For once it is the Chinese Xiaomi fans who are having trouble getting hold of the Xiaomi Mi4i which has already appeared in India, Hong Kong and now reseller sites.
The Xiaomi Mi4i was released in India a few weeks back as a budget smartphone with some rather nice high-end features including a quality 13 mega-pixel main camera, and new 1080FHD Sunlight Display for better daytime viewing.
Other highlights of the Xiaomi Mi4i include dual SIM 4G LTE, 2GB RAM, and 2nd generation Snapdragon 615 octacore chipset.
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Reseller site Honorbuy currently have stock of the Xiaomi Mi4i and are selling the phone for $289.99. Also on the Honorbuy store is the Xiaomi Mi3 at just $229.99 which is well worth a look and offers similar hardware to the Mi4i.
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so they are selling the mi 4i for 289 and the mi 4 for 309. only 20 bucks of difference. Are they crazy?
There’s a few problems that resellers face with these phones. 1. They are only being sold in one country as of today, meaning supply is very limited. 2. There isn’t much room for profit when Xiaomi is selling the phone at around $210. 3. The Mi4 hasn’t been out for quite some time and didn’t sell as well as Xiaomi hoped, it was also recently given a price cut. $275-280 is about what I expected these to be sold for.