Xiaomi is here, they are going to start selling the Xiaomi Mi3 in India from 22nd July for Rs. 13,999. The handset will be available exclusively from Flipkart website. The company will also launch some more products pretty soon.
The company is new in India but has a very good reputation. They are serious about the after sales support. They have enabled 36 service centres in about 20 major cities in India and has 2 Mi Exclusive Centres. The number of exclusive centres will increase slowly.
The Mi3 I believe will become a hot selling item followed by Redmi Note and Redmi 1S. The product build quality is great and comes loaded with hardware that for now were only available on premium brands. As for the price you are already aware of.
Redmi Note and 1S will be available in August. The company will also be launching Mi Power Bank of 5200 and 10400 mAh capacities. No word about the Mi-Pad availability in India (could happen soon).
The company has no plans of rolling out Xiaomi Mi3 64GB version for now. The silver color Mi3 version will only be available on the buy day. The Mi3 box pack contains the handset, user guide, travel charger and data cable (no earphone included).
These handsets run on MiUi version 5 based on Kitkat 4.4. The good part is Xiaomi does a lot of software updates and even their older models that were launched a few years back are still receiving the updates.
Check the video to get a quick look at the handsets, Mi Power Bank and the 7.9 inch Xiaomi Mi Pad
hello gogi plzzz tell where to buy these printed iron man 3 back covers for mi3 and where you can get it online?
Why are they not giving earphones with the pack?
Gogi, many have been facing led notification bug. please check if it is working for calls, messages and general notifications for more than once because sometimes it functions properly and sometimes it doesn’t.
Will check the review is live, so far I have not faced any notification issue.
Hello gogi bro. I’ve been waiting since this morning for your review of Mi3. Have you completed it yet??
Will be at 6PM.
When can I expect redmi 1s mobile in India.
Where can I buy xiaomi red note?
13.37 GB memory for user. It’s slippery.
Delivery boy is here with Mi3 will post user experience in an hour.
I have priority pass I don’t want order this grey color. I need black colour.
Does redmi note and redmi 1 s come with gorilla glass?
Yay gogi got the priority and have it ordered
I also ordered but not for me for a user in this site.. 🙂 i’ll be buying Mi4
That lucky user is me.. 😛
Wow! I came to know now that Both Xiaomi phones(MI3,Redmi 1s,etc) and Iphones(5s,etc) are manufactured by Premium Manufacturer FOXCONN….thats why MI3 Quality is TOP NOTCH 🙂
Gogi sir by checking reviews of Redmi 1S regarding RAM availability to user its come to know that it is between 138M – 300M. Is this ok for lag free multitasking?? What should be the avg. RAM should be available according to you?
I want to buy RedMi 1S, what are the reviews outside India? is it a good buy or Unite2 is better?
Can you please clear my doubt that Xiaomi is not coming with Kitkat 4.4? Their official page & Flipkart says 4.2.
Ordered the phone in under 40 seconds after the launch (Priority pass) 😀
Awesome!
Hey gogi any idea when the next batch will come and probably when it will come in black colour, the metallic grey colour does not look that good..
I watched the video and as you’ve said that flipkart is only providing mi3 in silver color. But, what if I want to buy this phone in black color.? Then from where should I buy it, please tell me. From where did you get this black colored 16 gb mi3.? Please do reply. I am desperate to know.
You will get it only via flipkart, for other colours you will need to wait.
Thank you for your valuable information. 🙂
pls tell me that redmi note coming with removable battery and andriod 4.4.2 kitkat.
Thats how Mi4 will look – http://assets.hardwarezone.com/img/2014/07/Xiaomi_Mi_4_News.jpg
If that’s Authentic It Will Be Good… Extremely Slim Bezels..
Xiaomi phones are great in specs as well in pricing. But one thing(the only thing) that made me disappointed is the SAR value its way too much.
Hi Vishnu,
How much more percentage is in comparison to MOTO G or other smartphones in this price range? Any idea pls throw us some light. so that I can decide whether to buy it or not?
Why gorilla glass is not there? So disappointing.
Gorilla Glass 3 is present.. confirmed by xiaomi on fb…
Flipkart is showing only one color option there for this xiaomi mi3 mobile i.e. metallic grey. Can they provide this mobile in black color?
Mi India
Hey Mi fans, for the Mi 3 it is not Gorilla Glass but it is made from a high grade glass material that is similar in quality. Gogi, the above reply is given by Mi India in their Facebook after persistent queries made by fans. Will u be able to tell what will be the screen made of.
I guess then it could be dragontail glass protection.
Redmi note is too big, does it come with removable battery.?
Yes it does.
Gogi, at last it is officially confirmed that mi3 does not come with gorilla glass https://m.facebook.com/comment/replies/?ctoken=1513799418834624_1513800788834487&ft_ent_identifier=1513799418834624&gfid=AQCXQnViIxe9vzF6
Well it may not be great deal breaker but the specs are clearer now
Idol x+ or mi3, one is octa core and other is quad core it seems.
Flipkart has updated the image of Mi3 sales.
Two points to note
1. The sales start from 22nd at 12 noon.
2. Limited stocks available.
Thats the poor Ram You will get in Redmi 1S – http://www.91mobiles.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Xiaomi-Redmi-1s-18.jpg
Well others are getting the review unit, I hope you will also get it soon.
Shashank, I don’t think they have sent, some have shot the video at the event (you can clearly make out), as for the benchmarks results they are already known.
I did read your post on MiPad launch delayed in India due to some import related issues. Do you have slightest of hint as to the launch of MiPad in India? Thanks and Regards.
Srijith, no idea, if you have noted there are hardly any tablets being launched with Wi-Fi only feature (no SIM slot), all the new tabs launched are with SIM slots and phone functionality.
This is really a good news for Indians. Waiting for your review gogi.
Got the priority pass. But cant buy the phone for now. Coz I am a student :D. Anyone want it?
Hey Aditya, You serious!? 😀 Gotta buy the phone next week, but not sure if that would be possible on the 22nd. So, I’d be really grateful if you could share it with me. Here’s my Email ID: appu.sudan@gmail.com.
Please could you give me your priority pass my mail id is ommmishra830@gmail.com
Why can’t you buy it??
You serious!? 😀 Gotta buy the phone next week but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to place an order on the 22nd. So, I’d be really grateful if you could share it with me. Here’s my email ID: appu.sudan@gmail.com
Thanks a lot:):)
Asus zenphone 5 or mi3 which phone better ?
Of course MI3 🙂
You want the priority pass I’ll not buy the Mi3. You can have it on 21st itself, if you want.
Is that a code or something or linked to your email?
No it is linked to my flipkart acct..
Sir please could you give me your priority pass my mail id is ommmishra830@gmail.com I want to buy it
Pls pls give me the pass.. I want to buy it..can you give me ur contact no.. Mine is 9870246658
Contact me on my fb id please don’t post ur personal no. On an open forum.. If ur interested contact me..
https://m.facebook.com/cprithish
Pls advise I have to choose between Mi3 and MotoX, which one should I go for, the reviews of Mi3 looks very impressive but I am confused as this is getting launched in India first time. Also could you pls advise if we have any better option within in 20K.
Hey guys anyone willing to share a priority pass please? my flipkart and email account is different hence I cant avail one sadly anyone up for sharing pls contact on fzk911@gmail.com
When is the sale gonna start I mean time 12am midnight on 21st or 10am 22nd jul any idea it’s gonna finish in 10 min even at a faster rates than tatkal tickets 🙁
It is on 22 at 00:00 so you will need to be awake until 21’st midnight. Same as it happened with Moto G.
Gogi it’s 12pm not am
Thanks there is an update on Flipkart have posted that as a new comment
I have seen some of the online reviews. I found that Xiaomi Mi3 is heating more than usual. Is it true?
Not sure I will need to check. There could be many reasons for this also depends on usage, I will check this when I do the review.
I am waiting got your review, then I will decide on buying of this phone.
Me too! Please provide your review at the earliest 🙂
1S and note supports micro sim or normal sim cards? its not clearly mention in the specifications.
1s support normal sim dont know about note
This is a true color of Xiaomi phones.
Pleae read this:
gsminsider.com/2013/10/xiaomi-phone-caught-on-fire-exploded-and-melted-owner-injured-warning-violent-images/
Phones catch fire because of user not brand, there are more cases of iphone and samsung explodes, than xiaomi.
Nice gogi enjoying dinner with MI India nice to see you there I saw your pic on MI fb page. Waiting for your review.
Pls tell me where is service center in Lucknow .u.p. of xiaomi. I could not find in there list of 22 service center.
There is no service centre in up, in up only in Noida.
Do you know at what time on 22nd the handset will come for sale in online at Flipkart site.
Gogi all YouTube reviews of Redmi Note says it run on Android 4.2.2….can you confirm redmi note runs on kitkat??
Yes Note and 1S are not using 4.4 but I think they will get the update soon.
Thanks boss, oh boy! It sure is exiting!
What about the build quality and internal memory of redmi 1s? is it 8GB?
Build is good, as for memory on site they mentioned 8GB but if you check the video the available internal storage is around 2GB which mean it is 4GB.
Redmi 1s support MTS Cdma SIM?
All Xiaomi handsets are GSM with 3G (WCDMA) support. No CDMA.
Please advise if I can go for Mi3 or Redmi Note?
Would be better if you can spend extra and get the Mi3.
Is it dual sim phone ?
Hey gogi, thanks for all the updates bro! looks like xiaomi is going to be massive here in India!..
1. I wanted to ask you, i am confused between the redmi 1s and the redmi note, as on the miui forums a lot of people are of the opinion that although the redmi note has a 13mp back camera the redmi 1s 8mp camera is better? Did you check out their cameras at the event?..
2. Lastly as you can guess my priority is having a great camera above anything else at a 10k budget, so what would you recommend?, should I check out maybe the zenphone 5 as well?..which one do you think has the best camera in the 10k segment?
Thanks Rajeev, no I had not checked the camera at the event, you need to do a proper review for that “You can’t test a formula 1 car on a crowded street”. As per the sample show by Hugo at the even the Mi3 camera looks impressive.
Launching power bank means battery will last 3/4 hour only on moderate use?
Nobody will buy this crap phone because it is CHINA MAAL. Your status will be tagged as ‘downmarket’ if you use this cheap china mobile. Better go for Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Apple etc. It got better status as it is a big brand.
Haha, what a comedy bro even your so called brands apple, samsung are made or assembled in China.
Sam from Samsung, Super
Only simpletons buy costly phones to show their “so called status “.
samj skta hu bhai tera drd…
jo tujhe 20k me nhi mila …
wo ye 7k me de rha h..
2 min mon tere liye. ..
:'(
Logo ka kam hai kehena !
:p Your thinking is so cheap. I think you even can hug the garbage that come with samsung logo.
Good work Xiomee…
Any idea how many units of the phone they are planning to make available on Flipkart on monday? Even if they put out a few tens of thousands of units, judging from reports on sales in other countries in the past, the whole sale could be over in a matter of minutes!
I am not sure, but by now Flipkart might have got an idea via the registrations about the number of people interested. This will help them manage the 2nd lot.
Total 10k, 4k for Priority fans + 1k for Flipkart first on 21st June. And 5k on first come first serve basis on 22nd..
Pritish I have enrolled for flipkart first. I am not sure if Xiaomi will send the review unit, so will try buying it.
Hi Gogi .. What is the expected price of piston ear phones and can we expect the availability of earphones on 22nd when the sale of Mi-3 kicks off ?
It could be around Rs. 1000.
Hey just to clear few things..
1.) Mi3 has corning gorilla glass 3.. ( as reviewed by c4etech on youtube.. You can check his review video..i assure you its authentic )
2.) The core android updates ( example 4.4 and 4.5) will have importance only related to stability and not the actual interface ( so those who were thinking of android l,,it may come as an update in the future but there’s hardly any practical importance due to miui’s unique interface..) :d
3.) The sar value… Not sure about this one but read it in one of the comments on gsmarena… 1.29 according to eu standards… This may not be authentic but if it is,, its on the higher side…
Few questions gogi.
1.) Did they mention approx how many units will be available…? Is there going to be another flash sale like this one anytime soon..?
2.) Can we expect mi tv 2 in the near feature..
Lastly thank you for your constant updates..!
:d
Swadheen
1. No they have not mentioned that. But I guess looking at the first response they will be prepared for the second.
2. Nothing yet, as mentioned they are concentrating on Mi3 as of now.
Also want to add the MiPad will take some time as there are some new rules regarding imports for non-SIM based tablets.
Thank you sir! the major concern was if they conduct such sales after long periods of time it would not be a good option to rely on it… lets wait for the response on 22nd 🙂
All xiaomi product support 3g sim slot to cdma only or both support gsm or one is gsm + cdma.
I am planning to purchase mi redimi note about it many people says it is having android 4.2 and may says it is having 4.3 so can you please tell me which one it is having out of the box! and can it will get updates for 4.4 kitkat?
Hey Guyz one more Good news, Xiaomi has promised that the problem related to the phone will be solved within 2 Hours in the service center as they dont want to be like Indian Chinese Company and one more think these back panel will be sold as low as Rs 150 Kudoss! to Xiaomi
WOW, xioami is going to rock.
This is applicable for exclusive service centers. I.e., in Bangalore and new Delhi.. thank God am in Bangalore 🙂
Is there any way to get a pure Kitkat version instead of MIUI?
How is the build quality of redmi 1s?
Great considering the price
Xiaomi will see some success I guess MiUi is very popular in India. MiUi based custom roms are the most popular roms for any mediatek devices !! Also the pricing is very good. They provide regular updates too !! What more you expect ? At least they are not cheating like Samsung !
What you mean like Samsung?. Hope you are aware abt. Sammy’s market share?. Rephrase it ‘Like micromax’
Gogi, I have watched the interview of hugo barra in Singapore, that time he showed his phone and he is using iron man cover, and I like mi bunny how can we get that and thanks for hands on for xiaomi, but I am waiting xiaomi mipad.
RedMi 1s and redmi note also have KitKat?
Yes they do.
Yippeee! cant wait more to own a Redmi 1s.
No redmi 1s has 4.3 version and note has 4.2 version of android.
Hai Gogi. I want to buy Redmi note. The specification are my expectation, pls tell me when it will launch in India, can I get it from local marker?
Whatever so much features in a low price-xiaomi is fooling Indians! KEEP CALM and WAIT FOR XOLO HIVE. It will be awesome OS From Indian maker!
Another xolo fan ……he he he …. Brother consult a doc.;-)
Xiaomi is giving better hardware in cheap prices, they are not charging brand premium. Xolo hive is an OS, tweaked one. Xiomi is also giving such OS. And but if it is stock android then it’s better as you can get a launcher of your choice and tweak as much as you want.
Hive is not OS, it is called user interface.
I think gogi you forget to tell that these back panel will be Sold as low as Rs 150
Not sure yet, or when it will be, for now I guess Xiaomi is just trying to get an idea about the response in India.
Then gd luck for 22nd..:-D
Gogi brother, How did you get MiBunny 🙂
Gift from Xiaomi 🙂
Good to here that ☺
I think either samsung will decrease it smartphone price or loose market share.
Don’t worry. They always have/choose the second option
Did you ask them about the availability of black Mi3?
The Mi3 comes in many colours, not sure when the other colors will be launched. Also Xiaomi have not told anything about the availability of other colors.
Hey gogi, for all the Guys who wanted to know that MI3 contains gorilla glass or not…
check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_devices_with_Gorilla_Glass
It Has Gorilla Glass 🙂
Great thanks Abhishek.
Xiaomi Hongmi also listed there that means it has Gorilla Glass 2
They are going to start selling the Xiaomi Mi3 in India from !21st! July 🙂 Yes I got the priority pass.
Aditya, How did you get the confirmation?
How did you get the priority pass?
Gogi, xiaomi is forked android I think like nokia x it is true.
Yes highly customized, there is no app drawer. Every apps that come pre-loaded are customized, yes you do get access to play stores.
Guys, there is a BIG ISSUE on with the REDMI 1S with in 3G Preferred mode , this bug stop communication during a call and make the error of the SIM card not detected the only solution are :
1# reboot the phone or 2# activate airplane and off
See the MIUI China Forum, a lot of owners are facing this problem with this smartphone
last firmware is Stable ROM 24.0
we are waiting some news from Xiaomi but : but still no reaction from Xiaomi !!!
It is good to so much talk about xiaomi, but why forget about zenfone 5, zf 5 is already out of stock, and dont think that get any chance to book mi3 on launching day (I’m also not much interested because of single sim)….definitely the flipkart is going to be irctc on 22nd just it was at time of moto g.
So plz consider zf 5 (asus deserves to be reviewed instead of these lava & fire). Anyways plz consider asap.
Due to the Xiaomi hype people are forgetting the wonderful launch from Asus the zenfone 5 especially. Somehow I feel zenfone 5 offers more value than MI3. Yet to find a mobile for Rs 9999 which offers so many features and that too from a global brand. Lets see what MI3 gives us in real world.
Gogi, any idea on pricing of Mi Power Bank of 5200 and 10400 mAh capacities?
No mention of it’s price in India, but 5200 is 49 RMB = 8$ and 10400 is 69 RMB = 11$.
Bhai, video me Mi3 black colour wala dikh raha hai?? silver colour kaisa hoga wahi tension hai. Mujhe Priority pass diya hai lekin colour ke tension me jaan nikli jaa rahi hai.
Ashutosh, this is how it looks http://img6a.flixcart.com/www/promos/new/20140718-112315-overview-banner-3.jpg and http://img6a.flixcart.com/www/promos/new/20140716-171716-overview-banner-6.jpg
Thanks brother. But i have never seen any silver coloured mobile that’s why confused. If you have seen any one please tell me how it looks and feels.
I have seen both, I like the silver color.
Really did you like silver over black color?
Where are MI service centers located in Mumbai ?
Nilesh, if you visit Xiaomi site http://www.mi.com/in/ you will find the link at the bottom of the page.
Gogi ji , Do they sell dat MiBunny also online ? 😀
Just added a new image, refresh.
I think we should wait and see, they can flop like Gionee. The price diff is narrow between branded ( Samsung sony) and Chinese ( gionee MMX), are they worth at 15- 20 K? Galaxy Note 2 is ONLY 24 k on websites, wow.
Actually Samsung,sony are NOT worthy to be purchased for even 15-20k…. Money sucking PARASITES
Sir what about mitv 2?
Yes they talked about that too but no word when it will be in India.
Please let us know here when ever you get the information related to launch dates of Mi Pad and Mi TV.
Awesome post! waiting for your review!
Will you be getting MI3 before 22 for review.
They said that at the meet, but seems unlikely. If that does not happen I will try buying (try = if I get to book the handset on 22nd).
Please confirm, if its worth to wait for Xioami MI 4 or simply buy MI 3 and make it The End !.
Not sure when Mi4 will be here, but we will get an idea when the handset is launched in China. But as someone already mentioned in the comments the Mi4 could be set for 2015.
Aren’t you a Flipkart first customer?
Hi no Prithish.
But I am…. ☺
Where is the 2 exclusive mi stores located ?
I think in Delhi and Bangalore.
Great!
Gogi, what about gorilla glass on mi3. Did you get any info?
Nothing yet, I have sent and email waiting for a response. However check this forum – http://en.miui.com/thread-20227-1-1.html