Their post purchase checklist misses the number 5

Kek

Must've been some policy that they revoked

@Deleted User Someone responded to your post

@Deleted User could you link the page you got it from?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-5-6GB-RAM-64GB-ROM-SmartPhone-Snapdragon-636-Octa-Core-5/32857029939.html

but I usually just search the phone model and then go lowest price

Cancel it

**now**

you bought the Chinese version

with the official Global Rom installed

Was there a difference?

Yes

CN version has less network bands than the Global one

and depending on your country's network bands you might not get 4G if that's the case

check willmyphonework too btw

but you didn't get the Global Version of the phone

just the chinese version with a global rom

I checked it before hand, I still get all the bands as before

which carrier

2Degrees

left is global, right is "chinese"

it's the same thing

you're linking two different sellers

and no it's not the same thing

but I think you'll be fine with the Chink version of the phone

so crisis averted

there was no crisis

the global versions of the phone I'm seeing have the same bands as the "chink" version you are saying

nope

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-5-6GB-RAM-64GB-ROM-SmartPhone-Snapdragon-636-Octa-Core-5/32857029939.html Chink version you bought

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Global-Version-Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-5-4GB-RAM-64GB-ROM-SmartPhone-Snapdragon-636-Octa-Core-5/3209109_32858554453.html Same seller Global version

I see

It has extra 4G bands B4 and B20

Yup

So you'll be fine

but that's only the 4GB ram model

your country uses different bands from what I could find

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_frequency_bands

B4 isn't used in Oceania, B20 is only used in the Pacifics