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I wonder more about their routers. For their specs they are extremely price competitive. Their AX6000 features a 2,5GBE Port, 4*4 5GHZ Antennas with supposedly

I wonder more about their routers. For their specs they are extremely price competitive. Their AX6000 features a 2,5GBE Port, 4*4 5GHZ Antennas with supposedly 4800mbit/s max throughput over all clients for 120€ with shipping to the EU. The Netgear Orbi Pro is the only AP I could find that is similarly equipped and costs a handsome 400€. The mostly chinese and russian reviews on YouTube seem to show those numbers to be at least not ouright lies, but people on the OpenWRT Forums talk about the Routers talking quite a lot back to China. I really wish for somebody credible to do a teardown to look into these boxes.

nirui 6y ago
Well, if you're patient enough to sit through all the Chinese text, here is the teardown (with picture) you've been looking for: https://www.acwifi.net/12621.html https://www.acwifi.net/12621.html. Also that router is currently on sell on JD.COM (https://item.jd.com/100017450204.html https://item.jd.com/100017450204.html) priced at ￥599.00, about 80€ I guess. There are rumors says Xiao Mi has somewhat subsidized their line ups with intention to create their own ecosystem. If true, that's one of the reason why their devices can have such low price. On the other hand, ￥599 is not exactly cheap in China. Somebody can literally survive a entire month on that amount of money. A "normal" price for a "regular" router is around ￥70~￥200.
- nicolas_t 6y ago
  On the other hand, ￥599 is not exactly cheap in China. Somebody can literally survive a entire month on that amount of money. -> Not in any major tier 1 or tier 2 cities. Used to be possible a long time ago but nowadays, that'd be really tough