A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

By Tarun Dham | Updated Jan 15 2015
A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

Xiaomi announced 4 new devices today at an event in Beijing. Here is the roundup of all that was announced.

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

Xiaomi Mi Note

The phone has a 3D curved Gorilla Glass 3 display, a Full HD 5.7 inch screen, SnapDragon 801 2.5 Ghz SoC, Adreno 330 GPU, 3GB RAM, Dual 4G SIM, a Sony 13 MP camera with f/2.0 aperture and Optical Image Stabilization and a 4 MP front camera with 2 micron pixels. The Mi Note also supports Hi-fi audio with 24-bit lossless playback support and has a 3000 mAh lithium-ion battery with Quick Charge 2.0. It's priced at ¥2299 (Rs. 22,000 approx) for the 16GB model and ¥2799(Rs. 27,000 approx) for the 64GB model.

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

The 13 MP IMX214 Sony CMOS sensor comes with f/2.0 aperture, which can take good photos in low-light too. The Mi Note also has Philip's 2 tone flash that delivers natural colours. The front camera is 4MP with a large 2 micron pixel sensor.

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

Mi also launched its headphones for ¥499 (Rs. 5,000 approx). The headphones have semi-open 50mm beryllium drivers with interchangable over and on-ear covers for the cups.

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

The Mi headphones have a semi-open acoustic design for more natural sound.

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

The Mi headphones have 50mm beryllium diaphragm speakers, which are 25% larger than other headphones.

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

The Mi headphones have a silver-plated straight cable which outputs high fidelity sound.

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

Mi Note Pro

The Mi Note Pro is a phablet with a 3D curved Gorilla Glass 3 2K 5.7 inch display.

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

The Mi Note Pro was the highlight of the show, priced at ¥3299 (Rs. 32,000 approx). It runs on the Snapdragon 810 SoC and 4GB LPDDR4 RAM and has 64GB internal memory. It also supports LTE-CAT 9 networks.

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

The Mi Note Pro has a 3000 mAh Lithium- ion battery made by Sony/LG (depending on the model).

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

Xiaomi also launched the Mi-Box Mini, an incredibly small media streamer for ¥199 (Rs. 2,000 approx.), which is 1/4 the size of the Mi-Box and resembles a power adapter. The Mi-Box Mini has a quad core Cortex A7 1.3 GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 4GB internal storage, full HD resolution along with Dolby, DTS audio and dual band WiFi 802.11n support.

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

The Mi-Box Mini has a motherboard that is 1/3 the size of a credit card.

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

The Mi-Box Mini is 1/4 the size of the Mi-Box.

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

The Mi-Box Mini has a built-in power supply, Bluetooth remote control, and uses a 1.5m HDMI cable.

A look at Xiaomi's new phablets, headphone and media streamer

The Xiaomi Box Mini comes in a multitude of colours including green, yellow, blue, orange and pink.