Last year Chinese company Xiaomi released its first action-camera called Xiaomi Yi. Compact size, good features and little price of the gadget have made it very popular among users. And now the Chinese manufacturer is working on its next generation of action-camera Xiaomi Yi 2.

Users may be disappointed to learn that new Xiaomi Yi 2 will come with a 12.35-megapixel sensor Sony IMX377, given that the previous generation was equipped with 16-megapixel Sony IMX206 sensor. But do not forget that Sony IMX377 is much faster than its predecessor and has the ability to record video with 4K-resolution.

Moreover, the Chinese manufacturer has decided to improve the performance of the action-camera and set it a processor Ambarella A9, known for its high performance and low power consumption. Thus, the battery life Xiaomi Yi will be quite good, even while recording 4K video at 30fps/s.

Specifications Xiaomi Yi 2

Xiaomi Yi 2 will have 2.19-inch display with a resolution of 640×360 pixels and a density of 330ppi with viewing angles of 160 degrees and the protection of Gorilla Glass. Its battery capacity has increased from last year’s 1010 mAh to 1400 mAh. As a result, a full battery charge camera should last for 8 hours or 110 minutes of video recording 4K-resolution.

Other features Xiaomi Yi 2 are still in question. But certainly new action-camera will provide Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interfaces, and different ports like MicroUSB or MicroHDMI. And, of course, we hope that the manufacturer will have the possibility of expanding the memory with microSD cards. As you can see by the images above, the camera will be available in two colors: white and black.

Release date Xiaomi Yi 2

Xiaomi has already prepared a product page for new cation-camera, so we believe that the camera is ready for sale. As we know, the company has scheduled an event on May 10, during which a new smartphone Xiaomi Max, and most likely a new action camera Xiaomi Yi 2 will be presented.

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Everything goes to the fact that soon we will see another phablet from leading Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi.

Although the smartphone Xiaomi Mi Max has not yet been officially presented, we already know most of the information about it, thanks to the site GFXBench.

Specifications Xiaomi Mi Max

Based on the information that we can gather, Xiaomi Mi Max will belong to the mid-range devices, not to the top-level smartphones, as the previous rumors said.

Judge for yourself: the basic model Xiaomi Mi Max includes a six-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 650, clocked at 1.5 GHz and integrated graphics accelerator Adreno 510, a screen with a size of 6.4-inch diagonal and a resolution of Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels), as well as – 2GB of RAM.

Also, the smartphone will be equipped with 16 GB of internal flash memory, 16-megapixel main camera and front camera with 5-megapixel matrix.

New phablet from Xiaomi will be running the latest to date version of Google’s operating system: Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.

No release dates or price Xiaomi Mi Max, but we expect that the price in China will not exceed 2000 yuan, which at the current rate is about $300.

Photos Xiaomi Mi Max

The official international forum MIUI appeared teaser picture, which shows a part of phablet Xiaomi Mi Max in pocket jeans.

The company reports that the smartphone Xiaomi Mi Max can easily fit in any pocket. According to previous information the diagonal of display will be 6.4-inches.

Xiaomi said that the diagonal of new smartphone Xiaomi Mi Max will be in between 4.7-inches and 7.9-inches. Smartphone in the photo has a small frame around the perimeter, as well as the front camera, speaker and light sensor above the display.

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We continue to receive news about upcoming smartphones that will be equipped with new processor Snapdragon 820. As expected, the first smartphones with chip Snapdragon 820 will be Samsung Galaxy S7 and Xiaomi Mi5. New smartphones will be presented on February 21.

A few hours ago we learned that Oppo Find 9 will soon go on sale. In addition, we know that another Chinese manufacturer Vivo plans to release a smartphone with one of the most powerful processor.

The latest smartphone of Chinese company is XPlay 3S, which was the first smartphone in the world with 2K screen and fingerprint reader. Despite the fact, that smartphone was released 2 years ago, it is still a very powerful by today’s standards. However, Vivo has to compete with other manufacturers in the market, so it is necessary to release a new smartphone.

Today, Vivo released a teaser image that tells some details about flagship smartphone Vivo Xplay 5S.

Teaser image Vivo Xplay 5S

In fact, published image raises more questions than answers. We see that image shows the front panel of smartphone. Probably, it is a smartphone Vivo Xplay 5S with a curved display. According to rumors, Samsung will supply screens for smartphone Vivo Xplay 5S. Vivo may become the first company to be able to use a curved display from Samsung.

Specifications Vivo Xplay 5S

Although we do not know the exact specifications Vivo Xplay 5S, because company needs to keep them secret until the official announcement. However, a couple of weeks ago, smartphone was seen in the application for testing performance AnTuTu

Thus, we can say that Vivo Xplay 5S will have 5.5-inch screen with a resolution of 2K, 4GB of RAM, 16-megapixel main camera and 8-megapixel front camera, as well as the latest software Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Release date Vivo Xplay 5S

We do not know the exact release date Vivo Xplay 5S, but if company has published a teaser, then the announcement of flagship smartphone could happen very soon.

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A few days earlier, we have already seen preliminary photos of Xiaomi Mi 5, which appeared in the global network. Today it was published photos of the front panel of the smartphone. We should note that the new photos confirm earlier pictures. If you look closely at the pictures, you can see that the new smartphone Xiaomi reminds Meizu MX5, does not it?

Xiaomi Mi 5 will use the same design of fingerprint reader like devices from Samsung and Meizu. In addition, the frame around the screen is very thin. Xiaomi Mi 5 has a chance to become the first smartphone in new 2016 year that works on powerful processor Snapdragon 820.

Specifications Xiaomi Mi 5

According to the latest rumors, Xiaomi Mi 5 will receive 5.0-inch display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, instead of 5.2-inch with resolution 2K, as mentioned earlier. In addition, the main camera will have 16 MP sensor, although earlier sources said about 21 MP. We would not be surprised if the sensor will be Sony IMX300 because it is one of the best sensors in the market. Resolution of front camera will be 8 MP.

Other characteristics of new smartphone Xiaomi include 4GB of RAM, internal storage of 16 GB or 64 GB (depending on the version), all-metal body and connector USB Type-C. It is also expected that the Xiaomi Mi 5 will receive audio chip from the company ESS Technology and will support technology transfer sound Hi-Res via Bluetooth.

The flagship of the Chinese company will work on the latest version MIUI, developed on the basis of the operating system Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Expected release date of Xiaomi Mi 5 is January 21, while the official sales will begin no earlier than February of next year.

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