Xiaomi mi 5

Ciandoyle

Any idea when the Xiaomi mi 5 / 4s will be officially sold in europe? i want one but buying them off the chinese websites seems very risky and i really coudnt afford for it to be delayed/broken.

Alternatively any good 300 euro ish phone coming out in the next month or two?

Kavrocks

Ciandoyle wrote: »

Any idea when the Xiaomi mi 5 / 4s will be officially sold in europe?

Never...

biebiebie

There are rumours that it might be sold in other markets later on. It'll be released in India next.

When the initial specs were published by various tech websites, the specs contained global 4G bands. However subsequently these were denied by xiaomi.

Earlier it was reported that the Mi5 and Mi4 would be released first in Poland. However that rumor had since been squashed.

I personally believe (perhaps incorrectly) that a European version could be released later on - don't forget that xiaomi already have their official store in place.

For the price it's one amazing looking phone, so let's hope so!

myshirt

Have I something horribly wrong here but why can't we just buy off the xiaomi website, or from an authorised seller?

Am I missing a trick here?

biebiebie

Yes you can buy it off other chinese websites, some may have a Europeanc warehouse to avoid having to pay customs.

Although that version of the phone won't have all the LTE 4G Bands we use here, so you might be stuck with 3G.

Also the phone itself might all be in Chinese and you'd have to find and flash an English ROM.

Ciandoyle

biebiebie wrote: »

Yes you can buy it off other chinese websites, some may have a Europeanc warehouse to avoid having to pay customs.

Although that version of the phone won't have all the LTE 4G Bands we use here, so you might be stuck with 3G.

Also the phone itself might all be in Chinese and you'd have to find and flash an English ROM.

Plus the customer service of these websites is awful if you ever had a problem with the phone

grogi

Ciandoyle wrote: »

Any idea when the Xiaomi mi 5 / 4s will be officially sold in europe? i want one but buying them off the chinese websites seems very risky and i really coudnt afford for it to be delayed/broken.

Alternatively any good 300 euro ish phone coming out in the next month or two?

Officially? Never.

Semi officially? Soon... https://www.facebook.com/xiaomiforsale

fixXxer

Review on Gizchina for those interested:

http://www.gizchina.com/2016/03/14/xiaomi-mi5-review/

myshirt

Serious phone. Spec is salivating.

Only issue for those of us looking for a device as 'off the shelf ready' as it can be from China, is that if you run through all the best suppliers out there for us (Honorbuy, banggood, aliexpress, igogo, etc) the Mi5 comes loaded with what will be a lucky dip of any one of many multiple after market roms / attempts at copying MIUI original that are out there, so no OTA updates, possibly patchy performance depending on how close the supplier you choose was able to mirror MIUI, some bloatware, and phone doesn't work on 4G anyway.

Serious phone though and would love to pull the trigger on it!

grogi

myshirt wrote: »

Serious phone. Spec is salivating.

Only issue for those of us looking for a device as 'off the shelf ready' as it can be from China, is that the Mi5 for us in Europe comes loaded with a lucky dip of any one of what are many multiple after market roms / attempts at copying MIUI original, so no OTA updates, possibly patchy performance depending on how close they were able to mirror MIUI, some bloatware, and phone doesn't work on 4G anyway.

Serious phone though and would love to pull the trigger on it!

If Xiaomi releases a Global ROM for it - and there is global for Mi4i Mi3 Mi4 and a few other, so chances are high - it will come with Google Play and OTA updates.

myshirt

Google Pllay is not open source. Can official rom include?

If so, didn't know that.

Also, can anyone direct me to how I flash official global rom version for prior models mentioned above as I am contemplating getting one of these, or even holding out for Mi5 global rom if you say is coming.

Cool. Cheers man.

grogi

myshirt wrote: »

Google Pllay is not open source. Can official rom include?

Xiaomi, as a member of OHA, MUST ship with Google Play outside China.

Also, can anyone direct me to how I flash official global rom version for prior models mentioned above as I am contemplating getting one of these, or even holding out for Mi5 global rom if you say is coming.

Go to http://en.miui.com/download.html and download what you need?

I'm not saying Mi5 Global is coming. The chances are big, they definitely will want to sell it officially in India, Philippines, Singapore etc.

myshirt

Is there instructions on how to flash the global rom to the device?

I take your point, not confirmed for Mi5, but likely, so we'll keep the eyes open.

WheelyFeely

I ordered an Mi 5 from Ebay for about €312 about 2 weeks ago. I got all the packages and bought a case with it as well for €15(including shipping). The downside is that they haven't added much other European countries as a locale which Ireland is not even listed.

The shipping came from Hong Kong and I've checked the seller's info and is seemed trust-worthy based on his continuous business and is actually well known.

grogi

WheelyFeely wrote: »

I ordered an Mi 5 from Ebay for about €312 about 2 weeks ago. I got all the packages and bought a case with it as well for €15(including shipping). The downside is that they haven't added much other European countries as a locale which Ireland is not even listed.

The shipping came from Hong Kong and I've checked the seller's info and is seemed trust-worthy based on his continuous business and is actually well known.

Be careful with it... Mi5 was aready mentioned in one the Beatles songs: Let it be[nt].

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2jav7UdQtE

WheelyFeely

grogi wrote: »

Be careful with it... Mi5 was aready mentioned in one the Beatles songs: Let it be[nt].



I didn't even see the video until you showed me. Why you do this to me.

eddie1986

WheelyFeely wrote: »

I ordered an Mi 5 from Ebay for about €312 about 2 weeks ago. I got all the packages and bought a case with it as well for €15(including shipping). The downside is that they haven't added much other European countries as a locale which Ireland is not even listed.

The shipping came from Hong Kong and I've checked the seller's info and is seemed trust-worthy based on his continuous business and is actually well known.

How are you getting on with the new phone?

Sono

WheelyFeely wrote: »

I ordered an Mi 5 from Ebay for about €312 about 2 weeks ago. I got all the packages and bought a case with it as well for €15(including shipping). The downside is that they haven't added much other European countries as a locale which Ireland is not even listed.

The shipping came from Hong Kong and I've checked the seller's info and is seemed trust-worthy based on his continuous business and is actually well known.

Any feedback so far?

CantGetNoSleep

A lot of the Chinese sites seem to have this on sale for 11.11 (which looks like it is becoming their version of Black Friday).

Just don't buy from Gearbest

Chad_Fantastics

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

A lot of the Chinese sites seem to have this on sale for 11.11 (which looks like it is becoming their version of Black Friday).

Just don't buy from Gearbest

Yep, some pleasing price drops alright, I need to get through the shop sites but 245 from oppomart with 18 for delivery is the best I've seen from a decent seller that ships from a EU warehouse. That's the 32gb version of course.

Anybody else got a hot deal on it?

Sono

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

Yep, some pleasing price drops alright, I need to get through the shop sites but 245 from oppomart with 18 for delivery is the best I've seen from a decent seller that ships from a EU warehouse. That's the 32gb version of course.

Anybody else got a hot deal on it?

Would you get done for duty also?

Sono

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

A lot of the Chinese sites seem to have this on sale for 11.11 (which looks like it is becoming their version of Black Friday).

Just don't buy from Gearbest

Why not buy from them?

Chad_Fantastics

Sono wrote: »

Would you get done for duty also?

Shipping details says its a EU (no vat/tax) option. As always I'd be prepared for a additional cost, just in case.

Honorbuy has it at 263 and EU warehouse shipping is 36 yoyo's. I suspect there will be better prices than that.

delta214

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

Shipping details says its a EU (no vat/tax) option. As always I'd be prepared for a additional cost, just in case.

Honorbuy has it at 263 and EU warehouse shipping is 36 yoyo's. I suspect there will be better prices than that.

Which is better Honorbuy or Oppomart?

BannerBoy1

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

Shipping details says its a EU (no vat/tax) option. As always I'd be prepared for a additional cost, just in case.

Honorbuy has it at 263 and EU warehouse shipping is 36 yoyo's. I suspect there will be better prices than that.

delta214 wrote: »

Which is better Honorbuy or Oppomart?

top one from aliexpress which is very reputable sells the 32 GB version from 264 -275 euro (depending on colour) including DHL shipping which with this seller means that you will not be caught by customs

BannerBoy1

What cover have ye with this phone. Would like one that's comfortable in the hand but there's so many choices it's hard to choose. Don't mind about the price.

Thanks .

cripesonfriday

I bought this from Gearbest on the 12th.
Shipped the 15th
Arrived today.
64Gb, and a case, for 300 Euro with delivery through DHL. Got hit for 23 quid (which I had budgeted for)

Chad_Fantastics

Got mine from Oppomart today, ordered the 16th, 243 for the 32Gb version and 18 for EU customs compliant delivery.

Have to say it's a gorgeous bit of kit, glass and metal body feels really premium, lovely size and screen/camera look incredible!

My One Plus 2 is looking pretty dumpy now

I may have to convince the missus that she should take it on and I'll keep the strange china phone...

Sono

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

Got mine from Oppomart today, ordered the 16th, 243 for the 32Gb version and 18 for EU customs compliant delivery.

Have to say it's a gorgeous bit of kit, glass and metal body feels really premium, lovely size and screen/camera look incredible!

My One Plus 2 is looking pretty dumpy now

I may have to convince the missus that she should take it on and I'll keep the strange china phone...

What's putting me off getting one is the Chinese rom that will be on it, is there the play store on it? Thanks

Chad_Fantastics

Sono wrote: »

What's putting me off getting one is the Chinese rom that will be on it, is there the play store on it? Thanks

It did have the Play store on it, that said I'm not sure if it was the global rom or a vendor spin of it. I'll have a proper look tomorrow and I'll be flashing the rom and maybe a CM build to see what's the best choice. I'll post links of what I used.

MIUI is grand day to day from previous phones but I've ended up on CM in the end due to degrading performance as the Xaiomi builds were released.

WheelyFeely

eddie1986 wrote: »

How are you getting on with the new phone?

Sono wrote: »

Any feedback so far?

Sorry for the late reply. The Mi5 is working remarkably well like any other up to date smartphones. I got a new phone recently which is the XiaoMi 5S Plus as a gift from my pops. He said it was cheaper than my Mi5 and its specs are higher than the Mi5 along with its large screen size and phone memory as well.