UMi X1 goes on international sale ahead of JiaYu G3! Buy the UMi X1 now and save $15

The UMi X1 is one of my top favorite alternatives JiaYu G3 phones and there are numerous reasons why you should buy one over the long overdue JiaYu, but now their is one defining reason it’s on sale now and available to international customers!‌

UMi have been a hell of a lot smarter than JiaYu when it has come to the UMi X1 dual-core MT6577 phone and rather than leaking details of the phone before they were ready have kept details to a minimum regarding their super slim Android 4.0 phone.

What to cut to the chase and save $15 on a UMi X1? Then head to Uredeal and type in the following code: usd15offGizchina

This has meant however that many prospective customers know little about the UMi X1 and the fantastic value for money it represents, so if you’re in the market for a high quality Android phone with 4.5 inch display, great styling and an awesome rear camera keep reading!

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UMi X1 specification

If you know the specification of the JiaYu G3 then you already know just how amazing the UMi X1 is going to be, for those of you who don’t know then let me recap.

Starting at the front of the phone the screen is an impressive 4.5 inch unit with high definition resolution of 1280 x 720 with IPS technology which should give the phone fantastic viewing angles.

Buy the UMi X1 from Uredeal now and save $15: usd15offGizchina

Above the screen sits a front 2 mega-pixel camera, which is better than what most other Chinesephone manufacturers are offering and should prove to be clear and crisp enough for video calls and self portraits (if you are into that sort of thing!).

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Turning the attractive, thin and rather stylish UMi X1 over we are greeted with the rear 8 mega-pixel camera which has auto-focus and LED flash for capturing photos in low light or during the evening.

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On the inside

As the UMi X1 boasts a MediaTek MT6577 dual-core CPU it also supports dual-sim and will work on the following network bandwidths 2G GSM: 850/900/1800/1900Mhz, 3G WCDMA 2100Mhz.

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The dual-core CPU, along with 1GB RAM also helps the UMi X1 score an impressive 5388 on AnTuTu!

Other great features include built in GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, an SGX531 Ultra GPU and of course Android 4.0 Ice-cream Sandwich OS.

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UMi X1 Design

If you’re not a fan of the angular looks of the JiaYu G3, but love the hardware then the UMi X1 looks like it could be the perfect phone for you!

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The body, which is available in Black, White and Pink, measures in at just 8.5mm thick with the overall length being 129mm and with a palm friendly 68mm. Weight is 138g.

Those of you who are familiar with Chinesephonedesign will see that the UMi shares some similar styling hints with the Xiaomi range of phones, but I have to say the X1 is a much better looker overall!

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The best thing about the UMi X1 is…

So as you can probably tell I’m impressed with the design and the features (and this isn’t the first time I have said this either), but what I’m most excited about is that this is the first Chinesephone which I can actually announce is available for international buyers!

I get a lot of email and comments from readers who want to buyChinese phones featured on GizChina and most of the time it is very difficult to point you guy’s in the direction of a reseller with stock but for the first time it seems I can.

UreDeal have announced today that they are the official stockiest of the UMi X1 for international markets and they have stock ready to ship (with FREE shipping) right now!

Even better than that is the fact that UreDeal have agreed to give Gizchina readers a rather generous $15 discount using the following promotional code:

Save $15 on the UMi X1 with UreDeal: usd15offGizchina

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Andi

October 22, 2012
Hi,
is http://www.uredeal.com/ trustful to buy from them.
Arifullah
- Jason
  October 27, 2012
  Hi there, is there an official UMI website I can check the spec? My network requires 850Mhz WCDMA and I need to confirm as some specs I’ve read say 850Mhz is GSM only.
  E.g.
  2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHZ
  3G: WCDMA 2100MHZ
  What I need is:
  GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHZ
  WCDMA(UMTS) 850/2100MHz
  Thanks
  - February 6, 2013
    Hi!
    Can you confirm me that it is fonctional on CDMA 1,23 mgz?
    I live in Montreal and my provider is TELUS.
    Thanks

Simon W.
October 22, 2012
Dear Andi
I’ve been following your site for the last few months. Thank you for all the time and effort you’ve put in the site. You just made the decision for me.. I just ordered the phone in black. Finally my HTC HD2 can rest 🙂
Greetings from Switzerland,
Simon
- October 22, 2012
  Great glad you enjoy the site as much as I enjoy putting it together :)let me know when the phone arrives I’m tempted by the pink 😉
  - Simon W.
    October 22, 2012
    Yeah. I’ll let you know. It seems I was the only lucky one to use the code today ;). I was so tempted to wait for the Jiayu G3 but I couldn’t trust them anymore after the issues with the screens and all the delays.

edi
October 22, 2012
opav
October 22, 2012
Is the weight correct – 338g is extremely heavy.
Does the rear camera poke out? In the pic, it looks like it is resting on the rear camera.
Xiaolu
October 22, 2012
Sorry Andi but… there seems to be a mistake, 338g. is a lil too heavy 😛 I assume you mean 138g.
Nice phone… and nice news!
Thx
roberto
October 22, 2012
useful your discount, but when i try to put in the coupon area uredeal.com says that it can be use more than one time
- October 22, 2012
  I’ve sent them a message to find out what is going on with the discount code.
- - roberto
    October 23, 2012

Robert S
October 22, 2012
- - Robert S
    October 22, 2012
    Oh, thanks. Didnt think you would have to go all the way to the checkout.
    Order is now placed (:
Am
October 22, 2012

Airyl
October 22, 2012
Andi, are you tired? Cause us the person above me pointed out, there are a few mistakes in this article, like:-
“The dual-core CPU, along with 1GB RAM also helps the UMi X1 score an impressive 54388 on AnTuTu!”
…………………..
Airyl
October 22, 2012
Andi, have you got enough sleep? Cause as the person above me pointed out, there are a few mistakes in this article, like:-
“The dual-core CPU, along with 1GB RAM also helps the UMi X1 score an impressive 54388 on AnTuTu!”
…………………..

Paul Fieldhouse
October 22, 2012
Looks good! Sooooo tempted. I was in Shanghai last week looking for a new phone. All I could find where copies of well known brands. Tried to buy a copy Samsung, but after trying my sim in 2 phones they kept rebooting. Eventually bought an Android version of a IPhone 4. It was cheap, but even though I have changed the language to English a lot of the apps are in Chinese! Not much use for me I am afraid. Wondering if I can wipe and install a new rom? Still my daughter is pleased with it
Now then, should I takmethe plunge with this one?
- teja
  October 22, 2012
  hi dude , u can use custom roms which was given colonel zap site , he clearly explained all the rooting process and flashing with custom rom (english titled apps and playstore in english ). just google it .
Paul Fieldhouse
October 22, 2012
Just curious, why do you feel these guys can be trusted. I have tried searching them on google and not much to see. Mind you the site has only been live for about 70 days and the owners are hidden behind some US registrar. Not saying we can’t trust them, but at the moment it is a toss up between a weekend in Bangkok or a new phone. A weekend in Bangkok I can be assured in getting what I want :-).
- October 22, 2012
  Weekend in Bangkok is what I would go for. Then ask Santa for an Oppo Find 5 😉

titooo
October 22, 2012
I won’t buy anything at uredeal. They also claim they have in stock Newman N2 or Jiayu G3. And I really don’t think so….
- October 22, 2012
  I actually asked them about the G3 and they said they’ve sent 2 batches out to customers already and will let us know when the 3rd is on the way. The N2 is an impossibility though!
- Emil
  October 22, 2012
  I saw the banner with “G2 and G3 in stock” too – but when you click it, it is actually stated that the batch is sold out and that the phone is no longer in stock…

Nikolai
October 22, 2012
If you go to the product site they say g3 and newman n2 are up for pre-order
Reacher
October 22, 2012
And what about display? Is Black really black? I mean.. is it shit display?

teja
October 22, 2012
Hi Andi
One of the chinese e sellers listed Goophone I5 Quad Core 32 GB free shipping for $ 275 in stock .you can see the hands on video posted below. I5 looks exactly like I-phone 5 even it has dual sim and memory card slot and back cover is also like metal . After reading above comments this seller has some bad comments so i put my decision to order this phone on hold and even i dint find any hands on video on net except from this seller .
http://www.chinaecarts.com/goophone-i5-4-inch-screen-quadcore-cpu-8mp-camera-android-41-phone-32gb-p-3141.html
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=FIkgsgHseLw&list=UUOCCBYh9GUpdEiDv_BcAdNg&index=36&feature=plcp
- teja
  October 22, 2012
- Andi
  October 22, 2012
  Cheers don’t think it will be the i5 though possibly a Hero H2000+? I’ll take a look at the video in a moment cheers!
- Freeje
  October 23, 2012
  I wouldn’t give my money to Chinaecarts. They’ve uploaded videos on Youtube showing supposedly knockoff copies of S3s that they said are exact copies of the real thing but someone pointed out that the phone in the video was in fact the real thing. What you get in the mail is of course a poor version instead.
  - TripleThreeNine
    October 26, 2012
Shp
October 22, 2012
Anyone know where can i buy this phone via webmoney payment method?
Guest
October 22, 2012
Hi,
is http://www.uredeal.com/ trustful to buy from them.
Arifullah
- Nope not heard anything like that. I’ll let you know if that changes though
- Guest
  October 26, 2012
  Uredeal Umi X1 stock;
- Guest
  October 27, 2012
  Hi there, is there an official UMI website I can check the spec? My network requires 850Mhz WCDMA and I need to confirm as some specs I’ve read say 850Mhz is GSM only.
  E.g.
  2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHZ
  3G: WCDMA 2100MHZ
  What I need is:
  GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHZ
  WCDMA(UMTS) 850/2100MHz
  Thanks
- February 6, 2013
  Hi!
  Can you confirm me that it is fonctional on CDMA 1,23 mgz?
  I live in Montreal and my provider is TELUS.
  Thanks

Guest
October 22, 2012
Dear Andi
I’ve been following your site for the last few months. Thank you for all the time and effort you’ve put in the site. You just made the decision for me.. I just ordered the phone in black. Finally my HTC HD2 can rest 🙂
Greetings from Switzerland,
Simon
- Guest
  October 22, 2012
  Great glad you enjoy the site as much as I enjoy putting it together :)let me know when the phone arrives I’m tempted by the pink 😉
- Guest
  October 22, 2012
  Yeah. I’ll let you know. It seems I was the only lucky one to use the code today ;). I was so tempted to wait for the Jiayu G3 but I couldn’t trust them anymore after the issues with the screens and all the delays.

Guest
October 22, 2012
- Guest
  October 22, 2012
Guest
October 22, 2012
Is the weight correct – 338g is extremely heavy.
Does the rear camera poke out? In the pic, it looks like it is resting on the rear camera.

Guest
October 22, 2012
Sorry Andi but… there seems to be a mistake, 338g. is a lil too heavy 😛 I assume you mean 138g.
Nice phone… and nice news!
Thx
Guest
October 22, 2012
useful your discount, but when i try to put in the coupon area uredeal.com says that it can be use more than one time
- Guest
  October 22, 2012
  I’ve sent them a message to find out what is going on with the discount code.
- Guest
  October 22, 2012
  Hi they have said it should still work. Maybe try a different browser?
- Guest
  October 23, 2012
Guest
October 22, 2012
- Guest
  October 22, 2012
  I’ve sent them a message about the code to see what’s going on but it’s 11pm here in China so don’t expect answer until the morning.
- Guest
  October 22, 2012
  go to ‘proceed to checkout’ then ‘apply the coupon code’ and the code is usd15offGizchina 🙂
- Guest
  October 22, 2012
  Oh, thanks. Didnt think you would have to go all the way to the checkout.
  Order is now placed (:

Guest
October 22, 2012
- Guest
  October 22, 2012

kaskuser
October 22, 2012
yeah, i think umi better than jiayu in design and screen quality(that we know jiayu g3 screen have bad quality)
you can see review from owner of umi in here
http://bbs.shuame.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=390609&extra=page%3D1 .
the photo quality look amazing, even in night.
if you concern is about 2750mh battery, dont believe it.
i dont trust if jiayu g3 have 2750 in their size now.
if a new company can make 2750 mh battery on 4.5″ phone why samsung and other big company cannot make it? for example galaxy s3 just can make 2100 battery on bigger phone (4.7″) ? they have 31000mh battery on more bigger phone like in in galaxy note 2 (5.5″).
so, battery capacity is matter of size.
so i more trust umi which declare 1750 mh battery, they more honest for me.
and about online seller, as long as they accept paypal, your payment is safe.
because you can dispute if something going wrong.
i already buy 2 umi phone, and seller say will shipping today.
hope not to long to arrive 🙂
- KooL
  October 22, 2012
  I’m sorry but I think you are forgetting the thickness of the phone.. Most phones like samsung and Umi’s thickness is 8++mm
  If I’m not mistaken Samsung S3 is 8.6mm, Umi X1 is 8.5mm and Jiayu G3 is 10.8mm.
  Phone thickness also counts when you want to put in a bigger battery. U can now clearly see that jiayu’s 2750mah battery is real due to the thickness.
  - kaskuser
    October 23, 2012
    hei, thickness different is just about 28%, so i think max capicity battery is about 2000mh like thl w3+ or max is 2250 mh not 2750 mh.
    btw you can see user review from josi111 (post #31)
    http://chinamobiles.org/showthread.php?32225-Ejiayu-G3-MTK6577-1280×720-Screenshots/page2&s=999c22acf102be8a0315a2934651cd25&highlight=bluebo+l100
    he have jiayu g3 (2750mh) and bluebo l100 with 2000mh.
    and he think bluebo battery is better.
    - RobertNL
      October 24, 2012
      The battery of the G3 is perfectly possible,
      There where some battery’s for the HTC Desire, Samsung GS 1 and 2 that where 3000 mAh size and wheren’t much bigger.
      Then the Motorola razr maxx that has a 3300 mAh battery and is only 9mm thick.

Guest
October 22, 2012
Andi, are you tired? Cause us the person above me pointed out, there are a few mistakes in this article, like:-
“The dual-core CPU, along with 1GB RAM also helps the UMi X1 score an impressive 54388 on AnTuTu!”
…………………..

Guest
October 22, 2012
Andi, have you got enough sleep? Cause as the person above me pointed out, there are a few mistakes in this article, like:-
“The dual-core CPU, along with 1GB RAM also helps the UMi X1 score an impressive 54388 on AnTuTu!”
…………………..

Guest
October 22, 2012
Looks good! Sooooo tempted. I was in Shanghai last week looking for a new phone. All I could find where copies of well known brands. Tried to buy a copy Samsung, but after trying my sim in 2 phones they kept rebooting. Eventually bought an Android version of a IPhone 4. It was cheap, but even though I have changed the language to English a lot of the apps are in Chinese! Not much use for me I am afraid. Wondering if I can wipe and install a new rom? Still my daughter is pleased with it
Now then, should I takmethe plunge with this one?
- teja
  October 22, 2012
  hi dude , u can use custom roms which was given colonel zap site , he clearly explained all the rooting process and flashing with custom rom (english titled apps and playstore in english ). just google it .

kaskuser
October 22, 2012
in this review of jiayu g3 owner,
he say if bluebo with 2000 mh battery better than jiayu g3 (post #31)
so i think 2750 battery is real fake
David
October 22, 2012
Guest
October 22, 2012
Just curious, why do you feel these guys can be trusted. I have tried searching them on google and not much to see. Mind you the site has only been live for about 70 days and the owners are hidden behind some US registrar. Not saying we can’t trust them, but at the moment it is a toss up between a weekend in Bangkok or a new phone. A weekend in Bangkok I can be assured in getting what I want :-).
- Guest
  October 22, 2012
  Weekend in Bangkok is what I would go for. Then ask Santa for an Oppo Find 5 😉

Guest
October 22, 2012
I won’t buy anything at uredeal. They also claim they have in stock Newman N2 or Jiayu G3. And I really don’t think so….
- Guest
  October 22, 2012
  I actually asked them about the G3 and they said they’ve sent 2 batches out to customers already and will let us know when the 3rd is on the way. The N2 is an impossibility though!
- Guest
  October 22, 2012
  I saw the banner with “G2 and G3 in stock” too – but when you click it, it is actually stated that the batch is sold out and that the phone is no longer in stock…

Guest
October 22, 2012
If you go to the product site they say g3 and newman n2 are up for pre-order
Mannaoz
October 22, 2012
Yes Paypal is a must for online purchases.
I had a huge problem buying from Grefu earlier this year.
I sent in a complaint and got all the money back.
When my items purchased never arrived in the box.
Mightymarq
October 22, 2012
Hi Andi. Can you check the UMi X1 Antutu screengrabs from uredeal.
It says there memory 503MB, RAM Size 970.
Isn’t this a 512MB/1GB spec only?
Thanks. Great site, by the way!

Guest
October 22, 2012
And what about display? Is Black really black? I mean.. is it shit display?
steve
October 22, 2012
Anyone knows the official chinese website for umi x1 maker ?
( like http://www.ejiayu.com/ is for jiyu G3 ?)
looking on google, get tons of reviews and articles, but not the offical manufacturer site, or maybe I have overlooked …
Thanks,
Steve

October 22, 2012
Hi Andi
One of the chinese e sellers listed Goophone I5 Quad Core 32 GB free shipping for $ 275 in stock .you can see the hands on video posted below. I5 looks exactly like I-phone 5 even it has dual sim and memory card slot and back cover is also like metal . After reading above comments this seller has some bad comments so i put my decision to order this phone on hold and even i dint find any hands on video on net except from this seller .
http://www.chinaecarts.com/goophone-i5-4-inch-screen-quadcore-cpu-8mp-camera-android-41-phone-32gb-p-3141.html
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=FIkgsgHseLw&list=UUOCCBYh9GUpdEiDv_BcAdNg&index=36&feature=plcp
- Guest
  October 22, 2012
  sorry for the bad link . here is the correct link for hands on video .
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIkgsgHseLw
- Guest
  October 23, 2012
  Cheers don’t think it will be the i5 though possibly a Hero H2000+? I’ll take a look at the video in a moment cheers!
- Guest
  October 23, 2012
  I wouldn’t give my money to Chinaecarts. They’ve uploaded videos on Youtube showing supposedly knockoff copies of S3s that they said are exact copies of the real thing but someone pointed out that the phone in the video was in fact the real thing. What you get in the mail is of course a poor version instead.
- Yash Garg
  October 26, 2012
  HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA there can’t be a better way to advertise a clone!

Carlos
October 22, 2012
Hello, I want to buy this phone, does anyone knows if it works with T-Mobile (3G)?
Guest
October 23, 2012
Anyone know where can i buy this phone via webmoney payment method?
Nikolai
October 23, 2012
How did you get in contact with uredeal Andi? I want to order this from phone them but i’m not sure if i can trust that site.
hidroman
October 23, 2012
AAAAAAAAAnd the price raised.

Guest
October 23, 2012
yeah, i think umi better than jiayu in design and screen quality(that we know jiayu g3 screen have bad quality)
you can see review from owner of umi in here
http://bbs.shuame.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=390609&extra=page%3D1 .
the photo quality look amazing, even in night.
if you concern is about 2750mh battery, dont believe it.
i dont trust if jiayu g3 have 2750 in their size now.
if a new company can make 2750 mh battery on 4.5″ phone why samsung and other big company cannot make it? for example galaxy s3 just can make 2100 battery on bigger phone (4.7″) ? they have 31000mh battery on more bigger phone like in in galaxy note 2 (5.5″).
so, battery capacity is matter of size.
so i more trust umi which declare 1750 mh battery, they more honest for me.
and about online seller, as long as they accept paypal, your payment is safe.
because you can dispute if something going wrong.
i already buy 2 umi phone, and seller say will shipping today.
hope not to long to arrive 🙂
- Guest
  October 23, 2012
  I’m sorry but I think you are forgetting the thickness of the phone.. Most phones like samsung and Umi’s thickness is 8++mm
  If I’m not mistaken Samsung S3 is 8.6mm, Umi X1 is 8.5mm and Jiayu G3 is 10.8mm.
  Phone thickness also counts when you want to put in a bigger battery. U can now clearly see that jiayu’s 2750mah battery is real due to the thickness.
- Guest
  October 23, 2012
  hei, thickness different is just about 28%, so i think max capicity battery is about 2000mh like thl w3+ or max is 2250 mh not 2750 mh.
  btw you can see user review from josi111 (post #31)
  http://chinamobiles.org/showthread.php?32225-Ejiayu-G3-MTK6577-1280×720-Screenshots/page2&s=999c22acf102be8a0315a2934651cd25&highlight=bluebo+l100
  he have jiayu g3 (2750mh) and bluebo l100 with 2000mh.
  and he think bluebo battery is better.
- Guest
  October 24, 2012
  The battery of the G3 is perfectly possible,
  There where some battery’s for the HTC Desire, Samsung GS 1 and 2 that where 3000 mAh size and wheren’t much bigger.
  Then the Motorola razr maxx that has a 3300 mAh battery and is only 9mm thick.

Guest
October 23, 2012
in this review of jiayu g3 owner,
he say if bluebo with 2000 mh battery better than jiayu g3 (post #31)
so i think 2750 battery is real fake
Guest
October 23, 2012
- Guest
  October 23, 2012
Guest
October 23, 2012
Yes Paypal is a must for online purchases.
I had a huge problem buying from Grefu earlier this year.
I sent in a complaint and got all the money back.
When my items purchased never arrived in the box.

Mot
October 23, 2012
Andi,
You’ve got the 3g frequencies as 2100 only (as does uredeal) but the official m.shuame.com website list it as 900/1900/2100.
900 is a deal breaker for a lot of us here in Australia.
Can you clarify?
- October 23, 2012
  Hmmm I would genrally go off what the manufacturer says. Did you contact Uredeal and ask them?
- Roundoup
  October 24, 2012
  I’m also interested. 900MHz 3G disable meas that phone does not make sense in my country too. Please let us know if you find out something.

Paul
October 23, 2012
Is anyone able to pay with PayPal?
I tried a few times but keep getting this error:
“We are sorry for the inconvenience. The PayPal account authentication settings are not yet set up, or the API security information is incorrect. We are unable to complete your transaction. Please notify the store owner so they can correct this problem. (10002)”
- Simon
  October 23, 2012
  I was able to pay by paypal. You have to proceed using the other payment option.. then later you can choose paypal before check out..

Guest
October 23, 2012
Hi Andi. Can you check the UMi X1 Antutu screengrabs from uredeal.
It says there memory 503MB, RAM Size 970.
Isn’t this a 512MB/1GB spec only?
Thanks. Great site, by the way!
ronnie katsie
October 23, 2012
if its true that they have UMI X1 original brand not fake the Andi today you have made my day after releasing me from the long wait of JY G3

Guest
October 23, 2012
Anyone knows the official chinese website for umi x1 maker ?
( like http://www.ejiayu.com/ is for jiyu G3 ?)
looking on google, get tons of reviews and articles, but not the offical manufacturer site, or maybe I have overlooked …
Thanks,
Steve

October 23, 2012
This is how “presell” works at http://www.mixeshop.com : What do you think ?
me : hi, are you planning to sell phone UMI X1 ?
tony: not now
me: was Jiayu G3 in stock yesterday ? Because your colleague told me that BLACK version was in stock
tony: tell you the truth, we are informed by factory that it is in stock, but the price is much higher then the price on our website. we will see the further condition. And now we will not receive new orders about jy-g3
tony: understand?
me: but you will keep preorder price ?
tony: no
tony: will not accept new order now
me: I ask because I made preorder on 19. September
me: should I wait ?
tony: ok
tony: now the condition is we do not know the news from factory is correct or not.
tony: and the price is much higher then price on our website
tony: so now the price is not stable now,
tony: we will see the condition and then inform what to do
me: if I buy now for 175 it means I will not pay more ?
tony: no
tony: the price is not stable now, we do not now when it will be normal,
tony: so we will wait for several days and see the condition
tony: because many customers make a preorder, we do not know how many customers are willing to add money, if the demands reaches to factory’s MOQ, then we could do, if not, we will refund
tony: understand?
me: if price will be so much higher, there is no problem to return money ?
tony: we will refund, if customers do not agree to add money
me: OK thank you very much
tony: you are welcome
me: have a nice day
tony: you too.
- - - Wow that’s a really good price! I hope you get it soon!
    - sickgrinder
      October 24, 2012
      Well according to mixeshop, they are getting jerked around from Jiayu about stock and when they are going to receive it. So i asked for a refund which they were totally fine with but they did however suggest some other phones which i actually took them up on and got a newman n1. So far my experience with mixeshop has been nothing but awesome.

Guest
October 23, 2012
Hello, I want to buy this phone, does anyone knows if it works with T-Mobile (3G)?
Paul
October 23, 2012
Just ordered it.. hope its the real deal 😉
My first phone from china.. excited!
I chose the fast shipping option and will let you know when it arrives!

Jez
October 23, 2012
What a ripoff at $240
Cannot believe the owner of this site sold out to some overpriced retailer, i’ll probably stop lurking here now.
It is way inferior to the G3 too for those of you excited, 1ghz CPU and 1750 battery at 25% more is in no way a deal. Be weary of the network bands too especially if you live outside China.
Guest
October 23, 2012
How did you get in contact with uredeal Andi? I want to order this from phone them but i’m not sure if i can trust that site.

Guest
October 23, 2012
AAAAAAAAAnd the price raised.
Richard
October 23, 2012
Hi Andy . Thanks very much just ordered one of these instead of the Jiayu G3
now any videos yet on you tube anywhere ? walnuts ? 😀
Any links to any review much appreciated
Cheers
Richard
Vlad
October 23, 2012
It would be great to see the feedback grom the guys, who have ordered and paid, in a day or two – but I have some experience with Chinese online shops, so, if tomorrow there is no such crap as “sorry friend we are unexpectedli out of stock, wait with patiens, next stock next friday, thanx”, then maybe it’s a reliable shop. If you look at it’s site on aliexpress though, the price for UMI is much higher. And official release of this phone is Oct. 26. I am ready to believe in miracles, but…

Fel
October 23, 2012
vladi78,
I mentioned this last time in a message but for some reason it was never posted???
As I see it this pre-sale way of doing business is just a way of swindle.
The pre-order is actually a way of gathering money to fund the phone manufacturing….once they have the phone ready to be launch if it’s popular enough, they refund all the original “pre-sale” buyers and sell the phone at a higher price….and we silly people help some Chinese make profit out of air!!!

farook
October 23, 2012
hi andi i have few things to clarify. first this phone was available for 899 CHINA YUAN which is USD 143 and later it was increased to 1099 CHINA YUAN which is USD 175. now the site you promoted to buy UMI X1 is pricing the phone for USD 240 which is USD 65 more. never mind with that but the issue is the site which u promoting to buy this phone is not including EARPHONES in the package! we r getting only charger and data cable. EARPHONE PRICE IS USD 50 which sums up the total cost of the phone to USD 290!! which is way too high!!!! i feel that they must provide EARPHONES along with the package for USD 240! if not it is unfair as Official UMI SITE is providing earphones along with the package!!

Guest
October 23, 2012
Andi,
You’ve got the 3g frequencies as 2100 only (as does uredeal) but the official m.shuame.com website list it as 900/1900/2100.
900 is a deal breaker for a lot of us here in Australia.
Can you clarify?
- Guest
  October 24, 2012
  Hmmm I would genrally go off what the manufacturer says. Did you contact Uredeal and ask them?
- Guest
  October 24, 2012
  I’m also interested. 900MHz 3G disable meas that phone does not make sense in my country too. Please let us know if you find out something.

Guest
October 23, 2012
Is anyone able to pay with PayPal?
I tried a few times but keep getting this error:
“We are sorry for the inconvenience. The PayPal account authentication settings are not yet set up, or the API security information is incorrect. We are unable to complete your transaction. Please notify the store owner so they can correct this problem. (10002)”
- Guest
  October 23, 2012
  I was able to pay by paypal. You have to proceed using the other payment option.. then later you can choose paypal before check out..

Guest
October 23, 2012
if its true that they have UMI X1 original brand not fake the Andi today you have made my day after releasing me from the long wait of JY G3
- Guest
  October 23, 2012

October 23, 2012
This is how “presell” works at http://www.mixeshop.com : What do you think ?
me : hi, are you planning to sell phone UMI X1 ?
tony: not now
me: was Jiayu G3 in stock yesterday ? Because your colleague told me that BLACK version was in stock
tony: tell you the truth, we are informed by factory that it is in stock, but the price is much higher then the price on our website. we will see the further condition. And now we will not receive new orders about jy-g3
tony: understand?
me: but you will keep preorder price ?
tony: no
tony: will not accept new order now
me: I ask because I made preorder on 19. September
me: should I wait ?
tony: ok
tony: now the condition is we do not know the news from factory is correct or not.
tony: and the price is much higher then price on our website
tony: so now the price is not stable now,
tony: we will see the condition and then inform what to do
me: if I buy now for 175 it means I will not pay more ?
tony: no
tony: the price is not stable now, we do not now when it will be normal,
tony: so we will wait for several days and see the condition
tony: because many customers make a preorder, we do not know how many customers are willing to add money, if the demands reaches to factory’s MOQ, then we could do, if not, we will refund
tony: understand?
me: if price will be so much higher, there is no problem to return money ?
tony: we will refund, if customers do not agree to add money
me: OK thank you very much
tony: you are welcome
me: have a nice day
tony: you too.
- Guest
  October 23, 2012
  At least they were honest with you.
- Guest
  October 23, 2012
  Yes I appreciate honesty, but what for is preorder/presell when price is unknown and time of delivery is unknown ? 🙂
- Guest
  October 23, 2012
  Haha yep it’s a good job you checked with them before sending any money 🙂 Business here is totally different to back home 😉
- sickgrinder
  October 23, 2012
  Pretty much the same deal with me and mixeshop, I emailed if they had any in stock and they said yes, so I placed my ordered then emailed and ask if they had any other color and how long would it take to be shipped out, “Lia” emailed back saying this “Dear friend ,
  This phone only have black one ,and if you want you can add money ,otherwise we can refund your money .”
  So just to double check, I emailed their customer service, “Tina” answered saying “sorry friend ,
  still not ready for stock , because this model it is not easy to get it , once ok we will ship soon
  will tell you
  thanks
  tina”
  I guess i will be canceling my order.
- Guest
  October 23, 2012
  I choose mixeshop because I can wait, they advertised jiayu G3 for best price 159 USD for presell (until Monday) and main reason was that I have one positive experience buying phone from July this year. My opinion is that they really got some phones on Monday but quickly rised price at 175USD (“Presell” sticker was gone for a day) sold all dozen of pieces and bypass all preordered customers.
- Guest
  October 24, 2012
  Wow that’s a really good price! I hope you get it soon!
- sickgrinder
  October 24, 2012
  Well according to mixeshop, they are getting jerked around from Jiayu about stock and when they are going to receive it. So i asked for a refund which they were totally fine with but they did however suggest some other phones which i actually took them up on and got a newman n1. So far my experience with mixeshop has been nothing but awesome.

Guest
October 23, 2012
Just ordered it.. hope its the real deal 😉
My first phone from china.. excited!
I chose the fast shipping option and will let you know when it arrives!

kaskuser
October 23, 2012
i think the over price from seller because law of demand.
jiayu from 140$(899yuan) raise to 210 -230$
umi x1 from 175 (1099 yuan) raise to 230 -250$
if you want to cheaper phone. don’t buy phone with high demand or
wait to the demand of this phone lower (maybe have to wait 2-3 month) 🙂
but i’m not sure if jiayu g3 will have stable stock next month 😛
- October 23, 2012
  I think this is what is happening they are buying them at $175 usd adding shipping which brings it to about $215. So at $240 they hope to make $25 profit, but with the $15 discount code they will make $10 profit… Still sounds cheap to me
  - TripleThreeNine
    October 25, 2012
    But then at 225 it should be inclusive of express shipping, as it costs around $20 (maybe $5-10 more) as you mention ($175+$20=$215)

Guest
October 23, 2012
What a ripoff at $240
Cannot believe the owner of this site sold out to some overpriced retailer, i’ll probably stop lurking here now.
It is way inferior to the G3 too for those of you excited, 1ghz CPU and 1750 battery at 25% more is in no way a deal. Be weary of the network bands too especially if you live outside China.

Guest
October 23, 2012
Hi Andy . Thanks very much just ordered one of these instead of the Jiayu G3
now any videos yet on you tube anywhere ? walnuts ? 😀
Any links to any review much appreciated
Cheers
Richard
Guest
October 23, 2012
It would be great to see the feedback grom the guys, who have ordered and paid, in a day or two – but I have some experience with Chinese online shops, so, if tomorrow there is no such crap as “sorry friend we are unexpectedli out of stock, wait with patiens, next stock next friday, thanx”, then maybe it’s a reliable shop. If you look at it’s site on aliexpress though, the price for UMI is much higher. And official release of this phone is Oct. 26. I am ready to believe in miracles, but…

Guest
October 23, 2012
vladi78,
I mentioned this last time in a message but for some reason it was never posted???
As I see it this pre-sale way of doing business is just a way of swindle.
The pre-order is actually a way of gathering money to fund the phone manufacturing….once they have the phone ready to be launch if it’s popular enough, they refund all the original “pre-sale” buyers and sell the phone at a higher price….and we silly people help some Chinese make profit out of air!!!

Guest
October 23, 2012
hi andi i have few things to clarify. first this phone was available for 899 CHINA YUAN which is USD 143 and later it was increased to 1099 CHINA YUAN which is USD 175. now the site you promoted to buy UMI X1 is pricing the phone for USD 240 which is USD 65 more. never mind with that but the issue is the site which u promoting to buy this phone is not including EARPHONES in the package! we r getting only charger and data cable. EARPHONE PRICE IS USD 50 which sums up the total cost of the phone to USD 290!! which is way too high!!!! i feel that they must provide EARPHONES along with the package for USD 240! if not it is unfair as Official UMI SITE is providing earphones along with the package!!
- Guest
  October 24, 2012

raoul
October 24, 2012
how about that!!! i got the xiaomi 1s youth edition yesterday during the 3 minute sale. for 1300 yuan. (about 210$) it is exactly the same phone as the m1s except for the 1.5ghz instead of 1.7ghz cpu. can’t wait to finally get hold of one of these xiaomi phones. and during the next 7 days xiaomi 2 should be on sale too and i’ll try to get one of those too. that sale actually works easier than i thought, you just have to sit in front of your computer and be ready to push the buttom at 12:00, that’s all!
- - - teja
      October 24, 2012
      Andi
      please confirm the M2 sale is open for international buyers or for chinese alone as usual and shipping to my place ?
      - October 24, 2012
        Mogu M2 or Xiaomi M2? If you want to buy direct from the company China only. If it’s a reseller check with them.

Guest
October 24, 2012
i think the over price from seller because law of demand.
jiayu from 140$(899yuan) raise to 210 -230$
umi x1 from 175 (1099 yuan) raise to 230 -250$
if you want to cheaper phone. don’t buy phone with high demand or
wait to the demand of this phone lower (maybe have to wait 2-3 month) 🙂
but i’m not sure if jiayu g3 will have stable stock next month 😛
- Guest
  October 24, 2012
  I think this is what is happening they are buying them at $175 usd adding shipping which brings it to about $215. So at $240 they hope to make $25 profit, but with the $15 discount code they will make $10 profit… Still sounds cheap to me
- Yash Garg
  October 25, 2012
  But then at 225 it should be inclusive of express shipping, as it costs around $20 (maybe $5-10 more) as you mention ($175+$20=$215)

UmiWaiter
October 24, 2012
I wonder if anybody has got a tracking number who ordered expedited shipping and paid for it ($40)? Just want to know if they’re really shipping orders already. I have not got mine number yet, but it’s to early I guess (1 day).
- October 24, 2012
  I asked today when phones will be sent out they told me within 24-48 hours and then they will send tracking numbers.

Lu
October 24, 2012
I really don’t know at the moment :/
cancel the Jiayu G3 and buy UMI X1 of wait for the Jiayu G3 :/
Lu
October 24, 2012
I really don’t know at the moment :/
cancel the Jiayu G3 and buy UMI X1 or wait for the Jiayu G3 :/
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