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heroshark:
I received a call yesterday around after 3pm that I should come to the post office and collect my mail (Redmi 3s pro) that I ordered on aliexpress on 29th of last month... But I was not close to the post thenband offer to come 2moro morning being today but the lady insited that she will not be around on Saturday that I should leave it till Monday.... Now I'm running out patient..... Singapore post is one of the best courier...

How much did the shipping cost you?

scotweezy:
Chai! One of my major issues with the Redmi 3 and family. I just don't get well with non-backlit navigation on phones.
I might just end up getting the Redmi Note 3 pro Special version.

Don't know why the segregation, well it should be a deliberate market strategy to force you to get the note series.

For those who are still awake and interested, the xiaomi redmi 4A is available now at geekbuying for $90
http://promotion.geekbuying.com/promotion/mi_singles_day

scotweezy:
I know it is too early to ask, but who knows or have an idea if the recently released Redmi 4 prime has backlighting for the front Navigation buttons?

You shouldn't expect that.

Stanley08:
VERIFIED Scammer -> Warriblood

His Bank Details
0219964877. Gtb savings. Adegbemigun Emmanuel

This is an old moniker, please make more details available so as to save unsuspecting customers.

humblesteve:
I hope my first experience won't be bad with xiaomi 4 because am used to long lasting battery...

Naaaa, battery won't disappoint unless the installed rom has some bugs.

pachman:
Please bookiemart01, i respect everyone i meet on nairaland, i wouldnt want you to be an exception. If just because i asked people to drop number, thats why i get to receive insult by calling me a scammer then i shouldn't have done it. Please I am sorry if u had any offence with what i said, please let's all have peace with one another

Boss, please don't be offended, I don't think she actually referred to you as a scammer, if you read between the lines you can see her point. Apologies on behalf of others who may have misunderstood your kind gesture,we are all here to help each other.

Whizpeter:
[b]Bro what's the need of cooking stew when you can just eat white rice in peace? It offers more options right?


Having a group on whatsapp won't make this thread become inactive, attending to issues is faster and easier on whatsapp, you get instant replies and solutions cos of its notifications!

How would you feel if you asked a question here and got a reply 12hrs later? That won't happen on whatsapp!!


I've belonged to several groups about phones from Infinix hot note to J7, H6 and others even blackberry!!

Those groups all started from here and they didn't prevent their NL thread from growing!

In case you don't know, the Tecno H6 discussion thread was the most active on NL reaching over 200 pages (You can confirm from Heeboy94) and yet we still had a whatsapp group that was functioning simultaneously!!

It really helped a lot then!!

I personally endorse the whatsapp group..


To others who seriously require instant solution and answers to their xiaomi related issues and won't mind belonging to a whatsapp group, feel free to drop your numbers and pachman would add you in no time!


Gracias![/b]

Was expecting this exact reply, am not against the creation of a whatsapp group, but that can be done by creating another thread without causing harm to this thread. You just gave one example of a thread that ran simultaneously with a whatsapp group, but I know of other threads that died because of whatsapp groups. The advantages of creating a whatsapp group as you stated are cool but don't you think the cons outweigh the pros?

yubiman:
Guys, what's the advantage of unlocking bootloader?

Depends on how you view it, if you value security its a disadvantage but if you value switching between roms and rooting, then its an advantage.

Adesiji77:
You mean this brand is better than Tecno, Infinix...?

cc timbros

Miles ahead, check Google.

dancok:
go for phone with name and intergrity.

Like?

Why the need for a whatsapp group when you already have this thread? There are many intending buyers who view this thread and gain lots of information before making up their minds on what to buy. Also, some persons might have got solutions to problems from this thread relating to their phones without commenting. There's no need to cut others off.

Dimex03:
I heard the xiaomi redmi note 2 prime battery sucks, pls how true is that?? And can someone get the battery out there?? Help a bro quick as I'm about to buy it from a friend

Yes the battery sucks, and yes the battery is available. You should be okay with a powerbank, aside that the phone is very good.

iheanyi40:
wahz d price range of d redmi 4

Should not be less than 50k with current exchange rate(black market rate)

iheanyi40:
Had it been it comes with finger print scanner, would have been d perfect phone out dere

Then save more and get the redmi 4 instead. The official price for thr redmi 4A is $74, while the redmi 4 with finger print and a slightly better hardware overall costs $104 officially. There is also an even better prime version that is pricier. Until you add third parties 'commission don't tap your calculator yet.

For those buying xiaomi phones hope you are aware there are clones out there too. Not trying to cause panic but you should be careful. Read reviews and buy from trusted sites. If you are not sure we have retailers here on nairaland like Kulimart, Initialize, and Elijahdre.

pachman:
. Yh, i would add a little to get the redmi 3s. Who knows if they do black friday

Sure, many sites do black Friday but don't hope on that.

pachman:
Wow. So cool,please what xiaomi phone can i get 4 like 35k

You need to add up a little, their specs are unbeatable at the same price.

GrandMufti:
Tbh I never experienced it with Samsung and Sony phone... no wahala sha

Ok, check better reviews. I checked a review sometime ago of the lg g4, s6, Huawei p8 and xperia z5. The test was a long term test carried out in both winter and summer. The difference in performance was clear during these periods.

GrandMufti:
you and this your phone. Una 2 fit una sef .

This pressing of phone under sun, I noticed it yesterday. Strange

Hahahahahahahaha, that na nightmare for all phones na, pressing phone under sun is operating the phone under abnormal temperatures, your battery will surely drain fast.

Nsonaso:
Downloading Latest Chinese Developer ROM

I wish they can unify the features in Chinese rom with global rom, the Chinese is richer indeed.

iheanyi4u:
The baba for battery drain na redmi note 2. Chai that phone showed me shege.

I think I have got used to it, if not for the heating and battery drain, d phone na beast sha.

Mogenerous:
No fear catch me oh

Naxo we see am ooo, Naira nor 1 let us enjoy better things

GrandMufti:
It's too early to start an argument. Take a trip to the miui forum and see for yourself. Even here people have complained of battery drain.

Boss heating is caused by bug in roms, not everybody complain of heating. Apart from the xiaomi redmi note 2 and note 3 mtk version, there are good reports on other devices, even the mtk version of redmi note 3 seems better than redmi note 2 with respect to heating and battery drain.

Mogenerous:
EH! Gbese

Wetin happen?

NgcoboP:
I don't know what you are yammering about... but my xiaomi phone gets regular updates and dirt cheap for a 2G or 1G n 3G RAM phone with 4G connection as standard

I decided to ignore his post yesterday, many people don't know /understand what they say. I wonder which other brand get OTA updates as much as xiaomi. As I type there is already OTA for my device.

fibonacci2526:
So I decided to take a chance with Bookiemart01 and she came through. Good to see that there are still some trustworthy people in this country.

I placed an order for redmi 3s prime on the 22nd on Alixpress with her help(cheap currency exchange rate) and i received my package today. You can trust her with your money if you need any assistance.

Thats fast ooo, how much did you pay for shipping?

GrandMufti:
mi5s was released last month. I doubt if anyone here has a review.

Yes there is, gsmarena did a review some time ago, I think last week and also did for the mi5s plus yesterday.

Joeyy:
Sorry, it has been sold. I have a Tecno camon C8 for sale, if you don't mind.

Price?

francis247:
Yes o. It’s what you're thinking. Couldn't belive it myself. That’s what kept me away from the phone. You can check Aliexpress and confirm for yourself.

Can you post a link? If it doesn't support OTA update then its the rom. If you flash to roms that support OTA then you are good

francis247:
Don't know about you op but the ones I know don't support OTA updates and they run on MIUI8 OS based on Android 6.0.1. They cost between $400 and $450 or more (64GB &128GB versions respectively) which is about 160k t0 180k. So I think the difference is not much

Please what do you mean by not support OTA updates? Hope its not what am thinking?

GrandMufti:
Bros forget, those guys are not competent. They only add colors and new fonts and call it update. No attempt to optimise battery or prevent heating. They keep overloading the already heavy miui.

Even the new global stable update 8.0.6.0 drains more battery than 8.0.5.0. And you begin to wonder what's the use of releasing updates.

Yes, you are correct, some updates look unnecessary because of what you stand to lose in the long run, but thats the fun, thats why its called developer rom. The instability you experience for either stable or developer roms are not the same for everyone actually, thats why they keep working to make for an even better experience. Take for instance the update that correct issues with trigonometric functions in the calculator app is useless to some persons but very important to me. I am one of those who actually prefer miui updates to upgrade of Android rom (though not trying to defend xiaomi team on that), I have more features running Lollipop than those running Marshmallow and thats what I consider a good essence of updates apart from stability and optimisation. I believe with time after the developers are done adding new features, they will focus on stability.