The second round of sales for the UMi X1 at the official UMi site started today. Users who are registered can now complete payment. (more…)
Category: UMi
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UMi X1 Round of 10,000 Started Today!
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UMi X1 vs JiaYu / JaiYu G3 – Ready, Set, Fight!
Today I’ll pit two top o’ the GizBeat shortlist smartphones against each other – the UMi X1 and JiaYu / JaiYu G3. (more…) -
UMi X1 To Reduce Price!
Starting on October 28, the new 20,000 unit batch of UMi X1 will go on sale at a reduced price of 999 yuan ($159). (more…) -
New Imitation Samsung ROM Released For UMi X1!
See new Jelly Bean 4.1 ROM for UMi X1 here
A new ROM for UMi X1 has been released. It’s based on Android 4.04, imitates some build design from Samsung, (more…)
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UMi X1 mtk6577 dual-core – first 1000 units released! (Quick post & Spec table)
It appears the first batch of 1000 UMi X1’s have finally been released. There were some issues with the web server taking the orders, but after awhile things were sorted out. Hopefully the 2nd batch of UMi X1’s goes more smoothly.This is good news for people looking to buy this hot little phone. We hopefully will see it any week now actually being shipped to countries outside of China. (more…)
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UMi X1 mtk mt6577 dual-core China phone shows up in black! (photo gallery)
As the pre-sale numbers continue to rise, some new photos are released. The UMi with mtk mt6577 / mtk6577 looks awesome in black, and it’s been released that the UMi X1 will have Japanese “AGC” high-impact resistant, tempered glass front protecting the LCD as opposed to the g3’s Gorilla Glass from Corning. (more…) -
mtk mt6577 UMi X reaches nearly 60k pre-orders in the first day!
This slick phone has sold nearly 60,000 on the first day. I’m still on the fence on this one, as camera and LCD quality remain to be seen. One must guess that it will be on par, or nearly on par with the JiaYu g3, but there’s no telling for sure yet. (more…) -
New JiaYu g3 china phone competitor – the UMi X with mtk6577 dual-core dual sim (photo gallery)
Just as the JiaYu is about to come out with their new g3, the UMi X comes along and steals some thunder. Now, I’m not sure what the problem is with JiaYu getting their license is, but whatever it is, other companies are not waiting around and coming out with some excellent spec phones while JiaYu messes about. (more…)