Xiaomi Mi A1 (USA)


Xiaomi is yet to launch its smartphones officially in the U.S. However, its smartphones are available in the country through third retailers. The Mi A1 is the newest Xiaomi phone that has arrived in the U.S. It is available for purchase through an eBay retailer.

On eBay, a retailer with a positive feedback rating of 99.3 percent is selling the factory unlocked edition of the Xiaomi Mi A1 with a pricing of US$ 224.99. The smartphone is available in limited quantities. At the time of writing this post, only the Gold color variant was available for buying.

The Xiaomi Mi A1 is the first Android One smartphone from the Chinese manufacturer. Hence, it is running on the stock edition of Android OS. It was launched with Android Nougat in September 2017. The Android 8.0 Oreo has been already rolled out for the smartphone. The very same smartphone was launched in China as Mi 5X.

Xiaomi Mi A1 includes a 5.5-inch Full HD display that is protected by Gorilla Glass 3. The Snapdragon 625, 4 GB of RAM and 3,080 mAh battery powers the smartphone. It comes with 64 GB of storage and a microSD card slot. It has a dual camera setup that includes a pair of 12-megapixel snappers and a 5-megapixel selfie camera.  The only difference between the two phones is that the Mi A1 does not feature MIUI 9 that is found on the Mi 5X.