Xiaomi MI A1 (64GB, 4GB RAM) with Android One & Dual Cameras, 5.5″ Dual SIM Unlocked, Global Version, No Warranty (Rose Gold)

I was a bit skeptical about the mobile network since I’m a T-mobile user in the US, but everything went smoothly once I put the sim card in. It gets 4G (LTE) everywhere I’ve been to and the call quality is excellent as well. I am also impressed by the long-lasting battery and the quick speed of charging with the regular adapter provided. Everything runs fast and I have zero complaints about lag of any kind. Speakers are even louder than I thought they’d be and the sound is very good. The thing that completely amazed me was the quality of the camera, it just takes the pictures right and, if the portrait mode is used, the background blurs correctly 95% of the time and the edges algorithm is outstanding! I came from a budget phone and this is definitely a high-end product experience. The only cons I could find is that the front facing camera has no LED flash and isn’t wide-angle; and that the video recording hasn’t EIS (electronic image stabilization) or OIS (optical image stabilization) so it can get shaky. All-in-all I truly believe this is a no-brainer for the price. Go for it and try it yourself. I promise you: you won’t be disappointed.

P.s. I attached some pics taken with the rear camera of the phone. The first three are in portrait mode and the others aren’t nor do any of them have HDR on.

UPDATE (12/31/2017): The Android O update came in yesterday and it improves several aspects of the phone such as the battery life, smoother animations and (best of all) now it has support for Quick Charge. I guess we’ll have to wait for an official quick charger from Xiaomi to come out, but I suppose it could work with any from other brands.

I’ve had this phone for one day and so far it’s really good. My last phone was a Samsung Galaxy s6 and since I was on a budget I got this phone. It feels good to text, I love the set up Google has for it. The camera quality is good for the pricing and adding the Sim card was no issue at all. It runs apps pretty smoothly as well. Battery life is pretty good. I use Snapchat quite a lot and that used to kill the battery of my s6, but with this phone it lasts. Also if you’re concerned this phone won’t get the new Android update (Oreo) it will! The finger print scanner is pretty good, opens phone pretty quickly (I thought there was going to be a major delay.) Speakers are loud, and it sounds like pretty good quality.
So far my only issues with it are;
•The bottom key lights. I couldn’t find a way to turn them off. I looked it up and apparently they don’t.
•Sometimes taking pictures with flash, the flash is visible on the side you take pictures of.
•As well as the front corner where the flash is at is very transparent to the front of the phone, so there’s light glowing on that corner of it. (It just bugs me a little.)
Over all the phone is really good! Will update if any issues come up.

This phone is amazing and works perfectly on T-Mobile. I bought it for my wife who didn’t want another $800 Samsung and she had used Samsungs for quite some time. This phone is incredible in every way. It looks just like an iPhone 7+ but with better features. It is fast and not bloated with carrier-installed apps. The camera is great and the display is very crisp. The fingerprint reader is awesome. My only regret is that I don’t have one for myself since I just bought iPhone 8+. I will definitely go with Xiaomi for my next phone. Given all the excellent characteristics and price you absolutely cannot go wrong!

It’s great, I love it, exactly what most people need out of a phone and more.
Stock Android is fast and smooth, the updates are nice as well. Performance has never slowed down and calls work just fine in my area (suburbs, t mobile).
Camera is good as well, in low light it suffers a bit but you can take great pictures in normal/bright light.

Cons:
These are the ONLY cons I have found in 2 weeks.
1.) Sound. When the volume is extremely low, you can hear a static noise if you are in a very quiet room. Also, when sounds are at a volume even lower than extremely low, they might get cut out altogether. However, the volume has to be very low, and if you use decent headphones then the problem doesn’t exist at all.
3.) First update messed some things up, but they were fixed in the most recent update. My YouTube glitched out a few times before I updated to Android O.
4.) Front facing (selfie) camera is not that good.
Everything else about this phone is exceptional. The only reason you shouldn’t get this phone is if you take a lot of selfies. The sound problems only take effect when the sound is below practical volume and you are using the speaker. The speaker itself at normal to high volume is fantastic, it gets as loud as you need it to be and the audio enhancement makes it sound noticeably better than other phones/computers. Performance is great and you can run pretty much any app or game. It doesn’t support Verizon or Sprint though, so that’s one thing to note. All in all probably the best phone you can buy at this price point.

Liked phone for features however, has calling issues. Seller, Amazon and USA manufacture support could not help. US support said phone not released in USA yet. Second phone with calling issue. I purchased from two different sellers. I returned both phones

I love this phone… it’s like my new best friend! There is no way I was going to pay 500., 600., 700., 800.00 dollars on a new phone. I researched nearly 3 days. I found this phone and could not find anything negative said about it. If you research online, there are endless video reviews that are all very favorable. This phone has been compared to and rivals many of the “other” phones in the high dollar price range – but carries a cost that’s hundreds $ LESS! I couldn’t be happier with my new Xiaomi Mi A1. Great job Xiaomi and Amazon!