The Rs 24,999 Xiaomi Mi 5 goes on sale in India
The Rs 24,999 Xiaomi Mi 5 goes on sale in India
While the phone comes in three storage options, the company has introduced only the 32 GB variant in India.

New Delhi: Last week Xiaomi released its all-new flagship Mi 5 in India at a price of Rs 24,999. Starting today, the phone will be available for sale on the company's mi.com website.

The Mi 5, successor to the Mi 4, is said to be inspired by the design of the Mi Note. The new phone features curved edges and sports a slim metal frame with a 3D ceramic body which is claimed to be durable, wear resistant, and feels like marble. As Xiaomi VP Hugo Barra explains, the 3D ceramic body is 75 per cent more expensive than 3D glass.

The phone features a 5.15-inch QHD display with a resolution of 2560x1440 pixels and under its hood is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 64-bit quad-core chipset, which is the latest Snapdragon processor in the market and is claimed to offer 200 per cent improved performance with 50 per cent reduction in power consumption. It includes 3 GB of RAM.

It further runs Android Marshmallow with MIUI 7 atop.The Mi 5 comes with a Sony IMX298 16 megapixel sensor with dual-tone LED flash, PDAF, OIS, and 4K video recording. It sports a 4 megapixel front camera with 2um pixel size. It has a 3000 mAh battery with Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 technology.

The phone also includes a front fingerprint sensor and is 4G LTE with VoLTE capable with dual SIM support. The Mi 5 comes in white, black, and gold colour options.

While the phone comes in three storage options, the company has introduced only the 32 GB variant in India.The phone will be offered under Xiaomi's flash sale today at 11 AM, 2 PM, and 5 PM.

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