You can read the full review with all pictures in high quality and the camera pictures on my blog ;):
http://klonom.com/no-1-mi4-review/
And do not forget to take part in our UMi X1 Pro Giveaway if did not yet :):
http://klonom.com/umi-x1-pro-giveaway/
Like the name already implies, the NO.1 Mi4 is a clone of the popular Xiaomi Mi4, but it costs less than the half of the original price. It has an MTK 6582 SoC, 5″ HD display, 1 GB ROM and 16 GB ROM. The NO.1 Mi4 is available for around 115€ plus tax and sending costs here at the eFox shop. At the end of the post you can find like usual the video review.
Like usual, lets start with the specifications of the device.
Specifications:
-MTK 6582 SoC with quadcore processor (each up to 1.3 GHz)
-Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean (KitKat is fake!)
-1 GB RAM, 16 GB ROM
-8 MP back camera (13 MP interpolated, camera chip OV8225), F/2.4
-5 MP front camera, F/2.4
-5" HD Display (1280x720)
-GPS
-Sensors: Light, Proximity, Acceleration, Magnetic Field
-1800 mAh battery (measured)
-WiFi, Bluetooth
-2G & 3G WCDMA (for the bands look at section "Reception"
-USB OTG
-IR-Blaster
-Single SIM (micro SIM)
Items delivered:
The NO.1 Mi4 comes with two boxes: One white glossy and one matt brown. The content of the white box is a collection of several accessoires: A tempered glass foil, a normal screen protection foil, a flip cover (to be sticked on the back) and a flexible, half transparent silicon case. Here an overview:
The phone is in the second box, together with a printed manual (on English), a USB wall plug (5.3V, 1A) and a tool for opening the SIM tray. Here's also a small overview from this box:
Unboxing Video:
First impressions:
One thing I noticed immediately while unpacking the phone: This thing was damn cold :D ! The combination of metal frame and cold delivery truck cooled down the temperature of the fingers in the first moments. After giving it some time to warm up, just the metal frame feels pleasently cool when touched. In general the NO.1 Mi4 gives a very valuable impression for its price: The one piece metal frame is processed smooth and very nicely, also the side buttons are made from metal. The capacitve menu buttons Menu, Home and Back (all lighted) are placed on the bottom of the front side. On the top of the fron side the light and proximity sensor are placed. Below the Home button a notification LED is placed, which is not noticable when not lighted.
The volume rocker and the power button is placed on the right side. Both are made out of metal and have a nice pressure point.
The SIM tray is placed on the left side which can be opened with the delivered SIM-tool. At first I had some troubles inserting the SIM card into the phone, since the tray sticked out probably a half millimeter after I placed the SIM card in. After some careful grinding of the back from the SIM-card and slightly pushing the tray towards the back of the phone while inserting, the tray finally was flush to the device.
The micro USB is placed on the bottom beside the loudspeaker. The openings for the speaker are nicely processed.
On the top side the 3.5 mm headphone port and the IR-Blaster are placed. The IR-Blaster is not a mock up, it is fully functioning (see the review video).
UI/Android:
The NO.1 Mi4 comes with a preinstalled MIUI launcher, although no real MIUI. I personally like the launcher, even if it is not a full MIUI, since it mostly includes all Android features. Also no lags or crashes were noticed.
The Android version is a bit surprising: According to the specifications it should have Android 4.4.2 KitKat, but clicking several times on the model name reveals another version: Android 4.4.2 Jelly Bean :D ! Well, that's a bit refreshing :D . So obviously it is a fake version. The supposedly Android 4.4.2 KitKat is an Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean in reality.
Performance:
To get a rough idea about the performance the Antutu benchmark version 5 was executed. The benchmark returned a score of roughly 19500 points. Obviously this score can not be compared with the original Mi4, but still a good score for the combination of MTK6582 and 1 GB RAM. The NO.1 Mi4 should be fast enough for the majority of apps.
Memory:
The NO.1 Mi4 has a 16 GB memory. This memory is divided into internal and phone memory. The internal memory has a size of 1.06 GB, while the internal memory is 13.6 GB big. The internal memory is chosen kind of small and will be filled up quickly with apps. Right now Link2SD is enough for me, otherwise the memory can be partitioned new.
The phone does not have a microSD card slot.
The NO.1 Mi4's memory can be extended using external memory since it supports USB OTG (tested with an pendrive).
Camera:
You can see the camera pictures on my blog ;):
http://klonom.com/no-1-mi4-review/
Display:
The NO.1 Mi4 has a 5" IPS HD display (1280x720 resolution) which is an OGS. The display has vivid colors and a good constant viewing angle (see video review below).
Reception:
The reception is good and does not show any extraordinary problems. It supports the following bands (SIM1 & SIM2):
Sensors:
The Mi4 clone has four sensors in total: Light, proximity, magnetic field and acceleration. All are working and tested fully functional. Especially the light sensor worked exceptionally fast, without noticeable lag. Also the proximity sensor works reliable, the screen always turned off while calling.
GPS:
The first GPS fix out of the box was done after about half minute. After another half minute the accuracy went up to about 5 m. While using it for navigation, the GPS connection was lost several times. I will try to improve the GPS with some tweaks like adjusting the EPO etc. and report if it improved and working for navigation.
Misc:
The NO.1 Mi4 has a notification LED which supports the colors red, cyan, green, yellow and white. It has Google Apps preinstalled. The preinstalled MIUI launcher has root-access by default. The build-in battery has a capacity of 1800 mAh (the capacity was measured). The NO.1 has a working IR-Blaster (see the review video), also the remote control app is in English. The silicon case has a dust stop for the headphone and microUSB port.
Review Video:
Conclusion:
I am very convinced by the NO.1 Mi4. Not really much by the performance: For this price you can easily get a phone with better hardware specifications. But the Mi4 clone offers a very high valuable outer appearance - the complete outer feels like a flagship. And in 99% of my everyday use I do not need an octa core with 2 GB RAM. Also it is delivered with a generous collection of accessoires. All in all I can definitely recommend the NO.1 Mi4 for people searching for a budget price phone, but with the appearance of a high price phone.
http://klonom.com/no-1-mi4-review/
And do not forget to take part in our UMi X1 Pro Giveaway if did not yet :):
http://klonom.com/umi-x1-pro-giveaway/
Like the name already implies, the NO.1 Mi4 is a clone of the popular Xiaomi Mi4, but it costs less than the half of the original price. It has an MTK 6582 SoC, 5″ HD display, 1 GB ROM and 16 GB ROM. The NO.1 Mi4 is available for around 115€ plus tax and sending costs here at the eFox shop. At the end of the post you can find like usual the video review.
Like usual, lets start with the specifications of the device.
Specifications:
-MTK 6582 SoC with quadcore processor (each up to 1.3 GHz)
-Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean (KitKat is fake!)
-1 GB RAM, 16 GB ROM
-8 MP back camera (13 MP interpolated, camera chip OV8225), F/2.4
-5 MP front camera, F/2.4
-5" HD Display (1280x720)
-GPS
-Sensors: Light, Proximity, Acceleration, Magnetic Field
-1800 mAh battery (measured)
-WiFi, Bluetooth
-2G & 3G WCDMA (for the bands look at section "Reception"
-USB OTG
-IR-Blaster
-Single SIM (micro SIM)
Items delivered:
The NO.1 Mi4 comes with two boxes: One white glossy and one matt brown. The content of the white box is a collection of several accessoires: A tempered glass foil, a normal screen protection foil, a flip cover (to be sticked on the back) and a flexible, half transparent silicon case. Here an overview:
The phone is in the second box, together with a printed manual (on English), a USB wall plug (5.3V, 1A) and a tool for opening the SIM tray. Here's also a small overview from this box:
Unboxing Video:
First impressions:
One thing I noticed immediately while unpacking the phone: This thing was damn cold :D ! The combination of metal frame and cold delivery truck cooled down the temperature of the fingers in the first moments. After giving it some time to warm up, just the metal frame feels pleasently cool when touched. In general the NO.1 Mi4 gives a very valuable impression for its price: The one piece metal frame is processed smooth and very nicely, also the side buttons are made from metal. The capacitve menu buttons Menu, Home and Back (all lighted) are placed on the bottom of the front side. On the top of the fron side the light and proximity sensor are placed. Below the Home button a notification LED is placed, which is not noticable when not lighted.
The volume rocker and the power button is placed on the right side. Both are made out of metal and have a nice pressure point.
The SIM tray is placed on the left side which can be opened with the delivered SIM-tool. At first I had some troubles inserting the SIM card into the phone, since the tray sticked out probably a half millimeter after I placed the SIM card in. After some careful grinding of the back from the SIM-card and slightly pushing the tray towards the back of the phone while inserting, the tray finally was flush to the device.
The micro USB is placed on the bottom beside the loudspeaker. The openings for the speaker are nicely processed.
On the top side the 3.5 mm headphone port and the IR-Blaster are placed. The IR-Blaster is not a mock up, it is fully functioning (see the review video).
UI/Android:
The NO.1 Mi4 comes with a preinstalled MIUI launcher, although no real MIUI. I personally like the launcher, even if it is not a full MIUI, since it mostly includes all Android features. Also no lags or crashes were noticed.
The Android version is a bit surprising: According to the specifications it should have Android 4.4.2 KitKat, but clicking several times on the model name reveals another version: Android 4.4.2 Jelly Bean :D ! Well, that's a bit refreshing :D . So obviously it is a fake version. The supposedly Android 4.4.2 KitKat is an Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean in reality.
Performance:
To get a rough idea about the performance the Antutu benchmark version 5 was executed. The benchmark returned a score of roughly 19500 points. Obviously this score can not be compared with the original Mi4, but still a good score for the combination of MTK6582 and 1 GB RAM. The NO.1 Mi4 should be fast enough for the majority of apps.
Memory:
The NO.1 Mi4 has a 16 GB memory. This memory is divided into internal and phone memory. The internal memory has a size of 1.06 GB, while the internal memory is 13.6 GB big. The internal memory is chosen kind of small and will be filled up quickly with apps. Right now Link2SD is enough for me, otherwise the memory can be partitioned new.
The phone does not have a microSD card slot.
The NO.1 Mi4's memory can be extended using external memory since it supports USB OTG (tested with an pendrive).
Camera:
You can see the camera pictures on my blog ;):
http://klonom.com/no-1-mi4-review/
Display:
The NO.1 Mi4 has a 5" IPS HD display (1280x720 resolution) which is an OGS. The display has vivid colors and a good constant viewing angle (see video review below).
Reception:
The reception is good and does not show any extraordinary problems. It supports the following bands (SIM1 & SIM2):
Sensors:
The Mi4 clone has four sensors in total: Light, proximity, magnetic field and acceleration. All are working and tested fully functional. Especially the light sensor worked exceptionally fast, without noticeable lag. Also the proximity sensor works reliable, the screen always turned off while calling.
GPS:
The first GPS fix out of the box was done after about half minute. After another half minute the accuracy went up to about 5 m. While using it for navigation, the GPS connection was lost several times. I will try to improve the GPS with some tweaks like adjusting the EPO etc. and report if it improved and working for navigation.
Misc:
The NO.1 Mi4 has a notification LED which supports the colors red, cyan, green, yellow and white. It has Google Apps preinstalled. The preinstalled MIUI launcher has root-access by default. The build-in battery has a capacity of 1800 mAh (the capacity was measured). The NO.1 has a working IR-Blaster (see the review video), also the remote control app is in English. The silicon case has a dust stop for the headphone and microUSB port.
Review Video:
Conclusion:
I am very convinced by the NO.1 Mi4. Not really much by the performance: For this price you can easily get a phone with better hardware specifications. But the Mi4 clone offers a very high valuable outer appearance - the complete outer feels like a flagship. And in 99% of my everyday use I do not need an octa core with 2 GB RAM. Also it is delivered with a generous collection of accessoires. All in all I can definitely recommend the NO.1 Mi4 for people searching for a budget price phone, but with the appearance of a high price phone.
