Xiaomi’s current bang-for-the-buck flagship will become more affordable
Even before the Mi 4 sets foot in our country, Xiaomi’s CEO has announced that an even more affordable “youth” version will soon be released. The specs will the same with the full featured version, though the RAM will take a hit, reduced to 2GB from 3GB.
(Read our hands-on of the Xiaomi Mi 4 here!)
Xiaomi Mi 4 Youth specs
- 2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor
- Adreno 330 GPU
- 2GB of RAM
- 5-inch full HD IPS display, 1920 x 1080 resolution
- 32GB of storage
- 13-megapixel rear camera with AF and LED flash, f1.8, real-time HDR, 4K video recording (Sony IMX214)
- 8-megapixel front camera, f1.8, 80-degree wide angle (Sony IMX219)
- WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
- 3G, LTE
- 3080mAh battery
- Android 4.4 KitKat with MIUI
According to Gizchina’s post, the Youth model will have 32GB of storage paired with just 2GB of RAM, and will be priced at RMB 1799 , or Php 13219. As reference, the cheapest Mi 4 with 3GB of memory and 16GB of storage goes for RMB 1999, or Php 14,690.