Xiaomi Mi 4i review: Hands down

10 June 2015
The Xiaomi Mi 4i was designed to be an affordable semi-flagship, but tries to punch above its weight. The Mi 4i is thinner, lighter and more connected than the original, and lands straight on Android Lollipop...

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  • AnonD-81483
  • KIB
  • 11 Jun 2015

don't buy it at all. reasons : no microsd, no screen protection, non removable battery.

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    • Anonymous
    • 0Ue
    • 11 Jun 2015

    lol this phone is a copy oh Nokia/Microsofts's policarbonate unibodies. (with a slight change) smh Chinese gonna keep copying stuff 4ever and ever, I guess. This phone would look so bad when you pop it out of your pocket, only to see that the person next to you has a real Nokia/Microsoft phone.

      guyrony, 10 Jun 2015I would rather opt for a much older Mi3 if this would be th... moreWho said Mi 3 comes in a metal casting? I'm using one. It's plastic which looks like metal. It comes with aluminum magnesium alloy frame inside though, which the Mi 4i also does.

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        • Anonymous
        • sF2
        • 11 Jun 2015

        arun, 10 Jun 2015Can be used as a frying panThat joke is so lame... come into 2015 son.

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          • Danny
          • tue
          • 11 Jun 2015

          AnonD-105795, 10 Jun 20155" with 3000mah battery only get 67 hrs. Most chinese ... moreYou have a good point

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            • NiN
            • 9Lc
            • 11 Jun 2015

            Honor 6 trumps all the compared phones but is not even mentioned?

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              • MdN8
              • akv
              • 11 Jun 2015

              Seriously good camera. The results remind me of my N8.

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                • AnonD-126844
                • wHT
                • 11 Jun 2015

                mi3 doesn't have metallic casing, it's same polycarbonate like mi4i

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                  • guyrony
                  • NPj
                  • 10 Jun 2015

                  I would rather opt for a much older Mi3 if this would be the case since it comes in a Snapdragon 800 processor plus a metallic casing. A little bulky though, but hey, it's got better internals and price point at this time.

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                    • AnonD-309678
                    • nyW
                    • 10 Jun 2015

                    AnonD-105795, 10 Jun 20155" with 3000mah battery only get 67 hrs. Most chinese ... moreThat's strange, I get much better battery life out of my Chinese phone than I ever did out of a non Chinese brand phone. You put too much confidence into the gsmarena 'endurance rating' which is a flawed testing method. Again, as can be seen in the screenshots, gsmsarena has changed the performance mode from its default with no mention of it.

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                      • AnonD-309678
                      • nyW
                      • 10 Jun 2015

                      "Unfortunately, the glass covering the display isn't scratch-proof."

                      What you mean is scratch-resistant. All glass can scratch, I a gorilla glass 3 phone covered in scratches.

                      The mi4i actually uses corning glass with built in digitizer which is very similar to gorilla glass, just not the same product.

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                        • AnonD-105795
                        • xAd
                        • 10 Jun 2015

                        5" with 3000mah battery only get 67 hrs. Most chinese phone are very bad at optimization. Ussually, the hardware is very solid and attractive until you start using it then they're all garbage.

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                          • Kelvin
                          • 8Kx
                          • 10 Jun 2015

                          Perfect front cam. Wish z3 had such a nice cam like this. But actually it is worst than than my previus Moto G2...

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                            • arun
                            • uv8
                            • 10 Jun 2015

                            Can be used as a frying pan