How to buy MI mix in US, UK or India

How to buy MI mix in US, UK or India

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Xiaomi’s concept phone MI Mix is available in China now. I guess you have already known its details. Otherwise, you would not try to buy it even if it’s so troublesome. Xiaomi has no plan to release this phone out side of China. So far, how can we buy it in the United States, the United Kingdom or India?

We’ve actually got one from taobao. According to our test, you can activate the phone outside of China, switch to English with no problem and install Google Service Frameworks easily with one simple APP. (To install it, first search Chinese characters of 谷歌 in MI’s App Store. Then, you will be redirected to Baidu. Lastly, you will get the correct link for it.)

Here are a list of ways to buy MI Mix outside of China.

1. Buy MI mix from mi.com:

Is it possible to buy it from mi.com? Yes, it’s possible, but there are some prerequisites. You will need to have an UnionPay debit card or an Alipay account plus a local mobile-phone number in China, which is capable of receiving SMS in your current location. Finally, you need to have a mailing address in China where someone can receive the phone and forward it to you.

Pros: Buying MI mix from mi.com guarantees you an authentic and new MI mix at its original price.

Cons: It requires UnionPay, AliPay, local mobile phone number in China, mailing address or a forwarder in China. Plus, MI website is written in Chinese which requires a translator in case you don’t understand Chinese. Yet, it’s always out of stock that you have no chance to buy one from it at all.

2. Buy MI mix from mi home online store:

Download the mi home APP for iOS or mi home APP for Android or visit http://home.mi.com/shop/main on a web browser. After you sign in with your MI account (must be a mainland China server account), you can fill in your China mailing address and buy MI mix. However, since it’s always out of stock, you have a very slight chance of getting one even at every Tuesday 10 or 12 pm (GMT+8 Bejin standard time).

Pros: Buying MI mix from mi home guarantees you an authentic and new MI mix at its original price.

Cons: It requires UnionPay, AliPay, local mobile phone number in China, mailing address or a forwarder in China. Plus, MI website is written in Chinese which requires a translator in case you don’t understand Chinese. Yet, it’s always out of stock that you have no chance to buy one from it at all.

3. Buy MI mix from reservation in WeChat APP:

If you have WeChat app installed on your smartphone, try to search and add MI’s official public account called 小米之家 (Contacts->Office Accounts) , which means Xiaomi’s official WeChat service account. After you add this service account, you can click the link for reservation of the MI mix. However, you will need to have a P.R.C. citizen ID number and you will have pick up your phone reservation at Xiaomi’s retail store in China. It sounds impossible, right? I suggest you to give up this idea.

Pros: buying MI mix from mi home’s WeChat service account guarantees you to get authentic and new mi mix at original price and you can pick it up at a physical retail store.

Cons: It requires UnionPay, AliPay, local mobile phone number in China, P.R.C. citizen ID number, visiting Mi’s retail store in China, and service account content is written in Chinese. Yet, it’s always out of stock that you have no chance to buy one from it at all.

4. Buy MI mix from Taobao.com:

Now, here comes the really useful tip. You can possibly buy it from taobao.com. Just visit the website, create your account, fill in your mailing address, and add your payment method. Then, search for the keyword 小米 mix. After you find the sellers who sell it, don’t surprised that you have to pay more than its official price., Currently, you may need to add $100 USD on top of the original price if you are desperate to get it. Of course, the price may drop some day in the future.taobao buy mi mix

When you pick a seller out of whole bunch, it’s handy to know a few Chinese words and what they really mean:

立即购买: it means buy now.
It would be better if you communicate with the vendor before you click any purchase button and pay for it since they need to calculate the total price including shipping cost. Bargain if you can. The total price is always adjustable if they want to.even after making payment. By the way, they usually also take major credit cards.
To chat (using messaging) with the seller, you have to sign in your Taobao account and click the following icon in the product page:
aliwangwangThis is the Aliwangwang messenger that works inside your browser. All conversation between you and your vendor will be logged by taobao.com for future reference. If there is any dispute between you and the vendor, the chat log may be pulled out re-examined by taobao.com,

5. Buy MI mix from www.aliexpress.com

While buying from taobao.com is still troublesome, buying from Aliexpress is a lot easier. It is an international version of the Taobao (from Alibaba group). On this website, everything in written in English. Goods are ready to be shipped oversea. The only downfall is you have to pay a little bit more than buying from taobao.

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By: CJ

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