Xiaomi are batting down the hatches and digging in for the long haul. The once exciting brand to watch is now playing it safe by launching more and more variants on a familiar theme. The Xiaomi Mi4C is a great example of this.
Xiaomi already have 2 Mi4 based models in the flagship Xiaomi Mi4 and the plastic bodied Mi4i, and now a 3rd is making headlines, the Xiaomi Mi4C.
The Mi4C looks set to fill a gap between the metal and glass bodied Mi4 and the plastic bodied, Snapdragon 615 Mi4i. That gap isn’t entirely obvious to us as both phones have great hardware and can be had at low pricing, but Xiaomi obviously feel they need a mid ranger in the mix too.
While we don’t have an official photo of the Xiaomi Mi4C the phone is believed to look almost identical to the Mi4 only with some slight differences on the hardware front. If this image is to be trusted the Mi4C will features a Snapdragon 808 chipset running at 1.8Ghz with a battery of around 3000-3080Ah. The purported package also points at LTE support, 13 mega-pixel main camera and a 5 mega-pixel front.
If we look elsewhere on Weibo another tipster has posted a screenshot from the Xiaomi Mi4C which tells of a more powerful 2.5Ghz processor. This leak also tell us the Mi4C might have 16GB memory, 3GB RAM and ship with Android 4.4.4 out of the box. Which leak is accurate, if any still remains anyones guess.
Neither leak tells us of a SD card slot which is a feature the newly launched Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 boasts.
i often agree with you but this time I have a different opinion:
this is going to substitute the MI4i being their new mid-tier option
The Redmi Note 2 already took place of the previous model (Redmi Note)
and soon the MI5 is going to replace the MI4
they are all different and about 100$ apart, different phones for different pockets.
Elephone is something different
I’m not sure I understand your logic here, the mi4i is one of their newest phones, I can’t see them replacing it so soon with one that has a higher spec then the flagship mi4, certainly not before releasing the mi5 as this would cannibalise mi4 sales. Either way the only way we will know for sure it’s when this is released.
International suits better. Every official Xiaomi market got it except China.
I didnt know other markets got the MI4i, i always thought that it was only for Indian market.
Then yes, “I” definetely means International
Mi4i has been released only in India, and it doesnt look like it’s doing that great, mostly for the SoC.
EDIT: it has been sold in their official markets except for China
If you give a look at the official MI Facebook page it’s all about complaining of Indian customers and mostly about MI4i.
It might be one of their newest phones but i don’t think they will mind replacing it.
Or, like our friend Guaire said, they might keep the MI4i for Indian market and the C for chinese customers.
truth is that if they are planning to make a MI5 with the SD820 and if they plan on pricing it at 1999 CNY like they usually do then this MI4C
might be sold at 200$ taking a spot of the mid-tier.
Of course, these are only assumptions based on leaks,
thanks, i edited the post after Guaire told me about that
it is, after India they did sell it in few more countries, but it is not “chinese” or “world” model.
and it is peace of crap.
Thats the only logic i can come up with the Mi4i is going to fade quietly into the night.
if this MI4C is going to be real then i totally see it as a replacement of the crappy MI4i. But i understand it’s just my opinion
That would be my opinion too but again is it real? How many Xiaomi leaks do we see every week? About 1 out of 10 is actually real. This is right around the time when they should be announcing a new Mi5 as well. Maybe this is just a holdover device until the SD820 is available for the Mi5.
If logic make sense, a product with packaging printed usually won’t be a dummy device or placeholder. So this is real.
I have seen fake package printing before, especially in this industry. You’d be amazed what you can do on Photoshop. I am not saying this is real or fake just don’t believe every leak you see.
This is VERY needed.
It has wider LTE coverage, it has 5′ vs 5.5′ on the Note 2, it has noticeably faster and better cpu then the 615,(Mi4i) it has better camera processing, and most likely better nand and display as well.