First Look: Xiaomi Mi 4i packs in some impressive features

[caption id=“attachment_264798” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] The Mi 4i comes with a 5-inch full HD display which gives it a 441ppi pixel density. It houses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC (second generation) which has an octa core processor. You get a quad core Cortex A53 clocked at 1.7GHz and another quad core processor clocked at 1.1GHz. It has an Adreno 405 GPU. This is paired with 2GB LPDDR3 RAM.[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_264800” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] Xiaomi Mi 4i comes with a polycarbonate rear cover which is non removable and this cover wraps the phone from the rear side giving smooth rounded corners and edges.[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_264799” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] It also employs One Glass Solution which leaves no air-gap between protective glass, touchscreen and display. It comes with 16GB of internal storage of which 10.92GB is available to the user. Sadly, there isn’t a provision to add in a microSD card.[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_264802” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] The Mi 4i runs Android 5.0 Lollipop with the MIUI 6 skin on top. In terms of appearance, there isn’t a different look despite the Android Lollipop treatment. It uses the same 13MP Sony sensor with the only difference being that the Mi 4 has a 6-element f/1.8 lens whereas the Mi 4i has a 5 element f/2.0. On the front there is a 5MP camera with an f/1.8 lens.[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_264801” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] The Mi 4i is powered by a 3,120mAh battery which is Xiaomi’s highest capacity battery on a 5 inch device. Xiaomi claims that you can use the phone for over a day and a half on regular usage. The Mi 4i also comes with the Quick Charge feature which charges the phone to 40 percent in an hour.[/caption]