Xiaomi Redmi Note 5

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Think what xpherta bought is the Tiong set with Global Version indicated at the side of the box (xpherta, correct me if moi wrong).

Yes correct. Playstore comes with it.
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They installed from the factory. These sets are meant to be exported so they install before hand.

This one I got is sealed. But once power up, got Playstore and other Google Apps liao.

If this is a China export set, then who did the installation of Playstore etc?
 

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Did they mention if the shoppe stocks are the china variant?

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They ignored all my other questions. I had to extend the Shopee guarantee because the system will auto cancel the order if seller don't ship it within 3 days because when I placed the order, it wasn't PO yet.

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So wheres the best place now to get redmi note 5 china export set with global rom?

I suppose local set's warranty will not be worth the extra price?
 

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So wheres the best place now to get redmi note 5 china export set with global rom?

I suppose local set's warranty will not be worth the extra price?
Depends on the markup. I don't mind paying around 30 bucks more for the warranty

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anyone coming from samsung s7 edge? my battery life is getting really shitty and dun feel like spending so much for another samsung for now.. the redmi note 5 pro price looks pretty good for the specs..
 

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you have come to the right phone for battery life. After turning off miui optimization, my battery life seems to have improved quite drastically. 14% batt usage with 2h 20min sot of which 30 min is gaming and the rest is web browsing.


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you have come to the right phone for battery life. After turning off miui optimization, my battery life seems to have improved quite drastically. 14% batt usage with 2h 20min sot of which 30 min is gaming and the rest is web browsing.


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How to turn off MIUI Optimisation?
 

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This one I got is sealed. But once power up, got Playstore and other Google Apps liao.

If this is a China export set, then who did the installation of Playstore etc?


The playstore all that already pre-loaded in the factory itself.

XM has produce separate units (aka Global Version) for sale to non-chinese market or out of China.

Therefore, to make things easier for consumers/retailers they have flash (with playstore installed) it with a global rom right in their factory.

Previously in the past when they dun have a "Global Version", retailers or our ownself has to flash a global rom (if available) for use outside of china. Alternatively, live with the china rom and just self-install playstore all that.

But nao XM has help done it right at their own factory, it save us (and the retailers) the trouble and time to do it.
 

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anyone coming from samsung s7 edge? my battery life is getting really shitty and dun feel like spending so much for another samsung for now.. the redmi note 5 pro price looks pretty good for the specs..

The note 5 pro battery life is insane. Used for 9 hours for work (job app + Google maps) with gps and ended the day with 14%. If I were to use my 3yo iPhone 6s I would have charged it 3 times in between
 

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yeah gotta make some sacrifices. I would rather pick new CPU with microUSB than older CPU with Type C. I can always use an adapter to convert the port but there's no way to make the 625 run as fast as the 636 :s13:


As the old saying goes - There's no perfect phone.
 

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anyone coming from samsung s7 edge? my battery life is getting really shitty and dun feel like spending so much for another samsung for now.. the redmi note 5 pro price looks pretty good for the specs..


Possible it's time for a battery change (if chiu have not change battery from Day 1 use).
 

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So wheres the best place now to get redmi note 5 china export set with global rom?

I suppose local set's warranty will not be worth the extra price?


Local set launching soon.

You can then compare it with the cheapest export set (of the same Global Version and RAM+Storage specs).
 

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They ignored all my other questions. I had to extend the Shopee guarantee because the system will auto cancel the order if seller don't ship it within 3 days because when I placed the order, it wasn't PO yet.

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Usually moi will avoid all these retailers when they try to "siam" or ignore my qns.

Some retailers like to chut pattern, purposely wanna confuse chiu into buying wrong product.
 
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