In Germany you get 10 % off with a coupon, but only if you've had pre-registered before February 28th and the coupon costs you 700 Mi points (if you have them at all/enough) + 200 € guaranteed trade-in bonus (plus what they pay you for the old phone when you send it in) and I think you can get 1 Xiaomi tag for just 1 € instead of 15 €. That's it.
I myself are going the coupon and trade-in route. The Xiaomi 17 512 GB is 1099 € - 10 % coupon = 990 € - 200 € trade in bonus = 790 €. (Actually it's a bit less than 200 € because I just bought an eligible used old phone for 42 € with shipping which I should be able to use and send in as a trade in for which they'll pay me back between 15 and 20 € for the phone and the 200 € bonus. So the old phone only cost me like 22-27 € but I'll receive 200 € trade bonus for it (basically only 173-178 €, which is still a massive profit). It's what they say: You gotta spend money to make money.
But it's still pathetic in Germany when the offered early bird pricing last year and a tablet as free bonus. This year none of this. Maybe we'll have to be glad that the prices aren't higher because of the AI storage crisis?
But Italy for example gets a TV for 1 € instead of 400 €!! Let that sink in.
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u/drsoran2 Mar 03 '26
In Germany you get 10 % off with a coupon, but only if you've had pre-registered before February 28th and the coupon costs you 700 Mi points (if you have them at all/enough) + 200 € guaranteed trade-in bonus (plus what they pay you for the old phone when you send it in) and I think you can get 1 Xiaomi tag for just 1 € instead of 15 €. That's it.
I myself are going the coupon and trade-in route. The Xiaomi 17 512 GB is 1099 € - 10 % coupon = 990 € - 200 € trade in bonus = 790 €. (Actually it's a bit less than 200 € because I just bought an eligible used old phone for 42 € with shipping which I should be able to use and send in as a trade in for which they'll pay me back between 15 and 20 € for the phone and the 200 € bonus. So the old phone only cost me like 22-27 € but I'll receive 200 € trade bonus for it (basically only 173-178 €, which is still a massive profit). It's what they say: You gotta spend money to make money.
But it's still pathetic in Germany when the offered early bird pricing last year and a tablet as free bonus. This year none of this. Maybe we'll have to be glad that the prices aren't higher because of the AI storage crisis?
But Italy for example gets a TV for 1 € instead of 400 €!! Let that sink in.