Question Where to buy the Mi 11 Ultra?

[jmikepr]

Ordered the global version off of WondaMobile on April 30th, i paid for the premium shipping. Left Hong Kong on May 4th, and was delivered to my doorstep by May 6th. (I'm in USA)

Honestly I'm impressed. Giztop took over 10 days just to ship my order.

After having botht he Chinese model & the Global model, I've noticed that on the Chinese model my signal said 5G but when I would run a SpeedTest it said LTE. (Tmobile). However when I put my sim in the Global model it says LTE and I've noticed my speeds are a bit slower. Perhaps there's some hidden menu or settings I need to tweak.

According to @ingbrzy the China ROM will say 5G anytime it detects 5G. Even if it's not using 5G. So it could be that. No clue though, you would think the addition of band 66 would help your data speeds?

On a side note, would you mind sharing your thoughts, summary, review, etc of using China ROM Vs Global in the US? Also have you flashed .EU on the China model?

 

[acm1108]

According to @ingbrzy the China ROM will say 5G anytime it detects 5G. Even if it's not using 5G. So it could be that. No clue though, you would think the addition of band 66 would help your data speeds?

On a side note, would you mind sharing your thoughts, summary, review, etc of using China ROM Vs Global in the US? Also have you flashed .EU on the China model?

Absolutely, China ROM was great, worked as intended. Obviously there was a lot more Chinese apps baked in. When you would try to do a search natively it would be in chinese, when you go to the left of your homescreen it wouldn't have the Google Discover page it would have their Chinese version. Once you remove all the extra apps, and disabled the battery optimization (for me) it was fine.

Global Version - right out of the box I'm a few versions behind, I think the latest for Global is 12.0.1. Wtih Global its extremely polished, the Google services baked in work great. It's definitely more intended for the USA/EU markets.

I did briefly test out the .EU rom. To me - that's where it's at. The extra features, the easy install. Everything worked great. Plus - it was on the latest version of MIUI. My only complain, was OTA didn't work. As easy as it is to run fastboot script, it would be just one more thing I'd have to do. Kind of like the old iOS days where you HAD to use iTunes.

I'm not very good with writing in-depth reviews, if you have an specific questions I'll do my best to answer.

 

[sc954rr]

Absolutely, China ROM was great, worked as intended. Obviously there was a lot more Chinese apps baked in. When you would try to do a search natively it would be in chinese, when you go to the left of your homescreen it wouldn't have the Google Discover page it would have their Chinese version. Once you remove all the extra apps, and disabled the battery optimization (for me) it was fine.

Global Version - right out of the box I'm a few versions behind, I think the latest for Global is 12.0.1. Wtih Global its extremely polished, the Google services baked in work great. It's definitely more intended for the USA/EU markets.

I did briefly test out the .EU rom. To me - that's where it's at. The extra features, the easy install. Everything worked great. Plus - it was on the latest version of MIUI. My only complain, was OTA didn't work. As easy as it is to run fastboot script, it would be just one more thing I'd have to do. Kind of like the old iOS days where you HAD to use iTunes.

I'm not very good with writing in-depth reviews, if you have an specific questions I'll do my best to answer.Do you notice

Do you notice any better cellular coverage with the band 66? Also with the extra n5 band have you ever connected to that here in the US? I am tempted to flash eu ROM on my CN version or sell it and buy the global version instead

 

[hassanaliyeh]

Mines been dispatched, just got an email afew minutes ago but won't move til Monday

Congratulations, lucky you.
Austpost or courier please?

 

[acm1108]

Do you notice any better cellular coverage with the band 66? Also with the extra n5 band have you ever connected to that here in the US? I am tempted to flash eu ROM on my CN version or sell it and buy the global version instead

I don't think I've had enough time to answer this. Give me a week and I'll follow up.

I would have to get a cricket/att sim to test out band 5. if there's enough interest I'll get one.

 

[DREW76]

Congratulations, lucky you.
Austpost or courier please?

Couriers Please

 

[Droidbullet]

Anyone know where to buy Global version now? I know Wondamobile had it earlier but they are out now. Who else is selling global version?

 

[tv092983]

Anyone know where to buy Global version now? I know Wondamobile had it earlier but they are out now. Who else is selling global version?

Same here

 

[chistery]

I would keep checking Wonda, I imagine when they have stock it won't last long.

 

[tv092983]

I would keep checking Wonda, I imagine when they have stock it won't last long.

Thanks man

 

[gavinfabl]

Vodafone U.K. is selling it on contract. Black. I don’t use Vodafone but my friend signed up for one and gets it Monday.

 

[-iHackerz-]

Wonder why almost no shop so far sells the white global version. It's like it's the unicorn edition or something.

 

[gavinfabl]

Wonder why almost no shop so far sells the white global version. It's like it's the unicorn edition or something.

Stock shortages due to restrictions of getting all the components needed. White was most popular at launch , so now Xiaomi had just black predominately to shift. TBH I got black. Wanted white. But with a case fitted. Doesn’t matter.

 

[nono52]

@nono52
and where you buy the phone ? I see its a Global Version

Yes it's global version, buy on Aliexpress

 

[kaczorcuchnie]

the only point that surprises me is the brightness that I find quite low even set to maximum.

according to gsmarena this one should be brightest i have cheap mediatek oukitel for ~$100 that looks brighter and sounds louder how is brightness outdoors? with what phone did you compare?

 

[xNAPx]

Yes it's global version, buy on Aliexpress

I bought the phone on Ali too. If I may, how much did u pay? What store? Where are you located? Did u pay any customs?

 

[nono52]

according to gsmarena this one should be brightest i have cheap mediatek oukitel for ~$100 that looks brighter and sounds louder how is brightness outdoors? with what phone did you compare?

I compare with my old phone the Huawei P20 pro and I be to say that at the level of quality and definition it is the day and the night but on the other hand for the luminosity, I find my Huawei is not so bad. For the lighting with the sun there are no worries the screen is clear and well visible but I expected more from a "Premium" phone

 

[nono52]

I bought the phone on Ali too. If I may, how much did u pay? What store? Where are you located? Did u pay any customs?

For the price 1200 usd on Xiaomi Mi Store, located in France next to Reims and i don't have pay any tax because the package arrived in the Netherlands at first and was transported to our public post office which then delivered it to me

 

[xNAPx]

You bought it from the same store I did. It is global version right? How long did it take to be delivered? I'm located in UK this is why I'm a bit worried about custom taxes. Store told me they will claim it as a 18$ handset but still custom may do a check and charge me for the actual value, finger crossed.

 

[tv092983]

I'm Trying to get one ship to the United States but it has to be the global version, do you guys know if any place that would sell it?

I tried aliexprrss but it they will not ship to my address