Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks
As expected, Xiaomi has finally made its Mi 5S smartphone official in China. The company also launched the Mi 5S Plus alongside. The Mi 5S Plus is a bigger and better variant of the Mi 5S. Both the devices will be available in Gold, Dark Grey, Silver, and Rose Gold color options. Xiaomi has not yet revealed a timeline for the global launch of these devices. Most of the specs of the Mi 5S are in line with the previous rumours that had been surfacing on the internet.
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Coming on to the specifications, the Xiaomi Mi 5S comes with a 5.15-inch full HD curved glass “pressure sensitive” display just like the 3D touch display on the iPhone 6s. The device is powered by a 2.15GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 821 64-bit processor with Adreno 530 GPU. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based MIUI 8. In the imaging segment, the device sports a 12-megapixel primary camera with dual-tone LED flash, 4K video-recording, phase-detection autofocus (PDAF), and Sony IMX378 1/2.3-inch sensor.
There is a 4-megapixel front-facing camera onboard. Regarding connectivity, the device supports 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi (dual-band MU-MIMO), Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, USB Type-C, and GPS/GLONASS/Beidou. A 3200mAh battery with Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0. Technology backs the Mi 5S. The phone also includes an under-glass ultrasonic fingerprint scanner, which scans the fingerprint even when the finger is wet. Xiaomi wanted to release a seamless design for the Mi 5S, and that is the reason why it decided to go with the Ultrasonic fingerprint scanner, but the maker still scraped out a little dent on the display to help guide our fingers.