Xiaomi MI5...

[viridis]

No not that MI5 we all know from here and other fields, 

The Xiaomi Mi5 announced today.

Could be phone of the year...

For the lolz they benchmarked it....

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[MI5]

Nothing in the specs about which 4g bands are supported so be careful as not all these phones support UK frequencies.

[viridis]

I can tell you, a LOT of people on twitter are asking this and looking to import.

[MI5]

From what I recall of other Xiaomi phones they don't support band 20.

[Bambino]

This from the PC Advisor website:

"If you are buying in the UK, note that the Xiaomi Mi 5 supports only bands 3 (1800MHz) and 7 (2600MHz) for 4G LTE. If you have an O2 SIM, or use a network that piggybacks on O2's network, such as GiffGaff, you should know that the Mi 5 does not support LTE band 20 (800MHz), and you will not receive anything more than 3G."

Full article here:

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/new-product/mobile-phone/how-watch-xiaomi-mi-5-launch-live-stream-buy-363...

[viridis]

If like the mi note, there are ways to manually enable more bands.....
Bit of a long winded affair, but worth it if people feel confident enough.
I'm very interested in this one, though I'm betting a larger version appears in autumn.

[MI5]

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@Bambino wrote:

This from the PC Advisor website:

"If you are buying in the UK, note that the Xiaomi Mi 5 supports only bands 3 (1800MHz) and 7 (2600MHz) for 4G LTE. If you have an O2 SIM, or use a network that piggybacks on O2's network, such as GiffGaff, you should know that the Mi 5 does not support LTE band 20 (800MHz), and you will not receive anything more than 3G."

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Standard for Xiaomi

[Bambino]

Not a phone for the average O2 user then. I doubt many would have the expertise @viridis was talking about re enabling more bands.

[viridis]

Dunno if I even got it myself lmao

[jonsie]

Maybe definitely not for me

[Cleoriff]

Sooooo...it looks as if I am the only person who will be getting one then?

I mean ....it all made perfect sense to me