Xiaomi’s Piston earphones have been a popular accessory for a lot of Chinese phone owners, now an updated version of buds have been released with a new design.
The original Xiaomi Piston earphones have been around for some time now, and were on their 2nd generation before these latest models launched. The Pistons became popular with smartphone fans for their great value, machined alloy body and high-quality audio.
However good the originals were though, there were quite bulky and not everyone got along well with the chunky design which might be why a redesigned version has been released over in China.
As with previous versions of the earphone, the Xiaomi Piston 3 will cost 99 Yuan in China, and ships in a practical box with neat rubber tidy plus optional silicon ear buds.
Tech specs include copper wires, 3.5mm gold plated plug, 20-20,000hz frequency range and 1.25m wire. Two versions will be available a standard model and a special edition Crystal Edition with Swarovski elements.
The Piston 3 are only officially available in China at the current time, but they will likely launch in other markets plus the newly announced international store in the coming weeks.
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If the quality is the same (or better) than Xiaomi Pistons 2…. I WANT THEM!!!
Someone from China can buy them for me pleaaaaase!!! 🙂
BTW, is xiaomiworld.com to be trusted that they bring original accessories? I found them there for 24 dollars.
Honorbuy (already xiaomoshop) has them in stock for 26$.
The store is reliable, even Andi bought from there several times
Yup, Honorbuy are good that’s where our Yi Camera, Mi Note and Redmi 2 all came from
Thanks for the tip Andi. Just what I was looking for before jumping the purchase gun 🙂
EDIT: Wha?? “Site Maintenance” [on honorbuy]?
Folks, is this just my luck?
Found the earphones on ibuygou as well, but someone gave it a 3/5 rating. Can anyone who has purchased this already comment on the quality?
Thanks for the replies all. I decided to go a bit risky and order it from xiaomiworld.com. I read your posts before ordering but since the price is not that great, I wanted to test that site for future purposes. The good thing is that they accept PayPal. If they don’t deliver the original I will let you know and I’ll order from either honorbuy or Ibuygou. I still have my pistons 2 and I am really happy with them.
Buy from ibuygou, everything is original and arrive very fast. I bought my mi4 from them
Ibuygou service is terrible. Their ideology is the customer is always wrong. Their customer service lets someone working in the warehouse call the shots. They told me the problem I experienced is impossible according someone working in their warehouse after already agreeing to send a replacement. Sent like 15 emails back and forth over just $3, they are very difficult to deal with and will do anything possible to avoid having to deal with the problem. I’d hate to see how they handle issues with phones, let alone cheap accessories.
I didn’t have any problem with them and my phone came very quick and in awesome state. Bad luck budy?
I also buy from them ,alway no respond on email and other ,now i alway
buy from http://flosmall.com/,for phones they even install google play store for me before shipping for free .and always have coupon.
the newly announced international store in the coming weeks??