Hey RedViking, what did your wife say about the Note 4? Is she enjoying it? Give us a review!
Posted review on other thread this morning, but here it is:
Sorry for the late review, have been very busy and typed a review a while ago then my LG G4 froze and that was the end of it.
Xiaomi Note 4X review by RV:
So my wife has been using the phone for about a week and I've played with it. She is not a heavy user, use it mostly for phoning clients, Amazon Kindle, YouTube videos and general communication.
Pros:
Since she's got it, it has probably only been charged 2 or 3 times, so basically 3 days of battery use. This is great.
Fingerprint reader works great, easy to unlock screen directly from sleep. So there is no need for finger swiping the screen etc. You can register more than one fingerprint. Display and brightens looks great. You can use double tap on the display to wake it up. The phone also responds well and no delay switching between applications etc. Lots of memory, even with all the crapware. I had to cut her SIM to fit the micro sim slot and there was no issues. For a 3K phone the camera works well, good quality when there is good lighting. Will still try an alternative camera application.
The stock MIUI looks nice and she likes it. I noticed though when using the Time Widget you can't center the widget properly or change it much, so personally I'll prefer Nova Launcher with finer grid settings and customization.
Cons:
You need to register the phone with an MI account otherwise it just doesn't work. I don't see the need to have a Google Account and an MI Account. After registering the MI Account I just disabled everything related to MI. So the account is just there to keep the phone and its creators happy. Lots of crapware on the phone, but this is to be expected.
Fingerprint reader and double tap: I hate buttons (thanks to the faulty buttons on my LG G4). As I said the finger print reader is great to unlock and the double tap is also handy. Would be nice if you can lock the phone with finger print or at least then lock the phone with double tap. This way there is no need to reach for that button to lock the phone or instantly turn of the display.
Camera lens is too close to fingerprint reader or there is no real division between them. A couple of times the fingerprint reader just doesn't respond because my finger is on the camera lens and not on the reader. Yes, maybe I am the only one and the problem might be the user here. I think this might get the camera lens scratched and a sort of division would be nice.
The charger doesn't connect easily to the phone, you have to force it a little bit until it makes a click sound. Is this normal? I can foresee that I'll have to order a charging port replacement in the near future. A Type-C port would have been great.
Glass Screen protector I ordered with the phone is too small and doesn't stick to the round edges, this is a known issue. Not sure if there is a solution though.
Conclusion:
This is a great phone for its price with excellent battery life, but there is room for improvement that won't affect the price of the phone.
And she doesn't even know
Now the question is, is it worthwhile trying to DIY cutting it ? The last time MTN charged my over R130 for a new sim and swop to get a micro one.