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

Yep

You're good

Got a good deal too

yeah nah, B3 and B8 are the big ones I think

👌

However i do miss out of the long range B28

But I do think I have that problem currently with my RN3, it doesn't have B28

B3 is also used for 4g

you're fine

@Deleted User "Maybe do a camera comparison between the two"

not a bad idea tbh

I've got time in the break

and the phone is expected to arrive at some point in the break

so I will do that before I wipe and reformat the RN3

👌

@Deleted User b28 seems like a snowflake band is it?

it's very popular in APAC

🤔

Asia/Pacific

how did you know it was a chink phone with global ROM

just the bands?

@Frederica Bernkastel yup

And it also says so in the listing itself