Xiaomi Mi Note 3 4G Phablet International Version - Black £151.38 at GearBest

Fine it's a bit of a dated design now, but it's powerful and it's got NFC!!!, an IR blaster and a barometer (something that's even missing on the flagships now )

Shouldn't one chose the Redmi Note 7 over this? I'm assuming Mi is better quality than Redmi, but by the hardware alone, Note 7 seems to be the better choice.

canton76a21/08/2019 14:19

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For the money I'd have to agree about the Note 7,though the camera may be better on this I'm not sure?

canton76a21/08/2019 14:19

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Depends if you need NFC..?

No band 20 support

canton76a21/08/2019 14:19

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"I'm assuming Mi is better quality than Redmi".

I wouldn't mind knowing the answer to that question too actually?.

(I've tended to assume that Mi + Redmi were alllllll one of the same, etc - or maybe that's just me?).

But either way, the Note 7 is the most recent ...

api18221/08/2019 15:04

Depends if you need NFC..?

Correct, lol.

For this particular 'price point' ( + alllllll the other hardcore spec's on it besides), then yeh NFC is an excellent additional touch, yes. :-)

Neostar21/08/2019 18:10

No band 20 support

That's because it's the International Version, and not the Global Version instead ...

You'll still get 4G on there still (850MHz, etc etc etc?).

Just not Band 20/800MHz for Networks like O2 or something?.

But O2 (for the most part at least anyway), will work on 4G with this phone, or whatever. :+)

amour3k23/08/2019 19:17

That's because it's the International Version, and not the Global Version …That's because it's the International Version, and not the Global Version instead ...You'll still get 4G on there still (850MHz, etc etc etc?).Just not Band 20/800MHz for Networks like O2 or something?.But O2 (for the most part at least anyway), will work on 4G with this phone, or whatever. :+)Read lessRead more

And Vodafone.

To my knowledge there never was an edition Mi Note 3 with band 20

api18223/08/2019 19:27

And Vodafone.To my knowledge there never was an edition Mi Note 3 with …And Vodafone.To my knowledge there never was an edition Mi Note 3 with band 20Read lessRead more

Fair enough, and (to my knowledge at least anyway), MOST that complain plentyyy on here about phone's with lack of Band 20 on them, etc, tend to most (if not solely), complain of it not working on O2, or whatever (and not much else ... )

Network Three has been mentioned a few times too (if I recall well?, lol).

But to be honest (like I stipulated already earlier), MOST UK Networks here, have more than 1 4G Band they can jump off on, and/or onto, etc? (eg. 850MHz, etc etc etc - there's at least 4-6+ different other 4G Band's out there basically).

So, it's still doable anyway (depending on as to how remote a location you live in, etc?). :-)

As for whether there was a Global Version of the Xiaomi 3 or not, I genuinely couldn't tell you?.

As by the time I was FINALLY getting to know the brand, as a 'brand' (yet alone, as to whether they were then any good in the first place too, and wotnots), I'd then already skipped several Xiaomi phone model's, and ...

(But even now, I get a bit blindsided between that while International Version, Chinese ROM, Global Version, and whatever craziness thing's?, hehehehehehe). :-D