A Chinese phone that runs android with a crappy iOS theme and doesn't have the google play store?

1 Xaomi has lots of rom's so custom android

2. all thoes dank features

Also one plus is a chinese phone but no hate on there?  

But OPPO (Parent Company of OPPO) sells phones that have the Google Play store and the OnePlus range doesn't have a crappy iOS themed theme.

*Parent company of OnePlus

But its CURVED SCREEEEN  

But it doesn't come with the Google Play Store.

But custom rom fix that

It's predecessor did not have a micro SD slot... Does this have one?

Also, rooting Xiaomi devices is an utter nightmare... Some even have their boot loader locked as well

I don't think it does

I mean I have nova launcher prime, and add a custom theme to it to get it as close to stock android D:

One last thing... Xiaomi does NOT update the Android version. My mipad still runs KitKat 4.4.4 after 18 months of updates. It has finally been dropped from getting further updates. Whatever version of Android Xiaomi phones run out of the box, is the only version it will ever use. Miui omits many of Androids great features including the lovely material design. Also, miui is poorly optimised

But XDA....

Community....

CM13....

D:

CM 13... Okay, you may be able to flash a custom ROM after all. BUT, each version of miui has a different method. And each time, it gets just more painful

they have their own website for unlocking the bootloader?

yes, you can request them to unlock the boot loader or do it on your own. Methods are available on youtube, but so far only the redmi note 3 has a locked bootloader