It depends entirely on your usage, which you could refer to your current phone storage. Basically dont expect like 4g for this kinda price in local for now, since its already consider the best deal you could get for a snapdragon 800 powered phone in local. Lenovo k910 did come with sd support, but price is slight higher at above rm1k lor, but still no 4g

PS: sorry my mistake, as seems k910 also no sd support

This post has been edited by sniperwolf: May 13 2014, 09:48 PM

2 hours+ sot drain 55% battery? Bit weak for the battery size it has ler

I mean from your screenshot showing 45% remaining battery, so usage is 55% in 18+ hours, and with 2 hour+ sot.

For those who use or has xiaomi account, its better to change your password since there is a security breached and suspect of user data leak on xiaomi bbs/ forum in china.

Whether or not its related, its still safer to change your password for your own safety

This post has been edited by sniperwolf: May 14 2014, 12:29 PM

How can you compare mobile broadband plan to mobile data plan leh

What I refer to as mobile broadband is data only plan, which is without voice, where usually meant for laptop that sticks with a usb modem, which you can also slot into your phone if you had a dual sim phone la. Usually it also has a higher quota limit as compare to phone data plan, and cheaper per gb charges.

Majority here are still concern bout local warranty part, which there is practically no other options beside mi3 in low cost snapdragon 800 range. But when warranty is not an issue to you and look into china market, there are few more options available at similar price range.

IUNI U2, snapdragon 800 powered, rmb 1799 for 2gb ram 16gb rom and rmb 1999 for 3gb ram 32gb rom. You get a unibody design full metal build phone with 16mp cam and 4mp ultra pixel cam combo, running on IUNI OS which has 0 preinstalled apps. 3g support only

Gionee Elife E7, around rmb 1700+ to rmb 1800 for the 16gb version from what I saw. Also come with 16mp + 5mp cam combo, which selling point is the camera part. 3g support only for now. The international version e7L with 32gb rom + snapdragon 801 with 4g support is yet to be spotted

LG G2 / KDDI LG Isai, normal g2 now also drop till rmb 1800+ price range, which buyers could choose between the standard g2 or japan isai. Isai difference as compare to standard g2 is on back button design, lower battery 2500, use eis instead of ois for camera. Pros are support external sd and have dust and water proof certification. Isai L22 also support 4g. Powered by snapdragon 800

ZTE Grand S2, snapdragon 801, 2gb ram 16gb rom, sd support and 3100 mAh removable battery, around rmb 1800+, 4g support

ZTE Nubia Z5s, another snapdragon 800 powered phone at around rmb 1999 with 2gb ram and 16gb rom. 3g support only

OnePlus One, specs lazy to put since majority should know, basically similar with xiaomi concept, another camping only phone which not officially for sell yet.

Those are roughly the snapdragon 800 variants which available in low price for what I know. For local availability and warranty, xiaomi mi3 is your only choice for low cost snapdragon 800 phone.

If you can find grand s2 for rm700 you better go grab lor, default rrp already is rmb 1699, street price is usually rmb 1800+.

This post has been edited by sniperwolf: May 14 2014, 09:56 PM

Honor 3c when launch in china has hell lot more units available for 1st batch, just that mostly are assigned to those pre order customers. If not mistake 1st batch easily 20k - 30k stocks.

Bad thing I dislike bout smaller manufacturer is their stock availability, which usually dont have alot units ready when launched. Take bigger manufacturer like lenovo and zte, their 1st batch of golden warrior and grand s2 each has around 50k to 60k stocks ready, where follow up batches usually at least has 10k to 20k range stock available.

But also thanks to xiaomi hunger strategy which cant fulfill market need where others see the opportunity to fill in with similar products at similar range, and can provide us consumers with more options.

The phone debut in April with firmware ver 1.0 B03, where now the latest firmware is already at B06

I not too sure with celcom quota amount as not using their services but usually the broadband plan will provide more quota over mobile data plan.

As for celcom 4g coverage, I think its lower when compare to maxis, as a friend of mine which uses celcom also cant get 4g in my area which is bangsar. Reason for aiming lte is meant more for enhanced surfing experience with sites that loaded with loads of photos, which I dont use mobile data for streaming most of time, streaming and downloading will be my fiber job. And given similar pricing, definitely I choose something with 4g ready over 3g only

The sot of mi3 seems slight low as opposed the battery size it has. Even my cheap rm1k snapdragon 801 can scores close to 6 hours of sot with 1 days+ standy with power saving totally off, auto brightness set to 50%, on a slight larger screen 5.5 vs 5 and an almost no difference battery size, 3100 vs 3050. If clear charges daily, easily 6 and half hour to 7 hours of sot

You can order yourself through agent from online sites such as tmall/taobao, or by yourself if you had an account in bank of china

Not to say mi3 sot is bad, but I expected it could do alot more better than just 5 hours, as on my current phone with the not so brushed up official rom (not rooted) also can get those result lor

Nothing much to expect from xiaomi press con since majority of the content is already known. Just wait for the official specs only

This post has been edited by sniperwolf: May 15 2014, 02:53 PM

Import in yourself lor if you really like it. Price wise should be hell lot cheaper as compare to other 4k display. I think it should have 3d enable as well, since the current mitv already has 3d

VPN shouldnt be a big problem, as even including streaming alongside, its still freaking cheap as a smart tv or even a normal tv set. Current mitv rrp is rmb 3k, which let assume this new mitv 2 cost rmb 4k to 5k, and check up upon local 4k tv pricing, I think even the stupid one can do the maths easily

Tegra K1 la, just as assumed like on alot site its either nvidia tegra or intel atom soc. Not much interest on the tab.

This post has been edited by sniperwolf: May 15 2014, 03:27 PM

Tab too big for my taste nowdays, as I preferred to carry less device as possible

Its just a 70 - 90 mins event only, which as predicted mi3s is not in the announcement list

That a point, another is zte already selling similar product at price of rmb 1699, where if mi3s release at rmb 1999, it wont be as like what xiaomi claimed, always the cheapest flagship. And from the antutu leak, there might still be some polish up to do with the device before official launch.

As for this year, I guess majority flag ship phone will end up with snapdragon 805 at most, will see how things will go next year with the 810 or higher la

Chances are extremely slim which you could refer to sg which established few months ahead of my, dont even have the 1st gen mitv.

Basically its close to impossible to get it through mi store 1 la, which usually cost few hundred rmb more through those reseller. Yet its still freaking cheap

This post has been edited by sniperwolf: May 15 2014, 07:39 PM

No idea on the production rate but there already 2 variants on the 1st gen mitv if I remember correctly, where the old one is 40 inch without 3d and the new one is 47 inch with 3d. There are plenty stocks available through resellers usually, of which you will usually see none on their official site.

Due to brand power, if its some more well known international china brand such as lenovo or huawei, things might have been a little different. So I dont blame them on that as majority smart phone users aint tech savy.

Go out in the street and simply pick a few people and ask if they know what is snapdragon 800 or not. To majority users out there, 1st thing come to picking up a new phone is more towards selecting brand, which usually are those big boys such as samsung, sony and etc. The so call "Enthusiast" group is just a very small group when you compare to the majority of the "Normal" users.

Xiaomi aint actually giant, maybe giant only in mainland and currently only start expending to other asian countries. It has become success due to its low selling price in the past when compare to other brand, but couldnt coupe up with its stock availability due to its limited resources. Why is why big boys in china such like huawei, lenovo, zte saw the opportunity and start following xiaomi steps and came out with their online brand to compete with similar products at similar price range, which in the end benefit us consumers The best selling phones aint actually those expensive flagship, but mid to mid low range in sub rmb 2k and sub rmb 1k range. Why is why suddenly there so many choices for these segments since Q4 last year. You can now find an entry level 4g phone with snapdragon 400 1.2ghz, 2gb ram, 8gb rom, 13mp + 5mp camera combo, 2400 mAh battery at rrp rmb 999 only with android 4.3