The new smartphone Xiaomi Mi 5X, long announced by Chinese developers, has appeared on sale, which immediately attracted the attention of fans of stylish and fairly bright gadgets. The hardware component of the phone does not claim to be the best of its kind, but, nevertheless, the model stands out with a powerful camera, as well as a practical and pleasant design, somewhat reminiscent of another development from Apple. And most importantly, the smartphone is affordable, because it is inexpensive. To understand all its advantages and appreciate it, you should familiarize yourself with its characteristics.
Mi 5X bundle and what it includes
The package bundle of the Xiaomi Mi 5X is standard and does not stand out with anything unusual. A practical, white box with the company's corporate logo holds the smartphone itself in the upper section, and all gadgets and manuals adjacent to it in the lower section.
Kit includes:
- USB Type-C cable.
- Power supply adapter.
- Phone instructions.
- Branded headset in white.
In addition to all of the above, various covers and other accessories that are not included in the sale, and therefore require separate costs, also easily fit the smartphone.
Design
From the front, the gadget is difficult to distinguish from any device on the market in the Redmi line. At the same time, its forms are smoothed out and do not stand out with sharp features, which resembles recent developments from Vivo, but this is explained by the fact that Xiaomi was originally created precisely as a competitor to this manufacturer. The body of the smartphone is almost entirely made of metal and only in some places there is plastic.
The rounded shape at the edges makes it convenient to use the gadget, even taking into account its subtlety - only 7.3 millimeters.
The device is available in three color variations - black, white and pink. The back surface, not counting the two cameras and the logo, is equipped with a fingerprint scanner.
On the one hand, the Mi 5X has the volume down and volume up keys, and on the other, there is one large slot for two SIM cards at once. Hybrid, it also allows you to place one SIM and one SD card. The headset and USB jacks are on the bottom.
Thanks to the powerful Adreno 506 graphics accelerator with a frequency of 650 MHz, the user gets a bright and colorful image.
The screen resolution is quite high - 1920x1080 pixels, which does not allow even the most demanding and discerning buyers to find graininess.
The smartphone, unfortunately, does not have an air gap, but has a double glass with which the user is in contact. It has an oleophobic coating. Adjustable brightness allows you to maximize it up to 600 nits.
The technical side of the gadget
The Snapdragon 625 processor is responsible for speed, performance and power consumption, which, although it is a budget option, is still a powerful and competitive chipset. It is focused more on economical energy consumption, but the Xiaomi Mi 5X smartphone can handle games easily. Only the most demanding ones can cause problems, but they can be easily avoided, for example, by lowering the graphic settings.
The processor at its disposal has 4 GB of RAM, but for smartphones of this level and price category, these are no longer surprising numbers. More notable is the built-in 64 GB, as well as the ability to add another 128 GB with a memory card.
Operating system
The Mi 5X model is driven by the new MIUI 9, making it the first smartphone to take advantage of the latest improvements from the manufacturer. Basic Android 7.1 has several new apps in addition to standard apps – Smart Assistant and Smart app launcher.
The first successfully helps to navigate all the information entered into the smartphone, because it is responsible for quickly searching for bookmarks, notes, and dates in the calendar. The second opens the application, focusing on the image on the screen.
According to the creators of Xiaomi, the device has been improved in terms of animation and detailing of shortcuts for various applications, and most importantly, it optimally distributes the resources used, showing a high level of performance.
Gadget cameras
The creators of the device paid great attention to equipping their offspring with cameras, and Mi 5X has a dual 12 + 12 MP module in this regard.
The second camera is an additional lens that doubles the quality of photos and videos. This technology also allows you to work more deeply with colors and create the effect of a blurred background.
However, often compared to the Mi 6 in terms of camera performance, the Mi 5X still loses a little. It is inferior in night shooting due to the aperture, which is only f / 2.2, and the chipset plays a big role, which is weaker and therefore photo processing is a bit slower. But because of this, it is definitely impossible to call the cameras built into the smartphone weak, because the device outperforms many of its leading competitors precisely because of them.
Price for Xiaomi
The cost of the smartphone is fully consistent with its parameters, design and capabilities.
Within Russia, it starts from an amount of 16,000 rubles or more, taking into account the standard configuration, without additional functions and accessories. All Xiaomi Mi 5s are within the framework of this pricing policy. So, for example, Prime, which is second only in diagonal (5.15 inches) and other less important features, costs about 15,500 rubles.
As for the cost in Ukraine, it will be possible to purchase it for an average of 8000 UAH.
The base price abroad ranges from $210 to $230 for a smartphone.
