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Re:Xiaomi's phones have conquered China – now it's aiming fo... by ooOOoo on Friday June 06, 2014 @04:14AM (#7856741)
From CNET: "Xiaomi's Redmi offers exceptional value for its low price, and blows all other budget handsets out of the water. If you're looking for a cheap Android smartphone without having to compromise performance, look no further." http://www.cnet.com/products/xiaomi-redmi/
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Re:Xiaomi's phones have conquered China – now it's aiming fo... by e2daipi on Friday June 06, 2014 @07:07AM (#7857151)
How about the upgrade[1]? The Redmi/hongmi/redrice 1s has a 1.6GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, rather than the 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6589T

[1] http://www.ishoppstore.com/en/quad-core/4697-xiaomi-red-rice...

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Re:Xiaomi's phones have conquered China – now it's aiming fo... by nicpottier on Friday June 06, 2014 @05:40AM (#7856951)
I don't know, I'd much rather have a Moto E for $129 than that phone for $135. Looks seriously chunky and vanilla Android is far nicer.

Will give them a nod on the 720p display though.

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Re:Xiaomi's phones have conquered China – now it's aiming fo... by ferongr on Friday June 06, 2014 @07:02AM (#7857139)
The Moto E SOC has two relatively slow A7 cores and a slow graphics chip though. Something to keep in mind.
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