I read the forum for a long time ... But there will always be those who have heard something somewhere ... And made conclusions. There are always those who have read these conclusions or have not read them at all and begin to ask. There are always those who then try to help and share their knowledge, which are also not always correct ...
In general, reading the last hundreds of pages of this topic, I realized that not everyone exactly understands which versions exist at all.
Tried to collect all the information together. Based on official information and what xiaomi vendors can tell.
So:
As written in the header, but with some clarifications: For each country there is a separate version of the smartphone, and the difference can be for example only in the type of plug on the charger!
But it should be understood that we mainly buy and Aliexpress and will correctly focus on the versions presented there.
Sell ​​Redmi Note or the Chinese version (for the Chinese market) or the global version.
Plate with versions for understanding:
Numbered 1 and 2, smartphones are now presented on the Chinese website. These are Redmi Note 4 and Redmi Note 4X - these are the titles for the CHINESE market.
At number 3 is the smartphone in the global version, it is presented on the Xiaomi Singapore website (their colors are available). It is on it that there is a charger with a European plug.
So, in fact, for the current line there is an “Old Design” (presented only with an MTK processor) and “New Design” (associated with a SnapDragon processor), which we consider 4X by default.
There were cases on the forum, when sellers sent the “global” version not of Singapore, but of Hong Kong (English fork to charger) or for Taiwan (Chinese fork to charger)
In fact, for us The global version of smartphones denotes 4G FDD-LTE frequencies B1, B3, B4, B5, B7, B8,
B20 and 4G TDD-LTEB38, B40
A Chinese without 4G FDD-LTE Band 20, but with the presence of CDMA BC0 and TDS-CDMA B34 / 39
So summing up:
1. In the old design, only "Chinese versions" are sold (there are no global ones at all) with a processor
Mediatek Helio X20 with 3/32, 3/64 and 4/64 memory sizes (there used to be version 2/16)
2. In the new design is:
2.1 Chinese 4X on
SnapDragon 625 with a memory capacity of 3/16 and 3/32, as well as 4X on
MTK Helio X20 with 4/64 memory
2.2 Global (Singapore) on
SnapDragon 625 with the designation "Redmi Note 4", a red sticker on the box "Global Version", etc. with 3/32 and 4/64 memory
p.s. all you can see at the office. xiaomi sites:
Chinese RN4,
Chinese RN4X,
Global RN4 (RN4X).
Post has been editedAlexanderL - 30.05.17, 08:27Reason for editing: post transfer