Xiaomi announced the successor to the Big Boy of Xiaomi i.e the Mi Max 2. The Max 2 was announced in China today. The device like its predecessor has a mammoth 6.44 inch display and Xiaomi claims to have improved with single handed usage with it.
Specifications:
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| Mi Max 2 in gold |
Specifications:
- 6.44 inch 1080p IPS LCD display with 2.5D curved glass
- Snapdragon 625 SOC with 8 cortex A53 cores clocked at 2.0 gHz and Adreno 506 GPU
- 4 GB RAM and 64/128 GB storage
- 12MP f/2.2 Sony imx 386 with 1.25micron pixel size. It comes with PDAF and similar sensor is used in Mi6
- 5MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture
- 5300mAh battery with Qualcomm quick charge 3.0
- Hybrid sim slot, GPS
- Bluetooth 4.2, NFC
- USB type C port
- Metal unibody design
- IR blaster
- Android Nougat
The main highlight of the device apart from the mammoth screen is the battery capacity. The device being media friendly also requires higher battery capacity hence is equipped with 5300mAh capacity. With QC 3.0 Xiaomi claims 68% charge in 60min.
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| Xiaomi's claim on battery life |
Xiaomi claims video playback of 18 hours and continuous gaming of 9 hours however these figures are just theoretical and all games are different in consuming amount of resources, do remember that.
Going on Xiaomi's record on Battery, they have always been able to impress us even in their budget devices like the Redmi 4 or even the 3S prime and here we are talking about 5300 mAh :-P
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| Mi Max 2's camera details |
The next factor is camera which has Sony's imx 368 sensor which is also used on the Xiaomi's Mi6. However, in Max 2 the Pixel size is of 1.25 microns which is better than the previous Mi Max which had 1 micron pixel size.
This indicates that more light will be able to enter the pixel thereby making the images sharper and making them less noisy.
The front facing camera is of 5MP with f/2.0 aperture. The rear camera is capable of 4K video recording at 30FPS.
For better media and gaming experience, the Max 2 has stereo speakers which they claim switches to stereo mode when held in landscape mode.
Xiaomi has improved with build quality and decided to go with completely metal unibody design. The curves are more champhored which makes them smoother. The fingerprint sensor is present at the back in the upper half which is not awkward like the S8 and S8 plus ;-)
The 2.5D curved glass is a good addition.
Whatever Xiaomi claims about the single handed usage, its true that its just improved and it can never be used with the single hand.
Finally coming to pricing the device is available in China for RMB 1699 (~RS. 17000) for 4GB- 64GB storage and RMB 1999 (~RS. 20000) for 4GB -128GB storage.
Do let us know your thoughts about the Mi Max 2 in the comments below. The device is expected to launch soon in India probably by the end of June as the Mi Max was launched in June 2016.