I think a majority of Xiaomi's success was from their "budget" to mid-range phones especially in the third-world countries here, the flagships were just a part of their lineup until people started realizing how good they were relative to their pricing.

This video style looks so insanely good - the drawer, the rig. I'm just amazed.

"Mi 2 , that name did not age well" 💀

Tbh i never had xiaomi but im so happy you made this video so i can finally see how does xiaomi upgrade their phones

Damn, watching this now makes me want to give more appreciation to Xiaomi, they started the trend that you don't need to spend $1000+ to experience high performance and premium phones.

The fact that their mid range usually outclasses all others in price/performance is the true reason of their success!

I really love your content Aaron. So Top notch & super detailed🔥. Mad love from Kenya🇰🇪

I absolutely LOVE watching your videos cause I learn so many things about different phones... for instance I had no idea about this company let alone their phones! Thnkfor doing these videos for us, so informative as well as interesting..

As a typical US / Western customer who has heard of Xiaomi but haven't thought to buy one because there's Apple and Samsung, it's pretty amazing to see the speedy growth of them in such short of a time. Thanks for making a great showcase, and for getting some very old phones together too!

I used Mi8Pro for several years, and although it got a lot of criticism due to its questionable design, I have to say it really delivered a very solid user experience. Nothing fancy to brag about, but it just works, and works well.

Hey Arun, I am currently researching Xiaomi phones because I am planning to buy and switch to one from my Samsung Galaxe S20+. Thank you for making this video with a comparison to its older Xiaomi models. I appreciate this huge effort you do for the community. Thank you!

As someone that has had xiaomi/huawei phones for a long time now, i love them. You literally get features that other phones dont; i personally love that i can theme my phone however i want without having to download different apps for it, the fact that you can play games for free, and listen to youtube with the screen off. Very good brand

1:06 "My cat was doing weird things to my phone"🔥💀

I still remember using my old phones with 2gb and 8gb and used to think what a huge space they had, and now looking back at it, they look so weak compared to today, and this was just about 7 years back, technology is so fast, and this video helped me remember that, nice video.

Arun’s getting too good with his contextual jokes 😂

I enjoy these types of videos! Especially the console ones as well. I'd love to see more of those! It's crazy how fast technology has come. We went from these large boxes that is just a speaker to a literal computer in our hands. That's crazy to me.

Interesting video. So Xiaomi was once sort of an enthusiast type phone. But it's really grown fast.

Mrwhosetheboss in 2050: I bought all the spacex rockets!

I’m very VERYY surprised how good the pictures were even on the first phone comparing them to the android and iPhone considering the android quality just was not really ever that good compared to the iPhone even in the recent years, but the camera quality on the mi phones was actually really good looking through the 1st one to the most recent one which really surprised me. They genuinely made a really good phone with a REALLY good price, I am really considering buying one. I really REALLY want them to bring back the mi 9 color ways I think that the oil slick chrome looking colors looked just amazing and want them to bring it back on the newer phones!!!

As a side note, they could have skipped 7 as it is considered unlucky in China. "Seven can also be considered an unlucky number since the 7th month (July) is a "ghost month". It also sounds like "to deceive" (欺, pinyin: qī) in Mandarin."

Still using the Mi 10 ultra and people are to this day impressed with what it can do. Having a Mi 10 ultra, being a flex at over 2 years after launch, is amazing.

You are taking tech videos to a totally another level man.

Honourable mention should have been Pcophone F1. I have been using this for four years. Only recently there were some bugs. After factory reset, this set is on the track, again! Love this set.

this guy rickrolls us in a different way in every single video without even us knowing

18:18 Lol you’re now in a rabbit hole. Welcome to hell.

They say Xiaomi is one if the best devices you could ever get your hands on. They seem to be improving their designs over time. We all appreciate the fact that this review is highly informative. Keep up the good work.

Watching and typing this from my 6 year old Xiaomi mi 6!!! I was looking for a durable, performing phone back then. Guess I picked the right one! :D Best phone I ever had and still works amazingly, actually. Beautiful design, allows me to accomplish all of my tasks, good enough camera, decent speed... Aside from battery life, which decreased as expected after 6 years of use. I feel sooo satisfied about my pick, and also afraid that if I get a new phone, it might not last me as long as this one :/. I might upgrade for a better battery and camera, but my phone will leave the game like a champ. 💪🏻 Gg 2017 Xiaomi 😏👏🏻👏🏻

Great history lesson. I always like their phones! Does Maini seem hyper or is it video editing doing it?

the Mi Mix is still, arguably, their most iconic phone yet...the sheer beauty of the design, and the fact it is the world's first successful bezel-less phone to come to market

I'd like to see a video of Arun doing a breakdown of his own original phone design. What parts and software would he use and what would it look like? Maybe even a 3d printed concept model.

MiUI is one of the only Android skins, if not the only one, that I think feels nearly as good as iOS. When that shot was shown of entering the home screen on Samsung vs Xiaomi, I immediately thought of how well designed Xiaomi’s was versus how Samsung’s just felt a little cheap.

I love so much the amount of info I learn in this this channel and the amount of effort put into his videos and... No annoying ads, no time wasted in self promotion (like, subscribe, share, etc) and no bullsh*t.

I remember when mi3 launched, the only way to keep updated to tech for me was a tv show called cell guru. When they were talking about the phone i felt like okay this is another new Chinese brand with a phone that would cost around 30-40k inr. But he revealed the price I was blown away. The only phone that was considered good at that price was moto G1 which had a sd400 and hd display

Really appreciate the editing and the sense of "excitement" carried through the whole video. keep up the good work!

Most interesting way to present a business case study. Kudos to the entire team. Amazing!!

14:14 I still have that Mi5, 3GB/32GB varient. Still a very good phone for casual use, just needs a battery replacement.

Another well thought out content. Thanks for pumping these stuff out, Arun!

until recently I've been able to finely compare the Xiaomi 9T Pro, Samsung 10+, and the Huawei P30 Pro, and I did constantly go back to the Xiaomi when it came to picture quality (using the main cam, pro mode, and the GCAM mod) Now I've added the new Asus zenfone 9 to the collection and I absolutely love the Zenfone as a phone, but picturewise whilst using pro mode and GCam mod, the Xiaomi Mi 9T pro gives a way better result, no matter whether it's bright and sunny outside, or whether it's pitch black night, the GCam mod just somehow exceeds the other phones by so big difference that one should think it's not possible... So I will definitely recommend that people use the GCam mod to their phones!! 👌

7:16 thats why they released mi 5s. My first xiaomi phone. It was perfect at the time. Pixel 1 clone in the end and I loved it.

The kind of time and effort Arun puts in his content is really commendable

16:27 of course its not a mrwhosetheboss video without a rickroll

Hey arun im from the UK too and im subscribed to you mate. Ive been watching this video on a Xiaomi x3 pro

I feel like you’re the only tech UKpostsr that reviews Xiaomi. Love the vid!

I love this series though it's really expensive to make. I love your details on all the units and giving it easy understanding for non or newbie in understanding tech. Huge kudos as always Arun. ❤️🎉

The Mi3 was my first ever flagship. Absolutely loved it!

congrats on 12mil subscribers!!

I love Xiaomi's but never had the chance to get one tho keep up the good work

Nice one, but I was missing the Mi Mix phones. I understand that they are not the flagship phones, but these always had a neat design tweak to them. The first Mi Mix influenced the design of every other smartphone maker after that

Man, I still remember how astonished I was when the Mi 10 Ultra came out. I love how tech evolves so fast.

i got into xiaomi thru the pocophone f1, still the best phone ive ever had

Bro, i love watching your reviews. It's not just a review you take us through a journey. Big fan. ❤️

7:53 that sound is so cute

Whenever this guy uploads, it always makes my day, these videos always have so much effort put into them! Keep up the amazing work!

I remember when i first saw mi2 i immediately fall in love with it but it took me mi4 time to get into the miui community

Dude YES I've been looking for THIS EXACT video 😂❤️

What worked for xiaomi was giving options to users to turn off ads, letting them use custom roms while giving warranty ( if your phone gets bricked while flashing new rom, you can still claim warranty), no paid ads or billboards(creating hype using social media which is free), no actors to take royalty and keeping less than 5% margins.

I really love the way he presents his topic; plus, his highly detailed and simple visualization.

I would have loved to see if the cases sponsored here did break any phones in real case scenarios!

last 2 phones have been xiaomi phones and they've blown away any competition in the same price bracket from your "traditional" companies. The same can be applied to the other chinese brands on the market too (honor, oneplus) etc

The production value of these videos is insane. Definitely does not go unnoticed

its such a treat to see all the phones progress as i have been a hardcore xiaomi tech user and see the progress their phones have made over the years! props to Arun.

wow the boss awesome revive some this phones i don`t know but thanks to yoou i do love the effort toward this video thanks alot

Hey Arun!!! Love your videos! I would be really interested in watching a review of the new Vertu phones from you. Especially the METAVERTU with all the the WEB tricks and giggles.. Let us know if you do get your hands on one, or two!!!

Videos like these put into perspective how far mobile phones have become and how much better they will become given the right perspective

These are the types of videos that keep me entertained. Brilliant video as usual, Arun!

My redmi note 8 was buggy requiring frequent reboots and app glitches. It had a cool feature that would play 2 audio streams at the same time. This allowed background music with talk. Didn't use it long, felt like a prototype, not ready for market.

1:04 that is bc before Xiaomi made their first phone they had been releasing mui os for our galaxy's and htc at the time their software was above anything oem incredible! It was amazing

boss i remember the mi4 my mom, dad, grandma all used to own a mi 4 ,redmi 4A and more, the redmi 4a looked exactly like the mi 4 , and i still have it but it doesnt work anymore being an s22 ultra user rn, i can say that xiaomi still manages to keep up with the greatest i remember playing pubg all day long on the redmi 4A , brings me back

I remember ordering a MI3 9 years ago and getting a cracked screen, the seller partially reimbursed me and told me to keep the device but I was never able to get a replacement screen for it. I had other phones so I kinda forgot. Especially when I got my nexus 5. Still it was kinda nice to use... Loved the UI improvements over vanilla android.

the curved glass display in samsungs "edge" versions was a pain though, it registered taps from my fingers everytime i held it too firmly

You should do every LG phone. Those early phones were fantastic. The LGv20 with 2 screens!

After his health transformation him and his team have been posting a lot more quietly videos, Keep up the good work Arun❤️

I really love all your high effort videos! Best tech channel indeed! :)

I had never heard of Xiaomi before I stumbled upon your channel around a year ago.

When you talked about the s7 edge I was so happy 😁. I'm watching this video on it rn.

Arun has every piece of phone history 🔥

Thank you so much for this update! It's really entertaining and informative for us who are into Xiaomi products! All the best! 💖

I have been using Xiaomi phones in Australia since I first saw them on a Chinese website. I still have a redmi3 sitting in a drawer, which I just turned on and it still has 50% battery state of charge. It was a great little phone for its time. I am currently on an Mi 10 lite, 256 gb, Oled screen ,very nice phone still. The xiaomi phones have always offered great value.

Y'now what I just realized? Seeing as how Arun had to work with Xiaomi in China, and that Xiaomi assumingly sent these models to Arun only, for now, means that that one box is super rare.

I still use my Mi 9T and still love it. Love the beautiful screen, the fancy pop up selfie camera, the big battery and MIUI of course 🙌

Man, this brings me back to my first touch screen phone (the Mi 2). It felt so smooth in my hands, and its software felt so buttery.

Got mi 10t in 2020. This was the best phone for the price. And this ui is abit different compared to other phones (like Im swiping for 'back' button) but definitely ok for daily use. The only con is the screen is still lcd

This video is fantastic!!

4:45 I do remember this time. It was like we were fighting to buy this smartphone. Unluckily I wasn’t able to purchase it due to the rush.😂😂😢

Finally a video I'm interested in....pity we can't buy them in Australia without taking the risk of buying from dodgy overseas websites

You should do all huawei phones(p1-p50)

Got my interest just for the first video I watched,well done

Thank you so much Arun for always bringing such amazing tech content! I'm as interested in tech as you so your videos are so interesting to me!! Thanks for working so hard on each video for us to have such awesome content!! :) P.S I'm a Xiaomi phone user so this video where you have every Xiaomi phone ever seems to be amazing!!

I had never heard of this company until I started watching this channel, like literally never. The word "Xiaomi" had never been spoken or written in front of me before until I found this channel a few months ago. That's wild to me, how such a massive company in such a major industry was just not something I had ever heard.

The editor is doing a marvelous job. As an editor myself I know how hard it is to pull off those effects. Accept my regards!

i loved xiaomi for a year when i first got a phone from them as they are expanding to Eastern Europe now. Cheap (comparatively) phone that works great and has great specs. then i got a xiaomi high end robot cleaner and also love it to this day (will start it after i write this comment as apartment is kind of dirty :D ) but then i got their wifi extender last month and its not good... 5ghz is not working with my connection at all (spent 2 days trying to fix it with every solution i can think of and any solution i could find on the internet). i love that their products offer smart home solutions to lower middleclass people like me( as the price to quality is very good) i will still buy xiaomi products and actually prefer them over some more known tech companies as i know for now im not paying for a brand name im paying for product. even though i had a bad experience with one of their products i will keep buying them because even the bad product is working and im using it and it wasnt so expensive that i would be devastated

god damn, that xiaomi box is impressive. it’s really neat that the company would make something so special for you. it looks like something that would be in a xiaomi designer employee’s office

It's amazing how Xiaomi as grow 😄 Pretty happy to have one of here first smartphones

You have told the history of mi in a very beautiful and detailed way. Love your quality of video, audio and editing of your videos 😍😍

I've been using Xiaomi for many years now and it's been always fulfilling my expectations. Really good smartphons, and fair prices.

I would have loved to see some photos taken in different environments and lights with all the phones for comparison.

The effort you put into your videos are just insane Love the edit on this Great work

Still running my Xiaomi Mi 9T i really like this phone and i can't find a good replacement for it, great screen without a notch or a camera dot and a headphone jack and still takes decent pictures.

MI 6! My 1st flagship Android phone I bough on 2017.. Until on 2021 It got problem with the screen (can't operate, probably touch screen issue). Other than, the performance still catches uo with today Xiaomi flagship killer. Love it👌

i really like these "i reviewed every" style videos. the performance comparisons, sales graphs, everything! the way you show things off and the editing is really cool :) please keep making videos like these!