**** The Official Chinese Phones Thread ****
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Standard Mi5 with 32GB rom
This one http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/xiaomi-mi5-1315657/review if it is keep it.
If it's for the camera then the lg g4 has a fantastic camera but you can't trust the phone since you know. For an extra £100?
Have you thought about a 2nd hand lg g5? they should be around £200 by now or even a 2nd hand mi5/s. They tend to have good cameras. Not so good with low light as the flagships from samung and whatnot but pretty good.
Yes that's the one.
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Anyone's Xiaomi Mi A1 arrive yet? 
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Anyone's Xiaomi Mi A1 arrive yet?
Mine is still showing in Hong Kong. Shipment information received but that was on the 14th!
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Can't wait to get my hands on this.
Basically in short
Camera is slow to focus - I frankly don't care because I don't compare it to other phone cameras, I compare it to my other cameras…and to be frank, none of them compare, not even the £1k iPhone camera will compare so I don't even start.
Speaker is below average. My phone has been on silent for about 10 years.
No headphone jack - I haven't plugged in headphones for about a year.
I think the ONLY thing I will miss is NFC so I just have to remember my wallet when I leave the house.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bensin/2017/09/17/elephone-s8-review/
Basically in short
Camera is slow to focus - I frankly don't care because I don't compare it to other phone cameras, I compare it to my other cameras…and to be frank, none of them compare, not even the £1k iPhone camera will compare so I don't even start.
Speaker is below average. My phone has been on silent for about 10 years.
No headphone jack - I haven't plugged in headphones for about a year.
I think the ONLY thing I will miss is NFC so I just have to remember my wallet when I leave the house.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bensin/2017/09/17/elephone-s8-review/
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Is the Xiaomi Mi A1 the phone to get now? I was waiting for the Redmi Note 5 but the Xiaomi Mi A1 looks sweet.
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I ordered a Xiaomi Note 4 for my wife from Banggood HK on the 13th. It was shown as shipped on the 17th but the tracking number (apparently a Swiss Post reference) is show as 'Not found'. Is this normal?
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Where is the best place to buy a Xiaomi Mi A1?
For those saying the A1 wouldn't be an upgrade over an Mi5, I was looking at replacing mine with one too. Stock android, and being able to use SD card appeals to me and the price seems very reasonable. Plus I got the basic Mi5 model with 16GB rom which in hindsight was a mistake but it was my first time purchasing a Chinese phone and wasn't sure what to expect in case any problems arose.
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There was some offers posted on hotukdeals a few pages back.
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Cool. Tempted to go for this. Stock Android and SDCARD has swung it. I need OTG and currently have a P9 Lite but OTG doesn't work even with a work around.
What is a good small sized chinese phone to replace my the S6 my mrs has when the time comes early next year? She is not a phone addict, and has liked her S6 quite a lot. However, as a very low demand user, struggling to find a suitable device for her without spending quite a lot of money!
Xiaomi 4x is small and cheap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBVZ0GtFOUM
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I just got Barclays app, American Express app and Netflix to work.
BBC iPlayer works too !
Trusted reviews simply can't be trusted...
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