Xiaomi Mi 5s and Mi 5s Plus available for pre-order on XiaomiDevice

Chinese phonemaker Xiaomi has unveiled its new Xiaomi Mi 5s and Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus handsets, successors to this year's Xiaomi Mi5. The devices offer mostly expected updates, including an improved camera and faster processor, but there is one particularly interesting touch — a new ultrasonic fingerprint reader built under the glass at the bottom of the phones.

The Mi 5s still comes with a 5.15-inch 1080p IPS LCD. This is an extended color gamut panel that will display exceptionally vivid, but inaccurate, colors. Xiaomi claims the display will reach a peak brightness of 600 nits, which it achieves by increasing the number of LEDs in the backlight assembly from the typical 12 to 14 in most edge-lit IPS displays to 16, a feature also shared with the Mi 5. This improves power efficiency by 17%, according to Xiaomi, presumably from using more LEDs at lower individual output levels. The Mi 5s Plus has a larger 5.7-inch 1080p IPS display with a pixel density of 386ppi, which is still decent for an LCD, and a claimed brightness of 550 nits. It's also an extended color gamut panel, but Xiaomi includes an sRGB display mode and the ability to adjust the white point for both the Mi 5s and Mi 5s Plus.

The Mi 5s Plus will be available for pre-order on XiaomiDevice, with the 4GB RAM + 64GB storage version going for 2,299 yuan (about $345) and the 6GB RAM + 128GB storage model going for 2,599 yuan (about $390).
Source: Xiaomi Device