Great price, I bought mine a couple of weeks ago from Gearbest for £126... still waiting for delivery.

As far as I know there aren't any custom ROMs (including Xiaomi.eu) yet as it's so new, so hopefully the retailer won't add any bloatware/adware/spyware to the ROM -- I suppose you could always flash the official global ROM just to be sure.

There isn't a global version of this. Also make sure you reflash it as basically all resellers put on dodgy vendor roms. Also xiaomi.eu rom is available.

Great price but I'm waiting for two actual global model with band 20 required for proper 4g support in the UK.

No band 20

As far as I know, only the SE version of the Note 3 Pro has Band 20 (I have one on its way).

As mentioned above, they are VERY slow to dispatch the phones, I ordered mine on the 11th November and only got the dispatch notification a few days ago, NOT happy. With one exception, everything else I ordered from AE that day has arrived, most of it within 10 days.

Good price, shame about no band 20 and ROM. Be sure to check that's its genuine via Xiaomi website.

Thank you :smile:

heat heat heat heat heat heat :smiley:

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band 20 band 20 band 20 band 20

It seems like you all people use O2 and Tesco's.

There is no 64GB model and also no global version or global ROM available yet. The listing even says
It's still a good price though.

Mainly an issue with O2 4G (or any network using O2's). Partly EE too.

4G isnt one frequency, it is a number, each set of frequencies has a band number; in the UK the bands currently used are 3, 7, 18, and 20.

Different phone companies use a mix of these, O2 mostly use Band 20 (the poverty spec one), as it gives the best coverage per mast; this means that if you live outside of a major town/city, O2 often has the best coverage - if not speed (20 being the slowest).

So if the phone doesnt have band 20, and you live in the country or a small town/village, you probably wont get 4G.

I hope this helps.

Yeah, I know... For O2 users these phones are a no-go. Annoying to be honest :smile:

Great phones

That picture is terrible :smile:

Sorry, I meant to reply to the post above yours.

It is a name of the band that played at the O2 and only people at the front could hear them. Hence, the campaign "No Band 20"...HTH

On a slightly different note to the main thread, I just want to say I use O2 for work and I travel the country, cities and countryside, and I have to say O2 has very poor coverage compared to EE.

DO you kn

Do you know if your phone covers band 20?? O2 operate a different band in major towns and cities (7, I think); I have heard people say exactly the same thing you just did - and it turned out their phones couldnt handle band 20 properly, or at all.

isn't this a downgrade from the redmi3 ?
doesn't that have the snapdragon 650....

Samsung S6 direct from O2

Its also as cheap as the redmi 3, but I still think the note 3 pro beats this, due to a few factors and a big one for me is band 20 on the redmi note 3 pro

OK, not heard of issues with those.

I always found Orange (as was) gave better coverage than anyone else, and I know O2 coverage charts are "optimistic", but equally, I have known a lot of people who say that EE might show up as working, but 02 worked better in more rural areas.

Of course, if 02 dont get some investment, it wont matter, because they will go bust (as will 3), BT/EE now control 2/3rd of all the bandwidth in the UK.

Great price, sure it will be a fantastic performer.

No band 20 is a bummer.

From having the redmi 3,the xiaomi rom came out fairly quickly after release so hope that's the case for those buying.

In the mean time you could side load Google play services and virus checkers etc.

Not sure if this is a quirk with the original Xiaomi Note, or affects all Xiaomi phones, I cant set location to the UK; it isnt on the list, even though places like the Falkland Islands are on there!!

​Giffgaff has gone down the toilet over last few years.... limited data and not a great signal in places when I was with them

I agree, they need to jump ship and switch to a different network to piggyback off of; I will be switching as soon as my new 4G Xiaomi phone arrives, taking other family members with me.

Here in Malvern - due to a stupid config error, we are limited to almost dial-up speeds, O2 AND GG customers are lucky to get 200kbps, and that only after I complained to the CEO of o2 about the 43kbps speeds we were getting since an outage in 2005.

Xiaomi phones are so confusing unless you are a Xiaomi fan - anyone have a link to a review for this? I'm getting very similar models come up but not this! Eg Prime not Pro

Is this it?

http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_4_prime-review-1526.php

So it's the Prime not Pro up for sale in this thread?

pro/prime are interchangable.names for this SD625 Redmi 4

Thanks for that link & clarification - it's a really good review! VERY tempted

I've never ordered from AliExpress before. Just registered.

Basically I like ordering things from the UK, & have a receipt & warranty.

Are there any tips I need to know of when ordering from China? Any ways to get extra protection once item is bought / post-sales customer service etc etc? Thanks

Order from my mobile to get 1 year warranty? Bizzare! IS that via an App or just via Google Chrome for example? I was hoping to go via Quidco to get 8.8% back - still possible? Sorry for ll these Qs!!

This or the
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 3GB RAM 32GB /
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 3GB RAM 64GB

As already mentioned waiting hopefully for a version with band 20.

Check everything carefully before confirming the item has arrived; if you later find out it is fake, broken, it is very difficult to get your money back.

If possible, buy from the high volume sellers, as they are usually OK, although I have had issues with one or two sending fake electronics.

Aliexpress is China's equivalent to eBay and similarly when eBay first started some sellers weren't always trustworthy. Unfortunately, China is the home of copied electronic devices so its more likely than not that Aliexpress will have traders selling such goods. In the past, I've purchased two devices from Aliexpress which turned out to be fake, however when the seller failed to rectify the problem, I found lodging a complaint with Aliexpress itself did the trick. They investigated, confirmed the goods to be fake, refunded my money in full and closed down the seller. Just make sure all communication with the seller is via Aliexpress portal and not via your own email account. I found them much better than Gearbest to be honest.

ordered one. thanks

This is what I have been waiting for a 1080 5incher 3gb at around the £100 mark. My question is do we reckon these will get a B20 and if so how long do you think it will be?

Almost gave in and pulled the pin on the redmi 3 5.5inch variant but am happy to wait if we think B20 will come in the new year.

TIA

​Going on history they have recently been releasing a Taiwan model with band 20 approximately 6 months after the phones initial release.

This means should we get this of the 4, it'll be some time. The note 4 was released in August and we've not seen a band 20 version of that yet.

If you're not on a carrier needing it, I'd say go for it. Especially at this price. I mean, £110 for a phone. Even if you buy this for 6 - 8 months until the band 20 you'll still get your money worth!

[/quote]Ordered 2 on 11.11 and they came today.[/quote]
Postie just left mine on the doorstep, you have to pay any import duty?? Mine was marked as value $45, DHL et al, would have charged AND added a £10+VAT handling fee.

Just starting to unpack, then off to the MIUI site to check the IMEI.

OK, after some extreme eye squinting at the 1pt print, mine is genuine; remember to take the IMIE from the PHONE and not the sticker on the box, you get it from entering *#06# on the phone keypad.

6 and 8 look so similar when the gap in the 6 is only 0.01mm !!! There is also a "/" in the S/N you might miss.

Like I said and others have mentioned you don't pay anything extra If you chose the standard delivery. The phones came in a blue parcel marked as a 'Gift' with the value of $45.

After having a good think about it, I've decided your experience is the one that I fear the most if something goes wrong - so the wait for a new phone goes on.....

After having a good think about it, I've decided your experience is the one that I fear the most if something goes wrong - so the wait for a new phone goes on....

Only had this once, over hundreds of purchases and more than 4 years, in that time I have had much worse issues with Ebay, and a few with Amazon.
I wont EVER use Ebay or PayPal again, they left me seriously out of pocket.

I havent had ANY issues with fakes since AE started offering full refunds for fakes, they finally seem to be culling some of the worst offenders, but for high value items, it is still better to stick with the high volume sellers if possible.

All the usual stupid HUKD comments about 800 MHz (4G Band 20) being for O2.
ALL UK NETWORKS USE IT TO SOME EXTENT.

I am about to buy a Xiaomi budget phone purely to replace my iphone 5 16gb as I am really annoyed it cannot hold many pictures or run many apps as I always get memory issues (I only have The Walking Dead - Road to Survival).

What is the difference between the Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime on a previous post Your text here and this Xiaomi Redmi 4 Pro?

They are the same price pretty much and would like to make an order soon but I cannot tell the difference and forgive me if I am wrong, but because the number 4 is I am assuming the newer version, does this make it better?

Newer usually means better, but the Note 3 refresh is faster than several of the newer models, so I dont know.
I have the Note3 Pro/SE, which has full UK LTE support, for £120 I got a lot of phone - 3GB RAM/32GB ROM, new hexa-core cpu, and just stuck a 128GB microSD card in it for photos, music and films.

The only real issue is that it is slightly (~3mm) longer than the original Note 3, so the cases dont fit very well.

Thanks for the response. The Note is 5.5" screen and I think that is the same size as the Samsung 7 edge which I find slightly too large hence why looking for the 5" screens which an 1" larger than the iphone 5.

Reviews for both seem decent, with the 4 being 1080p whilst the 3 720p the major difference to me...

Please remember that marking items as Gifts does not carry any weight in terms of customs duty anymore. Were any item exceeds the threshold of £15 as at the last time I checked, duty is liable. The only reason why many find that they don't end up having to pay duty is as a result of using standard delivery and Royal Mail having huge numbers of letters and or parcels to sort. Whereas, DHL and UPS will check each and every parcel and apply duty plus charges as and when required. Im sure fabricating the value of the item in order to evade duty is also an offence but who will be ultimately liable is questionable.

How does the
Moto G4 Play 5" HD, Android 6.0.1, compare to this . 89 pounds.

everyone slating lack of band 20, one question for you..... you guys use 100gb data in a month?
for a user who use 4gb or less a month lack of band 20 is unnoticeable.

Not the chipset, just the modem, so no difference in speed or efficiency

Cant get price into GBP on their mobile site. Struggling to find product even on their mobile suit, absolute mare!

Can only get it for £120 when following this HUKD link on a mobile. Same price as if I do it on a PC. I think it was on a "special new year offer" maybe?

Someone said you need to go mobile to get the warranty, this isnt true, I have NEVER used the mobile app, yet still got the new warranty.

Search on AE is very hit and miss, even searching within results can suddenly "lose" loads of products that SHOULD be included in the search, or were there before you tried to re-order the list into lowest first/highest first etc.

Thanks, the missus thinks the gold one looks stupid, but if dark grey is going to be £20 more, I'm happy for gold.

I had to make the exact same decision and went for the gold lol

Solved the currency issue. Find the phone normally. Replace "www." with "m." then add to cart. Then view the cart at http://www. and you get the non-warranty price and the currency in £

Used the app to buy my mi max a few weeks ago, changed destination to buy without warranty, as a new account I got a $10 discount & 9.9% quidco.
The app has excellent tracking info and the phone arrived 19 days after ordering using standard delivery so no import charges.