小米在不久前推出其最新旗舰高端机，以十足设计感和高端配置为主打的小米NOTE以及小米NOTE Pro，如下为国外用户使用测评一起来看，是否和你的体验相同呢？
The Good The Xiaomi Mi Note's refined steel and glass design is as good as any. Impressively, Xiaomi crams a 13-mega pixel camera with optical image stabilization into the slim chass is without showing a bulge.
The Bad Limited 4G LTE support for non-Asian markets and no micro SD slot curb its appeal, while it will likely only be available in the US, UK and Australia at a premium price
The Bottom Line The Mi Note showcases Xiaomi's top-class potential to the world -- it's just a shame so few outside Asia will get to see it.
Design
Xiaomi has been criticized for liberally borrowing design cues from Apple, especially by Apple's design chief, Jony Ive, who has gone on the record as calling it "theft," but the Mi Note manages to stop just short of that.
While the Xiaomi Mi 4 felt like a take on the iPhone 4S, the Mi Note has its own distinct flair. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun compared the Mi Note to Apple's iPhone 6 Plus at the launch, but this was more of a hardware comparison -- the phones don't look alike at all. And while the 7.1mm - thick iPhone 6 Plus looks slimmer, the Mi Note is actually a hair's breadth thinner at 6.95mm. Interestingly, the Mi Note also lacks a protruding carriage for the camera on the back, something that Apple was unable to avoid with its own smartphone.
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With both a curved glass front and rear, the Mi Note opts for rounded edges that resemble Apple's iPhone 6 Plus on the front, but the rear curved glass (Xiaomi calls this 3D glass) is more like the bend of Samsung's Note Edge -- without it being a display, of course.
The result is a very beautiful phone and the build quality of my review set was top-notch. I, however, consider the black version to be better looking than the white. If there's a flaw though, it lies with this glass rear -- I saw plenty of smudges on the black model, though it's not at all obvious on my white model, which has managed to stay clean.
I'm not too worried about the glass breaking, either. It doesn't feel fragile and Xiaomi has shown off the phone's resistance to drops in videos. In those clips, the Mi Note survived a 1.5 meter (5-foot) fall as well as having ball bearings dropped on it.
The steel frame of the Mi Note really sells the premium feel -- from the machined speaker grills to the chamfered edges, the Mi Note is a gorgeous device that one-ups the company's previous offering, which had a glossy plastic rear instead of glass.
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Hardware
Xiaomi's phones are known to offer very competitive specs, and the Mi Note, as its flagship device, comes loaded with the best hardware available right now. Its Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core 2.5GHz processor matches the current flagship devices from other companies, although the upcoming Mi Note Pro will use the next-gen Snapdragon 810, which is likely to figure in 2015's best Android phones.
The hardware may be a little dated when the Mi Note finally hits markets outside of China, but the Mi Note Pro should be out by then, for those who want the fastest phone around. The Snapdragon 801 is still powerful enough for at least a year, so the Mi Note shouldn't feel dated even then.
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Besides the processor, the phone boasts 3GB of RAM, either 16GB or 64GB of onboard storage (no micro SD expansion, though), a 5.7-inch full-HD display and dual 4G SIM support. The Mi Note should work in the UK on the Three and EE networks, and on Optus in Australia. It's unlikely to support 4G LTE frequencies in the US, however, though 3G should still work, depending on the carrier.
The Mi Note is powered by a 3,000mA hbattery, has a 13-mega pixel rear camera with optical image stabilization and a 4-mega pixel front shooter that utilizes a sensor with pixels twice the normalsize. It's similar to the rear camera found on the HTC One M8, and should really help with better looking selfies and snaps in low-light conditions.
Software
MIUI is Xiaomi's skin for Android, operating over version 4.4 Kit Kat. The UI is flat, and lacks an app drawer, like you'd see on a typical Android-based operating system. This is common on Chinese-made devices, so no surprises there.
Users who are familiar with iOS will find it easy to switch, and while some may remark on the similarities to Apple's operating system, think of MIUI as a blend of Android and iOS, but withfeatures that are not available on either platform.
Take, for instance, being able to quickly collect the apps you want to move and, with a flick of the finger, send them to a new screen. If you need to move an app by itself, simply tap and hold the app with one finger, then use another finger to swipe to your screen of choice, instead of having to move the app to the edge to get it to change.
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Posted January 23, 2015 by CENT / 以上英文内容来自网站CNET， 2015年1月23日
