
Xiaomi is becoming a force to be reckoned with in the mobile world. Their growth has been astonishing. They were recently valued at a substantial $45 billion and have invested hundreds of millions in dozens of new tech companies from TVs to air conditioners. On top of that, they shipped 61.1 million units of low-cost smartphones last year. By selling inexpensive devices in their native country of China, they have quickly risen to be one of the top mobile players.
However, selling low-end devices isn't their only goal, and they just announced two impressive new devices to prove it. These are the Mi Note and the Mi Note Pro. Take a look at these insane specs:
Xiaomi Mi Note - 16GB (CN¥2,299 or about $370) or 64GB (CN¥2,799 or about US$450)
- 5.7-inch Sharp / JDI 1080p (386 ppi) NEGA LCD - with a 95 percent NTSC color gamut, improved outdoor performance and lower power requirements
- 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 chip
- Adreno 330 graphics processor
- 3GB LPDDR3 RAM
- 13-megapixel f/2.0 module - Sony (IMX214), with a 6-lens f 2.0 aperture, OIS, - dual-color LED flash by Philips
- 4MP "large-pixel" front-facing camera (similar to HTC's Ultra-Pixel design)
- HiFi feature: Includes a Sabre ES9018K2M high-end DAC, along with Analog Devices' ADA4896 and TI's OPA1612 amplifiers - this is for headphones of both high and low impedance - native playback support for lossless formats like APE, FLAC, DSD and WAV
- Gorilla Glass 3 on both the front ("2.5D" curved) and back ("3D" curved)
- 3,000mAh battery plus internal storage of either 16GB or 64GB
- LTE Dual-SIM
- Black or white color options
- 5.7-inch Quad HD (2,560 x 1,440; 515 ppi) Display (with same enhanced design as the Mi Note)
- 2GHz octa-core Snapdragon 810
- Adreno 430 GPU
- 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
- 64GB of internal storage
- LTE Cat 9 (450Mbps) radio
- 3,090mAh battery
- Gold Color
- *Includes all of the other features shown in the Mi Note above, like the camera, audio, glass and more
Source: Note