Do not buy from this supplier, any problems with faulty products and they're a nightmare to deal with!

Buy only from the bangood EU .. China mail has awful reputation for theft and you always stand a good chance of being nailed 4 UK vat/admin charge even if items make it through

grey and silver bit high in price... gold one is at this price

why cold?

Does the 3g ram version not come with 2.2ghz CPU? My note 2 prime did.

Just to add, my note 2 is the best phone I've had by 25miles (Tyson Fury esq).

Interesting to read the review having already got the Note 2. Seems the basic processor is the same but some things are better in the note 3 and others in the note 2.

Note 3 pros
Metal Back (premium feel)
3GB ROM
Fingerprint reader


Note 2 pros
Ability to replace battery
Ability to add memory via microSD

The Note 2 is definitely available with google apps on but the review suggests the note 3 doesn't come with them - perhaps the OP can confirm? The note 2 is well supported on the EU MIUI forums but I would suspect the note 3 will still be building up momentum at this time.

Interesting stuff. I'll not be chopping in my note 2 but that's a good price for the handset.

Have a visit to the xiaomi.eu forums. They do a weekly ROM which meets your needs, and can be downloaded and installed using the update app on your handset.

No 800 4g UK Ltd band. Otherwise good price

O2 4G can not be used... i use EE.

That MediaTek processor is really powerful. Would def buy one of these if my payments came in on time.

That sounds like a flaky GPS to me.

Note 2 prime gets thumbs up here too, replaceable battery and sd

Best of all, " xiaomi eu" do a Rom which is updated weekly with no Chinese bloat at all

What about VAT/customs etc.?

And what about the seller is it trustworthy?

Should I pay by credit card to increase security?

Sorry but I am noob with buying something from far East

Do not buy from this supplier, any problems with faulty products and they're a nightmare to deal with!

Buy only from the bangood EU .. China mail has awful reputation for theft and you always stand a good chance of being nailed 4 UK vat/admin charge even if items make it through

I would like to buy Xiaomi phones, but either no warranty or fake mobiles :disappointed:
However I have found recently supplier from Ebay who sells Redmi Note 3 + Sqare Trade warranty 2 years for 157 GBP + 36 GBP for the warranty, is it good option?

Antelife /ibuygou/ pandawill
All reliable sellers

It's a pain. I'm not computer savvy tbh, so got my local phone blokey (technical term) to do it. Apparently it's simple, there was a chap on here that linked me all relevant stuff I'll try pointing you in right direction when I find it.

When I did a run down of the note 2 I included the links to the forums. For the note 2, it's the 'Hermes' ROM. I've no idea what the codename for the note 3 is though. Linky

Only let down is no SD slot, it's a shame Xiaomi decided to copy Apple in that regard (they modelled their whole business after Apple).

I was wondering how the Helio X10 with Power VR G6200 compares to the Snapdragon 810 with Adreno 430? Other than not bursting into flames :smiley:

if you go through TBC the price is $261 so no point

I have not had much luck with Gearbest, ordered this very phone on Dec 13th.

As of today the order is still 'processing' and they told me by email that it would be another 2 weeks before they send it out. Cancelled the order and will wait till it shows up on Amazon.

Hot for the phone, but COLD for the seller.

Have to say its a pretty great wee phone.

Had mines from the start of december. Nice weight to it, build is pretty good as well, the top bits are plastic tho not metal just the centre back is metal.

Plays every game i have threw at it with ease, the camera is not to bad, not iPhone ask but not bad, with enough light it can take some pretty amazing shots.

Battery life is bloody amazing. Lasts me 2 full days of moderate use, answering calls and texts, a little instagram and spotify with bluetooth pretty much always on. Last time i had this sort of stopping power it was a nokia lol

Got mines from seller on eBay, payed the dhl delivery and ended up paying £185 and it came with a glass screen protector and a silicon case. So seeing the phone at this price.

Worth the wait. I was just impatient. Don't regret it

Will 4g work on Vodafone

Don't do it! Good phone and nice price, but it's Gearbest. Even from the European centre you will rue the day you buy from them if the device is faulty. Their support and service isn't bad, it is non existent.

32GB ROM? ROM = Read Only Memory. Pretty useless then.

Same experience m friend I don't what this rants all about...

​I bought a phone case more 4 weeks ago and on my account still saying processing!!

like normal with Chinese phones good spec but I'll wait to see build quality before voting. I've lost to much money to Chinese phones being poorly built

Excellent build quality mate... Never seen such good quality with Chinese proper ones but this ones quality is good... Heard they sold millions of units

This is what I did for the redmi note 2, no idea for the 3 im afraid!

I just downloaded straight to phones internal memory and used the updater app... Hope it helps:

https://youtu.be/RiQOhOyRPyM

I choose the redmi note 2 over the 3 due to having access to battery and the SD card slot, tested with a 64gb card and is working perfectly. I purchased from Gearbest arrived after about 10 days but I paid for dhl shipping and got vat hit but I needed a phone asap so didnt mind.

Overall am extremely pleased with the xiaomi will definitely be looking forward to the Mi5 when it's released.

Contact their 'support', if you can call it that. They will open whats called a 'ticket', then you will message backwards and forwards till you get totally pi**ed off. Then if you've purchased through Paypal, open a case with them.

which colour looks better the grey or the gold one?

Hi thanks for all the help with getting rid of bloatware.Is the only thing I need to do then is just replace mui6 with mui7? and put GAPPS on as well Do I need to delete factory reset or does mui7 replace/remove software on their ? onnce again thanks I am not very comptuter literae so if some kind soul could do it in steps a b c etc that would be great

Just do as the video, you don't have to factory reset or anything. If you need to save your stuff please back them up as unsure if it does a clean wipe prior to updating as I did it straight out of the box when I got the phone.

That update will do everything will replace it with the weekly update and miui7 and install Gapps as well. I know there maybe other builds which might be tweaked so are quicker and perform better battery life but I'm happy with what xiaomi provide for us at the moment.

super really helpful thanks

No problem, if you run into any trouble shoot me a message.

Weird OS, lacks a app drawer, Lots of Chinese crap on them. Chinese rom, fine if you can flash a better rom, but for the most part rubbish.

Tried the miui 7 rom on my note 4 but tons of chinese still in it. If you buy one of these is it better for an English user? Have a feeling the port I used is ported from Chinese rom not global.

Download keeps failing for the mui7 hermes anyone got any ideas links thanks

​do you need help with redmi note 2? I used miui polska their roms have English and Polish lingo took me 2 weeks to read about it then 15 min to actually get it done. Ive done it via flashify>twrp

​same here

This company is terrible. Avoid like the plague if you don't want weeks and weeks of waiting for delivery and then weeks and weeks of waiting for a refund.

​cool

this damm xiaomi bloatware removal will not complete dowload anyone got a step by step guide to do this for the red note 2 thanks

Gearbest is a Chinese company that sells fake products, do not buy from this guy, plus he spams to sells his fake products, the same is aliexspress

Personally I will never order from these guys again. I've tried twice and my order sits as 'processing' for up to 10 days until I cancel and get it from elsewhere within 4 days.

To install Google Play - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwhwPGfB6w4

any recommendation for cover now?

how is this company??? did anyone ordered anything before and how long it takes to arrive plz
regards

any extra payments like tax or anything ??

also which one is better eu warehouese or china warehouse? does it make difference?

If the packet gets caught with cstoms vat to be paid .. But they send thru Europe so I never had to pay

Has someone from the group received an order from this site?

Monday I paid with Paypal. First they wanted my identity card , I refused, finally the idea of Paypal it's just this.
Second the number of the transaction , I gave it to them as confirmation that it's me.

And I receive this:
"We are sorry that we cannot accept this transaction via credit card. If you like the items, please replace the order and pay via western union.
Then we will cancel the order and issue you a refund. Please check your account later.
Please note: For credit card refund may take up to 10-15 days to process and appear in your account.
The exact length of time is dependent on your card issuing bank. Please check your account for more details.
Any issues regarding this order please feel free to contact us .
Best Regards.
liufangbing"

Do you think it's serious?

Liked the look of the phone, but didn't fancy Gearbest. Ordered it via Amazon Prime for £185. Some mightn't think it a bargain at that price, but I'm pleased with it. And it worked straight out of the box with Google Play store already installed