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I have nothing but praise for Xiaomi products. They are phenomenal value. I have a Xiaomi Redmi 4x, which cost me $140 and has perfectly smooth performance. Th
by toomanybeersies 8y ago
I have nothing but praise for Xiaomi products. They are phenomenal value.
I have a Xiaomi Redmi 4x, which cost me $140 and has perfectly smooth performance. The camera isn't terrible either, it does the trick. Best of all, spare parts are cheap and easy to find. I completely shattered the screen on my phone, it was only $20 to get a complete new screen assembly (lcd, digitiser, and frame), which I'm fairly sure is OEM. I broke the ear speaker in the process of replacing the screen, only $1 to get a new one shipped from China. I can literally make a phone from parts, I can even buy the motherboard on Aliexpress.
Xiaomi have really good build quality too, and their their custom version of Android isn't terrible.
I also have a Xiaomi bluetooth speaker that I bought for $30, which performs as well as a speaker 2-3 times the price. It's built out of solid aluminium too, so it can take an absolute beating.
- prolikewh0a 8y agoI am over impressed with the Mi A2 Lites camera for this price point. Phone has very impressive build quality too. Bad Sample: https://i.imgur.com/vD2uC9u.jpg https://i.imgur.com/vD2uC9u.jpg
- voltagex_ 8y agoHave you got a link to the motherboards?
- toomanybeersies 8y agoHere's a few on Aliexpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=AS_20181009205845&SearchText=xiaomi+redmi+4x+motherboard https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=A... It would appear that they are used and recycled though, rather than new OEM parts.
- voltagex_ 8y agoI wonder how hard that would be to make work on a bench. Would be nice for messing with postmarketOS, especially if I could get serial out working. I think these still have to be "authorised" by Xiaomi to have their bootloader unlocked though...