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During a keynote at , Xiaomi unveiled its flagship for 2016, the . The phone is the vendor's first to offer a home button at the front, which houses a fingerprint scanner.
The phone has curved edges that are reminiscent of a . However, unlike the glass back of the Galaxy S6 series, Xiaomi is going with a ceramic back on the Mi 5.
Here's what's on offer with the Xiaomi Mi 5:
Category Features
Display 5.15-inch QHD IPS display
SoC Snapdragon 820 | Adreno 530
RAM 4GB of RAM
Storage 32GB/64GB/128GB UFS 2.0 flash storage
Battery 3000mAh battery
Xiaomi is going with UFS 2.0 storage, which is what Samsung used last year with the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. The Mi 5 offers 4G+ (LTE Advanced) delivered via a Qualcomm Category 12 LTE modem. The phone weighs 129g and has a thickness of 7.25mm despite housing a 3000mAh battery.
The phone comes in black, white and gold, with the gold variant offering a textured back design.
The vendor announced that it sold 70 million devices in 2015, falling short of its sales goal of 80 million. Xiaomi is now the fifth-largest handset vendor in the world, with a global market share of just under five percent. MIUI has a staff of 700, making it the largest division within Xiaomi. The goal with MIUI is to localise services based on the region, which is why Xiaomi set up a software facility in India.
