Gray Version - Where to buy?

[boki-]

Hey guys,

does anyone know why no shop has the gray version of the Phone? All i can find is the silver one but i dont like the white front because of the black bezzels

 

[jlmcr87]

You´ll have to wait a little bit more for that colour.

 

[andreq85]

I'm also looking for the Gray colored version!
Is there a known timeline for Xiaomi when it released the M5 before we could find the gray one? I can't seem to find any information about this

 

[jlmcr87]

I'm also looking for the Gray colored version!
Is there a known timeline for Xiaomi when it released the M5 before we could find the gray one? I can't seem to find any information about this

Sellers told me maybe 1 or 2 weeks.

 

[jlmcr87]

Ibuygou: We're not sure for now, its not in stock at mi.com or xiaomi warehouse

 

[boki-]

cect-shop: We don't know when it'll be available. Probably next 1-4 weeks

 

[naishadh]

I ordered from Aliexpress silver 4gb 128 Gb version.


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[marcel112]

I ordered from Aliexpress silver 4gb 128 Gb version.


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[jlmcr87]

I ordered from Aliexpress silver 4gb 128 Gb version.


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Did you read the tittle? Gray Version - Where to buy? Who cares about you have bought a silver version?

 

[corrsea]

There are some on Ebay
http://m.ebay.com/itm/Original-5-7-...e9b40bc6fffe33e2%7Ciid%3A3&varId=600912049708
I don't know Legit they are.

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[Kepee]

I don't think you can get the gray model from anywhere right now. I'm not even sure if Xiaomi has sold/shipped any of those yet. Only the silver model is being sold, but as you said, all the other colors apart from gray look stupid because of the black bezels.
I ordered a gray 4/128 GB model from Top-One Digital on Aliexpress on October 5th. The sales rep told me it'll take about a week from now for them to get them in stock, so they should probably have them in week 43.
Top-One is only selling the silver model currently, though. I guess they'll add the other colors back once they have them in stock and they've filled the orders for those who already have orders in.
3GB: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/pr...ragon-821-Quad-Core-5/342812_32740701953.html
4GB: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/pr...gon-821-QuadCore-5-15/342812_32740813335.html

If you're in Europe, Top-One delivers their stuff so that you don't have to pay any taxes or customs fees, if you select DHL shipping.
I suggest checking those links every once in a while to see if they gray model has become available.

Edit: Just found a seller on Aliexpress who at least lets you order the gray version. But I have no idea whether or not they actually have them in stock. I highly doubt it.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Xia...on-821-Mi-5s-4K-Video-Mobile/32741042260.html

 

[boki-]

If you're in Europe, Top-One delivers their stuff so that you don't have to pay any taxes or customs fees, if you select DHL shipping.
I suggest checking those links every once in a while to see if they gray model has become available.

That sounds great, thanks for the information! I live in Germany and think i've to pay around 20% taxes. Gonna do some calculations to see whats cheapest as soon the gray version is out :good:

 

[husaintaherali]

I don't think you can get the gray model from anywhere right now. I'm not even sure if Xiaomi has sold/shipped any of those yet. Only the silver model is being sold, but as you said, all the other colors apart from gray look stupid because of the black bezels.
I ordered a gray 4/128 GB model from Top-One Digital on Aliexpress on October 5th. The sales rep told me it'll take about a week from now for them to get them in stock, so they should probably have them in week 43.
Top-One is only selling the silver model currently, though. I guess they'll add the other colors back once they have them in stock and they've filled the orders for those who already have orders in.
3GB: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/pr...ragon-821-Quad-Core-5/342812_32740701953.html
4GB: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/pr...gon-821-QuadCore-5-15/342812_32740813335.html

If you're in Europe, Top-One delivers their stuff so that you don't have to pay any taxes or customs fees, if you select DHL shipping.
I suggest checking those links every once in a while to see if they gray model has become available.

Edit: Just found a seller on Aliexpress who at least lets you order the gray version. But I have no idea whether or not they actually have them in stock. I highly doubt it.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Xia...on-821-Mi-5s-4K-Video-Mobile/32741042260.html

What about india? I live in india. So could u suggest some seller which does dhl shipping like that?

 

[Kepee]

What about india? I live in india. So could u suggest some seller which does dhl shipping like that?

I'm sorry, I don't know if anyone ships to India like that... I suggest looking around at some Indian tech forums to see if people have found a seller doing something similar to that. That's how I found the Top One store; from a Finnish forum where many had ordered a phone from there and everyone had received it without having to pay taxes.

Xiaomi sells their phones directly in India, right? Are the prices a lot higher than in China?

 

[husaintaherali]

Yeah. Xiaomi mi5 was 25% higher than china and only 32gb 3gb underclocked version was released.

 

[Kepee]

Yeah. Xiaomi mi5 was 25% higher than china and only 32gb 3gb underclocked version was released.

25% more is not bad, since resellers in China are taking more than that anyways, if shipping charges are taken into account.
For example the 4/128 GB Mi 5s:
Xiaomi sells it for 2299 yuan, which is 341 US dollars. Top-One is selling the same phone for 409 US dollars + 26 USD for the DHL shipping method. So it's 435 USD at Top-One. That's 28% more than the official Xiaomi price.

But I don't really care since similar phones cost twice as much in Finland.

 

[ermacwins]

I thought the 3/64gb was $350?

 

[Gregzi]

I ordered a gray 4/128 GB model from Top-One Digital on Aliexpress on October 5th. The sales rep told me it'll take about a week from now for them to get them in stock, so they should probably have them in week 43.

Not yet...
I ordered on 2nd of October and at the time it was written, that it is on stock (not preorder). I received the notice from the seller this morning that we will have to wait probably 2 more weeks.
Since the shipment date on Xiaomi official store is after 30th of november, I doubt that any shipment will occur before.
I am seriously thinking to cancel the order, since the price dropped a couple of euros (from 390,01 to 376,64) and the current delivery is 16 to 25 days from 2973 pcs available...
2973 pcs? Xiaomi will ship 3K grey units to Top One before offer them on their own store? This has to be Top Ones total stock of everything...or something.

Very misleading

 

[xon]

I guess it's a 50/50 change that the new produced color is Grey. They started with silver..now the gold one is showing up in the shops. So the next would be grey or.....pink . Maybe pink sounds weird to produce next but heyy..they made it for china

Maybe they know that grey is most wanted and they start with the less popular colours so they could tune the firmware or even make hardware adjustments. But thats only guessing.

 

[salehe]

I guess it's a 50/50 change that the new produced color is Grey. They started with silver..now the gold one is showing up in the shops. So the next would be grey or.....pink . Maybe pink sounds weird to produce next but heyy..they made it for china

Maybe they know that grey is most wanted and they start with the less popular colours so they could tune the firmware or even make hardware adjustments. But thats only guessing.

Local store says that gray version will be available in next 2 weeks