Xiomi Mi4: What's New

Sunday 14 September 2014

The newly launched Xiaomi’s Mi 4 clearly aims at giving full completion to luxury brands of smartphone ecosystem i.e. Apple and Samsung. Although, Xiaomi is currently targeting only Asian countries and might not mean much to western world yet has gained enormous popularity by launching an exceptional Phone in just Rs.19000/.

The Phone was unveiled in Beijing by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun,. Xiaomi’s International VP, Hugo Barra has posted the official specifications on Google+.

What's New

Stainless steel frame, unbelievable craftsmanship & polish.
Snapdragon 801 chipset, 3GB RAM, 16/64GB Flash.
5-inch 1080p IPS display, very high color gamut (84% of NTSC range).
13MP rear camera, f1.8, real-time HDR, 4K video recording (Sony IMX214).
8MP front camera, f1.8, 80-degree wide angle (Sony IMX219).
3080mAh internal battery, quick charging at 9V/1.2A or 5V/2A.
Swappable back plate.
UMTS & TDD-LTE support (international FDD-LTE availability TBA).
Approx. $320 (16GB) and $400 (64GB).
(optional: approx. US$ 16 screen & water accident insurance).

The above specifications clearly show the leap which these guys have taken from Mi3 to Mi4 and this successor has turned out to be the fastest & most gorgeous Mi Phone ever. It is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.5GHz alongside 3GB of RAM, with battery backup of a heavy 3080mAh battery and 5-inch IPS display using JDI OGS full lamination display. To give hard competition to iPhone, Mi4 will sport Sony’s stacked CMOS sensors in both 13MP primary and 8MP secondary camera. Interesting feature which must attract the Mi lovers is Rapid Battery Charging Technology which will charge 60% in just 1 hour. The pure metallic look adds an impressive layer over these rich features.

Mi4 will be operating on MIUI4 only and MIUI6 will be launching around August end and hopefully will launch in India with MIUI6 version of this phone. Xiaomi’s Mi 3 is apparently doing very well in India as it got 1,00,000 pre-orders and according the company, it has already sold out it first lot of devices in just under 40 minutes by crashing Flipkart services for some time. The same incident was reported during launch of MOTO E and MOTO G. Mi4 will be available in China from July end only but other countries will have to wait till September.

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