GSMArena made a documentary on this, it’s hilarious.

Actually if Xiaomi streamlining their CN, global and India version in first place, it wouldn’t be this ridiculous at first, but well…
https://m.gsmarena.com/editorial_how_many_r...-news-53651.php



This post has been edited by msacras: Mar 30 2022, 12:52 AM

One issue is Xiaomi didn’t explicitly tell if a model is for a specific region.

Take vanilla Note11 for example, both global and China have a model called Note12 but they’re both totally different phones.

Just received the vanilla RedmiNote11 (rocking SD680 one).

The phone totally blew my mind off, the display is gorgeos and the build is splendid. The phone feels snappy and the touch feels responsive. Day and night different from Redmi10c which I gotten a week earlier.

Totally didn't see that coming cause both phones are rocking the same SD680 and Note11 actually have to push for more pixels and strain the weak Adreno610 GPU even more.

I'll say Note11 definitely worth the price premium over Redmi10c, even if you're solely looking for a budget phone for those undemanding; you get so much extra and refinement for a little more.


This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 2 2022, 02:16 PM

10c also identical on the ufs, though my note11 is 6+128 vs my redmi10c is 4+64

Hmm, single core of Note11 is marginally better, but multi cores are significantly lower.


This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 2 2022, 03:25 PM

Market price around RM700 before further discount.

I gotten mine for RM489 on LZD bday sale. Even if you don't go super hardcore discount like I did, RM550+/- is still easily achievable back then.



This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 5 2022, 11:52 PM

Vanilla 6+128GB note11 if you can find them cheap under RM600.

Only 2 major cons:
1. No 5G and wifi6
2. Adreno610 is obsolete antique due for replacement and barely fit for year 2022 usages.

For elderly those points may be moot or not as important.

This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 6 2022, 10:48 AM

Unless you really need the slightly better camera, else it’s really hard to recommend all those over RM1k redmi/poco since Poco F3 is available for just around RM1k.

Realme 9 a little no where here or there.

And selling SD695 over 1.4K just for the sake of having OIS is a little overdoing. my bad, it’s actually dimensity920, which is OK-ish. Though I still stand with my point that it’s not worth of the 1.4k+ asking price.

Should had topped up a bit and get a Vivo X60 instead. It went only RM1.5k+/- on LZD bday sale last week.

https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone...&idPhone2=10796

This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 6 2022, 11:48 AM

Retail = local set = global version

But where are you based at right now? Why not just get it at your country of origin for easier after sale support? Or you’re buying it for someone in Malaysia?

Retail price for 6+128GB model is RM799, which I’ll say it’s a little too steep. If you can make it to Sunway Pyramid, can order it online and self pick-up at retail, currently they have offer of RM800-150, just sweet enough for Note11 (you need to add one additional RM1+ item lah).

Oh nvm, they just made your life easier by mark up the RM1 so it sell at RM800 instead of RM799 now.
https://www.sunwayemall.com/product/redmi-n...uetooth-speaker

So you’re looking at RM650 net, far from the best price (vs online price) but easily smarter than paying RM799 retail.

This post has been edited by msacras: Apr 8 2022, 04:01 PM