Xiaomi Mi 5 specifications revealed

Xiaomi co-founder and VP, Liwan Jiang, has finally confirmed that the company’s next flagship, the Mi 5, will launch in February and will be powered by a Snapdragon 820 SoC. In his personal Weibo account he said, “The Xiaomi Mi 5 with the latest Snapdragon 820 processor is ready and in volume production. It will be released after the Spring Festival to have enough time for stocking up.” The Spring Festival is when China will celebrate the new year and will be held on February 8.

The Xiaomi Mi 5 is expected to come with a 5.2-inch Quad HD display with 3GB or 4GB of RAM. It has been tipped to come with at least 32GB of storage and a 3600mAh battery. The device may comes with a 16MP camera at the back with a 13MP front facing camera. Leaked renders suggest that the the phone will comes with a thin strip of a Home button which will supposedly be the fingerprint scanner. Reports have also suggested that the Mi 5 will comes with 2.5D glass on the display as well as a USB Type-C port.

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MI Redmi 3 announced on sale in China

Low price points and impressive hardware is strategy of Xiaomi. The just-announced Redmi 3 takes things to a new level, though. At just $106 (RMB 699) that is around Rs. 7100 in India, you get a phone with a brand new Snapdragon chip, a metal chassis, and a massive 4100 mAh battery almost double of the previous model.  This is on sale in China already. 

Hope they follow it in India, another big market in coming months, or should we expect a Redmi Prime 3 for India.  Only let down is hybrid SIM slots, which are disappointing for the dual SIM users with additional storage requirement.


Here's the full spec sheet for your perusal.

• 5-inch 720P HD display
• Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 processor
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB storage with microSD card slot (supports up to 128GB)
• 4100mAh battery with 5V/2A fast charging
• 139.3 x 69.6 x 8.5mm; 144g
• 13-megapixel, F/2.0 rear camera with PDAF for fast 0.1s autofocus - 5-megapixel F/2.2 front camera
• Dual SIM (second slot doubles as microSD card slot)

Xiaomi Redmi Note soon coming to India

Chinese mobile brand Xiaomi will launch it's fablet Redmi Note on coming December 2nd in India.  It is already a sought after brand with launch of products like Mi3 and Redmi 1S with innovative marketing strategy.

Redmi Note, has impressive specifications for Rs. 9999/-.

8-Core MTK 6592 1.4GHz processor
5.5" HD IPS display
3,200 mAh Li-ion Polymer battery
13MP rear facing camera | 5MP front facing camera