Xiaomi Mi 4c Pro Reviews

The Xiaomi Mi 4c has certainly earned its number of praises – it's sleek and elegant, its user interface looks great, it packs some pretty respectable hardware, and has a very good camera, all for a price-tag of $240, sans shipping and tax. However, there are also a few downsides that we can't easily overlook. Now, we will not judge the handset based on the malware-infested ROM it arrived with, but we will have to make the point that buying it from a 3rd party retailer means that there is a good chance one will need to do a lot of tinkering with the handset before it becomes fully functional. There's also a lot of manual maintenance required if you wish the phone to work at its best – all things that knock off points from user-friendliness. Last, but certainly not least, we find the fact that the phone often refuses to accept push notifications a pretty serious offense, seeing as it's a device that's meant to work first and foremost as a tool for communication. All that said, when it works – it works great, and when one puts the time and effort required to get the Xioami Mi 4c to function as required, it's nothing short of a bargain. However, due to the issues of chat and email notifications often not coming through, the amount of bloat that comes with the stock MIUI 7, and sluggish navigation response throughout the whole interface, we can't give it too much praise, or at least not at this stage. All that's left is to hope that some of these issues will be addressed in future updates. The bottom line is this: If you are on a budget, want the best bang-for-buck, and don't mind to manually pamper the phone on a regular basis, the Mi 4c is certainly a hard choice to overlook.