You can now buy a Xiaomi phone in the US

Xiaomi has been the buzz of your upstart smartphone world for the past few years, gaining significant ground in China along with parts of Asia. But its unique mixture of direct sales, high-end mobile phones, and low prices has yet ahead to the Western entire world, and it's been nearly impossible to obtain a Xiaomi phone in the us. The company says it plans to bring its devices to America along with Western countries at some time in the future, but today US Mobile revealed that it'll be importing Xiaomi and Meizu phones towards US for use on its network (which operates on T-Mobile).

You can now buy a Xiaomi phone in the US

You can now buy a Xiaomi phone in the US

According with a report by PC Mag, US Mobile is advertising the Xiaomi Redmi a couple of, Xiaomi Mi 3, Meizu Observe 2, and Xioami Mi 4 for prices which range from $119 to $219. Those devices aren't the most up-to-date and greatest from Xiaomi or perhaps Meizu (Xiaomi's high-end Mi Observe is conspicuously missing from the list), but they offer impressive specs and feature lists for very small prices.

Unfortunately, because US Mobile is simply importing these phones and perhaps they are not officially sold or optimized for your US, they don't support LTE speeds on YOU Mobile's network. The phones will also be tailored to the Far east market, with specific apps and also services preloaded that don't function here the united states. Presumably, they will get Google's own services, that happen to be not available in China, in place of these people.

You can now buy a Xiaomi phone in the US

You can now buy a Xiaomi phone in the US

US Mobile says it's going to provide service and support for your phones it sells, potentially alleviating among the major headaches encountered once you try to import and also phone yourself. But given that none of the phones support LTE and also aren't really optimized for use the united states at all, you may be better off waiting regarding something more official through Xiaomi or Meizu, furnished it ever comes.