Anonymous
map-marker London, England

Tec Plus Camera Review

Used the camera for a second time and realised a) camera overwrites every 7th recording. And b) now it has a red light and wont turn on. Cack!!

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Bad quality
Anonymous

Very bad customer service - stay away

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I ordered a mobile phone by the end of 2014. From the start I had issues with the phone and requested an exchange.

The answer was to send the phone back and having me paying the costs. So I tried to work around the issues by resetting the phone again and again. At some point, the phone couldn't be charged any more because the the charger within the mobile phone was broken. Now, I had to return the phone to have it fixed.

Again, there wasn't any customer service on the side of TEC. All they offered to have the phone fixed if I was paying for the delivery back and forth. The phone only was 6 month in use and I would have expected a courtesy reaction - no way. In the end I had to pay an additional USD 60,00 to have the phone sent for repair.

Lousy customer service. Not worth the hassle. Get your phone from another shop.

There are several out there that do provide better customer service. I am talking from experience.

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Loss:
$60
Cons:
  • Customer service
Reason of review:
Poor customer service
Anonymous
map-marker Oldham, England

Didn't the phone described.

I purchased this phone (Teca 92-b) it was supossed to have 16gb internal memory, android kitkat 4.4. But it doesn't have this. It has 1.1gb internal memory and android jellybean.

When I have tried contacting them via their eBay store the people were very rude to start off with then whoever took over replying to me didn't have a clue about mobiles. And I get the feeling they sell the phone but they certainly don't make them. He kept saying he will check at the factory and its almost as if the guys and the factory just tell them its fine so they come back and they us the customer its fine and it isn't.

I asked why I don't have kitkat on my phone and got told I do. The fact is I don't, the api level and SDK is 17. Which means its Jellybean 4.2.2. They have modified it to show 4.4 but it certainly isn't kitkat.

As for the internal memory, I have had to insert an ex eternal memory as 1.1gb certainly is not enough.

I purchased this phone for £195.00 and then the external memory was £30.00. I am thinking of returning this phone but judging be previous complaints and reviews I don't know ifnitsnworth the hassle.

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Guest

You're lucky the thing works. A co-worker of mine bought one similar to yours with octacore and a true 16gb internal memory, that said it had Android 4.5.2 on it!

Also the screen blanks out and so does wireless. Teca phones are cheap Chinese knockoffs that come with almost no support whatsoever.

Laniya Xqb
map-marker Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Tec Plus - Cell Phone Review from Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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Updated by user Apr 26, 2015

I still haven't received the software. Yu mentioned earlier that the factory had sent the software to him in a sd card but unfortunately the same had a virus in it few months back.

Now mentioned that the factory doesn't want to disclose the software. So, I asked him to return my money. He is now not replying to my mails despite of several follow ups.

He is the worst business man I have ever seen.

I thought Chinese are good people. However because of this *** I need to reiterate in phrase. He is a worst man.

I strongly recommend not to buy the teca phones.

These seem to be fake phones. May be this is the reason the factory doesn't want to disclose the software as the configurations will get changed. Mine seem to be Kingelon g8000 model and these people faked it and named as teca.

I strongly recommend not to buy these teca phones. Guys, Please be cautious in doing business with cheaters.

Updated by user Apr 08, 2015

Think twice... I strongly recommend not to buy any phone from this seller..

Original review Mar 14, 2015

Hi All,

I ordered this phone in ebay on early Nov 2014. The phone reached me at the end if Dec 2014. Almost took 50 days to reach me. Ebay 30 day refund elapsed. The phone had a network problem. When contacted the seller, he mentioned imei would have blocked in your country and given some suggestions to change. By this time Ebay 60 day replacement guarantee too elapsed. So now onwards ebay won't want to come into the picture and will be always on safe side. Its only you lost your money....

No suggestions of seller worked. Soseller asked me to check with repairing shop manipulated me that he pay for the cost. When checked with repairing shop, the software (Rom) corrupted and phone now bricked. This was happened in Jan 5th. Then I requested the seller to provide Rom spftware for flashing on Jan 5th 2015. But not yet received. Its now Mar 15 2015. I have been following up with the seller (Yu Ching Kwan - tplus store) almost daily from the day one to till date... he simply reply to your mail saying that I will help you... that's it... no matter your issue won't be resolved.. I brought the phone for 230 USD. Now costs incurred for me a total of 310 USD. Still no use of the phone....

Sometimes, the seller asks us to post back the item. I tried but end up with local laws and shipment rules makes around 100 USD for the shipment.. so be careful... the phone brought from teca store is a dead asset. I can say a toy... atleast a toy is useful for a child but this phone brought from tec store is a waste.

I strongly recommend not to buy from this seller and not to waste your money, time and don't get frustated... I agree that we go for these type of sellers thinking that ebay will be there so no worries. But ebay is also one of the cheater here as per my understanding.. I have written to ebay many a times and no reply had got from ebay on this....

So be careful...

If i know how to file a case on them ( both teca store and ebay) I would have filed. Not to leave these kind of cheaters around....

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Reason of review:
Damaged or defective
2 comments
Guest

Are you able to get your phone to working condition now?

You could have gone with branded items like Samsung , HTC. Moto etc..

Guest

Why these people doesn't care about their brand names? May be they know that their brand is worst.....So, I do choose to buy Samsung.

Thanks for your note.. It is really helpful....

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Marcellina Fnr

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| map-marker Milano, Lombardy

Acquisto su Ebay dal venditore Tec-plus

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Updated by user Nov 01, 2014

Tec-Plus mi ha fatto pagare 33 euro per tasse doganali e multa. In tutto ho speso più di 270 euro.

Mi aveva chiesto dove avrei voluto spedire il telefono e io ho scelto Regno Unito (in quanto il primo telefono l'ho acquistato dal Regno Unito). Tec-Plus invece ha spedito il secondo telefono da Singapore e da li si è fermato in Germania e poi in Italia.

Original review Nov 01, 2014

Buongiorno, spiego in breve la mia "esperienza". Ho ordinato su Ebay, venditore Tec-Plus, uno smartphone.

Il venditore è stato disponibile per tutto il tempo prima e dopo l'acquisto del telefono. Ho spiegato i problemi del dispositivo e il venditore mi ha proposto di cambiarlo *** uno migliore (mi mandò un link per e-mail) dopo il reso. Sottolineo che ho speso quasi 220 euro per il telefono più 20 euro la spedizione per la restituzione. E' anche colpa delle poste italiane ed estere perché il telefono l'ho spedito nel Regno Unito ed è arrivato dopo un mese a destinazione.

Dopo più di due mesi (29 ottobre 2014) ricevo il telefono totalmente diverso e molto inferiore da quello proposto dal venditore (disse che era passato troppo tempo avevano provveduto *** la sostituzione di un altro modello ancora). Ho contattato il venditore e gliel'ho fatto presente ma ancora non ho ricevuto risposta. Il primo modello acquistato era un TECA G88B, octa core, 5.5", dual sim, 3 GB di ram e 2 GB la rom sostituito poi *** un U9000, quad core, 5,7", 512 MB la ram e 2 GB la rom.

Nel suo negozio non sono più presenti. Ho verificato in giro, il telefono U9000 costa meno della metà del modello TECA G88B

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Loss:
$33940
Cons:
  • Not serious
  • Customer service
Reason of review:
Servizio clienti scadente, ricevuto in ritardo, non è come descritto dal venditore

Preferred solution: Spedizione di un altro smartphone per una parte di soldi spesi o restituzione dei soldi persi

Ernie Xzp

Tec-Plus OverPriced Damaged Products - Waits for Time to Finish.

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I purchased a tablet PC on ebay.com (FOR $163) on 25th August 2014, I received the item after a month and the display was faulty (each time I hold/pickup the tablet PC part of the display LCD liquid keeps moving around) and I told the seller .

I sent pictures of the LCD screen damage and the seller replied to me on ebay messenger and agreed to give me the full refund after I return ship the item and the seller receives the item.

I shipped the item on 1st October 2014 and it was send to the sellers address on the 6th of October 2014. I kept on reminding the seller that he/she has the item and to send me the refund. The seller gave me excuses that he/she has to get reports and again and again the replies were more reports.

Today it's 40 days since the seller has received the returned item and sill has not given me the refund money.

I have pictures and videos of the tablet damage and now the seller is saying there is no damage. Then in another message the seller says a tablet cable is missing, which he cant say as I packed everything which was sent to me (USB to Micro USB cable, USB to Power cable, Power Adopter, Instructions and EVEN THE GUARANTY PAPER was sent back to the seller.) INCLUDING the envelop which the seller sent the tablet to me was sent back to Hong Kong.

8th November 2014 - "NO REFUND MONEY AND NO ITEM" eBay's Resolution Center Policy.

21st November 2014 - RECEIVED SAME DAMAGED PRODUCT!!!!!

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Loss:
$163
Reason of review:
Damaged or defective

Preferred solution: Full refund

Anonymous
map-marker Little Rock, Arkansas

I'm tired of these negative reviews about Teca phones.

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The only fault I've had with the 3 phones from them is a weaker headphone port, which is why I can't recommend the brand. But, other than that, the customer service has been pretty good, and I got my phone scuffs and everything fixed for less than $50 with shipping (not a cracked screen, mind you). They even put the screen protector on if you order it at the same time.

The phone camera is great, and I can always impress friends and take higher resolution pics than the iPhone 6 & Samsung 5, and they only fail at distant pics, if anything.

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Pros:
  • Customer service
  • Camera quality
  • Good price
Cons:
  • Headphone port
Reason of review:
Good customer service
Pearline Uui

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| map-marker Rainsville, Alabama

Stay away from this company

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I looked around for an android phone but the major companies were very expensive. Companies like Samsung charge a *** of a lot for their phones. I found Tec-plus on ebay selling phones which looked exactly like a Samsung Note. The description on ebay said that it was Note 2 and made fantastic claims which sounded ok because after all, the internals are probably made by the same electronics companies, right? When the phone arrived I found that the claim that it had a 32 times zoom did not exist and as for the claim that it had an S pen that was a lie, it has a stylus. I contacted them and didn't get an adequate reply on my questions.

Being in the UK, we are used to being ripped off by all the companies who charge us whatever the want because they don't have to obey laws, only the ordinary people do. So I thought I might as well keep the phone as it works. It was guaranteed for 2 years and at 1 year it stopped working. I sent it back to them at my cost and after a month I had to chase them up and they didn't know what was happening to the phone. Eventually, they told me that I had to send them the postage £14 about $20 for them to send the phone back to me. When the phone arrived it was dirty, scratched up and the chrome bezel was worn away.

I initially thought that they had mis-handled the phone but I looked at the IMEI and it was a different phone. They had sent me someone else's old beaten up phone.

When I complained, the wanted me to send it back and they will give me a different phone. I had to pay the postage to send the phone to them and I suppose send them the postage for them to send me another second hand one back to me. So that will be a total of $80 in postage.

I told them to send me a new phone and I will then send them this one, but they wouldn't.

With a company so far away, they don't have to comply with our laws so there is not much I can do but to keep this phone until it breaks and get a new one from this country.

Much better to spend the money and get a good phone than buy from this 'conpany' or from China.

Be warned, stay away!

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Loss:
$250
Reason of review:
Damaged or defective

Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered

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thanks very much for information

Monai Mzx
map-marker Yakutsk, Sakha Republic

BE CAREFUL! This man doesn't return moneys!!!

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This man doesn't return moneys!!!

If you buy on Ebay something, and shipping (or other action) soon will out-dated, immediatelly DO "Money Returning" issue to ebay! Return moneys, even you have success shipping, just send back or send moneys to him again.

But don't wait his promises, he is lier and never return moneys.

Alway buy via Ebay money-back guarantine service.

Because, he will promise that will check, send again or other words.

I am waiting my camcorders for 1 year, he promise and promise.

Now he make silence, no contacts and so on.

It was lost about three hundrends dollars.

DON'T BELIEVE! He is lier!!!

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Loss:
$400
Cons:
  • Customer service
Reason of review:
Poor customer service

Preferred solution: Full refund

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Guest

He still isn't return moneys!!!!

Anonymous

TEC-PLUS TECA G900B - Camera is really bad and battery only last for a few hours before shutting down

I bought a TECA G900B phone to TEC-PLUS and the camera says is 16MP but the quality is like 3MP camera all photographs are blurred and with very low resolution even with day light. The TEC-PLUS ad says OS phone is Android 4.4 but this is an Android 4.3.

Battery life is very short even with the phone only in standby mode is only 6 hours, and then suddenly and without any warning the phone shuts down itself abruptly. Contacted TEC-PLUS about this and he told me he will sent a new battery with longer life but after more than one month I have received nothing. No tracking number for the battery shipping.

Really pissed off.

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$200
JIMMY r Xnu
map-marker Brisbane, Queensland

Tec plus ..hong kong ..EBAY STORE

Updated by user Nov 09, 2012

buyers beware

Original review Nov 09, 2012

TEC PLUS STORE EBAY .I'VE SENT BACK 2 FAULTY PHONES NOW ..HE STALLS YOU SAYING PHONE WAS CHECKED .. TRY THIS AND THAT ..NOW HES SAYING TO ME 60 DAYS IS UP YOU HAVE TO PAY RETURN POSTAGE .I CANT FIND *** ABOUT 60 DAY *** .FIRST PHONE TOOK OVER A MONTH TO RETURN TO ME ONLY TO FIND OUT THE 2ND PHONE WAS STUFFED TOO ..ALL UP I'VE HAD THE PHONES FOR A WEEK OUT OFF 3 MONTHS ..THE G SENSORS DONT WORK ..

IVE HAD 1 DELIVERED WITH 164.12 MB INTERNAL RAM .. 2ND PHONE COULD NOT GET NETWORK .. IM JUST REALLY PISSED ..ITS STILL GOIN ON NOW ...TEC PLUS IS IN HONG KONG P.O.

Box No. 1401, Tsuen Wan Post Office, Hong Kong

Name: Yu Ching Kwan .

SO BUYERS BEWARE ...

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TECA T92 imei no. 356877****59818 battery no EB615268VU SN KPD1BB17GS BATTERY REPLACEMENT

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I need a replacement battery for a TECA T92 where can I get one

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Ευτυχώς το Eizio I9500 έσπασε και αγόρασα ένα καινούριο και τώρα δεν έχω κανένα πρόβλημα με το καινούριο τηλέφωνο.Μακριά από τον Tec Plus διότι είναι ψεύτης και πονηρός..............................Fortunately Ezio I9500 broke out and bought a new one and now I have no problem with the new phone. Far from the Tec Plus because it is a liar and cunning.

Guest

a crook. Stay away from the Tec plus ..hong kong.

He says only lies and steal your cost of transport. The device will like receiving broken or scratched,

Guest

Ordered TECA TG4 on e-Bay because the specs were too good to be true for $243 (US). Even though I paid more for US source" delivery vs.

Hong Kong source, it took a little longer than expected by a few days to receive the order. I have only activated service with Consumer Cellular since March 4th 2015.

Here are the positives. Good esthetics.

Slender, large screen, great features as advertised except for the IMEI numbers and questions regarding 3G or 4G phone (see Negatives below). Great FM stations, very sensitive touch screen (if you like that), the earphone piece included in package,

Negatives: Very poor quality Owners Manual. Did not have any model name on it. Looked like a generic manual.

Print size is microscopic so you'll need a magnifying glass to read it. There is no contact information anywhere on the brochure. Very poor quality picture illustrations, spelling errors (Forgive a bit since they are language challenged). Not impressed by the AnTuTu benchmark score for cell phones on this unit.

This model with all the great specs had a score of about 13 vs top scores like HTC One or Google Nexus with about upper 20s to 30 score.

I signed up for a 4G LTE service with consumer Cellular who stated that my service area definitely had 4G service, however, I have only been able to pick up 3G service despite the fact that "4G" is inscribed at the right hand top corner of the cell phone hardware. The eBay Ad also has "4G LTE Technology" written all over the commercial. So is it really an official 4G phone.

The Service provider on the phone displays HSPDA which leads me to think the phone can only pick up 3G. Unfortunately, I cant reach anyone by phone nationally, or even in Hong Kong. I have had the phone since mid January 2015 so I can't return it even if I want to. You have 30 days to return it, but if the Technology is really 3G, then the issue of fraud looms.

I know the early HSPDA+ phones could technically claim they were 4G based on earlier classification standards in the mid 2000s. However, that has long changed with the advent of 4G LTE. I do not plan on getting my money back but if it is a 3G, I might ask this seller to pay for the return and refund me my money.

Overall, I like the phone with all the added features.

I just hope that in the end it is a true 4G LTE phone or I'm gonna be pissed having passed up US BLU phones made in Miami, and the One plus 1 phone made by a Chinese who now resides in England.

Guest

I too faced the same problem that tec plus asks buyer to do this and that and by this time 60 days will be passed and ebay diesnt provide ant guarantee and we need to bare postage and *** out if time and money along with frustation.

Ebay unfortunately loosing its trust fromthe buyers as we buyers buy because of ebay and ebay wantedly avoiding buyers comlaints as they get commission and can modify users negative comments there by fooling many buyers... culprit I ebay....

Guest

I bought a phone and I kept my hands on just one month and immediately saw that the front camera stopped working. I informed the seller, but he told me that he will send the return Form which was delayed.

Eventually the three months to put the return form and started sending the phone just two months ago.

Yesterday I received the package with the phone and when I opened it I found another phone and not what I had originally purchased and is scratched. Seller kidding me like I'm a child.

Guest

I bought a TECA G900B phone and it didn't work the tethering (USB/WIFI/Bluetooth). I returned the phone to tecplus and he send me another TECA G900B phone but in this case the GPS didn't work and the camera photos were horrible all photos were blurred and very low resolution.

The battery was faulty and after 5 hours working the phone power off abruptly without warning and the battery shows 30% charge.

I believe TECPLUS plays with all the faulty devices returned sending the returned devices to other customers. Very disgusting.

Guest

I bought a TECA G900B phone and it didn't work the tethering (USB/WIFI/Bluetooth). I returned the phone to tecplus and he send me another TECA G900B phone but in this case the GPS didn't work and the camera photos were horrible all photos were blurred and very low resolution.

The battery was faulty and after 5 hours working the phone power off abruptly without warning and the battery shows 30% charge.

I believe TECPLUS plays with all the faulty devices returned sending the returned devices to other customers. Very disgusting.

Guest

So far all appears to be good, apart from I have not received what was described. I bought a Teca 92b or so I thought.

When I check the model and manufacture my phone tells me it’s and Alps w-92.

A completely different phone, the brand also says Alps.

The closet I have come to finding the correct phone I have purchased is the Vifocal w92 well apart from there is no branding on my phone. The battery says W-92 also so everything gears towards this phone all the hardware is identical in everyway too, down to the OEM & the annoying horse lock screen wallpaper

Also this was supposed to come with 4.4 KitKat, again my phone says its 4.4 Jellybean so this appears to be a modified version of Jellybean. The API Level is 17 (Jellybean) and should be 19 for KitKat.

I’m quite disappointed as this is blatantly obvious and yet he (they) are trying to tell me it’s all false and what I bought is the correct phone.

Please be wary when purchasing a phone from them as it may not be the phone you expect.

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Anonymous
map-marker London, England

*** off n want to kill him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7WTk9qlSKE. check this out ive made a video of wat he sent back to me.he is a fraud n needs to be put in jail,he is asking for more money.he refuse to reply to my emails,he trys to scam more n more money .he akes you wait longer than wat he say so that ebay time is up,he trys to make u wait for paypal time to up,i have took out a case in pay pal ,he wantsme to sent the phone then not retuen the money or my original phone,i will sent this video to bbc watch dog ,ebay uk, ebay hk,ebay u.s.a. and to the police ot that district

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Loss:
$300
2 comments
Guest

This seller is untrustworthy. The service gives us sucks.

Only big words. It is a big liar and should protect us international trade and ebay.

Guest

I cannot agree with you more. I also payed almost $300 for a top mobile from tec-plus, and had issues from the start. Tec-plus said "do this, do that" to correct these issues and that they would send a new update to Android 4.2 in a week or so, then another week or so, and then the period to return the phone with postage paid was over (30 days). The phone stopped working completely in less than 3 months (possibly G-sensor). Tec-plus promised to send an exchange straight away, and compensate us, so we sent it back. It was 3 months ago, and after some useless emails from him, tec-plus stopped responding to emails. I raised complaint with ebay, who somehow made tec-plus to respond to our emails. After several days of emailing and negotiating with tec-plus, his emails are useless. He was first trying to throw unrelated fault at us...that the phone had scratches and was of an old condition (which was a lie, we hardly used it as it was such an unreliable NEW junk), then he was trying to send me someone's (not even mine :eek ) repaired phone before finally accepting sending me a new one. Now he refuses to install promised updates to an operating system. I was trying to negotiate free delivery with him as a means of compensating us for 6 months of heartache but he refuses to accept it (he has 30-day return policy only). Instead, he is willing to compensate me by sending me "phone film protector" :grin and tries to rip me off by asking me to pay for extremely high return postage (almost $20 Euros) BEFORE he sends the product. According to reviews on the net, I should not even bother with a new phone, as it will probably be faulty again, so I'm just wasting my money.For those interested, this is his postal address and name...as it should be put out there as a warning for others.

P.O. Box No. 1401, Tsuen Wan Post Office, Hong Kong

My Name: Yu Ching Kwan

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