[Android General] r.king35:
This is my review of the MIUI MI2s Smartphone.

I first become a follower of MIUI back in 2012 when I was searching for a stable rom to put on an HTC Sensation XE.

I was fed up with constantly finding bugs in other development roms that I was using, so I searched online and found MIUI and the Manufacturer Xiaomi Corporation.

Once I had found a forum that was using this User Interface I started to correspond with the members who only had great things to say about MIUI etc. Soon I had MIUI v4 installed on my trusty phone and my interest grew in this relatively young company.

After following Xiaomi and MIUI since my first encounter, I have seen Xiaomi grow with remarkable success. With currently 5 phones available in the range, being the MI1, MI1S, MI2, MI2A, MI2S with new products including maybe 1 or 2 new phones and other exciting goodies being launched by Xiaomi Corporation on September 5th 2013 in China.

After reading about these current phones in action via the forums, people were raving about just how good they were, I could not restrain myself any longer, I just had to get one as a replacement to my aging sensation XE phone which had served me well with MIUI OS installed.

After a few conversations with a Chinese Wholesale Company called ibuygou.com I found myself talking each morning with a very professional team who agreed to ship the current flagship model to me to do a complete review and provide and recommendation for their company.

I jumped at the chance of this and have documented the full detailed ordering process to delivery to me.

Ibuygou are one of the only Chinese Internet wholesalers able to ship worldwide and they use DHL as one of their courier companies to deal with global shipments.

Most people do not understand the full complexities of shipping goods from China to UK for example.

My order was processed on a Tuesday and it should currently take 1 to 3 working days to ship from China to United Kingdom via DHL Express Parcel Shipping.

At every stage on the parcels journey I was fully updated by the tracking number on DHL’s Website so that I could follow its progress. I could not fault at any stage this procedure. Please see example below:

Waybill: Signed for by: SMITH Get Signature Proof of Delivery

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 10:21

Origin Service Area:HONG KONG - HONG KONG - HONG KONG

Destination Service Area:IPSWICH - SUFFOLK - UK

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Location

Time

Pieces

18

Delivered - Signed for by : SMITH

SUFFOLK

10:21

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17

With delivery courier

IPSWICH - UK

09:42

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16

Arrived at Delivery Facility in IPSWICH - UK

IPSWICH - UK

06:34

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15

Departed Facility in EAST MIDLANDS - UK

EAST MIDLANDS - UK

03:17

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1 Pieces

Monday, August 26, 2013

Location

Time

Pieces

14

Processed at EAST MIDLANDS - UK

EAST MIDLANDS - UK

23:11

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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Location

Time

Pieces

13

Arrived at Sort Facility EAST MIDLANDS - UK

EAST MIDLANDS - UK

21:31

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12

Clearance processing complete at EAST MIDLANDS - UK

EAST MIDLANDS - UK

21:23

11

Customs status updated

EAST MIDLANDS - UK

20:20

10

Departed Facility in LEIPZIG - GERMANY

LEIPZIG - GERMANY

20:37

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9

Transferred through LEIPZIG - GERMANY

LEIPZIG - GERMANY

20:32

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Saturday, August 24, 2013

Location

Time

Pieces

8

Departed Facility in FRANKFURT - GERMANY

FRANKFURT - GERMANY

21:16

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7

Transferred through FRANKFURT - GERMANY

FRANKFURT - GERMANY

21:15

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6

Departed Facility in HONG KONG - HONG KONG

HONG KONG - HONG KONG

02:38

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5

Processed at HONG KONG - HONG KONG

HONG KONG - HONG KONG

02:25

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1 Pieces

Friday, August 23, 2013

Location

Time

Pieces

4

Arrived at Sort Facility HONG KONG - HONG KONG

HONG KONG - HONG KONG

04:17

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3

Departed Facility in HONG KONG - HONG KONG

HONG KONG - HONG KONG

03:27

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2

Processed at HONG KONG - HONG KONG

HONG KONG - HONG KONG

03:27

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Location

Time

Pieces

1

Shipment picked up

HONG KONG - HONG KONG

22:29

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I buygou.com are the most professional and customer service focused company I have ever had dealings with. Ibuygou cannot do enough for the customers, they treat them like a family making sure the customer’s requirements are fully followed and suggestions are given if the customer is unsure of anything. Email correspondence is swift and precise.

Well on the phone which is what this review is about. The phone arrived with me by DHL fully sealed and documented.

On opening the parcel I found the most perfect wrapped box in nice wrapping paper waiting inside the DHL plastic shipment bag along with invoice etc.

I opened the wrapping paper and found a very substantial box with Xiaomi and Ibuygou information on it, the internal box was made from sturdy cardboard and the contents arrived in pristine condition.

Opening the box I found a brand new MI2s Phone sitting securely in its own compartment, after proceeding to remove the phone, underneath was a sealed battery and USB to micro SD wire along with a continental 2 pin charger plug that would need to go in a 3 pin convertor for UK use which unfortunately doesn’t come as standard or shipped with the phone.

Also sealed in its own cardboard sleeve was the instruction manual and guarantee etc. which unfortunately is only written in Chinese and not European Languages.

However the way the phone and accessories were packaged together was in my mind nothing short of perfection, everything was packaged neatly etc., Xiaomi have put a lot of thought into its products and their attention to detail is the finest I have seen anywhere.

Display 4.3 inches - 720 x 1280 pixels - 342 dpi - IPS LCDHardware Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 - Quad core 1700 MHz - Krait 300 - Adreno 320 - 2048 MB RAM - 16/32 GB StorageCamera 8/13 megapixels - 2 megapixels front camera

Rom Operating System: JB 4.1.1 MIUI V5.

My first impression of the new Xiaomi Mi2s is its build quality which is superb, after you remove the back cover (Xiaomi need to make the body with a release catch which this phone unfortunately doesn’t have and it’s quite tricky to remove the back cover). I found the easiest way was to use the area where the usb charging connection is located to lever off the back cover.

MIUI have been inventive to make a range of customised replacement backs to fit directly onto the main body of the phone without having to buy additional extra customised covers like other phones have. (A major plus for MIUI).

They also have a range of batteries in different colours for the individual to have for example a yellow back cover and yellow battery etc. etc.

Also MIUI offers a wide range of other customized products which range from earphone jack socket protectors to T shirts and many other gismo’s.

MIUI have really taken the one shop phone customisation to a new level and continue to amaze us with new ideas and product releases.

I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend MIUI and Xiaomi and Ibuygou for the purchase of one of the best looking and technically advanced phones currently on the market today.

It currently performs better than the Samsung Galaxy S4 in ANTUTU benchmark scores and again performs better than IPHONE 5 in my opinion.

Overall I cannot fault anything (apart from the small quirks that I have mentioned above) about this phone and the Company and Wholesaler who do a fantastic job in marketing and selling the product. I only hope that in the near future we can have an International Link for these unique products and services.

Thank you for taking the time to read my unbiased review on this Product.

If you would like to know about this phone and others in the range then please either pm me or email me directly on.

r.king35@gmail.com

Yours Faithfully

Richard King