Xiaomi Mi4i Now Official !

After weeks of teasing their new "global Mi phone", Xiaomi finally unveiled it yesterday in India.

And yup, speculations were right, it has an "i" on its name and it's a lighter, more cheaper version of their flagship smartphone last year.

So what's new ? Well, it's now made from plastic as opposed to the metal-glass build of its predecessor. It's pretty obvious that they made it that way to reduce the price.

Looking at the display, it has the same 5-inch IPS display rocking a Full HD resolution which results in to ~441ppi. It's OGS though and I'm not pretty sure if it is covered in Gorilla Glass.

Running inside that premium plastic-y build is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chipset, which is Qualcomm's first octa-core chipset by the way, coupled with 2GB of RAM. It has 16GB of internal storage, which unfortunately, isn't expandable.

Camera wise, it has a 13MP autofocus BSI rear-camera with dual-tone LED flash, Xiaomi invested a lot at this category. They made some cool new features to cater mobile photography lovers. For selfies, it has a 5MP front-facing camera.

For the battery, it has a 4.4v, 770kh/L high density polymer battery rated at 3120mAh. So, according to them, Mi 4i is one of the first smartphones to use this kind of battery which basically is made to fit on thinner smartphones like this without sacrificing the battery capacity. It is also quick-charge enabled.

Here are the full specifications for you to look at :

XIAOMI Mi4i

• 5" Sharp/JDI IPS OGS LCD display (1920x1080 pixels, 441ppi)
• Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 64-bit octa-core chipset
• 1.7Ghz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 and 1Ghz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53
• Adreno 405 GPU
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB internal storage (not expandable)
• 13MP AF BSI camera (Sony sensor w/5-element lens and f/2.0 aperture) w/dual-tone LED flash
• 5MP AF wide-angle front-facing camera (80° wide angle and f/1.8 aperture)
• 2G GPRS/EDGE, 3G HSPA+, 4G LTE (World-mode)
• Single SIm
• WI-FI a/b/g/n/ac (dual band), Bluetooth 4.1 A2DP, FM Radio
• GPS w/A-GPS, GLONASS
• 3.5mm audio jack, Micro USB 2.0 (USB host)
• 3120mAh non-removable high-density Li-Po battery
• Android 5.0.2 Lollipop w/MIUI 6.0
• 138.1 x 69.6 x 7.8 mm , 130g

Xiaomi isn't releasing statements yet wether it would be available here in the Philippines, while the price is not yet announced.