I bought Global Version Redmi 8 (not Note) at equivalent of USD80 online earlier this month, after deduct all the promotion price, discount, rebates plus free shipping. Comes with 3GB RAM 32GB storage. Received it two days ago and has been using it as a testing/backup phone. Comes with Google apps.

I think it supports eSim as well, I’m trying to search for more info but not found any yet.

So far the new phone works great – fast and smooth, unlocked and testing multiple telco sims.

Australia, but i bought my phone from China.

Same, global version but I did uninstall the ads service via usb debugging.

Yeah but you might as well install twrp anyway so you have a functional backup in case debloating breaks anything.

I’m in UK and it’s rare here but I found a new one on eBay for £95. It currently runs android 9 on miui 11

The Chinese skins are breed from the same design philosophy, so the skins are all the same, the only difference is how mature/developed they are. And I have to say that xiaomi has the best “chinese-style” rom and I would recommend it. Works well when you pair it with Nova launcher which is what I’m doing. While the stock launcher is very new-user friendly- my dad who barely knows how to use a computer can do basic tasks on a xiaomi without me ever having to teach him

I’m not sure where these talks of ads are coming from, I’ve been using my note 7 for over 6 months and i haven’t seen any ads.

Yeah same here I see many people with Oppo phones I reckon Xiaomi are better than Oppo because miui is a bit better than colour os 🤮. The only reason I use Redmi phones is custom ROM support. So when people ask me should I get a Xiaomi phone I can’t give them an answer as I use custom ROMs which most people won’t.

Well I’m a student and tech savvy enough to run a custom ROM I’m also an IT student so I don’t mind going through a bunch of steps to get things working how I like. For me it’s also a money thing I can buy a new phone or I can use a custom ROM and get an extra 3 years of support and software updates. I know not everyone wants to use ROMs. The only reason I bought my Redmi note 5 pro was custom ROM support with much more powerful hardware than other phones at the price point. It’s almost like a flagship.

I find it funny how the community have circumvented Xiaomis business model . As Xiaomi offer their phones for cheap and add ads in to make money. The community develops custom ROMs removing said ads and letting people use Xiaomi devices without the ads.

Привет! Скажите, Redmi Note 8 pro стоит загружать полную GLOBAL MIUI11?

A51 is so damn good I almost bought it, well deserved

I’m hoping to be one of those owners here in US… whenever it arrives. haha I have the A3, but I always like to have another phone on standby for various reasons. Android One has been pleasant especially after we finally got a good Android 10 update, but I’m looking to seeing MIUI 10 (and eventually 11) in action.

True but I don’t think there is another way to remove ads. I don’t know if you can disable them in miui.

Well it doesn’t matter as we can just install custom ROMs to remove the ads. People who dislike miui and ads have other options including Xiaomi.eu and lineage os.

I just got one last week and this phone is amazing, it just needs NFC.

Worldwide

> Linda Sui, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, “Global smartphone shipments reached a total of 275 million units in Q1 2020. The Android segment accounted for a dominant 86 percent share of all smartphones **shipped worldwide** in the quarter. The vast majority of smartphones sold globally today are Android models.”
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https://news.strategyanalytics.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2020/Strategy-Analytics-Samsung-Galaxy-A51-is-Worlds-Bestselling-Android-Smartphone-Model-in-Q1-2020/default.aspx

While we’re all xiaomi fans here, I want to take a moment to appreciate how stunning the price to performance of the Samsung A51 is, and thank Samsung for keeping the low to mid-end competitive with their A series

Of course it is, the specs already tell

Doesn’t everyone? Lower end devices only sell better because of their prices

It’s the one I have lmao

Redmi or Redmi Note?