Xiaomi Mi 9 Global Version SD 855 6GB 64GB AU $693.61 (US $499) + Shipping @ Giztop

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dinesht on 17/03/2019 - 09:53 giztop.com (4711 clicks)
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Hi

I've been looking out for a good phone for a while (checking the mobile phone deal page on ozbargain multiple types a day for a very long time now, it was doing my head in) and came across this deal from Giztop. I haven't purchased from them before but have done so now, using Paypal. But the deal looks to be a bargain, for flagship from 2019 with SD 855, 6GB RAM, B28, NFC, and AMOLED. Giztop also claims to be offering a 2-year warranty, not sure how useful this will be.

There is a notch and you can't expand the memory, but i can live with that. Keen to hear your thoughts. You could also get the mi mix 3 at this price for those wanting a phone without a notch.

https://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-mi-9-review-955519/

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  sharky_k on 17/03/2019 - 10:44

  +1

  Anyone purchased from these guys before? (Or tried a warranty claim?)

  Edit: if anyone's interesting the shipping estimate for me was $13.99US to Sydney (about $20AU) for basic registered post

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  Jonski on 17/03/2019 - 10:46

  +3

  Specs look real nice. Direct competitor for oneplus

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    kehuehue on 17/03/2019 - 11:03

    -1

    Battery tho

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      Freeza on 17/03/2019 - 11:48

      +1

      3300mAh battery is enough because it has QC4.0 quick charging.

      • belongsinforums on 17/03/2019 - 11:54 Comment score below threshold.
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          albert0pia on 17/03/2019 - 12:19

          +2

          @belongsinforums: Quite the contrary. AMOLED displays are more efficient.

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            belongsinforums on 17/03/2019 - 13:38

            -1

            @albert0pia: my bad. wondering why my huawei screen eats the battery up then.

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          nikoris on 17/03/2019 - 12:19

          @belongsinforums: wut? 0_o

          Its the exact opposite mate

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            Clear on 17/03/2019 - 12:50

            +1

            @nikoris: AMOLED does not require backlightning, generates light with less heat and loses less energy due to lower heat. Not to mention AMOLED simply turns the pixels off to display black.

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          ScruffTheJanitor on 17/03/2019 - 12:44

          +1

          @belongsinforums: And why would turning off pixels displaying black be worse for battery than leaving them on?

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      Fiximol on 17/03/2019 - 12:01

      7 hr 30 min screen on time according to this

• Ning0539 on 17/03/2019 - 10:54 Comment score below threshold.
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    Fiximol on 17/03/2019 - 11:04

    +6

    This is inaccurate. They have an EU (Global ROM) version that is being sold in European markets, including via Amazon and is very much available in a 64GB configuration.

    The reason why it has B28 is because Xiaomi is entering the European market.

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    zoner on 17/03/2019 - 11:08

    +2

    It does have a global version

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  Fiximol on 17/03/2019 - 10:59

  +1

  A pretty good deal. Not sure about the website but they don't appear to be a total scam since they are affiliated with/is the shop arm of Gizmochina, a news/review site of (you guessed it) Chinese tech who has been around since at least 2012.

  PS If you are after the Mi Mix 3 you may as well wait for the 5G version

  PPS for those who are interested in the phone, I recommend looking through the TechTablets reviews: unboxing and initial review and updates after 5 days of use. TL;DW - It's got flagship specs and runs flawlessly but there are niggly problems, the biggest being Spam (!!!) sent through any of the Mi apps (which you can disable)

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  Frayin on 17/03/2019 - 11:08

  oops!

  Edit: seems like a good deal.

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  fatice on 17/03/2019 - 11:08

  What about Harvey tax/GST?

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    Diji1 on 17/03/2019 - 12:46

    -4

    The Liberal Party applied the GST while the Labor Party did nothing. Pointing out a wealthy scumbag that legally bribed them to screw over everybody in Australia is avoiding the issue.

    If you voted for either party you voted to lose your own money like a fool.

    Again.

    Given that fools voted to pay 10% tax on everything they buy, lose 12% of their income so banks can lose over half of their "desperately needed" retirement and voted for privatised electricity that set world records for ripoffs it's no surprise.

    

    Diji1 on 17/03/2019 - 12:46 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
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    cashless on 17/03/2019 - 13:29

    Up to the individual retailer to apply GST/import tax.
    This company doesn't appear to apply tax (I haven't purchased so haven't checked out).
    Not sure if AU customs would check this out when it comes into the country, but you do take the risk.

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      Clear on 17/03/2019 - 13:55

      +4

      AU customs only check when the value is over $1000 AU or more. They will not check anything below.

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  Clus on 17/03/2019 - 11:22

  Description says it has an IR blaster as well.

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    flud on 17/03/2019 - 11:27

    It does

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  autolux on 17/03/2019 - 11:26

  friends going to china this week, does anyone know if you can pickup a Mi9 global version with band28 in china??

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    flud on 17/03/2019 - 11:29

    Don't think you can :(

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    fatice on 17/03/2019 - 11:36

    +1

    They do not sell the Global version in China as Google is non-existence there.
    Also, the Global version is slightly more expensive than the Chinese counterpart.

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    rtk74 on 17/03/2019 - 18:26

    Only if he goes to Hong Kong

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  daft009 on 17/03/2019 - 11:27

  +1

  Finally a Xiaomi with NFC! Hurrah

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    albert0pia on 17/03/2019 - 12:21

    +6

    Their flagship devices have always had NFC. It's the budget ones that skimp on it.

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      [Deactivated] on 17/03/2019 - 12:37

      +5

      Correct. Xiaomi flagship phones have NFC but no expandable storage while their budget line has expandable storage but no NFC

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    Vladdo on 17/03/2019 - 14:39

    The real question is.. is it an authorised google phone because my mi8 say's it's not authorised and doesn't work with google pay :(

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      Kingduytan on 17/03/2019 - 14:49

      +2

      Vladdo I bought a Mi 8 global version and google pay does work well out of the box. I later flashed miui eu and it also works so you can try that. Worse case you'll have to root and install some app that hide the root and unlock status.

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  poporange630 on 17/03/2019 - 11:36

  Selling at 2999 RMB or around 630 AUD in China, this is not a bad deal.

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    flud on 17/03/2019 - 11:39

    The Chinese version has 128GB storage though.

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      sharky_k on 17/03/2019 - 11:43

      +2

      But it also won't have B28 or Google apps

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        flud on 17/03/2019 - 11:46

        True

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          Maxxjet on 17/03/2019 - 12:21

          @flud: You can install google service super easy on the chinese version
          Source : I own one.

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            fatice on 17/03/2019 - 12:31

            @Maxxjet: I was told the Chinese version does not get OTA software update as often if it resides outside China. (That happens to my friend's Mi Max 1. There is no update since the day he bought it 2+ years ago)

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              Maxxjet on 17/03/2019 - 14:23

              @fatice: That's interesting, was his phone scheduled to get any updates? Mine is getting whatever the scheduled updates, including the recent upgrade to MIUI10( which is Android 8)

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                fatice on 17/03/2019 - 15:08

                @Maxxjet: My friend's Mi Max 1 is running Chinese ROM, which is still using MIUI 8. I have Mi Max with Global ROM, it is updated to MIUI10 (still Android 7).

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              AusNugz on 22/03/2019 - 01:05

              @fatice: His ROM will be a non-geniune vendor rom he needs to flash and can flash the global rom. The Chinese version gets MIUI updates just as often as global MIUI if not more.

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                fatice on 22/03/2019 - 16:31

                @AusNugz: In this case, I can safely get a Chinese version, which is about Aud$700 for 128GB/8GB. The problem is, how do I get it from China?

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            skycood on 17/03/2019 - 12:35

            @Maxxjet: B28 is very important to most ozbargainers.

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              krisspy on 17/03/2019 - 13:59

              +2

              @skycood: Honestly doesn't matter unless you live in rural areas.

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                flyingmouse on 17/03/2019 - 15:08

                @krisspy: Or travel to country area once in a while.
                I'm using Mi6, would never bought a phone without B28 unless with Voda.

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  Clus on 17/03/2019 - 11:44

  The EUR price on the same site is 374.25 EUR, which is converted to about $600 AUD. Is this a typo?

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    CoffeeCoke on 17/03/2019 - 12:07

    It's showing as €439.12 for me, are you sure you aren't on the Mi9 SE or some other phone?

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      pom on 17/03/2019 - 12:55

      How do you select euro price?

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      Clus on 17/03/2019 - 13:05

      My bad, I mistook pound sterling for euro.

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  customundo on 17/03/2019 - 12:02

  +7

  This phone specs is equivalent to a 2k iPhone. Good deal

  • LowRange on 17/03/2019 - 13:32 Comment score below threshold.
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      CoffeeCoke on 17/03/2019 - 13:39

      +5

      Oh please, You say as if other phones don't slurp up data so they can give it to advertisers and intelligence agencies. Snowden is literally stuck in an airport for pointing that out.

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        LowRange on 17/03/2019 - 21:27

        -4

        Of course they all do, i didn't say others don't but not all data slurping, the use of the data and who it's shared with is equal. Trust me, Xiaomi is the last company i would trust to provide my phones hardware or software.

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          Clear on 17/03/2019 - 21:51

          +3

          @LowRange: Not sure why everyone is downvoting you for being correct. All companies worldwide are sending off information to their own governments and I have at least 50 Xiaomi products in my home!

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      customundo on 17/03/2019 - 13:45

      Have you tried tin hats? They come for cheap on eBay I heard

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        Shaun Prawn on 17/03/2019 - 18:51

        $11.03 apparently. Might be cheaper ones.

        https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/FX-Disposable-Tinfoil-Elastic-Ba…

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      klownz on 17/03/2019 - 14:01

      +1

      Do you use gmail?

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      wlqrichard on 17/03/2019 - 14:20

      Is there any phone that do not collect or store/sell your data?

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      dazweeja on 17/03/2019 - 17:24

      -1

      Sending a map of your house to a server sounds perfectly reasonable if you want to optimise the way a robot vacuum works. No doubt they have algorithms examining this data to make sure the vacuum is taking the optimal path.

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      Wystri Warrick on 17/03/2019 - 18:54

      +11

      “the NSA is collecting the telephone records of every single American every single day, so that they always know who we’re calling, who’s calling us, how long we speak, where we are when we talk, and the device that we use.”
      “the PRISM program, because this program revealed that Facebook and Google and Yahoo and Skype and Microsoft were directly cooperating with the NSA in all sorts of extensive ways to ensure easy NSA access to the communications that take place through those companies.”
      “these Internet companies are the primary means that the entire First World, for lack of a better term, uses to communicate, and even lots of people in developing countries who are now looking to these companies as the primary means. So you’re not just talking about one country; you’re talking about hundreds of millions, probably billions of people around the world who use these companies.”
      “I think what became apparent to people is that literally the mission of the NSA—and this is them in their own words—is to eliminate privacy globally. And that’s not hyperbole. Literally, their institutional mandate is to collect and store and, when they want, analyze and monitor all forms of electronic communication that take place between human beings around the planet.”
      “the reality is, is that document after document after document in the NSA boasts of how “collect it all” is their driving mission. In fact, one document not only says what we want to do is collect it all; it says, our, quote, “new collection posture is collect it all, sniff it all, process it all, partner it all, exploit it all.” And so I just wanted to settle that debate once and for all, that the claims that the NSA is making versus the claims that we’re making don’t need to be resolved based on faith, but just look at what the NSA’s documents say”
      “There are other documents that talk about the strategic partners that the NSA has in the corporate world. In fact, they list 80 of their most significant corporate partners, that include companies like AT&T and Hewlett-Packard and Oracle, essentially the leading lights of the technological world. And we detail how they use those partnerships to access not only domestic communications, but communications all over the world. There’s lots of documents that detail—that are new—that detail how the purpose of the spying system is not to detect terrorist plots or national security plots, but is overwhelmingly economic in nature. They spy on the U.N. They spy on oil companies. They spy on corporations. They are spying on behalf of the Department of Commerce, which the NSA considers one of its, quote-unquote, “customers.” So that’s a big part of it.”
      “all over the world, people buy routers and switches and servers, which are the devices that let corporations or municipalities or villages provide Internet service to large numbers of people at once, hundreds or even thousands. And there are American companies that are leaders in these products, such as Cisco. And what the NSA will do, whenever it decides that it wants to, is, once somebody orders a product from Cisco, Cisco then ships it to that person; the NSA physically intercepts the package, takes it from FedEx or from the U.S. mail service, brings it back to NSA headquarters, opens up the package, and plants a backdoor device on one of these devices, reseals it with a factory seal and then sends it on to the unwitting user, who then provides Internet service to large numbers of people, all of which is instantly redirected into the repositories of the NSA.”
      “it’s courtesy of the NSA, because what this document is, is it’s an internal newsletter, where the NSA communicates with itself and essentially **boasts of what it considers its, quote, “successes.” And it’s a very gushing, easy-to-read document that describes with excitement how they do this. And they even show pictures of them cutting open the packages and then resealing them.”
      “You know, I mean, it’s hard to say. I mean, one of the remarkable parts about this story, this specific story, is that for many years the U.S. government has been warning the world not to buy routers, switches and servers from Chinese companies, on the grounds that the Chinese government is invading these products and putting backdoor surveillance devices onto them, and saying, “You cannot trust Chinese products.” And in fact, the largest Chinese technology company, Huawei, recently announced it was leaving the U.S. market, because they had been so demonized by the U.S. government that they couldn’t sell their products anymore. And so, to find out that the U.S. government is doing exactly that which they’ve been accusing the Chinese doing”
      “where the U.S. government criticizes another government for doing exactly that which they’re doing. That is there, of course, but it’s way more extensive than that. Here, I do think that a big part of the motive in warning the world off Chinese products is so that the world will instead buy the products that the NSA can invade.”
      “shows how deceitful the U.S. government is with its own public, because they have vehemently denied to American citizens that they engage in economic spying, and yet so many of the revelations that we’ve managed to report on, from targeting the largest Brazilian oil company, Petrobras, that funds huge numbers of Brazilian social programs, to spying on economic conferences that take place in various regions throughout the world that are designed to negotiate financial treaties, to spying on the World Bank and the IMF and the SWIFT banking system, are all about, obviously, spying for economic gain.”
      “state explicitly that a function of the NSA is to gain economic insight into what is taking place in the world. There are what the NSA calls its customers, which are the agencies within the U.S. government who submit requests to the NSA, just like any other customer would to a business, and ask it to spy on certain people. And some of those customers are the ones you would expect, like the CIA and the Department of Defense. But others are the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Commerce. Exactly as Mr. Snowden said, there are clear, ample mountains of evidence that the NSA engages in exactly the kind of economic spying that they’ve vehemently denied to the American people they engage in.”
      “spying on Brazilians indiscriminately, the collection of two billion email and telephone events each month by the NSA.”
      “President Rousseff, despite really not wanting to, was forced to cancel her state visit, her planned state visit to the White House, the first time a Brazilian leader was going to appear there, and then went to the U.N. and gave a stinging denunciation of the American spying program”
      “the article was about spying indiscriminately on the German population. And the Merkel government really made clear that they didn’t really care about that much. They issued some meek denunciations but were very willing to ignore the story. Only once it then got reported that Angela Merkel herself was the target of surveillance did it suddenly become a serious issue. But that has now created real difficulties in the U.S.-German relationship because of the history of spying abuses in Germany, both under the Nazi regime, but especially the Stasi regime.”
      “what they’ll say is, “Oh,” to their own citizens, “you don’t need to worry, because there’s all these restrictions on how we can spy on you. Yes, we can spy on the rest of the world as much as we want. But,” these governments say, “when it comes to you, our wonderful citizens, we have all kinds of legal restrictions.” And yet, what this document shows, that’s being published for the first time, is that what these governments will do is they will ask their surveillance partners to spy on their own people for them and then give them the fruits of that surveillance so they can learn everything that they want to know about their own population while pretending to abide by the legal restrictions that have been imposed on them.”
      “the documents demonstrate that there have been tens—hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars spent to make certain that the NSA and the GCHQ can listen to any in-flight cellphone calls that they want, from those phones that are embedded on the seats in front of you, and, more importantly, to be able to monitor all Internet activity that takes place over the wi-fi service of a commercial jet. And they didn’t do this because there was a case where someone on a plane plotted something that they weren’t able to monitor. They’re not doing it because there are specific, targeted concerns. The reason they’re doing this is because they are obsessed with the idea that there might be some place on the planet that you can go for a few hours and communicate without their being able to monitor what it is that you’re saying. That shows the institutional mindset, which is there should never be a moment where you can develop the capability to go and speak without their surveillance net. And that’s the reason why they targeted airplanes as the one place left in the world, other than in person in the middle of nowhere, that you can actually speak or do things without their knowledge.”
      “We use that as journalists all the time when we work on these documents. And the only way to, quote-unquote, “jump the air gap,” meaning to actually invade those computers, is to physically go into the computer itself and implant a surveillance device within it covertly. And what this document shows is that the NSA is doing even that kind of invasive, stealth surveillance on its allies in their own consulates and embassies, even breaking into their offices and implanting surveillance devices within the machine. That’s the extreme lengths to which the NSA goes for spying that has always been deemed essentially illegitimate.”
      “these are ways of essentially figuring out what a computer is doing, tapping into how it functions, and then being able to suck all the data up.”
      “United States government looks at people who oppose what they do as being, quote-unquote, “threats.” “
      “NSA plotting about how to use information that it collected against people it considers, quote, “radicalizers.” These are people the NSA itself says are not terrorists, do not belong to terrorist organizations, do not plan terrorist attacks. They simply express ideas the NSA considers radical. The NSA has collected their online sexual activity, chats of a sexual nature that they’ve had, pornographic websites that they visit, and plans, in the document, on how to use this information publicly to destroy the reputations or credibility of those people to render them ineffective as advocates. There are other documents showing the monitoring of who visits the WikiLeaks website and the collection of data that can identify who they are. There’s information about how to use deception to undermine people who are affiliated with the online activism group Anonymous”

      Check out the site wikileaks.org, cross check what I've posted which is a summary of the Snowden leaks on Wikileaks.org.
      Also for an interesting search

      TLDR: YOUR BEING WATCHED AND FAR MORE!!!

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  josaya on 17/03/2019 - 12:41

  Oh they updated the comment about b28. When I first saw that my heart sand as they said there was no b28!

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  xyron on 17/03/2019 - 12:52

  +3

  Certainly very impressive for under $700 but without expandable storage, the least they could do is include 128gb in the base variant. I'm sure the price will start dropping a bit too once the other Chinastores start selling the Global version.

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  Homr on 17/03/2019 - 12:53

  Looking for a new phone to replace my S6 due to battery only lasting for 3-4hours. My Current hit list is S9 and Huawei P20 Pro for $600 - $700 budget and hoping to keep the phone for 3 - 4 years. Leaning towards the P20 due to better camera

  Is this phone any good?? Any help is much appreciated

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    striker5950 on 17/03/2019 - 12:59

    i am in the same boat as you, got the s6 and battery lasts 3 hours, its garbage, was thinking the redmi note 7 pro but idk how long till we see a deal here, p20 pro was 755 amazon deal, its finished.

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      Homr on 17/03/2019 - 13:02

      Yeh I noticed the battery drain after an update from mid last year. Not sure if thats related or just a big coincidence. It's pissing me off thats for sure and I feel such a poor ass when I have turn the CPU limiter on everytime I go out just to save some valuable battery life :(

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        striker5950 on 17/03/2019 - 15:26

        nah i never updated mine from day one that it got released, 4 years no update, same battery issue

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      sridhar on 17/03/2019 - 21:50

      $65/month for 24 months for P20 Pro at JB Hi-Fi.

      80 GB data.

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    Sean8802 on 17/03/2019 - 14:25

    +1

    Why not just get the battery replaced? Thats if the phone is still in good condition. It would be a lot cheaper then getting a new phone if you're happy with the s6.

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      Homr on 17/03/2019 - 14:58

      Well the S6 has started to become a bit sluggish aswell.

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      Homr on 17/03/2019 - 15:39

      How much does it cost to get the battery replaced?? Including labor

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        striker5950 on 17/03/2019 - 16:45

        probably not worth the cost, batteries are 30 bucks on ebay, idk if original or china version

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          Homr on 17/03/2019 - 17:12

          @striker5950: $36 bucks here

          https://www.ausbatteries.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-g950f-replace…

          I'm thinking of buying that then get someone to install it for me for $20-$30 making the total cost $76

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    HaveANiceDay on 17/03/2019 - 21:35

    This phone is fantastic and I'd say it'd definitely last 3-4 years

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      sridhar on 17/03/2019 - 21:51

      Which one? S9 or Huawei P20 Pro?

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        Homr on 17/03/2019 - 22:11

        +2

        He meant the Xiaomi Mi 9

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          HaveANiceDay on 19/03/2019 - 16:42

          +1

          @Homr: Also well, the S9 has IP68 and the P20 Pro while the Xiaomi Mi 9 does not have an IP rating. The S9 will have the best display and I think the Mi 9 has a better display than the P20 Pro. Battery life wise, I'd say P20 Pro > Mi 9 >S9. In terms of performance, the Mi 9 > S9 > P20 Pro. The P20 Pro kinda has the equivalent to a SD 835 with a weaker GPU and the S9 has an Exynos 9810 which is the equivalent of a SD 845 but with a bit of efficiency problems while the Mi 9 has a SD 855. I'd say just skip the P20 Pro at this point.

          Imo the UI on the S9 and the Mi 9 is better than the one on the P20 Pro. The S9 has a curved screen if you mind that. Mi 9 will get up to R I assume while the other tow will get up to Q. The Mi 9 will have a slower fingerprint scanner as it's underscreen and the Mi 9 doesn't have stereo speakers. The Mi 9 doesn't have OIS but apparently it's EIS is really good. The P20 Pro will take the best manual photos I assume but then the S9 will take better auto photos. Not too sure about the Mi 9 but it might actually be slightly better than both of those. You can't really go too wrong with any of those as cameras.

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            Homr on 19/03/2019 - 16:43

            @HaveANiceDay: Thanks for info, looking to commit to the S9 when it hits $700

            Just had a quick look on ebay.

            What do you think of this deal here? S9 for $629.10 if u use the 10% sitewide code

            https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SAMSUNG-S9-S9-Plus-SMG960-SMG965…

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              HaveANiceDay on 19/03/2019 - 16:53

              @Homr: Seller seems trustworthy enough. Should be good

              Are there any other questions you have about the S9 compared to other phones?

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                Homr on 19/03/2019 - 16:57

                @HaveANiceDay: I just think its too good to be true for $629 for S9

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                  HaveANiceDay on 19/03/2019 - 17:00

                  @Homr: I guess it's just because it's not in the original packaging? Doesn't come with a fast charger either.

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                    Wystri Warrick on 19/03/2019 - 21:16

                    +1

                    @HaveANiceDay: Hi HaveANiceDay. Might I suggest this avatar photo for you?

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                      HaveANiceDay on 19/03/2019 - 22:16

                      +1

                      @Wystri Warrick: Tbh, I have never heard of that song. I won't set it as my avatar just in case someone asks me if it's referring to that song haha.

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  striker5950 on 17/03/2019 - 12:58

  -6

  hmm not spending 700 dollars on this, price is hiked up too much, doesnt even have OIS, 700 dollar device no OIS tf was xiaomi thinking.

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    dazweeja on 17/03/2019 - 17:27

    +3

    I would imagine they were thinking, "Let's get a phone with a SD855 and 6GB RAM under $700".

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      striker5950 on 18/03/2019 - 09:52

      -1

      i would also imagine them thinking, our previous phone mi8 has OIS lets remove that feature from the new one

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  jasswolf on 17/03/2019 - 13:00

  This is just the global MSRP with GST. It's a solid price for what it is, but might as well wait for a sale, a price drop, or a local seller to offer some kind of warranty cover.

  The SD855 is the real star of the show, and puts this year's Android flagships in a very strong position against the iPhone.

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    Fiximol on 17/03/2019 - 13:58

    -2

    The global MRSP is 449 euros, this is $499 USD.

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      CoffeeCoke on 17/03/2019 - 14:36

      -1

      499 USD is 440 EUR, is a 2% discount really something to be excited about?

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        Fiximol on 17/03/2019 - 14:41

        -1

        Yes but that's not accounting for 10% GST. You said it was MSRP with GST which would be 495 euros/560 USD. It's closer to 12% on a new phone.

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          CoffeeCoke on 17/03/2019 - 14:46

          @Fiximol: Because with seller + Aliexpress coupons, you could get a very similar price but, I haven't bought from AliExpress since the Harvey tax came along, so I don't know if that 10% gets added there.

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            Clear on 17/03/2019 - 15:00

            +2

            @CoffeeCoke: AliExpress will add 10% GST at checkout. Giztop does not.

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              CoffeeCoke on 17/03/2019 - 15:16

              @Clear: Thanks for the clear-up but, I am still of mind that this deal will get replicated with other similar small Chinese stuff resellers like TradingShenzen, GeekMall, etc. once they also put it up for stock. Mi9 is in heavy demand right now and sellers really have no incentive to put an actual deal out.

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                Clear on 17/03/2019 - 15:22

                @CoffeeCoke: It'll definitely get cheaper. New release Xiaomi phones are always going to be higher than retail.

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      jasswolf on 17/03/2019 - 18:52

      That's the European price, which has 20% VAT.

      You need to deduct that before adding GST.

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        lostn on 17/03/2019 - 20:08

        wow. 20%. Talk about chumps.

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  Pandaroo on 17/03/2019 - 13:09

  Been contemplating either the Honor View 20 or waiting for the global version of Redmi Note 7 Pro.

  This kind of fits in between the two, although the price is more than what I was expecting.

  I think I'll hold on to my Galaxy Note 4 for a few more months for the RN7P

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  Peanutbutterjelly69 on 17/03/2019 - 13:19

  Checking out on Paypal but the price increases to $805.52.

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    matt-ozb on 17/03/2019 - 15:27

    Who would ever use PayPal for currency conversion!? Wtf

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  CoffeeCoke on 17/03/2019 - 14:06

  +1

  As other have pointed out, the coupon only ends up covering the shipping and you basically end up paying the RRP price for EU. If you are willing to wait, Xiaomi will likely release a Redmi with an 855 SoC that will aim for the Pocophone F1 price range. Obviously, you will likely lack B28, NFC and an AMOLED screen but will likely have a SD card slot.

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    sharky_k on 17/03/2019 - 20:06

    I doubt they'll release a redmi with the 855. They've never put a flagship (8 series) SoC in a Redmi before. The may be a second Pocophone soon though

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      CoffeeCoke on 17/03/2019 - 20:34

      https://www.gizmochina.com/2019/02/16/xiaomis-vp-confirms-a-…

      Xiaomi does what they do best, compete with their selves. Maybe the Poco F2 and the Redmi 855 will be the same phone, who knows but, the Redmi 855 is likely closer than the F2.

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