Xiaomi officially announced the Xiaomi Max phablet yesterday. This is without any doubt the biggest smartphone from the company till date, sporting a large 6.4-inch 1080p display up front, ideal for your entertainment needs. The company says the size brings the best phablet experience on a smartphone, bringing you the largest possible screen real estate without adversely affecting your user experience.

The phone is slim as well as light for its size, measuring 173.1 x 88.3 x 7.5mm and weighing 203 grams. Apart from its beautiful metal body, the phone sports 2.5D glass up front to give it a premium feel. Overall, the phone looks like a well built large screen device and one of the best looking offerings from Xiaomi till date. You can check out the unboxing of the Xiaomi Max in pictures from down below.

To recap, the Xiaomi Max comes in three different versions, with the low-end model featuring Snapdragon 650 hexa-core chipset and the other two high end models coming with the much more powerful Snapdragon 652. The low-end model comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, while the other two models feature 4GB RAM, and 64GB and 128GB storages respectively. Other common features on all the three models include 16MP rear camera sensor, 5MP front camera sensor, dual SIM dual standby, fingerprint sensor and a large 4850mAh battery.

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While we may not meet the Mi Band 2 at the May 10 event, we are definitely going to see Xiaomi’s first true phablet in the market called as the Xiaomi Max. Most of the specs of the device have already been leaked, which has painted a pretty decent picture of the phone. Now, pictures of the Xiaomi Max certified by the TENAA website have started circulating online, giving us a good view of the front as well as the back of the device.

We have already seen the front of the device in multiple instances, one via the teaser video released by the company and another via the images leaked yesterday. Till now, we haven’t really got a good look at the back of the device. But now, we have that image as well. TENAA images reveal that the phone will come with a metal body and fingerprint sensor at the back of the Max. In fact, this seems like an enlarged version of the Redmi Note 3 smartphone. This isn’t a bad thing considering we all liked the metal design of the mid-ranger. We can find the Mi branding at the back of the phone as well as the camera sensor and the dual tone LED flash on the top left corner.

Coming to the front, we already know how it will look thanks to previous leaks. The sensors on top are placed symmetrically. The bezels are thin, although there will be thin black borders around the screen as confirmed by yesterday’s images. Below the screen, there will be three capacitive buttons as well. Given that the design is the same as the one leaked before, there is a good chance that this is indeed the Xiaomi Max phablet.

As for the specs, the phone is said to come with a large 6.4-inch 1080p display, with Snapdragon 650 hexa-core chipset, 4500mAh battery and a price tag of 1299 Yuan ($200). You can read more about the specs of the Xiaomi Max from here.

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Xiaomi is all set to unveil its first true phablet on May 10, namely the Xiaomi Max. We have been hearing about the phone for the past few days, and we have already seen multiple renders as well as specs of the device.

Since this is going to be a large screen phablet, there’s always the question of how big of a screen is good enough. Most customers would want to have as much screen real estate as possible on their smartphones without severely affecting the user experience. But that may differ from person to person. So, manufacturers often have their take on the ideal large screen size. In fact, Xiaomi CEO revealed earlier today that the company has thought about this and it would reveal their take on the ideal screen size on May 10, when the Xiaomi Max phablet is released.

“We do not want the phone too much, but we all want a screen as large as possible. Phone screen is much critical point? This problem has troubled us for a long time, May 10 press conference I will tell you the results of our thinking” revealed Xiaomi CEO via Weibo today.

Late last month, Lei Jun had revealed via his official Weibo account that he got to spend a few months with the Xiaomi Max engineering model and he was impressed with it. He enjoyed using the device and the large screen experience was unmatched.

So, we are all excited to see what Xiaomi has in store for us with its new phablet. As for the specs, earlier leaks have revealed that the phone will come with a 6.4-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 650 hexa-core chipset, with 2GB / 3GB RAM options and 16GB / 32GB storage options. There should be a 16MP rear camera and a 5MP front shooter. The pricing is said to be cheap, somewhere around 1299 Yuan ($200).

So, what’s your ideal phablet screen size? I think 6-inches would be ideal, but I want to know your thoughts.

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According to new rumors, the Xiaomi Max will come in two versions. The top-end variant will be powered by the Snapdragon 820 chipset and there will be other features to play around as well. For example, the phablet is said to come with an all metal body with a fingerprint sensor. Now, while the company hasn’t revealed any features of the device, it is rumored that this could be Qualcomm’s Ultrasonic sensor. If true, it would join the likes of a few handsets announced that come with this sensor like the Le Max Pro and Le Max 2. Other rumored features of the Xiaomi Max include 3D Touch like pressure sensitive display with a lot more options than Apple’s iPhone 6S Plus.

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It is said that Xiaomi could be planning to call the high-end version as the Xiaomi Big and the standard version as Xiaomi Max. Further, it is rumored that a Redmi phablet is also in the works and could end up being called as the Redmi Note 4.

So, this was about the high-end Xiaomi Big. But what about the standard version? This particular model should most likely feature a less powerful processor like the Snapdragon 650, as revealed by a recent GFXBench listing. Other features are unknown but considering the chip inside, it should be mid-range.

Remember that most of the details leaked today come via rumors, so take this with a pinch of salt.

Xiaomi will officially unveil the Max, Mi Band 2 and MIUI 8 on May 10. So, looks like its going to be a busy day for Chinese tech fans.

Stay tuned for more details.

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Xiaomi is all set to announce a new smartphone in its phablet lineup called as the Xiaomi Max. The company has been teasing about this phone for the past few days, but now, we have the first real life image of the Xiaomi Max. We can only see a part of the front of the Max, however, it looks like the earlier leaked front panel of the device was indeed of the new Xiaomi phablet.

From the new image, we can see that the company is going to use a symmetrical front design. The sensors are placed on the either side of the ear piece and looks much better than the previous placement of the sensors. This also kind of confirms that the earlier leaked front panel, which had the same design is indeed of the Xiaomi Max. I have added the panel down below, and you would immediately see the similarity.

Xiaomi’s SVP had earlier said that Xiaomi Max is not just a large screen phablet, but it would be designed keeping in mind the user experience of the customer. So, it looks like there would be a few changes in the design of the device, to make it more attractive and user friendly. Judging from the size of the phone in the picture, we can say that it should be of more than 6-inches. We can also see something shining on the sides, which could hint that the phone comes with a metal frame and back. But until we see the back of the device, we can’t be sure.

Recently, we came across the alleged benchmark results of the Mi Max model and it is said that the phone could be using a custom processor made by the company. Xiaomi is expected to release the handset in May this year, so expect more details in the next couple of weeks.

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Although Xiaomi has a lot of products in the market, mainly smartphones targeted at different user segments, the company is yet to release a true phablet. Looks like that’s going to change soon as the company has confirmed that the Xiaomi Max is going to be the first large screen smartphone from the company. The closest thing to a phablet till now was the Xiaomi Mi Note, so this should come as good news to all phablet lovers.

Now, Xiaomi has just revealed more details about the Xiaomi Max. The official weibo account of the smartphone revealed that the Max won’t come with the traditional Mi logo on the front. So, it looks like the company is trying to differentiate the Max from the other Mi series smartphones. The Redmi series doesn’t have this Mi logo up front, so it’s no surprise that the Max is also not going to come with the logo on top of the display.

Another interesting feature revealed by the company is the size of the screen. Xiaomi released a long image (added at the end of the post) wherein it showcased the screen sizes of its products in the increasing order of size. Naturally, with the Xiaomi Max still not released, there was a large gap between the Xiaomi Mi Note and the Xiaomi Mi tab. Although it was obvious that the Max was going to feature a display upwards of 5.7-inches, the company just confirmed this today. Also, it looks like the phone could feature a 6-inch+ display, which would be in line with recent rumors which state that the phone comes with a 6.4-inch screen.

Remember the render we had seen yesterday? That didn’t have the Mi logo on top and still looked like an enlarged version of the Mi 5. You can read more about that from here.

Moving on, latest news suggests that the phone will come with Snapdragon 820, 6.4-inch display, fingerprint ID and full network support. You can expect the Max to launch sometime in May for a price tag of around 3000 Yuan ($463). Stay tuned for more details.

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