Xiaomi has smartphones with screen sizes from 4.7-inch to 5.5-inch, and then a tablet device having an 8-inch display. The space between these two sizes, i.e. the 5.5-inch and 8-inch was to be filled but a 7-inch screen size makes it a tablet device, so the company came up with a balance – Xiaomi Mi Max with a 6.44-inch screen gets officially launched in India.
It is a super large display that won’t be fitting any hand but then, that’s not a smartphone that Xiaomi will try to sell as it caters a different set of users. The Mi Max has a Full HD display with a 2.5D glass (and Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection) and it is a metal unibody design that the device carries, just like the one on Xiaomi Redmi Note 3. Another thing to notice is that because of the large screen, the company could pack everything within a 7.5mm chassis and the complete weight of the phablet is 203 gm.
Check Xiaomi Mi Max Specifications.
Under the hood is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 processor (octa-core 64-bit chipset, the one on Redmi Note 3) along with 3GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage. There is another variant as well, with 4GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage and it comes with the Snapdragon 652 chipset. There’s a MicroSD card slot as well for the storage expansion.
The Mi Max has a 16-megapixel rear camera with Phase-detection autofocus and Dual-tone LED flash, while on the front is a 5-megapixel camera with 85-degree wide angle lens. Running the MIUI 8 version based on Android Marshmallow, the Xiaomi Mi Max has 4G LTE, Bluetooth, GPS, MicroUSB, and Wi-Fi as the connectivity options.
The Xiaomi Mi Max is equipped with a 4850 mAh battery and that has a support for Qualcomm Quick Charge technology for faster charging of the large battery. This battery is said to offer continuous video playback for about 14 hours on a single charge.
For the extras, the Mi Max has a fingerprint scanner on the back and on the top is an IR blaster for the device to act as a quick remote. It is a Dual SIM phone and both the SIM cards support 4G LTE connectivity.
The Xiaomi Mi Max is priced at Rs. 14999 for the Snapdragon 650 variant while the one with 4GB of RAM and Snapdragon 652 is priced at Rs. 19999.
