5 reasons not to buy Xiaomi smartphones

Flagship Xiaomi offers almost the same way as high-end Samsung and Apple devices. The company takes that offers good performance at a relatively low price. But lately there have Xiaomi serious problems, as well as worthy competitors.

Why not take Xiaomi

1. MIUI

The Xiaomi smartphones instead of the usual Android OS has a modified version of MIUI. If you do not like to mess around with a smartphone and want to make it just worked, you do not like.

Dig into the settings even have to just come to notice. You will also encounter the fact that the smartphone will slow from scratch, and applications - not work properly and periodically fly.

2. Difficulties with the reinsertion

Part of the problem is solved changing the firmware. Previously, this was done literally in two steps, but now the process has become complicated and confusing. The new models bootloader locked. To unlock it, you need to apply through the website in Chinese and wait for approval.

But even on this adventure does not end. You need to install the drivers, special software.

I was busy with my Xiaomi Mi5 whole evening, but did not flash it. As a result, I sold and bought iPhone SE.

3. low autonomy

Xiaomi not just shut off in MIUI push notifications, and themselves equips smartphones with huge batteries. The fact that the system is badly optimized and without these measures Soup simply would not have survived until the evening.

Xiaomi Mi5 with included notifications and internet via LTE gave a little more than three hours of screen. Smartphone with energy-efficient processor and a battery of 3000 mAh is enough. Y 4 Xiaomi Redmi low battery characteristics and as much as 4100 mAh, but eventually the machine produces only about five hours screen.

4. Advertising and viruses

Xiaomi earns nearly smartphones and lives at the expense of MIUI, its services and integrated advertising. Constantly appearing in the notification ads - it's not normal.

And if you buy a smartphone from unscrupulous sellers, the system altogether can be viruses - some strange applications that constantly hang in memory and surf the Internet. The fact is that MIUI open source code, and build there something very simple.

5. Problems at customs

More recently, another problem smartphones Xiaomi gave their official reseller in Russia.

Along with wholesale "gray" supplies from China and restrict the delivery of private parcels.

Now order the smartphone from China is cheaper will not work, and in third-party stores stocks will soon run out. Will have to buy at a very high official price.

attractive alternatives

Xiaomi is not a productive iron offers a very low price. The company has enough competitors, whose devices easier to order from China. In addition, they will not give you much trouble.

Meizu M5s practically in no way inferior to Redmi 4X, which is the official retail costs 12 990 rubles. In M5s metal casing, a fingerprint reader, and 3 GB of RAM. Smartphones Meizu also officially sold in Russia, and the price is quite biting, for example, M5s price starts from 13,920 rubles. But with the Chinese shipping can be purchased for 7000 rubles. And no one will be deployed in your parcel at customs.

Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime now costs 15,990 rubles, and for 11-12 thousand in China can buy Huawei Honor 8 Lite. It will be even more powerful Xiaomi smartphone: it is similar in processor performance, but more than 1 GB of RAM.

If you need a low-cost smartphone with a large display, instead of the Redmi Note 4 is better to look at the Meizu MX6 with similar characteristics, less problematic firmware Flyme and the price of 12 000 rubles.

Approximately 20 000 sold iPhone SE, where iron from the iPhone 6s to fit in a compact 4-inch case. Over the little money you get all the benefits of Apple smartphones: fast and regular updates more 2-3 years, high-speed operation and high-quality camera. Two drawbacks: antediluvian front camera and only 16 GB of memory with no expansion options.

Flagship devices even more alternatives. OnePlus 3T - it is the third Android-smartphone power after the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 +. He uncluttered, firmware, excellent camera, high-quality 5.5-inch FullHD-display. And the price is about 25 000 rubles.

Not to mention the flagship huawei P10, Which was released earlier this year. He even ordered from abroad do not need to: Russian official price is 34 990 rubles. But it's a real flagship with high-quality dual camera and a powerful iron-based Kirin 960.

And if you want a smartphone with a good iron and a large screen, then take a look at the other machine Huawei - 5,9-inch Mate 9 based on Kirin 960 processor. It in China can be bought for less than 30 000 rubles.