Chinese Android Phones 2 - Read First Post!

So my Xiaomi Redmi note 4 international version has landed and playing with it for an hour now and I think I'm in love. Huge step up from my Samsung galaxy core prime and this is also my very first brand new phone believe it or not

X6.430macman wrote: »

So my Xiaomi Redmi note 4 international version has landed and playing with it for an hour now and I think I'm in love. Huge step up from my Samsung galaxy core prime and this is also my very first brand new phone believe it or not

X6.430macman wrote: »

So my Xiaomi Redmi note 4 international version has landed and playing with it for an hour now and I think I'm in love. Huge step up from my Samsung galaxy core prime and this is also my very first brand new phone believe it or not

You can say that again

X6.430macman wrote: »

Ha..what region do I use on it??

from earlier in the thread..

Steven Numerous Flare wrote: »

I picked Spain and then adjusted my time zone in settings to Dublin, London, Lisbon.

Well the cheap phone lasted 5 weeks.....woke up this moring to a blue line down the left side of the screen and the bottom of the screen with a big grey blur, the odd non responsive touch too.....experiment failed!:p

mikeybrennan wrote: »

what fone?

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

It's that time again.......

Took a gamble on the Umi Touch here

92 Euro in total! customs should be 20ish, most eu warehouses have it at 149 etc, sure I could sell my Galaxy Note 3 for more.

Liked the fact it can be flashed to different OS easily and apparently has a seperate GPS receiver, decent battery and a processor which wont eat it.....mostly was the price, I had the Umi super before and cracked the screen...actually its still at home:pac: thought the coverage wasnt great, turns out its my jobs location

UMI TOUCH ?

Hi, just opening up my global version redmi 4 and in the list of countries Ireland or UK is not there? Should it be and will it make a difference if I choose say, Germany ?

Is there a few hardware versions of the Xiaomi MI6 as I have noticed different 4G/LTE radios available.

https://www.honorbuy.com/1134-xiaomi-mi-6-64gb-global-version-3d-glass-body-smartphone-black.html
This has,
4G: FDD-LTE B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B38/B39/B40/B41,CAT.12

And

https://www.honorbuy.com/1125-xiaomi-mi-6-smartphone-multi-languages.html
This has,
4G: FDD-LTE B1/B3/B7/B8
TDD B38/B39/B40/B41

Or is this just the radios been enabled using different "Global" Roms?

Just dont want to buy the wrong one, hopefully they are just Rom differences not hardware.

irishgeo wrote: »

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if it has customs due parcel motel wont accept it.

They will accept once the duty is paid in advance

Yes you can shop anywhere in the world and use your Parcel Motel address as your delivery address. However, if you are buying goods from outside the EU please be aware that depending on the value of the item, they may be subject to Customs VAT & Duty Charges. These charges will need to be paid before the carrier will deliver your parcel to Parcel Motel. If the carrier informs us that they have a parcel on hold and they give us the correct details (your name and PMID) we will contact you with the relevant information so that you can organise payment. Parcel Motel does not accept responsibility for any parcels returned to the sender due to unpaid Customs and Excise duties and cannot pay charges on your behalf. We would also recommend that you track your overseas parcel so that you can see if your parcel is being held by Customs.

Thanks fixxxer, though that would be the case but wanted to check

mikeybrennan wrote: »

is parcel motel fast and reliable for getting Chinese phones delivered?

thinking of going this route

It can be faster yes. But if there is customs owed they might refuse it. Some people have gotten it through without any issues though.

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

6" is grand not much different from 5.5, tbh it may be a network issue, I'm with 3 and its brutal.

Just checked out the phone, 2GB Ram and a 720 screen on 6 inches seems a bit out dated tbh.