This was posted 8 years 1 month 16 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

Related
  • expired

Xiaomi Mi5s (3GB RAM 64GB ROM) US $294.99 (AUD$384) 11/11 Sale @ Aliexpress

200
Xiaomi Mi5s (3GB RAM 64GB ROM) US $294.99 (AUD$384) 11/11 Sale @ AliexpressAffiliate
Go to Deal
Cashback
Aussie89 on 07/11/2016 - 16:14 aliexpress.com (614 clicks)
Last edited 11/11/2016 - 20:49 by 1 other user
This post contains affiliate links. OzBargain might earn commissions when you click through and make purchases. Please see this page for more information.

Appears to be a pretty good deal for the new Mi5s. Hopefully there'll be plenty available on 11/11 and I might grab one.

Heres the link to the GSMarena page: http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_5s-7260.php

Sale begins on 11/11.

FYI: No band 28

Full Metal Body, Quick Charge 3.0
CPU — Snapdragon 821 Quad Core CPU
Screen — 5.15-inch 1920x1080p Ultra-bright display
RAM+ROM — 3GB + 64GB (Do not support extend storage)
MIUI — MIUI 8 Base on Android 6.0
Fingerprint— Ultrasonic Fingerprint ID
NFC — Full-feature NFC, supports reads/writes, card emulation and P2P
Camera — 12MP IMX 378 Rear Camera. 4MP Front Camera
Battery — 3200mAh(Typ)/3100 (Min)
Networking: <How To Check Whether Xiaomi Cellphone Can Be Used In Your Country>
Full Netcom, Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM Card x 1 + Na-no SIM Card x 1 )
2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900/2600MHz; CDMA 1X BC0
3G: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100MHz; CDMA2000 BC0
4G: FDD LTE B3:1800/B1:2100/B7:2600/B5:850/B8:900 MHz TD LTE B38:2600/B39:1900/B40:2300/B41:2500MHz

Mobile Mobile Phone Xiaomi Android

Related Stores

AliExpress
AliExpress
Marketplace
POCO Global Store
POCO Global Store

closed Comments

  • dechah on 07/11/2016 - 16:25

    Why do none of these Chinese Android phones ever feature Band 28 support?

    • TightAssDrake on 07/11/2016 - 16:28
      +4

      They don't need band 28 in China which is their primary market.

    • shmahoo on 07/11/2016 - 16:32
      +6

      It's like complaining why Ozbargain isn't also published in Chinese. OzBargain's primary market is Australia. The Xiaomi phones have a primary market in developing countries like China, or India, and their antennas are tuned to the appropriate frequency for this market. Xiaomi isn't building phones "with the lot", they are in essence "barely-there" phones that do just good enough, which allows the price to be kept to a minimum (eg no NFC typically, but this model does have it before anyone corrects me !!))

      • drprox on 07/11/2016 - 16:51
        +2

        Haha "barely-there" maybe a bit rough!

      • shmahoo on 07/11/2016 - 17:05

        I said barely there. I'm sure that they would suffice for 99% of the android phone users that have other brands' flagship phones in most circumstances, at a fraction of the cost.
        Right now I'm tossing up between an Oppo R9plus and a Redmi Note 3 Pro/Prime/Megatron whichever one is the one I mean

        • m9 on 07/11/2016 - 19:22
          +1

          get the Megatron of course!!

    • Cheaparoo on 07/11/2016 - 18:11

      Redmi Note 3 Special Edition for the Taiwan market has B28 support. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/274096
      Asus Zenfones distributed out of Taiwan have B28 support.

  • Cheapsize on 07/11/2016 - 16:50
    +4

    No band 28 is basically saying this phone may not get 4g in some rural areas. Otherwise it will work just fine and divert to 3g. Had no issues with my mi max so far. I disagree that these phones are "barely there". Sure there's a mid range camera but the battery life is market leading and Miui is very easy to use and has alot of great features. It's only a matter of time time until xiaomi will launch in Australia in my opinion.

    • BadGiraffe on 07/11/2016 - 17:05

      Yeah. They have great phones. Oppo is now the no. 1 seller in China, but I've used their phones, and I find Xiaomi's Redmi line better in terms of hardware, software and price.

    • illumination on 07/11/2016 - 18:26

      Also had no deal breaking issues with Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 purchased from an ozbargain deal about a year ago (also with no band 28). I consider my phone to be a bit more than a "barely there" phone and it's for the same reason I feel like I've gotten such a good deal. So much phone for $220.

      A couple of concerns that have come up lately though:

      • lock/power button seems to have a trend of not working properly after 6-9 months (only works 50% of the time it's pressed). Noticed this on 3/4 Redmi Note 2s that me and my friends have been using. Mine encountered the issue but now seems fine again
      • battery life really bad now. There's some sort of wakelock affecting my phone and I think it's related to the MediaTek chipset
      • (this issue has been present from the start) apps not autostarting properly or closing themselves. This can affect music playback and can also mean push notifications for stuff like WhatsApp don't come through properly. The WhatsApp issue seems to have been addressed by granting WhatsApp autostart permissions in a security, but music does still intermittently stop by itself which is annoying
      • shmoney on 08/11/2016 - 00:56

        Have run into those issues as well except for the power button one. I tend to stay away from MediaTek chipset phones now because of that.

  • Bargaingeek on 07/11/2016 - 18:58

    Problem with Xiaomi is they have a history of backdoor on their phones to China gov

    • nathan-drake on 07/11/2016 - 19:28

      not to the government, to their own servers to allow app updates!

    • EarlyBird on 07/11/2016 - 19:30

      @Bargaingeek
      Info Source?

      Looks like the Mi5S is also lacking a micro-SD slot.

    • jackau on 07/11/2016 - 19:46

      Problem with Google is that, they had a history of backdoors on all their devices to all governments lol :)
      It is an open source os, put personal encryption on the phone if we really want security from big brother. Else they are all the same.

  • PAEz on 08/11/2016 - 00:43
    +1

    If you go by gsmarena then this is one of the few xiaomi phones with a great camera….
    http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=4&idPhone1=7260&i…
    …this is the one Id want.

  • keithality on 10/11/2016 - 00:56

    Wonder if paying $80 more for the Mi5S is worth it vs the Mi5 in this deal (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/274096)

    Also, I can't work out if either the Mi5s or Mi5 will work with Android Pay. Yes, it has NFC, but owners are reporting Android Pay doesn't work, which defeats the purpose of NFC for me (http://en.miui.com/thread-271547-1-1.html). Happy to be proven otherwise.

    • scrimshaw on 11/11/2016 - 00:01

      Xiaomi have Mi Pay, that's what their intentions on including NFC were.

      They can't be bothered support Google Pay because Google has zero presence in China.

      • keithality on 11/11/2016 - 10:56

        Yeah makes sense. Bugger.

  • pupdog on 11/11/2016 - 06:35

    Is this likely to get Cyanogen?

Login or Join to leave a comment
Login Join