Powerful Phone with Low Cost, Xiaomi Mi 5X Unveiled in China

The Xiaomi Mi 5X is official. The handset has now been revealed at an event in China.

The Mi 5X is the latest low-cost, high-power, device from Xiaomi, featuring a 5.5-inch, Full-HD (1080p), 2.5D curved-glass display, octa-core Snapdragon 625 chip, 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB internal storage.The handset will run Android 7.1 Nougat with Xiaomi’s MIUI 9 skin out of the box. 

Xiaomi Mi 5X Specs:

• 4GB RAM with 64 GB Internal Storage
• 5.5 inch FULL HD (1080p) Display
• Octa Core Snapdragon 625
• 3080mAh Battery
• Dual Camera Setup
• MIUI 9 with DHS Audio

On the back, you’ll find a dual-camera setup, featuring a 12 MP wide-angle lens and a 12 MP telephoto lens, with dual-tone LED flash and phase-detection auto-focus. The front camera, meanwhile, comes in at 5 MP. This setup will help the phone achieve the ‘Portrait mode’ function which uses induced background blur to emulate the bokeh on a photo taken by a high-end camera with a wide aperture. 

Xiaomi has added the fingerprint sensor on the back of the smartphone along with an anti-fingerprint coating on the body of the smartphone. The phone will be draw power from a 3,080 mAh battery with a USB Type-C connectivity and a 3.5 mm headphone jack.

The hew handset will be available in Black, Gold and Rose Gold color variants for 1499 yuan — the equivalent of around US$222 — from August 1st in China. Further availability information hasn’t been revealed at this time.