Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 - €300 - Snapdragon 835, 6GB, 64GB - Global Version

tedpan

Class phone, beautiful display. Can't be beaten for this price

https://m.banggood.com/Xiaomi-Mi-MIX-2-Global-Bands-5_99-inch-6GB-RAM-64GB-ROM-Snapdragon-835-Octa-core-4G-Smartphone-p-1198702.html

Use discount code 5BGMix2 to bring it down to $359 or €300

I think the Nokia 8 available from a UK retailer for €330 blows this away.


https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8522&idPhone2=8529

https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/nokia-8-steel-5.3-64gb-4g-unlocked-sim-free-11nb1s01a11/version.asp

tedpan

Deleted User wrote:

I think the Nokia 8 available from a UK retailer for €330 blows this away.

Like the specs, but don't really like the look of it. The 4k screen in a small form factor is nice too but the front looks like an old iPhone.

Cocoon

Very nice phone buy what is the delivery like with Bang good, will it be hit buy customs?

tedpan

Cocoon wrote:

Very nice phone buy what is the delivery like with Bang good, will it be hit buy customs?

Usually takes 2 weeks, but can take 3 sometimes, patience is key!

I've ordered at least 10 phones from banggood and gearbest over the past few years and never had an issue. The same with drones and other electronics, I did get caught on a battery last year though.

august12

Cocoon wrote:

Very nice phone buy what is the delivery like with Bang good, will it be hit buy customs?

I bought from them and was caught for customs, just after purchasing mi A1 from EU global, no customs and very fast delivery as opposed to banggood.

grogi

They offer customs insurance. I had to use it once when bought my dashcam...

tedpan

august12 wrote:

I bought from them and was caught for customs, just after purchasing mi A1 from EU global, no customs and very fast delivery as opposed to banggood.

Eglobal are great and their prices include duties, although usually 50e more expensive. As I said, the risk is there, but very small based on my personal experience, friends and colleagues buying mobiles from gearbest and banggood.

_Kaiser_

I was about to pull the trigger on one of these after a fair bit of research as it's one of the top Chibese phones and only really beaten by the new Mix Mix 2S IMO.

Only didn't go for it because I got another new phone for free, but at this price it's a serious bargain.

LariToper

grogi wrote: »

They offer customs insurance. I had to use it once when bought my dashcam...

That's hilarious, so you prove you had to pay customs and they refund you the amount?

Mr_Muffin

Really thinking about this, although the possibility of a customs charge is holding me back. My mi5 is starting to slowly deteriorate.

Etnies

Great looking phone, but no headphone jack and no ip68 rating? Or did I miss it

grogi

LariToper wrote: »

That's hilarious, so you prove you had to pay customs and they refund you the amount?

Yes.

ErinGoBrath

My mi max 2 is that bit too big and black bar at top and bottom of screen not the most aesthetic.

Very tempted

Tazz T

I see Oukitel is doing a copy for well under €200. Had a few Oukitels in the past and they're good phones.

https://www.lightinthebox.com/p/oukitel-mix-2-5-99-inch-cell-phone-6gb-64gb-2-mp-21-mp-octa-core-4080_p6470603.html?currency=EUR&litb_from=paid_adwords_shopping&sku=1_45&country_code=ie&utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=cpc&adword_mt=&adword_ct=245091463586&adword_kw=&adword_pos=1o2&adword_pl=&adword_net=g&adword_tar=&adw_src_id=1463064549_855202068_53770018954_pla-402508543109&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4vDPhevr2gIV7Z3tCh0dywM8EAQYAiABEgLQVfD_BwE

rizzee

Tazz T wrote: »

I see Oukitel is doing a copy for well under €200. Had a few Oukitels in the past and they're good phones.

https://www.lightinthebox.com/p/oukitel-mix-2-5-99-inch-cell-phone-6gb-64gb-2-mp-21-mp-octa-core-4080_p6470603.html?currency=EUR&litb_from=paid_adwords_shopping&sku=1_45&country_code=ie&utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=cpc&adword_mt=&adword_ct=245091463586&adword_kw=&adword_pos=1o2&adword_pl=&adword_net=g&adword_tar=&adw_src_id=1463064549_855202068_53770018954_pla-402508543109&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4vDPhevr2gIV7Z3tCh0dywM8EAQYAiABEgLQVfD_BwE

A copy of a Chinese phone, the irony

sugarman

sugarman wrote: »

Good spec, but how does it "blow it away"? Its almost identical every aspect! Given the Xiaomi has 2GB more RAM and is €30 cheaper id be inclined to chose that.

1) Actual warranty
2) Shipping within days rather than weeks
3) Splash proof
4) Headphone jack
5) Significantly lighter
6) Better display quality with higher resolution
7) Better camera
8) Pure android
9) ANT+ support

The xiaomi offers a bigger screen within the same size package, 2gb extra ram and slightly less battery life.

Yes, I do think the Nokia 8 deal blows it away, but if you're addicted to 'cheap chinese phones' because you've convinced yourself they're always a bargain,
by all means knock yourself out!

vjmcdonnell

Deleted User wrote: »

1) Actual warranty
2) Shipping within days rather than weeks
3) Splash proof
4) Headphone jack
5) Significantly lighter
6) Better display quality with higher resolution
7) Better camera
8) Pure android
9) ANT+ support

The xiaomi offers a bigger screen within the same size package, 2gb extra ram and slightly less battery life.

Yes, I do think the Nokia 8 deal blows it away, but if you're addicted to 'cheap chinese phones' because you've convinced yourself they're always a bargain,
by all means knock yourself out!

Sorry but really have to say the Nokia is Old Old Old
The design and thinking are still the reason Nokia failed and with their new phones nothing is changing.

Dont think Xiaomi are some small knock off Chinese Phone manufacturer.

*4th Biggest phone manufacturer in the world
*Shops in Greece and Spain. Coming to whole of Europe soon
*Phone is Designed by Philippe Starck
*Really brought full screen displays to the masses
*Best Internals in Snapdragon 835 and Externals in Ceramic Body
*From Ordering I had it in my hand in less than a week

I have the 128gb for the last 4 months and love it. Bought it as wanted that amazing screen.

tedpan

Deleted User wrote:

Yes, I do think the Nokia 8 deal blows it away, but if you're addicted to 'cheap chinese phones' because you've convinced yourself they're always a bargain, by all means knock yourself out!

The Nokia is basically the same form factor with a much smaller display. 5.3" Vs 6.0" is significant.

I suppose it depends what you want in a phone.

tedpan

Tazz T wrote:

I see Oukitel is doing a copy for well under €200. Had a few Oukitels in the past and they're good phones.

The processor is vastly different though

Yakult

vjmcdonnell wrote: »

Sorry but really have to say the Nokia is Old Old Old
The design and thinking are still the reason Nokia failed and with their new phones nothing is changing.

The Nokia 8 and Mi Mix came out virtually the same time, in fact, the Nokia came out a month after the Mi Mix 2 so it's "newer".

Design is subjective, the new phones are some of the nicest designed and well built.

Can you elaborate on the thinking that Nokia has done, which has failed them?

vjmcdonnell wrote: »

*4th Biggest phone manufacturer in the world
*Shops in Greece and Spain. Coming to whole of Europe soon
*Phone is Designed by Philippe Starck
*Really brought full screen displays to the masses
*Best Internals in Snapdragon 835 and Externals in Ceramic Body
*From Ordering I had it in my hand in less than a week

The Nokia 8 also has the SD835. Other than bigger RAM and different screen style, theirs not much difference between the two phones, they probably run very similar if not near identical.

The two biggest difference between the phones is really screen type, some people like the full screen, other don't! Both are good phones!

vjmcdonnell

The design, it's very previous generation iPhone. With the S8 and iPhone X (And Mi Mix) there is a definite shift to as close to full screen as possible. When smart phones came out they used a quite unstable OS with a uninspired design. Nokia quickly went from top to bottom.

With mobiles u are either pushing the boundaries or u are going out of Business.

Apologies for off topic

tedpan

Slightly cheaper at 295e today

A.Gorilla

I badly need to upgrade frim my galaxy S6. Is this phone worth it then? Was looking at the s8/s9 but theyre mad money...

rocky

A.Gorilla wrote: »

I badly need to upgrade frim my galaxy S6. Is this phone worth it then? Was looking at the s8/s9 but theyre mad money...

I was looking at this phone when it first came out. Looks great, but 2 things that put me off were the forward facing camera placement ( bottom of screen) and the image quality which wasn't great all the time (in reviews)(coming from a moto 4G with poor camera it was the most important upgrade I wanted). Ended up with an S7 edge and haven't used the DSLR since for daily snaps. I'm not saying the camera is better than a 600D, but for what I use it, inconvenience and heft loses to it most of the time (except 12x optical zoom )

Long winded way of saying if you don't care much about the 2 things I mentioned, the Xiaomi looks like a good phone.

corks finest

ErinGoBrath wrote: »

My mi max 2 is that bit too big and black bar at top and bottom of screen not the most aesthetic.

Very tempted

No FM radio though

ErinGoBrath

corks finest wrote: »

No FM radio though

I use tunein radio most of the time some wouldn't really bother me

tedpan

A.Gorilla wrote: »

I badly need to upgrade frim my galaxy S6. Is this phone worth it then? Was looking at the s8/s9 but theyre mad money...

It's a beast. Everyone has they're own preference, there's nothing that touches it's performance with basically a full size bezelless display for the money.

There's a lot of reviews on YouTube, I particularly like unbox therapy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXTwf2qKJsA

Mrcaramelchoc

6 inch screen.jeez that's huge.i went from a 5 inch to 5.7 and i still haven't gotten used to it.6 inches is way to big you may as well carry an ipad.

tedpan

Mrcaramelchoc wrote:

6 inch screen.jeez that's huge.i went from a 5 inch to 5.7 and i still haven't gotten used to it.6 inches is way to big you may as well carry an ipad.

Yes, but it's the same form factor as the Noki a mentioned earlier on this thread, so might not feel as big as you think

dixiefly

corks finest wrote: »

No FM radio though

Any recommended phone that does have FM radio?

lafors

I have one of these for the last 4-5 months.
Super phone, display is fantastic, battery life is excellent and runs everything I can throw at it.

There are a few cons though...
As beautiful as the phone looks it's the slippiest phone I've owned even moreso than the note 7 I had before.
The front facing camera is at the bottom of the screen which is a really bad placement, you can turn the phone around when it's on and the screen will flip but if you're of the selfie generation (I'm not so it doesn't bother me) then it's a deal breaker.
The camera is good but it's no iPhone or Google Pixel.
Software wise the global ROM has had quite a few updates, if you like putting your own rom on you'll be fine, if you want to stay stock you definitely need a different launcher like Nova.
The stock launcher has insanely big icons and writing which is a waste of the screen real estate.
I've stayed stock with nova as my launcher but I'm probably going to have to root as after the last update there is a bug where the phone doesn't play the ringtones so it only vibrates when you get a call or message or worst of all when the alarm you set goes off! Is fixed easily enough but I'll have to set the phone up all again to fix it.

Anyway, it's an excellent phone, comparing it to my last few I've owned I'd say this is the order I'd put it in...

1. Samsung Note 7
2. Oppo R7plus
3. Xiaomi mi mix 2
4. Google Nexus 5
5. OnePlus 5
6. Samsung Edge7
7. LeEco Le Max 2

So 3rd in that list is pretty good imho.

corks finest

dixiefly wrote: »

Any recommended phone that does have FM radio?

Nokia 7 plus

corks finest

corks finest wrote: »

Nokia 7 plus

Mi Max 2,loads of others

corks finest

corks finest wrote: »

Mi Max 2,loads of others

New motorola G6 plus

A.Gorilla

Well feck it anyway....I pulled the trigger and bought one. Any reccomendations on a decent safety case( like an otter box etc)?

tedpan

A.Gorilla wrote: »

Well feck it anyway....I pulled the trigger and bought one. Any reccomendations on a decent safety case( like an otter box etc)?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F263338285017

I'm not really a fan of cases, but something like this is slim and gives decent protection.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F263338285017

Heiser

I'm torn between this and the Nokia 7 plus. Does this have a DAC? If not can any owners comment on the sound quality through headphones?

lafors

A.Gorilla wrote: »

Well feck it anyway....I pulled the trigger and bought one. Any reccomendations on a decent safety case( like an otter box etc)?

Theres a case with it, very thin so you wouldn't even know it was a case but it helps to hold it. I stopped using it though as the phone back is beautiful and I didn't want to hide it. So far it's held up well to pockets and tables, no scratches at all on the edges or glossy back.

lafors

Heiser wrote: »

I'm torn between this and the Nokia 7 plus. Does this have a DAC? If not can any owners comment on the sound quality through headphones?

No DAC, sound quality is good for me but I'm no audiophile and I'm full wireless with my boss qc35 and Bose soundsport free. There is a hell of a lot of Bluetooth options in the developer menu though so it's well set up for wireless audio.

seimik

no card extend?

corks finest

Heiser wrote: »

I'm torn between this and the Nokia 7 plus. Does this have a DAC? If not can any owners comment on the sound quality through headphones?

Ive a mi phone so not biased,but if I'd a choice I'd go for the Nokia 7 plus, really nice to hold, slim,beauty,I had a play with my small fellas, might bite in a month or so

Kenno90

Feck it, i bit the bullet and bought one. My aging S7 is struggling to hold a charge. When all videos on Youtube are comparing it to 1000 eur phones, it cant be too bad

OldMrBrennan83

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corks finest

A.Gorilla wrote: »

Well feck it anyway....I pulled the trigger and bought one. Any reccomendations on a decent safety case( like an otter box etc)?

Braveheart

Del007

Ordered one myself, hopefully the wait won't be too long

Cocoon

I ordered one too, hopefully it will get in under the radar. Just have to wait and see.

Kenno90

Mine has been shipped, only 7-25 business days to go. Lets hope its sooner rather than later

redcup342

corks finest wrote: »

Nokia 7 plus

Nokia 7 Plus doesn't have an FM Radio

glinnwest

Mi mix 2s is just out, 300 is a good deal for mix 2

Cocoon

Cocoon wrote: »

Very nice phone buy what is the delivery like with Bang good, will it be hit buy customs?

I guess I found out the hard way, got the letter from revenue today to say they have the phone, I suppose this will add another €80 or so to the price :mad: