Along with the MIUI 9, Xiaomi also announced the Mi 5X smartphone as expected. It is one of the first smartphones which announced with the latest MIUI 9 custom ROM based on Android 7.0 Nougat and dual rear camera setup. This is a mid-range smartphone which also highlights an octa-core Snapdragon 625 chipset, and improved sound quality, and more.
Xiaomi Mi 5X Price and Availability
Xiaomi Mi 5X price is set to CNY 1,499 – approximately $222 / Rs. 14,284, and it is available in Black, Gold and Pink color variants. The device will go on sale from August 1 in China, while the registrations of the device are already open.
Xiaomi Mi 5X Specifications
The Xiaomi Mi 5X features a 5.5-inch LTPS display with Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resolution, 450nit brightness, 1000:1 contrast ratio and 2.5D curved glass layer on top of it. The smartphone sports a metal unibody design with rounded edges and anti-fingerprint coating. The dual rear camera setup borrows a lot of design cues from the iPhone 7 Plus, including the antenna bands pushed to the edges.
The Mi 5X is powered by a 2.0 GHz octa-core processor which supported by 64-bit Snapdragon 625 14nm chipset paired with Adreno 506 GPU and 4GB of RAM. It packs a 64GB of inbuilt storage which can be expanded via microSD card up to 128GB. It has anti-fingerprint coating offering a smooth finish and is just 7.3mm thick. There is a fingerprint sensor on the back.
On the camera front, the Mi 5X flaunts 12-megapixel dual rear camera sensors with one is wide-angle lens with 1.25μm pixel size, f/2.2 aperture and second is telephoto lens with 1.0 μm pixel size, f/2.6 aperture, PDAF and dual-tone LED flash. It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with real-time beautification to create more stunning self-portraits.
The Xiaomi Mi 5X, as we mentioned, runs on MIUI 9 based on Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. It packs a 3080mAhmAh battery and also sports a high-quality audio with DHS Audio Calibration Algorithm and a standalone audio amplifier for improved quality via headphones. It supports dual SIM slot with dual standby, For connectivity includes 4G VoLTE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, A-GPS, Bluetooth 4.2, USB-C, and 3.5 mm audio jack options.