Xiaomi Mi5
is roughly a month away. The long-rumored smartphone, which some fans
have been anticipating for over a year, is set to launch next month. Now
we're being treated to a close-up look at the Mi5 thanks to a leaked
photo shared on Chinese social network Weibo.
The
leaked image shows that Mi 5 will have a metal body and a more rounded
shape compared to the Mi 5. The metal body, seems to be similar to what
we see on the phones like the iPhone 6S or the HTC One A9 although in
terms of looks the phone seems to share more similarities with Samsung's
Galaxy S6. The similarity with the Samsung phone is accentuated by the
presence of the physical home button, which is also likely to house a
fingerprint scanner.
This Xiaomi phone
has a metal frame (you can see there is a plastic stripe at the top,
which is necessary on metal phones, so that they have better signal
reception), and it looks fairly thin. There is also a physical home key
(most likely, with a fingerprint scanner embedded in it), and what looks
like an infra-red beamer at the top.
The Xiaomi company is
expected to release the phone in two versions that are said to differ in
the materials they use. The more affordable model is said to have a
metal frame sandwiched between two slabs of glass on the back and the
front, while the pricier one(Xiaomi Mi5 Plus)
is said to have a metal back in lieu of the glass. The more affordable
is also said to come with a 1080 x 1920-pixel display resolution and 3GB
of RAM, while the costlier one should ship with a Quad HD display and
4GB of RAM.
As far as we know the Xiaomi Mi5
won't be available in the U.S. or Europe. Xiaomi's still only selling
its phones in China and a few other countries, though it's still managed
to become one of the biggest players in the mobile market. Eventually
Xiaomi is expected to expand globally, but it could be another year or
longer before that happens.
Source: http://www.xiaomidevice.com/blog/xiaomi-mi-5-real-image-shows-metal-body/