When a new high-end hits the market, it often passes a series of crash tests to assess its strength. Mostly all shots are allowed, kitchen knives, hammers and other instruments of torture. Nevertheless, it is the first time a smartphone is shot through a crash test. Yet this is what has just undergone the Xiaomi Mi Note.

Unless you were feeding a fierce hatred against the Xiaomi Mi Note, which would be quite surprising, this video may turn your stomach. If traditional crash tests where one can observe smartphones hitting floor bitumen already upset your heart, then it does not leave you indifferent.

As you will observe, the Xiaomi Mi Note protagonist of this video is literally explode shot. Rest his soul! Nevertheless appreciate replays effects that will better visualize the damage caused by the bullet. If in any case, the purpose of this video was to demonstrate that the Phablet resisted the shots, needless to say, it is missed.

The Xiaomi Mi Note is not the HTC Evo 3D and will not be your bulletproof vest when needed. Sometimes you would have contemplated such use.

If the source of the video remains difficult to define, it was published on a Chinese platform and repostée on YouTube by the site Gizmochina we know in any case it was filmed by professionals. Is it or not an official video, it remains to be defined. However, it is not impossible that in Xiaomi is the cause. Why? It, however, it remains a mystery.

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The Xiaomi Mi Note was officially launched a few days ago and will go into China from 27 January in the sale. Now, a first test at CNet has emerged who could watch the 5.7-inch smartphone in the normal version in advance. The sale is to be held only in China and markets from Q2 in other countries such as India, Hong Kong, etc., but not in the US or England. These markets have probably still waiting to be normal availability. Technically and economically the smartphone is well placed in the test, however, reveals that especially the design is convincing and is no longer a poor imitation of Apple’s iPhone.

 Xiaomi Mi Note in the first test

 The normal version of the Xiaomi Mi Note is no longer technically up to date. It comes with a Snapdragon 801 processor, 3 GB RAM and 16 or 64 GB of internal memory. This cannot expand and thus it is worth buying the 64GB version. In addition there is the 5.7-inch full HD display with a good presentation and readability. A little later there will be also the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro, which is equipped with the latest Snapdragon 810, 4 GB RAM and Quad-HD display. This is then correspondingly more expensive, but can compete directly with the flagship smartphone of 2015. The 16 GB model costs the equivalent current € 329, the 64GB Model 400 €. Priced certainly not as attractive as the previous models, but for this you also get a much higher quality smartphone.

 It is this characteristic; it is also the most confident in the test of the Xiaomi Mi Note. Here you get a great quality smartphone with a metal frame and a back side of glass that is rounded at the sides. Also the display is protected by 2.5D glass, which is rounded at the edges. The same can be found in premium smartphones like the iPhone 6 Plus. As a result, the smartphone is despite the size comfortably in the hand. The rear glass is also quite stable and will withstand drops from 1.5 meters – at least Xiaomi indicate this. Tried not been in the test unfortunately. It does not fragile in each case.

 Convince could continue the 13-MP main camera of the Xiaomi Mi Note. This makes very good pictures and is supported by an optical image stabilizer. The same applies to the front camera, which dissolves with 4 MP and is similar to the Ultra pixel camera of HTC. There is no precise information on the battery, which has “only” has a capacity of 3000 mAh. However, it should be enough for a day of intensive use. With the dual-SIM feature a larger battery would be but certainly not wrong.

The Xiaomi Mi Note can convince in the test of CNet well, even if it now plays with the higher price and the high quality housing in a new league. It will be interesting to see how the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro with Snapdragon 810 and Quad-HD display cuts.

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On January 15, Xiaomi surprised with the presentation of new phablets Mi Note and Mi Note Pro. Virtually all expected the Xiaomi Mi5 (or Mi4S) but the company decided to surprise with a high-end terminal and large. As expected, the expectation upon its release is now high, and although their prices are contained in relation to their specifications, are still not negligible figures, so that every detail counts, even those who are not.

 Few would doubt that the 399 and 599 dollars (344 euros to change and 518 respectively) have been established as international prices Xiaomi Mi Note and Mi Note Pro are more than justified their specifications. Nor can we say that someone is willing to pay this money plus the corresponding shipping costs and possible customs fees, does not expect a high-end terminal with everything that entails.

 Are then two main reasons, watch components and evaluate the work Xiaomi that bear some interest to internal analysis of Mi Note by the Chinese website IT168, who were able to get one of the first units to literally gutted. The following gallery shows quite the level of detail available hardware component elements and some of these elements as the camera up close.

 When things are done right

 As told from PhoneArena, which echoed the news is made, and you can check yourself, the images show the care taken when Xiaomi also design the interior of their new handsets, not just when it comes to choosing refers components. The internal device is truly studied the millimeter and is even surprising how well done it is all. Xiaomi often already knew that attention to detail and the Mi Note is a clear reflection. One more reason not strange to the meteoric rise of the firm in recent years .

 As if that were not enough, one of the “weak” points Xiaomi was the design and the Mi Note have achieved, keeping many of its identity, improve to get a really attractive terminal. A round product, which will surely be one of the sensations of 2015 .

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Formalized today in China the two new phablet flagship Chinese company Xiaomi, who presented to the general public the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro (product of last generation and definitely top of the line) and I notes (for the high-end market); Both products have a rather large display and will begin sales in the Asian country by the end of the month; if there is no news will be officially marketed in Europe.

 We start by describing the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro is definitely the device that you put more on display thanks to its 5.7-inch qHD display 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution (515 PPI) developed and built by the Japanese JDI, and the powerful latest generation chipset Snapdragon 810 with Octa-Core 64-bit architecture that provides the highest performance compared to those of 2014.

 810 Snapdragon chipset with Adreno 420 GPU are paired well with 4GB of RAM DDR4 technology (which significantly increase the performance for DDR3 used in smartphones of 2014) and available to the user will have an internal memory of 64GB fast and performing well (not specify if this is the slot for micro sd).

 The multimedia sector is perhaps the least flashy of phablet, given that mounting a 13-megapixel rear camera with autofocus and LED flash with optical image sensor and Sony that allows him definitely to record video in 4K Ultra HD and frontally we find a room that should be at least 4 mega pixels.

 Having the Snapdragon 810 chipset Mi Note Pro also supports LTE 4G Cat 9 connectivity which enables it to reach the paper transfer speed mobile data up to 450 MB / s; everything is then powered by an internal battery of 3090 mAh and as the operating system already has Android 5.0 Lollipop interface with Miui.

 The second device announced, and that described better perhaps because arrive before on the market (since the production problems for the Snapdragon 810) is the Xiaomi Mi Note that the display always shows a 5.7-inch diagonal resolution but with more classical Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels produced by Sharp in collaboration with JDI that provides a high contrast (1400: 1) and a color quality of 95% of the NTSC standard.

 Xiaomi Mi Note utilzza Snapragon 801 chipset with four core Krait 400 operating at a frequency of 2.5 GHz paired with Adreno 330 GPU, has 3GB of RAM, 16 or 64GB of internal memory (which still does not seem to be expandable with microSD.

 The multimedia sector has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX214 sensor, autofocus, dual LED flash and tone optical image stabilizer and should be capable card regsitrare he too video in 4K Ultra HD; like front camera we find a 4 megapixel sensor and the phone promises sound quality Hi-fi thanks to dedicated chipset.

 In terms of connectivity supported the LTE connection with Dual Sim Dual Standby working both in 4G simultaneously and can be used both nano and micro sim; The device is powered by an internal battery with 3000 mAh, its dimensions are 155.1 x 77.6 x 6.95 mm for a total weight of 161 grams.

 How are Android operating system, version not yet specified, and interface Miui 6.0 that currently should be supported only in China and not in the most common European languages.

 We come finally to the prices that will be practiced in China and have been converted into dollars: Xiaomi Mi Note Pro 64GB of internal memory (which seems to be the only version available) has a list price of about $ 532; Xiaomi Mi Note instead will cost $ 371 for the 16GB version of internal memory and $ 421 for the 64GB version of the memory; between the regular version and pro at the end there are just over 110 dollars difference.

 Unfortunately, the event gave news a little generic for the Pro version, while the normal has been described better by providing more technical details; marketing in Europe for both the two new phablet remains an unknown factor; whether there will be news we’ll let you know.

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