This year was kind of a breather year for Xiaomi, a time they could relax specs and focus on build quality, but for 2015 they could be back to their old tricks again.
If you look at the top flagships from this year you will see that not a huge change has occurred. Most are still running 1080 FHD displays and Snapdragon 800 series processors and most are still running 13 mega-pixel main cameras.
The Mi4 is a good example of this. Not a huge amount changed from the Mi3, and the lull in performance updates allowed Xiaomi to focus on build.
For 2015 though we should expect a jump in specs according to analysts, who believe that Xiaomi will be eager to show that they are still capable to faking on phones such as the IUNI U3 and Meizu MX4 Pro.
Gizchina News of the week
Those in the know have told us that Xiaomi are now developing a Snapdragon 810 powered phone with fingerprint security and a 5.7-inch 2K display as a direct response to the latest Meizu phone. Sources say the phone could cost as much as 2499 Yuan at launch, more than previous Xiaomi flagships but still a low cost for such high specs.
What do you guys think of 2K panels and fingerprint scanners? Are they important parts of phone design or should companies be working on improving other areas?
Honestly speaking Andi, i don’t really need 2K displays on my phone. Common guys, I’d rather have a full HD display with powerful gpu that can handle any game I throw at it than one that’ll struggle with 2K display panels.
Anything higher than full HD, the human eyes cannot discern the pixels anymore. 2K resolutions on phone to me are pure marketing gimmick.
I have two 2k phones and I really don’t see the difference between them and a 1080. Saying that though neither display really eats in to the battery life of the phone either though. Both the Vivo Xplay 3S and Meizu Mx4 Pro give me a day and half of battery life.
Well if I can’t differentiate between the 2K resolution and FHD resolution, why then do I have to pay a premium price to purchase a phone with a 2K panel that I won’t even need?
Instead I’d rather pay the normal price for a FHD panel and move on with my life.
It’s not about our ability to differentiate… more like that’s the way technology progressing. If 2K res has the same price/bat/performance than 1080 counterpart I’d definitely get one.
That’s where the problem lies. You have to pay the premium price to get hold of the 2K resolution smart phones and I’m not willing to pay that price when my eyes cannot differentiate between the 2K and FHD resolutions. I’d rather channel that extra money towards achieving something else instead of “wasting” it.
You, personnaly, do not see it but believe me, us chinese people see it when it comes to reading small chineses characters. It makes the reading experience much more confortable. And after all, aren’t these devices mainly tageting the chinese market?
no noticeable difference between 2k and FHD? thats why they can just put a FHD display and claim it as 2K, and sell it for a higher price. 🙂 FHD is best for a smartphone.