Xiaomi Mi5 Launches In India for Rs 24,999

Chinese tech company Xiaomi on Thursday launched it's latest flagship, the Xiaomi Mi5, priced at Rs. 24,999, and available from April 6. Since the metal-clad handset was already shown at MWC 2016 in February, and officially launched in China last month,everybody was well aware of the device's specifications and only wanted to know about the price. At Rs. 24,999, it's Xiaomi's most expensive handset in the Miline-up: the Xiaomi Mi 3 launched at Rs. 13,999and the Mi 4 launched at Rs. 19,999.

The Mi5 borrows a lot of elements from its Xiaomi Mi Note Pro series phones and this was confirmed by Barra as well. Xiaomi has refined the 3D glass curve design, making it way more rounded than that seen on the Mi Note. The metal frame merges seamlessly onto the glass back on the edges. The chamfering has a lot more slope. In a word, the Mi 5 looks elegant and with just around 7.25mm thickness and weighing around 129g, it is impressive how it has managed to have the camera flush with the plane of the body and included a 3000mAh battery. There is a 3D ceramic variant as well.

Mi 5 has top-end specs with a high mid-range price point to attract consumers. The phone runs on Snapdragon 820 Qualcomm processor and has 3GB of RAM. It has 32 GB of internal storage which is not expandable. Some consumers might be unhappy with a decision of no 64 or Xiaomi Mi5 Pro 128 GB variant for India.

Recently, Xiaomi launched a lower-mid range phone Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 at Rs. 9,999. Yesterday, Samsung also released a phone, Galaxy J3, which comes with a S bike mode for safe riding in the same price range. Xiaomi has been making good progress in India. They stand 7th overall in terms on market share in mobile phone shipment according to the IDC reports.
Source: Xiaomi Device