Xiaomi has finally launched its new smartphone and the successor to the last year’s Xiaomi Mi Max called Xiaomi Mi Max 2 in an official event in China today.
Mi Max 2 Price
The company launched the new Mi Max 2 smartphone with a price tag of 1699 yuan (around $247) for the 4GB RAM + 64GB inbuilt storage option, while the 4GB RAM + 128GB inbuilt storage variant will be available priced at 1999 yuan (around $290) starting this June 1st in China.
Mi Max 2 Specifications
The Mi Max 2 features a full metal unibody design along with rounded edges and just 7.6mm thickness. This device also has a fingerprint scanner on the rear side but this device comes with a single camera on the rear side. It comes with a massive upgraded 5300mAh battery from the 4850mAh battery found on its predecessor.
The Xiaomi Ma Mix 2 features a 6.44-inch Full HD IPS 2.5D curved glass display with 450nits brightness, 1000: 1 contrast ratio, 72% NTSC colour gamut and 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 2GHz octa-core Snapdragon 625 14nm processor that also comes with Adreno 506 GPU and 4GB of RAM.
It comes with 64GB / 128GB inbuilt storage capacity that is expandable with the help of a MicroSD card slot. It runs on the company’s MIUI 8 OS which is based on the Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) OS out of the box. It also supports hybrid dual-SIM slots. The device has a fingerprint sensor on the rear panel and also comes with an infrared sensor. It will be available in the Golden colour option.
It features a 12-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash, PDAF, f/2.2 aperture, Sony IMX386 sensor, 1.25μm pixel size and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 85-degree wide-angle lens and f/2.0 aperture. It is backed up by a huge 5300mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0 feature that can charge the phone up to 68% in one hour and can deliver up to 18 hours of video playback or 57 hours of talk time on a single charge.
The battery of the phone comes with a dual charging module that offers better heat dispersion to cool down the battery faster. It comes with connectivity options such as 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4 / 5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C, 3.5mm audio jack and also comes with stereo speakers. It measures 174.1×88.7×7.6mm and weighs 211 grams.
A teaser from the company on their Weibo account confirms the launch of the Mi Max 2 and the teaser also confirms that the founder of Xiaomi Lei Jun will be announcing the Mi Max 2 along with some other guests. A dedicated web page is also launched by the company on their official website confirming the launch.
A Weibo user also shared an image from the device that shows the device’s rear panel, however, the leaked image doesn’t have the front panel view of the device. The leaked image of the device confirmed a Gold colour option, a fingerprint scanner, a rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a Type-C USB port. The device will also have a 3.5mm audio jack and comes with an infrared sensor on the top. The device also has the speaker grills at the bottom panel in the center and it features a full metal unibody design just like its predecessor.
