Redmi Note 2, Mi4s, Redmi Note 2 Pro and Xiaomi Mi5 specs and launch dates

If the idea of a Xiaomi Mi4s, Redmi Note 2, Redmi Note 2 Pro and Xiaomi Mi5 sound good to you then check out this purported leaked Xiaomi roadmap.

We’ve seen leaked roadmaps in the past but we have never seen one from Xiaomi. Xiaomi are generally very secretive about their upcoming models, so with this in mind we ask you to rap a couple of pinches of salt before reading on.

According to the Xiaomi roadmap we can expect at least 4 new Xiaomi phone models this year.

First up will be an updated version of the current Xiaomi Mi4. Due in June 2015 the Xiaomi Mi4S will feature a 5-inch FHD display and 13 mega-pixel main camera just as the current Mi4 does, but with addition of OIS for the main camera. It looks as though the front camera of the Xiaomi Mi4S is a 4MP ultrapixel model and that the processor is a Qualcomm MSM8994 or more commonly known Snapdragon 810.

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A month later in July 2015 we can expect to see two new Redmi models in the form of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro. The Redmi Note 2 will feature a 5.5-inch HD display, 13 mega-pixel main camera, 5 megapixel front and MSM8919 Snapdragon 410 chipset. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro will boast an increase in resolution to 1920 x 1080 and a more powerful Snapdragon 615 octacore chipset.

After those launches we will have to wait until November where it is rumoured the Xiaomi Mi5 will launch. Specifications for the Xiaomi Mi5 include a 5.2-inch 2K display, 20 mega-pixel main camera, 2 mega-pixel front and MSM8996 chipset rumoured to be the Snapdragon 820.

What do you make of these rumoured upcoming Xiaomi models? What other changes do you hope to see on the next Xiaomi models?

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csak1user
May 7, 2015
Probably I will go for the Redmi Note 2 Pro if the price will be reasonable.
I would be more happy with the MT6752. It is a little bit faster, but maybe the S615’s community support will be better.

balcobomber25
May 7, 2015
Not releasing the Mi5 till November? I’m calling this BS especially given how closely guarded Xiaomi’s plans are. With the release of the Mi4i, there is no market for a Mi4s unless its the same model with the S meaning “Singapore” or something similar.
- realjjj
  May 7, 2015
  Actually the Mi5 would be the only good thing on this roadmap.
  MSM8996 is the assumed model number for SD820 and launching something with it this year would be good ( it’s not clear if anyone will be able to have SD820 this year, Qualcomm will rush it but remains to be seen how fast they manage to deliver) . Ofc Xiaomi lost it’s way so there is no point in hoping for a good price anymore and they clearly lack the decency to include a microSD.
  - balcobomber25
    May 7, 2015
    More of the Xiaomi lost it’s way posts, you never let up with that do you?
    Various reports suggest Qualcomm won’t release the 820 till the end of the year/beginning of next year. They are fully committed to the 810 right now.
    - MaxPower
      May 8, 2015
      - balcobomber25
        May 8, 2015
        
        MaxPower
        May 8, 2015
        Even if he gets one for free he is still going to talk shit due to lack of SD card slot.
        And if Xiaomi makes one just for him with a SD card slot then he’ll complain about the design. I still have to figure out what kind of great super cheap phone he owns.
        In so curious now.
- Sere83
  May 7, 2015
  if they actually release a mi4s in june with snapdragon 810 this is not that far fetched at all. Also the first part about Mi note and redmi 2A is already correct
  - balcobomber25
    May 7, 2015
    I just can’t seem them releasing another Mi4 model, especially one with better specs than the original. If they were going to do that it would be the Mi5. The report should have both the Mi Note and Redmi 2A correct, they both were released months ago whereas this is the first time we are seeing this report. If this report was released last year and had those devices I might buy into it. But right now knowing how Xiaomi operates and how few leaks they have had over the years regarding their plans, I say this is BS.
    - Sere83
      May 7, 2015
      Yeah it is very possible that it is BS, does seem like the 4S and 5 would be to close together but you never know.
- MaxPower
  May 8, 2015
  I think it was November when they launched the MI4.
  One flagship a year is reasonable, they are not Ulefone that comes out with a new phone every month.
  - balcobomber25
    May 8, 2015
    - MaxPower
      May 8, 2015
realjjj
May 7, 2015
That would be a terrible roadmap and would mean the Redmi Note would be badly priced. They wouldn’t have 2 versions if the Pro would be at 999CNY.
And btw the Huawei roadmap is more interesting, no clue why you are ignoring it. At this point they are more likely to have better prices than Xiaomi too.
- csak1user
  May 7, 2015
  Probably this will be the price of the base model and the Pro will be around 1250 CNY.
  This would be the same price as Meizu m1 note and mini.
  (I know that in theory the mini should be 699 and the note should be 999, but you can’t get it with this price)
  Yep, the Huawei roadmap is interesting too. But I have no trust in HiSilicon SoC. (In regard of community ROM development)
  Also Fujitsu SoC is interesting. I have never heard of it.
- Jason45
  May 7, 2015
  Also, the advantage of the Honor series is that it will be available in Europe and in some Asian countries for more or less the same price as in China (based on Honor 6 series), sold by official online retailers and 2 years warranty (in Europe).
  I really hope Huawei has used the Kirin 940 chipset inside the Honor 7 series.
  - Simon
    May 7, 2015
    - Jason45
      May 7, 2015
      Around June/July or August if we believe this roadmap. The previous Honor 6 was also released in this time period I believe.
  - balcobomber25
    May 7, 2015
    It depends which Asian country you live in, here in Thailand the Honor 6 was selling for almost $200 more than it was in China when it first launched. That is the norm for Thailand though.
    - Jason45
      May 7, 2015
      In Europe, the honor 6 only costs around 299 euro (official launch price), so that is more or less the same as in China (In China the selling price was I believe 1999 yuan, so around 320 USD)
- - realjjj
    May 7, 2015
    Just because you posted it later, it doesn’t mean that you didn’t ignored it at first. So own it.
- balcobomber25
  May 7, 2015
  Everything Xiaomi does is badly priced to you, unless it is offered for free of course.

Evans Kirimi Njeru
May 7, 2015
Dear Andi and all others,
I have seen some sites selling Redmi note 2 pro 2+16gb and almost ordered one.
Any one who knows if this phone has been released by Xiaomi?
Kindly help me know before I make a order.
- csak1user
  May 7, 2015
  - - - Still prefer the Meizu m1 Note
        balcobomber25
        May 7, 2015
        The M1 Note is another good phone, but the only thing I have against that is the camera is average at best.

Xalis
May 7, 2015
Interesting to see that the most beautiful phone (Mi4) is getting a upgrade(a boring one SoC, and a nice one OIS).
The Redmi Note 2 sounds like a joke, right now I’m using a Mlais M52 and I would not change it for the Redmi Note 2 even if they paid me $50 to take the exchange.
Dual SIM on flagships fucking when Xiaomi?
- RRRobert
  May 8, 2015
  If the Mi4S would be improved with (global) 4G in combination with 64 Gb storage, which the Mi4 lacked, that would be mighty interesting.

Sayan Sarkar
May 7, 2015
Redmi Note 2 with SD410! Xiaomi are you crazy man! Why should one buy Note 2 when they have Redmi 2!
Redmi Note 2 pro with a SD615 is not great too. At least SD620 would have been better! Why don’t u use Mediatek man!
Qualcomm is pass in the midrange segment. They are trying all their might just to survive in the midrange i.e SD615 by tweaking clock speeds here and there.
SD615 no where near MT6752! It’s just a little better than the MT6732. I am talking of the first gen SD615 though. In the 2nd gen they have tweaked the clockspeed and a few things here and there to get a better CPU performance and a improved benchmark result. But Qualcomm wbu the GPU? Did you completely forgot that? Adrena 405 needs tons of improvement if it has to survive and compete with the Mediateks in the 200-250$ price point!
- balcobomber25
  May 7, 2015
  The Redmi Note 2 will have a screen at or over 5.5 inches, the Redmi 2 is 4.7 inches. They are both considered budget phones for different segments, those who like small screen phones and those who like phablets.
  - Sayan Sarkar
    May 10, 2015
    That’s cool and we all know. But can you justify the pricing? U r paying 50-80$ more for just the change in the screen dimensions! Not even a change in the resolution!
    - balcobomber25
      May 10, 2015
      $80 more?? Where are you buying it from. Honorbuy.com sells the Redmi 2 (2GB) for $169, they sell the Redmi Note Pro (2GB) for $209 a difference of $40.
      Where does that extra $40 come from? For starters a 5.5 inch phone uses more material than a 4.7 inch phone. Secondly it also has different components such as 13mp camera (Redmi has 8) and a 3100mAh battery (Redmi has 2200).
      - Sayan Sarkar
        May 10, 2015
        In India redmi 2 sells for 6999 inr and redmi note for 9999 inr..so roughly diff of 50$! Yeah it’s true components are different! But still its no deal at 9999 inr! Redmi note 3g was much better! The sales PD redmj note has taken hit ever since the 3g unit got banned! And now so more due too yu yureka and lenovo a7000! And meizu m1 note knocking te door.
- Sere83
  May 7, 2015
  Yeah thing is Xiaomi are committed to qualcomm, the mi4i and this alleged Note 2 pro still looks decent for the price although the Meizu M1 note is probably still the better option, camera is inferior though.
  - Sayan Sarkar
    May 10, 2015
    Ca!era on the previous gen redmi wasn’t very good! Rather Redmi 2 has a better can!era with a much better cplour reporp and bokeh! Only if you could negate the dof in the !egfapixel cpount! Plus don’t forget meizu like xiaomi knows how to make a camera capture decent images!

csak1user
May 7, 2015
Probably I will go for the Redmi Note 2 Pro if the price will be reasonable.
I would be more happy with the MT6752. It is a little bit faster, but maybe the S615’s community support will be better.
balcobomber25
May 7, 2015
Not releasing the Mi5 till November? I’m calling this BS especially given how closely guarded Xiaomi’s plans are. With the release of the Mi4i, there is no market for a Mi4s unless its the same model with the S meaning “Singapore” or something similar.
- realjjj
  May 7, 2015
  Actually the Mi5 would be the only good thing on this roadmap.
  MSM8996 is the assumed model number for SD820 and launching something with it this year would be good ( it’s not clear if anyone will be able to have SD820 this year, Qualcomm will rush it but remains to be seen how fast they manage to deliver) . Ofc Xiaomi lost it’s way so there is no point in hoping for a good price anymore and they clearly lack the decency to include a microSD.
- Sere83
  May 7, 2015
  if they actually release a mi4s in june with snapdragon 810 this is not that far fetched at all. Also the first part about Mi note and redmi 2A is already correct
- balcobomber25
  May 7, 2015
  I just can’t seem them releasing another Mi4 model, especially one with better specs than the original. If they were going to do that it would be the Mi5. The report should have both the Mi Note and Redmi 2A correct, they both were released months ago whereas this is the first time we are seeing this report. If this report was released last year and had those devices I might buy into it. But right now knowing how Xiaomi operates and how few leaks they have had over the years regarding their plans, I say this is BS.
- balcobomber25
  May 7, 2015
  More of the Xiaomi lost it’s way posts, you never let up with that do you?
  Various reports suggest Qualcomm won’t release the 820 till the end of the year/beginning of next year. They are fully committed to the 810 right now.
- Sere83
  May 7, 2015
  Yeah it is very possible that it is BS, does seem like the 4S and 5 would be to close together but you never know.
- MaxPower
  May 8, 2015
  I think it was November when they launched the MI4.
  One flagship a year is reasonable, they are not Ulefone that comes out with a new phone every month.
- MaxPower
  May 8, 2015
  Lol, leave the kid alone! 🙂
- balcobomber25
  May 8, 2015
  You know I can’t resist…
- balcobomber25
  May 8, 2015
  Mi4 was released in August of 2014.
- MaxPower
  May 8, 2015
  You’re right, that was the month I got it. My mistake
- MaxPower
  May 8, 2015
  Even if he gets one for free he is still going to talk shit due to lack of SD card slot.
  And if Xiaomi makes one just for him with a SD card slot then he’ll complain about the design. I still have to figure out what kind of great super cheap phone he owns.
  In so curious now.
realjjj
May 7, 2015
That would be a terrible roadmap and would mean the Redmi Note would be badly priced. They wouldn’t have 2 versions if the Pro would be at 999CNY.
And btw the Huawei roadmap is more interesting, no clue why you are ignoring it. At this point they are more likely to have better prices than Xiaomi too.
- csak1user
  May 7, 2015
  Probably this will be the price of the base model and the Pro will be around 1250 CNY.
  This would be the same price as Meizu m1 note and mini.
  (I know that in theory the mini should be 699 and the note should be 999, but you can’t get it with this price)
  Yep, the Huawei roadmap is interesting too. But I have no trust in HiSilicon SoC. (In regard of community ROM development)
  Also Fujitsu SoC is interesting. I have never heard of it.
- Jason45
  May 7, 2015
  Also, the advantage of the Honor series is that it will be available in Europe and in some Asian countries for more or less the same price as in China (based on Honor 6 series), sold by official online retailers and 2 years warranty (in Europe).
  I really hope Huawei has used the Kirin 940 chipset inside the Honor 7 series.
- Andi Sykes
  May 7, 2015
  Yes, totally ignoring the possible release of 8 new Huawei phones…. http://www.gizchina.com/2015/05/07/huawei-d8-p8-honor-7-mate-8-and-4-more-models-launching-this-year/
- realjjj
  May 7, 2015
  Just because you posted it later, it doesn’t mean that you didn’t ignored it at first. So own it.
- Guest
  May 7, 2015
  When is Honor 7 coming, supposedly ?
- Jason45
  May 7, 2015
  Around June/July or August if we believe this roadmap. The previous Honor 6 was also released in this time period I believe.
- balcobomber25
  May 7, 2015
  Everything Xiaomi does is badly priced to you, unless it is offered for free of course.
- balcobomber25
  May 7, 2015
  It depends which Asian country you live in, here in Thailand the Honor 6 was selling for almost $200 more than it was in China when it first launched. That is the norm for Thailand though.
- Jason45
  May 7, 2015
  In Europe, the honor 6 only costs around 299 euro (official launch price), so that is more or less the same as in China (In China the selling price was I believe 1999 yuan, so around 320 USD)
Evans Kirimi Njeru
May 7, 2015
Dear Andi and all others,
I have seen some sites selling Redmi note 2 pro 2+16gb and almost ordered one.
Any one who knows if this phone has been released by Xiaomi?
Kindly help me know before I make a order.
- csak1user
  May 7, 2015
  It has not been released.
  Don’t order it.
- Andi Sykes
  May 7, 2015
  Exactly
- Evans Kirimi Njeru
  May 7, 2015
  Csak1 user,
  Kindly look and at this link and tell me if this is a real Redmi note 2pro
  http://www.etotalk.com/xiaomi-redmi-note-4g-dual-sim-pro-216gb-hongmi-note-1s_p8278.html
- balcobomber25
  May 7, 2015
  That is the Redmi Note 4G. The wording is a little confusing the 2 stands for 2GB of RAM.
- Evans Kirimi Njeru
  May 7, 2015
  Balcobomber25,
  If you open this link is that Redmi note 2 pro that Andi said yet to be released?
  http://www.etotalk.com/xiaomi-redmi-note-4g-dual-sim-pro-216gb-hongmi-note-1s_p8278.html
- balcobomber25
  May 7, 2015
  You are confusing yourself. He thought you were asking about the Redmi Note 2 Pro that has not been released yet.
  The link you keep posting is the Remi Note 4G, which was released. Ignore the word Pro and the number 2 that’s what keeps confusing you.
- Evans Kirimi Njeru
  May 7, 2015
  Oh,I get you balcobomber25.
  I was afraid this 4g Redmi note was not yet released.
  So I can order it confidently?
- balcobomber25
  May 7, 2015
  It was a good phone last year but for that same price you can get this which is much better:
  http://www.jiayu-store.com/jiayu-s3-4g-5-5-inch-mt6752-octa-core-ram-3gb-1080p-screen-dual-sim-4g-lte-mobile-phone.html
- balcobomber25
  May 7, 2015
  Andi, any chance we ever see the THL 2015 review? You had a hands on a couple months ago and then nothing. Also been a huge fan of their phones would love to see how the latest measures up to the S3.
- Evans Kirimi Njeru
  May 7, 2015
  I thought Xiaomi is a good quality than Jiayu?
  I dont know very much about these phones
- balcobomber25
  May 7, 2015
  Xiaomi is great quality but so is Jiayu and the S3 right now is the golden standard for phones around $200. It is honestly one of the best values on the market and I am a fanboy of Xiaomi.
- Evans Kirimi Njeru
  May 7, 2015

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