January is definitely not ever with flagship smartphone launches, Xiaomi China just launched the Mi Note as first device of 2015. The Note is insanely thin at 6.95mm body, 5.7″ screen with a body footprint smaller than the iPhone 6 Plus. Plus Xiaom claims better grip with the curved glass in both front and back, and with metal side accents. Durability is also highlighted with stress test of dropping a metal ball without breaking the glass. Despite the size, Xiaomi was able to pack a 3000mAh battery in the Note.
Shown was an improved Snapdragon 801 processor. Amazing screen with pixel by pixel mapping to create a more dynamic color screen. Xiaomi claims that the Note has the highest NTSC color gamut, much higher than other flagship smartphones in the market. The new camera features dual-tone flash, Optical Image stabilization (OIS), better HDR photography and color production, low-light performance, all thanks to the bigger sensor of the camera.
Xiaomi is also proud to announce a dedicated chip for music encoding that can deliver Hi-Fi quality (24bit / 192Khz looseless audio) with the latest files such as Flac and other kinds of files. An innovation that only some may appreciate, but this is definitely a game changer for music appreciation in a smartphone. As a result, you can use more your high end earphones / headphones for more range and clarity. Plus the external speakers were tweaked for a louder and better audio experience. In line with seriousness in music experience, Xiaomi launched as well their latest headphone to compliment with the Note.
The headphones is sold separately for 400 Chinese yuan or around Php3,600 when directly converted here in the Philippines.
Connectivity is complete from Wireless AC, GPS/Glonass, Bluetooth and now dual mobile standby in 4G mode.
The Mi Note is announced with a price of 2299 Chinese Yuan which is Php16,600 if directly converted. This is an aggressive price for a flagship smartphone.
Plus Xiaomi also announced a much more beefier version, the Mi Note Pro with Snapdragon 810 8-core processor, Adreno 430 Graphics, 2k Resolution, 64GB ROM, 4GB LPDRR4 RAM and LTE-CAT 9 for 32000 Chinese Yuan or Php23,800 when directly converted.
We will definitely look forward for these Phones in the Philippines, and the only question left is…when?
