$45 billion Chinese smartphone company, Xiaomi, has just unveiled the Xiaomi Mi5 smartphone.
According to the company, “The Mi 5 is an important device for Xiaomi with a lot of improvements over older models. It’s the first Xiaomi phone with a physical home button and front-mounted fingerprint sensor. (Last year’s Redmi Note 3 has a scanner on its reverse.)”
The Mi5 sports a 5.15-inch screen in a “3D glass body” equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 with 64 bit computing and 8 CPU cores (4 Cortex-A57 and 4 Cortex-A53 cores). This processor is designed for most advance mobile user experience, that includes streaming Ultra HD 4k videos, best quality photos along with great battery life.
It also includes a 3,000 mAh battery, fingerprint sensor and 16MP camera with 4-axis image stabilization. With an IP rating of 67, Xiaomi is trying hard to make this phone to be one of the best Water Resistant phones in the market. (The IP number is composed of two numbers, the first referring to the protection against solid objects and the second against liquids. The higher the number, the better the protection.)
There are three versions of the phone. The standard edition has a CPU clock speed of 1.8Ghz, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. The next version of the phone has a 2.15GHz clock speed and 64GB of storage. Both of these models are made out of a 3D curved glass body and is available in gold, white and black.
The Mi 5 Pro edition is only available in black and is made out of ceramic and is equipped with 4GB of RAM and has 128GB of storage. Xiaomi says the zirconia ceramic is more durable and resists abrasions better than other materials used in smartphones.
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The Mi5 starts at about $262 USD with the Mi5 Pro commanding about $354 USD.
The Mi5 will be available in China on March 1st at the aforementioned prices. A release in India is next followed by “other global markets”.