Xiaomi Mi 5 India Pricing Revealed: Specifications & Features

Xiaomi Mi 5 India Pricing Revealed: Specifications & Features
During the launch of Redmi Note 3 smartphone in India, early this month, Xiaomi’s Vice President, Hugo Barra announced that its latest flagship smartphone- Xiaomi Mi 5 will be launched in India in a month. While Barra did not reveal the exact launch date or pricing of the device for the Indian market, company’s President Bin Lin has revealed the price range of its upcoming flagship smartphone.

In an interview with ET, Bin Lin hinted that the Mi 5 will be priced between Rs 20,000 and Rs 27,000. There is no word on whether the company will launch all the three variants-32GB, 64GB and 128GB, of the smartphone in India or not.

To recall, the Xiaomi Mi 5 was unveiled at MWC 2016 in Barcelona. The device is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 chipset paired with Adreno 530 GPU. It comes in three variants:

Snapdragon 820 2.15 GHz + 4GB RAM + 128GB storage + 3D ceramic body
Snapdragon 820 2.15 GHz + 3GB RAM + 64GB storage + 3D curved glass body
Snapdragon 820 1.8GHz + 3GB RAM + 32GB storage + 3D curved glass body
The phone packs a 5.15-inch full HD display with 1920×1080 pixels resolution. It sports a 16 mega pixel primary camera with PDAF, Sony IMX298 sensor, 6P lens, 4-axis OIS and sapphire glass protection lens. There is also a 4 mega pixel front shooter for capturing selfies. The phone boasts of DTI isolation technology for better picture quality.

It features USB Type-C port and is fueled by a 3000mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 which the company claims to deliver up to 2.5 hours of talk time with just 5 minutes of charge. On software front, the Mi 5 runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow, wrapped under MIUI 7. It measures 144.5×69.2×7.25 mm, weighs just 129 grams and comes with a fingerprint sensor integrated into the home button.

Key Features Of Xiaomi Mi 5

●Processor: 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
●GPU: Adreno 530
●Display: 5.15-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels)
●Operating System: Android 6.0 Marshmallow with MIUI 7
●RAM: 3GB/4GB
●ROM: 32GB/64GB/128GB UFS 2.0
●Rear Camera: 16 mega pixel with dual LED flash, PDAF, Sony IMX298 sensor, 6P lens, 4-axis OIS and sapphire glass protection lens, 4K video recording
●Front Camera: 4 mega pixel with 2 micron pixels
●Battery: 3000mAh with Quick Charge 3.0 support
●Connectivity: 4G with VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC
●Dimensions: 144.5×69.2×7.25mm
●Weight: 129 grams
●Colors: Black, White, Gold
●Dual SIM

Source: The Economic Times

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