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This popped up in one of my emails. Don't own one myself so hopefully others can provide some feedback. Found some reviews on the internet on Xiaomi Mi Max for your reference.
Review 1.
Review 2.
Looks to support the 4G bands available for Telstra/Optus/Vodafone.
Sale ends early tomorrow morning for anyone interested.
Specs
CPU: 64bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 hexa core 1.8GHz, GPU: Adreno 510 600MHz
6.44 inch FHD 1920 x 1080 pixels capacitive touch screen,342 PPI
MIUI 8 (based on Android 6.0); 3 GB RAM + 32 GB ROM.
Dual SIM dual standby ( 1 Nano SIM Card and 1 Micro SIM Card,or 1 Mirco and 1 microSD Card. Both SIM slots are compatible with 4G, respectively. When they work at the same time, only one of them can receive LTE service and the other 3G and GSM )
5.0MP front camera, 16.0MP back camera with flashlight and auto focus.
4850mAh battery,touch ID,remote control
Networking: CDMA1X / EVDOBC0
2G GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz;
3G WCDMA: 850/900/1900/2100MHz,
4G FDD-LTE: 1800/2100/2600MHz, TDD-LTE (B38/B39/B40/B41MHz)
Here's the spiel:
Xiaomi Max has a larger screen and excellent performance. It is equipped with a high-performance Qualcomm Snapdragon 652/650 CPU to make the game faster, with 4850mAh large battery to make video playing longer and 32GB/64GB/128GB storage. So that it can be called Xiaomi Max.
Design
The Xiaomi Max features a 6.44-inch capacitive screen display with a resolution of 1920 pixels by 1080 pixels. Ultra-thin body is only 7.5mm and 203g.
On the front, the screen is with curved edges. There are three capacitive buttons at the bottom and a motion sensor at the top, as well as speakers and a front camera. 2.5D glass of front screen gives you a great hand feeling.
On the back, The Xiaomi Max ultra-thin design means the battery is not removable. This is almost thin as Xiaomi 5.Metal body fits your hand perfectly. There’re rear camera and fingerprint ID on the back.
Hardware Overview
The Xiaomi Max features a 6.44-inch HD (1920*1080 pixels) display and packs an hexa-core/octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 652/650 processor, 1.8GHz. Used 8/6 Cortex A72 and A53 high-performance computing cores and Adreno 510 GPU, it not only opens Apps fast but also keeps smooth when taking picture and playing HD video. The handset includes 3GB/4GB RAM, as well as 32GB/64GB/128GB of inbuilt storage that's expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB). This means you can expand your phone up to 256GB.
Big screen must come with big power. Equipped with the largest capacity battery of all Xiaomi phones ever before which is up to 4850mAh and optimized by the coming MIUI 8, the standby time and lasting time are improved greatly.
On the camera , the Xiaomi Max sports a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone flash, f/ 2.0 aperture, PDAF autofocus, and also supports 1080p video recording. There is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 5 lens, F2.0 aperture, 85 degree wide angle makes the pictures more clear.
You can insert 1 Nano SIM Card and 1 Micro SIM Card, or 1 Mirco and 1 microSD Card in Xiaomi Max. Both SIM slots are compatible with 4G, respectively. When they work at the same time, only one of them can receive LTE service and the other 3G and GSM.
Software Overview
The Xiaomi Max runs on MIUI 7.5. With kaleidoscope-inspired, Xiaomi redesign the whole UI. Changing colors, rich dynamic efficiency, suspend ball designed for large screen and one-handed mode gives you a new experience. What's more, anti-fraud messages identification, phone cloned "dual system", privacy protection and many other breaking technology will come in MIUI 7.5.
Conclusion
Now we have the Xiaomi Mi Max for sale, it is pre-installed multi-language and google play store, support google service. Welcome to buy Xiaomi smartphone at geekbuying.
Expect to wait ages for them to just ship the phone out. I'm on 2 weeks so far and they reckon it should leave next week..