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https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/90spk1/look_what_just_arrived/
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Now we have to talk about the recycled Redmi 5 Plus design
I don’t. I use my phone all the time, my wallet, not so much. So I keep my wallet in my backpack and phone in my pocket.
ENHANCE!
Dude, you should always have your wallet when you leave the house.
Apparently they didn’t read about the headphone jack or they just refuse to add one.
I went insofar to send my contactless card back to my bank because I rank security over convenience, and would never use either where I live.
If some dickhead who was unaware of “how” I magically just walzed into the local shop and paid with my expensive phone and they thought they could do the same, I’d probably end up with some lost teeth and no phone.
And, I understand some peeps are clumsy and lose their shit all the time but here’s my [old wallet](https://i.imgur.com/wP5RXBN.jpg) which has held many cards over the years.
That’s good to know.
Dear Xiaomi person:
Please stop making phones without headphone jacks. It’s dumb. A vast majority of you users want them. Don’t become like Apple where you take a patronising standpoint with your users. Keep making rad stuff, but also take the time to listen to what your users want.
They’re only here for the memes.
Mobile payments, pairing headphones and other devices, NFC tags (I have one in a different room I have to go to to turn off my alarm for example) and it’s the best way of easily sharing a webpage or app or something with someone near you. That’s what I use it for. They’ll be more stuff too.
Mi8
Not really unless you are into rubbing devices with other people to share a business card, which of course no Asian would ever be caught doing anyway.
😂
Also license fees to the NFC forum, likely the more devices you produce with NFC the higher your license bill. Pricing structure doesn’t seem to be available to the public however.
I had a NFC phone in 2011, never used it for anything, so it’s very much hit and miss depending on country. Like China we also have an alternative payment platform based on phone numbers or QR codes.
you forgot the mi cat that was unboxed & then reboxed recently.
plz dont forget about us once you go mainstream.
>But you still need a wallet, like you said. What’s the difference between a one card wallet and say, a 4 slot card holder with your ID, Bank card & CC. Bulk is also pretty much gone with any card holder, which is what I’ve gone with, 6 cards and a slot for a bill or two in the middle.
Because what’s the point? As I said, I have my phone why bother bringing more stuff I don’t need.
>What about loyalty cards that don’t have apps? Costco in particular. You need your card to get in and they have forced me to not use contactless paying for anything over a certain amount too, made me insert the card.
I have a Nectar card and my Morrissons card both on the Android pay app and they’re the only loyalty cards I use. Don’t have a Costco membership at the moment myself bu whenever I’m going to Costco I know I’m going to Costco, don’t think I’d need to carry that around with me all the time.
>Also here in Vancouver, Canada, I’ve run into quite a few stores (even my nearest 7-11 Downtown) with signs saying “No tap available”. What do you do then? Leave your goods and leave the store?
Here in the UK every shop has contactless terminals. Don’t know the last time I shopped somewhere that doesn’t.
Don’t understand why people here are literally arguing against a very cheap convenience. The whole main argument people seem to have against NFC payments here is “I’m used to the old worse way and i don’t want to change”.
> If I’m going out drinking I’ll take a one card wallet with just my ID. Just gets rid of so much bulk.
But you still need a wallet, like you said. An ID card is a must, especially so if you are driving. What’s the difference between a one card wallet and say, a 4 slot card holder with your ID, Bank card & CC. Bulk is also pretty much gone with any card holder, which is what I’ve gone with, 6 cards and a slot for a bill or two in the middle.
What about loyalty cards that don’t have apps? Costco in particular. You need your card to get in and they have forced me to not use contactless paying for anything over a certain amount too, made me insert the card.
Also here in Vancouver, Canada, I’ve run into quite a few stores (even my nearest 7-11 Downtown) with signs saying “No tap available”. What do you do then? Leave your goods and leave the store?
Yes it is.
Ok, maybe I’m the one who is biased. All I know it’s a deal breaker for me.
This gets posted on r/android every few weeks/months. The same thing happens which happened here.
Parent comment asking some XYZ OEM for NFC and getting decent traction of voted and then getting replied comments which are equally upvoted talking about who the heck needs NFC and so on.
My guess is Xiaomi focuses more on features like dual cameras and build quality so it removed NFC.
Fair enough. I guess me, both go in the pocket in the morning, and they’re usually also both there while queuing unless it’s in my hand if I had a long list saved there.
Getting my wallet and putting it in my pocket each morning and then having to take it out of my pocket and then take the card out is a fair bit more effort than taking my phone which is always with me and then is usually in my hand when I’m queuing anyway. If it isn’t then I only have to take it out of my pocket and touch it to the scanner, maybe touch the fingerprint scanner. It’s one less thing to forget, one less thing to lose and one less thing in your pocket. If you can use it it just doesn’t make sense not to and then once you do you won’t want to not.
Like, I get it and I want NFC too so I have one less thing to need to bring with me. But you’re still either pulling out a phone and tapping it, or pulling out a card and tapping it. And the card you don’t need to unlock/enter a pin first (under a certain amount)
Except that maybe, being this the Xiaomi sub, the replies here don’t necessarily represent the consumer market Xiaomi is targeting (people that don’t already own a Xiaomi)? After all, from the top 5 vendors listed by Xiaomi in the presentation, Samsung, Huawei and Nokia appear to disagree.
The west isn’t their priority.
> why
Read this comment chain itself. You’ll get your answer.
tl;dr Not enough userbase demand to justify it being necessary.
I believe they havent noticed the criticism about this post.
Stop bringing alot of devices with the exact same hardware and software out. The differency are meanwhile so small that there is no reason to buy a newer version.
Looking at the P20 Lite, that one also has a much inferior chipset for about the same price, compared to the A2. In the budget segment it really is a question of where to cut corners to reach a given price point.
In my honest opinion I don’t think NFC would make that big of a difference when it comes to overall commercial success of the phone, especially considering it’s in the budget segment. It’s also a a way to further differentiate their flagship lineup from their budget lineup. It’s just how it is.
If you need to carry around all that stuff yeah it’s not going to do you much good but most people don’t need that all the time.
Card payments can take a couple of days to appear in my account I prefer to just be able to look at how much I’ve spent on that particular night in the pub rather than waiting.
I have million other cards in my wallet, raging from European Health insurance card to Czech ID card and my driving licence. I still need those. Just one debit/paying card though.
But yeah, the aggregation of the bills and expenses is nice. That said my bank app does that too though, for all payments.
Oh right, forgot your wallet…sure. Well thankfully mine never leaves my pocket, as I have a business card, my contactless debit card, european health insurance card, Czech ID card, driving license card and a public transport card.
I hope they understand how much we hate the notch.
Lol
[even better](https://i.imgur.com/T04kQPF.jpg)
Lol its surprising to see my username there 😂
For example Huawei P20 Lite 4GB/64GB is 288€ on [Amazon.es](https://Amazon.es), Xiaomi Mi A2 4GB/64GB is 275€
And there are way cheaper phones (with worse specs of course) like Huawei P8 Lite, Samsung J5 or Nokia 3.1, which all have NFC. The key is those phones aren’t specifically targeted at the Chinese market (unlike the Mi 6X, which is the hardware base of the Mi A2), where not including NFC isn’t as important as it is in Europe, so those manufacturers prefer to make price cuts in other components.
I don’t think that’s an excuse when a [£250 phone](https://www.gsmarena.com/lg_optimus_l5_e610-4571.php) from 2012 had NFC.
What’s the model with best processor so far?
We dont have Pro version on global market. If you live in india you probably have Note 5 and Note 5 pro. Global market have Redmi 5 plus and Note 5
So your phone works with all of them. That’s what makes it so great.
You will always need your phone no matter what you’re doing. You no longer need to take a wallet with all of your cards in it to go out. Most of the time I don’t take it out with me at all, there’s just no need. If I’m going out drinking I’ll take a one card wallet with just my ID. Just gets rid of so much bulk.
I’d really recommend you try Android Pay if it’s available for you.
Edit: forgot to mention you have the purchase information there immediately so you can see what you have spent on any particular day without waiting for the bank to get the information and update your online account.
The Pro version comes with 636, note 5 has 625.
Which phones exactly? I didn’t see the presentation.
I don’t think many phones in this price have these specs+dual cameras.
Contactless cards are univeral in my country(Czech Republic, country that the poster I was replying to also lives at) at this point and every shop has a contactless/nfc reader. Every new card is also contactless unless you specificaly choose so or disable it at your bank.
How different is tapping your wallet on the contactless reader different than tapping your phone?
FYI, you can add the time to the URL if you click on “share”.
[https://youtu.be/IrRVxzXftZA?t=1h24m30s](https://youtu.be/IrRVxzXftZA?t=1h24m30s)
It’s easily done on the web, but maybe you are on mobile.
I know it’s a cost reduction motivation, but similarly priced budget phones from Samsung, Huawei and Nokia (all these 3 brands, plus Apple, appeared on the slides about market share Xiaomi showed at the event) have NFC.
These are all budget phones. Removing NFC probably keeps the costs down.
Xiaomis top end phones like the mi mix do have NFC.
Yes, we call it Redmi 5 Plus
They need to get their shit together with naming their products
The global version has a 636, the Indian version a 625.
The Redmi Note 5 global version was released as Redmi Note 5 pro in India, if I’m not mistaken.
Except your phone is just much more convenient. Can’t remember the last time I used my card to pay for something.
Very good SoC, powerful enought to handle everything in dayli use (except maxed out games, but thats not a problem for 80% of users), and power efficient still like all other brand new socs.
Redmi Note 5 don’t have it, as I know. It comes with 636
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that’s the one I just bought. Is the 625 at least good for modern day use? I don’t game too much with my phone
Didn’t you notice that Xiaomi has 625 in :-
Mi A2 Lite
Redmi Note 5
Redmi 6 Pro
Redmi S2
Redmi Y2
Redmi 5 Plus
Mi A1
Redmi 4 Prime
Mi Max 2
Mi 5X
Redmi Note 4X
Redmi Note 4
Xiaomi use the same snapdragon 625 processor for 2 years now in all mid-budget phones. It become a joke here and Xiaomi made a joke out of themselves presenting new Snapdragon 625 phone today, linking this subreddit image
what does the meme mean? i’m new in this sub
because you always have your phone in your reach, wallet not so much.
honestly both are massively convenient, phone slightly more so.
it’s not like you have to throw your credit card away if you decide to use mobile payments you know.
I got samsung pay on my watch, the most convenient thing ever. just tap the terminal with my watch and I’m done. no need to dig for anything.
LOL
I guess here in Czech Republic you could use the phone instead of the card but really, it’s about the same thing.
>even if I did forget my CC at home, there’s always cash
Even if I do run out of battery, there’s always cash.
How do you pay when you forget your credit cards at home?
If your answer is “that never happens” or “that is very unlikely”, then let me tell you that I have never completely depleted my phone battery, not even once. Could it happen in the future? Yes, of course, the same way that you could forget your wallet at home.
Mobile payments, pairing headphones and other devices, NFC tags (I have one in a different room I have to go to to turn off my alarm for example) and it’s the best way of easily sharing a webpage or app or something with someone near you.
They have good taste in shitposts, i see.
still better than mediatek tho
Mobile payments.
Quick payments when I don’t want to look for my wallet in my backpack and take the card out of it. Just take the phone out of the pocket, unlock and tap the payment terminal since those are ubiquitous, and more and more common in vending machines, self-service terminals and dispensers.
There’s also some high end BT headphones that perform quick pairing through NFC, and the whole stuff about writing NFC tags that some people use for amiibo spoofing. Some cities are also looking into migrating NFC transit cards to phone apps using NFC as well.
Are you sure? Then why release a phone with Android One that is simply a rebranded Mi 6X? Why do the world presentation in Madrid, Spain, Western Europe? Why announce the availability dates in Spain, France and Italy during that event?
they do. thats the point of their expansion into europe and America.
Because they don’t target the West
I’m sure Chinese people would appreciate it too. It’s more than just mobile payments.
If you are reading this, Xiaomi, why do you launch a smartphone in 2018 without NFC? Yes, I know mobile payments in China work differently, but here in the West we **need** NFC.
Thanks
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[better pic](https://i.imgur.com/45cOgiT.jpg)
Maybe we can say some suggestions to xiaomi, and we will be heard
P.s. sorry for quality, was taken with 360p
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