Xiaomi unveils the Mi3, flagship specs at an affordable price

September 5, 2013

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Some of you might not have heard of Xiaomi, but you will pretty soon now that Hugo Barra joined the company. Xiaomi is known for making quality phones at affordable prices, but they never leave China. They just announced their latest, the Mi3, which features a 5-inch 1080p display, a NVIDIA Tegra 4 or Snapdragon 800, 2GB of RAM, Sony 13MP rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, and 3,050mAh battery. Plus it's only 8.1mm thick.

What do you think a phone like this should cost off contract? Probably at least $600 right? Wrong!! The Mi3 is going to cost 999 yuan ($327) for the 16GB model. Even the 64GB model is cheaper than any flagship, 2499 yuan ($410). Xiaomi is known for selling their devices in batches, and that will continue with the Mi3. The first batch will go on sale by mid-October in China.

Now that Hugo Barra is onboard, let's hope that we start seeing Xiaomi products outside of China in the near future.

source: Xiaomi

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Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.