I'm getting £107.16 for the Gold one...

I'm looking for a dual sim phone around this price and getting confused with all the different models

worth a bite!

There are a lot of security concerns with Chinese smartphones. I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole. Especially with banking apps.

Taxes make these much less desirable. you end up paying the same as you'd pay for a Moto G4, LG G3 or a second hand Nexus 5X.

Just doesn't seem worth it.

Are there any other phones in this price bracket that are worth looking at? Would like one with a decent camera and stable software. Xiaomi seem to be about as good as it gets when it comes to these Chinese phones...

I guess my issue with that is that in 30-40 days I'll have seen a better deal pop up and I'll have buyers remorse :smile:

True.

Then again, it's pretty amazing what can be bought these days for ~£100. The one thing counting against this phone for me is the lack of fast charging. The Redmi 3 Pro does have fast charging though....

According to this link, the phone supports it.. http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_3s-8150.php

Will the phone work on the UK 4g network? Band 20 I think. I'm tempted by this or the ulefone Vienna.

So many of these very good speced Chinese phones, I'm just not sure which one to go for. Tempted to go for the ulefone Vienna but Xiaomi is a better known brand.

Might go for this Xiaomi one if it supports band 20 4g UK network.

Redmi 4 is due out imminently.
http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_4-8263.php

Just realised that it is running Android 5.1 (so no support for using the SD card as combined onboard storage). Shame, as it is otherwise looks like a great phone.

I'm going to wait for a decent review first, the camera might be s'hit http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-4-Pro-Helio-X20-3GB-64GB-Smartphone---Silver-371576.html?utm_source=GKBTS&utm_medium=TS&utm_campaign=GKB_TS1604_1_Redmi%20Note%204

That's a totally different phone, who in their right mind would by mediatek rubbish....

Doesn't seem to be much of an upgrade. I was expecting to see NFC, a better camera and an upgraded Snapdragon processor...but they seem to have gone down the Mediatek route.

Did you click the link? It's a Snapdragon 625 so quite a bit better and made on 14nm which should give a decent battery boost (Qualcomm claim the chipset uses 35% lesspower), X9 LTE, a 1080P screen, and hopefully an improved camera. Looks good to me.

This is a good deal but the redmi 3 and redmi 3 note seems to come in a wide variety of specs. The price difference between them all isn't great. Personally I would have thought the Redmi Note 4 is worth hanging out for.

I've always had iPhones and have been a big fan but for the iPhone 7 to cost £600 is nuts. I've been so impressed with my wife's Google Nexus 5x I'm tempted to give one of these Redmis a go.

You mentioned the Redmi 4 being released soon, I just gave you that link for it's older brother the Redmi note 4 pro (the better and more powerful model up). They say that the camera might be s'hit so I will wait until there a decent review before I will purchase it.

The Redmi Note 4 is mediatek, it's anything but better and possibly more powerful. When a Redmi Note 4 Pro with Qualcomm comes out, then it will be better/faster. But Mediatek? Nah no chance, buggy and barely even get official updates nevermind 3rd party updates.

Your missing the point, I gave you the link to the Redmi note 4 pro which is better and more powerful than the Redmi 4 you mentioned (which is obvious).

I think there is no xiaomi redmi note 4 pro.
Xiaomi just launched redmi note 4 couple weeks ago and xiaomi redmi pro with dual camera both just released.
There is no vids on youtube with rn4pro
And only several links in web who sell rn4 pro.but i think its a scam and they sell rn4 with fake pro stats :sunglasses:

do we pay import tax on these, if yes how much

+ £8 Royal Mail handling fee.

This is NOT an Xiaomi authorised store, personally I'd not buy from somewhere that lies before you've even paid a penny.

I suspect the OP may be linked to the seller as they keep deleting that info from the opening post and I can't see why they would unless they benefit from the sales.

I had been looking at the Redmi Note 4 (Xiaomi's naming convention is pretty confusing!). That phone has a Mediatek Helio X20 processor...
Will be interested to see the reviews for the Redmi 4. It certainly ticks the boxes so far.

got the item from them without customs problem. The item was posted via Singapore international post. The seller declared the phone as USD$65 "gift" shown on my package.

fantastic phone, worth buying even after paying taxes, I bought it in Dec. it did not have sd card support though.
battery life is really good, two days on normal use. so far so good.
This variant does have.

Well I'm an iPhone owner (and MacBook Pro and iPad) and I just bought one. <3

Agree with you about security though. I don't think you need to flash it as there are malware scanners you can install to give you peace of mind.

Isn't Android based on a Linux kernel anyway?

Yep, they find it, but can't remove it because it's baked into the O/S. At least that's how it is with the Lenovo K5 note.

​the MIUI software is a pile of rubbish anyway, on my non pro version I got rid and put CyanogenMod on. Problem solved, I know it's a bit of a faff initially but well worth it. Whenever I look for a new phone I make sure CyanogenMod is available.

​nothing it completely secure, cash machines and paying using your card in shops is risk as they can copy your card, any form of Internet banking can be compromised.
Your covered anyway with the bank so it more a matter of when it happens to you, mobile banking or not. Unless of course you'd like to wrap yourself in bubble wrap and never do anything the entails any sort of risk whatsoever

Hi, I've been looking at these phones for quite a bit but I wonder if anyone can advise if this will work on EE 4G as I'm considering the current EE Sim only deal on here to go with this.

Tempted by this as I didn't realise there were B20 versions around - I'm with Vodafone so need band 20.

The site looks a little flaky however, and there doesn't appear to be a way to remove the warranty, which is invalid in the UK anyway (says it only works for Russia etc) and bloats the price by £5.61

Works on ee 4g

Thanks! Just took the plunge and ordered both this deal and the EE SIMO deal! Cheers! Looking forward to them arriving and getting it all set up.

Pleasure. Could you maybe link me to the ee deal ?

sure! http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ee-unltd-mins-texts-8gb-4g-19-99-p-m-12-months-239-88-ee-13-74-p-m-after-75-amazon-2507666

That wouldn't help if Android has buggy drivers. And Linux != Linux, there are very safe (user-unfriendly?) versions and not so safe versions. I'm not a Linux expert, though.

was the box sealed with the global rom?

It's NOT just the iPhone 7 that's £600?.

Both the iPhone 5x and iPhone 6x have been traditionally going for £600-£00+ easily?.

Even the iPhone 4x before it went for similar £figures too?, so .....

Exorbitant prices for iPhones (over the last couple of x-years?), are not exactly 'unheard of', huh?.

So, with all inmind, the current price of this yet forthcoming iPhone 7 shouldn't really be toooooooo surprising for anyone really? (sadly enough ..... )

yes of course it's box sealed with official rom. I don't see any bloatware.




took these pictures yesterday. Even the box is in English. It says redmi 3 on the front but at the back side it states 32GB storage 3GB ram which is the Pro version. (just to clarify the one I bought is Redmi 3 Pro not the Redmi 3S as OP posted)

only thing that frustrates me it that on the seller page, the warranty cannot be opted out. The warranty seems not applicable in the UK so I've opened a dispute trying to claim the warranty cost back.

I'm frustrated with the warranty as well. I've opened a dispute against the seller trying to claim the warranty cost back.

For the sake of £5?

​I have the Redmi Note Pro, it's an amazing phone but just be aware there are no OTA's and you can't move apps to SD card unless you flash a new ROM which I can't do so leaving it as is. It has some super specs, I've had the phone 3 months without any problems on 3 network. x

Oh get off your high horse. It's a 3 minute job ffs. when amazon offers you £5 voucher what you gonna do eh? Pretend it's worth nothing? Don't think so. :smirk: with that attitude you are not even supposed to be here right?

Now,

Bubble wrap?, or Bubble Gum wrap?, which please?, hahahaha. :-)

Anywayzzzzzz ... lol.

On a similar note to what you speculated on earlier are these:

Tap-and-go fraud warning: Cards can be used AFTER you cancel them

http://a.msn.com/r/2/AAiF0EL?a=1&m=EN-GB

MasterCard sued for £14bn in largest ever British legal claim

http://a.msn.com/r/2/AAiFxiB?a=1&m=EN-GB

They're NOT the first, and will undoubtedly not be the last either?.

And from that, to these too:

All the Ways Your Wi-Fi Router Can Spy on You

http://a.msn.com/r/2/BBw2cgo?a=0&m=en-gb

Free public wi-fi could make it easy for hackers to steal your details: protect yourself

http://a.msn.com/r/2/AAioR74?a=0&m=en-gb

A $50 device and an app can easily steal your PC's log-in

http://a.msn.com/r/2/AAiF9p8?a=1&m=EN-GB
Ain't NOTHING 'safe' basically ..... :-(

Lol. :-)

Jees...don't be so precious.

​do you walk around with tin foil on your head? :stuck_out_tongue:

Yes always been expensive. With my recent experience of android I'm ready to change. Still a big iOS fan though.

Somebody previously stated that It does not add the warranty on if you use the ios app.
Apparently If you order via quidco with a browser on your mobile. You will be able to remove the one year replacement warranty and also get 7.5% cashback if you done correctly.

whats the difference between this and the note 3i pro? the only slight difference I see is this is a octocore with the 4-4 cpu, whereas the 3i is a hexacore.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/official-global-version-xiaomi-redmi-note-3-3i-pro-prime-special-version-smartphone-2499464?

Also are both of these compatible with Cyangenmod? currently its stable build for only the Note 3, not the special editions for global or the pro. I know all these models are snapdragon, but is there anything else that is different on these that might make it none compatible with CM13? I am going to post on the cm forum as well but just wondered if anyone on here knew, and i think quite a few people would be interested to get this phone with cm13 to remove all the MIUI stuff.

Does this support 4G/3G on both SIMs simultaneously like the Moto G4 (so that both can be Three SIMs)?

​I'd like to know that as well...

​I can only comment on the original redmi 3 so this may not be the case.

You have a sim settings block in the settings menu. You then select which sim is default for things such as texts and calls. For each text etc you have the ability to change this though. You then select the sim for data.

Only my thought but I doubt you'll get both running simultaneously for data. I cannot remember the phrase but depending on the antenna inside a phone is whether you can receive calls from both sims at the same time.

Think data is one or the other?

Would this be covered by Section 75 of the CCA, or is AliExpress acting as agent in the same way as Amazon Marketplace and Paypal?

Aliexpress is just a selling platform, like eBay

Also $4 dollars off - for new customers just popped up

boughted yesterday with dhl .now waiting for it

And like ebay they take the payment, you can't pay merchant directly?

Get your customs fee ready :wink:

(Should have gone with standard delivery....FAR less likely to have the additional fees)

Thank you for your payment! We have received your payment.

Standard shipping. Estimated Delivery Time:20-40 Days

can anyone recommend a decent case for this

take a look at Umi range..

Ok so I ordered this, mainly out of curiosity and due to the fact I would really like a dual sim phone, I currently have 2 phones (work and personal) and I would sometimes like to not cart them both around - the phones I have are an iPhone 7 and an s7 edge, I am trying to come away from contract phones and can sell my s7 edge for roughly the buyout of my contract, the iPhone 7 I have just bought SIM free - now I know the Xiaomi is not a direct competitor to an s7 edge, but I use my s7 as a "work" phone (In truth I just pick up whichever isn't on charge to do tasks that don't involve needing a specific mobile number), I have read the reviews and two things that are important would be battery life and dual sim - the Xiaomi ticks both boxes here, but the camera isn't that good, now as I will be keeping my iPhone I already have 1 phone with a decent camera so I am willing to compromise - are there any other areas that the Xiaomi would let me down for calling, texting, internet, social media etc... The only thing that is also important to me is I use three in touch which is like o2's TuGo but on the three network - I don't use NFC or Google pay as far as I am aware, any help appreciated

Had this arrive this week, less than 2 weeks for delivery. No tax. Phone will be an Xmas gift but have played with it extensively and am impressed. Got an immediate miui update at first boot so rom is official. Fingerprint scanner works superbly and camera isn't too bad either. Don't really play games but sky force reloaded runs as good on the redmi 3s as it does on my m8 and nexus 7 . Don't bother going for the case bundle though , the one received is ill- fitting without cutout for fingerprint scanner. Will contact the seller to see what can be done.

what network are you using it on

​Nah everything should work fine.

You might not be a fan of the miui launcher so I'd recommend either sticking the Google launcher on or your preferred choice such as lightning, nova, action etc.

One thing I have found is xiaomi phones are very aggressive for battery management.

They've been fine with apps such as WhatsApp but occasionally some don't work 100% out of the box.

You need to go into their security app and change what apps are allowed to do.

Example is the muzei wallpaper app, struggles to refresh the wallpaper.

The last one I purchased had inbuilt malware that I could not get rid of. The seller asked me to return it.

It disappeared into the "never" as did their communication.

Funny that..... They were great answering questions before I purchased.

If you purchase one, my advice is immediately install and run several different anti virus products, to make sure your phone is OK.

Finding it is one thing.... Getting rid of it is another.

They are built into the rom and can be extremely difficult to get rid of. I know from experience.

​The official global rom does not have malware for xiaomi.

You more than likely had the official Chinese rom which had Google play sideloaded.

This is why I always recommend getting a sealed box and putting the global rom on it yourself.

You wouldn't let a third party put add ons to your PC before receipt. Same thing for phones.

Other Chinese manufacturers I cannot comment on specifically not having had their phones.

EE currently. Has band 20 support also. Box was factory sealed BTW

​ROTFL. Don't start that nonsense again. That's already been put to bed in numerous Xiaomi threads already.

​Build and software is very good. I've only heard of one minor software bug relating to the top mic and portrait video.

Camera is not so good as I explained in detail in the other thread. But you will never find a good camera at this price due to component economics.

Once you add your sim card it will automatically update

​Locale is a one time setting on first boot which selects the language and number formats to be used by the OS, not the Time Zone which can be changed by the network when you insert a SIM.

Does anyone else find that widgets break when the phone is restarted (developer ROM).

Specifically, BBC Music buttons and the weather tab...

*Edit:
Found the solution...

Security > Permissions > Autostart

...make sure the app with the widget is set to Autostart. Then it'll work perfectly when the phone is rebooted. So I now have my working radio buttons and weather widget. Slowly getting the hang of MIUI (still prefer proper Android)

Id just made my mind up to go for the 3s over the 3 pro when I read about the phone having some issues getting stuck on 2G. Anyone here had any problems in this regard?

More details HERE

TIA

Can't remember even seeing 2G come up on my phone. Always on 3G or 4G - both on MIUI 7 and 8 developer.

(EE, in the countryside)

Thx pal, good to here, anyone on Three or giffgaff report back? TIA