This was posted 7 years 11 months 13 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

Related
  • expired

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro 3GB/32GB White/Silver US $162.99/AU $223.90 Delivered AliExpress Goldway

210
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro 3GB/32GB White/Silver US $162.99/AU $223.90 Delivered AliExpress Goldway
Go to Deal
Cashback
Iceman82 on 24/07/2016 - 23:20 aliexpress.com (932 clicks)
Last edited 25/07/2016 - 18:33

Edit: Price is back up again. Not at a terrible price, but certainly not the best. Comments say it got to $221 but it's too inconsistent with all the ups and downs so I'm gonna say EXPIRED

Looks like the cheapest price so far for Ozbargains favourite Chinese phone, and it's not the Gold version.

Personally, I'm still trying to find someone who sells the Taiwan edition with extra 4G bands and Marshmallow out of the box. Happy to wait a bit longer.

But for anyone interested in this excellent phone, this looks the cheapest option at the moment.

Mobile Mobile Phone Xiaomi Android

Related Stores

AliExpress
AliExpress
Marketplace
Hong Kong Goldway
Hong Kong Goldway

closed Comments

  • duodeta on 24/07/2016 - 23:36

    has this price been the cheapest so far?

  • Luigi Savadamoni on 24/07/2016 - 23:42

    Only 2gb/16gb and not MM but interesting to see an 'international' version with more 4G bands..
    http://www.aliexpress.com/item/International-Version-Xiaomi-…

  • yoonibear on 24/07/2016 - 23:45

    What's the general consensus on these phones? My s4 is on its last legs and I'm seriously thinking about getting one of these.

    What's the difference between this and the prime? Also the link mentions the prime is this right?

    • kaBargain on 25/07/2016 - 00:25

      Prime = 3GB RAM + 32GB Storage

    • morgs640 on 25/07/2016 - 01:24
      +2

      After coming from an s4 my gf said she would pay 500 bucks for this it's amazingly fast and great battery life around 9 hours screen on time. Best phone this amount of money can buy easily.

    • ebosh on 25/07/2016 - 08:41

      I've come from an LGG3 which I think is about the same as the S4 and aside from the camera being a bit crappy in low light I love it. Battery is great, storage is great, fingerprint is great, speed is great. I paid $300 and would pay it again in a heartbeat. The lack of the extra 4G bands hasn't affected me at all (although I'm in metro Melbourne).

  • shiny1 on 24/07/2016 - 23:52

    Why does the price come up as $244.25 for me?

  • Iceman82 on 25/07/2016 - 00:07
    +1

    Looks like stock of the silver has been snapped up quick. Big jump in price for the other two colours. You can still get the silver with a silicon case and film for US $165.99/AU $225.25

  • chengjianer on 25/07/2016 - 00:25

    How can they make the price (including delivery) so cheap??

    Here's the price if you buy in China. Use Google Currency if you not sure about the exchange rate.
    http://imgur.com/a/sVR7a

  • yoonibear on 25/07/2016 - 00:42

    Are these phones ready to use for the Aus market right off the bat? Or would I need to install other things?

    Apologies for the questions this is all a first for me

    • morgs640 on 25/07/2016 - 01:38

      Should be ready to go my missus one was.

  • Ronnnie on 25/07/2016 - 06:39

    There's a new model coming out, apparently be announced on the 27th.

    • Phoebus on 25/07/2016 - 09:19

      Iirc rumors indicated the new model isn't as good as the current model.

      • Ronnnie on 25/07/2016 - 09:37
        +1

        From the rumors I've seen, the redmi note 4 uses faster SoC, better cameras, oled display, 4gb of ram and comes with marshmallow. Seems like a nice upgrade to me. It would be odd for a newer model to be worse than an older model, either way the price of the older model will get better.

        Apparently even the new budget redmi 3s has a better camera than the note 3.
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMl2LJPF2pg

        So you would expect an upgrade in the camera department at the very least.

      • Phoebus on 25/07/2016 - 11:27

        Yes, with MTK SoC.
        I'd wait for the Pro version presumably with SD SoC

        • Ronnnie on 25/07/2016 - 16:34

          Could you point to the rumors you found that speculate the phone is going to be worse? I'm curious to know how this is determined?

  • lknight on 25/07/2016 - 07:41

    has something changed? the website is quoting USD $179.99 for the gold color and grey being $181.99.
    can someone tell me how is this deal different from Everbuying store, apart from being another seller, selling the overseas model cheaper.

    • anzacpaul on 25/07/2016 - 11:24

      Can you link the phone from everbuy? The ones I see are all 2gb/16gb, not the 3gb/32gb?

  • garage sale on 25/07/2016 - 08:39

    If you can get the one with band 28 support for Australia that's great, BUT is that the one on offer ?

    • Phoebus on 25/07/2016 - 09:17
      -2

      Is there any reason anyone would need band 28?

      • anzacpaul on 25/07/2016 - 09:23

        It's one of Telstra's 4g bands.

        • Ronnnie on 25/07/2016 - 10:35

          Optus and Telstra lower frequency band, it provides greater bandwidth and coverage. It also gives better signal strength indoors. If you live or travel to regional areas it can be the difference between having 4g or not. It also means you aren't stuck on the congested higher frequency bands that most other phone users are using.

  • Circly on 25/07/2016 - 08:46

    So what's miui? Is it a skin of Android? Does this have lollipop / marshmallow?

    • Mickel07 on 25/07/2016 - 08:51

      MIUI is Xiaomi's android skin. Currently based on lollipop.

  • MasterScythe on 25/07/2016 - 08:47

    I paid $255 from GeekBuying, with 3 day TNT delivery, Out of HK warehouse instead of China, and full postage insurance.
    Also, the Grey version which most people try to price gouge for.

    • anzacpaul on 25/07/2016 - 09:42

      Was that with the official global rom?

      • MasterScythe on 25/07/2016 - 10:17

        I don't care, I can update that myself instantly even with a locked bootloader, since its official.

        I plan to CyanogenMod anyway as soon as I get my bootloader unlock.

  • Phoebus on 25/07/2016 - 09:15

    Nfi why people don't like gold. Gold is the best color. Looks expensive

    • MasterScythe on 25/07/2016 - 10:18
      +4

      Light gold is traditionally feminine, or 'tacky'.

      "Gangsta" themes, across all races, are beginning to make it "baller" which means I want even less to do with it :P

      • Clear on 25/07/2016 - 13:38

        While in China it symbolises wealth.

        • MasterScythe on 25/07/2016 - 13:54

          I can understand that with real gold, and normally its a deep gold in Oz (imo).
          But 'plastic gold' is considered tacky here more often :P

  • anzacpaul on 25/07/2016 - 09:32

    Anyone have a link to an official international version (sealed box).

    The same seller as above has one, but they say they have opened the box and installed the international firmware. I'd rather get a sealed version if possible?

    • MasterScythe on 25/07/2016 - 10:19

      Is there a reason why?
      If you own a computer, you can just update the rom instantly, and officially.

      • anzacpaul on 25/07/2016 - 10:29

        Even with a custom installed rom? The sealed version is more expensive for some strange reason?

        Happy to flash myself, just looking for the cheapest option.

        • MasterScythe on 25/07/2016 - 11:12

          What do you mean custom installed?
          I thought you were wanting to flash the official 'Global' from Xaiomi

        • anzacpaul on 25/07/2016 - 11:17

          @MasterScythe:

          The original linked phone comes with a vendor rom (MIUI 7, Custom ROM (Change from official rom,Add Multilang,delete chinese APPs,bulti-in Google Play Store),NOT support OTA update)

          Just wondering if there's anything stopping me from buying the linked one, and then flashing the Official "global" rom. They charge an extra $20 for an unopened one for some reason?

        • MasterScythe on 25/07/2016 - 12:35
          +1

          @anzacpaul: Nope.
          If the bootloader is locked, there's a 99% chance its going to "just work".

          If you go to the effort of unlocking the bootloader first, you'll be guranteed a working flash (with the usual risks, of course)

      • mckennal on 25/07/2016 - 11:13
        +1

        Can you put in the exact steps to do this?
        Can all the RN3s that have been pre-loaded with vendor-tampered ROMs be flashed by simply downloading the official ROM from http://en.miui.com/download-301.html and using the "Updater" up to install the official ROM?

        I thought that some of the vendor-tampered ROMs don't allow you to flash official ROMs using the Updater app.

  • megarch on 25/07/2016 - 10:12

    This one has got a vendor rom, no OTA update, has google play store.
    I bought one from same vendor, but with official chinese rom.
    I got it officially unlocked(bootloader). Not rooted yet.
    Later installed official international rom which receives OTA updates.
    Battery life if great
    I have posted some data in forum
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/256021#comment-3859444

    recent stats here - battery, geekbench, antutu, rom version, preinstalled xiaomi apps, nova launcher etc…
    http://imgur.com/a/zzZgU

    • shavi on 25/07/2016 - 12:09

      Same with me. Bought an MI5. Great process but vendor ROM resulted in dodgy advertisements popping up (and maybe other nefarious software installed, who knows).
      Got mine unlocked and I installed official MIUI global ROM with not much fuss.

  • Phoebus on 25/07/2016 - 11:24
    +1

    It's now $221 for the Silver white standard

    • anzacpaul on 25/07/2016 - 12:02

      Thanks, just purchased.

  • Scrooge McDuck on 25/07/2016 - 11:48

    What postage time frame can we reasonably expect?

    • Booksf on 25/07/2016 - 12:09
      +1

      Quite a long time, I ordered 5+ weeks ago, still nothing, no tracking updates for 3 weeks

      • Scrooge McDuck on 25/07/2016 - 12:30

        Bugger that then!

      • he88388 on 25/07/2016 - 12:55
        +1

        5+ weeks, from which vendor???
        I would have just cancel my order if they have not shipped within 7 days.
        So, they did not ship your order for 3 weeks.

        • Booksf on 25/07/2016 - 13:52

          That dreami one, they shipped it in one week. Auspost is just that bad, I'd pay for dhl

        • he88388 on 25/07/2016 - 15:22

          @Booksf:
          I also bought 2 mi4c from Dreami too. Their shipping is very slow. It took them 8 days to ship it. It then got consolidated in Singapore. Once it left Singapore the tracking system becomes unreliable. Singapore post estimated it will get into Australia within 2 working days, but that is not a fact. It can take more than a week for Singapore post to ship them into Australia. Once Auspost got hold of it, the delivery is very fast. I believe the hold up is in Singapore where they consolidate to save shipping cost into Australia.

      • Ronnnie on 26/07/2016 - 20:07

        I ordered from this store, it only took a couple of weeks. I paid extra for DHL, but then they wanted extra because I live in regional area. So I just took the free shipping instead. They used Singapore post, once it hit Australia there was no more tracking info and took about a week.

    • Phoebus on 25/07/2016 - 12:53
      +1

      Mine took 16 days. That was a month or two ago

  • TilacVIP on 25/07/2016 - 12:14

    Whats the cashback offer - 7.5%????

    • mckennal on 25/07/2016 - 15:02

      Cashrewards for Aliexpress is 7.25% at the moment.

  • chromium on 25/07/2016 - 18:12

    Is this really the cheapest. I paid $220 shipped for a black one from Geek buying recently. Granted I haven't actually received it yet :)

    • anzacpaul on 25/07/2016 - 22:07

      Was that for a 3gb/32gb version? Good deal if so.

Login or Join to leave a comment
Login Join