I agree with you on getting it via EU, however I have to correct you here

We in the UK do NOT get the minimum EU warranty as the Sales of Goods Act UK covers us, not the EU policy

Also the 2 year warranty was an EU directive not an actual law, and so we could effectively choose to use it or not and we didn't

There is a case that in the UK, with UK bought goods, you can argue that it should stay fixed/working beyond any given manufacturer warranty, but we do NOT get an insta- 2 year deal on anything we buy.

Whether you buy it via China or the EU it does not have a warranty, unless the exact website/seller promises one, simple as that

Its a myth

However still buy from the EU if you can to save time on delivery and also cut out any possibility of getting charged tax for customs ^^

EDIT: For all those pointing out the Consumer Rights Act 2015, I know of it, used it today against my mobile provider EE in fact, it just isn't relevant because SOGA is so comprehensive and the CRA also does not guarantee warranties sooo.... :/

These look like a nice phone for the money, but I would step up to the redmi NOTE 3 pro, at around £115 (cheaper at banggood).
The Note has a slightly bigger 1080p 5.5 inch screen, a MUCH better CPU (according to Antutu scores of around 70000 vs 37000 for the redmi pro) and a better camera, plus the fingerprint sensor and stuff like this phone.
Key disadvantage is the bigger overall size, which may not suit some people and not quite as long screen on time for pokemon GO (due to faster processor and bigger / higher res screen).
I plan to buy the redmi note 3 pro in a couple of weeks, but I am just waiting to see what the new iphone camera does, incase it is totally awesome and I am tempted to pay 6 times the price...not expecting it??

No way am I going to 5.5inch. I already think 5 is oversized. I always laugh when people pull out their ridiculously sized phones. I am not quite sure how it has become the norm, they are so cumbersome. My currently phone is 4.5 inch and I think that is the perfect size for a mobile

I do like the look of this phone, don't get me wrong but no NFC? Surely all handset's at this stage should come with it :disappointed:

Heat OP, I'd have no hesitation buying from them...

I have... Postage took 15 days

Have you received yours?

(I'm currently waiting on the Redmi Note 3 Pro Prime...though postage is taking a looong time!).

To everyone who jumped on this deal (like me), what do you think of this phone??

You probably have a version that isn't using the global (stable) rom.

out of stock

Bought mine from Banggood but the phone is full of bugs for example there is no way to choose UK as location leading to the Google Launcher failing to load the google search bar. Annoying! Plus facebook messenger app doesn't open when you click on the notification. Just little things but very frustrating. My worst experience is with Banggood customer service as the screen has a weird smudge behind the glass and they expect me to pay to return the phone for a refund or repair.

Although the phone is great value, just be aware that warranty claims entail returning to China. Maybe Banggood customer service is better. Any experience?
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Whilst I answered your post my response was not necessarily to you but for the information of others that maybe do not clear their cards. One good deal paid for by another poorer deal, so you don't really get free money transfers. Refers to a lot of card holders, and that's how card issuers make their money.

All of my credit cards are paid off in full each month. I couldn't stomach giving such companies extra money!



I can afford it. But I can't justify it. However, I also don't want to invest in a cheap phone where the photos are awful. The Redmi seems to have excellent specs - but just not convinced by the camera (currently doing some YouTube/Flickr research :smiley: )

Go for the SE if you can afford and justify the purchase.

The Clarity card is OK if you clear the balance every month but if you don't the APR is higher than for other Halifax cards. I know because I have been with Halifax for years and my Halifax Platinum has a lower rate than the Clarity I was offered. No benefits for being a loyal customer.

How does the camera perform on your Redmi 3 Pro? I'm currently umming and arring about whether to pay for an iPhone SE - which has a top notch camera....or give one of these China phones another shot. I currently have a Ulefone Paris...having long used high end Lumia's - and am of course disappointed with the camera! The Redmi 3 Pro camera seems to have some top notch technology such as phase detect autofocus...but just wondering how it actually performs in real life.

Many thanks

Almost certainly not. Halifax Clarity is the one (along with Santander Zero and Post Office Platinum) that are always at the top of the reviews. I can't remember seeing another Halifax card even listed.

If you do lots of travelling, get yourself a Clarity card.

I'm not familiar with that one. Your transactions will probably be based on those rates but a commission or additional fees may be applied. Time to read the small print I'm afraid.

Hi

Thanks for replying once again.

I have a regular (black in colour) Halifax Mastercard credit card, do you think I would be getting those good exchange rates if I paid using that card?

Thanks

​click on settings, then lock screen and password, there will be an option to add a fingerprint there. it needs to scan ur fingerprint 4 or 5 times to get an accurate reading.

Does anyone know how to set up the finger print screen lock access please ?

Great advice thanks.

Now out of stock.

​There is no bloatware on the international miui rom loaded on the Redmi pro I received a couple of weeks ago. I read some of the posts relating to current CM13 ROM on XDA and decided to stick with what I have for now. The box was factory sealed.
One tip I would give is to load on the sophos antivirus app from the play store and let it run through the apps on your phone, it will flag up any potential spyware apps.

I'm a programmer with reasonable server admin skills so going to try and port CM 13 to this when it comes. Can't be dealing with bloat ware.

It's difficult to tell in comparisons like that as you say, software builds could be very different.

The key thing for me is the game loading. I'm sure the graphics processor will be much better in the 3 Pro. That will help performance alot.

I am wondering if this is a comparable or possible better deal?

Gearbest Redmi 3s Prime

There is a video on You Tube comparing the Redmi 3 Pro and the Redmi 3s - it's not overly scientific but performance on the 3s seemed slightly better. The link above is for the 3s Prime with extra RAM and storage over the standard 3s so performance against the 3 Pro could possibly be even better? Maybe it is a software thing, here is the video:

Redmi 3s vs Redmi 3 Pro

Cheers.

Slightly off topic, but I want an android phone to replace an lg G3. Happy to try this brand....but some many variants. Is there a forum or site for comparison? I want to know which is most suitable for me.

The prices usually differ between colours. For this phone, the Gold is usually the cheapest.

Has this now expired for Silver and only applies to Gold?

​I used to think like that aswell but now I have used a larger phone when I go back to smaller one it seems like a toy phone! seriously! Phones now are no longer used mainly for calls I find. people walk around looking at them rather than listening on them. so the bigger screen helps alot. It's like a TV, I used to think anything over 32" was overkill in a average size room. try going back to smaller tv now!

​??? Not sure if you got a fake phone but mine works fine within Google. Just make sure you use the official global rom and your good to go. I use all my Google apps no problem. Do more research and you'll find your living in the past.

Not sure on this phone but I got the redmi note 3 and it gets updates all the time at least once a month if not more! It's not on marshmallow yet tho, maybe soon? Its a bit different as it's got it's own operating system in miui which is regularly updated and always improving I find.

​it's on android 5 lollipop at the moment. I honestly think nougat(7) will be pushing it

looks like the stand it was sat on for the 360 image, the stands base & whatever it was sat on cut out.

Correct. You get access to the exchange rate stated here with Halifax Clarity: https://www.mastercard.com/global/currencyconversion/

Just make sure you pay it off as soon as it appears on your account to avoid interest fees.

Hi

Thanks for replying, will check it out.
So, you do not need to have your funds in USD, or EURO, simply have pounds and you are getting a better conversion rate,am I right?

But do they charge a conversion fee? I never know if it's better to pay in pounds on the website or keep it in dollars which makes it cheaper but possibly not if there's a conversion fee from the cc/bank

This phone doesn't seem to support LTE @ 800MHz, did anyone find a variant at a similar price which does? Thanks.

I'm looking for the same info. MIUI 7 seems to be pretty popular actually and from my research it should be adware and spyware free from this vendor. Flashing it to MIUI 8 maybe be a good shout though. I'd like stock Android 7 too though.

RIght now I have iPhone 6 so this may be going in the bin or ebay. :confused:
Any ubergeeks in the house?

Are there any decent custom ROMs out there for this that work well? I prefer a stock Android interface. Cyanogen is out there but I don't think there is an official release?

The phone is apparently on the Global ROM. And having done several factory resets etc. I can honestly say it is not particularly happy with the google framework. [email protected] not alone, there are whole sections on forums of people with similar syncing issues. There are several ROMS out there I can try flashing to it - and I will when I get round to it - but it's a lot more work than I'd hoped from something that supposedly comes preinstalled with google...

Nor did I, until I started using Android Pay recently. I wouldn't buy a phone without it now.

Had one and hated it. I enjoy Android far more than iOs and Windows OS on phones. I'll stick with Android thanks.

Price on this will keep coming down as the Note 4 was launched a few days ago. I just bought a Note 4 with 64 Gb Ram from Hong Kong.

Hi guys hope you can help.
I have an Elephone P8000 which I've dropped so many times it needs replacing soon!
I see that this has 32GB ROM, 3GB RAM, 616 Snapdragon processor for circa £110 delivered.
Is there anything out there that is the same price which would be an alternative?
I saw the redmi note which has a better processor and screen but loses some RAM (just 2GB) and ROM (just 16GB) for the same price as this deal.

Was really impressed when I bought the P8000 and know that it uses a cheap Mediatek processor so this will be a big step up, but wondered whether this was the only option out there for these specs and at this price point.

I use TalkTalk and only care about 2G/3G compatibility, 4G isn't of interest to me at this time.

​This I don't think has the bands for 4g on 02/tesco/giffgaff so you will only get 3g just so you know

Just updated my comment, I know what the CRA is, anonimousse, no need to insult like a 'schoolboy' as you call me

The CRA also does not cover a minimum EU warranty, and after Brexit (albeit Article 50 is not activated yet) I would highly doubt any UK retalier would honour that directive even if it were implemented (which it isn't anyways)

No matter what UK policy you look at we simply don't get mandatory EU warranties, I wish we did, so buy it or don't, simple as that

Only given warranties from specific sellers or websites actually apply, or if you pay with PayPal etc...

My advice would be to use PayPal, and buy it via the EU for perhaps a little more, to cut out customs and quicken delivery :smiley:

oops sorry read description wrong, I actually have the Note 3 pro which is amazing but unfortunately no updates. love the operating system and scores 73000 on Antutu benchmarking. Never had any problems with Gearbest and bought loads of items. I've probably been lucky, also used Dealsmachine with no problems to buy Homtom HT 17.

this is an amazing phone, I bought it myself from Gearbest and it took 7 days as paid for expedited shipping. phone is amazing and leaves my LG G3 way behind. I love it

You've got to be mental to buy this, great phone, awful seller. Ignoring the fact you have no warranty, this **** with a dodgy custom rom that will never receive an update so it's stuck on an old version of the OS, it's very buggy and a lot of these vendor roms have adware and viruses embedded. You can change this but Gearbest specifically have it in their T&C's that if you remove their buggy/unsafe software you void your [none existent] warranty. Stick with ibuygou, or Top-One/Hong Kong Goldway on aliexpress.

From my research it's fine with Three on 1200 band for 3G & 4G. I took and punt and bought one. Might flog it if it's ****.

How will this go on Three Mobile in central London? 3G or 4G?

Also, what is the likelihood of having to pay import duty into the UK?

Has anyone flashed this phone to pure Android? I'm not sure I trust the stock OS modifications for security and privacy. If you have flashed it do all the features like finger print still work?

I hate bloat ware.

It's actually a great decision by RM. It means that Paypal automatically refund rather than ask you to send the device back :wink:.

Does that mean no O2 either?

Halifax Clarity Card

Post office has one too

They are ideal for travelling and buying xbox games

Try a factory reset,it could also be a faulty batterie and try XDA...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/huawei-y635-development-t3294138

https://youtu.be/4u6xpKmhde0 5:37

Bought mine on the last posted deal. Delivered relatively quickly and seems a good phone. HOWEVER, mine seems to have a really bad mic fault where it just crackles/hums and can't pick up my voice. Gutted

i have had the redmi note 3 3gb/32gb since February running the original chinese rom bought factory sealed box put google services on myself no problems whatsoever play store updates regularly never had a problem with it got ota update to miui 8 last week fantastic

Bought redmi pro S in grey silver a few days ago £130 it set me back. This is a great price if you are happy with the colour

Thanks ordered one.

i have the redmi note 3 same battery mine charges from 0%to 100% in 2hrs and 15min so dont now where you get 4hrs from

No, mines is flat at the back, not sure what that graphic is, there's a recessed speaker down there and its pretty loud!

Even using live rates to convert the USD to GBP this comes to more than the post states, and its pretty much impossible to use a credit card and get those rates. Unless im missing something glaringly obvious...

If not, you can get it cheaper on Banggood if you don't mind the gold here

Ive been watching the prices on these, but cant find a comparable price for the grey/black version. If anyone can help, that would be appreciated.

If you were first or one of the first to vote when posted it doesnt seem to for a little bit.. im guessing till theres a few votes made before it changes from " new " to hot/cold :smiley:

great deal for this but beyond my means and needs atm... any recommendations on any ones about half this price point.. my huwaei Y635 just did a full battery drain from 65 % to 5% in seconds and it's been playing up for past month or so think it's off to the mobile phone graveyard :disappointed: something with at least that spec would be great... any help greatly appreciated! :smiley:

Yes, no band 20 LTE. I run with Vodafone and 3 Sims. Think of this as a 3g phone. Occasionally I'm in an area that uses the right 4g frequencies but it's rare.

Other than this I've found it an awesome phone, very responsive, huge battery life and no issues with Google apps.

I ordered one of these phones a few weeks back from Gearbest. Took just under three weeks to come. No extra postal charges and phone is great. It was my first time buying from Gearbest and I would definitely purchase again from them.

Wut. What's stupid and dangerous about NFC?

I've had the ulefone power since March, pees all over my old HTC one. battery life is phenomenal. - bought from gearbest, arrived without issue. haven't had need to complain (yet) although I am aware Royal fail will refuse to ship a phone to China because they use retarded rules.

erm, yeah, what was that with maps & made up airports again?
What was that with being remotely shut down for using non apple replacement parts in repairs?
what was that about being 6 times the price of this?
what was that with itunes being incompatible with any other system without a great deal of fukaroundary?
what's that about short battery life?
I've used androids for 6+ years with little issue
I managed an hour with an ipod before lobbing it on the fire in frustration, POS.

Save yourself some trouble and don't order from Gearbest.

that's a bonus in my eyes, bloody stupid & dangerously open idea.

Has anyone bought their Xiaomi phone from Gearbest? The reason I ask is that I bought some Xiaomi Piston headphones from there once and they were fake.

Homtom HT10 deal posted here.

So many well specified Chinese Smartphones. the homtom looks a good buy.

Have you tried a Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 to be able to compare these two? I assume the performance is much better?

No god knows what that is.There is a little dimple to raise the back of the phone off the deck so you can hear the speaker.

Android phones are always problematic. Get an iPhone.

stupid question, is there really a sticky out bit on the back of it as per this 360 degree view? http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_3_pro-3d-spin-8007.php

good price. but the days of 720p screens are gone

Gearbest sucks for actually getting purchases to your doorstep.

MIUI 8 is now available but thats based on Android 5.0 Lollipop. Xiaomi have said they will upgrade to Marshmallow sometime in the future as the Redmi Note 3 Pro 32gb Special Edition and Redmi Note 4 run MIUI 8 on Marshmallow.

If you want Marshmallow then CyanogenMod is your best bet or if you want more tweaks RR from XDA Forums.

Just wondering what kind of screen protection is on this, I have read suggestions that there may be none?

I dont think that is an authorised Xiaomi store.

Any suggestions for an awesome, cheap chinese Android that is closer to 4.5 inch screen size?

Are these phones missing some 4G Bands? For 3 and EE for example?

You must be the lucky one then, although they do give preferential treatment to those who give good reviews on forums and ban people from buying from them if leaving a negative review.
A lot of people end up being offered a 50% credit at best on a 2 week old item. Pay by credit card if you really must order from them (obv price has to be £100 or more), do a chargeback and you won't have to faff about sending it back, and hoping it doesn't get lost or 'claimed' to be lost

They won't laugh at you and will take back phones with faults within the first year no problem. Just be prepared for the logistical nightmare of getting the phone back to China and constantly corresponding with them.

You are on a UK site FGS! Read the rules - nobody cares where you live or who you deal with blah..blah!

Why are they putting fingerprint sensors on these phones now :'( it's intrinsically a terrible security solution.

Just saw 2 reasonable spec phones at the just about considerable size on 5" and both have this undesirable addition.

Anyone have any clue if this function can be wiped safely and reliably disabled ?

Pretty desperate for a new phone, and there is nothing at all that i want to spend my money on, i have avoided buying a phone for some time now,i used to love upgrading my phone, its a nightmare now - someone will make a killing soon if they nail it.

I got one of these last week from gearbest, did a factory reset on the phone when it arrived and it's been working fine for me, Google play was preinstalled. battery life is excellent, compared with my outgoing phone the lenovo note k3 which needed to be charged in the evening, this easily makes it through the day on one charge. even better price than i paid, arrived through nlpost on standard postage although it took a few weeks there were no customs charges. wifi reception is a little weak, working on three and giffgaff networks. miui interface is excellent.

Yep and as I said performance is apparently pretty much the same

What bit of what I said did you not understand, first of all I live in Spain so I know what I am talking about with regards to Spain and I deal with Germany so ditto.

Is this better than the vodafone Smart Ultra 6? Thanks

Great phone but takes around 4 hours to charge, due to the large battery,

that is 3s with a 430 cpu///

Well made phones, but the google integration is a bit of a mess... The MIUI version of Android isn't installed with the Google framework (playstore etc) in China, so it's added on for international sales. Unfortunately, it is not as simple as it should be - expect loads of syncing issues (google calendar simply won't sync for example), problems updating the playstore, etc etc... There are forums full of solutions - but for many there is STILL no way of making the work reliably with the google framework. So be warned!

You don't need to store a fingerprint at all can just use pin /pattern /password it's fine.
There are reports that having fingerprint stored (and therefore enabled) can increase battery drain so I don't use that bit.

These look like a nice phone for the money, but I would step up to the redmi NOTE 3 pro, at around £115 (cheaper at banggood).
The Note has a slightly bigger 1080p 5.5 inch screen, a MUCH better CPU (according to Antutu scores of around 70000 vs 37000 for the redmi pro) and a better camera, plus the fingerprint sensor and stuff like this phone.
Key disadvantage is the bigger overall size, which may not suit some people and not quite as long screen on time for pokemon GO (due to faster processor and bigger / higher res screen).
I plan to buy the redmi note 3 pro in a couple of weeks, but I am just waiting to see what the new iphone camera does, incase it is totally awesome and I am tempted to pay 6 times the price...not expecting it??

Have a read of this and it might get cogs turning,

http://www.xda-developers.com/fingerprint-authentication-just-a-plain-bad-idea/

Some of the situations raised in the comments are very on point too, may not be a massive problem now but its the wrong direction and it shouldn't be encouraged.

It was just a bit of fun, but on a serious note, what is your concern with fingerprint scanners in phones?

You're totally missing the point fella... and the chances of your pet Koala having the same finger prints as you, pretty remote i'd imagine seeing as they are unique :wink:

It's a directive that countries are applying whether they have to or not. Germany and Spain apply it as the directive says.
Having said that Samsung Spain do not respect the Samsung world wide guarantee.

Are you ok ?

+1 I keep catching my pet Koala using my iPad!

I know they're not exactly comparable, but is this phone better than a Z3 compact? Sadly my Z3C is behaving very strange and now the GPS doesn't work and has a faulty headphone port (only get static now) so need to find a new phone. There's quite a lot of good phones under the £150 and this appears to do everything I want. Thanks in advance for any help/advice.

5.5" phone, 15.6" laptops and a size 20 stripper in your local gentlemen's clubs are all part of same conspiracy. to make ppl want more than they actually need.

5.5" is small when you have got hands like shovels though :wink:

No way am I going to 5.5inch. I already think 5 is oversized. I always laugh when people pull out their ridiculously sized phones. I am not quite sure how it has become the norm, they are so cumbersome. My currently phone is 4.5 inch and I think that is the perfect size for a mobile

It's probably because on loads of threads here, there's always someone stating something like "don't worry if it only states 1 year warranty as EU gives us 5" etc.

so, how do you make sure your credit card provider does not charge you for the conversion from GBP to USD, they all do, or is there a way of avoiding it?

Bought this phone last month from gearbeast. Arrived via royalmail from China within 2 weeks. No probs at all.

SOGA for Business to consumer no longer applies, this is now replaced by the Consumer Rights Act 2015. EU directives apply to nobody, they just direct the member states to meet minimum requirements in their own laws.

Great deal, great phone
Battery lasts me all day easily with GPS on a few hours, wifi etc
Eu rom gets updated weekly

The Redmi 4 Pro is due, I think, this week and also the new Note (with a 5.7 inch screen) sometime next week. Might be worth hanging on for for few days to see how low the old stock goes. . .

​Well just me guessing but the Base version of this can be had for about 80-85. Hence this now dropping as well. So perhaps the Base 16gb redmi 4 won't be too far off this price so 120-140 for a more usable 32gb version?

Guessing the price will reflect the higher spec tho'

I cannot recall ever using NFC on my Samsung, not the same for everyone but really like this phone which I bought as a replacement from BangGood and use on Three.

What's better Motorola Moto G4 or this?

my experience with gearbest with faulty redmi note 2 mtk bought from EU warehouse. you have to send it back to china warehouse with your own cost. their ticket said no matter what for warranty buyer have to send back to china and only they are responsible for return post.

however after months with tracked RM to china, (royal mail will not take if you say mobile instead you have to lie about being some electronic gadget without battery about return package). they did send back different refurb unit.

so warranty from china is headache.

Voted HOT but nothing changed ??

According to Xiaomi fans that store has no connection with Xiaomi. I wouldn't buy anything from them.

Gearbest. ICE COLD.

If it only was full HD...

Anyone with a good cheap case for the XiaoMi Redmi 3 Pro 32GB ROM 4G ?

okay. i didnt know it is so complicated. thanks for filling me on this.

not sure about that. aliexpress is the sister of taobao, so if i want to get something from aliexpress, i would rather get it from taobao.

hmm... im also interested about this warranty thing provided by aliexpress?

accidentally pressed like haha.

anyway xiaomi does have their own aliexpress page:

http://xiaomi-mi.aliexpress.com/store/2178148

so i expect it to be a legit seller not some random sellers.

those sellers from gearbest and banggood are probabaly 3rd party sellers so they won't have the global version.

Would this phone get an OS upgrade to marshmallow? I've never bought a phone like this before and was wondering if it would get upgrades?

Isn't Aliexpress basically like eBay though and your seller could just be a guy with a phone refurbishing stall or someone selling whatever he can get his hands on?

I did get it from aliexpress. I have a long conversations with the xiaomi authorized store within aliexpress website. I tried to explain to them if my phone does not work do i need to send the phone to the UK or to somewhere else. However they can't understand english well and never get a proper response from them. The last reply from them is

"friend can you please contact aliexpess ?
whey charge the money they need afford the service right
if they do not afford it please ask for the detail reason we will help you with it
thanks
any news please let me know"

From their response it seems to me the xiaomi authorized store is not managed by aliexpress and they have no idea about the warranty. I think i'll have a word with aliexpress on the chat service which is usually offline...

I also saw this on the order page:


if you click on details it doesn't state any repair or replacement service in the UK. That's how I start off a long conversation with the xiaomi store, and it's a bit of a headache.

Nevertheless, my order is already on the way now. The phone they sold is the "global" version though, which means it comes with full english manual, english and firmware updates (and no bloatware I pressume, have to find out) so that's the only good thing about ordering from aliexpress.

£118 here from an EU seller with 2 year warranty so worth the extra, it's the 3s model but apparently they are basically the same

if its from outside EU, then it is not worth the trouble. better pay more and get 2 years warranty from within EU.

I do like the look of this phone, don't get me wrong but no NFC? Surely all handset's at this stage should come with it :disappointed:

Heat OP, I'd have no hesitation buying from them...

Do these come from China? How long does that take? Any feedback on Gearbest as a company to deal with? Thanks

When you try to use the 5% discount voucher the price shoots way up. Still very tempted. Serious phone for that price.

Description seems to be wrong in gearbest