The Xiaomi Redmi thread

[geckoSG]

As Singaporean, we r always impatient, tats why everyone fears our expectation. Lolz... I guess within this week, most of us who order shld receive them

 

[garychengjw]

Reached Singapore riao.

 

[neubie]

Got it delivered yesterday late afternoon via UPS. Very happy with the phone.

 

[kopi22]

Received mine last evening. Chatted with the UPS guy, and he said that they will be working till late 11pm++. Seems like they are really rushing like mad with the deliveries.

Anyways, my mum is loving it. Switched on the elderly mode, and the UI is really nothing but big big buttons. Can "pin" contacts to the home screen for easy dialing access. But this mode disable the ability to pull down the notification shade. Well, is fine since my mum is using the phone mainly for calls only.

So far so good. Charged once last night. See how long the battery can last since no internet services is turned on / config.

 

[Asakura]

how is mediatek so far

 

[charleytan]

my folks love the phone too, bought it for my dad!

Received mine last evening. Chatted with the UPS guy, and he said that they will be working till late 11pm++. Seems like they are really rushing like mad with the deliveries.

Anyways, my mum is loving it. Switched on the elderly mode, and the UI is really nothing but big big buttons. Can "pin" contacts to the home screen for easy dialing access. But this mode disable the ability to pull down the notification shade. Well, is fine since my mum is using the phone mainly for calls only.

So far so good. Charged once last night. See how long the battery can last since no internet services is turned on / config.

 

[neubie]

how is mediatek so far

Very good, not laggy nor stuttering, doesn't give a slightest hint it feels like a cheap phone. Streamed/played HD/FHD mp4 mkv files on it and doesn't disappoint.

 

[iamyxr]

why my xiaomi like laggy using whatsapp? anyway to tweak?

 

[eddy2099sg]

I initially got the phone just to test out of curiosity but when my mum saw it, she was like hinting she wanted it so it is now hers.

The big screen is great for her.

The phone doesn't lag at all. Youtube HD plays very smoothly. It is a very impressive phone.

The only things that can be improved is that the touch buttons are not lighted but after a while, you would know where to press. So far there is no way to install apps on the microSD card but most apps are small so that is not too bad. Games can be an issue though since they are huge.

 

[slack]

I initially got the phone just to test out of curiosity but when my mum saw it, she was like hinting she wanted it so it is now hers.

The big screen is great for her.

The phone doesn't lag at all. Youtube HD plays very smoothly. It is a very impressive phone.

The only things that can be improved is that the touch buttons are not lighted but after a while, you would know where to press. So far there is no way to install apps on the microSD card but most apps are small so that is not too bad. Games can be an issue though since they are huge.

Envious to those with the phones...but glad to see you all are enjoying it so far. However, one thing above, cannot install apps on microSD card? hmm but can shift apps to it?

I'm still patiently waiting for my phone. I stay at Upper Thomson, wished I was in the "woodlands" group...

 

[eddy2099sg]

Envious to those with the phones...but glad to see you all are enjoying it so far. However, one thing above, cannot install apps on microSD card? hmm but can shift apps to it?

I'm still patiently waiting for my phone. I stay at Upper Thomson, wished I was in the "woodlands" group...

You should get your phone soon. So far, I use some apps to move the apps into the microSD but when I tried to run them from the SD card, it asked if I want to install it which installed it on the phone again.

I think you might need to root the phone for that to work, I guess.

 

[neubie]

I initially got the phone just to test out of curiosity but when my mum saw it, she was like hinting she wanted it so it is now hers.

The big screen is great for her.

The phone doesn't lag at all. Youtube HD plays very smoothly. It is a very impressive phone.

The only things that can be improved is that the touch buttons are not lighted but after a while, you would know where to press. So far there is no way to install apps on the microSD card but most apps are small so that is not too bad. Games can be an issue though since they are huge.

Can set the phone to 'Lite Mode' where only important functions of the phone is displayed, similar to big tiles used in Windows phone. Great for people who needs bigger fonts.

 

[eddy2099sg]

Can set the phone to 'Lite Mode' where only important functions of the phone is displayed, similar to big tiles used in Windows phone. Great for people who needs bigger fonts.

Yup, learning new things each day.

The phone very customizable.

 

[garychengjw]

Just received it! Woodlands Area

 

[kevin301]

Newbie checking in
Just got the phone this morning about 10am. Delivered to my office in Loyang. The guy had many more deliveries to go.


Quite a lot of customization. The MIUI is really quite impressive. Having fun trying out different themes. How come Samsung or Apple can't give us this level of customization?

 

[die_sg]

How to root and install app2sd ?

 

[garychengjw]

has anyone bought this? red housing
Battery Back Door Cover Case Housing Replacement for Xiaomi Hongmi | eBay

 

[die_sg]

has anyone bought this? red housing
Battery Back Door Cover Case Housing Replacement for Xiaomi Hongmi | eBay

Cheaper:
Free Shipping Hongmi Battery cover quality protective case, shell for red mobile phone Millet red rice-in Phone Bags & Cases from Electronics on Aliexpress.com

 

[touchme]

Game changer, not in way of overtaking kimchi or fruit, but make people withdraw from paying so much for those big brands.

though already many good China phones, but none has made people sit up and look.

 

[kazuki666]

has anyone bought this? red housing
Battery Back Door Cover Case Housing Replacement for Xiaomi Hongmi | eBay

I saw a couple in taobao selling at ard sgd4. But I noticed the reviews are mostly that these casings have poor QC inside...