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theoneeyedman

Just to note, I got a Redmi 8 for the daughter. Arrived yesterday from Amazon UK, C 170 Euro delivered in 9 days. Went for Amazon as a safe bet, wasn't much more expensive than the likes of eglobal, wanted it reasonably quickly.
Played with it a little yesterday pretty impressed tbh. Good camera(s), screen is sharp enough, looks like a good battery, certainly good value on the face of it.

corks finest

theoneeyedman wrote: »

Just to note, I got a Redmi 8 for the daughter. Arrived yesterday from Amazon UK, C 170 Euro delivered in 9 days. Went for Amazon as a safe bet, wasn't much more expensive than the likes of eglobal, wanted it reasonably quickly.
Played with it a little yesterday pretty impressed tbh. Good camera(s), screen is sharp enough, looks like a good battery, certainly good value on the face of it.

Most mi phones are good value but from the mi 10 on they're getting vv expensive

basill

corks finest wrote: »

Most mi phones are good value but from the mi 10 on they're getting vv expensive

Nothing that a global depression won't sort out soon enough. Mi 10 global 5G was going to be my next upgrade but not at the current prices.

captain_boycott

basill wrote: »

Nothing that a global depression won't sort out soon enough. Mi 10 global 5G was going to be my next upgrade but not at the current prices.

+1 to that. Was holding back from upgrading my redmi note 5 to the Mi 10 until the price became clear. Instead went with the Mi9t. Perfectly adequate for my needs, and it still has a headphone jack!!!

paddy19

theoneeyedman wrote: »

Just to note, I got a Redmi 8 for the daughter. Arrived yesterday from Amazon UK, C 170 Euro delivered in 9 days. Went for Amazon as a safe bet, wasn't much more expensive than the likes of eglobal, wanted it reasonably quickly.
Played with it a little yesterday pretty impressed tbh. Good camera(s), screen is sharp enough, looks like a good battery, certainly good value on the face of it.

You may have got a more expensive variation of the Redmi 8 4gb 64GB but the basic model is in a sale from Xiaomi official UK site for £109 including postage to the UK until the 26th.

You'd have to use Parcel Motel or Addresspal to get it here.

https://event.mi.com/uk/sales2020/spring-sale-2

mr170

Has anyone used Oppo phones? I am thinking of getting the Oppo A9 2020. Any feedback would be great

knipper

Tried to buy xiaomi redmi 8on the link and won't let me add email address. Says it is not in the correct format. Tried loads of times. Looking to deliver to pm. Maybe the site knows the email is in the Republic????
Any help appreciated

Boooourns

Hi folks, my Nokia 7 plus is nearing the end , there's a lot of information to get my head around with these Chinese phones so i'm just going to straight out and ask for some recommendations for one of these phones that have around the same specs or better than the Nokia 7 plus phone. Not looking to spend a heap of money on one.
Thanks in advance

captain_boycott

Boooourns wrote: »

Hi folks, my Nokia 7 plus is nearing the end , there's a lot of information to get my head around with these Chinese phones so i'm just going to straight out and ask for some recommendations for one of these phones that have around the same specs or better than the Nokia 7 plus phone. Not looking to spend a heap of money on one.
Thanks in advance

https://www.honorbuy.com/1679-xiaomi-mi-9t-64gb-global-version-black.html

In stock in Europe, €273 from Honorbuy.com.

Fantastic phone for the money.

paddy19

knipper wrote: »

Tried to buy xiaomi redmi 8on the link and won't let me add email address. Says it is not in the correct format. Tried loads of times. Looking to deliver to pm. Maybe the site knows the email is in the Republic????
Any help appreciated

Very strange, I created a new random email account bozo@bozo.com and it took it no problem.

Maybe try a different browser, or turn off script blocker.

Boooourns

captain_boycott wrote: »

https://www.honorbuy.com/1679-xiaomi-mi-9t-64gb-global-version-black.html

In stock in Europe, €273 from Honorbuy.com.

Fantastic phone for the money.

Thanks for that, this is definitely an option but if there's anything a little cheaper with good specs send them on please.

massy086

Boooourns wrote: »

Thanks for that, this is definitely an option but if there's anything a little cheaper with good specs send them on please.

What are your major needs for a phone .Is nfc a must ,good camera etc

captain_boycott

Boooourns wrote: »

Thanks for that, this is definitely an option but if there's anything a little cheaper with good specs send them on please.

If you not bothered about amoled display, you could look at the redmi range...

https://www.honorbuy.com/1768-redmi-note-8-pro-128gb-global-version-green.html

Boooourns

massy086 wrote: »

What are your major needs for a phone .Is nfc a must ,good camera etc

Yeah good camera, NFC not a must. I use phone for watching sport, youtube etc so a decent screen, music although i use chrome-audio or headphones, running to track my progress. Looking for a good battery, use it for the odd game. Can't think of much else atm.
Just want it to be fast and responsive.

Suckit

Boooourns wrote: »

Yeah good camera, NFC not a must. I use phone for watching sport, youtube etc so a decent screen, music although i use chrome-audio or headphones, running to track my progress. Looking for a good battery, use it for the odd game. Can't think of much else atm.
Just want it to be fast and responsive.

€219 Realme 5 Pro 8GB+128GB - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B07YN2NPCR/
or
€178.57 Realme 5 Pro 4GB+128GB - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B07YN2NPD4/


Both great prices + shipping.

bassy

Suckit wrote: »

€219 Realme 5 Pro 8GB+128GB - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B07YN2NPCR/
or
€178.57 Realme 5 Pro 4GB+128GB - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B07YN2NPD4/


Both great prices + shipping.

NFC,no?

great spec and great price.

Bahanaman

Suckit wrote:

€219 Realme 5 Pro 8GB+128GB -

My son has this. Loves it.

Suckit

bassy wrote: »

NFC,no?

great spec and great price.

No NFC, but they as mentioned great price.

Realme 6 has NFC - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B085FG6SHD/
€240 + shipping for the 4GB+128GB.

Or the 4GB+64GB for €215 - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B085PKRLDB/
Also good prices.

abarkie

mr170 wrote: »

Has anyone used Oppo phones? I am thinking of getting the Oppo A9 2020. Any feedback would be great

Same here re : oppo

Looking at Reno 10x Zoom

Suckit

mr170 wrote: »

Has anyone used Oppo phones? I am thinking of getting the Oppo A9 2020. Any feedback would be great

abarkie wrote: »

Same here re : oppo
Looking at Reno 10x Zoom

Oppo, Realme, OnePlus and Vivo are all made by the same company, and all considered to be good to great.

I had an Oppo for a very short time about a year and a half ago, but I couldn't get a global rom for it and I had the Chinese version. Apart from that the phone was great. That's not an issue anymore, as they sell more of their phones globally.

All 4 brands are good, the only one I haven't owned is Vivo, but would be a big brand - one of the main sponsors for the world cup in 2018, their adverts were everywhere.

knipper

paddy19 wrote: »

Very strange, I created a new random email account bozo@bozo.com and it took it no problem.

Maybe try a different browser, or turn off script blocker.

Thanks for the reply.
I tried many many times on the phone and no luck.
I went on the laptop and after a few issues with payment declining my order went through.

Note it only went through in chrome, any other browser and it would not work.
Last day of the sale is today.
To add I got a mi smart band 4 for a tenner as part of the offer.
Thanks for the recommendation.

Boooourns

Suckit wrote: »

No NFC, but they as mentioned great price.

Realme 6 has NFC - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B085FG6SHD/
€240 + shipping for the 4GB+128GB.

Or the 4GB+64GB for €215 - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B085PKRLDB/
Also good prices.

Thats great, thanks for those.

bassy

Suckit wrote: »

No NFC, but they as mentioned great price.

Realme 6 has NFC - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B085FG6SHD/
€240 + shipping for the 4GB+128GB.

Or the 4GB+64GB for €215 - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B085PKRLDB/
Also good prices.

Can you get the realme 6 with 8gb ram?.

Suckit

bassy wrote: »

Can you get the realme 6 with 8gb ram?.

Yes

€279 8GB+128GB - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B085FF4RD7/
Realme 6i 4GB+128GB €179 - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B085FJXBM9/
No Realme 6 Pro available in Europe afaik.

CramCycle

What are the large screen Chinese phone options, eg 6.7jnch and bigger. I had a Samsung Note years ago and miss the super large screen.

Suckit

CramCycle wrote: »

What are the large screen Chinese phone options, eg 6.7jnch and bigger. I had a Samsung Note years ago and miss the super large screen.

Xiaomi Mi Max 3 - https://www.amazon.es/gp/offer-listing/B07GVRS5FV//ref=olp_f_new?f_new=true
Although I am pretty sure I have seen it a fair bit cheaper than that in a Euopean store, and that is not fulfilled by Amazon.

These are new releases
Oppo Find X2 - https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_find_x2-10048.php
Oppo Find X2 Pro - https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_find_x2_pro-9529.php
OnePlus 8 Pro - https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_8_pro-9919.php

Comparing them

https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9919&idPhone2=9529&idPhone3=10048

I think the SG Note 10 Lite is a fair bit cheaper and easier to get

corks finest

CramCycle wrote: »

What are the large screen Chinese phone options, eg 6.7jnch and bigger. I had a Samsung Note years ago and miss the super large screen.

Mi note 10

are you serious

Hi lads, looking for a suggestion for an upgrande on a galaxy s8 in the region of 250 ish maybe up to 300.

Nothing in particular really needed. As like everyone I suppose a decent battery life would be high enough on the list. It wouldn't necessarily need nfc, havnt used it yet so doubt it would be used in future.

A lot of internet based browsing will be main function on the phone.

GBX

are you serious wrote: »

Hi lads, looking for a suggestion for an upgrande on a galaxy s8 in the region of 250 ish maybe up to 300.

Nothing in particular really needed. As like everyone I suppose a decent battery life would be high enough on the list. It wouldn't necessarily need nfc, havnt used it yet so doubt it would be used in future.

A lot of internet based browsing will be main function on the phone.

Few decent options Xiaomi and Realme posted in the past few days. Most will be sufficient. Links posted.

LorelaiG

Does the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 pro have NFC? Where's the best to buy atm, looking for the 128gb version.