Design
- Beautiful, stunning design with an aluminum-magnesium chassis
- Solid build quality
- Light in hand, and comfortable to grip
Display
- Gorgeous, full HD IPS display, that also works with gloves on
Software
- Good MIUI interface with many useful features on top of Android
- An amazingly frequent update schedule for the phone software from Xiaomi means you can be sure of keeping your phone 'new' for a long time
Performance
- Powerful, top-end, category-defying speed/performance
Camera
- Good camera
Audio
- Good call quality
- Average loudspeaker volume
Battery
- Excellent battery life