Xiaomi has announced Mi Notebook Air 4G in partnership with China Mobile, as it had promised. It has Cat.4 4G LTE support built-in without any SIM card that offers download speed of up to 150Mbps. It also comes bundled with 4GB per month data plan on China Mobile worth 130 yuan, so you will get 48GB data per year worth 1560 yuan.
It has the same all-metal design and comes in 12.5-inch and 13.3-inch models with 1080p displays with 5.71mm and 5.59mm ultra-narrow borders, respectively. These models have 135-degree opening and closing hinge. The 13.3-inch model in the 4G version has a faster Intel Core i7 processor compared to Core i5 in the standard version.
Xiaomi Mi Notebook 4G 12.5″ specifications
- 12.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) 16: 9 display, 170-degree wide viewing angle, 300 nits brightness, 600: 1 contrast ratio, 50% NTSC color gamut
- Intel Core m3 6Y30 processor (4M Cache, up to 2.2 GHz) with Intel HD Graphics 515
- 4GB LPDDR3 1866MHz RAM, 128GB SATA SSD, additional SSD expansion slot
- Windows 10
- 1MP HD webcam, digital array microphone
- 4G LTE support, WiFi 802.11ac 2×2 (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.1
- Dimensions: 292 x 202 x 12.9mm; Weight: 1.07kg
- 1 x USB 3.0 port, HDMI, USB Type-C
- 3.5mm audio jack, Realtek ALC233, AKG Customised dual 1W speakers, Dolby audio
- 37Wh battery with up 11.5h battery life
Xiaomi Mi Notebook 4G 13.3″ specifications
- 13.3-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) 16: 9 display, 170-degree wide viewing angle, 300 nits brightness, 800: 1 contrast ratio, 72% NTSC color gamut
- Intel Core i7 processor (3M Cache, up to 3GHz) with 1GB DDR5 NVIDIA Gefore GT 940MX GPU
- 8G DDR4 2133MHz RAM, 256GB PCIe × 4 NVMe SSD, additional SSD expansion slot
- Windows 10
- 1MP HD webcam, digital array microphone
- 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11ac 2×2 (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.1
- Dimensions: 309.6 x 210.9 x 14.8mm; Weight: 1.28kg
- 2 x USB 3.0 port, HDMI, USB Type-C
- 3.5mm audio jack, Realtek ALC255, AKG Customised dual 2W speakers, Dolby audio
- 40Wh battery with up to 9.5h battery life
The Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 4G comes in Gold and Silver colors. The 12.5-inch version is priced at 4699 yuan (US$ 676 / Rs. 45,850 approx.) and the 13.3-inch version costs 6999 yuan (US$ 1005 / Rs. 68,335 approx.)