Xiaomi Mi4c Overview - Midrange Beast with Flagship Features

Now the third largest phone manufacturer in the world and the leading smartphone manufacturer in china, Xiaomi’s been bringing amazing specs for extremely low prices, and with the Mi4C, they’ve one upped themselves once again, bringing flagship features to budget/midrange prices.

What is it & What’s new?



Xiaomi is another of the long list of new phones that offer flagship specs at a reasonable price, but this time, they really mean to destroy the competition. Like how intel heavily subsidized the Asus ZenFone 2 (my current daily driver FYI), this is Qualcomm’s attempt to do that, as it starts at 200 dollars with a 808, the same SOC in the LG G4 and the moto X pure edition. It’s essentially the Mi4i (which looks quite a bit like the 5c...) but without the overheating issues and better specs, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing as it’s a rather compact 5 inch phone, a space only occupied but the moto g right now.. and this is a much better phone than that.



What really makes this device special is the features it has for the price: Qualcomm quick charge (which has changed how I use a device and I’d never buy a device that doesn’t have it), USB Type C with an adapter so you don’t have to throw out all of your accessories in the box, a display from the best like Sharp, LG & JDI/AUO, IR blaster, dual sim, SD card slot, the list goes on and on. They threw the kitchen sink at it and if there’s anything you really want out of a phone, it’s probably here. this phone has flagship specs for a budget price, and it’s pretty future proof as well. Just reading the feature list makes this device seem like less of a compromise than the OnePlus 2, which prided itself as a no compromise flagship/ 2016 flagship killer, but honestly, for the money, I’d probably buy this over the OP2.

If you want the complete spec sheet, here it is:

Xiaomi Mi4c
CPU - Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 Hexacore processor
Memory - 16gb & 2gb @ Standard, 32gb & 3gb @ Advanced, both with Micro SD Card Expansion
Display - 5 inch, 1080p IPS LCD (440ppi)
Dimensions - 213.81 x 6.96 x 0.78 cm / 5.43 x 2.74 x 0.31 inches, 162g
Cameras - 13MP Rear / 5MP Front
Connectivity - BT 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, micro USB, 3.5mm
Battery - 3000 mAh/ 3080mAh
OS - Android 5.1 with MIUI skin
Pricing - 0 USD @ GearBest for standard, 0 for Advanced edition