Xiaomi officially coming to the UK

insane200 · 3 May 2018 at 13:52

Xiaomi one of if not the largest Chinese phone manufactures are officially coming to the UK later this year.

Three Mobile have signed them up, and they will also be sold in some SuperDrug stores.

https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/news/xiaomi/144384-three-to-bring-xiaomi-smartphones-to-the-uk

I'm not a massive fan of Miui but hopefully more of them could launch here with Android one installed instead.

Big Elf · 3 May 2018 at 15:21

It'll be interesting to see what kind of mark up Three put on them.

mark43 · 3 May 2018 at 20:21

Shame its Three. Superdrug seems a bit random, or do they already sell phones and I just wasn't aware?

insane200 · 3 May 2018 at 22:53

mark43 said:
Shame its Three. Superdrug seems a bit random, or do they already sell phones and I just wasn't aware?

That's exactly what I thought but apparently the same company owns Three mobile.

Columbo · 4 May 2018 at 09:14

mark43 said:
Shame its Three. Superdrug seems a bit random, or do they already sell phones and I just wasn't aware?

Be glad it's not EE / Vodafone as they would probably murder this devices with their god awful firmware customisations.

Sp00n · 4 May 2018 at 10:38

mark43 said:
Shame its Three. Superdrug seems a bit random, or do they already sell phones and I just wasn't aware?

What's wrong with Three?

scrivz69 · 4 May 2018 at 10:49

It was only a matter of time before someone did it.

http://en.miui.com/thread-2489982-1-1.html

ping8781 · 4 May 2018 at 10:54

I use Three on my work phone and it's really good signal in the south east / london area. Many time i get signal when my vodafone personal phone doesn't.

Liquid_Entity · 4 May 2018 at 14:49

ping8781 said:
I use Three on my work phone and it's really good signal in the south east / london area. Many time i get signal when my vodafone personal phone doesn't.

Same here, I have dual SIM Honor View 10 and I use Three for my mobile data SIM. EE for voice and both always have a great signal.

Liquid_Entity · 4 May 2018 at 14:50

insane200 said:
That's exactly what I thought but apparently the same company owns Three mobile.

Hutchison own a lot people probably don't know.

UK Power Networks
Superdrug
Savers
The Perfume Shop

Yaayuh! · 4 May 2018 at 14:50

Excellent, i'm with 3, can't fault them. Will be interested in seeing how this pans out.

mark43 · 4 May 2018 at 15:48

Sp00n said:
What's wrong with Three?

I just don't get a very good signal where I am, so obviously just my issue really. Though also a shame it's any one network, I like to buy sim free. But hey it's a start.

sesevans · 4 May 2018 at 15:56

insane200 said:
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I'm not a massive fan of Miui but hopefully more of them could launch here with Android one installed instead.

Android One makes a lot of sense in a skinnied-down phone and now with ZTE and Huawei banned from US market (Huawei for 7 years due to Iran sanctions violations), I was wondering who would take up the Android One banner. I see that Google is making a huge push for Android One in South East Asia and India.

Sp00n · 4 May 2018 at 15:59

Hopefully they're released with dual sims where applicable which should mean they're unlocked, same as the O2 Oneplus devices.

memyselfandi · 4 May 2018 at 17:45

Shame it's 3 .... from looking a coverage maps when I was sorting out my Parents with phones last year (both have Xiaomi phones now but not on 3) there is a complete lack of any 3 coverage anywhere near them which means that provider is useless for me.

insane200 · 5 May 2018 at 00:08

Sp00n said:
Hopefully they're released with dual sims where applicable which should mean they're unlocked, same as the O2 Oneplus devices.

My current honor8 was from Three, unlocked and dual SIM, so I don't see why they would lock down these phones.

mrk · 8 May 2018 at 20:22

Mi Mix 2S has Android P beta right now, this is a great step in the right direction. In fact 7 phones from different makers are in the Android P beta release right now. A huge step from previous Android versions where only Nexus/Pixels got the betas at Google IO time.

I look forward to this year and next to see what Android has to offer.

Samsung probably won't be my next phone going forward as they don't seem to be part of this, they even skipped Treble on the S9...