Mr. Bushido
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Not just the storage capacity (which to be honest, is pathetic. 16gb minus MIUI will give you slightly more than 10gb to play with, if you're lucky).
Snapdragon 615? Sure, flagship if the 808 or the hated 810 doesn't exist.
1080p screen? Eh, Nexus 5 over a year old had that screen.
Camera and battery is similar to Oneplus' and we know how much that one is.
There's simply nothing in it that's "flagship" at this point in time. Don't buy into the hype.
I'm alright with the 1080p screen. Don't forget that the One M9 also has a 1080p screen. Most importantly, the screen must have good calibration and good color reproduction. iPhone 6+ also has just 1080p screen but I find that the color accuracy and calibration is very well done.
Coming back to the topic at hand, yes you are right, there is no way in hell Mi4i is a flagship grade phone. Midrange at best. Xiaomi just decided to give it's markets outside China a sub par product. But I understand Mi4 is sold in India and both 16gb and 64gb options. So at least they can choose to get Mi4 64gb.
I have given up on Xiaomi. When they bring the Mi Note here, they will probably also only bring the 16gb variant. Look at the MiPad, Mi3. Even though there are 64gb options for these 2 phones, Xiaomi only brought the 16gb model here. And also, they often do not give us color options that their other markets like China gets. E.g. MiPad only in white, Mi4i only in white.