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

never order from dealextreme

what a garbage site

instead of just understanding the situation and give refund for the item i didnt get in my order they counter claimed my chargeback with a tracking code