general chinese mobile question

Hi guys - I have a general question about buying a cheaper mobile phone from some of the Chinese phone sites - I want a phone for my son(he is 16) but obviously don't want to spend as much as on a meizu - what is the quality like of the other cheaper phones? Does anyone know? Thanks

They are all total crap
Meizu made the best phone i guess.
The cheap clones can't be compared with a meizu m8.
Maybe you can buy a m8 RE?

There may be some exceptions, though, since there are other real mobile phone producers in China (Haier, CECT). I bought a Lenovo phone about two years ago, and it works perfectly. (Lenovo is the company that now makes the IBM laptops). The only problem is it does not support German letters, only English and Chinese, so it is useless for me.