The Official Xiaomi Thread

[Dan C]

How about the Redmi note 9T 5G

Redmi Note 9T 128GB - Mobile In Africa

MediaTek Dimensity 800U octa-core CPU, up to 2.4GHz Redmi Note 9T offers a generational leap in flagship-grade performance and power efficiency. With its MediaTek Dimensity 800U SoC and brand new ...

mia.africa.com

Better specs, but not using snapdragon which worries me...? 800U chipset any good ?

Difficult to find the 9S or 9 pro these days under R5000

Pretty good specs for the price

 

[bob2142]

Miphones has note 10 for r4600
Seems decent

 

[ands45]

Miphones has note 10 for r4600
Seems decent

I would say good luck getting your order from them

 

[FlashSA]

I would say good luck getting your order from them

Yip. miphones rebranded. Best of luck.....

 

[thirstycurve]

Will Xiaomi ever bring their flagships to South Africa?

 

[gottagoon]

Will Xiaomi ever bring their flagships to South Africa?

I believe they will. They growing incredibly fast now with Huawei basically out the picture with no Play store support.

My phone is a cheap Redmi 9C. I can honestly say I've never been happier with a phone. Solid, big clear display, phone calls clear, fast, battery is 5000 mAH.

All this quality in a phone and the software is rock solid. And it only cost me R2000 from Takealot. And it's the 2GB RAM version....they sold out now in SA.

The 3GB version still in stock. Only around R200 to R400 more and it has 64GB storage instead of 32GB...

Can't go wrong with Xiaomi. Good phone's.

 

[The_Librarian]

I hope Xiaomi will produce tablets as well, with 64Gb's of storage... $son's using a huawei tablet and its 16Gb's of storage is already full, moaning at him.

 

[The_Librarian]

I look at the crazy prices of some "flagship" Sagsmug and Whawee phones, then ask myself why would you willingly shackle yourself to that expensive piece of tat when you could just purchase a good, basic Xiaomi device at a quarter (or even less) of the price and be free of a crippling contractual debt?

Naaah, going forward I will no more purchase phones on contract, will rather get m2m SIM contracts and buy Xiaomi devices and pay these off over 4 or 6 months instead.

 

[jnvdh06]

I look at the crazy prices of some "flagship" Sagsmug and Whawee phones, then ask myself why would you willingly shackle yourself to that expensive piece of tat when you could just purchase a good, basic Xiaomi device at a quarter (or even less) of the price and be free of a crippling contractual debt?

Naaah, going forward I will no more purchase phones on contract, will rather get m2m SIM contracts and buy Xiaomi devices and pay these off over 4 or 6 months instead.

Mostly for the better camera performance. Midrangers have "good enough" cameras but not the best.

UI performance isnt that big of a difference between proper midrangers and flagships

 

[jnvdh06]

How about the Redmi note 9T 5G

Redmi Note 9T 128GB - Mobile In Africa

MediaTek Dimensity 800U octa-core CPU, up to 2.4GHz Redmi Note 9T offers a generational leap in flagship-grade performance and power efficiency. With its MediaTek Dimensity 800U SoC and brand new ...

mia.africa.com

Better specs, but not using snapdragon which worries me...? 800U chipset any good ?

Difficult to find the 9S or 9 pro these days under R5000

The newer Mediatek chips are very good actually. Dont think you will get custom roms for those devices but for most people that wont matter

 

[Neoprod]

Lineage released Android 11 this month...I update once a month so will be on 11 in a bit.

 

[The_Librarian]

Is there any way to force apps to install themselves on the SD card instead of phone memory?

 

[deesef]

Is there any way to force apps to install themselves on the SD card instead of phone memory?

Many years ago I used an app called app2sd. It worked great. Not sure if it is still being updated.

 

[xrapidx]

https://www.amazon.com/Amazfit-T-Rex-Pro-Desert-Grey/dp/B08X9WS6VW?th=1

Wondering if this is worth it vs waiting for local sources.

 

[Adoxographist]

About R4600 - Amazon

 

[riscbroker]

Is there any way to force apps to install themselves on the SD card instead of phone memory?

In Developer Options, if you check under the Apps section, there is a toggle that states 'Force allow apps to write on external storage'. I don't know whether this pertains to apps under development or to apps already/about to be installed but it may be worth investigating.

 

[Nirv]

Wonder when we'll get the Note 10 readily available from local sources. Not a bad price from Amazon though.

 

[The_Librarian]

In Developer Options, if you check under the Apps section, there is a toggle that states 'Force allow apps to write on external storage'. I don't know whether this pertains to apps under development or to apps already/about to be installed but it may be worth investigating.

Have toggled it, will see what happens.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

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About R4600 - Amazon

Rather post a link than a screenshot

 

[janellis]

Bought a phone for a friend of Mi Africa due to Takealot not having stock. Next day delivery with free shipping. Top draw service....

glad to hear that...i was thinking of ordering a wifi 6 gaming router from them AX9000 i think