UPDATE:

When the registrations closed at 6PM today in China, over 16.8 million users had registered for tomorrow’s flash sale.  

Xiaomi announced the Xiaomi Mi 5 flagship on Wednesday last week. Since then, the company opened up registrations for the sale of the device on March 1. Given the aggressive pricing and the powerful specifications, we expected a lot of registrations for the first sale of the device.

Now, the company has revealed that more than 14.4 million registrations have been received for the sale of the device till now. This is a new record for the company, achieving these many reservations in just a matter of 5 days. However, it’s not really surprising. Fans have been waiting for the Mi 5 flagship for more than 18 months. And Xiaomi, as expected delivered what its fans wanted to see. A powerful smartphone offered at an affordable price tag.

The first sale is one March 1, where the company will make two variants available for sale. At 10 AM tomorrow, the company will offer the standard 3GB RAM + 32GB ROM and 3GB RAM + 64GB ROM versions to the registered users for sale. Interestingly, according to the official company website, only the white version will be sold tomorrow. So, no word on the black edition or even the exclusive top-end ceramic version for now.

Given the tremendous response for the sale, we can expect the first batch to go out of stock within minutes. So, if you are in China, planning to get hold of the Mi 5 early, you better hurry up on the purchase.

The Xiaomi Mi 5 comes with the powerful Snapdragon 820 quad-core chipset on board with 3GB  / 4GB RAM and 32GB / 64GB / 128GB ROM options. There will be a powerful 16MP camera at the back with DTI technology, 4-Axis OIS and PDAF along with dual LED flash. Up front, there is a 4MP Ultrapixel camera. The display is of 5.15-inches with 1080p resolution and the battery is of 3000mAh capacity with Quick Charge 3.0. Overall, the phone is a quite a steal at the starting price tag of $305 (1999 Yuan).

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We are just three weeks away from the official launch of the Xiaomi Mi 5 flagship. There are a lot of features that we already know about the device, thanks to the confirmations from the company executives. However, some specs like the screen size or the body material are still unclear. Earlier Xiaomi Mi 5 leak and rumors have said that the phone will come in two variants, a low-end variant with 3GB RAM and 2.5D glass body and a high-end variant with an all metal body.

Looks like we have got the first glimpse of the rear of the low-end model. This alleged Xiaomi Mi 5 leak reveals a back cover with a glass-like material. There are two openings on the top left corner for the camera sensor and the dual LED flash, while at the center, you have the traditional Mi logo. As you can see, the rear shell is not plain, but rather textured.

So, like the Redmi 3, the company could be planning to release a textured pattern variant of the Mi 5. Personally, the back cover looks quite premium. So, I wouldn’t mind if this is the final design in one of the variants of the flagship.

From today’s leak, the phone looks quite compact. So, as rumored, the display size could be limited to 5.2-inches. If true, then it would completely make sense why Xiaomi decided to stick with a 1920 x 1080p display panel on the device as even with this resolution, the pixel density easily goes over 400ppi.

As of now, there are a lot of features confirmed on the device like Snapdragon 820, NFC and dual SIM. You can read more about all of the confirmed features of the Mi 5 from this article.

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Xiaomi Mi 5 is confirmed to launch on February 24, which is just a few weeks away. Like tradition, Xiaomi and its executives have taken turns to reveal some of the features of the flagship, essentially confirming the specs that we will find on the device.

Today, we take a look at those specs, which have been officially confirmed by them. So, when the Xiaomi Mi 5 launches on February 24, we know what to expect from the smartphone. Given that its executives have teased various features from the start of the year, we know quite a bit about the upcoming device.

1. CPU: Snapdragon 820

Before January, we hoped that the Xiaomi Mi 5 came with the latest quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, which has managed to impress us so far in terms of performance.

Thanks to its Senior Vice President, Liwan Jiyang, we now know for sure that we will see this high-end chipset inside the device. Early January, he confirmed the CPU, which was soon reconfirmed by the CEO Lei Jun.

2. Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1080p

Yesterday, Liwang confirmed yet another feature on the Mi 5 flagship, i.e. the screen resolution. Stating that 2K displays use up a lot of battery, he revealed that the company has decided to stick with FHD 1920 x 1080p resolution for the upcoming flagship smartphone. This is actually a great decision in my opinion since the screen size (not confirmed yet) is said to be only around 5-5.2-inches. Also, the phone will come with some high-end technology for its display, according to Liwang.

3. NFC

Xiaomi has finally decided to bring back NFC on its new flagship. In a screenshot posted by Lei Jun a few days back, we could see a large N symbol on the taskbar which basically confirms NFC on the device. Today, Liwang further confirmed NFC on the Xiaomi Mi 5 flagship via his official Weibo page.

NFC was a feature left out from the Mi 4, disappointing some fans. At the time of launch in 2014, Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun explained that the company decided to give up on the feature because only 1% of the consumers used NFC. But looks like the company believes that the feature is still needed for its users.

4. Dual SIM Slots

Although not a surprise, but we know for sure that the Xiaomi Mi 5 will feature dual SIM, thanks to the screenshot posted by the CEO.

5. Launch Date: February 24

Well, this is not exactly a feature, but we know for sure that we will meet the Xiaomi Mi 5 flagship on February 24 at the company’s Spring Launch event.

We also know for sure, thanks to Global VP, Hugo Barra, that the phone will be showcased at one of the world’s largest tech expo, MWC (Mobile World Congress) in Barcelona, Spain.

So, these were all the features and information that we know about the Xiaomi Mi 5 confirmed by the company. Expect a lot more information about the flagship in the coming weeks before the official launch on February 24.

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Xiaomi has confirmed that the Xiaomi Mi 5 flagship will meet us at the February 24 Spring Conference in China. After more than 1.5 years of waiting, fans will finally get to see the new flagship, which will reportedly be one of the best smartphones from the company till date.

However, even before the release, we had seen a few renders of the device, which showed us that the phone will most likely come with a front facing physical home button with fingerprint sensor. Now, the same phone has leaked once again, but this time in its box. The design seems to be the same as the earlier leaks, so this could be the real deal.

This leak further confirms that the Xiaomi Mi 5 will come with a 2.5D glass design. The bezels are also quite narrow, so the screen to body ratio should be impressive. One important thing to note here is that Xiaomi has ditched the traditional brown recycled box design in its recent smartphones, yet the new Mi 5 is shown in this box. So, this may not be the box that the phone will be shipped.

As for the specs, the Xiaomi Mi 5 is expected to come with a 5-inch FHD 1080p display with 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage. Under the hood, it’s confirmed to feature the powerful Snapdragon 820 quad-core chipset. Other possible features include 16MP rear camera, 8MP front-facing shooter, a large 4000mAh battery, fingerprint ID and Hi-Fi audio.

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For the past few weeks, we have heard a lot about the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 5. Right from the specifications, design to the release, we have a solid idea about what to expect from Xiaomi’s long awaited flagship smartphone.

According to the latest information, the Xiaomi Mi 5 will support NFC (Near Field Communication) feature. There is often a debate about the usefulness of the NFC, some against it, saying it’s not a required feature while others for it, saying that they use it almost every day. Nevertheless, Xiaomi decided to remove the NFC feature on its Xiaomi Mi 4 flagship. While explaining the reason for this decision, CEO Lei Jun revealed that only 1% of the Mi3 and Mi2A customers actually made use of it.

Now, it looks like the company has decided that NFC is useful again. We got to know that the Mi 5 will feature NFC chip thanks to a document released by China UnionPay, also known as CUP which is China’s only domestic card organization. The organization recently released a new NFC-enabled payment system, “Cloud Lightening Pay” (translated) which enables the customers to make payments via their smartphones. The technology works similar to other mobile payment systems we have seen in international markets, and relies on the phone’s NFC chip.

In the document released by the organization, among the first 32 smartphones that support this payment system, Xiaomi Mi 5 made it to the list. This is only possible if the phone supports NFC payments, which means we are almost sure that the Mi 5 flagship will come with NFC chip on board.

I am sure many Xiaomi fans will be excited to hear that the Mi 5 has this feature. It definitely helps those users who rely on mobile payments and other NFC-enabled features.

As for other features of the Xiaomi Mi 5 like the fingerprint sensor, you can read more about it from here.

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Many expected Xiaomi to unveil its latest flagship smartphone, the Xiaomi Mi 5 at the Grand Finale event on November 24. However, at the event we met only two devices, the Redmi Note 3 and the Xiaomi Mi Pad 2. So, it meant we had to wait for a couple of months more to meet the flagship Mi 5.

However, at the interview after the event, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun revealed that he was currently using the device and he found its to be great. So, it looks like the Mi5’s design has been finalized.

Now, we have our first glimpse at the Xiaomi Mi 5 flagship and from the image, the phone looks really beautiful. The image shows that the phone will come with a bezel less design, which means no black borders on the side. Nubia has shown us that its possible with its Z9 flagship back in May this year, so it won’t be surprising to see the Mi 5 come with such an amazing design.

On a closer look, the phone does look like the Mi Note. But the bezels on the Mi Note flagship are not as thin as this. So, we will have to wait and see whether this is the real design of the upcoming flagship.

The image comes directly from Xiaomi’s official account. It was posted a few days back, but till now went unnoticed. Our best guess would be the Xiaomi Mi 5!

Further, the phone is said to come with ClearForce Touch technology from Synaptics which is similar to Apple’s 3D Touch. So, the display will be able to measure the force with which a user presses the screen. This would come in handy in things like gaming where the phone will be able to distinguish between a hard press or a soft press on the throttle.

As for the specs, the Xiaomi Mi 5 is expected to come with a 5.2-inch 2K resolution display with 4GB RAM, 64GB storage and Snapdragon 820 chip under the hood. At the back, you can expect a 21MP camera and up front, an 8MP shooter.

According to earlier reports, we can expect the release of the phone to be around January-February period next year. So, expect a lot more details about the device in the coming weeks.

Stay tuned!

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