The long-awaited Xiaomi Mi Note 2 4G phablet was made available to the public in November 2016. As expected, the device propelled to skyrocketing popularity among gadget buffs.

On the downside, the Mi Note 2 failed to grab the attention of the cost-conscious buyers who weren’t willing to shell out a lot of money for a phablet. But that’s about to change.

If you’ve restlessly been waiting to get your hands on the Xiaomi-branded phablet without emptying your pocket, we have good news for you. GearBest is currently offering an exceptional 24% off on the device’s original asking price for a limited period of time.

The aforesaid discount is valid for the 4GB RAM/64GB ROM variant of the Mi Note 2. Nevertheless, you can choose from a broad range of sizes and color options such as black, photo black and silver.

Under the hood, the Xiaomi-made tablet packs a powerful Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821 processor, along with an equally robust Adreno 530 graphics processing unit. It offers 4GB of RAM coupled with 64GB of non-expandable internal memory.

The device runs on MIUI 8.0/ 8.2 based Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) operating system. It draws its juices from a built-in Li-Ion 4070 mAh battery,

On the photography front, the Mi Note 2 phablet sports a massive 22.56-megapixel rear-mounted camera and an 8-megapixel front shooter for selfies. Furthermore, the device boasts an array of awe-inspiring features such as geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, and panorama.

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Xiaomi launched the Mi Note 2 late last year alongside the Mi Mix but the device has not been readily available due to production factor. The Mi Note 2 came with a curved OLED display which gives it a uniquely different look from other Xiaomi smartphones. The OLED panel is said to be a flexible type, supplied by LG and due to the flexibility production output has been low.

Now, what is likely another version of the Mi Note 2 has been spotted on TENAA where it was certified. The TENAA listed device has the model number 2015212. The spectacular thing about the TENAA listing, apart from the specs which align, is the model number which follows closely, those of the Mi Note 2 versions released. Ni Note 2 first appeared in 4GB and 6GB RAM versions having model numbers 2015211 and 2015213.

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Unfortunately, the TENAA listing wasn’t accompanied by images of the smartphone, so we can’t ascertain if it is really the Mi Note 2. But it is likely Xiaomi is will modify a few features on this model like a lower RAM size or using a normal OLED instead of the flexible one in order to boost production output. However, the device is listed as packing a 5.7-inch display with a dimension of 156.2 x 77.2 x 7.6mm and a battery capacity of 4070mAh. All similar with the Mi Note 2 presently in the market.

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Xiaomi Mi Note 2 – the latest flagship made by the company and one of the best-looking and powerful phones on the market right now. But are the awesome looks and the bleeding-edge specs make the smartphone great? Learn more in the full Xiaomi Mi Note 2 review.

Thanks to Oppomart for sending the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 for a review.

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Review: VIDEO REVIEW

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Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Review: UNBOXING

The phone ships in quite a simple box and inside of it, you can find all the usual stuff. No extras included.

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Review: DESIGN and DISPLAY

I have to admit that this is one of the most beautiful smartphones Xiaomi has ever made. We have a curved glass on the front and rear, a high-quality metal trim and tactile metal buttons.

We have a gorgeous 5.7” 1080p Amoled panel, which offers deep blacks, punchy colors and it is plenty sharp for everyday use. The bezels are quite visible but I’m okay with that. As usual, Xiaomi did not officially confirm the type of protective glass it used for this phone.

We have the usual highly customizable and backlit capacitive buttons, and a super fast and accurate fingerprint scanner. Keep in mind that you have to physically press the home button to use the fingerprint sensor but the unlocking process is just seamless and it works 10/10 times.

On the top, we have a highly customizable LED notification light and the upgraded 8MP camera with f/2.0 aperture and autofocus.

I’ve never been a huge fan of glass-made phones but I have to say that the Mi Note 2 has a somewhat oleophobic coating that does a pretty good job preventing from fingerprints and smudges.

We have a powerful 22.5MP camera with f/2.0 aperture and a dual tone dual-LED flash but there is no OIS.

Xiaomi brought the IR blaster back to this phone, which is great, so you can control devices like TVs. The sound quality via the headset jack is just excellent.

Same can be said about the loudspeaker. The sound is balanced, rich and it gives you some sort of surround sound effect that a lot of phones lack.

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Review: HARDWARE and PERFORMANCE

When it comes to hardware, you can be rest assured that you will have all the latest and greatest specs packed into this phone.

My review unit ships with the Snapdragon 821 chip, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, which is, however, not expandable. If you are willing to pay more, you can go for the high-end model that has 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.

As expected, 3D gaming performance is excellent and the whole gaming experience is just great thanks to the large display and a great loudspeaker. Finally, the phone does not have any overheating issues.

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Review: BENCHMARKS

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Review: USER INTERFACE

The Xiaomi Mi Note 2 ships with the Android 6.0-based MIUI 8 that we have already seen on other Xiaomi phones.

As usual, we have a ton of customization options, various settings, tweaks and little features to make the phone look your own. Some of the cool features include a baked-in theming engine, where you can choose from a lot of themes, fonts, wallpapers and so on. Also, you can go to the so-called second space, which is as Xiaomi says “like having two devices” at the same time. In other words, it is like having two accounts on the same phone.

However, you have to know that the Chinese version of the phone comes with quite a few bloatware apps that may be annoying. A great thing is that you can easily remove most of them.

Finally, I’m fairly impressed with how fast the Mi Note 2  is despite having all those features. The phone is fast, fluid and I didn’t have any hiccups or lag.

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Review: CAMERA

The camera app allows you to take pictures extremely fast. As usual to Xiaomi phones, there are a few shooting modes and settings to play with.

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Review: IMAGE QUALITY

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In theory, 22.5MP should give you a lot of detail and the Mi Note 2’s camera does produce very detailed photos that look sharp and the colors are natural. Also, the camera handles the dynamic range and contrast pretty well but it tends to underexpose the scenery more often than not.

Most of the indoor and macro shots were taken in very poor lighting. The phone can take some good-looking photos but as usual, the noise levels get quite high in lower-lit situations.

As for night camera performance, it is just average. Well, it is not bad but I would love the software to kick in to brighten up the scene as right now the images look dark. Also, the level of noise could be a lot lower.

As for selfie shooter, it can take some nice and detailed photos.

The 4K video is good but not great. The footage is quite sharp, the auto-exposure and continuous autofocus work fine and the colors look natural. However, there are quite a few video artefacts going on and overall the footage could look sharper if we compare it to some of the mainstream flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. The electronic image stabilization (EIS) uses the gyroscope sensor and this combo does a pretty good job reducing the shakiness.

The 1080p video looks quite good but obviously, there is less detail than in 4k footage. The 1080p selfie video looks pretty good and it will be more than enough for the video chats. See the video review for video samples.

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Review: CONNECTIVITY

When it comes to connectivity, the Mi Note 2 has you covered. It has an international 4G LTE support that assures a fast internet speed, good signal reception and a great call quality.

Also, Wifi, GPS work absolutely fine. In addition, there is NFC onboard.

The only complaint would be that there is no microSD card slot but you get 2 SIM card slots as any other Xiaomi phone.

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Review: BATTERY LIFE

The Mi Note 2 ships with a 4070mAh battery that performs quite well. I was able to get around 5 hours of screen-on time on kind of heavy usage including power penalty of 2 SIM cards, 4 Google accounts, social media accounts and so on.

The phone supports Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 tech but the supplied charger can fully charge the phone in about 1 h 45 mins, which is not the best result we’ve seen this year.

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Review: CONCLUSIONS

The Xiaomi Mi Note 2 is a true flagship phone that just looks beautiful but it costs almost $500.

So what are you getting for this amount of money? The phone sports an excellent build quality and that curved glass on the front and rear adds quite a bit of style.

Also, powerful internals assure that the device performs very well no matter what you throw at it. If you add a feature-rich user interface, a good battery life, great sound quality, you are looking at a very compelling offering.

However, you have to know that even at this price point, the Mi Note 2’s camera struggles in low-light, the 4k video quality is not on par with the mainstream flagships and finally, there is no microSD card slot for storage expansion.

At the end of the day, the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 is still a very solid phone as it offers a lot of flagship-grade qualities but as most of the phones, it has some shortcomings that you have to consider.

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After the successful launch of the Mi 5S and 5S Plus, the Mi Note 2 now looks like the next big thing from Xiaomi. While the company is yet to come out in clear term to give a clear road-map as to the device’s launch, the Mi Note 2 have been enmeshed in rumors for a while now. All these rumors and leaks point to a device with lots of prospects, with more leaks emerging. The latest we have is a leak of the Mi Note 2’s specs and also a user-generated render of the device based on the leak.

The leak comes out with what seems like a poster teaser with texts that indicates Xiaomi is still planning to release a flaagship this 2016. No doubt Mi Note 2 should be it and the leak reveals the device as being powered by a Snapdragon 821 chips, having a 5.7-inch display with LGcurved screen and QHD (2K) resolution. The leak as touts the device as having both a 4GB and 6GB memory variants, ultrasonic fingerprint scanner, dual cameras and a ceramic body.

The renders shows the Mi Note 2 would feature a dual-curved display both at the front and rear and the camera would likely not protrude out of the body as well as come arranged in a horizontal plane. The rear view which is depictedd in the render, holds no fingerprint scanner thus affirming the rumor that the same ultrasonic scanner we saw on the Mi 5S would feature on the Mi Note 2.

A specific date is yet to be set for the device’s launch but industry analyst, Pan Juitang had hinted on a late October launch, another Weibo user had also talked about a November launch date. Which ever it is, it is certain Xiaomi would be dropping this one before the year runs out.

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Looks like the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 is very close to hitting the market, considering the avalanche of leaks the flagship has seen in recent times. A fresh, new set of leaked renders have once again surfaced online, detailing the beautiful design Xiaomi has put in on this one, and also giving us a glimpse of the official specs the device will launch with as well as the box casing. This one looks like nothing we have seen before because the devices on display look set for the market.

The renders reveal two color variants, white and black which may be the only colors the Mi Note 2 will be available in. Of course the curved edge display is also very visible, not too curvy as seen on some prototype renderings leaked in the past.

The key specifications of the Mi Note 2 were also listed on one of the renders and it reveals the device will rock a 5.7-inch curved screen display with 2K resolution, an all-metal body design with glass covering on both sides. The device is also shown to be equipped with a Snapdragon 821 processor, clocked at 2.4GHz,  alongside two RAM size options, one with 4GB of RAM and a second version with 6GB of RAM. The Mi Note 2 will also come in three storage versions of 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB. 

That’s not all, the entire device is listed to a dimension of 155 x 77 x 6.5mm, and under the hood a 4,000mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0 will provide the power source. The Mi Note 2 as expected, will run on MIUI 8 based on Android Marshmallow and would sport a dual camera setup at the rear.

Related: Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Renders Leaked: Curved Screen, Dual Cam, SD 821 Chipset

In all, this recent leak is consistent with previous ones we have seen and it looks very much authentic. The specs line-up is also similar to earlier the ones earlier rumored. The Xiaomi Mi Note 2 is expected to be launched on September 14, according to earlier rumors and if that turns out to be true, that’s when we’ll know the exact price tag Xiaomi will stamp on it.

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We have had several image renders of the expected Xiaomi Mi Note 2 , detailing the design features as well as the specs of the flagship device. Several more are still surfacing online and thankfully, the designs all look alike, revealing the dual cameras and beautiful body design.

The recently leaked image renders of the Mi Note 2 is that of a sleek black colored variant and it reveals both the design up front and the rear design as well. On the front view, the curved glass display is still very much intact, as well as the positioning of the front facing camera sensor. Nothing really has changed front the previous leaks we have seen so far.

At the back, there is a dual camera set up, with both cameras lying side by side on a horizontal plane and tilted to one edge of the phone. The camera’s LED flash also sits by the side of the second camera. Curiously, the Mi trademark logo is conspicuously missing on the back of the new image renders which makes the authenticity of this render questionable. Apart from that, the images look more like prototype drawings than the real deal.

Read More: Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Renders Leaked: Curved Screen, Dual Cam, SD 821 Chipset

To refresh your memory, the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 is said to feature a 5.5-inch OLED curved screen, all-metal body, and dual cameras at the rear and will like be powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 821 processor or Snapdragon 820 chipset, alongside 6GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage. There is also likely to be a 4GB RAM + 32GB ROM version as well as a 6GB RAM + 64GB ROM version.

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Xiaomi’s expected Mi Note 2 flagship smartphone is again featured in a new leaked image renders detailing the spectacular features the device is tagging along. The render images were leaked courtesy popular tipster @kjuma.

The renders show the Mi Note 2 will feature a dual curved display screen and the display size stands at 5.5 inches with two likely editions, one having a 1080p resolution display while the other one will have a 2k display resolution.

Apart from the image renders, Xiaomi’s official photo advertising the amazing specs the expected Mi Note 2 will feature also surfaced online recently. The official photo contains details like the device featuring a 5.5-inch OLED curved screen, all-metal body, and dual cameras at the rear. The details also include that the Xiaomi Note 2 will be powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 821 processor alongside 6GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage.

Related: Xiaomi Mi Note 2 In Pictures With Dual Cameras & Curved Display (Renders)

The flagship Xiaomi Mi Note 2 was tipped to pop in the month of August but August is almost over and we are not getting any information about a possible launch event yet. It is possible then that the Mi Note 2’s release date might creep into September. No words yet on the expected price tag as well. But there have been lots of information revealed by earlier rumors about the Mi Note 2. Check them out from here.

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Xiaomi has an event coming up on the 25th of August in Beijing and rumours say it is the launch for a new Xiaomi phone(s) and or watch. Some say it is the launch of the Redmi 4 which will come with a Snapdragon 625 others say it is for the Mi Note 2, yet another source says the company will be launching its first smartwatch this month. Whatever device launches on August 25, we will let you know.

Weibo user @KJuma has posted an image of Mi Note 2 that has dual curved 3D glasses. This version however has 6GB of RAM and 128GB of built-in storage. It also features a Snapdragon 821 SoC, a 5.5” OLED display, a home button/fingerprint scanner and dual cameras.

RELATED: Redmi 4 Rumoured to Cost $106

Pricing rumours say this 128GB version will cost 2799 yuan ($423) and the 64GB version with the same amount of RAM and same chip will cost 2499 Yuan ($377).

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Aside from releasing the Redmi Pro and Mi Notebook laptop in July, Xiaomi was rumored to be working towards the release of another flagship under the Mi series, believed to be Mi Note 2. The Mi Note 2 flagship was rumored to launch in August and the specs the Mi flagship will feature had also been leaked previously.

Apart from the Xiaomi Mi Note 2, a new smartwatch is expected to be released by the Chinese company whuch is in line with statements credited to Xiaomi co-founder Liwan Jiang who hinted that Xiaomi is planning to release two high-end products in August. Industry analyst Pan Jiutang had previously hinted that a Xiaomi conference will be held in August where the Mi Note 2 is expected to be released.

However, considering that Xiaomi just concluded its July 27 conference, many Weibo users are pessimistic about the possiblity of another news conference holding in August. They are of the opinion that the company may delay the release due to the short time interval.

Read More: Xiaomi Mi Smartwatch Is Coming Soon, Spotted On Official Website

But industry analyst, Pan Jiutang still thinks the Mi Note 2 would pop in August, in line with production plan. Mr Jiutang also revealed some expected specs of the flagship Mi Note 2, saying the device will be the first from Xiaomi to sport the latest Snapdragon 821 processor, would have more than one version, with perhaps curved and straight display screen versions. The tech analyst also reveals the Mi Note 2 may likely have two RAM versions, one with 4GB RAM and another having 6GB of RAM.

In addition to that, Pan Jiutang also disclosed that the Xiaomi Mi smartwatch will also be released in August along side the Mi Note 2.

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