Only if you need Internet. This is what you'd use if you just wanted a phone:

hunk wrote:

I'll happily move to 6-7 inch as long as it fits into current form factors. Bigger screen = better user experience.

For you, maybe. Nothing I regularly do with my phone is improved by having a bigger screen and most things are made more inconvenient as I constantly have to shift it around in my hand to reach different parts of the screen.

Anyone got a Fire tablet and replaced the launcher? I'm wondering how difficult it is, what consequences there are, whether maintenance is required, that kind of thing.

OnePlus only does hi end phones at mid range prices. Xiaomi does hi-and mid-end phones with a similar price strategy. In these cases prices are not indicative of quality as 1+ and Xiaomi are strategically undercutting the competition by selling slightly above cost and making money by providing services; Xiaomi has their own app store and cloud service in China.

Like with 1+, Xiaomi's build quality is top notch overall. Much, much better than the usual mid range stuff we get over here. Their hi-end stuff is easily on par with Samsung and Apple. When importing make sure you get global editions as those have Google play preinstalled and no Chinese apps. Plus, you get the 4g bands needed in the west.

Hi end: Mi, Mi note and Mi mix series.
Mid end: Redmi, Redmi Note and A (vanilla android) series.

Aye, the Redmi and A series are extremely capable. Unbeatable price/quality ratio as well.

Yes.

Hodge360 wrote:

Thanks guys,I may continue looking a bit further into them. Their website had a list of international options, one of which was Spain so I'm guessing buying from there would give me the right version and avoid customs charges as its shipped from with the EU?

I have a Redmi Note 3, had it for 18m now, it's amazing for the price. Camera is average. But it takes a memory card, UI is brilliant, screen is nice.

I got it from China, just be patient and don't select DHL and you'll be golden. If there's an EU option that'll work too.

Like the look of the P20 that got announced. Looking to move away from Sony come upgrade time but nothing is exciting me at the minute.

Same. I'm just finding this XZ a overheating useless brick at times, and it ain't as zippy as the Z3 was.

Looking for phone with more than one good thing, preferably.

Think my tablet was on Froyo. Haven't used it in yrs  or bothered to look into updating it although I said I would when Android Go was announced.

Three confirming they're soon going to be the exclusive UK stockist of Xiaomi phones.

Good thing I'm on Three and due to upgrade in September then!

How is that nice? They'll be able to sell them at a higher price if they're the only company selling them. They may not, but I don't see any possible positives either.

Did they not stock them before? Fair enough. Would still be better if they weren't the only stockist, though.

Maybe. Just realised I may well have been confusing them with Hauwei.

I think Oreo contains Sony's ldac audio codecs for hi def bluetooth sound, amongst others. Don't know what else would be in there.