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Greetings!
Any update on the Mi Max 3 in stock? How soon can you have it in stock?

BeardedTraveler:
Custom open packages these days

Hehehe. No be small thing
Then how do our Nairaland importers like proteino and noobody maneuver their way through their express shipping?

BeardedTraveler:
This isn't about learning new stuff though, it's about u being charged by custom.

There should be a way round it. I think it lies in changing the description of the item on the packet. Or does DHL open individual packages?

adamix:
Lol until you jam 16k customs fee

Lol

BeardedTraveler:
Your best bet is to use express shipping, to avoid stories that have "touching" capability

Lol... I may take the risk. I love learning new stuff. I wouldn't have imported a lot of items from aliexpress if I hadn't taken the first step. We learn everyday

BeardedTraveler:
Reports have it that there might still be a pro version. It was spotted on Qualcomm's site

Yeah. But I just read online that from an official source, it wouldn't be released

Harryfrosh:
that's why I'm OK with my new max 2.... My next upgrade will be max 4... I believe max 4 will have more than 5500mah battery compare to max 3 and increase in snadgrom.... In overall.... Max 2 was released last year.. Max 3 this year... I believe max 4 will be next year... So waiting for a year to upgrade my phone is not bad....

Yeah... Max 4 should be an additive upgrade on Max 3 but a major upgrade on Max 2. Don't hope on the battery increase though

nabeans:
DHL is usually equal to Customs wahala and payment of duty wey fit give migraine

Even from Aliexpress? ?? I thought there was a way to circumvent this by asking the seller to change the description and price of the item. Are you aware of this or have you tried it before?

olanreyman:
On point bro. I will wait to upgrade from max 2 to max 4. This phone manufacturers don't care, all they need is our money, it's left to us to know what's good for us instead of upgrading phones every year

Yeah. ipIt's all about the money. They have to sell millions of units yearly to stay in business. It's not even easy for the phone manufacturers. The industry is very crowded and competitive and they have to come up with mew iterations every year. There's only so much they can do. Apple usually focuses on one or two improvements and markets them crazy. But if you look well, there's no much difference.

spartacus11:
1 and 2 you're repeating same thing

So it is good enough to sell ur max 2 and buy a max 3? If you anticipate an upgrade

On number 4 What ever gain u think was added to the battery is already cancelled out by the larger screen, so u cant add that as a gain max 2 is 5300mah why max 3 is 5500mah

What is d different in design from max 2 and max 3 aside the aspect ratio same build up, same curve same placement of fingerprint , camera just move from vertical to horizontal

Aside the aspect ratio and horizontal camera every other design is same

Question is are u a max2 user?

1 and 2 though related are not the same thing. The screen size was increased, virtually the same foot print was maintained and the trendy 18:9 screen ratio was introduced. Those are significant.

Like I said the Max 3 is not really targeted at Max 2 users but at the original Max users and new adopters. Even in countries where phones are bought on contracts, the contracts last two years. So most users skip the immediate next upgrade. No one is telling u to sell your Max 2. You can wait for Max 4.

The battery upgrade is good enough. Wasn't even hoping on it. Were you expecting a 7000mAh battery on a phone? The added juice would show in the stand by time. More so, it has a newer more efficient processor. So even though the endurance rating isn't out, I expect a good upgrade over the Max 2.

I'm not a Max 2 user but I'm just being realistic. Like I said, I was hoping on a SD710 pro version but it didn't come. What we have is good enough and worth the wait.
The question is what were you expecting. An AMOLED screen or SD845 on a mid range device? You have to be realistic.

Your argument has been over flogged and is repeated with any major release of popular phones. No major phone manufacturer does that. Galaxy note 3 users complained that note 4 was not a worthy upgrade, same with note 4 users and note 5 and so on. Same thing occurs with iPhones. The last time someone tried a really massive upgrade was with Galaxy Note 7 and we all know how that went.

In summary, if your Max 2 is still serving you well, hold on to it and wait for the Max 4 because when that is out, some Max 3 users would still complain that its not a worthy upgrade on the Max 3. But if you have the money, you can get the max 3 because the little all round upgrades is sure to give you a more enjoyable device.

alosbaba007:
Bros wait no further

Correct! But is it factory fitted

Also, if I'm ordering for fast shipping through DHL, do I need to ask the seller to use another description on the box to avoid crazy shipping charges?

luciouscookie:
This xiaomi thread na fire. I don't even have xiaomi phone yet I frequent this thread. I love you guys shaa.
Still eyeing mi max 3.

Same here... Waiting for Global ROM

olanreyman:
No mind them...be like say this guys no Sabi how crazy this max 2 be. I had rather wait for better phones to chun out than to upgrade to max 3

On Most brands, upgrades on subsequent models are usually incremental. If you want a massive upgrade on a model, you have to skip the subsequent model. Like the Max to Max 3. Same with galaxy phones

The thing is that the upgrade from the Max 2 to the max 3, though incremental is good enough. To list them...
1. Bigger screen in almost the same size
2. Trendy screen aspect ratio
3. Better processor
4. Bigger battery on an already massive battery
5. Better Camera
6. Better design.

What other things were you on the look out for? I was also expecting a pro version with SD 710 and if they throw in an OLED screen, and infra red facial recognition, it would also be fantastic. But this is good enough for an update.

Gptech:
Are you buying a phone mainly because of camera? What's your priority?

Is it mi max 3?
What description and price did you ask the seller to put on the body to avoid unnecessary custom charges?

Anyone looking towards the Mi Max 3? The prices I'm seeing on aliexpress are quite steep at almost 150k as compared to 100k of last year's mi Max 2. At that price, waiting for the the Mi 8 to fall may be better

Youngjohnosas:
A lot of things are changing here thanks to the new VC.A lot of reforms have been put In place to check the excesses of these lecturers. 100l to 300l exams are completely computer based solely controlled by the ICT units.pretty soon they will begin to churn out graduates based on merits and not on a self imposed quota where students cannot meet certain standards.

That's good to hear.
I remember when computer based tests were introduced in my university for first years. It almost eliminated the issue of lost scripts and students started making very good grades in their first year.
Some departments even went ahead to introduce it for second and third year students
Not too long ago, I heard of a public university that introduced students appraisal as part of a prerequisite for promoting lecturers. As you would expect, within a few months, the issue of missing scripts and so many other irregularities began to disappear.
Truth be said, some public universities are embracing positive change but then, so much more can be done and at a faster pace. I really like the whole attention sex for marks issues are getting now from the government. It's part of putting more pressure for a better society.

Youngjohnosas:
u r just insensitive trying to seek cheap relevance, cultism isn't peculiar to ekpoma alone four years in ekpoma I was never intimidated by any1 neither was I coerced to join any group I am sure u are not better than a 3rd class graduate of that institution.I am not in support of a system that frustrates a students effort but don't come here and spill trash..After paying ur way to gain admission with your empty head the best you can offer after four years is I am a product of a prestigious university. its high time u grow up,that dubious feeling of I attended a Federal university does not make u better than anyone even a third class graduate of state university not to talk of the first state university in Nigeria.

Lol... Cool down Bro... I wonder why you sound so pained.
It's so easy to make snide remarks against private unis but when one questions the veracity of your claims, you go beserk. FYI, I've referred to both state and federal universities as public unis and used both interchangeably on this thread with no willful attempt at discrimination. Facts still remain what they are - facts.

Also, no need going ad-hominem trying to compare me to a student of your said university. First I'm not going for bragging rights here. Secondly, I didn't read a four year course. Thirdly, my admission was on merit and lastly, the course I studied only just recently got accredited in your said university.

Finally, this isn't about me or you, but the rising credibility of private universities and the falling standards of their public counterparts.

LordIsaac:
Syndrome or no, I have communicated. The system I was raised in taught allowing people to air their views without being confrontational and vulgar. Let me educate you more, public university lecturers and professors laid the foundations of the institutions you are boasting of today. So sir, many of them taught me and they still do albeit in the dysfunctional system, we are better !

Confrontational and vulgar? Hmmm... I'm still looking for that. That they inherited a semi- functional system from the colonialists and ran it down does not mean we should continue in that state and not ask for a change.
BTW, by "we" you mean??

Well to each his own.

LordIsaac:
Forget it...just like Nigerians do better outside Nigeria, anybody can do better in your private school. I am only of the opinion that, you can never compare yourself with someone who goes through the rigours of school in a public University and still excels, albeit with a 2:1. Dare me and take up a session over here, I'm sure you'd end up dropping out. Listen to the voice of logic !

You're funny. Seems you didn't read my post fully.
Like I said, I'm a product of a top rated federal university and read one of the most competitive and regulated courses in a region of the country known for its educational prowess. So if there was a bragging right associated with that, I'm well qualified

Like I mentioned earlier, I used to brag about the so called difficulty of state owned higher institutions until I got myself exposed to how stuff works in a progressive society. I then saw the folly in my previous belief. I still remember one of my lecturers bragging that he cannot set an mcq and more than 10% would get upto 50%. In a functional system, that would have been his last day as a lecturer. But guess what, he's a "top" professor in Nigeria. Lecturers should want their students to pass and succeed brilliantly. The sad thing is nat most of the sadistic lecturers are hardly available to teach.
The fact is that the system present in most public institutions make them unfit to be called universities in the first place. That a university like CU is embracing the right order puts it ahead of virtually all public universities.

It's just like the Cameroonian FA and National team claiming to be better than their French counterparts because Mbape couldn't make the Cameroonian team (as his father didn't have the money to pay for bribes) but where as made the French team with minimal effort. A chaotic system would always be beneath a system that does things right.

I guess you're still an undergraduate and really feel pained reading you post. You should read up Stockholm syndrome and see how it applies to you.
There is no glory in backwardness

Youngjohnosas:
there is nothing we can do about it life goes on, I wouldn't stereotype my life to a university degree and there and are some things u probably cannot change.. its obvious they ave an ulterior motive and are dangerous as well u fight them u pay d supreme Price.. this is Nigeria.

Something can be done and already some public universities are changing although slowly e.g UI. The success of CU and the fact that the top people in the society now overlook them and send their wards to CU are making them see that there's no benefit holding back what someone merits or making the environment unconducive.
It only put their graduates at a disadvantage when compared to the outside world. The world is now a global village.

deewhydoski:
Nice one bro.....am now staying in Jos.
I'm planning to start my Msc next year in unijos

If you can afford it, go for a masters in Europe or North America. You would see what functional and result based education is like.

I used to brag about how difficult my school was until I started taking foreign exams. That was when I saw what good education is

LordIsaac:
Sir, just leave them....it can only happen in private schools. Let them visit chem dept here in Unijos....

And that is why ur unijos is nothing more than a glorified secondary school who has continually retrogressed.
Can you point to any leading worldwide research or breakthrough conducted by your "difficult unijos"? You're here comparing a stagnant entity with an institution who have Nobel laureates as lecturers

Even the government recently admitted that the future of tertiary education in Nigeria lies with private schools. If care is not taken, very soon sending your child to a public university would be like sending him to an LEA school.
BTW, just so you know, I am a product of a Top Federal University

josite:
this is what you get when someone behind a university does not know the meaning of universitas and when his chief aim is vain glory and chest beating.those of us who made second class upper from ife knows we have a very valuable degree respected worldwide and do not mind the fact that ife faculty of law doesnt give a first class then.

why will a mn never satisfied with boasting and chest beating not give eeryone in his university a first class.is it not good for his balance sheet?.


Do they know anything about standards at all ,about monitoring of standards,cant they learn how havard degrees remains highly valued over decades,cant they see how poorly remunerated lawyers in nigeria now when the market is flooded with all manner of lawyers?

Typical reasoning of an average Nigerian who glories in suffering. You mentioned Harvard but I doubt you've been to a university in the first world because you'd have the deficiencies in our system. For you to say that a department in the university you went to refused to award first class irrespective of whether it was merited or not gives credence to the fact that that university is just a glorified secondary school. Or do you think that's how it works in Harvard.

The fact is that if things continue the way they are, comparing Ife to CU in a few years would be like comparing Nigeria to America.
There is no glory in backwardness

STILESGANG:
We know the public schools are shity but one constant fact is that a first class holder from a public University is heads and shoulder above the one from a private school .I know of people who couldn't score 200 in jamb graduate with first class from private unis lol.

That's because you erroneously think someone who scored 200 in JAMB is mentally deficient. Someone with 200 can under the right condition and dedication make a first class. liberate yourself

Youngjohnosas:
lols in my dept last year just seven 2:1 there were these sets of guys that were extremely good our lecturers held them in high esteem always using them as a reference point one was even elected our departmental president but none among them even made a 2:1..I was surprised them baff them with 2:2.. fear AAU

In a progressive country, such place would not be more than a primary school. The role of a university/lecturer is not to brag about their failure rate but rather get fulfilment in producing better members of the society.

What's even more annoying are the young students who brag about such poor records rather than being angry about it and asking for a change. Is it Stockholm syndrome or what?

Ofure111:
CU first class graduates come ekpoma come get the first class!!!e sure say na 2:2 na go see.una brain no go fit carry am

We are talking of universities here not glorified secondary schools who breed cultists.
Most of the best universities in the world have a much higher first class rate than that of CU. Would you also say ekpoma is better than those?

Very soon, comparing most private unis to public unis in Nigeria would be like comparing state owned primary schools to the private schools you have around except something drastic is done.
Just BTW, I'm a product of a prestigious Federal university but I don't applaud backwardness.

jedisco:
Good day house.

Please I have some issues I want to clarify with my visa application.

1. I am about applying for a 4 day visit to take an exam. The breakdown of my expenses are
Flight - £600
Accommodation - £41
Living expenses - 75
miscellaneous - 75
Total- £791
Is the total and breakdown ok or do I need to make some changes

2. I have been having problems securing the required accommodation on booking.com as both my GT and Diamond Bank Cards are being rejected. Is there any remedy for this?

3.As regards my account balance, I got a government job about 8 mnts ago. I wasn't paid for the first 6 mnts and received the bulk sum of just under a million naira 2 mnts ago. Before this, my account had come down to zero as I burnt through my savings during the wait. Now after the pay, I had to use about 550k to book for the exam and settle other expenses but now my account is back to about 810k. I have d payslips with a base salary of about 160k and a side job that pays about 100k monthly. The issue is that sometimes, I am paid in cash for the side job so it may not always reflect on my account. Is my account in order to apply?

4. Someone told me I should have at least 800k. The issue is if I go ahead and pay for the application, my account would drop below that. Can I print my statement first before paying? Would it have an adverse effect on my application as my account wouldn't reflect where I paid from.

@justwise @ekpotek
@folmus @abnot

Please more opinions needed urgently

folmus:
Bros, the accommodation must be a hostel if am right. However, I dont know whether your living expenses for 4 days will be fine, although there is no where in the application for such breakdown. Explain the sources of your savings in your cover letter. print the statement before you pay the application, no problem. it's paltry. I don't know why you have problem booking your accommodation with your cards; consult your bank. We can only advise; nobody can predict the outcome here.

Goodluck.

Thanks.
Yes it's a hostel. I might not necessarily stay there but I need it to keep my budget within limits so as to get the visa.
I intend to put the breakdown in my cover letter. I might use some other persons account to pay for my application.
I'm just looking at the acceptability of the £791 which is about 380k and also my savings. I'm thinking of reducing it to £750. But I'm thinking it may be too low? What do you think?

Good day house.

Please I have some issues I want to clarify with my visa application.

1. I am about applying for a 4 day visit to take an exam. The breakdown of my expenses are
Flight - £600
Accommodation - £41
Living expenses - 75
miscellaneous - 75
Total- £791
Is the total and breakdown ok or do I need to make some changes

2. I have been having problems securing the required accommodation on booking.com as both my GT and Diamond Bank Cards are being rejected. Is there any remedy for this?

3.As regards my account balance, I got a government job about 8 mnts ago. I wasn't paid for the first 6 mnts and received the bulk sum of just under a million naira 2 mnts ago. Before this, my account had come down to zero as I burnt through my savings during the wait. Now after the pay, I had to use about 550k to book for the exam and settle other expenses but now my account is back to about 810k. I have d payslips with a base salary of about 160k and a side job that pays about 100k monthly. The issue is that sometimes, I am paid in cash for the side job so it may not always reflect on my account. Is my account in order to apply?

4. Someone told me I should have at least 800k. The issue is if I go ahead and pay for the application, my account would drop below that. Can I print my statement first before paying? Would it have an adverse effect on my application as my account wouldn't reflect where I paid from.

@justwise @ ekpotek
@folmus @abnot

ubev01:
Are you ready!!! https://www.gizchina.com/2018/07/02/xiaomi-mi-max-3-retail-box-unveiled-its-coming-soon/

Been patiently waiting for months

Solomon27:

will order mine with DHL (#6,000)

Have you done that before? I thought DHL are stricter with custom charges?

noobody:
Thanks for the recommendations my Oga,we promise never to let you guys down ever,we would always deliver exceptional service to you guys,but not to sound like i know it all thou,

None of my clients are yet to face this kinda issue,since the last time i raised the alarm,i remembered i adviced members here to always tell sellers to put a certain description on there items,at least that would keep prying eyes off the items..and glory to God it has been working well so far,and again i heard some post offices are the culprit behind this charges thou...

But still express deliveries are the way to Go,

Faster,reliable and better


Cheers

Pls what description and price should we tell sellers to put?