Mi4i – Xiaomi phone
Xiaomi phone
China’s Apple
It may be called that, but to many, that actually is a disservice to the company that has become the number one seller of phones in all of China, displacing Samsung, Apple and a host of other homegrown, established players.
That’s an exciting position for a company to be in, especially for a company that didn’t even exist four years ago.
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Xiaomi entered India last year with a big flash (sale) and dominated the market as well as the headlines.
More people were buying a Xiaomi phone than could spell or pronounce the name.
Many have tried to analyse the success of this enfant terrible – they don’t copy others, they create an artificial scarcity, the CEO has become an icon like Steve Jobs (almost dresses like him too), and they sell at cost (sometimes way below) and make up by selling content (like Amazon).
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Thus the brand took off like a rocket in India and the first few phones were as coveted as a Kim Kardashian full frontal (hmmm, maybe I need to change that analogy but you get the gist).
But, of late, there have been blips with a few phones not doing that well. The phone that is supposed to put them back in the front seat is the Mi4i.
A unibody design, 5inch full HD 1080P screen, sunlight readability mode, 3120mAh battery with fast charging, Snapdragon 615 chipset, 2GB of RAM, 13MP camera on the back and 5MP on the front.
To those who are scratching their head thinking whether this makes it a seriously top-of-the-line phone, yes, it does. Then there’s the typical shocker with the price: Rs12,999. The mid-priced phone market is about to get a serious makeover.[ad name=”HTML-1″][ad name=”HTML-3″]
New Xiaomi Redmi 2 Smartphone
Xiaomi has been the most successful Chinese Smartphone company to target sub Rs.10, 000 segment in India. It has successfully maintained a steady demand for its Smartphones, even when new companies kept appearing.
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Xiaomi Redmi 1S was one such Smartphone that came and went without any notice and for each unit sold, the demand of second-hand Redmi 1S still fetches as its MRP. Since the disappearance of Redmi 1S was abrupt, the company is launching new Xiaomi Redmi 2. Let us take a closer look at the features of Redmi 2, as reported by NDTV.
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Look and Feel
Xiaomi has not changed the size of Redmi 2 from Redmi 1S to a large extent. However, Redmi 2 is somewhat smaller than Redmi 1S. There is a resemblance to Redmi Note as well due to Redmi 2’s white rear shell casing.
The texture of the rear panel is pleasant and smooth rather than shiny and hard plastic. The bottom part of touch screen consists of red color capacitive buttons giving it a unique appearance. It also features LED light located directly below the home button.
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Specifications and Performance
The Redmi 2 consists of a new Snapdragon chip than Redmi 1S. The new Snapdragon chip provides 1.2GHz of processing power and comes with Adreno 306 graphics processing unit (GPU). The new Redmi is powered with 1GB RAM.
There is ample amount of storage space as it features 8 GB internal memory. The screen size is 4.7-inch, which comes with HD resolution. It has 8-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front facing camera, and 2,200mAh battery.
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Conclusion
Xiaomi included LTE support in the new Redmi 2. In India, LTE is not the main reason behind the sales of Smartphone. However, if LTE is what you prefer, then Redmi 2 is one of few Smartphones in India that provides it. There are other alternatives to Xiaomi Redmi 2 with slight changes in the specification such as: Motorola Moto E (Gen 2), and Lenovo A6000.