Xiaomi launched Mi Mix 2s, Mi Gaming Laptop, Mi AI Speaker mini and Mi Wireless Charger
Xiaomi launched its first gaming laptop at the Shanghai event, alongside the Mi MIX 2S and Mi AI Speaker Mini. Xiaomi mi mix 2
Called the Mi Gaming Laptop, the laptop comes with a 15.6-inch display, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics processor, and support Dolby sound. The laptop is primarily focused on gamers who don’t like bulky laptops that are not easily portable.
The Mi Gaming Laptop comes with a 15.6-inch display with a wide colour gamut and ‘ultra-thin’ bezels. The internals of the laptop is powered by a seventh-generation Intel Core i7 processor under the hood. For the graphics, the laptop features a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 processor. The laptop comes with 256GB of solid-state drive (SSD) and 1TB of HDD, wherein the SSD capacity can be expanded further. Xiaomi has given a ‘professional’ gaming keyboard on the laptop with 5 macro keys for specific gaming functions.
The Mi Gaming Laptop will be released on April 13 ~$1430 for the GTX 1060 model + 16 GB RAM model, while it will cost ~$955 for the GTX 1050 Ti + 8 GB RAM version.
Besides, the Mi AI Speaker Mini has been announced by the company as the refreshed variant of the Mi AI Speaker.
The Xiaomi Mi AI Speaker Mini, as the name suggests, is powered by Artificial Intelligence, much like the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple HomePod speakers. The speaker has access to over 35 million books and songs that you can ask it to play. You can ask the speaker, powered by Xiaomi’s digital assistant, to check the weather, traffic updates, and set reminders among others. Expected price is around $27.
The new Mi Mix 2S is powered by Qualcomm’s latest and ‘most powerful’ chipset till date, Snapdragon 845, clocked up to 2.8 GHz with 8x Qualcomm Kryo 385 cores. The phone runs the latest MIUI 9 on top of Android Oreo and comes in three storage options with LPDDR4x RAM– 6GB/ 64GB, 6GB/ 128GB and 8GB/ 256GB.
Mi Mix 2S sports a 5.99-inch 18:9 display with an FHD+ (2160×1080 pixels) resolution and a 2.5D curved glass on top. It comes in a curved ceramic design with a curved Aluminium frame and sports a fingerprint sensor at the back.
In China, Mi Mix 2s is priced starting at about $525.
Mi Mix 2S comes with a 12MP + 12MP dual-pixel AI camera with one Sony IMX363 sensor with f/1.8 aperture and another Samsung sensor with f/2.4 aperture. At the front, the smartphone sports a 5-megapixel camera with 2x optical zoom and f/2.0 aperture.
