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In that case only immediate offer I see is switching to vodafone for the redmi note 10 5g for 130 euro. I got this phone for my father who is a light user. No social media apps just whatsapp / calls / texts and his hearing aid app. Very nice for the price.

Get it in store. Online ordering is a balls.

Its tough to get something smaller at reasonable price without the spec suffering. Screen isnt small but this phone is very light and slim compared to other similar priced phones. The spec is amazing for the price. Must be a catch somewhere with this at 180 euro. The prepay plan looks decent also at 15 euro top.

By comparison this same phone is 280 euro AFTER a 100 euro switching discount with Vodafone...

Edit: bollox just noticed its out of stock. Not surprising at that price.

Xiaomi redmi note 12 on sale for £185 on Amazon uk, great all-rounder

6.67 inch 120Hz AMOLED display

Big 5000mAh battery

33W fast Charging

Snapdragon Processor

50mp camera

4GB ram and 128GB storage

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BWJH6QX4/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

Well after the Poco F5 and Pro hit the market on Monday, I've got to say that I am quite surprised at the pricing. Above what I'd expected by €100 or more.

The Google fu I'd undertaken earlier that led me to believe the Note 12 Turbo and the Poco F5 were one and the same, well it's been borne out on the xiaomi.eu ROM page.

I'm confident in that belief to have bought the handset in the 12/256 version this morning. I think that the 5G band 20 is a software edit, if it works I'll be very 😁 if it doesn't, well I still have another 5g band available and it covers home and urban at very least.

Bought on giztop for €370 will leave a little review once it's arrived and I've used it a little while on xiaomi.eu ROM.

Which lower price? Is there a handset in particular you are after?

Buying choices here generally depend on what you are buying but I've always found AliExpress to be decent esp as they include VAT. Other options such as Giztop or Sunday will have the same handsets cheaper but only as they don't charge VAT so expect additional cost when it lands.

I get you now. The Poco F5 is available on AliExpress from the official poco store there, for €402.31 inc VAT. (The F5 Pro is available there for €600😳).

Both prices are steep IMO. You can always try giztop or sunsky or use KIMOVIL which is good for both comparing specs and checking prices.

Xiaomi/Poco/Redmi tend to rebadge models between themselves. So the Redmi note 12 turbo, is the same platform as the Poco F5 (Marble).

If you are comfortable flashing unlocking the bootloader and flashing new ROMs onto handsets? Then it's a means of buying a cheaper handset. You do need to be handy with ADB and flashtools but it's not hard to learn.

I bought the Note 12 turbo 12/256 for €357.88 versus the price for Poco F5 via official stor on Ali at €436.89 that's a near €80 saving but it means being your own tech support for the phone.

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Best I can see at the moment is the poco x5 5g 6/128 for 288.

Specs look almost identical to the x4 pro 5g.

Snapdragon 695.

https://www.gomibo.ie/poco-x5

Anyone who has an honor magic 5 pro or views on it want to convince me not to buy it , seems to be a good phone, thanks.

Anyone with a Redmi Note 11 Pro (or similar) upgrade to MIUI 14 recently? I got the update a few days ago and it's practically bricked my phone. Apps constantly hanging on me since. I'll probably end up factory resetting and going back to 13.

Using MIUI Global 14.0.3 on note 10 pro a few months now without issues

Updated to 14 on a redmi note 11 5g and the above happens at least once a day, mainly at night for some reason. The home screen wont show any apps and the phone as you said is like a brick. Even getting it to turn off may take 10mins. I'm running Nova launcher if that's anything to do with it?