Top Specs that Makes the Xiaomi Mi 5 an Excellent Budget Smartphone

After almost two years, Xiaomi, the famous Chinese smartphone company unveiled its latest flagship device, the Xiaomi Mi 5 at its Spring Conference event in Beijing, China.

Elaborating on the launch of the handset, Hugo Barra, VP, Xiaomi informed, "The Mi 5 will be launching in India shortly after its release in the Chinese market". As Apple gears up to bring dedicated Apple Stores to India, it is said that the company wants to have a level playing field between online and offline retail outlets.

Customers will get to choose from three colors, gold, white and black. The Mi5 will be selling for RMB 1999 (Rs 20000 approx) for 32 GB variant, RMB 2299 (Rs 23000 approx) for 64 GB variant. It packs 3GB worth of RAM along with 64GB built-in internal storage capacity.

In comparison, the Mi4 comes with 3GB RAM and 16GB or 64GB storage. The smartphone features a 5.15-inch full HD display and is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 processor. The front section has a slim home button.

According to Go Benn Lee, product manager, Mobile Phone, Samsung Malaysia Electronics Sdn Bhd, it is because Malaysians generally were more excited over and favoured the Galaxy S6 edge over its non-edge counterpart past year.

The device is also equipped with sunlight display technology, which improves visibility under direct sunlight. It weighs just 133 grams.

In terms of connectivity, all the Mi5 variants will be supporting 4G+ or LTE Advanced with support for VoLTE as well. It is preloaded with Android 6.0 and MIUI 7 software.

Camera is another part where the company claims to have done some significant improvements.

The Mi 5, which sells for 1,999 yuan ($306) to 2,699 yuan, features a 16-megapixel back shooter, ceramic back, fingerprint sensor, 128-gigabyte storage and powerful processor. The Rear Key has gone in the revamped G5, but now at the rear you'll find two cameras - a 16Mp shooter and an 8Mp wide-angle camera (which is great if you know enough about photography to know when you to use which).

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