Finally, we will get to see a showdown between two powerful, but affordable, Smartphones. The Chinese brand showed guts going up against ASUS, unveiling itself in one of the biggest Smartphone markets, India. Both bring to the table some powerful specs and full HD display. However, despite their obvious similarities, big differences can make one superior to the other.

First of all, the Mi4i has beaten ASUS, hands down, being the cheapest full HD LTE enabled flagship. While being the lighter one of the two flagships, in terms of weight and price, the Mi4i offers no less than the Zenfone in terms of power and speed. Mi4i bears a Snapdragon 615 octa-core processor at heart, whereas ASUS shows hardcore loyalty to Intel Chipset. Moreover, Xiaomi’s 3120 mAh battery is more powerful than ASUS’s 3000mAh while the latter’s processor is more battery consuming; it is clear who the winner is in this round ⁽¹⁾. However, the Zenfone has a better front camera and more storage, with 16GB (non-expandable) on Mi4i against the 16GB expandable memory on the Zenfone.

Currently, the price stands at $200 for the Mi4i which is the same price as the ASUS Zenfone 2 (2GB model). However, depending on the RAM and other specs, prices can vary. With hardcore specs like that, it’s quite a sweet deal don’t you think?
You can compare every specs of the devices in details from the table below.

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Xiaomi just unveiled the brand new Xiaomi Mi4i flagship. The device comes with a beautiful unibody polycarbonate body in over 5 different colors including white, black, blue, yellow and pink. The Mi4i boasts of an amazing cost to hardware ratio, which is why we feel Xiaomi has launched a winner today.

The phone comes with a full HD 1080p 5-inch display with Snapdragon 615 and 2GB RAM. There will be a 13MP rear camera with dual tone flash and a 3120mAh battery from Sony.

We have already written a detailed post on the features, pricing, specs and availability of the device. If you haven’t seen that yet, you can check it out from this link.

The phone looked beautiful in pictures and now its time to see some hands-on pictures of the device. The unibody design especially gives it a solid and premium look much like the Lumia series, but the overall design language is similar to the earlier Xiaomi Mi series smartphones.

Anyways, take a look at the hands-on pictures of the Xiaomi Mi4i and let us know what you think about the new device.

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Xiaomi Mi4i is finally official. The company has managed to nail it once again with this brand new offering. The phone provides one of the best cost to hardware ratio, making it truly a flagship for masses. The best part of the device is its price tag, as Xiaomi will start selling the Xiaomi Mi4i from April 30 for an amazing Rs. 12,999 i.e. $205 price tag. So, its even cheaper than the Xiaomi Mi3 with much advanced specs.

At the start of the event, the company said that the Xiaomi Mi4i was heavily inspired by India. The phone will feature a unibody polycarbonate body with soft touch matte finish with anti-grease coating. The polycarbonate body wraps the entire device giving it a premium look.

The phone will have the same height as the 4.7-inch iPhone 6, but it will feature a larger 5-inch display. The body is quite thin too measuring just 7.8mm and the phone weighs just 130 grams.

The Mi4i comes with a unique 5-inch sunlight fully laminated OGS display with full HD 1080p resolution. This translates into a pixel density of a whopping 441 ppi. The sunlight display uses dynamic tone mapping which keeps the image quality balanced even in bright sunlight. This in turns helps to improve display visibility under sunlight. The display is 30% more battery efficient than competitors and comes with NTSC 95 percent color gamut and 178 degrees wide viewing angles.

Coming to the performance, the phone will feature Qualcomm’s 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor with 2GB LPDDR3 RAM and 16GB ROM. The company also reveals that the Snap 615 was created by Qualcomm India. Although Qualcomm’s new chipset hasn’t really impressed us, Xiaomi claims that the Mi4i scores above 40,000 points on AnTuTu. The phone features all the standard connectivity functions such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, OTG, dual SIM dual Standby etc.

Coming to the main area, i.e. camera, the Mi4i comes with a 13MP Sony CMOS sensor at the back with f/2.0 aperture and 5 element lens. Besides the camera unit, you will find a two-tone flash, with a cold white LED and a warm yellow LED. The company claims that the combination of these two colored lights brings out the best picture. Moreover, when the room is too dark, you have a feature inbuilt in the camera UI which can turn on the integrated flash. This will lit up the object in focus and will result into better pictures even in low light conditions.

As for the front camera, there will be a 5MP shooter with f/1.8 aperture and 80 degrees wide angle lens. The phone will have a number of interesting camera functions such as beautify and improved HDR. The beautify is turned on as default on the front camera and is ideal for taking beautiful selfies. At the event, Barra noted that the software uses 12 different profiles (6 Males and 6 Females) to improve the image captured. Finally, in the camera department, Barra said that Xiaomi’s HDR is one of the best in the market right now.

You can check out a few samples from the test units down below to judge the camera performance.

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Coming to the battery, Xiaomi has made no cost cuttings in this area. The Xiaomi Mi4i gets a generous 3120 mAh battery which the company claims is good enough for around 1.5 days of regular usage. The cherry on top is the Quick Charge support which will speed up the charging process.

Finally, coming to the software, you don’t have any surprises here. The phone will run on Android 5.0 Lollipop version along with MIUI 6 on top. The company notes that the new MIUI version features a lot of interesting features. One of the highlighted ones was the Visual IVR (Interactive Voice Response). This particular options helps you bypass the boring and long IVR calls by giving you preset options in menu format. So, you can directly select these options manually from the drop down menu instead of waiting for operator to hand it out to you.

The company claims that the Mi4i is made from the materials supplied from the best companies in the world. To name a few, Corning, Sony, Samsung, Qualcomm, Panasonic have all supplied parts for the new phone.

Given the hardware and the features, the Xiaomi Mi4i turns out to be a great phone for $205 (Rs. 12,999). It will go on sale in India from April 30 on Flipkart, Snapdeal, Airtel and other stores in a number of different colors. The phone will also make it outside of India from May in countries like Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore.

The company also unveiled the Xiaomi Mi Band in India today for Rs. 999 ($18). But more details on that later.

Anyways, so what do you think about the Mi4i?

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Xiaomi Mi4i is coming and we are just hours away from the official launch event. For the first time, Xiaomi has decided to launch the device first in India, which clearly shows that the company is eager to establish its brand in international markets. Given that there are millions of Xiaomi fans in India and the immense potential for growth, its not surprising that the Xiaomi Mi4i is launching in the country first.

If you are interested in seeing the event live, you can do so from the link given below. The company has decided to stream it live to fans all over the world, that too in English. So, you can head over to the link below to check out what the company has in store for us today.

WATCH XIAOMI MI4i EVENT LIVE FROM THIS LINK

The event starts a 4 PM IST (2am PT | 5am ET) in New Delhi, India.

We have already written a detailed article on the pricing and the specs of the upcoming Mi4i. So, you can check it out directly from this post.

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Chinese tech giant Xiaomi, is going to launch a new powerful mobile phone device known as the Xiaomi Mi4i, in a conference to be held in India, today. The upcoming device will boast of impeccable features and specifications, including a 5 inch 1080p display screen, 5 megapixels primary and 13 megapixels secondary camera. Other than that, the device is powered by a strong Snapdragon 615 Qualcomm processor, to handle all your multitasking needs. Furthermore, the device has a 2GB RAM, with a storage capacity of 16 gigabytes. Hence, you won’t have to worry too much about your device running out of memory, soon enough. Regarding the firmware, this device would run on Android 5.0 Lollipop, the latest Android version in the market.

In addition to that, the most captivating point of this gadget is its price tag, which is only 1300 Yuan ($210 approx). Besides, this will be the first model from Xiaomi to be launched outside China. As previously it has been seen that, all their device launches had been occurring in China only. It looks to be a great step by Xiaomi to increase their stature outside their own country as well. While India has a very big market for mobile phones and electronic devices, it is a convincing approach by the company to woo Indian customers. On the other hand, this strategy shows a sign of eagerness by Xiaomi to enhance their influence in foreign markets as well.

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It looks like Xiaomi has yet another product that will be unveiled pretty soon. The company revealed a teaser recently on its Xiaomi India page, saying “i is coming”. Many predicted that the teaser was for the global launch of the Xiaomi Mi Note flagship series which was announced back in January. But it looks like the company was teasing another product for launch in India.

A new variant Xiaomi Mi4 was spotted on the Singapore IDA database and later on the GeekBench3 website. The device was called as the Xiaomi Mi4i and is probably the low-end version of the company’s flagship Mi4 smartphone.

Thanks to the GeekBench3, we have some of the tech specs of the device. The Xiaomi Mi4 will use a 1.6GHz octa-core Qualcomm processor, which we guess is none other than the Snapdragon 615. It will come with 2GB RAM on board and Android 5.0.2 OS version. Other specs are still not clear.

This leak answers at least some of our questions. The reason why Xiaomi’s teaser stressed so much on “i is coming” is probably because the low-end Xiaomi Mi4i is launching that day. Given the downgraded specs, we expect the pricing to be around 1599 Yuan, or even lower.

So, what do you think about Xiaomi’s move to release a new Mi4i version for a slightly lower price tag?

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