Last month Xiaomi had announced the latest flagship device, the Mi5 at Mobile World Congress 2015. At the launch of Redmi Note 3, the company had announced that they would be bringing the Mi5 to India within a month’s time.
Xiaomi has today announced the launch of Mi5 in India. Mi5 comes with a 5.15 inch Full HD display with a resolution of 1920 X 1080p and is powered by the most powerful processor, the Snapdragon 820 Quad core chipset coupled with 3GB of RAM and Adreno 530 GPU and 32GB internal storage.
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Design wise, the Xiaomi Mi5 looks similar to Mi Note launched last year but with improvements. The phone comes with 16MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, Phase detection auto focus (PDAF), OIS and 4K video recording support. The front camera on the device is a 4MP unit with 2um pixel size. The phone runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with custom MIUI 7 on top of it.
The phone also features a fingerprint scanner integrated into the home button. It has a metallic build with slightly curved display towards the sides. The phone comes with dual SIM card support. On the connectivity front it has 4G+, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, Infrared and USB C Type charging cable. The phone packs a 3000mAh battery with fast charging support.
The dimensions of the device is 144.55×69.2×7.25mm and just weighs 129g.
The variant which will be available in India is Snapdragon 820 with 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage and it is priced Rs 24,999. It will be available on April 6th on Mi.com.
