Xiaomi Mi 5 rumors, leaks and renders have been surfacing for a long time since past few months. Now, the Chinese smartphone maker has finally confirmed an announcement date of the upcoming flagship.
Xiaomi Senior VP Liwan Jiang has revealed on Weibo that the Xiaomi Mi 5 will be unveiled on February 24. Besides confirming earlier this month that the Mi 5 will be unveiled in February, Jiang also stated that the phone has entered mass production and will have enough stock at the time of the release. The company is hosting a Spring conference on February 24, where it will make the Mi 5 official. It is also tipped that the phone could have a premium version that will have all metal design with a 1440p screen.
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Xiaomi Mi 5 rumored specifications
- 5.2-inch (2560×1440 pixels) or (1920×1080 pixels) display
- Snapdragon 820 64-bit Quad-Core SoC with Adreno 530 GPU
- 3GB RAM with 32GB storage, 4GB RAM with 64GB storage
- Android 6.0 Marshmallow with MIUI 7
- 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash
- 8-megapixel or 13-megapixel front-facing camera
- Fingerprint scanner
- 3,030mAh non-removable battery
[Update: The event takes place at China National Convention Center on 24 February and starts at 14:00 China time (11:00 AM IST)]