But the g5 is 50% more than this so you aren't really comparing like with like.

How are Xiaomi with security updates? Better than the major brands?

I was almost buying one of these but the comments regarding apps not working, popups, lack of Android support and the possibility of no 4g has put me off.

Your Redmi Note 4 is the original Mediatek variant which as you said is unlikely to get Nougat. However, the RN4 Global Version is Snapdragon variant, known as Redmi Note 4X in China which has been confirmed to get Nougat. RN4 Global Version uses the same ROM as the RN4X, therefore it will get Nougat eventually. There is already an Official Beta Nougat ROM and 3rd party Nougat ROMs for this phone. The same happened for RN3. The original RN3 Mediatek is still on Lollipop whereas the RN3 Snapdragon got Marshmallow.


The China Redmi Note 4X is the exact same as this phone except that it doesn't have B20. This will eventually get Nougat. The RN4X has been confirmed to receive Nougat and the ROM for it is the same as the RN4 Global Version.

To answer those, I have been running mine for a couple of months, i receive no pop ups, there is no adware, the rom gets updated freqentley, will receive nougat and Mui 9 Xiaomi are relasing Mui9 and Nougat for phones as old as the Redmi note 2, (3 years old) far better than what i got from Samsung, Apps have not seen any apps that i am unable to run.
Android Support? Nobody offers android support not even Google. I am assuming by support you mean like apple where if i dont know how to use it i can walk in to a store and get support.

I've yet to find an app that doesn't work on my Redmi Note 3 (the previous model), and there's no pop-ups. It's also still getting updates. It also gets 4G on Three, despite not having band 20.

Also possible to install Lineage OS (which is what I've done). Nothing wrong with Miui but fancied having a play.

Wonder if the code will hold out till re stock of gold variant.....??

Will I get 4g with Vodafone sim?

Yes. I have Vodafone and gets 4g.

Yes, that's who I'm with. Full 4g.

If I don't get the global version, what do I loose out with Google apps? Do they not open the non global version and put on Google apps??

I bought one of these phones and was excellent.i had it a month it flickered and was stuck on the loading screen. Was sent instructions on how to fix it which was too complicated for me - posted it of to China but seems to have vanished. Check you tube for redmi note flashing

Had one for a few months now and 2 faults. The GPS is appalling, loses signal all the time absolute waste of time if you intend using this for any apps reliant on GPS. Secondly as this is a Mobile phone the most important thing should be making and receiving calls, don't rely on it. Sometimes I make or receive calls and I can hear the other person fine they cant hear me, looking online it appears to be due to the position of the handset when you answer it. Have looked online and would appear both these faults are common and theres a fix for gps requiring rooting the device which will void warranty, plus I shouldn't have to fix something that's brand new.

incomparable... unfortunately, only downside is camera in low light! good in daylight. my wife's g4 is brilliant!

Just out of interest what is the difference between this current deal and the one in the link?

Your text here

Code doesnt seem to be working on the grey phone.

Many thanks

The 4X is a different phone. 5" screen rather than 5.5", slightly slower processor etc.

These phones & the Redmi Note 3 Pro SE absolutely fly on lineage OS. It's the best thing to do with them, lightweight OS, only install the Google apps you want, no bloatware and very frequent updates. I would advise all purchasers to do this if they know how (and it can be a faff with these phones).

The microphone is placed on the phone so that it is in the correct position when using the phone it your right hand. Using it with the left hand means you have to hold it parallel with your nose to get good clear voice.

I don't have an issue with any dropouts on the GPS. It's not the most accurate but fine for Google maps and the like.

Just ordered the same spec black version for £120 from alli express, for a tenner less might have settled for the grey version. Excellent deal , it supposed to be a great budget phone cant wait to receive mine.

your phone is defective! do you have snapdragon or mtk version? mtk used to have gps issues...

gsmarena.com/com…531

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I simply can't see the 50% anywhere. The Xiaomi is a tiny bit better than Moto G5 but I would still get the Moto because it's from Amazon.

Link?

I'll bite first by stating the obvious...

Motorola G5 3GB
Price £164.99

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4
Price £107.24

164.99-107.24 = 57.75

(57.75/107.24) x 100 = 53.9%

OK... you're right, the Motorola is not 50% more... it is 53.9% more.

Both colours are now out of stock and the code has expired.

As one or two others have pointed out, the GPS issues were with versions that use the Mediatek processors. My last phone was such a product and the GPS was appalling and not fit for purpose (apart from allowing you to determine what general geographical area you were in). I have been using the model described in this deal for about 3 months now and it is by far the best phone I have owned (I usually switch to whatever is regarded as the best buy for around the £100 mark every 18-24 months). It is smooth, stable and all my regular apps (including previously troublesome banking ones) work. The main drawback for me is the camera. The images are fairly typical for smartphones at this price point and the quality of the video is noticeably worse than most of the previous devices I have owned. Both are adequate for my purposes, though.

I can't speak to the call quality issue you describe, I'm afraid. It's worked fine for me so far and nobody has complained at the other end yet, but I am not a heavy user in the respect to my 'sample size' is small.

Could anyone recommend a screen protector? I wanted to get a tempered glass one but I cant find any which fit around the 2.5d screen? Cheers in advance

Could anyone recommend a screen protector? I wanted to get a tempered glass one but I cant find any which fit around the 2.5d screen? Cheers in advance

What's the shop like? I use Gearbest and have been good in the past.

What are you onabout ? I put nougat (beta) offical software on the mrs one as soon as he had it.No moans from her as it updates too.

Yeah, I bet

Screams only (_;)

Cheers. Saved me the bother.

Coupon code expired - "This coupon can only be used 500 times"

What is the difference between the Redmi Note 4 and the Note 4X?

gsmarena.com/com…608

Primary difference is 4X is slightly smaller and slightly less powerful. But always check the spec wherever you're buying from, because different regions have different variants (including the 4X being called the 4 in India, extra-confusingly).

The link is to Redmi 4 (4X) not the Redmi Note 4X?

Whether. Soz

My apologies, I assumed you meant the two that people have posted deals for around here in recent weeks. In that case, read this instead: techadvisor.co.uk/rev…11/

But again, always check the spec wherever you're ordering from, because these names are confusing and change by region.

Redmi Note 4 Global Version - B20, Sealed, pre-installed with Global ROM
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Redmi Note 4X - China Version, no B20, Global ROM installed by seller
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The Redmi Note 4X = Redmi Note 4 Global Version without B20, as mentioned in my previous post.

In terms of what you can buy online, put simply the Redmi Note 4X is the exact same as the Redmi Note 4 Global Version minus B20. The packaging will be different and the Redmi Note 4X being sold on Banggood, AliExpress etc will be China origin therefore a factory sealed one would be pre-installed with China ROM so the sellers open it up to install Global ROM themselves. The Redmi Note 4 Global Version on the other hand will be factory sealed with Global ROM pre-installed. The naming differences is probably due to the Original Redmi Note 4 Mediatek. In regions which had this, the Snapdragon variant was released as Redmi Note 4X to differentiate it from the original. Whereas in regions such as India, Singapore etc, the Snapdragon variant was just released as Redmi Note 4.

your a star! thank you very much

I have just been on Ali express, and all the redmi note have 4X in it's title, weather it's global Rom or not. And it's only 106.77 for gold

Great phone, I have this myself.

Cheapest is the gold at 125.70 and the code doesn't work so where do you get 107.24 from?!

it looks like the code in op was limited to the first 500 orders.
AliExpress sells it for £113.31 if you follow the links in the comment above by dreadzone101

Ordered the 64GB one but its been stuck at Heathrow DC for 3 days. Should i be worried customs have stopped it? The tracking appears on Royal Mail, so would have thought once its in Royal Mail network its already gone past customs?

I ordered the 64GB/4GB Note 4 from AliExpress (sent by SingPost) and it has been at that point for the last six days. I was worried I'd have to chase the seller round the houses etc or be sent a customs charge. Got to work today as I was off on holiday last week and the phone was sitting on my desk, tracking still says it's at Heathrow processing.

If I put my tracking number into Royal Mail's site it says there no information yet on your signed for parcel.

Hopefully you'll receive yours soon.

Oh and I'm loving the phone! So much phone for the money, really pleased with it so far.

All,
I had one of these phones until recently and tempted to buy another. Purchased from AliExpress - as long as it is sent by Chinese post never got charged for import on anything I have bought. The phone itself is very well built and the global rom slick and software good. There is no bloatware on the version I got which was all wrapped up. Regular updates come over your wifi so no problems there. Plays and performed very well. That was until I dropped it smashed the screen when it still worked. Then it developed a charging problem. I think this was unrelated to the drop and smash as about a month apart. Anyway out of frustration I killed it! The problem with getting these phones is when they go wrong. Yes you get a years warranty but there are caveats to the warranty and alos you will have to pay for shipping. And do you trust the item will get there? I have seen aliexpress bundled in a UK warranty with mine which meant I could get it repaired in the UK but obviously dropping it wont cover it as well as making any modifications to firmware or software getting it wet etc. Its a risk buying one. I have had three chinese phones - all dead within 6 months. This one I was impressed with and the support community there is rivals apple. Indeed in China they have xiaomi shops like Apple. However, we arent in China! Ive llooked at buying comparable second hand UK phones but that comes with risks too - its a definite gamble. However I have spent about £400 on three Chinese phones and got in total about 18 months use out of them in total. If I had spent that much on a phone from a UK retailer Im guesssing it would still be working - (dropping aside)? My HTC One M8 which has been kicking about switches on and still works fine, which is what I have had to use now until I decide what to do! Im tempted to give up on Chinese stuff as definately inferior quality, but the price always convinces me!!!

Mine was mailed and supposedly 'left the origin border point' a day after the order was processed last week, and the tracking hasn't said anything else since then. Obviously too early to make an issue of it, but I'm also kinda hoping it just shows up on the doorstep unannounced.

That would be dishonest, why would you do that? You knew that there were potential extra charges to be added on top if unlucky so why do you want someone else to bear the extra costs now?

If its not here by Friday will be concerned. I emailed seller and they just said Item is in your country and be patient now.
Even though they copy+pasted details that it was stuck at Heathrow since 25th.

Dont see why i should be charged more than everyone else for the same product. The seller knows its in my country now as i emailed them, so will have to see if they would be willing to honour any extra charges. Hope it doesnt come to that.

Arrived today mate! Tracking still shows at Heathrow. ordered on 18th July and arrived today so 2 weeks for myself. Havent opened it yet so fingers crossed all working.

tempted by this as its only £116 on Aliexpress however i have never bought from Aliexpress before and only ever bought 1 or 2 small things from china.. so im wondering if theres any extra costs when buying a phone from china? tax/import fees etc???

I ordered another one for my girlfriend, looks like my phone is lost. All it says is hand over to Airline (HONG-KONG) that was 12/07/17. I emailed them twice now and all you get is that you need to be Patient. FGS I've been waiting nearly 6 weeks now. My last one took 14 days only.

They have the 64Gb Global version for USD$179.74 at the moment. With Quidco/TCB, it would work out at around £128 delivered.

Anyone with this got a link for screen protector? Completely murdered the one it came with and air bubbles all over.
My mate doesnt use screen protectors but reading this phone doesnt have any special protective glass so is easily smashed or scratched.
What apps do people use to check how long the battery lasts? Used to use GSAM but on Android 7 it doesnt work well unless rooted.

​Have a look on Ali express there's loads on there. If it's for the Note 4 global version you need to get the note 4x version. You can order glass protectors for pennies.

What's the normal shipping time for this? Mine only says left Hong Kong for the last 7 days

My first one took about 2 weeks. I'm still waiting for my second one. It's been 8 weeks now.

Royal Mail tried to deliver mine yesterday, which is 12 days from the day I ordered it. The only annoying part of that was that for 10 days of it the tracking showed absolutely no progress whatsoever after the day it reached the border point in Hong Kong.

Have picked it up now, no fees or anything (helpfully listed by Banggood as an 'MP4 Player', which I suppose technically it is). Upgrade to Android 7 immediately available, by the way, for those who care about that (although I played around with it a bit both before and after I updated, and didn't notice any obvious differences - probably due to MIUI being over the top of it anyway).

Can you please check if android 7 features are available like split screen, one handed mode etc? Thanks

There is definitely a one-handed mode, and after fiddling a little I got it to work (that was probably just me - not something I've used before). Split screen doesn't appear to be available yet, but a bit of googling suggests it's probably coming.

People have certainly mentioned in the threads here that they've installed their own ROMs/Launchers, so that way you could get rid of MIUI, which might change some things. So far I don't have any real issues with it, so I doubt I'll bother. Some things are just a bit different, or in different places, but I'll get used to that pretty quickly.

MIne is stuck on shipped from Hong Kong 26th July and just no progress after that. Has everyone else received theirs??

I ordered the phone on the morning of 25th and get the same status, still waiting.

I have ordered two phones previously and they came within 12 days. Not sure what's wrong this time. Contacted Banggood and they said will get back to me in 72 hours.

Expired

mine has just been scanned at Heathrow (GBLALA), obviously will have to go through customs prior being released to RM.Check the status on 17track.net as the app doesn't show the local updates.

Just checked mine on 17track.net and is still same, no updates. Will give it another couple of days before contacting them again.

Finally got a status update after 3 weeks and showing now GBLALA, Arrival at border point in the destination country Hopefully would be delivered once clears customs.

Just got a royal mail card delivered asking £11.22 Customs charge to pay, not so good deal after this. Did anyone else paid that?

That normally happens when you choose dhl for delivery.

Was not a DHL delivery just normal Air Mail.

Seems you were just unlucky then.

Still waiting for mine from AliExpress. Said it boarded the plane on 12/07/17 can't see me getting it now.

I would probably raise a claim as this must be def way over estimated delivery time.

looks like I have to pay it too.Out of the 11.22, £8 is a post office fee.I will live with it,as long as the phone is ok it's a good value, effectively the charge wiped out the voucher gain.

Yeah, I got exactly the same charges. I've ordered hundred of things, with many large tablets and things like that and never been charged, but them's the breaks I suppose. I'm certainly not gonna complain about it, 'cos the £11 (+ £8 p.o. charges) still makes it a good phone at a great price, and you know. The big pain for me is that I've got to drive to the post office depot out in the country to pick it up tomorrow. Bah!

I think it depends what they put on the outside of the package. Cost ect.

Played with the phone for a few hours, nicely finished, both cameras are by Samsung ( decent ones), straightaway ota update to android 7.0, good performance and speakers, great battery life (slow to charge,though), supports VoLTE.

Rounded screen edges so tempered glass sheet will not cover the entire display, a few Google apps installed by default and not easy to uninstall but overall, a very good buy, happy.

EDIT

The developer's global version of the rom seems better as the final has some issues with deep sleep and is not in fact an android 7.0.

Stitched up to. £11.

Played with it for a few days now and really happy with phone. I upgraded from a Lenovo K3 note and it's far faster and smoother in every day use. Games are significantly faster and it gives a 50% better benchmark in Antutu. Games feel all-round much smoother. It doesn't get anywhere near as hot as the Lenovo and the battery lasts around two days of average use. The rear finger-print reader is great for unlocking the phone as it reads accurately and quickly.

My only gripe is that without a case (which should be arriving next week) the phone as as slippery as a bar of soap, so I'm being super-careful not to drop it every time I pick it up.

So far so good and I'd definitely buy this again at this price for family members etc.

Thanks again, OP.

How long did it take for delivery from the point of paying for the phone??
Ive been waiting 13 days so far and still a no show and the tracking software has just been stuck on the same thing for 10 days..

I waited about 3 weeks for delivery, the status was stuck for a long time too. This is delivery from China so anything up to a month is normal. Take into account that customs may not rush to clear it, too.

Did the tracking update when it reached your destination country??

Not fully but royal mail had it available in the system once it was released by customs (...is being progressed through our delivery network etc)