Xiaomi Mi A1

dedaw · 15-12-2017 08:47AM

So....
Ordered November 25th from geekbuying. Meant to do it from the Italian site but made a balls of it.
Stayed "processing" for about 2 weeks despite several mails from me and a lack of replies from them.
Sent via DHL on Monday, arrived Wednesday. Stung for 22 bob customs. Still a decent price at 210 all in.
So far so good...

natnifnolnacs · 15-12-2017 08:55AM

I don't mind delays once I am advised of them, but so far I ordered a week and a half ago, have sent 2 emails and have had no response. I won't be buying from geekbuying again anytime soon!

Bahanaman · 15-12-2017 09:38AM

I had a very good experience with geekbuying.com for mine. Bought late Cyber Monday and arrived a week later. Was given good up to date tracking info all during that week. I got it from the Italian warehouse. I bought a fitness tracker since from their Chinese warehouse and paid for DHL express. It was "processing" for about 5 days but after 2 emails it got moving. Again have been given a DHL tracking number which is telling me it has gone from Shenzhen to Hong Kong and has left Hong Kong. Hoping it gets here by next Friday as it's a Christmas present!
So overall so far I've had a fairly decent experience with geekbuying.

dedaw · 15-12-2017 09:51AM

dedaw wrote: »

So....
Ordered November 25th from geekbuying. Meant to do it from the Italian site but made a balls of it.
Stayed "processing" for about 2 weeks despite several mails from me and a lack of replies from them.
Sent via DHL on Monday, arrived Wednesday. Stung for 22 bob customs. Still a decent price at 210 all in.
So far so good...

Forgot to add...the UK plug they sent is badly damaged. Piece missing out of the side of it. No pieces broken off in the package so it must have went in it that way. Will send them a photo and an email and see if anything comes of it.

Tazz T · 15-12-2017 04:41PM

crazyhorse wrote: »

I am in the same boat with eglobalcentral.eu. Ordered the phone last week and money has been taken from my account. Order status is still showing as "processing". I have just raised a ticket on the site. Complete lack of communication from them to date.

This has happened to me as well. I only ordered from them because they were guaranteeing delivery by Xmas if ordered on or before 14th. I ordered the 12th and it's still stuck in processing. No response from them to an email seeking an update.

Have you heard anything since?

fixXxer · 15-12-2017 04:45PM

eGlobal are an absolute pain to deal with if there's a problem. Quite happy to mark items as in stock but what they really mean is "when you order it we'll try and get some in stock. Their CS are of the stick their fingers in their ears variety unless you say you will cancel the order.

Probably a silly question, but has anyone seen an Mi A1 in any of the Chinese phone places around Dublin city centre?

Alanstrainor · 15-12-2017 05:03PM

Tazz T wrote: »

This has happened to me as well. I only ordered from them because they were guaranteeing delivery by Xmas if ordered on or before 14th. I ordered the 12th and it's still stuck in processing. No response from them to an email seeking an update.

Have you heard anything since?

I ordered an A1 on the 5th of Dec, and it took ten days for the status to change to "Getting ready to ship" and then another for it to ship with a tracking number. Others experiencing the same. Customer service would give no indication of what was going on. From what I've heard the tracking can be a disaster with them too. It seems to just arrive out of no where.

Other similar sellers are having the same issues, so I'm not too sure what the best course of action is.

NATLOR · 17-12-2017 11:58AM

NATLOR wrote: »

Went with AliExpress in the end for my second order. Website is saying 7/15 days delivery using DHL. hopefully works out OK

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Global-Version-Xiaomi-Mi-A1-MiA1-Mobile-Phone-4GB-RAM-64GB-ROM-Snapdragon-625-Octa-Core/32829369385.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.PKe8I2

This has been shipped 7 days after ordering which seems to be the norm when ordering from any Asian seller. Got 2 tracking numbers one for HK to UK and from UK to here. Estimated delivery day Tuesday so nicely in for Christmas

natnifnolnacs · 17-12-2017 10:31PM

I've put in to cancel my order and get refunded. 11 days with no status change or response to any of my emails is just ridiculous. I have a stop gap phone, so I'll probably re-order after Christmas when things settle down.

Alanstrainor · 18-12-2017 10:08AM

Can anyone who has used eGlobal and received their order decipher the order tracking? Trying to understand how close things are:

5 2017-12-18 Your parcel has arrived at a sort facility.
4 2017-12-17 Shipment will arrive at courier depot for sorting shortly.
3 2017-12-16 Shipment is en-route to courier depot.
2 2017-12-15 In transit.
1 2017-12-14 The parcel has been picked by the courier; The parcel has left the courier's warehouse.

I have no clue what country it's even in...

PaulKK · 18-12-2017 07:34PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Can anyone who has used eGlobal and received their order decipher the order tracking? Trying to understand how close things are:

5 2017-12-18 Your parcel has arrived at a sort facility.
4 2017-12-17 Shipment will arrive at courier depot for sorting shortly.
3 2017-12-16 Shipment is en-route to courier depot.
2 2017-12-15 In transit.
1 2017-12-14 The parcel has been picked by the courier; The parcel has left the courier's warehouse.

I have no clue what country it's even in...

Don't worry, you should get it tomorrow. 'Sort facility' is near LHR as far as I know.

The Muppet · 18-12-2017 09:09PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Can anyone who has used eGlobal and received their order decipher the order tracking? Trying to understand how close things are:

5 2017-12-18 Your parcel has arrived at a sort facility.
4 2017-12-17 Shipment will arrive at courier depot for sorting shortly.
3 2017-12-16 Shipment is en-route to courier depot.
2 2017-12-15 In transit.
1 2017-12-14 The parcel has been picked by the courier; The parcel has left the courier's warehouse.

I have no clue what country it's even in...

If it's any consolation it has mine for company .

natnifnolnacs · 20-12-2017 09:45AM

Well despite me sending an email 5 days ago requesting to cancel and refund, I got an email this morning that my phone has been shipped! So far no tracking info really, It was updated yesterday morning as " The parcel data was entered into the GLS system; the parcel was not yet handed over to GLS.". I'm hoping they are just slow updating as surely 24 hours later they should have received the package!!

The Muppet · 20-12-2017 10:49AM

72017-12-20 Your parcel will arrive shortly at the courier depot.
62017-12-19 Shipment is on its way to the local depot.
52017-12-18 Your parcel has arrived at a sort facility.
42017-12-17 Shipment will arrive at courier depot for sorting shortly.
32017-12-16 Shipment is en-route to courier depot.
22017-12-15 In transit.
12017-12-14 The parcel has been picked by the courier; The parcel has left the courier's warehouse.

MMH still no local tracking on my order , is this the norm ,

Alanstrainor · 20-12-2017 10:59AM

Mine is the same... very frustrating. It seems they just update their tracking every 24hrs regardless even if there's not much to say. I wish they gave an actual tracking number...

NATLOR · 20-12-2017 11:23AM

NATLOR wrote: »

Went with AliExpress in the end for my second order. Website is saying 7/15 days delivery using DHL. hopefully works out OK

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Global-Version-Xiaomi-Mi-A1-MiA1-Mobile-Phone-4GB-RAM-64GB-ROM-Snapdragon-625-Octa-Core/32829369385.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.PKe8I2

Got this today and all good, would recommend the store they were quick to answer a couple of questions i had and the DHL shipping option meant no customs. Cost me 210 all in at time of ordering

Hayezer · 20-12-2017 03:07PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Mine is the same... very frustrating. It seems they just update their tracking every 24hrs regardless even if there's not much to say. I wish they gave an actual tracking number...

I got a text from DHL yesterday saying it will be here Thursday and the eGlobal tracking has updated showing a DHL tracking link. So hopefully you should get the actual tracking number soon!

Alanstrainor · 20-12-2017 03:27PM

Hayezer wrote: »

I got a text from DHL yesterday saying it will be here Thursday and the eGlobal tracking has updated showing a DHL tracking link. So hopefully you should get the actual tracking number soon!

Actually, I had a mail from DPD this morning saying a delivery will be made this afternoon. I had ordered a small car part that I assumed that was referring to. But looking closer the reference number on the DPD site it is made up of most of the eGlobal number. I doubt this is a coincidence, so I should hopefully get this in the next couple of hours.

Alanstrainor · 20-12-2017 04:33PM

Phone landed via DPD. Woohoo.

The Muppet · 21-12-2017 12:35AM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Phone landed via DPD. Woohoo.

Mines been further connected whatever that means . No email from DPD yet either .

Bahanaman · 21-12-2017 08:17AM

Have the phone just over three weeks now and am very happy so far. Just noticed a few screen freezes and app crashes over the last few days though. Has anybody else had anything similar?

chrismon · 21-12-2017 08:21AM

Bahanaman wrote: »

Have the phone just over three weeks now and am very happy so far. Just noticed a few screen freezes and app crashes over the last few days though. Has anybody else had anything similar?

Keep us updated on rhat.

Bahanaman · 21-12-2017 08:26AM

Also been a few instances of poor screen sensitivity. Some of the crashes have involved the actual Google launcher. I'm hoping the next update will sort it out. Like I said I'm still very happy with the phone. Miles ahead of my old Huawei G7.

fixXxer · 21-12-2017 08:30AM

Now that people have had their phones for a little bit, how are they finding the camera? Does the two lenses make any appreciable difference?

sydthebeat · 21-12-2017 10:41AM

fixxxer wrote: »

Now that people have had their phones for a little bit, how are they finding the camera? Does the two lenses make any appreciable difference?

i use my camera a lot for work... generally taking pictures while walking in houses etc
so some things ive noticed.

the file size for roughly the same quality pic from my old xperia E1 is about 1/3
a high res pic on the E1 was usually around 3mb, with the A1 its just over 1mb

the A1 is a lot quicker taking a pic too... it focus very quickly so the pic is almost instant... even in lower light

the pics in low light arent great, but ive a dslr that even struggles in low light.

the bokeh effect works well, though i havent played around too much with it. if your into macro pics in good light then its decent enough.

all in all for the cost of the phone the camera is quite good.

fixXxer · 21-12-2017 10:48AM

Thanks for that, very helpful.

Alanstrainor · 21-12-2017 12:11PM

My eGlobal tracking is still updating despite it being delivered yesterday... here's what it says now:

2017-12-21 Shipment further connected.
2017-12-20 Your parcel will arrive shortly at the courier depot.

Just in case anyone is in a similar boat. Looks like when it gets to the bit about the courier it stops making any sense at all.

The Muppet · 21-12-2017 02:01PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

My eGlobal tracking is still updating despite it being delivered yesterday... here's what it says now:

2017-12-21 Shipment further connected.
2017-12-20 Your parcel will arrive shortly at the courier depot.

Just in case anyone is in a similar boat. Looks like when it gets to the bit about the courier it stops making any sense at all.

Still no sign of mine , no email from dpd either,it must be taking the scenince route to swords.

Bahanaman · 21-12-2017 03:44PM

chrismon wrote:

Keep us updated on rhat.

Feck. Google crashing all the time now!

NATLOR · 21-12-2017 04:13PM

Bahanaman wrote: »

Feck. Google crashing all the time now!

Seems to be a common issue. Havent tried my phones yet as they are both presents but have a look here you might find an answer

https://www.google.ie/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enIE772IE772&ei=P9o7WrSoEYLDgAaZu6XICw&q=google+crashing+on+mia1&oq=google+crashing+on+mia1&gs_l=psy-ab.12...3231.12199.0.14255.13.13.0.0.0.0.84.893.13.13.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.12.827...0j0i22i30k1j35i39k1j33i160k1.0.7mHB6r1c58c

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