THE BIG REVIEW - XIAOMI MI 4

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This company made its debut in India last year and changed the way consumers think regarding smartphones. Soon, there were flash sales (concept newly introduced in India) on Flipkart and everybody wanted to buy one. After three budget smartphones, the Chinese giant has brought its next flagship to India, the Mi 4.
Let’s have a look at its features and specs.

PROCESSOR
Xiaomi Mi 4 is powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor with 3GB RAM. The phone is extremely responsive and snappy with its MIUI software being optimized for the hardware. In synthetic benchmarks, the phone scored 43,864 in Antutu, 20,071 in Quadrant and 59.3 in Nenamark 2 benchmark tests.


DISPLAY
This device sports a full-HD, 5.5 inch, 1920x1080p display that comes with Corning OGS (One Glass Solution) for protection against scratches. The display has high colour saturation so colours look more vivid and good to look at.  The under-sun legibility was also good though the panel is slightly reflective. Touch response was excellent and made the phone more responsive.

CAMERA
The Xiaomi Mi 4 sports an 8MP front camera and a 13MP Sony stacked CMOS camera.  In video mode the interface is limited to two screens with one offering toggles for fast and slow motion video and HDR in addition to Settings that even lets you select 4K video recording mode. Images captured by the camera in day light turned out really well with good level of detail, accurate colour reproduction, little or no noise and good contrast.

ANDROID
Xiaomi Mi 4 runs MIUI 6, a new version of the company's operating system, based on Android 4.4 KitKat. The new OS boasts of a flatter design, smoother transition effects, better multitasking and notifications interfaces and gestures, among other features.

MIUI resembles Apple's iOS in design and navigation and doesn't come with a separate app drawer. It focuses on ease of use in addition to offering enhanced native apps, better notifications and things like call recording and call blocking.

MEMORY
The Smartphone is coupled with 3GB RAM.  It comes in two storage variants, 16GB and 64GB. Xiaomi Mi 4 offers Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS connectivity options but excludes NFC.

BATTERY
The Mi 4 is backed by a 3,080mAh battery (non-removable) and will last you one and a half days day with moderate to heavy use, even if you put the screen brightness at the highest level and use 3G data all the time. The phone offers two power modes and you can choose the balanced mode to save some juice.

PRICE
The powerhouse smartphone is priced at Rs. 19,999/-. It is exclusively available on Flipkart from January 28. The premium looking phone with a metallic frame is poised to face competition from Huawei Honor 6 and One plus One.

Overall, the Xiaomi Mi4 with a pleasant design and good hardware should be an easy choice for many. However, the decision of not providing external storage at this price could be costly. So, be ready for the weekly flash sales to acquire it. Xiaomi, building a major fan base in India will surely be getting an awesome response from this one.

Xiaomi Mi 4 detailed specifications

GENERAL
Release date
July 2014
Form factor
Touchscreen
Dimensions (mm)
139.20 x 68.50 x 8.90
Weight (g)
156.00
Battery capacity (mAh)
3080
Removable battery
No
Bundled accessories
Charger, cable
Colours
White
SAR value
NA
DISPLAY
Screen size (inches)
5.00
Touchscreen
Yes
Touchscreen type
Capacitive
Resolution
1080x1920 pixels
Colours
16M
HARDWARE
Processor
2.5GHz  quad-core
Processor make
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
RAM
3GB
Internal storage
16GB
CAMERA
Rear camera
13-megapixel
Flash
Yes
Front camera
8-megapixel
SOFTWARE
Operating System
Android 4.4
Skin
MIUI 6
Java support
Yes
Browser supports Flash
Yes
CONNECTIVITY
Wi-Fi
Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported
802.11 a/ b/ g/ n/ ac
GPS
Yes
Bluetooth
Yes, v 4.00
NFC
Yes
Infrared
No
DLNA
No
Wi-Fi Direct
No
MHL Out
No
HDMI
No
Headphones
3.5mm
FM
Yes
USB
Micro-USB
Charging via Micro-USB
Yes
Proprietary charging connector
No
Proprietary data connector
No
SIM Type
Micro-SIM
GSM/ CDMA
GSM
3G
Yes
SENSORS
Compass/ Magnetometer
Yes
Proximity sensor
Yes
Accelerometer
Yes
Ambient light sensor
Yes
Gyroscope
Yes
Barometer
Yes
Temperature sensor
No



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