​yep just open your trenchcoat

Old news, any evidence from the last 12 months?
No, I couldn't find any either. Happily using my xiaomi mi max, wife is happily using a redmi note 3 without a tin hat too. :smiley:

yes thank god we live in the west were GCHQ and the NSA would never do such a thing, :confused:

It appears that your perspective is broken. Maybe you should lurk a bit before posting.

Looks good to me.

Refused to pay my quidco, the only retailer ive ever had that problem with so dont count on it

seems to be the only place selling it stating band 20? I would be very happy to be proved wrong...

http://thehackernews.com/2015/03/Xiaomi-Mi-4-malware.html

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1748900-spy-software-found-pre-installed-on-lenovo-huawei-and-xiaomi-smartphones/


http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/830922-chinas-xiaomi-smartphones-may-be-spying-on-you/


https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Xiaomi+spyware&t=ffcm&ia=web



Spyware! Spyware everywhere!

Lovely.

Old news, any evidence from the last 12 months?
No, I couldn't find any either. Happily using my xiaomi mi max, wife is happily using a redmi note 3 without a tin hat too. :smiley:

Just thought people should be aware, you don't have to throw your toys out of the pram - glad you and your wife are happy, that's good to know.

It appears that your perspective is broken. Maybe you should lurk a bit before posting.

lol ok.

Whats new. Here is a quote from one of your duckduck links.

"An article was released a week ago in Belgium, which showed that a smartphone with the 30 most common apps installed on it makes 350.000 connections within 24 hours, when it is NOT being used and but has a wifi/3g conneciton ON, with 76 servers across the world within countries ranging from: the USA, China, Singapore, Ukraine, etc.

Personal information gets shared but also IMEI codes an well virtually anything else that has any value."

http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/5403/Internet/article/detail/1744852/2013/11/22/Smartphones-zijn-verklikkers-ook-zonder-te-bellen.dhtml?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=web#.Uo8NKAemTyU.facebook

For info, these phones don't inherently have malware installed, however if the re-seller installs an unofficial "multi-language" ROM it has the potential to be loaded with all kinds of cr*p.
When you order the phone request that the seller provide it "sealed box". If the phone arrives and it looks like it's already been opened then be cautious and look at installing the official Global ROM from Xiaomi, or installing a reputable custom ROM from xiaomi.eu.

​Which phone would you say is better?

Try as you like, but there's no escaping it these days.
Companies all over the world are using any available technology to track our history, habits, choices, personalities etc, and creating individual profiles of each and every one of us.
We are merely products, ready to be sold to the highest bidder.

​agree with others using this model (non international version ) had around d 6 months no issues.good phone, good battery life, it gets ota updates every month or so. good company if u ask me. my next phones will be xiaomi

yes thank god we live in the west were GCHQ and the NSA would never do such a thing, :confused:

Great phone can't really be beaten in this price range if you don't mind the wait
Just check your rom version when you get it to make sure the vendor hasn't put malware on it

Mi max and note 3 are effectively the same bar screen size (though both are available with 650 or 652 snapdragon - we have one of each both with 3GB Ram, I find very little difference).

Brought this phone a few months back from Ali express, it took a while to arrive but brilliant for the money. On first boot up it did an ota update to miui 8.1. No complaints from me and would certainly buy Xiaomi again.

Presumably this is liable to import charges and VAT?

is it easy to flash?

​i love my mi max! best value for money phone I've ever bought

Amazing phone, especially for the price you pay.

wont buy anything from aliexpress

OP any links for temp glass and case

careful with cases for this. I've got the normal version, plenty of cases for that. the Kate version is 2mm longer, the wife has that and I had to get a flexible pu case as the stiff ones wouldn't fit.

I bought my one the last time it was a deal. I declined the case option, (which was silly), but I was still provided a clear rubber case for it which is all I need and does the job.

The phone is excellent and quick as well, although I am comparing it to my previous phone which was quite old!

Before I did anything I installed a number of different antivirus \ malware \ security products providing full scans with all of them and nothing was highlighted as being unsafe.

The camera could be slightly better, if I wanted to be fussy, but for the money it's a super phone.

Received it before Christmas, compared with Oneplus 2 and Redmi wins with battery life and gaming performance (the only game I'm playing is Real Racing 3), lost with design and camera. Overall, Redmi stays, Oneplus went back to Amazon.
Now I'm on CM13 which is great.

My Note 3 got stolen yesterday, would this make an ideal replacement

Thanks

Sorry for the newbie question.

Would this phone be suitable for someone who just wants a typical Samsung/iPhone functionality but without the price premium? Not being tech savy is it a case of switch on and go?

It mentions MIUI 8, based on Android 5.1, is it simple to keep updated and maintain your apps through the Play Store?

Are there any UK networks this wouldn't work on? At the moment we use Tesco, but might switch to something else, possibly Three.

Thank you to anyone that can advise.

Can anyone who has the phone tell me if it works with banking apps? More more specifically Barclays?

Thanks

Just purchased this for £127 but added a case as well. Quidco hasn't tracked so fingers crossed.
Edit.. just got a message that it tracked as £12.96 and total price was £154. Will have to check with credit card now
as order says £127.

I'm just so annoyed with all these great phones that claims to be dual sim but where one of the slots really is for SD card. Why do they do this ? Trying to replace my Honox5, but so far all phones I see and like fails on this matter.

Is this the special international edition?

This, or the huawei p9 lite?

Thanks.. was my first order and it did scare me so had to call the bank. Hope they pay at that price to make it £115

just to let you all know if you flash cyanogenmod and flash a custom kernel you get double tap to wake awesome isn't it

just received tracking number from fantech

Looks a good deal. Ordered thanks.

Just checked my previous payouts on quidco from Ali express and looks like they do the same as gearbest and do cashback on the dollar price, which gives a slightly higher payout

​Run NoRoot Firewall from play store to see where your privacy goes.
Not so much to China as to Amazon.
Are they the same these days,?

​Interesting. I thought google was going to be the real Umbrella Corporation but now i think it'll be Amazon.

just received mine. ordered last month from aliexpress xiaomi store. sent on 13/12 by singpost. received today 05/01/2017 so just over 3 weeks. not bad considering it was Christmas in between.

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Lol Android 5.1.1 (and unlikely to get the monthly security updates) plus a company known for bundling spyware.... Seems like a bad deal

they have the same model I believe here for £116.75 https://www.fastcardtech.com/Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-3-Pro-32GB.html My bad if its not.

Do not think it is the same model, the one in the thread covers band 20, this model does not appear to.

Oh and 6.6%cashback quidco

Ahh i wasnt sure, never mind then :stuck_out_tongue:

if i click standard doesnt give me a color option so is it oos?
when select with case only gold available

Is there a guide for how to root and wipe these and install the global rom?

shows as 156 for gold & 162 for gray..... much higher than 128 :/

received my phone on Friday really pleased with it..

Just checked back, the deal is back for another day. Thinking of flashing mine when it arrives. Anyone done so yet?

I'm looking for some advice regarding which version to get. I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the choices. I'm technically competent and have installed custom ROMs on phones before. Can someone in the know breakdown the options I face please?