Xiaomi Redmi 9 Pro £229 - Amazon.co.uk

Now that a few people have them, hopefully nobody will mind if I ask again :

Does the Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro (as currently on sale in Amazon here) have FM radio?

If somebody who has the Pro version (not the 9S, I know that has) could have a look, I'd be very grateful !

Amazon currently doing the 6GB/128Gb in grey for £203.90 - from Xiaomi Smartphone Store. Note this seller only - Back in stock 25/07, Delivery on 01/08 if ordered today (20/07).

Reading about wifi issues - Looks like temporary fix is to disconnect & reconnect every 10 mins, but a permanent fix is in the making with MIUI 12 update, although that website Ive linked is an Indian website so not sure how it relates to this version.

route66 wrote: »

Thanks!

I saw the Amazon purchase link you posted from a page back and that's the exact model I'm considering. Have you actually tried the FM radio out? I'm guessing it needs the headphones plugged in for it to work?

This phone looks like it ticks all my boxes:

• Very good battery life
• Decent performance
• Decent Camera
• NFC
• FM radio
• IR
• Fast fingerprint reader

If I was being picky, I might knock it down a point for not having some degree of water resistance ...

I tried the FM radio today after you asked, yes you do need headphones in. Great phone at a great price, also I have experienced no WiFi issues.

Are you aware that you can buy this for £200.88 from the Xiaomi Smartphone Store on Amazon?

If your not familiar with Amazon, if you look under the main price, you will see a link for "New & Used from..." which will show all sellers and prices. Amazon is a platform for sellers, one of which is Amazon itself. You can cancel this order if it hasn't already shipped.

I checked that before purchasing on Amazon and its definitely UK version so it comes with UK plug - Thanks for the heads up though.

The 7a is only £49 + pm/pw/ap, unlocked
https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/xiaomi/redmi-7a

Is the 9 worth four times the price?

zell12 wrote: »

The 7a is only £49 + pm/pw/ap, unlocked
https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/xiaomi/redmi-7a

Is the 9 worth four times the price?

Odd comparison.

7a is fine for a kids first phone, or if you don't need decent photos. Otherwise the 9 is certainly worth the extra.

zell12 wrote: »

The 7a is only £49 + pm/pw/ap, unlocked
https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/xiaomi/redmi-7a

Is the 9 worth four times the price?

This looks like great value for somebody who doesn't need all the specs,but does it have band 20 and is it unlocked?

I got mine on Friday - £202 from Amazon here

The price does vary here a lot. I understand it went as low as £200 last week and it's now £230.

The Xiaomi replaced a Samsung S8 that I'd had for 3 years. So far, I'm really liking:

• The battery life from the 5020 mAh battery
• FM radio (Am I the only one who uses these ?)
• NFC (Had it on my S8, but it's not standard on all phones)
• Built in IR (It works, currently playing with alternative apps)
• Tons of storage and RAM
• Decent speed - Specs say faster than my S8 - link (Details as per identical 9S model).
• Super fast fingerprint sensor that doubles up as power button
• Build Quality
• Supplied phone cover (I also have a few on order)
• 2 SIMM slots (I'm only using 1) and a Micro SD card (I have a 256 GB installed)
• Configuration that allows double click on power button to toggle led light on/off
• Configuration that allows one-handed mode to be selected with horizontal swipe from home button
• Configuration that allows double click on empty space on home screen to lock phone (& switch off screen). This is a feature of the Xiaomi Poco Launcher.
• More of an Android 10 comment - I had some old Android apps that I manually installed from an apk that I initially couldn't get to work. In the default configuration, a long press on the menu key brings up the menu (Newer apps have the "hamburger" / "3 dots" menu on the top RHS) so all good now.
• Supplied charger is a 33W fast charging UK/Irish 3 pin - format device. It's like the Samsung equivalent with a folding 3rd pin.

Not liking:

• Not quite as polished as Samsung's offerings (but close - just some minor wrinkles in operation that I would hope to be sorted with updates)
• MiUI has no app drawer. I installed Xiaomi's Poco Launcher and that works ok.
• I went out hiking and lost my data connection at one point. That's no problem, but data didn't come back when I came back into coverage. I had to toggle flight mode to get it back. I haven't noticed a problem since.
• My S8 has somehow shrunk massively in the last few days and is now tiny. I previously thought it was too big Or maybe the Xiaomi is a bit big and heavy

Xiaomi Redmi has an app drawer in production now. I searched the APK for it and was able to install.

I got this phone for my dad but I picked up the Google pixel 3a since.

The phone hasn't been open and is even still in the Amazon box if anyone would like to buy it.

I paid £200 for it. I'll send it back to Amazon otherwise.

I'm in Cork city

Del007 wrote: »

I got this phone for my dad but I picked up the Google pixel 3a since.

The phone hasn't been open and is even still in the Amazon box if anyone would like to buy it.

I paid £200 for it. I'll send it back to Amazon otherwise.

I'm in Cork city

What colour and capacity?

Del007 wrote: »

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B088FQRW9Y/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1&th=1

Good price you got it at, I got same colour in 64GB for £189 returned yesterday unopened.

Anybody have dust in the camera between the lens and the outside glass?

Seems to be a known issue with these phones. Getting mine repaired by Xiaomi...bit of a pain having to send back the phone

Redmi note 9 3/64gb €139 in todays Amazon sale.