us a shit ROM , otherwise this tops the charts atm

  42. Βαγγώνης Σαμαρέλος
    December 4, 2014

    9mm thick with 20nm chip? WTF?

    • Marco Lancaster
      December 4, 2014

      Jiayu don’t care much about thiness of the phone, give a look on previous generations, anyway it’s quite thin for Jiayu.

    • trolleyfan
      December 5, 2014

      How is manufacturing process of the SoC related to thickness of the phone? This is absolute nonsense. Also the new Mediateks are 28nm AFAIK.

    • Han Lubach
      December 5, 2014

      I have printed the model and fold it (origami) and it isn’t as thick as you think. For a creditcard phone wait for the future

    • Allanitomwesh
      December 5, 2014

      You miss the part about the really big battery?

    • Guest
      December 6, 2014

      Jiayu S2 is 6mm is the thinnest Jiayu

    • Βαγγώνης Σαμαρέλος
      December 7, 2014

      Yes. But Cortex A-53 is the most efficient core for now. Android 5.0 is the most efficient version for now. So why?

    • Βαγγώνης Σαμαρέλος
      December 7, 2014

      iPhone @6.9mm (or Galaxy Alpha) uses the new core technology (20nm) and firmware to reduce the consumption and the capacity of the battery. It’s time to built better phones. Battery is the heaviest -and the biggest- part.

    • Βαγγώνης Σαμαρέλος
      December 7, 2014

      Totally. This manufacturing process offers less consumption and thermal emission, so the need of power and thermal conductivity is not so big. Intel plans to built 4-nm chip, until 2020, as I read.

    • Βαγγώνης Σαμαρέλος
      December 7, 2014

      Yes. But S series means “slim”. I think that they should built slim and light phones additionaly to the G series in order to cover a wide range of needs.

    • Guest
      December 7, 2014

      They will update it to the Android 5 now they have delay because there is software problems on 4.4 and on 5. First they are trying the 4.4 and then move to the 5

    • Marco Lancaster
      December 7, 2014

      I’m pretty satisfied with the 9mm Don’t care so much with insane thiness. And also having the 3000mAh battery, knowing Jiayu deliver the real capacity I’m happy

    • Βαγγώνης Σαμαρέλος
      December 8, 2014

      There are different needs, as I told.

    • Allanitomwesh
      January 28, 2015

      Because low cost of manufacture. Slim costs money ask Vivo.

  43. Guest
    December 4, 2014

    Sorry but my next device will be with Snapdragon CPU…

  44. Han Lubach
    December 4, 2014

    got a little bit confused are ther two model of the Jiayu s3.
    Because on this site http://www.kimovil.com/es/donde-comprar-jiayu-s3
    Bang good sells on for 300$

    • Jason45
      December 4, 2014

      That is a placeholder price, almost every Chinese webshop is doing it for the search rankings.

  45. Steven Fox
    December 4, 2014

    I was listed at 329 USD on pre-sale. Maybe Jiayu are being serious in playing with the big boys. It’s hard not to buy this phone. Who needs 3GB of ram, 2 is more than enough, bring it on for 169 $ 🙂

    • Jason45
      December 4, 2014

      NFC is also great (for me) and this is only available on the 3GB RAM version. You won’t be able to get this phone for 169 US dollar unless you live in China. Expect prices around 180-200 US dollar depending on the model version

    • ARUN SUBRAMANIAN
      December 5, 2014

      Every 999 Yuan phone is in range of 190-200$ on aliexpress..so yes,hoping what you say is true!

  46. Don Rogers
    December 4, 2014

    Just checked the prices on Ali Express and found prices from $200 for the 2GB & $225 for the 3GB model. At these prices it’s probably the best phone for the money. Looks like my Jiayu G3 will soon be retired

    • Raul
      December 6, 2014

      I won’t trust any prices on aliexpress, considering the phone is yet to be announced, most likely people are selling fakes

  47. Marius Cirsta
    December 4, 2014

    I only have one word to describe this news: BULLSHIT.

    This phone is not going to be sold for $200 for export, no way … Jiayu phones are of decent quality but never the cheapest. Yes they might sell 1000 pieces for this price to get some media attention but this is not going to be the regular price for this phone, not with these specs and made by Jiayu.

    • Marco Lancaster
      December 4, 2014

      You could be right, if we look at Jiayu G6 it’s a damn expensive.

    • Guest
      December 4, 2014

      I have see the price and it’s over 250€ is not cheap.

    • Jason45
      December 4, 2014

      I don’t think they are going to lie about this price, so the price should be real. They have advertised it already with these prices. If Xiaomi can do it with their Redmi series phones, why can’t another Chinese manufacturer do the same thing. Basically a change in strategy in order to survive in the competitive market in China.

      Even Meizu will release a budget phone with the same chipset as this phone and also around this price according to rumors.

      The real more important question is, when do they release the phone on the market in large quantities?

      They say early January, but we all know that there can be delays (especially from Jiayu), The release date of 3GB RAM version with NFC is still unknown, so you could be waiting a couple of months before they release this on the market. By then, the market could be flooded by phones with similar specs.

    • sandro khokhiashvili
      December 4, 2014

      169$ isn’t pricy against 350$ of meizu mx4 one plus one xiaomi mi4…..

    • Airyl
      December 4, 2014

      The G6 was always expensive.

    • Guest
      December 5, 2014

      To be released early January… 2016 🙂

    • amirexpressir
      December 5, 2014

      you see, jiayu is famous for exensive handsets but don’t forget..they had also 3 phones which were truely the lowest in the time of their launch like(jiayu 3c/jiayu g4s/Jiayu g2f)…So,I think It’s possible for this company to do that…also, already the coolpad f2 is in that range..so, Maybe in “January”, 64bit MTK,will be cost less or…
      let’s be optimistic
      & lets hope they will make mini version too. as this company is the only one in chinese which offers”really” the best specs for everyone’s choice regarding size(bigger and less than 5 inch)

    • Allanitomwesh
      December 5, 2014

      G6 was a pricing mistake and they learnt from it it would seem.

    • Guest
      December 8, 2014

      I HOPE its BELOW 170$ ! (the 3gb version!)

    • Juh Souza
      December 15, 2014

      With luck.

  48. Bailey
    December 4, 2014

    it is getting to the point where you will be able to buy a phone for the price of a loaf of bread

    • Marco Lancaster
      December 4, 2014

      Yeah with upcoming 64Bit and 3GB of Ram for 162, I guess the old MTK6582 phones will be sold under 100$ next year.

  49. ARUN SUBRAMANIAN
    December 4, 2014

    Drool!!! 🙂 ..I own Jiayu S3 and except for pathetic GPS and camera,still i would vote as the phone with stunning display and great interface…Waiting for release date very very badly!

    • Guest
      December 4, 2014

      You mean Jiayu S2 right ?

    • ARUN SUBRAMANIAN
      December 5, 2014

      Hi Simon thanks for Ponting out error.I meant jiayu g3

    • Guest
      December 5, 2014

      No problem. Will you be buying the S3 or S4 then ?

    • ARUN SUBRAMANIAN
      December 5, 2014

      I should be going for S3…also tempted with Coolpad F2..S4..god knows when is the actual release date with confirmed specs.

    • Guest
      December 5, 2014

      Do you think the Jiayu S4 is better than Xiaomi Mi3 (or Mi4) ?

    • ARUN SUBRAMANIAN
      December 6, 2014

      S4..no idea on specs..is the specs even official? isn’t it fan-made?

  50. billybloggs
    December 4, 2014

    OH Yes, I am tempted even though the screen is a bit large, now that SOC and internals in a G5 chassis and 3000 mah battery, that would be a really great phone.

    • Don Rogers
      December 4, 2014

      They are also developing an S4 with a 4.7 inch screen but not many details regarding the S4 are available yet

  51. slartiblart
    December 4, 2014

    Man, I could finger bang one of these phones.

  52. Yeti hand
    December 4, 2014

    early january??? Come on people it’s JIAYU!! That’s mean early may at best!!! Look for another phone or you will be dissapointed…. AGAIN

    • Jason45
      December 4, 2014

      I have the same feeling, can they do this right this time?

    • Yeti hand
      December 4, 2014

      noooooooooo

  53. sandro khokhiashvili
    December 4, 2014

    woooooooooooooow which 64 bit processor mt6752 or mt6732????? if you know

    • sandro khokhiashvili
      December 4, 2014

      read mt6752 😀 nice my lte bans are supported have g4s think my father will buy this

    • Guest
      December 5, 2014

      What about your mum ? What will she get ? and your aunt ?

    • sandro khokhiashvili
      December 6, 2014

      they have more cheap phones and with you family name i knew that ქართველი ხარ

    • sandro khokhiashvili
      December 6, 2014

      aunt isn’t so mediatek phone lover not tech lover

  54. December 4, 2014

    Sounds great. ‘But’… I need something 4.7″ or 5.0″. That’s my max. I do not care for 5.5″ or 6.0″ phablets. I have a phone… I have a tablet… I have a laptop. But I don’t need ’em all combined. Let each serve their own purpose, alright.

    • Momo
      December 6, 2014

      I thought i would never buy anything bigger than 4.7 inch screen but after buying Xiaomi Note I think the size is not an issue and would never go back to a smaller screen – phone fits perfectly in all of my pockets and I’ve hardly ever used my tablet since. Plus it’s tougher and faster than my wife’s Samsung Note 3 (other than graphics perhaps, but noticeably so in daily use) and battery lasts much longer. Just an awesome piece of hardware that has never lagged or rebooted for the 9 months I’ve had it and I have about 300 apps installed on it… Jiayu S3 seems like an excellent phone and will definitely buy one to try.

      • Simon
        December 6, 2014

        I’m impressed that you think the Xiaomi Note is better than the Samsung Note 3 !

        • Urke Zakelinho
          December 8, 2014

          It is better (Xiaomi Note 4G). I owned both of them. But 5.5″ is killing me. Need the same, 4.7 or 5.0 phone, but still choosing.

    • ébrenjáró
      December 8, 2014

      4,3″-4,5″ is the max for me.

      • Lotfius
        December 9, 2014

        Try something with narrow bezels … it changes your perspective 🙂

        • ébrenjáró
          December 9, 2014

          Ok, than I say this way: The width of my phone(Jiayu G2F”) is 62 mm. I think 65 mm is the max I would like.

    • Muhammad Yasir
      December 8, 2014

      no offense to you brother , BUT , in 1980 people were doing the same thing…
      computer , walkman , radio , cameras , ALL had different distince forms!
      BUT
      now all are merged into ONE!
      same goes for phablet , soon i think laptop might be obsolete if smartphones and tablets can have a potent baby 😀

  55. jasneskis
    December 4, 2014

    I’ve been waiting to see JiaYu make a bigger phone, this one seems to have almost everything. I am a fan of JiaYu and look forward to seeing the resale price when it comes to market.
    I like the idea of a spread sheet on new quality phones coming to market.

  56. Don Rogers
    December 4, 2014

    Just checked the prices on Ali Express and found prices from $200 for the 2GB & $225 for the 3GB model. At these prices it’s probably the best phone for the money. Looks like my Jiayu G3 will soon be retired

    • Raul
      December 6, 2014

      I won’t trust any prices on aliexpress, considering the phone is yet to be announced, most likely people are selling fakes

  57. billybloggs
    December 4, 2014

    OH Yes, I am tempted even though the screen is a bit large, now that SOC and internals in a G5 chassis and 3000 mah battery, that would be a really great phone.

    • Don Rogers
      December 4, 2014

      They are also developing an S4 with a 4.7 inch screen but not many details regarding the S4 are available yet

  58. zhongtiao1
    December 4, 2014

    Honestly, I would prefer to buy the dakele 3 when it is finally released

  59. Luca Esse
    December 4, 2014

    when in europe?!

    • Jason45
      December 4, 2014

      In Europe, you have to pay much more for this phone most likely. I rather buy it from Chinese webshops

      • Luca Esse
        December 4, 2014

        yes, i think like always 199€

  60. JiayuFAN
    December 4, 2014

    Nice. But Jiayu used us on compact (4.5-4.7 inches flagships) G5S, G4S.
    Keep producing smaller phones Jiayu. Make the same phone specs plus fm radio and infrared port, with great gps in smaller bodies 4.3, 4.5, 4.7 inches and the same price range and you will surelly doninate the workd market.

  61. Cinegain
    December 4, 2014

    Sounds great. ‘But’… I need something 4.7″ or 5.0″. That’s my max. I do not care for 5.5″ or 6.0″ phablets. I have a phone… I have a tablet… I have a laptop. But I don’t need ’em all combined. Let each serve their own purpose, alright.

    • Guest
      December 6, 2014

      I thought i would never buy anything bigger than 4.7 inch screen but after buying Xiaomi Note I think the size is not an issue and would never go back to a smaller screen – phone fits perfectly in all of my pockets and I’ve hardly ever used my tablet since. Plus it’s tougher and faster than my wife’s Samsung Note 3 (other than graphics perhaps, but noticeably so in daily use) and battery lasts much longer. Just an awesome piece of hardware that has never lagged or rebooted for the 9 months I’ve had it and I have about 300 apps installed on it… Jiayu S3 seems like an excellent phone and will definitely buy one to try.

    • Guest
      December 6, 2014

      I’m impressed that you think the Xiaomi Note is better than the Samsung Note 3 !

    • Derp herp
      December 8, 2014

      It is better (Xiaomi Note 4G). I owned both of them. But 5.5″ is killing me. Need the same, 4.7 or 5.0 phone, but still choosing.

    • ébrenjáró
      December 8, 2014

      4,3″-4,5″ is the max for me.

    • Guest
      December 8, 2014

      no offense to you brother , BUT , in 1980 people were doing the same thing…
      computer , walkman , radio , cameras , ALL had different distince forms!
      BUT
      now all are merged into ONE!
      same goes for phablet , soon i think laptop might be obsolete if smartphones and tablets can have a potent baby 😀

    • Guest
      December 9, 2014

      Try something with narrow bezels … it changes your perspective 🙂

    • ébrenjáró
      December 10, 2014

      Ok, than I say this way: The width of my phone(Jiayu G2F”) is 62 mm. I think 65 mm is the max I would like.

  62. zhongtiao1
    December 4, 2014

    Honestly, I would prefer to buy the dakele 3 when it is finally released

  63. Luca Esse
    December 4, 2014

    when in europe?!

    • Jason45
      December 4, 2014

      In Europe, you have to pay much more for this phone most likely. I rather buy it from Chinese webshops

    • Luca Esse
      December 4, 2014

      yes, i think like always 199€

  64. Guest
    December 4, 2014

    Nice. But Jiayu used us on compact (4.5-4.7 inches flagships) G5S, G4S.
    Keep producing smaller phones Jiayu. Make the same phone specs plus fm radio and infrared port, with great gps in smaller bodies 4.3, 4.5, 4.7 inches and the same price range and you will surelly doninate the workd market.

  65. dickeater
    December 5, 2014

    I’m more excited about Jiayu F2 news or a g2f descendend. Have the 329 yuan F1 and its briliant!

  66. Mo
    December 5, 2014

    Does it support AT&T’s LTE?

  67. slartiblart
    December 5, 2014

    I want Jiayu to have my babies.

    • elfbum
      December 5, 2014

      I want Mariana Cordoba to have mine……..

  68. dickeater
    December 5, 2014

    I’m more excited about Jiayu F2 news or a g2f descendend. Have the 329 yuan F1 and its briliant!

  69. Mo
    December 5, 2014

    Does it support AT&T’s LTE?

  70. slartiblart
    December 5, 2014

    I want Jiayu to have my babies.

    • Guest
      December 5, 2014

      I want Mariana Cordoba to have mine……..

  71. Allanitomwesh
    December 5, 2014

    Take my money,take it! Oh wait,January 🙁
    The dimensions are solid and the price is Ol Skool JiaYu. I was beginning to think they had lost it. S series has been shit value for cash thus far.

    • Jason45
      December 6, 2014

      You have to wait even longer for the 3GB version

      • Allanitomwesh
        December 6, 2014

        Sadly yes. How long we shall see

  72. newchinkphoneuser
    December 5, 2014

    Hello all.

    I will buy my first Chink phone soon. I get something simple dependable as its first chink phone so either Jaiyu G4s or G5s . Pray tell is there difference much between these two. Is the g5s worth getting or are these two chink phones much the same. ???

    • Manos
      December 6, 2014

      G5s is better is smaller you can fit the 3000battery better build than G4S

    • Jason45
      December 6, 2014

      Why should this be a scam?

      However, the price is a placeholder price, meaning they are going to change it to around 200 USD dollar most likely after they got stock.

      • LesEzry
        December 8, 2014

        Dude, I was asking about jiayu-store.com I think most people that reads Gizchina knows how that works.

  73. MC Wong
    December 5, 2014

    Why isn’t Google pairing with these hardware manufacturers for a nexus phone? Or GPE/AndroidOne program. Google should reach out to them. Great prices, quality, and pure android would be unbeatable.

  74. Allanitomwesh
    December 5, 2014

    Take my money,take it! Oh wait,January 🙁
    The dimensions are solid and the price is Ol Skool JiaYu. I was beginning to think they had lost it. S series has been shit value for cash thus far.

    • Jason45
      December 6, 2014

      You have to wait even longer for the 3GB version

    • Allanitomwesh
      December 6, 2014

      Sadly yes. How long we shall see

  75. Guest
    December 5, 2014

    Hello all.

    I will buy my first Chink phone soon. I get something simple dependable as its first chink phone so either Jaiyu G4s or G5s . Pray tell is there difference much between these two. Is the g5s worth getting or are these two chink phones much the same. ???

    • Guest
      December 6, 2014

      G5s is better is smaller you can fit the 3000battery better build than G4S

    • Jason45
      December 6, 2014

      Why should this be a scam?

      However, the price is a placeholder price, meaning they are going to change it to around 200 USD dollar most likely after they got stock.

    • LesEzry
      December 8, 2014

      Dude, I was asking about jiayu-store.com I think most people that reads Gizchina knows how that works.

  76. MC Wong
    December 6, 2014

    Why isn’t Google pairing with these hardware manufacturers for a nexus phone? Or GPE/AndroidOne program. Google should reach out to them. Great prices, quality, and pure android would be unbeatable.

  77. Wonton Chaos
    December 6, 2014

    Does anyone know how the custom ROM support is for Jiayu?

    • Don Rogers
      December 6, 2014

      I have a Jiayu g3. On needarom there are about 20 different custom rom’s to choose from the development of G4 & G5 is also well supported so I should see no issue with custom rom’s for the S3 when they are out there

  78. Guest
    December 6, 2014

    Does anyone know how the custom ROM support is for Jiayu?

    • Don Rogers
      December 6, 2014

      I have a Jiayu g3. On needarom there are about 20 different custom rom’s to choose from the development of G4 & G5 is also well supported so I should see no issue with custom rom’s for the S3 when they are out there

  79. December 6, 2014

    Well done Jiayu, if they can keep the price cheap outside of Japan still it looks like a winner.
    For such a long time they have done pricey not quite hitting the mark phones.
    Dual LTE? plus sdhc is great. It’s a bit large but one plus seem to do OK.

    • Don Rogers
      December 6, 2014

      Do not know where you get your phones from but some Ali Express stores have the S3 available from around $200 for the 2GB version. I also checked Jiayu Store.com and found it on pre-sale for $169.00. I have never ordered from Jiayu Store.com but they take payments via PayPal so you should get some security of payment through PayPal I would not pay by card though.

      Just checked again it’s not on pre-sell on Jiayu Store just advertised at that price you can not pre-order it yet.

      • Jason45
        December 6, 2014

        That is just a placeholder price on jiayu store, they will changed it to a higher price when it is on stock.That site is I believe is just a resellers website.

        • Don Rogers
          December 7, 2014

          You can buy now as a pre-sale on some of the Ali Express stores, I did this when buying my Jiayu G3 2 years ago. Some people have problems with some Ali Express stores, but just like Ebay check out the feedback scores before you buy,
          CMP Limited China has the 3 GB version on Pre-Sale for $204

          • Jason45
            December 7, 2014

            You know that you could be waiting for a long time right for the 3GB version, they did not give a release date for the 3GB version. I am still comparing this phone with the upcoming Meizu and Xiaomi budget phone.

  80. Peter Pain
    December 6, 2014

    Well done Jiayu, if they can keep the price cheap outside of Japan still it looks like a winner.
    For such a long time they have done pricey not quite hitting the mark phones.
    Dual LTE? plus sdhc is great. It’s a bit large but one plus seem to do OK.

    • Don Rogers
      December 6, 2014

      Do not know where you get your phones from but some Ali Express stores have the S3 available from around $200 for the 2GB version. I also checked Jiayu Store.com and found it on pre-sale for $169.00. I have never ordered from Jiayu Store.com but they take payments via PayPal so you should get some security of payment through PayPal I would not pay by card though.

      Just checked again it’s not on pre-sell on Jiayu Store just advertised at that price you can not pre-order it yet.

    • Jason45
      December 6, 2014

      That is just a placeholder price on jiayu store, they will changed it to a higher price when it is on stock.That site is I believe is just a resellers website.

    • Don Rogers
      December 7, 2014

      You can buy now as a pre-sale on some of the Ali Express stores, I did this when buying my Jiayu G3 2 years ago. Some people have problems with some Ali Express stores, but just like Ebay check out the feedback scores before you buy,
      CMP Limited China has the 3 GB version on Pre-Sale for $204

    • Jason45
      December 7, 2014

      You know that you could be waiting for a long time right for the 3GB version, they did not give a release date for the 3GB version. I am still comparing this phone with the upcoming Meizu and Xiaomi budget phone.

  81. Owsley_66
    December 6, 2014

    I got in on the Moto X Cyber Monday promotion in the U.S., but I like the specs and price of this phone much better and waiting a few more weeks is no big deal. I hope you’ll keep us posted as to release date and a legitimate site where this phone can be purchased from.

    • Jason45
      December 6, 2014

      If you are waiting for the 3GB version plus NFC, then you could be waiting for a long time. Only 2gb version will be released in early jan and hopefully they keep this promise.

  82. Owsley_66
    December 6, 2014

    I got in on the Moto X Cyber Monday promotion in the U.S., but I like the specs and price of this phone much better and waiting a few more weeks is no big deal. I hope you’ll keep us posted as to release date and a legitimate site where this phone can be purchased from.

    • Jason45
      December 6, 2014

      If you are waiting for the 3GB version plus NFC, then you could be waiting for a long time. Only 2gb version will be released in early jan and hopefully they keep this promise.

  83. ZXZ
    December 7, 2014

    I still prefer something with weaker snapdragon 410… because of open source codes.
    To hell with mediatek and no updates :/

    And i believe snapdragon will last longer on battery #rofl

  84. Guest
    December 7, 2014

    I still prefer something with weaker snapdragon 410… because of open source codes.
    To hell with mediatek and no updates :/

    And i believe snapdragon will last longer on battery #rofl

  85. Muhammad Yasir
    December 9, 2014

    Man , when does this release!
    I WANNA BUY!

  86. Guest
    December 9, 2014

    Man , when does this release!
    I WANNA BUY!

  87. Lotfius
    December 9, 2014

    I was a huge fan of Jiayu but doing business with them is very difficult !
    The announce phones with huge specs and …. wait … wait … wait
    Also, i don’t know how they can sell this Jiayu S3 at such a low price when the S2, several months after release is solde about 200 €

  88. Lotfius
    December 9, 2014

    Hi Andy,
    64Bit … January … Meaning they’re working on an Android 5.0 Rom ?

  89. Guest
    December 9, 2014

    I was a huge fan of Jiayu but doing business with them is very difficult !
    The announce phones with huge specs and …. wait … wait … wait
    Also, i don’t know how they can sell this Jiayu S3 at such a low price when the S2, several months after release is solde about 200 €

  90. Guest
    December 9, 2014

    Hi Andy,
    64Bit … January … Meaning they’re working on an Android 5.0 Rom ?

  91. Kingu Prima
    December 9, 2014

    Nice hardware features, what about Jiayu’s software update, have they announced lollipop’s release in the upcoming weeks ?

  92. Nahúm Pérez Mesa
    December 9, 2014

    Existencial question… Kolina k100+ v6, this one or WA phone? what do you think guys?

    • Ze
      January 7, 2015

      That’s not an existencial question, its a dumb question. Check the processors performance and answer yourself 🙂

  93. enyceckk
    December 9, 2014

    Will this work with T-mobile LTE? USA

  94. Kingu Prima
    December 9, 2014

    Nice hardware features, what about Jiayu’s software update, have they announced lollipop’s release in the upcoming weeks ?

  95. Nahúm Pérez Mesa
    December 9, 2014

    Existencial question… Kolina k100+ v6, this one or WA phone? what do you think guys?

    • Guest
      January 8, 2015

      That’s not an existencial question, its a dumb question. Check the processors performance and answer yourself 🙂

  96. enyceckk
    December 9, 2014

    Will this work with T-mobile LTE? USA

  97. rit_behind_u
    December 10, 2014

    does it has radio?

  98. right_behind_you
    December 10, 2014

    does it has radio?

  99. Ruby
    December 10, 2014

    Anyone know the Antutu score?

    • Gameclamp
      December 25, 2014

      38000~39000

      • Ze
        January 7, 2015

        For sure 36000 or more. That’s the least. With a good rom can reach 41.000 or so…

  100. Ruby
    December 10, 2014

    Anyone know the Antutu score?

    • Guest
      December 26, 2014

      38000~39000

    • Guest
      January 8, 2015

      For sure 36000 or more. That’s the least. With a good rom can reach 41.000 or so…

  101. rit_behind_u
    December 11, 2014

    does it has an ir port?

  102. right_behind_you
    December 11, 2014

    does it has an ir port?

  103. MillerMGD
    December 26, 2014

    Hello,
    does anybody know if the buttons (menu,home & back) will be illuminated?

    If so I want this phone and hope it will be better then my G5 advanced!

  104. Guest
    December 26, 2014

    Hello,
    does anybody know if the buttons (menu,home & back) will be illuminated?

    If so I want this phone and hope it will be better then my G5 advanced!

  105. kogan007
    December 30, 2014

    Oneplus one all the way!!!!!

  106. Guest
    December 30, 2014

    Oneplus one all the way!!!!!

  107. menashe
    January 12, 2015

    5.5″ is very poular and is very good for me.

  108. menashe
    January 12, 2015

    5.5″ is very poular and is very good for me.

  109. January 28, 2015

    Jiayu S3 available and coupon code for discount DS-DISQ
    Stay tuned in http://www.grossoshop.net

  110. Grossoshop
    January 28, 2015

    Jiayu S3 available and coupon code for discount DS-DISQ
    Stay tuned in http://www.grossoshop.net