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I think a majority of Xiaomi's success was from their "budget" to mid-range phones especially in the third-world countries here, the flagships were just a part of their lineup until people started realizing how good they were relative to their pricing.
I have mi 11x and it doesn't feel like a midrange phone
@drysushi it's 3 years of security updates. Also, Xiaomi has an amazing community behind them for software updates beyond the official releases.
155th like Wtf, the like grows everytime I refresh
@drysushi 2 years????? Xiaomi 11T series/12 Series/12T series all support 4 years of updates
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This video style looks so insanely good - the drawer, the rig. I'm just amazed.
@mrbeast commented on my vid STFU
Hi didn't use the rig though. I expected video quality comparison.
The video editing is very ugly though. The colours are WAY too vibrant. There's way too much contrast and the overall image is way too bright. Arun should really improve the colour grading of his videos.
@@everything_huawei_pro4743 yea no
@@BlackParade01 turn down ur brightness 💀
"Mi 2 , that name did not age well" 💀
i dont get it
@@MaxBaxPamparapa "Me too"
😂😂
Tbh i never had xiaomi but im so happy you made this video so i can finally see how does xiaomi upgrade their phones
The software is bad, so i don't recommend it
Google pixel, samsung and apple is better
@@Boring6127 I have Galaxy S22 but i still like other phones and would like to see them get better
@@Boring6127 Yeah my brother has P30 Pro and even the camera is not good for me because i dont like the colors
@@Boring6127 if the software is bad then get a different one. Unlike the other phones you mentioned, Xiaomi phones have got custom rom support allowing you to change the software or so called ui to anything you desire .
Damn, watching this now makes me want to give more appreciation to Xiaomi, they started the trend that you don't need to spend $1000+ to experience high performance and premium phones.
Agreed, most chinese companies used this same formula.
Yems
Not anymore - their ultra phone is now ridiculously priced compared to its specs (same price as Samsung's ultra phone), and the camera donut is so freaking ugly. Xiaomi needs to learn fron the Mi 10 Ultra which had a mid range price + top flagship specs. Also PLEASE BRING BACK THE LONG ZOOM CAMERA (6x+)!
@@subhojit2003 The reason chose companies do this is because they save tons of money by not using the U.S's workers rights. They basically just underpay everyone.
@@randomoneforstuff3696 nahh i dont think so, the one mentioned here was 12s, but the 12 pro was a flagship as well and came at 60k around, and this phone could go toe to toe with samsungs flagship (but samsung gave more warranty so xiaomi has a disadavntage) And specs are lower compared to pricing? Go and check the video of xiaomi's recent flag ship in his video
The fact that their mid range usually outclasses all others in price/performance is the true reason of their success!
Nah, not all
The midrange is the redmi version, and the redmi version is shit
@@Boring6127 mid-range is Poco as well, the F series are the best midrange phones
Outclassed, not anymore, they have high prices like everyone else, so it's not worth it anymore, you can buy anything else at the price.
@@geniceka Poco F5 is great, one of the few phones with good performance that still have a headphone jack
I really love your content Aaron. So Top notch & super detailed🔥. Mad love from Kenya🇰🇪
I absolutely LOVE watching your videos cause I learn so many things about different phones... for instance I had no idea about this company let alone their phones! Thnkfor doing these videos for us, so informative as well as interesting..
As a typical US / Western customer who has heard of Xiaomi but haven't thought to buy one because there's Apple and Samsung, it's pretty amazing to see the speedy growth of them in such short of a time. Thanks for making a great showcase, and for getting some very old phones together too!
Don't ever think to buy 🤣🤣 don't spend your earned on money on these Copycats 🙏🏼🙏🏼 you will cry a river for the shitiest experience they give. Bs UI Everything Copied from Apple / Samsung / Huawei
@@thegamerscloud huawei doesn't have any invention. huawei and xiaomi they copy from Apple. and from Samsung. like when Apple releases rose gold colors oppo and huawei just stole the colors
@@thegamerscloud eww
@@discovertheuniverse848 scam
@@thegamerscloud sure it's a scam? Why doesn't mrwhoistheboss do something?
I used Mi8Pro for several years, and although it got a lot of criticism due to its questionable design, I have to say it really delivered a very solid user experience. Nothing fancy to brag about, but it just works, and works well.
The bots are really tweakin' right now~
No it doesn't.. Xaoimi phones only works for 2 years maximum
@@almahdialsharef6066 can't accept a bs opinion from a guy who has never used one
@@almahdialsharef6066 My Redmi 5 Plus from 2018 is alive and well in 2022 on a custom ROM. Stop the bullshit.
@@almahdialsharef6066 you mean they only get.major OS updates for 2 years. Which is not required to use a phone at all.
Hey Arun, I am currently researching Xiaomi phones because I am planning to buy and switch to one from my Samsung Galaxe S20+. Thank you for making this video with a comparison to its older Xiaomi models. I appreciate this huge effort you do for the community. Thank you!
@Kot Koy Ok just less hatred bro
@@Thebananahandle1407 he is right Xiaomi software is 🤡
@@Helloboi410 flash. flash it.
@@CombustOrange And that is how you turn your phone into a useless paper weight as Google Pay, banking and certain subscription apps get blocked and or ban the user for tripping the efuse
@@chrischoy9If you are doing it right Google Pay and Most Banking Apps still work. Got an old Xiaomi Phone Here with a custom rom, everything still works
As someone that has had xiaomi/huawei phones for a long time now, i love them. You literally get features that other phones dont; i personally love that i can theme my phone however i want without having to download different apps for it, the fact that you can play games for free, and listen to youtube with the screen off. Very good brand
1:06 "My cat was doing weird things to my phone"🔥💀
@OFFICIALMRWHOUSEBOSS 🧢
I still remember using my old phones with 2gb and 8gb and used to think what a huge space they had, and now looking back at it, they look so weak compared to today, and this was just about 7 years back, technology is so fast, and this video helped me remember that, nice video.
Chinese phones tend to catch up on storage space upgrade rather quickly more or less for the single fact that WeChat take up tons of space (20~100GB of increment per year depending on usage). But then, even though WeChat isn't that huge outside Chinese speaking communities, many other messenger apps got the exact same issue really.
Even today 256gb not that huge anymore
It's crazy how the size of the internet pages has escalated. My old Galaxy S2 had 8gb internally, and you could use 5 of it, my actual S20 has 8gb of ram alone.
Arun’s getting too good with his contextual jokes 😂
I enjoy these types of videos! Especially the console ones as well. I'd love to see more of those! It's crazy how fast technology has come. We went from these large boxes that is just a speaker to a literal computer in our hands. That's crazy to me.
Interesting video. So Xiaomi was once sort of an enthusiast type phone. But it's really grown fast.
@mrbeast commented on my vid that ain't mrbeast that's mryeast
Mrwhosetheboss in 2050: I bought all the spacex rockets!
I’m very VERYY surprised how good the pictures were even on the first phone comparing them to the android and iPhone considering the android quality just was not really ever that good compared to the iPhone even in the recent years, but the camera quality on the mi phones was actually really good looking through the 1st one to the most recent one which really surprised me. They genuinely made a really good phone with a REALLY good price, I am really considering buying one. I really REALLY want them to bring back the mi 9 color ways I think that the oil slick chrome looking colors looked just amazing and want them to bring it back on the newer phones!!!
As a side note, they could have skipped 7 as it is considered unlucky in China. "Seven can also be considered an unlucky number since the 7th month (July) is a "ghost month". It also sounds like "to deceive" (欺, pinyin: qī) in Mandarin."
Still using the Mi 10 ultra and people are to this day impressed with what it can do. Having a Mi 10 ultra, being a flex at over 2 years after launch, is amazing.
Using an iPhone X when launched with iOS 16 installed and still going strong as it can shoot RAW with Lightroom, hope the same can be said for you.
@@avieshek the Mi Ultra can probably do more
@@cherrio347 lol she got owned.
@@avieshek don’t gotta embarrass all iPhone users
@@avieshek Mi 10 Ultra does more than that lol
You are taking tech videos to a totally another level man.
Honourable mention should have been Pcophone F1. I have been using this for four years. Only recently there were some bugs. After factory reset, this set is on the track, again! Love this set.
four years already? damn!
Using it with crdroid Android 13 rom with NGK Kernel and gcam mod, nothing comes close to it's performance in today's mid range segment.
this guy rickrolls us in a different way in every single video without even us knowing
18:18 Lol you’re now in a rabbit hole. Welcome to hell.
They say Xiaomi is one if the best devices you could ever get your hands on. They seem to be improving their designs over time. We all appreciate the fact that this review is highly informative. Keep up the good work.
Very true
@@_Anakin_Skywalker in the term of price to performance ratio in low and mid segment ofcourse Xiomi is better but at top segment it's a draw i think
Yeh Xiaomi provides good cheap phones
Honestly the thing that made me not want to get Xiaomi is their software. I'm not a fan of MIUI and how buggy it can be.
I have a Redmi 9 and let me tell you , having 64GB of storage and 4 GB RAM with a good Chip for only 140 USD is a really good deal if you ask me , i have been using it for a year now and the performance is still as good as the day i got it , there high-end phone's might not be as good as iphones but the mid to low range Xiaomi phone's are the best bank for your money!
Watching and typing this from my 6 year old Xiaomi mi 6!!! I was looking for a durable, performing phone back then. Guess I picked the right one! :D Best phone I ever had and still works amazingly, actually. Beautiful design, allows me to accomplish all of my tasks, good enough camera, decent speed... Aside from battery life, which decreased as expected after 6 years of use. I feel sooo satisfied about my pick, and also afraid that if I get a new phone, it might not last me as long as this one :/. I might upgrade for a better battery and camera, but my phone will leave the game like a champ. 💪🏻 Gg 2017 Xiaomi 😏👏🏻👏🏻
That is impressive!
Great history lesson. I always like their phones! Does Maini seem hyper or is it video editing doing it?
the Mi Mix is still, arguably, their most iconic phone yet...the sheer beauty of the design, and the fact it is the world's first successful bezel-less phone to come to market
The A series also w/c was the stock android line-up. Not that iconic but another choice for some. 😁😁
I'd like to see a video of Arun doing a breakdown of his own original phone design. What parts and software would he use and what would it look like? Maybe even a 3d printed concept model.
I had a similar thought .... I wonder if you would ever design your own phone The ultimate boss phone
He has already did it.... PASSION FRUIT
Passion
MiUI is one of the only Android skins, if not the only one, that I think feels nearly as good as iOS. When that shot was shown of entering the home screen on Samsung vs Xiaomi, I immediately thought of how well designed Xiaomi’s was versus how Samsung’s just felt a little cheap.
You have the old miui themes on the store too
Miui is only good on flagship phones
I love so much the amount of info I learn in this this channel and the amount of effort put into his videos and... No annoying ads, no time wasted in self promotion (like, subscribe, share, etc) and no bullsh*t.
I remember when mi3 launched, the only way to keep updated to tech for me was a tv show called cell guru. When they were talking about the phone i felt like okay this is another new Chinese brand with a phone that would cost around 30-40k inr. But he revealed the price I was blown away. The only phone that was considered good at that price was moto G1 which had a sd400 and hd display
Good old days i had bough the redmi 1s at the very first sale unless for Xiaomi I also wouldve went for some Moto E or G series Xiaomi literally threw every competition out of the window and Moto is still recovering till this date 😂.
@@Chin-ny4kj yes I remember Xiaomi was offering same specs at half the price of Moto g. Which was a good value for money phone phone on its own.
But, now in terms of price they're not much different from the other
Really appreciate the editing and the sense of "excitement" carried through the whole video. keep up the good work!
"Who tf would watch a 19 minute video about old xiaomi phones?" Arun subscribers: "Yes"
Best youtube in the history of mankind
Most interesting way to present a business case study. Kudos to the entire team. Amazing!!
14:14 I still have that Mi5, 3GB/32GB varient. Still a very good phone for casual use, just needs a battery replacement.
Another well thought out content. Thanks for pumping these stuff out, Arun!
until recently I've been able to finely compare the Xiaomi 9T Pro, Samsung 10+, and the Huawei P30 Pro, and I did constantly go back to the Xiaomi when it came to picture quality (using the main cam, pro mode, and the GCAM mod) Now I've added the new Asus zenfone 9 to the collection and I absolutely love the Zenfone as a phone, but picturewise whilst using pro mode and GCam mod, the Xiaomi Mi 9T pro gives a way better result, no matter whether it's bright and sunny outside, or whether it's pitch black night, the GCam mod just somehow exceeds the other phones by so big difference that one should think it's not possible... So I will definitely recommend that people use the GCam mod to their phones!! 👌
7:16 thats why they released mi 5s. My first xiaomi phone. It was perfect at the time. Pixel 1 clone in the end and I loved it.
The kind of time and effort Arun puts in his content is really commendable
Poor Sonia got 2 comments from bots. Rip
And a sub to his channel would be . . COMMANDABLE
Really? On these copycats companies? This is even worth of what? 0.0000000000001 Cent?
@@Poemwriter_Angelo How's her likes now dude!? 😏
@@technicalgamer770 he wasn't making fun of the like count lol, he said that two bots had replied to this comment
16:27 of course its not a mrwhosetheboss video without a rickroll
Dual Rickroll Sus
Hey arun im from the UK too and im subscribed to you mate. Ive been watching this video on a Xiaomi x3 pro
I feel like you’re the only tech KZheadr that reviews Xiaomi. Love the vid!
Congratulations you have been selected among my lucky winner Dm to claim the prize.. 🎁🎁🎁......
I love this series though it's really expensive to make. I love your details on all the units and giving it easy understanding for non or newbie in understanding tech. Huge kudos as always Arun. ❤️🎉
Agreed yo
Same I wish Arun makes a vid on Asus sometime but probably never gonna happen
@@TemkaUwU Give it time. Sourcing all the phones released every year is difficult to find nowadays especially if it's sealed and unused. If he ever reads this comment, it would give him the idea to it next or he maybe doing it behind the scenes and we never know, so be patient.
@@ajthefujoshi nah Asus definitely ain't a big enough phone manufacturer for this type of vid
@@TemkaUwU We will never know. 😅
The Mi3 was my first ever flagship. Absolutely loved it!
congrats on 12mil subscribers!!
I love Xiaomi's but never had the chance to get one tho keep up the good work
Nice one, but I was missing the Mi Mix phones. I understand that they are not the flagship phones, but these always had a neat design tweak to them. The first Mi Mix influenced the design of every other smartphone maker after that
Dude Mi Mix lineup was their most premium phones and most expensive. When their regular Mi flagship prices caught up with mix lineup, they abandoned mix. Just check the built quality, Innovation, internals on a Mi Mix series to their flagships on the same year basis. You will find Mix series is ridiculously premium even compared to apple and Samsungs of those times. I mean Apple and Samsungs were plastics and glass while Mix series was ceramics.
Man, I still remember how astonished I was when the Mi 10 Ultra came out. I love how tech evolves so fast.
i got into xiaomi thru the pocophone f1, still the best phone ive ever had
The F1 really made them a player in Europe
Same here, I also really like it's finger print sensor on the back. And it's form factor is the best I've ever seen, it's thin, light, not too big and feels so good in the hand.
Bro, i love watching your reviews. It's not just a review you take us through a journey. Big fan. ❤️
7:53 that sound is so cute
Whenever this guy uploads, it always makes my day, these videos always have so much effort put into them! Keep up the amazing work!
I remember when i first saw mi2 i immediately fall in love with it but it took me mi4 time to get into the miui community
Dude YES I've been looking for THIS EXACT video 😂❤️
What worked for xiaomi was giving options to users to turn off ads, letting them use custom roms while giving warranty ( if your phone gets bricked while flashing new rom, you can still claim warranty), no paid ads or billboards(creating hype using social media which is free), no actors to take royalty and keeping less than 5% margins.
I really love the way he presents his topic; plus, his highly detailed and simple visualization.
I would have loved to see if the cases sponsored here did break any phones in real case scenarios!
last 2 phones have been xiaomi phones and they've blown away any competition in the same price bracket from your "traditional" companies. The same can be applied to the other chinese brands on the market too (honor, oneplus) etc
The production value of these videos is insane. Definitely does not go unnoticed
its such a treat to see all the phones progress as i have been a hardcore xiaomi tech user and see the progress their phones have made over the years! props to Arun.
wow the boss awesome revive some this phones i don`t know but thanks to yoou i do love the effort toward this video thanks alot
Hey Arun!!! Love your videos! I would be really interested in watching a review of the new Vertu phones from you. Especially the METAVERTU with all the the WEB tricks and giggles.. Let us know if you do get your hands on one, or two!!!
Videos like these put into perspective how far mobile phones have become and how much better they will become given the right perspective
These are the types of videos that keep me entertained. Brilliant video as usual, Arun!
My redmi note 8 was buggy requiring frequent reboots and app glitches. It had a cool feature that would play 2 audio streams at the same time. This allowed background music with talk. Didn't use it long, felt like a prototype, not ready for market.
1:04 that is bc before Xiaomi made their first phone they had been releasing mui os for our galaxy's and htc at the time their software was above anything oem incredible! It was amazing
boss i remember the mi4 my mom, dad, grandma all used to own a mi 4 ,redmi 4A and more, the redmi 4a looked exactly like the mi 4 , and i still have it but it doesnt work anymore being an s22 ultra user rn, i can say that xiaomi still manages to keep up with the greatest i remember playing pubg all day long on the redmi 4A , brings me back
I remember ordering a MI3 9 years ago and getting a cracked screen, the seller partially reimbursed me and told me to keep the device but I was never able to get a replacement screen for it. I had other phones so I kinda forgot. Especially when I got my nexus 5. Still it was kinda nice to use... Loved the UI improvements over vanilla android.
the curved glass display in samsungs "edge" versions was a pain though, it registered taps from my fingers everytime i held it too firmly
You should do every LG phone. Those early phones were fantastic. The LGv20 with 2 screens!
After his health transformation him and his team have been posting a lot more quietly videos, Keep up the good work Arun❤️
I really love all your high effort videos! Best tech channel indeed! :)
I had never heard of Xiaomi before I stumbled upon your channel around a year ago.
When you talked about the s7 edge I was so happy 😁. I'm watching this video on it rn.
Arun has every piece of phone history 🔥
Thank you so much for this update! It's really entertaining and informative for us who are into Xiaomi products! All the best! 💖
I have been using Xiaomi phones in Australia since I first saw them on a Chinese website. I still have a redmi3 sitting in a drawer, which I just turned on and it still has 50% battery state of charge. It was a great little phone for its time. I am currently on an Mi 10 lite, 256 gb, Oled screen ,very nice phone still. The xiaomi phones have always offered great value.
Y'now what I just realized? Seeing as how Arun had to work with Xiaomi in China, and that Xiaomi assumingly sent these models to Arun only, for now, means that that one box is super rare.
I still use my Mi 9T and still love it. Love the beautiful screen, the fancy pop up selfie camera, the big battery and MIUI of course 🙌
Man, this brings me back to my first touch screen phone (the Mi 2). It felt so smooth in my hands, and its software felt so buttery.
Got mi 10t in 2020. This was the best phone for the price. And this ui is abit different compared to other phones (like Im swiping for 'back' button) but definitely ok for daily use. The only con is the screen is still lcd
This video is fantastic!!
4:45 I do remember this time. It was like we were fighting to buy this smartphone. Unluckily I wasn’t able to purchase it due to the rush.😂😂😢
Finally a video I'm interested in....pity we can't buy them in Australia without taking the risk of buying from dodgy overseas websites
Hello I am the second comment on this video
Ok
Good on you because I also live in australia
You know who else can put a smile on your face? Me! I make entertaining content as well, come see for your self and tell me what you think I can do better !🔥
I'm Australian and have bought from both Kogan and AliExpress with no issues. Also bought a xiaomi phone from Amazon AU once.
You should do all huawei phones(p1-p50)
Got my interest just for the first video I watched,well done
Thank you so much Arun for always bringing such amazing tech content! I'm as interested in tech as you so your videos are so interesting to me!! Thanks for working so hard on each video for us to have such awesome content!! :) P.S I'm a Xiaomi phone user so this video where you have every Xiaomi phone ever seems to be amazing!!
I had never heard of this company until I started watching this channel, like literally never. The word "Xiaomi" had never been spoken or written in front of me before until I found this channel a few months ago. That's wild to me, how such a massive company in such a major industry was just not something I had ever heard.
The editor is doing a marvelous job. As an editor myself I know how hard it is to pull off those effects. Accept my regards!
i loved xiaomi for a year when i first got a phone from them as they are expanding to Eastern Europe now. Cheap (comparatively) phone that works great and has great specs. then i got a xiaomi high end robot cleaner and also love it to this day (will start it after i write this comment as apartment is kind of dirty :D ) but then i got their wifi extender last month and its not good... 5ghz is not working with my connection at all (spent 2 days trying to fix it with every solution i can think of and any solution i could find on the internet). i love that their products offer smart home solutions to lower middleclass people like me( as the price to quality is very good) i will still buy xiaomi products and actually prefer them over some more known tech companies as i know for now im not paying for a brand name im paying for product. even though i had a bad experience with one of their products i will keep buying them because even the bad product is working and im using it and it wasnt so expensive that i would be devastated
god damn, that xiaomi box is impressive. it’s really neat that the company would make something so special for you. it looks like something that would be in a xiaomi designer employee’s office
It's amazing how Xiaomi as grow 😄 Pretty happy to have one of here first smartphones
You have told the history of mi in a very beautiful and detailed way. Love your quality of video, audio and editing of your videos 😍😍
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I've been using Xiaomi for many years now and it's been always fulfilling my expectations. Really good smartphons, and fair prices.
I would have loved to see some photos taken in different environments and lights with all the phones for comparison.
The effort you put into your videos are just insane Love the edit on this Great work
You know who else can put a smile on your face? Me! I make entertaining content as well, come see for your self and tell me what you think I can do better !🔥
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Still running my Xiaomi Mi 9T i really like this phone and i can't find a good replacement for it, great screen without a notch or a camera dot and a headphone jack and still takes decent pictures.
MI 6! My 1st flagship Android phone I bough on 2017.. Until on 2021 It got problem with the screen (can't operate, probably touch screen issue). Other than, the performance still catches uo with today Xiaomi flagship killer. Love it👌
i really like these "i reviewed every" style videos. the performance comparisons, sales graphs, everything! the way you show things off and the editing is really cool :) please keep making videos like these!