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No it has a water drop notch.

Redmi Note 7 and Note 8 are almost the same…

All I want to know does it have a notification LED

im disappointed by note 8 series

note 8 no nfc ,ugly front branding, no amoled
Note 8 Pro no amoled aswell, mediashit processor

The note 8 pro back reminds me alot of the pocophone
Hope they still keep the micro sd vard slot and a notification light

Actually, why arent you suggesting the mi 9t normal cuz if the redmi note 8 is good enough why wouldnt the mi 9t normal

Literally the only downfall. Still, a great set of hardware!

Redmi logo is on the chin of Note 8 but not on the chin of Note 8 Pro.

I took the photo from Xiaomi’s microblog.
http://imgur.com/a/mTEnclg

No, you don’t understand. It’s 40% cheaper than k20 and Samsung’s a30 has exynos 7904 with Mali G71 MP2 which is pretty old and weaker than adreno 509 (sd636)

They are specifically targeting people who play games and want adreno 618 type performance for cheaper price. A30 is neat if you want amoled for the same price and don’t play games.

Please read what I said.

Gonna stick w my Mi9

Another option is k30 . With 5g support i think.

I have a redmi note 7 64gb + 4gb and if i had to buy a new phone i’m almost sure that i’ll buy the redmi nore 8 with the snapdragon cpu since I had multiple mediatek procesors in the past being the last one the helio x10 on the redmi note 2 and they are great at first but once they are a little bit old everything starts to be slow(i think it was due to thermal throttle) and you won’t be able to find a good custom rom with the mediateck cpu (in fact it’s rare if you recive an oficial android update)

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Apart from that at least the helio x10 was a very power hungry cpu so it had a low autonomy and also the phone was hot if you compare it with phones with other cpus. I don’t know if they have improve or something like that but even than in the paper the redmi note 8 pro is better I won’t buy it since I don’t trust mediatek anymore.

I’ll wait for note 15 until next July

No news about miui 11?

Such a poor man😇

Any information regarding storage? UFS 2.1 ?

Sad to see it still has a notch.

gonna stick with my RN3P

It was known that the presentation is today for about 2 weeks. It’s your own fault 😉

bro, my screen broke. Thats the only reason Im searching for a new mi phone

Mediatek forces OEMs to pay for the kernel sources, which in turn, makes Xiaomi unable to publish said sources (As Mediatek do not publically release sources). Custom roms on Mediatek phones are most times modified stock roms or extremely broken aosp roms that never get fixed because of the horrible resources devs have to work with

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I need that limited edition World of Warcraft model Xiaomi, you’re forcing my hand here!!!

Yes, but not me though. I don’t even have casual game installed on my phone. The people around me, friends..colleague all played mobile game.. Pubg, mobile legend, coc and others. They seem to heavily invested in it too. Buying in game items and all.

Why do you want to replace your Mi 9T?

not interested in 5G speeds. in fact i even used data plan that limits my speed at 3mbps (regardless of connection) but with no data cap. i have no problem using slower network since my wifi at home is fast enough (100mbps)

The Redmi Note series is a tier below the K series. Why would you want a downgrade?

There’s one for Redmi Note 7. If you can’t wait just buy the Reno 7 version.

Mediatek socs are bad, go for the Note 8, snapdragon

i don’t mind that. i have 64gb on my mi 5s plus and its enough. if its full, its usually because of residual apps of which i’ll just format and reinstall everything.

the reason i am doubting on buying a flagship is i don’t see the benefit of buying more powerful SoC anymore. sure my current phone SoC (snapdragon 821) is slow by today’s standard but it still is good enough even for PUBG mobile which is the heaviest thing i do. the problem is for some reason the battery drain is so terrible on my phone. i tried everything from changing ROM, changing battery and it still doesn’t fix it.

so for me, i will upgrade this phone soon even though the SoC is still very very good (if no battery issue i can use it for another year). so buying another flagship class SoC is not worth it for me as i will switch anyway before the SoC felt slow

Yes… I know, I have the phone… But there’s still a tempered glass that blackout the edges (including the chin). One of them is Nillkin Amazing XD CP+.

I know it’s a stupid products, I also wonder why they made it in the first place…

Holy sht, two phones in same year. Xiaomi don’t sleep.

I know right? Yet people can’t stop complaining! I think this is probably the best thing you will get for that price. Of course, they can ALWAYS do more, but it still seems to be an excellent device…

Long answer?

Fine. I didn’t think about it.. **😅**

Yeah, I own Redmi Note 3 MTK and I can tell you one thing – Mediatek never again. Best rom is the last [Xiaomi.eu](https://Xiaomi.eu) one…

But that wide angle lens and macro lens are tempting. (and better battery life too).

How G90 is better than sd730? Like +5%? They both are not top tier gaming CPUs

this guy gets it😂

I am still on my Mi5 here. Don’t think that this SoC could be considered slow even by today standarts. I think that’s the reason to choose a high end SoC, future proof. I am half way through my second battery and definitely see going through one more.
But for a 2 year and change habit, it is really nonsense.

No, what i think is i could’ve gone for a weaker chipset at the time (Snapdragon 650?) And be fine with it as I’m going to switch soon.

The battery life is unbearable even with the new battery. I can get 2 hours of SoT if I’m lucky.

This Snapdragon 821 just shows that most apps aren’t getting much more demanding anymore. That means i can settle down with Snapdragon 730 and be fine with it. The extra 25% to buy a mi9T pro (from mi9T) is just isn’t worth it.

And I’m hyped (though worried at the battery life) for the new G90T in redmi note 8 pro. It’s manufactured in 12nm (which is only a bit more efficient than 14nm on Snapdragon 821) compared to 8nm on Snapdragon 730 but is significantly more powerful

I’m waiting for Mi Max 5 Ultra T and Pocophone F50 + Redmi 50T whichever come 1st

WHats a CC9? And why do I feel like its not in the price range of a redmi?

What? Forces OEMs to pay for kernel sources?

How do you expect xiaomi them to develop their own ROMs for their own phones without it?

Kernel sources are no longer the reason why custom ROMs aren’t a thing for xiaomi devices. Redmi 6/6a were mediatek devices and they had their kernel sources released without an issue.

True. It’s pretty much the same in many ways.but it is kind of an upgrade if compared to last year’s phone (Redmi Note 5). But all in all, I do believe they release way too many phones too often with little changes from one to the next one.

Do you think its gonna be avaliable in the EU ?

I think it’ll be a China exclusive… Asia, as you know, is a very populated region and they’re very well known for their talents and their addiction in games. Good news is that there was this Hatsune Miku limited edition a few years ago, people somehow managed to get their hands on a few. I think you can obtain those via Chinese online markets but it won’t officially be offered in retailers (most likely).

MTK are dicks and wont release the kernel source necessary to make custom ROMs

>Not waiting for the Note 20

Plebs…

Oh that’s good! We also have a few xiaomi stores and official Xiaomi customer support etc but we didn’t even get 9T Pro yet (I think that should be the K20 Pro, the supposedly Pocophone F1 successor). The only limited edition versions released in my country were I do believe those EE editions of flagship Mi series, Mix 2S White and Mix 3 with some awkward finish that they even giveaway this interesting statue in the box the name was “Forbidden City” or something like that. If your Xiaomi store also sells some of these, then you can hopefully see WoW Edition in retailers as well.

Also, I do get your concern. That’s also what I think about shopping online from Chinese stores, I’m currently an iPhone owner but I’m hoping to make my switch back to android sometime soon. OnePlus is my primary choice on the matter, but every now and then Xiaomi teases me with tempting surprises.

Lastly, I would suggest you to keep an eye on Indian market, that’s a very tempting market for Chinese OEMs since they have a huge fanbase there. If India gets WoW edition, probably EU will get it as well. That being said, I haven’t seen anything beyond Mi series EE, Mix 3 Forbidden City kind of special in EU countries, unfortunately…

Won’t buy it because of the MediaTek SoC. I use custom ROMs and a phone which supports them is important for me.

>That’s basically it! There is no massive upgrade.

That was in the post you were replying to.

I’m with you on the bloated product line; it seems like the Chinese manufacturers are desperately trying not to look like they don’t have the latest and greatest at the lowest price. It lately seems like there’s a huge “launch” of a new phone happening every 3–6 months. Mi CC9, 9T, 9T Pro, 9, 9 EE, 9 SE—it’s slowly getting confusing. And that’s just one manufacturer.

The K20 also has a vapor chamber. That’s why the center of the phone will warm up under heavy use, despite the fact that the SoC is beside the camera module. Also I don’t think the G90T will be much better than the 730 performance wise.

Yeah Europe in general is a bit backwards, but it’s coming. It’s ok-ish to use in Switzerland right now. Ofc it could be better… I mean looking at the big picture, it’s still unnecessary.

But hey as for having NFC on a phone, I guess if you really want it, you’ll be fine with paying 100-200 Dollars more.

Like you said, the person responsible for the sources is not mediatek but xiaomi.

But Xiaomi has to have the original source code as they have to compile their firmware for release.

If it’s broken or incomplete, the blame is not on mediatek but on xiaomi else they themselves cannot compile it.

For the Redmi 6, from what I’ve read there are some stuff broken but it was easily fixed. This trend of semi-broken sources ain’t new too from xiaomi (Redmi 3s had it too which was Qualcomm based.)

So again, sources are not a reason why the custom ROMs are not a thing.