Xiaomi a famous chinese smartphone company recently released the Xiaomi Hongmi smartphone with 720p display and a Quad-core CPU just for $130.
Xiaomi has announced the long rumored Red Rice smartphone. Its official name is Hongmi, which is Chinese for… well, red rice.
Xiaomi Hongmi packs a 4.7-inch 720p IPS display with 312 ppi density, protected by a Gorilla Glass 2. The Hongmi is powered by Mediatek’s MT6589 chipset featuring a quad-core 1.5GHz Cortex-A7 processor, PowerVR SGX544 graphics and 1GB of RAM. Other notable features in Xiaomi Hongmi include the 4GB storage plus a microSD card slot, and a 2000 mAh battery.
Xiaomi could be a serious troublemaker to Pakistani smartphone company Qmobile, if Xiaomi confirms the availability of their smartphones in Pakistan.
The good thing is that as some smartphone retailers are importing Xiaomi phones so they might make this latest Xiaomi Hongmi smartphone available in Pakistan also.
Xiaomi Hongmi specification
| GENERAL | 2G Network | GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 1900 / 2100 | |
| SIM | Dual SIM | |
| Announced | 2013, July | |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, August |
| BODY | Dimensions | – |
| Weight | – |
| DISPLAY | Type | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.7 inches (~312 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 2 |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 32 GB |
| Internal | 4 GB, 1 GB RAM |
| DATA | GPRS | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes | |
| Speed | HSDPA, HSUPA | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE | |
| USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go |
| CAMERA | Primary | 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
| Features | 1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, HDR | |
| Video | Yes, 1080p@30fps | |
| Secondary | Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps |
| FEATURES | OS | Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) |
| Chipset | MTK MT6589T | |
| CPU | Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A7 | |
| GPU | PowerVR SGX544 | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass | |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| Radio | TBD | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support | |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| Colors | Black, Chinese Red, Metallic Gray/ blue, green, yellow panels | |
| – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic – SNS integration – MP4/H.264/H.263 player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player – Organizer – Image/video editor – Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) – Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa – Voice memo/dial/commands – Predictive text input (Swype) |
| BATTERY | Li-Po 2000 mAh battery | |
| GENERAL | 2G Network | GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 1900 / 2100 | |
| SIM | Dual SIM | |
| Announced | 2013, July | |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, August |
| BODY | Dimensions | – |
| Weight | – |
| DISPLAY | Type | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.7 inches (~312 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 2 |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 32 GB |
| Internal | 4 GB, 1 GB RAM |
| DATA | GPRS | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes | |
| Speed | HSDPA, HSUPA | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE | |
| USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go |
| CAMERA | Primary | 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
| Features | 1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, HDR | |
| Video | Yes, 1080p@30fps | |
| Secondary | Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps |
| FEATURES | OS | Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) |
| Chipset | MTK MT6589T | |
| CPU | Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A7 | |
| GPU | PowerVR SGX544 | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass | |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| Radio | TBD | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support | |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| Colors | Black, Chinese Red, Metallic Gray/ blue, green, yellow panels | |
| – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic – SNS integration – MP4/H.264/H.263 player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player – Organizer – Image/video editor – Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) – Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa – Voice memo/dial/commands – Predictive text input (Swype) |
| BATTERY | Li-Po 2000 mAh battery | |
You can choose three Xiaomi Hongmi flavors between – Black, Chinese Red and Metallic Gray. The battery cover is exchangeable and you can opt for additional blue, green and yellow panels.
Unfortunately, the Xiaomi Hongmi is highly unlikely to leave China. We will keep you updated if we hear something about international availability, though.
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