**** The Official Chinese Phones Thread ****

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

Ordered using Netherlands Registered and British Express and never paid tax. Stay away from courier companies.

How do I choose that postage method?

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

Redmi 4X from GeekBuying - is that the best place as GearBest seem to have run out of stock?

 

[kaptainmarc]

Ah seen that one, let us know you get on with it please !

yeah will post up in here when it arrives

I will post up when I get it. Now to stalk th

Redmi 4X from GeekBuying - is that the best place as GearBest seem to have run out of stock?

I've just ordered from geekbuying for the 4X. not ordered from them before though

 

[oggiet]

How do I choose that postage method?

it's called registered air mail, from there you can choose Netherlands registered.

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

Thanks chaps.

Are these stores likely to be faster than AliExpress? I can pay with credit card so should get Section 75 protection - is the same true for AliExpress or is it like PayPal?

 

[oggiet]

Gearbest is very good company , never had problems. I normally pay with PayPal, pacrel takes about 5 or so days to come.

 

[sanaxe1]

What's the difference between the Xiaomi note 4 and the 4x?

 

[Swiftz]

I'm going to buy the Xiaomi Mi5 64GB on flash sale for £188 but I don't have a credit card so should I pay with my Barclays debit card or Paypal that is linked to my debit card for some protection in case the item doesn't turn up or dead on arrival?

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

I'm going to buy the Xiaomi Mi5 64GB on flash sale for £188 but I don't have a credit card so should I pay with my Barclays debit card or Paypal that is linked to my debit card for some protection in case the item doesn't turn up or dead on arrival?

No band 20 on that one.

 

[Swiftz]

No band 20 on that one.

It's fine, I always use 3G on the Three network and is more than enough for my needs.

 

[BaldJedi]

no problem with 4G using the mi5 on the 3 network

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

no problem with 4G using the mi5 on the 3 network

You can get 4G on the 1800MHz band yes but not on band 20. Having said that it's doubtful it would work anyway as I doubt VoLTE is supported by Three and that is needed for band 20 access.

 

[Matteysan]

You can get 4G on the 1800MHz band yes but not on band 20. Having said that it's doubtful it would work anyway as I doubt VoLTE is supported by Three and that is needed for band 20 access.

VoLTE is on the Three network but you need a Three branded/firmware phone to use it. 4G will still work fine though, it'll just drop back to H/H+ when a call comes in.

 

[oggiet]

I'm sure that I get LTE on my phone while I'm at work. Running EU.MIUI rom on global Note4x

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

VoLTE is on the Three network but you need a Three branded/firmware phone to use it. 4G will still work fine though, it'll just drop back to H/H+ when a call comes in.

4G on 1800MHz will work, 4G on band 20 won't. As I said.

 

[hux]

Anyone seen this?

https://www.banggood.com/UMIDIGI-Cr...m_campaign=umicrystal64GBad1&utm_content=Aldo

 

[james.miller]

Interesting phone. poor chipset though, its not up to much.

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

I really wouldn't advise buying a phone with a MediaTek processor. They're horribly slow on releasing the source code for their processors and so updates are slow if they come at all.

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

Can somebody test one of the Xiaomi phones on EE and tell me if they support WiFi Calling and/or VoLTE?

 

[kayomani]

Both work on my note 3 although I don't know if the VoLTE is supported on a stock rom as I have been on a custom one forever