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First Impressions tested Xiaomi Mi Note


Xiaomi released his first phablet named Mi Note on Thursday (01/15/2015) at the China International Convention Center, China. In the launch event, Xiaomi CEO, Lei Jun's openly said that Mi Note is 6 Apple iPhone competitor. What were Mi Note this?

After the launch, Xiaomi provide a limited time to the journalists who were present to hold the first phablet.

Reporters KompasTekno, Reska K. Nistanto also had the opportunity to touch and feel the latest phablet Xiaomi it. Here are his impressions.

Design and grip

Note Mi first look revealed by Lei Jun's currently in the stage, the first thing that comes to mind is the impression that the smooth and pleasing to the eye. This is reflected in a wide screen size, 5.7 inches and frame design with a rounded elbow.

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Latest flagship smartphone Xiaomi Mi Note.
Both sides of the right and left frame look slimmer, while the top and bottom of the frame look more spacious. Xiaomi unibodi design adheres to Mi Note, which means the battery can not be replaced and the rear cover can not be removed.

Although body Mi Note is made of metal, but Xiaomi provide a frame made of glass / glass at the back and sides phablet. In fact, on both sides of the door behind him, Xiaomi makes slightly curved edges.
Curved design named countured 3D curve on the right and left edges of the rear cover Mi Note that makes users feel comfortable in grasping. However, the texture of the glass material used was slick on the surface of the hand, so it feels less solid grip.

As always, the volume up / down along with the power button located on the right side of the smartphone, while the left side to accommodate a SIM card slot. For this SIM card slot, Xiaomi provide breakthrough by providing two of the micro and nano card slot in a cross-section at a time.

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Latest flagship smartphone Xiaomi Mi Note.
Two SIM cards provided supports Dual LTE (TDD-LTE and FDD-LTE), and dual standby.

For external storage card slot, not provided by Mi Note. Xiaomi itself provides two versions of Mi Note with an internal storage of 16 and 64 GB.

The back of Mi Note perched lens with a resolution of 13 megapixel camera complete with optical image stabilization system. Xiaomi provide dual LED light features a duo tone to produce a more natural lighting when photographing the face.

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Latest flagship smartphone Xiaomi Mi Note.
While the front camera perched on the top of the left frame, complete with a proximity sensor and a speaker phone.

At the top there is a 3.5mm audio jack and the bottom to accommodate the micro USB port and speaker grilles.
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Latest flagship smartphone Xiaomi Mi Note.
Reska K. Nistanto / KOMPAS.com
Latest flagship smartphone Xiaomi Mi Note.
For the audio business, Xiaomi includes digital-to-analog converter (DAC) ESS ES9018K2M, dual op-amp ADA 4896 ADI, OPA1612 dual op-amp Texas Instruments, as well as two independent oscillator respectively 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz.

Thus, Mi Note can play audio at resolutions as high as 24-bit audio / 192 kHz. Obviously the software can be enjoyed with a quality earphones is also, like Mi Headphones are launched simultaneously with Mi Note.

Operation

Because carrying a 5.7-inch screen sizes, with a total width of 77.6 mm dimension, then operate Mi Note inevitably have to use two hands. One hand is still allows for sliding the screen, but it will be difficult if the user wants to access a menu or an application that is located slightly above the thumb.

Note Mi screen using an LCD-based material with a resolution of Full HD 1080p (1080 x 1920) and a pixel density of 386 ppi. According to the observations KompasTekno, the screen looks bright and sharp even at extreme angles.

Screen Mi Note also reinforced with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 technology that ensures the screen is resistant to scratches.

For the interface, Xiaomi install MIUI interface on top of Android 5.0 operating system Lollipop. Performance is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon processor 2.5 GHz Qualcomm 801, Adreno 330 GPU, and RAM 3GB.

Glance operate Mi Note, the interface response was fast in the opening pages. Transitions between screens running smooth and seamless. So also when accessing the default application in it.

However, we need to remind that the unit is version KompasTekno try a fresh install, meaning that only the applications that came factory alone, yet many other additional applications are usually mounted users.

Unfortunately, the camera features in Mi Note could not be tested due to very limited time constraints given by Xiaomi. But looking at the specifications, camera Mi Note seems promising superior performance.

Xiaomi using camera sensor developed by Sony, with a resolution of 13 megapixels with wide aperture f2.0 lens. In addition, there is also an optical stabilization system in anticipation of the camera lens blur due to hand shake while holding the smartphone.

Front camera pack 4 megapixel resolution with pixel size is two microns wide.

Price and availability

Note Xiaomi will go on sale at the online store Xiaomi in the second quarter of 2015, including in Indonesia. Offered price tag is $ 4.7 million for the 16 GB version and 5.7 million for the 64 GB storage version.

Phablet Mi Note is available in two kinds of colors, black and white.

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