Xiaomi Phone 1S ships August 23rd with avalanche of backorders

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You know you're doing well when even your warmed-up, older smartphone is triggering queues before it's on sale. [Xiaomi][3] has just promised that the [Phone 1S][4] will reach the market on August 23rd, but with 200,000 units to share -- a slight shortfall when there are 1.3 million reserved phones. The company hasn't said how quickly it will catch up to the backlog for its revived Android flagship. We hope it's soon; it wouldn't do to have customers still waiting for the 1S by the time the Phone 2 rolls around in October, after all. We'd say it's a nice problem to have, and it bodes well for sales of the true sequel.

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