It also doesn't have a a SD card which is a deal breaker for me.

Gearbest so autocold from me. Shocking that they're an allowed merchant on here just because they pay really good commission.

Totally, take just one look around on the web and see the horrific customer service.

In the last few days I finally got paypal to reimburse me for items gearbest refused to refund for 2 months despite them obviously not arriving.

Recently bought my ulefone touch2 from Gearbest. Good service. Gr8 fone at similar price. Paypal hit me for extra £5 though as transaction was in China. :disappointed:

Its the 4th largest smartphone maker in the world Wikipedia. the ceo is the 24th richest according to Forbes

Updates can be a bit slow, but the screen quality on this is amazing. I have a lg g3 and i much profer the Sharp screen they put on this, great colours!

Shame no AD card

Great value shame about the 4g

Better than a Galaxy S5?

Good price for this phone but the spec is average for the price.

A 16GB ROM phone with no sd card slot? What were they thinking...

I would avoid buying it even if it came with 32GB, but 16GB just isn't enough. It will have about 10GB free out of the box.

Google MIUI mate and it might change your mind?

Whats the key difference in this and the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2?

This may help Others to compare the two phones from a specification perspective.

Gearbest so autocold from me. Shocking that they're an allowed merchant on here just because they pay really good commission.

Will reserve judgement for now as they have shipped one of my orders, will see if it arrives.

"Xiaomi recently announced a 17% discount on the Mi 4 smartphone and now it seems like the China-based firm is all set to release its next-gen Mi 5 handset"

Thus the discount code.

just ordered during the weekend mi4c released recently - SD808 32gb 3gb usb type-C for £175 . Can't wait to get it.

Made 6 orders with them. 2 weren't dispatched within their estimated dispatch time of 2-3 days (actually waited nearly 2 weeks and asked for refund which they did do so fair play to them).

I bought a teclast tablet from the EU warehouse which also took nearly 2 weeks to arrive despite them saying it would take 3-5 working days, however, it was such a bargain I patiently waited. I've had to ask for a refund for a screen protector since it's unusable (sent in a flimsy, non-rigid packaging so was absolutely creased when it arrived). They've said they can only refund me to my GB wallet for future purchases which is a disappointment but considering it was a £1-odd, I've agreed to that.

To be fair, you can get absolute bargains from China but obviously there is a risk since Gearbest don't have the customer service and QA of, say, Amazon. If I see products I want at a good price in future, I'll still look to order from them, though will hope to get it from their EU warehouse rather than the lottery from China.

I am looking to order the blUBOO XTOUCH, looks amazing at that price, was looking to order it from gearbeast but not sure now, is there a safer place to order?

​I'm using miui 7 as well on my Mi3

Yea it would be nice to have proper review, there are few people that have bought it and commented on gearbest, saying how good it is. I am thinking of ordering it but would prefer EU warehouse.

I am looking to get my kids a handset for Christmas would ppl recommend the redmi note 2

I have a G4 with cyanogen and loving it tbh

Getting the kids something slightly cheaper as they have a tendency to lose stuff

If they have a tendency to lose stuff just get them a Doogee X5 Pro for £52!

No band 20 but I won't vote since I understand O2 isn't the biggest network :P

I have this phone, got it on release from eBay for about £160.

Really pleased with it to be honest. Easily achieve a two-day battery life, the camera is good - used it for recording a 17 night cruise around the med, 16GB of internal storage is the only major shortfall in my opinion.

Lots of good ROMs released now, Mokee is especially good :smiley:

Had two phones from this company. The specs are good but MIUI is pretty pathetic. In one case I was not able to use the camera at all as an update spoilt the camera with spots all around and the customer service was below par

what's the difference between this and the su6 apart from the screen size?

Tomorrow they will announce mi 5 and they are opening an official shop an customer service in uk. Do not rush people.

it is indeed a very good phone

Also keeping an eye out for a cheap(ish) phone for my eldest, was considering the Doogee X5 Pro but read of a few issues with the software and spyware etc added in from default.....cant be bothered messing with it out of the box.
Currently leaning towards a Wileyfox Swift at £129...

dec 3rd...

Yea i had considered it but its a bit on the large size for him, the Swift is Nexus 5 sized so should be ok.

i think tbey ship in few days not deliver.
don't know what magic op had to get in 3 days.
royal mail is not delivering local 1st class in that much time these days forget from abroad.

Why would you get this instead of the redmi note 2 prime which is cheaper? If this is better I could cancel my previous order.. Personally I only use banggood now. Never had a problem with them and they sorted out 2 items that went faulty by just replacing them

Was just checking in case I missed something.. Thanks silfcfan