The new mid-range
smartphone from Xiaomi highlights a dual rear camera setup, an octa-core
Snapdragon 625 SoC, and improved audio quality, among other things. The
Xiaomi Mi 5X sports a metal unibody design with rounded edges and anti-fingerprint coating. The dual rear camera setup borrows a lot of design cues from the
iPhone 7 Plus, including the antenna bands pushed to the edges.
The dual-SIM (Nano) handset features a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) LTPS display and will run on MIUI 9 based on
Android 7.0 Nougat. It is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 625 SoC clocked at up to 2GHz coupled with 4GB of RAM.
As for cameras, the Xiaomi Mi 5X houses a dual rear camera setup (12-megapixel wide-angle with 1.25-micron
pixel sensor and f/2.2 aperture, and a 12-megapixel telephoto with 1-micron pixel sensor and f/2.6 aperture) similar to the
Xiaomi Mi 6. It comes with a Portrait Mode for bokeh effects, similar to the
iPhone 7 Plus and the
OnePlus 5. It bears a 5-megapixel front camera with real-time beautification.
The Xiaomi Mi 5X, as we mentioned, is offered with 64GB of inbuilt storage - expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB). Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac, GPS/ A-GPS, USB Type-C port, and 3.5mm
headphone jack. Sensors on board include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, gyroscope, infrared, magnetometer, and proximity sensor.
The Xiaomi Mi 5X also comes with a high quality audio output with DHS Audio Calibration Algorithm and a standalone audio amplifier for improved quality via headphones. Xiaomi's latest smartphone packs a 3080mAh battery, measures 155.4x75.8x7.3mm and weighs 165 grams.
