No, your mum said you had to tidy your room first.

Yes ordered from Aliexpress and received afte 13 days, no problems no extra charges. Redmi note 4X, wife is over the moon with it so just ordered another one. No more £500 phones for us

Some people complain about lack of border control, then they hope customs won't do their job just to save some quid. Hypocrites!

Thanks for your input, it's an impressive feat to be both patronising and 100% incorrect at the same time, well done you.

Mine arrived today, pleased with it, thanks op.
Choose Ghana they have the same time zone as the U.K Gmt + 0

this phone is dual sim one micro and the other sim slot is a nano or you can use a micro sd card in it

I'm sorry to have to say this but do you know anything about mobile phones? this is a single sim phone, so no you can't.

Waiting for mine to arrive, does anyone know if it is possible to do the SIM card hack where you glue the SIM to the SD card so you get dual SIM + SD card? Worth a go?

I set my location as India ( it supposedly gets updates quicker as its sold there officially ). It got a firmware update straight away.
The time is set from the phone network ( so goes to UK time ).
I bought from Ailexpress ( goldway was the seller ) and it arrived in under 2 weeks from ordering.

I went Germany. Date\time is done off internet I think as sorted itself out.

Guys i received my phone today when i go to choose region on setup, there is no united kingdom option. What do i selected instead?

Nvm, i picked France and changed the date/time

Must have been mate. Unfortunately it was the nexus 5x with the bootloop. I'll try sticking it back in the freezer which might give it enough life to save them to sim or whatever.

The SIM part is still the same it is only the carrier size that is djfferent.

It should display sim contacts by defult in the contacts. Are you sure some of your old contacts weren't just saved on your old phone, rather than the sim?

try 4AK4G

Did you have to sign for yours when the post office delivered it?

Thanks, ordered.

Just got phone yesterday and had a quick play but was waiting for glass screen protector which I thought would take ages but it came today so just fitted it and connected it to wifi. First impressions are really nice, feels and looks like a premium phone, which I haven't had for a while. I thought I would want to put a custom rom on it to get it nearer stock android but liking all the features of MIUI I don't think I will bother, I'm so used to crappy translations with Chinese products but this seems like they put the effort in the UI. It's downloading a system update at the moment so not doing much with it atm. I ordered a Redmi Note 4 a few days after ordering this so looking forward to that too. I never really bothered using my phone much but think I might use this one a bit more.

No customs charges to pay, I think it was in a cardboard box (normally just have plastic bag with foam padding) and they put mobile phone x2 and $10 each so total $20, I don't know why they put mobile phone x2 as I only ordered one!

I got a case and screen protector on ebay, just over £3 for both and both came pretty quickly and seem pretty good quality
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112043475902
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351939749309

The case was making air bubbles on the edges but if you hold down the edge and put the case over the glass protector its fine.

Hi here is a link to a redmi 4x global version 3gb / 32gb GOLD COLOUR use this code MM4X4G to get the phone for £95.47 LINK http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_625751.html?lkid=10745336

has anybody received their order yet?

Code has expired ,so now £79.56 - and remember they could take up to 14 days to dispatch ( plus 2-3 week shipping time from that date )
So aliexpress is the place to buy ( if you have a card that does not charge high foreign tranasaction fees - as they don't take paypal )
or banggood for £83.41 and get next day dispatch ( they take paypal )

Not really slightly better performance but the 4x would be about 30% better performance bigger battery only possible weaker is screen only 720 but xiaomi screens are known for excellent colour reproduction and brightness levels so doubt you would notice much difference

Would this be much of an upgrade to my ageing LG G3?

apologies for my possible information!

Not always, Chinese rom doesn't come with google play, this is the Global version though so should do.

Does the phone come Google Playstore pre-installed ?

There are people who complain about border control, and also people who complain about customs but that does not mean the people who speak of customs are hypocrites. As I pointed out in my initial reply, one person had asked about customs and others had replied with their experiences. Nobody was complaining about having to pay customs. The person who asked about customs could be interpreted as being someone who hopes to avoid them. However there are no previous comments to suggest that they are also a person who complains about border control. Yet the other person who linked border control views with customs, used the term "hypocrite". So either it was a separate random comment, unrelated to the fact people were discussing customs, or it was aimed at them which makes the "hypocrite" term, unjustified.

They may be 2 different enforcement departments but if you read the original statement it did mention both and was factual that people complain about people being let in and also complain when they have to pay the correct duty on imports, so go have another think.

It wasn't a good post at all, it's nonsensical.

UK Border Force enforce movement of people into the country.

HMRC Customs enforce taxation of packages/products entering the country.

They are two completely separate organisations, & have been for a very, very long time now.

does anyone have a new code its expired thanks

On paper it sounds like it'd be a fair difference but in real everyday usage once you get accustomed to the device I doubt you'd notice unless you were constantly switching back and forth between the 2 different kinds of displays. Here's a comparison video of 4A vs Note 4<< and also a comparison video of Redmi 4A, 4X, 4 Pro<<. The 1st and 2nd are 720p. The 3rd is the 4 Pro, the only 5" Redmi with 1080p screen. In both videos the differences in pixel density of the screens isn't noticeable but then again there's only so much you be able to tell from a video.

5" 720p resolution phones are quite common though so if you visited a local phone shop, you should be able to get an idea of how the screen would look. For example Carphone Warehouse would probably have Sony Xperia XA and E5 on display which have 5" 720p screens.

I have more more question (sorry I know you're not a salesman!) - does the difference in display spec make a difference much? One is 720 x 1280 pixels (~296 ppi pixel density), the other is 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi pixel density). I'm not particularly bothered about the difference in other features but if this will affect the quality of usage heavily, then will sway me. thanks again for all your help!

thank you, that is an exceptional answer. thank you for your time!

It just depends on the user. They're from different Xiaomi ranges though. The 4A is from the 5" Redmi line which all have 720p screens except for the Redmi 4 Pro. The Redmi Note line has 5.5" 1080p screens. The Redmi 4A is however, the lowest specced current Xiaomi phone. Some key differences compared to Note 4 apart from screen: No fingerprint reader, smaller battery, weaker processor, polycarbonate (plastic) body. If 5" form factor is preferable, then the Global Version Redmi 4X for around £100 could be an alternative as it's better specced than the 4A. Comparison of the 3 here<< Redmi Note 4 Global Version has the best "bang for buck" but not everyone would like the larger size.

help needed for someone in the know - this or the note 4?

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/global-version-xiaomi-redmi-note-4-qualcomm-3gb-32gb-mobile-phone-snapdragon-625-2695398

advice very appreciated!

You don't understand, it's stupid people like you that I MOVED away from, thick ignorant people that thinks the world owes them a living and has no understanding of working and living together for the benefit of all. You are just a selfish self satisfying trollop. End of story because I can't have a conversation with somebody with the IQ of a jellyfish. Goodbye.

You ran away!

You are a spineless coward for giving up on your country of birth. It might displease you but we are still fighting for it - good and bad! We might disagree - but we fight for it! We stick together, unlike deserters like you. Your comments mean nothing to me and your opinions are worthless

And it's people like you that made me desert my country of birth and leave it to the people like you and I hope you stew in you own Brexit Broth. You deserve it. Good luck, no I don't mean that.

Got it for 55 quid as I had 18 quid in credit on there. Can't remember what off like.

Bought a Redmi 4, eight months ago £110 , fantastic little phone cannot complain, just right size and fast !!

Just consider no support from Gearbest if 3 months down the line your phone gets a fault.

it must have been a typo and he meant to put hippopotamus :confused:

I just tried working ok for me try logging out shut down gearbest then reopen gearbest log in then copy code click deal link add to basket then paste code in checkout

everytime i try to apply the code it asks me to sign in, i am already signed in and then it just takes me back to checkout
any ideas??????

ordered redmi note4 from AliExpress, chosen Standard shipping and after 16 days received with no charges,

we bought a lenovo phone from a chinese company (geekbuying). it stopped working after few months. i could not get in touch with them.they did not answer my emails. their customer service and after sales service is terrible.
once they sell you the item, they forget about you. avoid dealing with them.

So because people in the country have a certain attitude towards border control, it automatically means that anyone else who speaks about customs are hypocrites regardless of what their attitude towards that topic is? The entire population doesn't have the same set of views but the person has taken one generalised view towards a certain topic and linked it with another view towards a different topic. They're calling people hypocrites because of it, when they cannot determine that the people who complain about border control are the same people who would hope to avoid customs so how exactly are they hypocrites?

global version- we are on EE network Wife says it works great, bluetooth with car etc all good

Hi here is link to 4x global version gold colour http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_625751.html?lkid=10745336 use code MM4X4G to bring price down to £95.47

me too Looking for the 4x with Snapdragon, just confused with different, ROM version s

hi.. thanks for your reply, did you order the global version or ?

this is the grey model or as chinese call it gray

Yes ordered from Aliexpress and received afte 13 days, no problems no extra charges. Redmi note 4X, wife is over the moon with it so just ordered another one. No more £500 phones for us

The post was a good one and yours is a terrible snipe at a person giving a truthful statement of the attitude of people in the country.

Anyone got a link to a decent case and screen protectors that will fit this phone from gearbest please?

I would rather just order it all from them and hope everything arrives at the same time

Thanks

any deal for same phone in grey??

No, your mum said you had to tidy your room first.

shows $92.99 = £71.45

Can I play Pokemon go on this?

I mean, if I lived in a third world **** hole I'd probably give it a go.

LMAO at that, I was thinking exactly the same!

How are these two issues even remotely related. Do you think, because customs don't check parcels from China, that immigrants are posting themselves to the UK or something? What are you on about?

Thanks OP ordered. Was considering the S8 deal posted. Though, id rather save theextra £425 :smile:

That's probably due to Doogee X5 having a removable back cover and battery. Before Xiaomi started making unibody Redmi phones, the Redmi 2 and Redmi Note 2 also had a removable back cover and battery design and were dual sim with separate dedicated micro SD slot. I assume it's easier to position and make room for dedicated slots in this setup due to more freedom since wherever they're positioned, they can still be accessed by removing the back cover. However in unibody phones it's restricted to needing to be positioned along the edge. Dual SIM unibody phones with dedicated micro SD slots such as Honor 5X and Samsung A9 achieve that by having 2 ejectable trays which is very uncommon compared to a single combi-slot tray.

Apart from the interesting Multi-SIM/Micro-SD Card combination ...

The OP's Deal is the better Phone, in a few ways, newer Hardware, Band 20/LTE Support, etc, etc? (the Doogee X5 Pro Phone is 4G-Enabled too, but has a lack of any notable Band 20/LTE capabilities anyway).

The OP's Deal is a bit more expensive than that of the Doogee X5 Pro is yes, but the OP's Phone Deal is a wee bit more robust/sophisticated than that of the Doogee X5 Pro Phone.

So depends purely on your needs/interpretation as to if that's worthy of the small money 'extra', or whatever ..... :-)

Knock yourself out, lol.

Is this better than the doogee x5 pro? I've got one and the screen is too sensitive to moisture (making it a pig to use in the summer months) so I'm looking for something better for this price

I'm not sure if your stating fact?, or stating sarcasm?, or both?, or what?, hehehe.

But let's be real?, we all know there's better ways if doing it, urgetme?.

Afterall, the Doogee X5 Pro Phone, a Dual-SIM Android Phone (which I also own), which incidentally, is also sold by both BangGood, and GearBest too. :-)

Manage to have both independent of each other 2 x Micro-SIM Card Slots, AND a separate Micro-SD Card Slot to it too! (eg. 3 separate 'Slots' altogether?, and not a mixed-matched kafungled whatever?), so .....

That's all I was trying to point out?. :-)

yeah is confusing the nano sim slot can be used for micro sd card to expand storage upto 128 gb or second sim

I agree with you, lol, the OP's Deal was clearly better, and cheaper, etc?.

I was just making note of the commenters comment saying there's was £75? (that's all), lol.

What's with it's Dual-SIM, Nano SIM + Micro SIM nonscience for man?. :-(

I've got a few Dual-SIM Phones now (from both a UK Retailer, as well as from Chinese Retailer altogether), and in all the all, every one of those separate Phone's (UK sourced, or otherwise).

And ALLLLL contained same 1 generic form of Dual-SIM Card out there within in it! (2 x Micro SIM's).

None of all this wierd/confused mix-match stuff like?!, hmmmmmmmmm. :-(

I don't see the point?.

It's cool though ... lol.

that gold version is 2gb / 16gb this one is 2gb/32gb

Exactly!, they like to confuse as hell maybe?. :-)

Exactly!.

I'm in similar senario situations to you, 2 phones in the past too (1 just under the price, and one lot's more than this) + a few other non-Phone items beside, and no ideas at any point beside. :-)

has anyone successfully received orders without customs? thank you

Here's gold version for 75 http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_617027.html?wid=4&lkid=10804892

Code still working and bought. Cheers OP.

just when my old phone died. many thanks ordered.

ahh apologies.. just misread the pound dollar signs.. $92.99 which is 73.99 pounds..

I just copied and pasted from the title..

code does not work

hot btw

why do people say ROM (in this case 32GB ROM)? It's not read only memory - it's storage memory.

- I'm not technical at all so could end up screwing up the phone..just had a quick look on the xda developers forum and there is some scope to update but I have no idea where to start..

I currently have a xiaomi redmi 3 pro and whilst the battery life is amazing. the phones operating system is non update-able which means the phone is now 2 updates behind and will be defunct soon. is the software update-able on this phone?

Some people complain about lack of border control, then they hope customs won't do their job just to save some quid. Hypocrites!

...after a Redmi 4 Pro ( 3GB, snapdragon 625 CPU , 5" display handset) discount code?
..anyone please ?

How exactly do you pay for this through gearbest? do I need to register first & then how to pay? credit card? PayPal? etc. I have never bought off these kinds sites, I take it they are safe?

gearbest take PayPal.

Thankyou for your help, it works :smiley:

Thanks, probably putting 1

Discount Code not working

would we get hit by customs??

I bought a geotel note 2 weeks ago for 61 pounds and I can't tell u how incredible it it is for the money.

Anyone know how these Chinese phones fair with Android Auto and Vauxhall Intellilink to be specific??

if you fancy some cheaper and in the uk you can get a zte blade a512, ok it only has 16gb storage but its similar spec

Cracking deal.