Xiaomi likely to unveil Mi 4i at April 23 event in India

Xiaomi for the very first time will be launching a new product outside their home country. The company has scheduled a 'Global Mi Phone Premiere' event for April 23 in New Delhi, India. 

Last week Xiaomi sent out invites for the event that read 'i IS COMING' indicating that it will be a new smartphone. Now, according to reports this device could be the mid range version of Xiaomi's current flagship Mi 4.

A new device dubbed Mi 4i was spotted on Singapore Infocomm Development Authority base. In addition the device also appeared on Geekbench website proving its existence. The name also ties in with the highlighted 'i' logo in the caption on the event invite 'i IS COMING'

According to the GeekBench database listing, the Mi 4i is powered by a 64-bit 1.65GHz octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor paired with 2GB RAM. It runs Android 5.0.2 Lollipop with MIUI 7 on top.

The Xiaomi Mi 4i was also spotted at GFXBenchmark site. According to the test, the handset features 4.9-inch (1080x1920 pixels) display, 1.6Ghz hexa-core Snapdragon 615 processor with Adreno 405 GPU, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, 13-megapixel rear camera, 5-megapixel front facing camera and 4G LTE connectivity support. It runs Android 5.0.2 with MIUI 6 on top.

As nothing is confirmed yet, do take this with a pinch of salt, we will know more about the new mystery device from Xiaomi on April 23.