[naveenroy]

Originally Posted by ampere

Finally Xiaomi comes to India. Amazing pricing!

http://www.mi.com/in/

Wohoo! What an amazing pricing.

But it is not a high-priced Samblung or Arple phone. So it must be a pathetic phone actually *

[ampere]

Originally Posted by naveenroy

But it is not a high-priced Samblung or Arple phone. So it must be a pathetic phone actually *

I think its the biggest selling premium phone in China. Its just that their business model is totally different. So I am hoping for a much better reliability. More importantly, I hope it brings some amount of sanity to mobile phone pricing by letting OEMs relook at their pricing policies and business models.

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by naveenroy

... India is one of the biggest pirateers (is that the right word?)

No, it is pirate[s]. I suspect you might be thinking of privateers!

[Rehaan]

Originally Posted by Naparajito

if you followed the Google I/O they were constantly mentioning Limburger in small minute reference. So my guess is on that.

I missed the references. What were they? Also why would they switch from desserts to a cheese?


Also, here's an interesting viewpoint on why Google won't reveal the "L" name until its launched: LINK

cya
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[phamilyman]

Originally Posted by ampere

Finally Xiaomi comes to India. Amazing pricing!

http://www.mi.com/in/

Originally Posted by Speed.Demon

Snapdragon 800 chipset and 2GB RAM for 15k?

Mind = blown.

Hold your horses.

To quote Tanveer, if the specs are for an arabian horse, the performance (IMNSHO to my utter shock) is more like a weak overworked indian victoria horse.

The phone wasn't laggy, but it wasn't snappy either. Not like the almighty snapdragon 800 - think of latencies that are predictable but visibly slower than the flagships.
http://appglimpse.com/blog/touchmark...een-latencies/ - this would be at the lower end of the scale as per my 15-20 min playing with the device. (sample set of 1 btw).

The look/feel is simply awesome btw.

I would recommend letting other early adopters buy it, then see it in person before deciding!

EDIT: see links such as this - http://www.dazeinfo.com/2014/04/14/h...sales-q1-2014/

[ampere]

Originally Posted by phamilyman

Hold your horses.

Did not get your context of the two links.

Here is the CNET review of MI3.

http://www.cnet.com/products/xiaomi-mi-3/

For its price, I think its a quite a product.

[naveenroy]

Originally Posted by ampere

I think its the biggest selling premium phone in China. Its just that their business model is totally different. So I am hoping for a much better reliability. More importantly, I hope it brings some amount of sanity to mobile phone pricing by letting OEMs relook at their pricing policies and business models.

Hehe, I was being sarcastic - note the * in the end. I love the specs of the phone. Not a fan of high-priced mobiles.

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

No, it is pirate[s]. I suspect you might be thinking of privateers!

Oh yes! It is indeed pirates. Pirateering is an actual verb - though not sure it can be used in this case. Thanks! We'll move this discussion to the A YetiGuide® : How To Post In Proper English

[phamilyman]

Originally Posted by ampere

Did not get your context of the two links.

Here is the CNET review of MI3.

http://www.cnet.com/products/xiaomi-mi-3/

For its price, I think its a quite a product.

My context is that the phone is beautiful, stable BUT it is not as responsive as Apple / Samsung Note 3 etc. So the outright blazing responsiveness / snappiness you'd expect from a snapdragon isnt really there - within each app, things fly well.

The CNet review talks about the visual appeal and is totally silent about the responsiveness. THAT was where I was really disappointed with the MI3.

[alto99]

Originally Posted by Gokrish

I don't think so! Because, I have airtel 3G connection on my tab and app worked fine with 3G. However it did not work when I switched over to BSNL broadband.

The last update to the app (ver 5.7.41) was on 1st July, 2014 and it was fine till day before yesterday. Suddenly started getting this error this morning with BSNL but when switched over to airtel, it was working fine!

May be it is chennai specific but here in Pune youtube videos are working fine on BSNL ADSL.

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by naveenroy

... ... ...



Oh yes! It is indeed pirates. Pirateering is an actual verb - though not sure it can be used in this case. Thanks! We'll move this discussion to the A YetiGuide® : How To Post In Proper English

Discussion dully moved to the English Language thread. See this post.

[Speed.Demon]

Originally Posted by phamilyman

My context is that the phone is beautiful, stable BUT it is not as responsive as Apple / Samsung Note 3 etc. So the outright blazing responsiveness / snappiness you'd expect from a snapdragon isnt really there - within each app, things fly well.

The CNet review talks about the visual appeal and is totally silent about the responsiveness. THAT was where I was really disappointed with the MI3.

I suppose it has got something to do with the software.

It simply may not be as fine tuned as what you get from the other mainstream manufacturers, I'm just guessing here.

[phamilyman]

Originally Posted by Speed.Demon

I suppose it has got something to do with the software.

It simply may not be as fine tuned as what you get from the other mainstream manufacturers, I'm just guessing here.

uh - MIUI is as polished as any other android, up there with HTC sense or touchwiz. Its rock stable.

All I'm saying is - let someone else buy, and then you can buy after being satisfied on this one aspect!

[Dry Ice]

Originally Posted by ampere

....
Its just that their business model is totally different. So I am hoping for a much better reliability.
...

Can you please elaborate some more on this? Curious to know!

[ampere]

Originally Posted by Dry Ice

Can you please elaborate some more on this? Curious to know!

Here is one link. (Search for "How Xiaomi makes money")

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/29/46...-barra-android

[Dry Ice]

Originally Posted by ampere

Here is one link. (Search for "How Xiaomi makes money")

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/29/46...-barra-android

Thanks. Read some more about it. The online only model seems to be working well for them. With the kind of promotion they are doing via the social media channels, no wonder if the first lot is sold out within hours (or even mins) of launch.

The guys over at Samsung/Sony/HTC must be nervous - earlier it was the Moto G, then E and now this! Seems like all the action has suddenly shifted to the sub-20k segment!

Acche din aane wale hain, for sure