Xiaomi’s Mi 5s, Mi 5s Plus launched in China

NEW DELHI: Xiaomi has launched its new smartphones Xiaomi Mi 5s and Mi 5s Plus in China. Both the smartphones will go on sale in China from tomorrow on Xiaomi’s site as well as on JD.com.

Xiaomi’s both phones come with an all-metal unibody design. The highlight of Mi 5s Plus is its dual rear camera setup, and also pressure-sensitive display, which works like Apple’s 3D Touch.

"Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 821 processor, and clocked at 2.15GHz, Mi 5s comes with a 13-megapixel camera on the back with significantly larger 1/2.3-inch Sony CMOS sensor and a f/2.0 aperture. It has a 4-megapixel selfie camera. On the front side, there is a seamlessly integrated fingerprint sensor. Xiaomi says that it can recognize a 3D map of the fingerprint through ultrasonic waves. Thus, there is no need for a separate button. The phone is powered by a 3,200mAh battery," the company said.

With a 5.15-inch Full HD display, Mi 5s is providing two memory options, one with 3GB RAM with 64GB storage, and another with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage.

Coming to Mi 5s Plus, it utilizes the same processor as of Mi 5s, the Snapdragon 821. However, the clock speed is faster — 2.35GHz, instead of 2.15GHz.

It comes with bigger screen size, 5.7-inch and 4GB RAM and 64GB storage variant; it also comes with a 6GB RAM and 128GB storage version.

The Mi 5s will be available in China for￥1999 ($300) for the 64GB version and ￥2299 ($345) for the 128GB version.

The Mi 5s Plus is priced at ￥2299 ($344) for the 64GB variant, while the 128GB variant costs ￥2599 ($389).