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Xiaomi Mi3 now available on Lazada for Php14,999

Diangson Louie April 30, 2014 · 1 min read

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Following the availability of the Redmi few days ago, Lazada is now offering the flagship Xiaomi Mi3 for under Php15K.

xiaomi mi3

Xiaomi Mi3 specs:
5-inch Full HD IPS display, 441ppi
2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core CPU
Adreno 330GPU
2GB RAM
16GB internal storage
no microSD card support
13 megapixel rear camera w/ dual LED flash
2 megapixel front camera
HSPA+, 3G
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, WiFi Direct
Bluetooth 4.0 w/ A2DP
GPS, AGPS, GLONASS
3,050mAh battery
MIUI v5 (Android 4.3 Jellybean)
144 x 73.6 x 8.1 mm
145 g

xiaomi mi3 lazada

Lazada is selling the Mi3 for Php14,999 (Silver). See listing here.

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141 Comments

lordz · 12 years ago

sweet jesus, a beefy snapdragon 800 chipset device ranging below 20k?

jimboy · 12 years ago

I still don’t get the rage these days with popular Chinese phones. Shell out a few more bucks and you’ll have a branded, warrantied and guaranteed software updates from the big 4: Sammy, Apple, LG and Sony.

No to Chinese-branded phones! Charot.

beforeeyeforget · 12 years ago

Dude, with that price, what can you possibly buy in a samsung store? In apple? In Lg? In Sony? That can match the specs of this phone? My phone, cherry mobile, other local brands, have their own warranty and support. Some of them sucks, but what’s important is, there is a support present for each brand.
Honestly, I have the money to buy branded phones. But because these phones wouldn’t last in my pocket’ (upgrades to most recent hardware candy phones) I would prefer to shell out less than 15k to get a phone with this kind of hardware.

Unless we get the ara this year, people would prefer these kinds of gadgets over samsung, apple, lg, or sony.

The reality will still be people opting to a cheaper but powerful phones. Branding these days ain’t worth it.

Denise · 12 years ago

wow.. the specs are okay for its price.. 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, full HD, 2.3 GHZ speed, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, WiFi Direct, even the battery is okay as well, a thing most mobile phones fail to meet. nice.

Rockafella · 12 years ago

Closest thing to Lumia Android. Sweeeeet!

Jax · 12 years ago

“No microSD card support”

Deal-breaker. Pass.

Rockafella · 12 years ago

Yep pretty sad pero you have to admit at this price point and with top-notch processor and GPU this is a freaking steal. Kung more storage ang kelangan just get the 32GB variant I’m pretty sure 2-3K lang ang difference.

JaxisPoor · 12 years ago

Sus wala ka lang pambile. Poorlube.

louie2014 · 12 years ago

Ok lng nman kase pinagbawal n rin nman ng google ang apps2sd tangibg gamit n lng ng sd card e music at movies n lng which i think d n masyadong kailangan lalo n kung 16 to 32gb k n for music pero sa movies well essential sya.

Justine · 12 years ago

@Rambsey. You are either a promoter of this company or an owner who prides using the device and the brand. Your comment has unfounded facts. First, Xiaomei is a billion-dollar non US company. Second, it cannot possible brand itself as Apple in China because no other legal and authorized entities resells the Apple brand.

Set it straight.

karl · 12 years ago

Hey @Justine, you must have misunderstood the comment of @Rambsey. 1st he only meant that Xiaomi, as a company, is worth a BILLION (US) DOLLAR. 2nd some critics labeled Xiaomi as the Apple of China, that’s simply because Xiaomi was able to overtook Apple in its MARKETSHARE in China.

References:
http://www.businessinsider.com/xiaomi-new-website-2014-4#!H6Rub

http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2013/10/22/how-chinas-xiaomi-does-in-a-week-what-apple-does-in-a-year-update-devices/

http://www.businessinsider.com/xiaomi-2013-8?op=1#!H6RMV

http://graphics.wsj.com/billion-dollar-club/

http://www.businessinsider.com/11-unknown-startups-worth-billions-2014-2?op=1

Rambsey · 12 years ago

Haha. Thanks Karl for making him understood what I said. And NO I don’t promote, I just wanted to enlighten the online trolls

epiquestions · 12 years ago

He just meant that Xiaomi is popular and big name in China like how Apple is popular in the West.
And a billion dollar(US) company just what karl said.

Try to understand the comment first before replying

Carl04 · 12 years ago

Me too. Hindi aabot ng ganyan ang Xiaomi kung walanh reputasyon. As much as I would love to love our local products, they’re poor at customer service at hindi durable talaga. I tried both cherry mobile and myphone androids, they only lasted for a few months, cherry mobile only lasted 2 months.. Tsk tsk nakakainis. So i bought iphone 5s of my hard earned money and now xiaomi mi3 coz i’ve been waiting for this. This phone really has good reviews and feedback online from around the world, hindi lang sa china.. Peace for cherry mobile or myphone fans, but i can no longer stand the poor quality ng local phones natin..

Rambsey · 12 years ago

I’m buying this because cherry mobile or myphone are fragile phones. Xiaomi is a Billion US dollar company. They’re labeled as Apple in China. Durability wise, our local phones are way too poor.

reymil · 12 years ago

is it LTE?

jesus · 12 years ago

Xiaomi will not launch phones here. Too low demand.

No importer stupid enough to risk customs and bir harassment just to import this at low profit

boybato · 12 years ago

@jesus: now, what can you say na nag-launch na ang xiaomi sa Pinas through Lazada? he he he… eh di kinain mo rin sinabi mo :-)

TotoyBrown · 12 years ago

Snapdragon 800 + Adreno 330? Shutup and take my money! Sayang at 16gb lang ang internal.. Alam ko may 64gb version neto (correct me if I’m wrong). An additional 1k-2k for 64gb? Why not. This is a steal for it’s price.. Pero sana pumasok din sa Pinas ang 1+1 (crossed-finger).

Para sa mga taong nagsasabing pangit ang quality ng China brands. Please do some research. Ang mura mura magpiso net eh. -_-

nhely · 12 years ago

excuse me,OPPO,XIAOMI ETC.are new company and not popular outside china but its hell not cheap,snapdragon chipsets are not cheap infact its better than MTK processors,which is inside phones like cherrymobile,myphone and yes! LENOVO so saying those brands are cheap is somewhat..hmmm
im using SUMSUNG NOTE 3 by the way,but im not BIAS to it..

juanplus juan · 12 years ago

Hintayin niyo nalang magka OnePlus One sa Pinas, wag na pag awayan yan

nhely · 12 years ago

tama ka jan isa pang bago pero oks na oks na phone china na rin yan..=P ginawa..,the more options the better for us comsumers..

MP · 12 years ago

And to think, LTE in the Philippines is a bit pricey and yet gives poor bandwidth allocation. I’m still fine on WCDMA. Unless they change the 1.5gb cap a month to 1.5gb a day, there and then i’ll buy an LTE phone.

google · 12 years ago

Oo nga naman. HSPA+ lang okay na okay na. Tsaka di lahat lugar dito pilipinas may signal ng LTE.

xxxXxxx · 12 years ago

Paid advertisement by lazada?

yankee · 12 years ago

Alam na.

kwanibooo · 12 years ago

I agree decent specs panalo kesa mg mediatek k gunggong mgssbi otherwise, wak po kyo umasa s oneplus1 invitational lng po pr mkbile nun 20,000 units lng ggwin nila gus2 lng nila mg build up ng hype pr mkilala un product nila i don’t see this getting mass produced this year.ll

ananda · 12 years ago

May controversy dati na may fake Xiaomi na binebenta ang Lazada.

http://www.tipidcp.com/viewtopic.php?tid=37751&page=1

Easy E · 12 years ago

With oneplus one, i have 2nd thoughts about this model. Wait for the local release of oneplus one.

abuzalzal · 12 years ago

Asa ka pa sa 1+1

Pahirapan yan brad

meizu · 12 years ago

saan si Meizu MX3? hihi

Lezure2010 · 12 years ago

Dami nagrereklamo at nang babash sa xiaomi mi3. Tignan niyo nga specs niyan. Wala kayong makukuhang ganyan kataas ang specs at that price. Closest competitor na may Snap 800 ay nexus 5 at lg g2 at above 19 k. Di rin expandable memory nun. So ang advantage lang talaga nun ay brand at lte. This is definitely a good buy. Kung may 15k lang ako on hand. Bibili na ko nito.

HK-47 · 12 years ago

The hardware is pretty awesome for the price. In terms of performance, this will destroy the similarly-priced “local” Mediatek octa-core flagships.

Note though that the Xiaomi phones on Lazada are from a third party seller, and are most likely gray market units. If warranty matters to you, wait for Xiaomi to officially launch their phones here.

joe · 12 years ago

Mas maganda pa to kumpara sa mga rebranded phone! Hahayz..

May hinihintay pa ako sa xiaomi..

pero aus nato kaysa à7 cortex na true octacore ng local phones

abuzalzal · 12 years ago

Haha

Local (re)brand w/ Mediatek Octa vs XiaoMi w/ SD800

same price, alin ang pipiliin mo?

a · 12 years ago

kung ako sayo, piliin mong bumalik ng high school at tigilan ang pag piso net ng buong araw.

mag paenroll ka ngayong pasukan para tumalino ka.

abuzalzal · 12 years ago

Sis, puso mo….kung ako sa yo magpatiwakal ka na lang, bawal mga opinion ng jejemon dito

jejejejejejejejejeje

a · 12 years ago

kamusta na pagsusukat mo ng bezel. baka kahit frame ng piso net box umaangal ka sa mayari kasi makapal ang bezel.

abuzalzal · 12 years ago

At? hehe

matalino ka na sa lagay niyan? lolmao

Kardong Puke · 12 years ago

Mangatngat ka na lang Abuzalzal tutal naman aso ka eh.

Anonymous · 12 years ago

Mga deputa htc one m8 pa din wahaha waiting for mi4

mi-xiao · 12 years ago

For me, the phone looks promising. I agree it is on the upper side of the pricing but that may be because of exploration phase in the part of the manufacturer/distributor. Hopefully they get to have a better pricing offer para mai-try ng mas marami.

Ang wishlist ko naman for personal preferences:
– microSD support para mas maraming videos and pics
– more manufacturer options for accessories esp cases
– more accessories out of the box

peace techies.. :)

Samsung · 12 years ago

No Thanks.

Mas maganda pa rin ang Samsung with LTE

Azardo Talodo · 12 years ago

Yuck! Hindi ako cheap para bumili nyan.

isklamowsyon · 12 years ago

azardo,azarkon,sipsip uten, di karin naman tanga no? hahaha

MP · 12 years ago

Mi3 is the cheapest phone having Snapdragon 800 and Adreno 330 GPU, if you’re a gamer and is on budget, I recommend you this. Very cheap with a top notch specs

psikick · 12 years ago

First off, Xiaomi is a very well known brand in China. In fact, they sell more phones in China than Apple. Hindi po low quality ang Xiaomi.

The Mi3 for 15k is expensive but that is only because this is a very late release here in the Philippines. Nilabas po yan nung Sept 2013 pa. Xiaomi follows Apple in pricing. Meaning yung new model nila, same price lang sa old model. So when they release the Mi-4 in a few months with top specs like S5/HTC One M8/LG G3/Xperia Z2 and they sell it at less than 18k. I’m sure all of you doubters will change your mind and buy this phone. :)

ivan · 12 years ago

18K?! well, mas gus2 ko na mag antay hanggang 2ndQ ng 2014 for OnePlus ONE! ;) for $299 Well, it’s a very very very good buy! considering all of the specs and innovation made by OnePlue un nga lng medyo phirapan mkabli cause kailangan mo mna ng ivitation…

hays · 12 years ago

hmmm di mag xperia z na lang ako.. konti lang diff.. LTE na.. :) branded pa

LEBRON · 12 years ago

ganda yan branded pero san b ginagawa branded? di ba sa china din naman

kannuchi · 12 years ago

Made in at tunog CHINA pa… No way!

informed citizen · 12 years ago

inutil mag research ka muna

informed citizen #2 · 12 years ago

Teka teka, eh saan ba gawa yung ibang branded na phone (ex. iPhone)? Diba sa CHINA din?

Mag-research ka nga muna talaga. Inutil.

erros · 12 years ago

e pati garter ng brief mo gawa sa china..bopols lang

rICHt · 12 years ago

Hey is the Mi3 has OTG? I cant find any site that is has.

Azarkon · 12 years ago

Only dumb people will buy this phone with those mediocre specs

Spend a little more and you have LTE, Micro SD, Branded Phone with better Camera

Not worth the Hype

Azarkon Bakla · 12 years ago

Huwag kang umeksena. Wala kang pera, pulubi ka lang.

Rockafella · 12 years ago

HAHAHAHAH Natawa ako sa reply mo mokong ka!

Balooza · 12 years ago

ewan ko lang kung troll o plain ignorant

2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and Adreno 330GPU is no mediocre specs

MrOrange · 12 years ago

the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 is one of the best in mobile gaming nowadays @Azarkon, baka hindi mo afford or wala ka lang alam sa mobile processor basta you have the latest and greatest without knowing what the phone can and can’t do.

Azarkon · 12 years ago

Xperia z2 lang naman phone ko.

Walang LTE
Walang micro SD 128GB
Walang brand
801 lang ang processor
Pangit ang camera

nhely · 12 years ago

ung word na dumb pipol would buy this medyo hinay lang..hindi nman sa ganun pero me point ka pagdating sa price,konti dagdag nlng meron knang phone na may LTE,micro SD,pwera nlng kung 128 gb internal ng phone mo,wlang sd?hmmm i bet non remo battery rin to..un ang deal breaker..