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augster:
I'm good bro, what about you?

We just dey tug on jare.

SirKriz:
It's now $115 on AliExpress, shipping not included. OP what site did you get it from and how long did delivery take?

Aliexpress.
Took 13 days from shipping.

I unknowingly bought it when it was on presale though, so that's why I got it at less than $100 I think.

Tbillz:
but GTB has a limit of $100 monthly, which of the banks exceed that limit please?

You combine two or more cards to fund Alipocket.
Access bank used to have a $200 limit, but I heard they now have $100 limit.
I'm not sure about the info.

Whizpeter:
Went for a Samsung S4...

Xiaomi wasted time in pushing this device to the market and I needed a phone urgently...

I waited for two weeks after it was released to the market but aliexpress, gearbest and Co were still having it on pre-order which was very expensive...

Yeah I remember seeing you on that thread.
Hope your s4 battery isn't terrible?
My sister's is.

Whizpeter:
This could be me, but I was impatient...

lol what did you now buy?

Tbillz:
In conclusion access bank allows $200 limit a month? What Card did U use to purchase the product? And what's the price of that monster? Thanks

GTB mastercard.
$93 plus shipping equals to $99.

It's now over $100 though.

KingOfThePay:
Which one is 4A. I only know Xiomi Redmi note4

if you dont know something you use the google you used in getting those pics to ask instead of spamming

augster:
Oga mi sir
Make i sit here

long time bro. how are you doing?

Camera is a 13mp unit with a 5mp selfie camera.

1. Selfie camera
2. Camera without HDR
3 Camera in HDR mode.

Won't bother talking about Night photos taken in total darkness. As you would expect from a budget smartphone, it isn't the greatest quality camera in total Darkness or too poorly lit conditions.


To sum it up, the phone has been great for the price.
You can always trust Xiaomi for better quality devices unlike other Chinese OEMs.
I got it for $93, but it's more expensive now at over $100.

To put this in perspective, in terms of pricing, Samsung J5 2016 has even poorer specs but retails at around 100k.

So instead of getting these rubbish quality phones at ridiculous prices, you can be smart and get something better.

IF you noticed in the above picture, it's equipped with an IR blaster, Used for controlling your home appliances, in case you somehow dont know.

Booting it on, you notice the screen, which is extremely good for it's price. Great color saturation with no notable colour loss at even exteme viewing angles.

UPDATE: The phone's screen is very visible under direct sunlight.
Also an LED indicator is present in the phone, with settings to customise different colours for different notifications



Installed out of the box is MIUI, Xiaomi's custom rom, running Marshmallow 6.0.1.
You get 1gb ram free out of the available 2gb of Ram.
It's really smooth and NEVER LAGS under heavy use.
Keep in Mind that this isn't the Galaxy S7 or Iphone 7, so it isn't blazing fast, but It's quite good.
I forgot to mention, it actually supports 4G LTE.

Don't ask me about games, because I don't play games on my phones anymore nowadays, but with an Antutu score of 36,000, it should play most titles, even the heaviest of them at Medium quality with just some Lag



Honestly, this is one of the better Andriod ROMs out there. Very lightweight, and "works".



battery life is key for Nigerians, and this phone doesn't actually disappoint with it's 3000mah battery.
Even though it's equipped with a Qualcomms Quick charge 2.0, it comes with no fast charger. Anyways charging time is around 2hours 15 minutes with the phone turned off.

I use my phone for the internet mostly, so I wonder what your own usage pattern might be.
I reckon anyone under any Sort of usage should get up to at least 7 hours screen on time.

you can find my Battery usage charts below. They were taken at different times to give more insight.

I was willing to spend just somewhere around 50k.
Looking through Konga and Jumia made me annoyed.
Almost 60k for just Infinix hot 4 pro, 50k for Tecno W5 with 1gb ram.

I stumbled upon Xiaomi thread on Nairaland, and was surprised to learn that just N320/$ was GTB's rate albeit with a $100 monthly limit.

Settled for the Redmi 4A cos I only had a GTB card, and I wasn't willing to use a third party's Access card ( Access bank charges $325/N qith a $200 monthly limit).


Note:Aliexpress has a wallet service which can be funded with as many cards as possible.

Going through all this sermon to answer the inevitable "how did you go about it" questions


FAST FORWARD TO THE PHONE'S REVIEW
The box contents are pretty basic. A 1A charger, Sim Ejector pin, USB cable, and an obviously useless instructional manual is all the phone comes with.
The phone is plastic but solidly built and very light, it weighs just about 140grams I think. I'm just wondering what these other OEMs put in their heavy phones.
I bought the Gold color because I couldn't stand the other, available colour; Rose Gold. (Tim Cooks cynical way of un-demonizing the pink color for Men, but Kolewerk )

Equipped with a Snapdragon 425, the device is a certainly lower midrange smartphone, but very capable though.

please be patient as I'm busy I don't even know wetin make me start the thread this night sef.

Firstly, I have to dedicate this phone to CBN forcing me to buy a budget phone as a result of one of their restrictive policies ,while at the same time teaching me how to be 'wise'

Well, just had to do this review to enlighten some guys on a mean budget, on how not to break the bank for a budget device. (looking at you Tecno and Infinix)

Pictures coming soon.

just got it from china in the below pictures.

Upon all the mind boggling issues in this country, you want us to bother about reality TV.
I have refused to give a Fvck today
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--7mCFIxSx--/piefy1ovpb96rilx3qwo.gif

I know what you're trying to do but kwantinue

AMOLED screens generally have somewhat sharper screens with very dark 'blacks'and higher color saturation.
they have better viewing angles sice each pixel is lit up individually.

But they are susceptible to 'burn in': some pixel in the screen getting damaged by heat.

A quality AMOLED screen is almost always better than a quality LCD screen.

Gptech:
Yes, they do

Sunyoumail take 3 weeks abi?

dustmalik:
Elxandre, were you able to resolve your appeal issue?

Yes I was.

fibonacci2526:
#1000For Wetin?

Maybe because Na Ondo state.

fibonacci2526:
The only items I have paid for are phones and na only #200 dem collect for each. The rest items are glasses, earpieces, phone cases etc and they never collected a
dime for them.

Paid 1000 naira
Maybe it's because it's Ondo state.

Gptech:
Just checked, one of them actually took 17 days to deliver to me

The one with post NL they?
Expected.
Does that sunyoumail track outside China?

And which is faster between post nl and SP?

GrandMufti:
no. $100 is permitted to leave your account monthly, if I'm to put it that way

peterjero:
No

Thanks guys.

If I buy different stuff from a particular store, will everything get packed and shipped together, so I receive them at the same time?

Let's say I already exhausted my GTB $100 monthly limit.
Can I possibly use my ATM at a higher rate (500/$)?

Gptech:
All were tracked

Thanks.
Kai. 3 weeks though.

Gptech:
Yea, but got mine in 3 weeks, max a month. Have already bought about 5 of those from Aliexpress, you can check other stores if they have it. For those with PayPal, you can get it on gearbest, that's where I got the first one.

Does it have tracking?
I wish I could get something solid on Konga at a reasonable price.

Gptech:
https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32683380513.html

E nor get better shipping o.

Gptech:
Before we forget, come give us wetin u prepare for ur birthday, WUHLLNP.

Thanks bro.

decent battery life Redmi 4A.

Gptech:
Bad earpiece, have been using its brother for some months now, this thing combined with your redmi note 3 pro go burst your ears oooo
Though I know of something way cheaper that sounds better .

please tell me abeg.

jboixxx:
Got ma KZ ED9 earphone today. Ordered 04/01, arrived Lagos 17/01 and received in Jalingo, Taraba state 21/01 (17days)!

Earphone output is superb with noise isolation. Outta box content: Microphone Earphones, 1 x Pair of Rubber Earbuds (S Size), 1 x Pair of Rubber Earbuds (M Size), 1 x Pair of Spare Ear Caps. Price: N3024.

Awaiting my RN3 Pro next week. Dam5reey

Xiaomi should be adding earphones to their phones even at additional costs joor

went through the whole market, couldn,t get any good decent earphones.

martineverest:
so,u dey celebrate 2day nd u no let us know.....weldone,sir

birthday gifts are still welcome.

Bitcoin, Naira,USD etc.