The Xiaomi Mi4i (Chinese: 小米手机4i) is a

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developed by Xiaomi Inc. It is part of Xiaomi's mid-range

line, and was released in April 2015.

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held a media event in Siri Fort Auditorium, Delhi to formally introduce the mid-range

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, and also supplied its fans with their complementary smart-accessory, the

MiBand, during the Xiaomi New Product Launch Event 2015 on April 23, 2015. The Mi4i is a slightly bumped down version of its predecessor, the Xiaomi Mi4. The

has a different design than its predecessor and has a polycarbonate body. It was also released with the new

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6 (introduced in August 2014) based on Android Lollipop. Reception towards the device was generally positive, though there were still a high amount of negative feedback from users of Apple's

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due to its similar design and quality. Some media companies hailed it to be one of the best

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available in the market due to its high-end hardware which is sold for comparably lower price than its competitors.

History

Before its official unveiling, media speculation primarily focused on leaks; including photos that announced the Mi4i. While the device was announced on April 23, it didn't become available until April 30, running

6 (Android Lollipop

launched the Mi4i specifically in India first and plans to expand sales throughout Asia.

Features

Operating system and software

The Xiaomi Mi 4i ships with

V7 and can be upgraded to

V8,

's variant of the

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operating system. The user interface of MIUI is based on the concept of direct manipulation, using

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. Interface control elements consist of sliders, switches, and buttons. Interaction with the OS includes gestures such as swipe, tap, pinch and reverse pinch, all of which have specific definitions within the context of the

operating system and its multi-touch interface. Internal accelerometers are used by some applications to respond to the movement of the device such as rotating it vertically (one common result is switching from portrait to landscape mode). The device includes an updater application which allows it to update its OS to the latest version of MIUI available for it.

Design

The device has a 5 in (12.7 cm) Sharp/JDI Corning OGS fully laminated touchscreen, with a screen resolution of 1080x1920 at a pixel density of 441 ppi. Home button of the smartphone is similar to its predecessor and is mainly touch-based with adjustable haptic feedback. It is available in different colors including Dark Gray, Yellow, Black, White, Blue and Pink.

Hardware

The

Mi 4i is powered by a

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615 (MSM8939) chipset which makes it a fast enough

according to the

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benchmark application. Its processor is an Octa-core 1.7 GHz and 1.1 GHz and its graphics card is an Adreno 405. The phone includes a 3120 mAh battery which is rated to provide 300 hours of standby time. It comes with a 13 megapixel primary camera and a 5 megapixel secondary camera.

References

External links

* – Mi India official site {{Xiaomi Android (operating system) devices Mobile phones introduced in 2015 Mi 4i Discontinued smartphones