Possible Xiaomi Mi 5 renders, live image, specifications, price leaked

Xiaomi has outed a slew of products this year ranging from lifestyle and electronics products to smartphones. Speaking of smartphones the Chinese brand's protfolio included some interesting devices including Mi 4i, Mi 4c, Redmi Note 2, Redmi Note 3, Mi Pad 2 and Mi Note to name a few. But what was missing is a flagship product, the Mi 5, which is highly anticipated. We have already heard about Xiaomi Mi 5 many times over the past few months and now renders, live images, rumored specs and price has been leaked online.

The new render shows the front panel and the bottom bezel of the Mi 5. Also seen is the slim home button, which doubles up as a fingerprint sensor, below the display, a metal frame design with chamfered edges alongside dual speaker grilles and a USB Type-C port at the bottom. It is also being suggested that Mi 5 will sport 2.5D curved glass sheet on the front an 3D glass covering the back panel.

In addition a new live image claimed to be Mi 5 and patent application for a fingerprint sensor by Xiaomi also surfaced online. As seen in the image, the design of Mi 5 falls in line with the renders, the thin bezels and the home button is clearly visible. 

Apart from the live images two additional image showing a patent filing for Xiaomi fingerprint sensor also surfaced. The only thing we notice is that the fingerprint sensor is embedded in the smartphone display. The drawings shows no home button on the device, hinting that the technology could be used in future model.

The rumored specifications of Mi 5 include 5.2-inch display with either Full HD or QHD resolution, Snapdragon 820 SoC, 3GB / 4GB RAM, 32GB / 64GB internal storage, 16MP rear camera, 13MP front snapper. The Mi 5 is said to run on MIUI 7 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and fueled by 3600mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0 technology.

Coming to the price, the Xiaomi Mi 5 3GB RAM / 32GB storage model will cost CNY 1999 ($308 | Rs. 20,300) while the 64GB storage / 4GB RAM model will cost CNY 2299 ($355 | Rs. 24,000). It is expected to go official after April 2016.

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