Finally some great news for those of us patiently waiting for the WCDMA version of the Xiaomi Mi3, Xiaomi have confirmed it will eventually to on sale in Mid-December.

Xiaomi have been waiting for Qualcomm to deliver the updated Snapdragon 800 MSM8974AB quad-core chip to begin manufacturing of the China Unicom version of their flagship phone. A post on Weibo today suggests that the delivery has been made as the WCDMA model of the Mi3 is now set for a launch in December!

In addition to the updated chip, the China Unicom version of the Xiaomi Mi3 will get Android 4.3 rather than 4.2.1 and is also suitable for use on many international 3G networks!