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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
To start off.....I read through a ton of reviews and things from other sites. "Xiaomi WILL NOT WORK IN THE US!", "Xiaomi is a rip off" etc etc etc. This is 100% FALSE. It is all about the BANDS! There is a site out there that I cannot put in this review, but at Kimovil you can put in any phone model. Look at the GLOBAL models of said phone and look at the bands on that phone. Compare it to your provider, go with that.
To the shipper.....you did a great job. It was packed well, quick, you even sent the EU to US adapter for the 67w charger which was the EU model. Works like a champ. One thing you need to do though is make sure the bands in your description are on point. You could be missing out on sales. To everyone else....check that site, look at the bands, buy from Amazon....get the best phones out there for the best price.
So about this phone. I have MINT MOBILE. I am in rural NW Georgia about 70 miles from Atlanta. For LTE I need bands 2, 4, 5, 12, 66 and 71. For 5G n41, n66, n71. 5G UW won't work, but who cares. This phone that I bought has bands 2,4,5,12,66 and n41 n66. You lose out on the promoted T-Mobile band 71 on LTE and 5G, but you get LTE band 12 which is High Power, Low Frequency. I have had ZERO issues here in NW GA in town or even today on a hike in the country. I have seen 5G as fast as 471 down and 8.3 up.... 121/7.4 on LTE. There was no activation issues, etc. Now I had Mint (T-Mobile) already, so active SIM card and just popped it in the Xiaomi.....worked like a champ! I put my wife's Tello card in.....works just as well with 352/6.5 5G and 71/5.2 LTE. Again...no issues.
Cannot speak how this will work with ATT per their not certified issue, but Mint and Tello will work fine!
This phone is beyond awesome. I paid 314 for this. The camera IMO is better than the S23....video is better, battery.....I got 34h 23m on the first charge. Amazing. And again, I got the EU charger with an adapter, but if you want the 67w US charger, you can find them on Amazon for 19 bucks. So for 333 you have a phone that is comparative to a flagship 800-1300 price. This is why Xiaomi is the best.
Again, I have had NO ISSUES at all. None. And again, I live in the rural part of NW Georgia....out of the city....no coverage issues at all. I was even in Sam's last night testing this. Cinderblock made Sam's, rebar....a signal nightmare. Was getting 33 down and 4.2 up.....zero issues.
If you do not want this model phone, I cannot stress enough that Xiaomi is one stop shop, find a model from them and go. Case, charger, to specs phone, 5000mh batteries.....for half the cost if not more of iPhone, Samsung, and Google.
Last thing....as soon as I fired this up.....it updated. Updated from MiUI 14 to the new Xiaomi HyperOS....and.....(drum roll) to Android 14! Yeah......all for 314.....
Use that site, do your research on the bands and if you are ATT....try your luck....if not, move to Mint or Tello and you will be good to go.
Hope this helps everyone!
To the shipper.....you did a great job. It was packed well, quick, you even sent the EU to US adapter for the 67w charger which was the EU model. Works like a champ. One thing you need to do though is make sure the bands in your description are on point. You could be missing out on sales. To everyone else....check that site, look at the bands, buy from Amazon....get the best phones out there for the best price.
So about this phone. I have MINT MOBILE. I am in rural NW Georgia about 70 miles from Atlanta. For LTE I need bands 2, 4, 5, 12, 66 and 71. For 5G n41, n66, n71. 5G UW won't work, but who cares. This phone that I bought has bands 2,4,5,12,66 and n41 n66. You lose out on the promoted T-Mobile band 71 on LTE and 5G, but you get LTE band 12 which is High Power, Low Frequency. I have had ZERO issues here in NW GA in town or even today on a hike in the country. I have seen 5G as fast as 471 down and 8.3 up.... 121/7.4 on LTE. There was no activation issues, etc. Now I had Mint (T-Mobile) already, so active SIM card and just popped it in the Xiaomi.....worked like a champ! I put my wife's Tello card in.....works just as well with 352/6.5 5G and 71/5.2 LTE. Again...no issues.
Cannot speak how this will work with ATT per their not certified issue, but Mint and Tello will work fine!
This phone is beyond awesome. I paid 314 for this. The camera IMO is better than the S23....video is better, battery.....I got 34h 23m on the first charge. Amazing. And again, I got the EU charger with an adapter, but if you want the 67w US charger, you can find them on Amazon for 19 bucks. So for 333 you have a phone that is comparative to a flagship 800-1300 price. This is why Xiaomi is the best.
Again, I have had NO ISSUES at all. None. And again, I live in the rural part of NW Georgia....out of the city....no coverage issues at all. I was even in Sam's last night testing this. Cinderblock made Sam's, rebar....a signal nightmare. Was getting 33 down and 4.2 up.....zero issues.
If you do not want this model phone, I cannot stress enough that Xiaomi is one stop shop, find a model from them and go. Case, charger, to specs phone, 5000mh batteries.....for half the cost if not more of iPhone, Samsung, and Google.
Last thing....as soon as I fired this up.....it updated. Updated from MiUI 14 to the new Xiaomi HyperOS....and.....(drum roll) to Android 14! Yeah......all for 314.....
Use that site, do your research on the bands and if you are ATT....try your luck....if not, move to Mint or Tello and you will be good to go.
Hope this helps everyone!
