The famous Chinese mobile manufacturer, Xiaomi, has launched two more products in its Mi2 series of smartphones. These devices are named the Xiaomi Mi-2A and Mi-2S. Design wise these Smartphones are similar to its predecessor but much improvement has been made to the hardware specs.
Android enthusiast know Xiaomi as the company which manufactures devices with powerful hardware and sells it at a price similar to mid range Smartphones of current android biggies like Samsung, HTC and LG. Because of this reason, the Xiaomies easily run out of stock and customers have to preorder them early to get it on time. Last year alone Xiaomi sold over 7.1 million units.
Now let’s take a look at what these two new devices are packing. First up:
Xiaomi Mi2A
The MI-2A comes with a 4.5 inch 1280×720 display with 326 ppi IPS screen, S4 1.7 GHz dual core processor and MIUI 5 based Android 4.1 operating system. All this is priced at just $240 (1,500 yuan) in China and with shipping and one year warranty around $350 in international market. Compare that to the old Galaxy S2 and Iphone 4s which still costs more in the market at less powerful specs. Following are the detailed specs of Mi-2A:
- Display: 4.5 inch 1280×720 display with 326 ppi IPS screen
- Camera: Front:8MP support 1080p recording, Back:2MP,:LED Flash
- Processor: Dual-Core 1.7GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro
- GPU: Adreno 320
- Operating System: MIUI V5，Android4.1
- RAM : 1GB
- Internal Storage: 16GB
- Networks: WCDMA/GSM
- Connectivity: 3G2G:GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G:WCDMA 900/1900/2100MHz
DataGPRS/EDGE/HSPA+ （42Mbps）
GPSGPS GLONASS
WIFI, BluetoothV4 - Battery: 2030mAh Li-On (also available 3000mAH )
- Dimension: 133X66.5X9.5 mm
- Weight: 133 grams
Xiaomi Mi2S
Compared to Mi-2A, the Mi-2S is a different beast. It is more powerful with a 1.7 GHz Krait 300 Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quadcore processor and higher RAM. Many blogs are calling this device “mid-range”. Considering Mi2s has beaten Samsung Galaxy S IV in Antutu and Quadrant benchmarks, I don’t know what would you call the SIV?
Here are the detail specifications of Xiaomi Mi-2S:
- Display: 4.3 inch IPS LCD retina display HD 720p
- Camera: Front:8MP/13MP support 1080p recording, Back:2MP,:LED Flash
- Processor: Quad-Core 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quadcore processor
- GPU: Adreno 320
- Operating System: MIUI V5，Android4.1 .2
- RAM : 2GB
- Internal Storage: 16GB /32GB
- Networks: WCDMA/GSM
- Connectivity: 3G2G:GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G:WCDMA 900/1900/2100MHz
DataGPRS/EDGE/HSPA+ （42Mbps）
GPSGPS GLONASS
WIFI, BluetoothV4 - Battery: 2030mAh Li-On (also available 3000mAH )
- Dimension: 126X62X102 mm
- Weight: 145 grams
The Mi-2S is available in two variants. The $370 variant features 32 GB storage and 13 Mp camera and the $320 one comes with 16 GB storage and 8Mp camera. Mi2S will probably hit the Chinese shops right this week.
Since a few months back rumors have been running about the specs and designs of the supposed Mi-3, the next gen flagship phone by Xiaomi. There has been no official confirmation on the leaked hardware specs and release date of the device. However, looking at their past record, we can expect the price of Mi-3 to be around $350 -$370 at release in China. f you are not in China I know what you are thinking,-“if only I could get my hands on this baby at that price”.
