Xiaomi 4c: Another high spec smartphone for a cheap price tag?

Just in today, Xiaomi has launched the “little price of Android” – Xiaomi 4C smartphone. Prior the launch of this smartphone, there has been alot of rumors circulating on the internet with speculation that the 4C could be a high end flagship smartphone. Is it a next gen flagship? Let’s find out!

Specification:

Android 5.1.1，MIUI 7.0
5′ Full HD display（1920 x 1080 resolution）
64 bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 6 core processor.
Adreno 418 image processor
2GB +16GB /3GB + 32GB
13MP/5MP camera
3080mAh battery
4G dual SIM standby
USB Type-C connection port
edge-touch technology
138.1 x 69.6 x 7.8mm
132g

What is a truely desired smartphone? A smartphone should comes with 5 inches Full HD display with large screen to body ratio, and a large (>3000mAh) battery packed within it.

Xiaomi then compares the screen size with other smartphone manufacturers such as Huawei and Apple.

Xiaomi 4c is an upgraded Xiaomi 4i.

Blazingly fast auto-focus!

Previously it was rumored to comes with 9 colors for selection? Turns out there is only 5 color option available.

Exterior

Xiaomi 4C is a large sized 5 inch display smartphone with 7.8mm thick. It also comes with 3080mAh battery capacity.

Instead of comparing Xiaomi Mi 4i, Xiaomi compare the 4c with the Mi 2.

Large battery capacity and support quickcharge technology.

Looks like everyone still like to compare itself with Apple?!

Processor

The Xiaomi 4c packed with Qualcomm 64 bit processor – the Snapdragon 808 which is one of the performance beast. It comes with 2x 1.8Ghz A57 and 4x A54 cortex coprocessor which has higher efficiency and more performance.

Mi 4i is classified under flagship level smartphone.

Comparison of the Antutu Benchmark

Display

The Xiaomi 4c display is crafted by LG which is well saturated and have good colour balance. The 5′ Full HD display consisted a large part of the body size which makes it looks attractive.

Xiaomi 4c supports double tap to wake function.

New functionality!

With the implementation of new sensor and chip, the touching accuracy is largely improved which can recognize the gesture and touch on the edge of the device.

Amazing isn’t it?

Double tap the edge to snap a picture!

Camera

The 13MP camera on the Xiaomi 4c comes with a large Sony IMX258 sensor with PDAF focusing technology. It also comes with a ISP image processor as seen on Snapdragon 810 processor.