Xiaomi is all set to make a slew of announcement for the Indian market. The company is all set to launch Xiaomi Redmi Note 5, Redmi Note 5 Pro and Mi TV at an event scheduled to take place in New Delhi at 12:00 PM IST.
The company has also been teasing on its official Twitter handle for the past few days with #GiveMe5 hashtag regarding its upcoming launch and now it has been confirmed that the new smartphone will be launched exclusively on Flipkart. The famous e-commerce website is now running a teaser hinting the availability of the device on the platform.
The successor of the Redmi Note 4 is said to feature to have an 18:9 display. Multiple reports suggest that the smartphone could be powered by a 2.0GHz 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 octa-core processor. The phone might come with a 32GB/64GB internal storage. The smartphone could runs on Android 7.1 Nougat operating system with MIUI 9 on top and it could sport a big battery backup, similar to what we have seen in the Redmi Note 4. Other rumours claim that the smartphone will also carry support for facial recognition.
Coming to Mi TV, the brand is reported to launch its first television in India. If we look at the TV portfolio of Xiaomi, it has 32 inches, 43 inches, 49 inch, 50 inch, 55 inch and 65 inch TV sets under the Mi TV 4A series in China. The latest addition being Mi TV 4A which has a 50-inch screen. It offers a 4K display (3840 x 2160 pixels resolution), 178-degree wide angle view and 5000:1 contrast ratio. A 1.5 GHz quad-core Amlogic L962 Cortex-A53 processor with 750MHz Mali-450 MP3 GPU powers this device along with 2 GB RAM. It offers 8 GB of Internal Memory too.
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The 50 inch Mi TV 4A is based on Android operating system and has the MIUI interface. In this, there are connectivity options like WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4 / 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 LE, Mi Port, 3 x HDMI, AV, 2 x USB and Ethernet. It also supports HDR 10 and HLG,H.263, H.264, H.265 and MPEG1 video formats. There are two 8W speakers and it comes with DOLBY AUDIO / DTS- HD audio dual decoding support.One thing that is certain is that Xiaomi’s TV series will not follow the fate of LeECo, another Chinese player that ventured into TV’s too in India, and despite solid reviews, crashed and burned on the back of poor management and planning.