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Divine17:
My quest for opinions to enable me know which phone to go for,made me stumble on this thread,been following for a while now.

Finally got my Redmi 3s prime yesterday,many thanks to Bookiemart01 for her help and patience too.

Make me too enjoy the Xiaomi train,but without the updates hassles sha...lolz!

Welcome on board, you made a good decision.

Baroba:
what I meant was, I would have love if the Redmi pro 4 had a snapdragon processor just like the Redmi 4 prime..

ooo u mean redmi pro, same here, thats the only thing keeping me from it.

pachman:
Hello, good morning, please since you have divorced your 3s. Do you mind me marrying your 3s? How much should I pay for the dowry?

Hehehehe. You wanna divorce too or practice polygamy?

scarr:
Got this redmi4 about a week ago after a divorce from Redmi 3s.
Nice sharp phone i must say except for the unecesary large bezel and lack of backlight nav keys.
However i and my phone don't always agree on somethings .
The phone forcefully shuts all apps including "live apps" like BBM, WhatsApp and Mail apps. I need these apps to be always running .

All battery saving settings are off.

Go to settings, then permission and allow to run in background. If issue persist then lock the apps.

Olalekan76:
. please can u help with upgrade of my redmi note 2. Your contact so we can discuss about. Thanks. Am based in lagos

08077665471

Baroba:
My pocket cannot accommodate a 6 inch device, the phone is humongous.. Techtablets and Red skull; two you tube channels I value their opinion very highly, rated the Redmi 4 as the best battery they have ever seen in a mobile phone. I will probably settle for the pro version, just wish it had a snapdragon chipset and the killer battery of redmi 4...

Do you actually mean redmi 4 or redmi note 4, because redmi 4 is actually snapdragon.

flexxyworld:
I seriously need something that supports 4G, I will have gone for techno w3.

Go for Redmi 2, its 27k on Konga. It beats almost every phone at that price.

Baroba:
The real battery champion na Redmi 4.. Am caught between Redmi 4 (solely because of its awesome battery) and Redmi note 4 pro / Redmi pro.

And the champion is............





MI max! If battery is what you consider most and you don't bother about the size, plus you have the cash.

vosquare:
Something like that.... But poweramp no even gimme chance to use d app wela

Yea its advisable to pay, though I already patched when I was rooted.

vheeki:
Hello guys. Please assist, which is better between rn3 special edition and redmi 4 prime?

No comparison here, the redmi note 3 is far better. The only thing the redmi 4 prime has over it is a more sturdy design and better battery endurance due to of course the smaller screen and less powerful processor.

vosquare:
I don't even use d music app... Poweramp all d way

Seconded! But the music app is clearer sha.

GrandMufti:
Yes. One good thing about miui is that the music app rarely drops your battery

Even third party apps don't consume my battery. As wacky as the battery performance of my device is, 6% of battery juice can give me hours of music playback via earphones. Infact playing from 10 p.m to like 3a.m sometimes doesn't take more than 10%.

Neyoalao:
Guys please kindly advise me now. Am really contemplating about getting redmi 4 pro like i wanted before because i couldn't see detailed review online and am seriously thinking for a very low phone hot 4 instead. Please if there's anyone using redmi 4 pro should kindly share their experiences or advise

Buy redmi 4 pro, you will never regret it! I don't like persuading people, afterall what do I stand to gain apart from you thanking me till even more than next year.

humblesteve:
How much is note 3 special edition. My 3s doesn't support 4g with Glo

May need to switch

You better forget about glo 4G, very few devices support that band.

KingsleyTMTTM:
hello xiaomi users, pls whats the diff btween global stable rom and developers rom, i want to buy a xiaomi phone and am jus getting confused by all these

GrandMufti come and help o, can't type now.

kolomax:
I just got the phone yesterday everything was okay in the morning it just switch itself to edge around that 6pm I thought it's because of the level of the battery as at yesterday but up till now am still experiencing it

Its network issue, you can change your sim to confirm.

GrandMufti:
Same thing now. Mine just switched to edge. Another trick I normally use is to switch to airplane mode for 10 seconds, then turn airplane mode off.

I think it's a network issue and not your phone.

Badt guy, that really works almost every time. I think this switching thing is prevalent with Glo network.

GrandMufti:
Try LTE only. If there is no network on your phone then just reboot. What network are you using?

That can work only when there is 4G coverage in his location.

GrandMufti:
Again you miss the point entirely. Redmi note 3 has a 4000mAh battery, Sony xa has about 2300. But guess what, after upgrading to miui 8, the Sony phone lasts longer than rn3. Why? Because miui 8 is heavier than miui 7.

Still on the midrange issue, why is redmi note 3 pro running on lollipop while redmi note 3 special edition with identical specs, running on MM? Are they not both midrange phones? You see how your argument about midrange phones flawed?

Now about giving midrange phones 'sweet treatment', why have they not provided update for redmi note 4?

Take a look at the link below concerning redmi note 4


http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=426509&extra=page%3D1&mobile=2

The whole argument here has nothing to do with xiaomi's hardware specs. This was the same model blackberry operated. They ignored their OS while others were making innovations.

Hmm, you know miui is not being abandoned, and about innovation
You just mentioned good battery performance from your xperia due to stable update right? Yet you fail to point out how updating whether the xperia z3 or z5 ruined its battery performance. What's the reason, bugs right? We all know that miui 8 is filled with bugs. About miui being heavy, check the endurance rating of mi5 and xperias running same battery capacity and come back here. It's all about optimization, even the mi5 with 3000mah trumps the redmi note 3 with 4000mah. Of course miui updates have been a sour story for some and also sweet for others but that doesn't make your comparison with blackberry os valid, in fact there is nothing to compare there. Why do people love miui? Innovation is the answer. Infact my redmi note 2 looks newer by the day and looks more advanced than many phones running Marshmallow.

GrandMufti:
Someone needed money urgently so I bought it for cheap. Again you are totally missing the point. It's not about money but what the phone can do. As mediocre as the specs are, it is running a stable android N. That is just the point I have been trying to pass on to you. Mediocre phones with specs older than most xiaomi 2016 phones are running Android N. So what is Xiaomi's excuse?

XDA guys developed Android N for xiaomi phones as far back as August, even before miui 8 was released yet a company as big as xiaomi is still struggling to release a stable MM.

What can xperia xa do better than xiaomi redmi note 3 apart from camera? I have not said the money you spend on a device is proportional to its performance, I have only insisted that redmi note 3 is a mid range phone. There are countless mid range xperias that never got updated even once.
Lastly, Xioami are not struggling to release marshmallow, don't they already have phones running marshmallow? If they give midrange phones the sweet treatment you seek, you expect people to buy their flagships? My brother all is market strategy.

GrandMufti:
My primary phone is xperia xa. If you read my initial post I said minimum is MM update.

Lol when you say I'll never get any upgrades on my phone.

Whether a phone is midrange or not is not my issue. As long as its architecture supports OS upgrade, then I'm good with it.

This man ehhh . You know the xperia xa is pricey yet the specs is mediocre compared to what you are paying for? Again watch how xperia z5 and z3 will be treated as Kings over the XA, then you will know why you should bother if your device is a flagship or not since OS upgrade is of great importance to you.

Rozaystunna:
which is yours?

Redmi note 2

Rozaystunna:
mine is still okay

Thats most likely because your phone is different from mine.

GrandMufti:
You also mentioned Letv having fewer phones. Well does it makes sense to release phones every 3 months without active support for existing ones? Don't blame Letv for having fewer phones.

Yes it does make sense to release phones every three months, ask those enjoying their redmi 3s here. Not everyone can afford even the redmi note 3. That's why no company can match xiaomi in terns of quality to price ratio in the mid range category of phones. And support? Even redmi 2 is very much supported and will likely get miui 9, what do you mean by support? Seriously how many company support devices like xiaomi? Or you prefer just one update (Android update) in your phone's life time that will eventually kill your device's performance. Anyway, no need to complain since you already know the right thing to do. Get the device that suits you

GrandMufti:
If Xiaomi stops giving update on their phones, I'll simply move on to other brands. It's just like Dell selling you a laptop with xp at the same price that hp is selling the same laptop with win 10.

Then you should consider another brand now because you will never get any android upgrade on your device, best you can get is Marshmallow, and see how long you have waited You know why? Your device is a midrange device according to Xiaomi, Mi4 has Marshmallow already.

GrandMufti:
You need to lay your hands on a Xiaomi phone running CM 14.1 nougat 7.1. I have used one and my life can never remain the same again.

There you go! You mean custom roms?
Ok port and don't complain later o

GrandMufti:
I still want to understand what makes a phone 'mid range'? Is it the processor or battery or the build quality? If your answer is the build quality, ask yourself if the build quality would in any way affect the smooth running of the OS.

Never said build quality, its of course the quality of the hardware used which majorly is the processor, of course build quality can be considered much later after considering camera sensors used, connectivity, quality of screen and display, etc. Infact the SD 650 is officially a mid range processor, so what are you driving at? That redmi note 3 is a flagship?

joesmarty:
pls guys i need a reliable source on aliexpress i can buy xiaomi redmi 3s from. thanks.

Try xiaomi store or dreami store.

GrandMufti:
I don't know what you mean by mid-ranger. Motorola devices of 2013 are running Android N. Letv 1s is also Running on android N, so it's not a matter of how 'expensive'a phone is but if it actually supports such architecture.

There are major security and other improvements in marshmallow not to talk about nougat... It is like using a skinned windows xp all the time with gui and some app upgrades. I love windows xp but time is moving, and it is also unsecure to use an outdated android version. I know that there are security patches for lollipop as well and we recieve them, but everything slowly moves over to marshmallow and nougat. A big company such as xiaomi should understand this and if they want to keep up with other big brands, who also update their os and not just the gui and apps, they need to give us marshmallow minimum. It is possible as we can see from hard working developers at XDA, so xiaomi should also able to do it.

Bros believe it or not Xiaomi mi max downwards are all mid range phones from xiaomi, you mentioned Motorola, that it almost pure android they use. Motorola does very little tweaking in their os, thus making it easy to dish out updates. Even Samsung can't catch up with Motorola in terms of updates. The LEeco you mentioned have you read reviews? And how many phones does LEeco or Letv has? Up to 10? U see how easy it will be for them to push updates compared to xiaomi . Then again if xiaomi gives you Marshmallow update on your redmi note 3, am sure you will also demand for Nougat. Am yet to see the advantage in performance or whatsoever from those who use redmi note 3 special edition running Marshmallow over those running Lollipop, I stand to be corrected.

GrandMufti:
Performance can't get any better than it is now until they release MM updates. The higher the miui version, the heavier it's impact on battery life.

The higher the android version, the more optimized is the system performance.

Hehehehe, better get a flagship and get what you seek, even in brands like Samsung Android upgrade in midrangers cannot be compared to that in flagships. Have you compared performance of other midrangers on marshmallow to most xiaomi midrangers running kitkat and lollipop? Don't b deceived, never expect good support for any midranger, and I think support from xiaomi is far better than others. Many manufacturers upgraded their midrangers to marshmallow and stopped support, leaving people stranded with bugs.
Again if Xiaomi can upgrade the OS it will be great, but their approach so far by updating Miui instead is better than what any competition offer.

Mofetemi:
Since I bought (Dec, 2015) my Redmi Note 2 Prime (china stable rom miui 7 android 5), it was just couple of days ago that i received my first OTA update (miui ever and i did the update immediately. I must confess, Miui 8 is a worthy update compare to Miui 7. Now, this miui 8 is still on Lollipop, does it mean the forth coming (or already released) miui 9 will be on Nougat/Lollipop for Redmi Note 2 Prime? Lest I forget, I need new cases for this my Redmi. Who can help?

Nope, still on Lollipop, Xiaomi won't bother updating the Android version of mid rangers, but I seriously prefer updating my miui version to updating my Android version. What I care about is more functions and performance. If they can improve in performance for every update then it would be awesome.

Rozaystunna:
should i?

This update ruined my battery performance, anyway Friday is not far again