It is only available in Italy, but is likely to arrive in other countries too

Jul 29, 2014 00:01 GMT  ·  By

Officially introduced last week, Xiaomi Mi4 is a big question mark for Android fans, as the Chinese company is not among the most reputable Android OEMs due to various reasons.

Lots of customers complain that the user experience on Xiaomi’s smartphones is among the worst on the market. Moreover, the company’s confusing pricing policy is another reason why consumers tend to avoid the company’s devices.

However, Xiaomi doesn’t seem to face these issues in China, where its smartphones are selling like cakes. The latest addition to Xiami’s lineup of high-end Android smartphones is the Mi4.

The smartphone was rumored to arrive for several weeks now, but it was only made official last week. Still, the good news is Xiaomi Mi4 will be available for purchase in Europe as well and the first country to get it is Italy.

The Mi4 is now available for pre-order in Italy via XiaomiShop for no less than €400 ($535) outright. Customers can purchase either the black or white versions of the Mi4, but only the 16GB variant is now listed at the Italian online retailer.

According to XiaomiShop, all Mi4 pre-orders should ship on August 10, which means that the smartphone might go on sale around the same date.

Keep in mind that while the Xiaomi Mi4 is a high-end smartphone that comes with Qualcomm chipset inside, it appears that the first models will not support LTE, but hopefully, future models will be compatible with LTE speeds.

It is also worth mentioning that a 64GB Xiaomi Mi4 model is available for purchase in Asia, but this variant did not make it to Europe yet.

Specs-wise, the Mi4 is an exceptional device on paper. The smartphone is equipped with a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.5GHz. It also comes packed with 3GB of RAM and 16GB of storage, but no microSD card slot is available for memory expansion.

Xiaomi Mi4 also sports a 5-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display that supports full HD (1080p) resolution and 441 ppi (pixel per inch). On the back, the high-end smartphone boasts a 13-megapixel camera with autofocus, dual-LED flash and 4K video recording.

There’s also a secondary 8-megapixel front-facing camera that can capture full HD (1080p) videos, which makes the Xiaomi Mi4 the perfect selfie smartphone. The phone is powered by a high-capacity 3080 mAh non-removable battery that should provide up to 280 hours of standby time.

The Mi4 will ship with Android 4.4.3 KitKat operating system out of the box, with the latest version of MIUI user interface on top.