Xiaomi has had a tremendous 2014, save for a few hiccups that the end. The company finally stepped out of China and is already a big name in the new markets it ventured in. It also launched its first ever tablet, the Mi Pad this year which still happens to be one of the best budget slates around.
It appears as though the success of this tablet has encouraged Xiaomi to make its very own laptop. There are talks of another Xiaomi phone for next month, which will most probably be a Redmi Note successor (or another flagship?), and a possible Xiaomi Mi 5 for later next year. Anyway, to cut to the chase, here’s some pictures of the purported leaked device for you to look at and draw your conclusion:
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According to the source, the laptop will have a 15-inch 1920 x 1080p display along with an Intel i7 chip and a massive 16GB RAM. It is tipped to be priced only at 2,999 CNY or US$480, which sounds like quite a bargain — like every other Xiaomi product.
As was the case with the Mi Pad, leaks started well in advance to the actual launch, which could be the case here also. If you were to ask me, I wouldn’t really bet my money on a Xiaomi laptop for the next 6 months at least, but then you never know.
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I’d definitely buy one if it’s that spec and price!!!
Tempting buy ETA Indian would not be before 2016…
Seriously? 16gb RAM? i7 processor? $480? Maybe there’s a mistake in the ‘leak’. If they pull this off…hmm…till then
Unless it is a Chromebook…
There’s little sense in sending a PC to a sure killing in the market.
What it would run…Windows Mi????
Lol
Maybe it will run MIUI. HP sells an Android powered notebook. Could also be a custom version of Linux with MIUI integrated into it.
Darn, sounds amazing! wondering what GPU it will use though, but either way still is great. By the way do you know any laptops that have good specs but still come at a reasonable price point from china? or just in general
Does it run OSX?
No, and it doesn’t make coffee…
Well not out of the box, no. Buy you can try and install hackintosh on almost every other laptop out there.
Do you know any sources where I can learn more about that. My brother bought an HP today and I need to install some system for him. If not I’ll probably download Ubuntu.
I actually do advise installing Kubuntu on it which is Ubuntu with KDE which is more to my linking than the Ubuntu UI. You can check out how Kubuntu looks on youtube though and compare it to Ubuntu.
While it is possible to install OS X on a laptop with an Intel CPU it’s often very hard, stuff tend no to work and in the end the experience is not great at all.
I mean no offense but if you’re not the geeky type you’re much better off with Kubuntu/Ubuntu or Windows.
Thanks, I will consider Kubuntu as an option. My brothers HP Probook came with Linux and I just think it’s not at the same level as the hardware.
Personally I’m a longtime Apple user, usually buying older macs because of their price but I’m satisfied with the experience. I don’t do work and I don’t do gaming so they are good enough for me.
Oh how I wish that Xiaomi would start selling these products for international market, and almost same price…
did you notice that there’s no mention of actual HD or flash storage?
the hardware described sounds ideal for a chromebook, but with the recent crackdown on gmail in the mainland, it’s clear they have to have some other OS plan… at least for the Chinese domestic market.
SSD prices have really gone down lately. A 128GB SSD that’s up gradable would be perfect if this is real.
An i7 powered Chromebook with 16gb of RAM?? Talk about overkill. There is not much you can do on a Chromebook that would ever require that much power or memory.
This comment was typed on a Chromebook, an Arm Powered Chromebook with 1GB of RAM. Even being almost 2 years old it is still faster than most laptops with much more power.
That logo needs to be in monochrome.
If they sold them with a Spanish keyboard….. I can’t find decent models with one!!!!! dammit Q___Q always English…
This picture was used years ago by some webshops to sell fake Xiaomi Laptops.
MiBook Air.
my first thought as well… 😉
Looks like thick Macbook Air.
Its seems to be on sale already,,, Strange… http://www.banggood.com/Xiaomi-Laptop-Intel-Core-i7-8G-DDR3-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-760M-15_6-Inch-p-941729.html
No idea why you guys keep publishing obvious fakes.
Because it is XI-A-O-MI, the number 1 wanna-be-hipster-brand in the eastern world!!!
Maybe because people like me want to read it.
No idea why you read it and post here if it’s bothering you so much.
i think these component are fake ..but i can say i7 processor +8 gig ram +2 gig nividia + FHD screen + 500 $ is a great deal
Think its fake,
On the top picture there is the Mi Logo, which is obviously photoshopped (looking at the angle of the logo). Further more there is mentioned 15 inch screen, but the keyboard layout is telling otherwise. I’d say based on the image, we’re looking at a 13inch device. Then again, a core i7 + 16 gigs of RAM for 480 US dollars? I’d be the first one to buy it, if it were true!
Are you serious?! only now?! Pictures are floating around for months!!
http://www.banggood.com/Xiaomi-Laptop-Intel-Core-i7-8G-DDR3-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-760M-15_6-Inch-p-941729.html
By the power of PHOTOSHOOOOOOOP!!!
add numpad and alineware’s-alienfx-like backlit keyboard and touchpad please, i’m in the buyer’s queue
Fake as fuck 😛
Mi4 a 5 inch device with 2gb ram and a mobile processor costs over 300$
How stupid should one be to believe a 15 inch fhd display + Intel i7 + 16gb ram + huge main board + a probable ssd storage + Body + keyboard Costs 480$?
Seriously Andi? Seriously?
There is no comparison to make between a laptop and a smartphone. They use completely different components largely from different manufacturers. Laptop parts don’t cost nearly as much as smartphone parts do. Just doing a quick internet search I found several i7 laptops (8-12GB of RAM) for less than $600. Considering Xiaomi sells everything at cost in hopes of making the money back from the Mi Store and Advertising $480 might not be that far off.
Yes however the profits on laptops are already paper thin as it is. Just the raw parts for laptop with these specs should be around 500$ easily if not more. Not to mention the manufacturing costs or the packaging. There is a reason why laptops with these specs cost around 700+ easily.
They sell for over $700 because both the manufacturer (HP, Lenovo etc) and the retailer have to make some sort of profit on the laptop. If they sold them at or near cost (which is what Xiaomi does with most of its devices) they would sell for under$ 500.
I don’t think that profits are so good on laptops. Samsung and Sony already left the laptop race.
guess what, only Sony did.
The profits aren’t great because Tablets, Smart Phones and Chromebooks are taking over but there are still profits to be made. Samsung stopped selling them in Europe but that was such a small percentage of their overall business. Samsung still sells laptops throughout Asia and North America the two largest markets.
The picture is fake, and the specs sound too high for a $480 laptop. It could be running some sort of Linux distribution, but even then it’s still a stretch.
Throw in an nvidia 860m and am sold..
lol anything else you want ?
Windows 10
If only it had a dedicated gpu
That little devil looks suspiciously like my Grefu C41. I have it running Windows 8.1. Mine has 4gig ram and a 500 gig HDD. Only cost me $295.00 great little machine with a few quirks.
This is old, some shops had it on their site a year ago alteady, but it never came out and thus was always out of stock.
It also does ‘t look like Xiaomi, more likely a macbook with Mi logo’s.
If this is real, I would guess it to have either Ubuntu Kylin or Android (MIUI optimized or laptops?) and probably come with a 16GB ROM. The i7 is most likely fake unless xiaomi has a wholesale deal to buy i7 processors for under $100 USD. I’m guessing 3GB of RAM (or 4) with the 16GB ROM for $480 and the 15 inch screen. Maybe even a place for a sim card so that it gets 4G support.
its fake guys
http://kr.made-in-china.com/co_kakatech/image_I5-14inch-Laptop-K18-_hosroueuy_cBSTtGVPhJus.html
I read an article about this laptop somewhere else and Xiaomi said the laptop in the picture had nothing to do with them.