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Xiaomi Note 4G (Enhanced Version) $236.22AUD,$202.98USD Delivered Using Coupon from MERIMOBILES

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Xiaomi Note 4G (Enhanced Version) $236.22AUD,$202.98USD Delivered Using Coupon from MERIMOBILES
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abadacus on 28/10/2014 - 10:52 merimobiles.com (3701 clicks)
Last edited 28/10/2014 - 14:35 by 1 other user
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Use coupon code "555" to take $5 off the total.

Price as per their newsletter as part of their weekly promotion. Advertised at $207.98USD, use code: "555" to bring the price down by $5. Not sure when it ends, maybe when their current promo finishes?
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1zv3h3t&s=8#.VE7b0slHSM8
Coupon codes are NOT stackable

Keep in mind that this is the revised version too with the 1.6GHz Snapdragon quad core CPU as opposed to the 1.7GHz mediatek octocore. This current model also weighs less than the mediatek powered version.
I have been using the mediatek version for the past 4 months and its been great. Can only assume this version is better.

EDIT:
Thanks to: aghafoorkj
Pay in US dollars for the price to go down to $202 USD. If you change it to australian dollar it is showing 236.22.

Shipping options and pricing:
Free Ship 17-40 Business Days $0.00
Singapore post 9-16 Business Days $14.00
DHL Express 3-6 Business Days $24.00
Ems 6-8 Business Days $28.00

SPECS:
Warranty:
1 Year, click here for details
CPU:
Snapdragon MSM8928 1.6GHz
GPU:
Mail-450
OS:
MIUI V5,support Android 4.2
Memory:
2GB DDR3 RAM, 8GB ROM
Support TF card,max up to 32GB
Screen:
5.5 inch IPS capacitive multi-touch screen
1280*720, 16M colors
4G Network:
4G FDD- LTE 1800/2100MHz
3G Network:
WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100MHz
2G Network:
GSM:900/1800/1900MHz
Audio:
3.5MM headphone jack
Built in Microphone
Video:
AVI,MP4,3GP,MOV,MKV,FLV
Features and highlights:
4G LTE
Snapdragon MSM8928 1.6GHz
Wifi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
Built-in GPS&AGPS
FM radio
Digital compass
Gyroscope
USB 2.0
OTG
Dual sim dual standby
Dual Microphone
Back 13.0 mega pixel/Auto Focus/Flash Light
Front 5 mega pixel, supports Skype Video Calls
Support to shoot 1080p
Gravity Sensor
Proximity Sensor
Light Sensor
Photo broswer:JPG,PNG,BMP,GIF
3.5mm audio jack
Camera:
Back 13.0 megapixel,Front 5MP
Battery:
3100mAh lithium-ion
Package Content:
Xiaomi Red rice Note 4G
USB cable
Charger
User Manual
Color:
Black
Language:
English

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  • dyziplen on 28/10/2014 - 11:06
    +1

    17 to 40 business days for the free delivery? That's one to two month.

    • abadacus on 28/10/2014 - 11:09
      +1

      for the specs, $202.98 + $14.00 (singapore post) is still not a bad price at all I reckon.

      • JackyQ on 28/10/2014 - 12:57

        RMB is only 999, going back to China this summer~!! woohoo

      • ozdavo on 28/10/2014 - 14:57

        Singapore post is still slow, but a bit more piece of mind. (Although no tracking once it reaches Australia!)

    • beeze on 28/10/2014 - 11:09
      +10

      Its free, if you want it quickly, pay their reasonable post charges.

    • JJJ on 28/10/2014 - 22:09
      +1

      Please read before you buy Xiomi

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/166798

  • demere on 28/10/2014 - 11:10

    anyone know how reliable is the website?

    • kei on 28/10/2014 - 11:33
      +3

      I have ordered from merimobiles before. The free shipping is really long wait. More than a month to arrive.

  • aghafoorkj on 28/10/2014 - 11:13
    +3

    This is the price in US dollars. For australian dollar it is showing 236.22.

    • abadacus on 28/10/2014 - 11:17
      +1

      Thanks, I'll update now

  • gimme on 28/10/2014 - 11:14
    +1

    easily rooted? any custom roms?

    edit; Just found it - framaroot

  • c64 on 28/10/2014 - 11:16
    -1

    does it come with bonus spyware?

    • scrimshaw on 28/10/2014 - 11:27
      +14

      I would say the spyware claim is most likely sensationalist journalism, but if you're afraid that it might contain spyware install a custom ROM.

    • Cheeper on 28/10/2014 - 11:48
      +14

      check the spyware that is operating on the computer you are using to type that question…

    • c64 on 28/10/2014 - 11:50
      -2

      from http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/830922-chinas-xiaomi-smartph… :

      The phone kept trying to make the connection, even after Li turned off Xiaomi’s iCloud-like MiCloud service. He then tried erasing and installing a new version of Android. The problem persisted.

      • DOTAKE on 28/10/2014 - 12:11
        +5

        the epoch times? that's full of lies and fake news, i rather not believe them.

      • Speedz on 28/10/2014 - 12:27
        +6

        The Epoch is Falun Gong funded news source, pretty well known to spew nothing but anti-chinese stuff.

        • Bunnyburger on 28/10/2014 - 12:59
          +2

          That cult is crazy, I once spoke to a lady from it that believed you could think away AIDS and cancer.

          I backed away slowly.

        • static on 28/10/2014 - 13:24

          @Bunnyburger: Technically you can't develop a cure without thinking so I guess the crazy cult wins this round.

        • ozdavo on 28/10/2014 - 15:00

          @static: I don't think that's true… history is littered with scientific breakthroughs (including medical cures) that were stumbled upon by accident with no direct thinking about the particular outcome.
          ;)

      • JackyQ on 28/10/2014 - 13:00

        The comments were hilarious on that website

        • Cleansingatm on 28/10/2014 - 13:39
          +2

          You just can't imagine the scope of cyber spay affairs. You think there is nothing to substantiate the reasons why Australian PM and defense staff not to use their work laptops in China? The big miners were holding meetings in Singapore for the same reasons. Better think again. Things are indeed not what they seem.

        • ozhunter68 on 28/10/2014 - 14:37
          +3

          @Cleansingatm:

          The Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks files that have been leaked have revealed that spying is happening all over the world, by the US as well as China and other countries. Every bit of tech we used can be spied on if connected to the internet or mobile network.

          So either don't worry too much about it, or do not connect to internet or use telecommunication equipment.

  • grygryjack on 28/10/2014 - 11:22

    Do you need to root it for Australia 3/4G network?

    • sunnyday on 28/10/2014 - 11:28

      As a bonus I guess :L

    • kei on 28/10/2014 - 11:32

      I don't think you need to root for 4G to work.

    • abadacus on 28/10/2014 - 14:28

      I'm currently using the previous version on TPG. No rooting required

      • ozhunter68 on 28/10/2014 - 14:41
        +1

        TPG uses only 3G, but good that it works for that.

  • m2thez on 28/10/2014 - 11:26

    does it even work for Aus's 4g network?

    • kei on 28/10/2014 - 11:29

      Says 4G FDD- LTE 1800/2100MHz. So yes it does work.

    • scrimshaw on 28/10/2014 - 11:30
      +11

      Australia is currently using these LTE bands

      2100Mhz (B1) FDD – Telstra (a handful of sites), Optus (Tasmania)
      1800Mhz (B3) FDD – Telstra, Optus, Vodafone
      850Mhz (B5) FDD – Vodafone (refarming 5Mhz of 3G to 4G across all metro areas by end of 2014)
      900Mhz (B8) FDD – Telstra (a handful of sites, utilises spectrum previously used by 2G)
      700Mhz (B28) FDD – Telstra, Optus (switched on early in a couple of cities, will be widespread in 2015)
      2300Mhz (B40) TDD (0000008000000000) – Optus (Vivid wireless spectrum)

      To follow late 2014:

      2600Mhz (B7) FDD ( – Telstra, Optus, TPG?

      This phone is compatible with Aussie 4g networks.

      • [Deactivated] on 28/10/2014 - 12:49

        It's compatible, but you will have huge problems with 4G in some areas. For example, Optus only uses band 40 in Canberra so this wouldn't get 4G coverage.

        • alwayslooking on 28/10/2014 - 12:59
          +1

          Maybe a silly question, but would it not switch to a 3G network if this were the case?

          Reason I ask is because I'm planning to get this for my wife. She's got a Galaxy 2 and since Voda updated the firmware the battery is draining crazy and she hardly gets any reception in the house.

        • gimme on 28/10/2014 - 13:16
          +2

          @alwayslooking:

          sure will mate. For most day 2 day applications 3G is more than enough.

        • alwayslooking on 28/10/2014 - 13:22

          @gimme: Thanks mate. And I'm assuming it will work right out of the box.

          Just have to change the language to English etc?

      • buzzlight9 on 28/10/2014 - 13:16

        @scrim should put this in the wiki, so we can just link to it every time…

        • ozhunter68 on 28/10/2014 - 14:46

          @scrim should put this in the wiki, so we can just link to it every time…

          Good idea. Also quick to go to below link for correct updated news from the original Wiki….pedia.org

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G_Australia

    • cashless on 28/10/2014 - 12:03

      pity it won't pick up 700MHz currently being rolled out in city centres by Telstra and due to go live late December.
      4G bands gets so clogged up these days….

  • sunnyday on 28/10/2014 - 11:29
    +1

    From the Chinese Taobao it is about 186AUD excluding shipping. http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.0.0.8phqSC&id=4…

    Not bad price!

    • simonizmaster on 31/10/2014 - 14:22

      do you use google translate to do the shopping from that site directly?

  • seb on 28/10/2014 - 11:42

    Dimensions, weight, estimated battery life?

  • mazuko on 28/10/2014 - 11:44
    +1

    Bought one thanks op!

  • marioland on 28/10/2014 - 11:45
    +1

    Cheaper here, about $225 delivered: http://www.pandawill.com/xiaomi-hongmi-note-4g-lte-snapdrago…

    • scrimshaw on 28/10/2014 - 11:49
      +1

      Merimobiles has a better reputation than Pandawill though, but I guess that is a bargain too.

  • alwayslooking on 28/10/2014 - 11:47

    Anyone have reviews on this? Looks tempting!

  • JepunK on 28/10/2014 - 11:53
    +1

    this is really tempting…might be a good replacement for my iphone 4s

  • grygryjack on 28/10/2014 - 11:55
    +1

    Pandawill has TNT post for $6.98, anyone know how long does it takes to Australia?

    • alwayslooking on 28/10/2014 - 11:57
      +2

      TNT is a reputable courier. I've used them in the past for urgent documents and parcels from overseas to Australia and items have arrived in under a week.

      The urgent docs were around 1-2 working days.

  • mp3police on 28/10/2014 - 11:59

    these are the ones that apparently send back data to chinese data centre's apparently the indian army has banned these for personel

    • JepunK on 28/10/2014 - 12:12

      but…aren't they moving the service to Singapore and the US now?

    • [Deactivated] on 28/10/2014 - 12:35
      +5

      Apple iphone icloud does same thing, but no one cares it. You know we are all live in internet, in cloud, so no matter which device you use, your personal details will be send to cloud servers.

  • HandsomeMonkey on 28/10/2014 - 12:02

    Is ZTE Grand S2 for $289 any good? The specs is the same as an LG G2/G3?

    • scrimshaw on 28/10/2014 - 12:10

      I think it runs Baidu Yun OS…

      You need to flash custom ROM and GAPPS for ZTE devices, go check in the XDA forums first. These phones are sold in the Chinese market and run non-Google Android.

    • JackyQ on 28/10/2014 - 13:03

      Try MX4, it has international version, ZTE doesnt have Google service.

  • tc4101 on 28/10/2014 - 12:12
    +4

    "is that an iPhone"

    "no its a Xiaomii"

    "ummm ok" lols all round

    • ozhunter68 on 28/10/2014 - 14:59

      It's a smartphone with a big screen. Don't they all look alike. LOL

    • abadacus on 28/10/2014 - 15:03

      The amount of times I've been asked this too…

  • Lancerx on 28/10/2014 - 12:26

    thinking of buying the xjiaomi powerbank from them? Are they selling genuine xiaomi product?

  • grygryjack on 28/10/2014 - 12:58

    What is the shipping like from Taobao? They will ship to Australia?

    I'm at work the site is blocked :(

    • JackyQ on 28/10/2014 - 13:04
      +1

      I dont think Xioami website ship products to AU, but Taobao do ship stuff to au with reasonable post fee

  • peuwayaqdq on 28/10/2014 - 13:37
    +5

    It's cheaper here USD 192.99 with free Singpost shipping and few free gifts.

    • alwayslooking on 28/10/2014 - 13:41

      Reputable website?

      • peuwayaqdq on 28/10/2014 - 14:00
        +1

        Reasonably good. I have only one purchase from them tho and it was good.

        The review here is good too.

  • fimmwolf on 28/10/2014 - 14:01

    Just a heads up, the Indian government recently issued a warning to it's Air force personnel to not use Xiaomi phones as they send data back to the manufacturer.

    http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/indian-air-force-asks-pers…

  • ultraviolet on 28/10/2014 - 14:29

    I hope they have fixed its problems of keeping connecting to a server in China.

    • [Deactivated] on 28/10/2014 - 15:10
      +2

      Yes, I hope Apple does same thing as well. When I was in roaming oversea, every time when I restart my iphone, it automatically sent a message to apple and I had to pay that roaming message. Anyone know how to disable this?

      • Huntz on 28/10/2014 - 17:13

        No - easier to switch to Android ;)

  • PissLUR on 28/10/2014 - 14:39
    +2

    which merchant should I buy this from? hmm..

    • m2thez on 28/10/2014 - 15:13

      yeah, worry the same thing. I could not find this model in XIAOMI's website. People been telling there are so many fake XIAOMI in the Chinese market now.

    • [Deactivated] on 28/10/2014 - 15:47

      Yes, its true, and apple does the same thing. iPhone sends your details to their server as well. I would like to know how to disable it on my iphone.

      • McFly on 28/10/2014 - 19:26
        +1

        Leave it in airplane mode…

    • scrimshaw on 28/10/2014 - 15:47
      +1

      All this is based on an old report brought up solely for fearmongering.

      The concerns have long been addressed and have been confirmed fixed by F-Secure a week after the initial report in August:

      http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/technology-other…

      F-Secure published another report in a week, saying that Xiaomi had addressed the privacy concerns related to “MIUI Cloud Messaging Platform” by releasing an OTA update which made the messaging service “an opt-in feature, rather than a default one.”

      The report confirmed that after the OTA update, the security experts “did not see any data being sent out from the phone.” Also, it stated that on logging into Mi Cloud, “base-64 encoded traffic is now sent.”

      The updated report concluded by stating that Mi Cloud data was “now sent over HTTPS rather than HTTP, as seen in our previous testing.”

      • cameldownunder on 28/10/2014 - 15:56

        On my Xiaomi Mi 3 I can selectively disable data for each apps. I wonder If I can disable data for their spyware. That would be too funny.

    • WhiteEvo6 on 28/10/2014 - 17:48

      Xiaomi is moving its setup to Amazon data centers to help make customers feel safer after recent issues. Non Chinese users will be sitting on servers in US and Singapore Amazon data centers. Its a step in the right direction.

  • iNeedMoreMoney on 28/10/2014 - 16:43

    Why hasn't anyone brought up about the warranty, what if the phone breaks. Well I guess it's cheap so you can just get another one?

    • Astro551 on 28/10/2014 - 17:02

      seems like a bit of a write off I guess Warranty link. Depending on the shipping costs

      During the first 3 Month of Warranty we cover the reutn shipping cost when the items is being sent back to you. Past the 3 month warranty period the return shipping costs are to be paid by you. We will communicate with you the amount of the return shipping cost to be paid prior to the reshipment of your item

    • abadacus on 28/10/2014 - 21:30

      Ive had mine for 4 months+ with daily use and I have not had a single fault.
      Xiaomi is China's most popular smartphone maker for a reason.

  • Astro551 on 28/10/2014 - 16:57

    So if it's from China do you have to root to install Play Store? Don't really know how that works

    • abadacus on 28/10/2014 - 21:29

      No root needed to install google play

  • deanylev on 28/10/2014 - 20:41
    +2

    This is apparently a pretty fantastic phone, especially at this price. Great screen, good CPU with ample RAM, good camera, massive battery, cheap as chips, if I wanted a budget phablet I'd get this in a heartbeat.

    • abadacus on 28/10/2014 - 21:28

      And for those exact reasons is why I own one :)

      • alwayslooking on 31/10/2014 - 12:41

        Did you ever get an issue where your phone screen goes blank once you make a call and doesn't go back to the original screen?

        • abadacus on 01/11/2014 - 23:01

          Sorry I have never had that happen to me.

  • Phoebus on 28/10/2014 - 23:24

    Um, so is this much better than the Nexus4?
    CPU is roughly the same right?
    Same screen res, so depends if you want big or small.
    8GB ROM may not be enough to install apps.. I have trouble with 16GB on my Xperia S Ultra.

    • Astro551 on 29/10/2014 - 02:13

      Battery on this is also much bigger 3100mAh vs 2100mAh. haven't heard great things with N4 battery. There's also always microSD expansion

  • McFly on 28/10/2014 - 23:54

    Android 4.2?

    • mjjeje on 29/10/2014 - 02:12

      Yes, looks like the preinstalled OS is Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).

  • mjjeje on 29/10/2014 - 02:12

    Price is down to USD$199.98 (before the voucher code)

    Has anyone buy from merimobiles before?

    And it shows you can choose colour (black, white, pink), but the spec only specify colour as black though? Also from the review I read, it does't support dual sim, but it says dual sim on this spec.

    • Astro551 on 29/10/2014 - 03:01

      To2c is now $188.89 + Tempered Glass Protector + Silicon Case? Not sure what's going on haha can't decide…

      Just don't know how reputable these sellers are.

      • alwayslooking on 30/10/2014 - 13:08
        +3

        Bought the phone on Monday from To2c and paid for the DHL delivery. Already arrived home today in one piece. Looking forward to setting it up later tonight.

        I ended up paying $228AUD

        • aghafoorkj on 30/10/2014 - 14:00

          thanks for the update. let us know how it goes after setting up the phone.which version have you selected… the original ROM or the multi-language country.

        • PissLUR on 30/10/2014 - 14:30

          should have chosen the dhl option.

          I paid AUD$215.07 for the free and slow shipping.

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