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[Android General] Jordibcn:
Yes yo can change language into english, take a look at those pics:

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/pre-or...l-core-android-2-3-3g-smartphone-w-gps-105176

But I don't undersand the price ? ! 500 euros ? I thought XiaoMiu would cost 310 bucks (dollars) so 275 euros more less.
[Android General] AuroraKnight:
Never seen a phone welcome flashing with open arms, that sounds interesting. I don't think I'd want it as like my personal usage phone, but it could be fun to mess with
[Android General] Backthen:
I've been very interested in buying this, the price on fastcardtech is a lot higher than originally stated though.
[Android General] eastwater:
600 bucks! What happened to it being $300?
[Android General] na7q:
good stuff there
[Android General] kartik1978:
18th Dec Orders will start

Xiaomi M1 , order will start from 18th Dec

bit.ly/vgEMrj
[Android General] chupi_24:
any update on the avail of this outside china?
[Android General] teslavio:
I so want this phone but I doubt it will ever be available in Australia, especially with local warranty.
[Android General] Armani12:
I ordered this phone during weekend. Im currently in Beijing so I should receive it by the end of this week.

I must say that I'm extremely disappointing in XDA-DEV forum that they don't want to add a Xiao-Mi thread. It will be my first Android phone and I would love to learn everything about how I can modify it, especially with using second ROM (since xiao-mi have 2 of them, so you can have 2 versions running on same phone).
[Android General] jc917:
I am in HK. I just receive my xiaomi m1 yesterday, really a good phone. (send the phone to shenzhen home and get it yesterday.

Really a good phone with good price. Only RMB$1999, worth to try.
[Android General] Armani12:
When did you order it?
[Android General] shahkam:
This isnt really really an android phone as only the base is android if you want a pure experience of android you should get galaxy nexus despite all those issues that phone has..
[Android General] iridaki:
Way too expensive for my taste, not to mention hard to acquire in Europe. :(

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[Android General] zelendel:
There will be no modding it. This is nothing more then a cheap knock off.

It will only be ever sold off the site as they break the GPL and Apple would shut them down due to copyright laws but as long as they hide behind the China firewall. Aslo the android version is nothing more then a ripoff of CM coding.

XDA will never support Developers that steal their coding from someone else and then try to make money off of it.
[Android General] mundy725:
too expensive ??? :eek:
[Android General] iridaki:
Yes, too expensive.

$399 is a lot for a phone with questionable build quality.

I'm not saying it couldn't turn out to be OK, but frankly,

without warranty (since it's Chinese) for Europe, the price is not as good as it may sound at first.
[Android General] zelendel:
Agreed. 400 is alot for a knock off device with no warrenty and is not supported at all.
[Android General] mundy725:
just i wondering if u see in my land android phones prices , i think everyone will be in shock , still X10 is 512 dollar somewhere it is 576 dollar , i dont mention other smartphones :mad:
[Android General] iridaki:
Smartphones are pretty expensive where I live too. But at least we have decent service centers and 2-year European warranty.

So why would I buy a phone that if turns out to be defective will be a 400$ brick?

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[Android General] mundy725:
2 year European warranty :rolleyes: i wish we had also like this warranty , just wish , we also part of Europe , why we dont have it :( , 400 usd is equal galaxy ace price in here :( i think better have luck to buy a phone , dont u think so ?
[Android General] iridaki:
Unless you live in a galaxy far far away, you do have some sort of warranty. And that's definitely better than nothing. Don't you think?

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[Android General] amitdar:
Great potensial... see what will happens
[Android General] oceanwing:
Check the things around you and dump the "chinese junk" ones, YOU WILL SEE. It is wise to speak ill of it while still benefit from it.:o

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[Android General] mundy725:
ehhhhhhhhhhh far far away galaxy :D

yes we have warranty , like gold warranty, but it cost two times more than phone , but i dont know how is there the warranty process is working, in here warranty means, only phone will get trouble itself , ( not include yours fix, even u try to fix , it failed , ) they dont take the phone to the service , So it is better to buy without warranty , even they take the phone to the service believe me other things wouldnt work , include what u ask from them to fix .... like this our warranty process is working .... )
[Android General] jan-willem3:
What a.......

1. Rip off CM ... yeah the intercal code like libs is from CM but the software it self is completely unique like the toggles dialer, message app, contact blocker.

2. If they really wanted to make as much money as possible then why they created support for a lot of HTC and samsung devices.

3. Why would they create an app called the MiLocker wich makes it possible to use the miui lockscreens on any device. http://app.miui.com/index_en.html

4. The kernel is based on CM source nothing violated there. And the software code dont have to be released.

5. If you are saying this why are android devices still on xda they use the android aosp code to make money.

6. Oh please remove the fm radio from your CM rom without miui you wouldnt have an fm radio.

7. And like you said by yourself copyright in china means nothing so if they release it any company can steal there work and make money of it.
[Android General] zelendel:
NM its not worth it
[Android General] jan-willem3:
Maybe I was a bit rude to. With miui it is hating or loving it thats clear ;)

But if it was really chinese crap it would run froyo 2.2 instead of ICS.
[Android General] zelendel:
Your right it is. Doesn't really matter it will never make it off the website. Too many copyright issues. Apple would have a field day
[Android General] inci55:
very interesting phone... i like its ui, miui... :)
[Android General] webstar1:
may i just ask whats your problem?

if apple would have copyright issues, it would be with miui, not xiamoi or whatever the chinese company is. I for one think this is an absoloutley amazing phone and if i could lay my hands on it i would even for $399 as over @engadget it looks like its running fine and it's great that it has the best support fr miui and aosp roms. i dont understand what problem xda has with that.
[Android General] zelendel:
My problem with them is a personal one that I wont get into. As most will not understand it. IT is an honor and respect thing.
[Android General] joshofbass:
Aren't phones like this the whole point of the open community? We love tinkering around and doing things like installing android on a phone that only has licenses to use windows mobile but people are getting mad about this? hypocrisy much? For every complaint people have about this there is a section of the xda community that does the same with no problems.

All this crap about not supporting it because they use code from other devs and make money off it is just silly.. You don't think that all the other big android brands don't watch the dev community and borrow ideas and bits of code here and there? I remember HTC doing that with one of the phones I used to have, maybe the blue angel. (no link, I will try to find it if challenged). I repeat here: The big android manufacturers make money from the work of people on this site. Maybe devs should start patenting their work?

For those that question build quality.. Im sure that this phone won't be perfect but it's a big step up from the no name shanzhai phone makers that exist in China. From talking to friends that have one they say it is pretty solid. My desire hd is pretty solid too, but some of the lower end htc and samsung devices have much lower build quality and feel like I could break them in one hand. The build quality issue is never about the place that made it, it is always about how much the developer cares about build quality.

In the end, if this phone is good to use, people will start using it and a dev community will flourish around it.

What I think we should do? Support companies like this. Buy their phones. Mod them. Check that they don't have any crazy spyware built in. Put pressure on them if you find out that they do. We always wanted a mod friendly hardware company right?
[Android General] zelendel:
Good luck presseure them to do anything. Remember China does follow most laws due to the nature of the government. As for them using the code. By their laws they are allowed to monitor everything that is done on the device and on the internet in their country. Reason why android market isnt allowed there.If CM stopped all together so would MIUI as it uses all CM based coding.

If you want to really see. Try and get them to release the kernel source code for the phone.
[Android General] joshofbass:
China follows most laws? Maybe you had a government approved tour guide last time you were here.. Disregard for the law is endemic here..

Kernal source, spyware, market... aren't all these problems taken care of by installing stock android? and if its all CM as you say, shouldn't it be really easy to install cm or any other rom?

Android market is allowed here. I know plenty of people who use it. Most people don't use it here though because other markets such as 91shouji and himarket do a much better job catering to the locals.

I not trying to be abrasive to you and I'll admit I don't know everything, but when I look as xiaomi as hardware for CM it seems to be a good deal. What am I missing?
[Android General] zelendel:
Here is an article on the android market. No without the kernel source there will be no Custom roms for it including stock android. IT could be good. Just ask them for the source code for the phone. They are required by law to provide it, and see what they say.

As for the laws. I mentioned copyright laws. Take MIUI for an example. If a major carrier picked it up Apple would have it shut down due to how it looks and works.
[Android General] joshofbass:
http://bbs.xiaomi.com/thread-1692475-6-1.html

Looks like there is pressure being put on them to release kernel source.. Many times peoples questions are being deleted.. Something to watch...

As for that article about market being blocked by the firewall.. It may have been true on the day it was written but its not true now. I use market all the time without vpn or proxies.. Plenty of things are wrong over here, but if you have market on your phone you can use it..

I've noticed that they say it can also run pure stock android. I wonder if getting them to release the source they use for that would be a nice compromise that would allow devs to work on their own roms..
[Android General] zelendel:
Lets see what they do. Ill have to translate it later. Doesn't surprise me they are deleting some of the questions. When MIUI was asked to release their kernel source before they flat out refused to.
[Android General] joshofbass:
my laziness kicked me in the ass.. i edited my post after you replied.. see above.. call me a fool too
[Android General] zelendel:
We shall see what they do. I have a feeling with the whole thing of them now trying to prevent being nailed with patent lawsuits things may change. I didnt know they started installing the android market on China based phones now. I stand corrected.

It will be something I will keep my eye on for sure
[Android General] bigdipper:
http://file://C:\Documents and Settings\Newuser\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\1PQ80XYY\xiaomi-mi2-concept[1].jpg

Here is a picture of Mi2. What a pretty phone!

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Sorry, the picture didn't display.

BTW,Xiaomi Mi2 is expected to have a 4.6” display and 2.5GB of RAM to match. It is much more impressive!
[Android General] zamikalo:
What can I say. There are already fake MiOne

Because of the limitations of spam, I can not put a link
[Android General] trenbeth:
For the picture; you upload it to www.imgur.com and then you post here the URL.

The Mi2 is too early. It is supposed to be based on a dual core 2.5GHz ARM chip, which was manufactured less than a month ago, http://www.phonearena.com/news/ARM-...28nm-Cortex-A9-chip-20nm-chips-tested_id24750
[Android General] bluebird236:
I can confirm it has Android Market on it. Just received it this week. It is a very good phone. Build quality and spec are astounding for the price I paid
[Android General] xdadevlprs:
will this phone work on Mobilicity in Canada?
[Android General] jcolinzheng:
Lack of a front camera is a showstopper.
[Android General] zamikalo:
For almost a month this phone in my hands.

Impressions only positive.

All manufactured M1 sim-free.
[Android General] bluebird236:
I agree. It has become the phone I use for everyday use. Very smooth and robust. MIUI V4 + ICS is due out soon and is already in beta. Can't wait.
[Android General] sypl:
I just got hold of this phone today (I live and work in China). It's a beautiful phone, solidly put together, and the hardware is out of this world. Those of you thinking this is some kind of junk really should hold judgement until you get your hands on one. Word is that they're produced in the same factories as iPhones are, but that'd hardly be surprising as most phones are produced over here.

It is of course, produced by the guys who created MIUI, and that in itself should offer some indicator as to the detail and quality of this thing. I used MIUI exclusively on my Desire S and loved it, and so taking a 2000 RMB flyer on this phone wasn't really much of risk in my opinion.

For me, MIUI's the most polished ROM available on Android. The toggles, the firewall, the way I can open up the torch without unlocking the screen, built-in cloud backups -- If you're willing to take off the blinkers I think you'd have to admit it's just a great system, and yeah, it just happened to be created by Chinese engineers. Deal with it. Not everything is copied in China. Sometimes, they just have better programmers.

Back to the phone. There are nice touches like a separate camera key and hot-swappable memory and SIM card slots. The hardware keys feel a bit plasticky, but I can live with them. I also find it odd that they excluded a front-facing camera, and that's a shame.

Everything just flies on this device. Suuuuper snappy. It's surprisingly light, though I've felt that way about a lot of phones recently. I think it's because nowadays they're so thin and large and not so dense.

It was sold here initially only online via their site on a first come, first served basis, with an initial run of 10,000 (I think), which sold out in a few hours. The second round was similar, and their servers couldn't cope with demand that day, so a lot of people weren't able to purchase one, making for lots of angry wannabe customers. Just a week later to make up for it they had their third round, selling 500,000. Yesterday was the first of the deliveries of that batch, and I happened to be lucky enough to get mine delivered on the second day. Those that weren't so fast pre-ordering will have to wait up until the tail end of March to get theirs.

However, MIUI/Xiaomi has struck a deal with China Unicom to sell them in their stores. If you're over on holiday this is probably your best chance of getting hold of one

Phone comes with a 12 month warranty, and they're opening up repair and maintenance stations all over the place. If you look at their site they're actually desperately trying to hire more people for those jobs right now.

Oh and it's got dual-boot baked in. I'm gonna try and flash ICS to the other partition now. Toodles!
[Android General] zelendel:
The thing is they didn't program anything. MIUI is 99% CM coding. To be honest to each their own. If you like it cool grab one from there as it will never be sold outside of China.
[Android General] sypl:
Er, what? I've used stock CM and stock MIUI and they're night and day different. I think even a member of the CM team would admit that. What are you smoking and what is your problem?

Here's a list off the top of my head of things that are different and that the MIUI team put together themselves:

the browser. Probably one of the nicest I've used. Would appear to be based on Chrome, though maybe that's because they use the same shape of tab.

the whole theme system, where you can customize lockscreen, fonts, sounds, backgrounds - just about everything. If you want a different lockscreen in another ROM you're gonna have to buy widgetlocker.

data usage monitor, with auto-cutoff when over the limit.

a really neat file explorer, with an wireless FTP service (turn it on and it'll give you an FTP address that you can input in to your desktop browser to grab files off your phone)

"guard mode" toggle, which hides all your text messages until you enter a password. Useful if you're handing your phone to a mate but don't want them to snoop through your messages.

firewall, which allows you to block certain permissions of any chosen app. By default it blocks all apps from accessing your log files.

Natty music player, which has sleep timer and online lyrics

It has been a few months since I've used CM, but I'm pretty sure most, if not all these things aren't in it. Or did they just develop it all and just not release it to the public? :rolleyes:

I know that MIUI originally used the CM kernel, but they seemed to have some problems with that and are now using something else. Any other claims that it's "99% CM" are just ridiculous.
[Android General] zelendel:
Might want to take a closer look. OK the browser app and sms is different. As CM uses the stock AOSP one. The theme engine is the same one used in CM. So is the app privacy manager. Take a look at all the MIUI threads they all use CM kernels. If you dug into the coding you would see they are the same. They even admit that it is built off of it on their site.

Ask any real developer and they will tell you MIUI is nothing more then a themed CM Kang. Next time do some research before you think to ask what someone is smoking.
[Android General] bluebird236:
To be fair, I don't think Xiaomi/MIUI hide their CM heritage. For me CM/MIUI is a taste thing. I've tried both on my HD2. And there has been a lot of Chinese input to make that phone what it is today. I will also probably try CM on my Xiaomi because like the HD2 it is that sort of phone. But I am a sucker for the MIUI eye candy
[Android General] simacai:
beautiful UI and ugly phone
[Android General] slimsim222:
Damn I want this phone. Too bad it wont be available for a while yet. Might have to get a GSII instead :D
[Android General] zamikalo:
If you say so - so you do not keep it in your hands.

This is the best smart phone that I had.

A single battery charge enough for at least 2 days.

If you need to - I can provide help in purchasing.
[Android General] bluebird236:
Certainly for the price I paid for it absolutely nothing comes close. It is a good phone and more importantly will continue to be in the future as it is designed for third part ROMS (MIUI or anything else that grabs your imagination) from the start. No other phone is like this. All others involve compromises.
[Android General] teslavio:
I agree with all supporters and I would dearly like to get this phone but there are no easy buying options available and warranty support might be difficult unfortunately. I wish there is a reliable online seller that sells them for a reasonable price.
[Android General] jiehao85:
There are some reliable online sellers but then they earn a bit for buying and shipping the phone overseas. I bought mine off AliExpress but do take note of the seller rating.
[Android General] jiehao85:
I got my Xiaomi MiOne shipped to Singapore from China after buying through an agent in AliExpress. However, I did paid a slight premium for it but I would say it is well worth it.

As for the argument that MIUI is using CM-based kernels and codes, I don't think MIUI ever denied that. They did mention that MIUI evolved from CM. Furthermore, MIUI source code is already open source.

Back to the phone's performance, everything has been almost perfect since I was using MIUI on my HTC Desire which means a hassle-free migration. One major deal winner is the longevity of the battery life and the Mi button which can be customised to open up specific applications.
[Android General] sere83:
Man really want this phone, but it seems breaking one out of China is proving difficult. Anyone know a decent exporter selling for a reasonable price? China price is $316 but every where I look it's a complete rip, like $500 etc
[Android General] teslavio:
Totally agree with you. I was going to get this phone but not for that price. I can have new Sony Xperia S for $550 here in Australia including 3 years local warranty so I think I'll go with Sony.
[Android General] e.japonica:
I was proud owner of Xiaomi MI-One which some people who call it Chinese Junk or a iPhone copy cat :)

I was a Android & iOS super fans. This powerful device UI already pawn iOS in function & with same smoothness. (confirm owned in all Android UI) I've own almost all brands of Android & iOS phone previously. Those bad rumor about this phone is makeup by jealous people or people who think they use smart phone they will become smart/smarter. Don't take in comment from people who didn't even know well about android in the first place ;) i'm not a pro/dev but i can say i'm quite well playing with all this smart phone. Well, i got my hand on this phone for paying SGD500 for a 3days fast shipment by China post EMS through a friend over there. (don't pm me ask for help coz my friend leave his home town again for work & even people over there @ China also might not able to get it lols)

edit: i forgot to say. MI-Two will not be out within this 18months from last Aug~Sep) It's still a hotcake over @ China :)
[Android General] sere83:
I got one!

Got a friend/connection in China to send one to me, spent £270 including shipping to the UK. EMS shipping, arrived in 3 days! Crazy fast...

And as for the phone....I have only had it less than a day but all I can say is it's stunning. Far exceeded my expectations. This phone simply has the best looking and functioning version of android I can ever used. MIUI is literally in a different class to any android ROM I have ever used and i'm just talking about the 2.3 build it shipped with. ICS will be insane....

I updated to a new 2.3 build straight away OTA! They push you the latest stable build, amazing.

It's still early days but my first impressions are very very good. No wonder this thing has been selling out in China. Just cannot believe it is available for $300 over there.

One thing that really blew me away is the screen, I mean this thing is super sharp. Not quite on the level of the apple retina display and obviously you don't get the deep blacks of AMOLED but it's still very nice and has the best viewability in direct sunlight of any phone I have ever used.

If anyones got any questions feel free to ask...
[Android General] e.japonica:
The MIUI forum have Sony Bravia Engine & Beats Audio files for this phone to add in too!