The Official Xiaomi Thread

Found this on my home screen this morning, never seen it before and can't find anything on the net. Can someone identify this symbol with a head having a plus sing next to it?
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ReeceDBN031 said:
Yea i get this.. Just not everyone has access to cash like this.

Im pretty sure they could make money if they partnered with some places like charge a 5-10% interest on loan of 24months. Will still be a easy easy seller to most.
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There are options (although not right now).

1. Instead of upgrading a contract, cancel it and go prepaid. Stay a year on prepaid and that monthly cost put in a savings account towards the Xiaomi. Like a 9% goalsave at Tymebank. You will find that you will choose your next phone far more carefully when you do this. Also the newer version could be out.
2. If you have a credit card where the interest is not too high, buy it on that and just pay it off as quick as you can.

Option 1 is better in all regards.

Now that I am on prepaid, I found I keep phones around 3-4 years before I upgrade and usually because by then I start seeing issues in my phone. I was on the Mi5 until recently changing to the Mi9T. I think it did well. I even flashed pixel experience to the Mi5 and I still cant believe how smooth of a phone it is at it's age.
 
Tinuva said:
There are options (although not right now).

1. Instead of upgrading a contract, cancel it and go prepaid. Stay a year on prepaid and that monthly cost put in a savings account towards the Xiaomi. Like a 9% goalsave at Tymebank. You will find that you will choose your next phone far more carefully when you do this. Also the newer version could be out.
2. If you have a credit card where the interest is not too high, buy it on that and just pay it off as quick as you can.

Option 1 is better in all regards.

Now that I am on prepaid, I found I keep phones around 3-4 years before I upgrade and usually because by then I start seeing issues in my phone. I was on the Mi5 until recently changing to the Mi9T. I think it did well. I even flashed pixel experience to the Mi5 and I still cant believe how smooth of a phone it is at it's age.
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I opted for option number 1 a few years back now and part of our monthly savings consists of putting a little extra away for new phones for myself and my wife every two years. We bought two Nokia 5's the first time we did this and they ended up lasting longer than two years which meant we had a little extra budget for our new phones.
 
veethree said:
I think it's a connection request from LinkedIn. Do you use that app?
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BradleyKZN said:
Its a friend request (or suggestion) on one of your social media apps.
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Not using LinkedIn. Could have been a friend request which came through but was actioned on the tablet and the App on the phone did not update accordingly. A restart of the phone cleared the symbol. Thank you. :)
 
Volte definitely works on telkom and mtn

Dial

*#*#86583#*#* to enable volte and
*#*#869434#*#* to enable vowifi (doesn't work for me though)

The sim card must be enabled beforehand as telkom definitely don't see xiaomi as volte compatible

Once done you'll have the option to enable in network settings
 
Imraank said:
Whats the consensus on the Mi Band 4?
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It works just like any other of the cheaper brands, but battery life is phenomenal. I regularly get 20 days on a charge, with heart rate measurements every 30 minutes, ramping up to continuous measurement when I'm not resting.

Also, there is a very wide range of straps in any colour imaginable, if you want to customise and are willing to import.
 
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