Xiaomi Mi Note
The Chinese tech major pulled the wraps off the Xiaomi Mi Note and the Xiaomi M Note Pro in grand fashion at an event in Beijing on Thursday. The Mi Note has a fairly powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor but its more powerful sibling, aimed
at Xiaomi's community of loyal fans and power users, has a beefier Snapdragon 810 processor. While the Mi Note Pro looks very enticing, you'll have to hold your horses at the moment since it is not expected to hit stores in China until the end of Q1 this year.
On the other hand, the Mi Note is priced at CNY 2,299 (roughly Rs. 23,000) for the 16GB model, while the 64GB model will set you back by CNY 2,799 (roughly Rs. 27,900). These will start selling in China from the 27th of this month. Xiaomi did state that an India
launch of both devices was on the roadmap, but couldn't give us even a tentative date.
This is primarily because the body uses Corning's Gorilla Glass 3 with a 2.5D curve on the front and 3D curve on the back.
The glass is supported by a sturdy metal frame with chamfered edges. Interestingly, the iPhone 6 Plus also has a 2.5D curved glass on the front.
A large 5.7-inch screen dominates the front of the device and the bezels are thin. The full-HD display springs to life when it is woken up and the viewing angles looked good too. We couldn't test sunlight legibility since Beijing is a hazy city at this time of year.
Xiaomi claims that the screen has an anti-glare coating a la the iPad Air 2, which cuts reflections. The phone is 6.9mm thin, which actually undercuts the thickness of the iPhone 6 Plus by 0.2mm. However, this distinction was not apparent to us immediately.
There is a 13-megapixel rear camera with a Sony CMOS sensor, six-element lens, optical image stabilisation, and two-tone flash from Philips. We tested it and found that despite the cold lighting around our demo area, it managed to correct the white balance automatically. Images looked good on the phone's screen, but we could not transfer them to a PC to check more thoroughly.
The Mi Note has a dedicated ESS ES9018K2M audio chip, which Xiaomi touts is the "highest quality of audio chip on any phone till today".
The phablet supports LTE and has a 3,000mAh battery under the hood. There is 3GB of RAM and 16GB/64GB of storage space. On the software side of things, Xiaomi adds support for one-handed usage by allowing the screen to be shrunk.
The Chinese tech major pulled the wraps off the Xiaomi Mi Note and the Xiaomi M Note Pro in grand fashion at an event in Beijing on Thursday. The Mi Note has a fairly powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor but its more powerful sibling, aimed
at Xiaomi's community of loyal fans and power users, has a beefier Snapdragon 810 processor. While the Mi Note Pro looks very enticing, you'll have to hold your horses at the moment since it is not expected to hit stores in China until the end of Q1 this year.
On the other hand, the Mi Note is priced at CNY 2,299 (roughly Rs. 23,000) for the 16GB model, while the 64GB model will set you back by CNY 2,799 (roughly Rs. 27,900). These will start selling in China from the 27th of this month. Xiaomi did state that an India
launch of both devices was on the roadmap, but couldn't give us even a tentative date.
This is primarily because the body uses Corning's Gorilla Glass 3 with a 2.5D curve on the front and 3D curve on the back.
The glass is supported by a sturdy metal frame with chamfered edges. Interestingly, the iPhone 6 Plus also has a 2.5D curved glass on the front.
A large 5.7-inch screen dominates the front of the device and the bezels are thin. The full-HD display springs to life when it is woken up and the viewing angles looked good too. We couldn't test sunlight legibility since Beijing is a hazy city at this time of year.
Xiaomi claims that the screen has an anti-glare coating a la the iPad Air 2, which cuts reflections. The phone is 6.9mm thin, which actually undercuts the thickness of the iPhone 6 Plus by 0.2mm. However, this distinction was not apparent to us immediately.
There is a 13-megapixel rear camera with a Sony CMOS sensor, six-element lens, optical image stabilisation, and two-tone flash from Philips. We tested it and found that despite the cold lighting around our demo area, it managed to correct the white balance automatically. Images looked good on the phone's screen, but we could not transfer them to a PC to check more thoroughly.
The Mi Note has a dedicated ESS ES9018K2M audio chip, which Xiaomi touts is the "highest quality of audio chip on any phone till today".
The phablet supports LTE and has a 3,000mAh battery under the hood. There is 3GB of RAM and 16GB/64GB of storage space. On the software side of things, Xiaomi adds support for one-handed usage by allowing the screen to be shrunk.
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