Seems like a good deal much cheaper than a macbook 12 but only 4gb of ram and a smaller ssd.
-Microsoft Windows 10 Home OS
-Intel Core m3-6Y30 Dual Core 0.9GHz, Up to 2.2GHz
-4GB DDR3 RAM
-128GB SSD Storage Capacity
-7.4V/5000mAh 37Wh Battery Supports Fast Charging
-12.5 inch IPS Screen with 1920 x 1080 Resolution
Think I might try the Cube i7 Book instead with the keyboard and pen.
are you mean this http://www.gearbest.com/cube-i7-book-i-_gear/ ？let me ask if we could run a bundle deal.
Yup. Thanks.
If the price is good I will be after a bundle as well.
Never buy fast charging laptops, it ruins da battery.
Wut? It isn't 1985 anymore.
Lol….. well it depends on how they do it. Fast Charging itself doesn't ruin the battery. Its the excessive heat that it causes which may ruin the battery, If they stick within the operating temps then it is usually fine.
Also fast charging usually uses a curve e.g. charges fast then it slows itself down at different levels so it doesn't go fast charging all the way, i suspect this is to decrease the temps.
Also leaving your computer always plugged in actually does ALOT more damage to the battery than fast charging does. lol.
Also leaving your computer always plugged in actually does ALOT more damage to the battery than fast charging does. lol.
Bollocks, Lenovo for example has a setting for this usage and it never charges past 80% when used this way.
Add 5 year international warranty and I might think about it.
lol. why 5 and not 4 or 6? The "expectancy" of a laptop nowadays is 2yrs.
The "expectancy" of a laptop nowadays is 2yrs.
No, it's 3 years…. Get the point?
The life expectancy is what you expect to get out of it.
If people expect to get only two years out of a laptop then they're doing something horribly wrong. Major failure within that time would warrant a repair or replacement for failure to meet statutory guarantees vis-a-vis B2C contracts in any case.
RRP is 3499元 Chinese Yuan which is about $US525 (AU$700), not US$590. I want one but I'll wait for better prices.
Sorry I didn't know, I thought this was a good deal.
most xiaomi stuff are sold at lower prices in China on Tmall. the question is how you order and have them shipped to australia. so their selling prices in China basically mean nothing.
Spend $800 on GearBest? No thanks
Why not?
They had this ban from Ozbargain.
are you for real?
they're a dishonest mob that you never hear from after you click 'pay'. and as MasterNoob says were banned but now they've managed to slither back in
I want a i7 version
Every review is praising of this laptop for the price. Although maybe buy elsewhere.
I don't see much forethought in the reviewers unfortunately, it's always on the looks and performance moving around within windows and stupid comparo's with a macbook air.
Every review is praising of this laptop for the price.
So… There is nothing else good there… Right?
The quality seems surprisingly good.
Given the lack of aus support and warranty on the unit I personally do not feel the unit justifies the price tag.
I would suggest spending a little more for a ZenBook.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lABMsvkdLUQ&ab_channel=TechT…
When we will have Matebook.
These look very cool for the price
MacBook 12 also has very high res screen and wide colour gamut
WINDOWS 10 Chinese Version? When I change to the English version the price jumps to 711USD (951 AUD)
(From the offer: If you purchase Xiaomi Air 12 pre-installed with Windows 10 Home Chinese version, you should pay attention on when you change the language, some things will still be shown in Chinese.This will certainly not compromise usage or downloaded applications.)
This was a case on a Windows tab I bought from China last year. You could work around it if you changed the language from Chinese to Spanish and then to English. Going straight from Chinese to English left Chinese characters here and there, doing it that way just seemed to refresh things somehow. May not be the same on a laptop but I can't see why it wouldn't be.
Considering how fast the price falls on Xiaomi phones, I'll be waiting to see how cheap these laptops go. Love the look and the specs, just not the price (yet).
Still far away from Macbook Air, I mean by performance and quality. If this drops to $600, that'll be definitely a bargain.
What is the Apple's legal team doing these days? Too busy dealing with Samsung?
Maybe Xiaomi could call their laptops Hydrogen or Helium next time.
Apple have had their fingers burnt attempting to enforce patent/copyright in China previously.
A chinese company was marketing a product (i some thing, cant remember but it was a name which Apple also marketed).
Long story short, Apple lost their claim.
I'm sure these all come with a chinese verion of windows 10 on them. Anyone have proof?
Hell no …. unless you can get proper warranty and support
But I think everyone here will be fine with Chinese windows 10 for that price
Techtablets.com have some good reviews on the Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 12 and 13:
Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 12.5: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVJ5yuUCk8wDDtcgsggV_…
Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13.3: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVJ5yuUCk8wADpPinrg7a…
The best thing about this laptop is it has USB-C PD charging. So chargers like the Anker PowerPort+ 5 USB-C work well.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/222176120751
Doesn't work with the USB-C Powerbanks though, since most only output at 5V.
I've been following reviews and news about these for a while but am worried about two things: 1) having to always carry a voltage converter and 2) potentially horrific customer service (as is the case I've found with OnePlus which, while a much smaller company, is terrible to deal with when you're not an official 'launch' country).
having to always carry a voltage converter
Huh? Did you mean step down /step up converter? You don't need those for a laptop, they have switching mode PSU's.
You'd only need one of those for certain home appliances.
Whoops. I meant a different power plug - and China it seems uses the same as us - Type I.
Was in China during the week of the launch in August and played with this in their Mi store. Gotta say I was impressed. Runs and works beautifully though of course I could only test it on limited number of things given the language barrier on the OS. No doubt it felt like a thousand dollar product. Funny story: during launch week, the Apple MacBook stickers were selling like hot cakes because xiaomi decided to have a simple (read: null) design on its Mi book cover, so one could easily masquerade the Mi book as a MacBook by putting the sticker on lol. For what it's worth, I'd wait for the gen 2 version as this was Xiaomi s first try at a laptop.
I think for $639 you can get the same spec-ed ultrabook here. Plus with a higher res screen and more RAM
http://www.cfonline.com.au/index.php?route=product/product&p…
Interesting, but waiting for to see more about these first