Just when we thought Xiaomi stopped at the Mi Mix 2S, the company also announced its first gaming laptop dubbed the Mi Gaming Laptop that is equipped with Intel’s Kaby Lake Core i7-7700HQ, NVIDIA GTX 1060, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, and 16GB RAM in China today.
Unlike other gaming laptops, you wouldn’t think the Mi Gaming Laptop is actually a gaming laptop as it shares the same design as the Mi Notebook Pro. It sports a 15.6-inch Full HD panel with 72% NTSC and its keyboard has RGB lighting along with four programmable keys. Connectivity-wise, it has USB 3.0 ports, two USB-C ports, HDMI 2.0, and a 3.5mm audio port. It features Dolby Atmos for the speakers. It also touts a two fans together with a 3 + 2 design for the heatpipe and four air outlets.
Xiaomi will also release a base model equipped with GTX 1050 Ti, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB SSD. As for their prices, the GTX 1060 + 16GB RAM + 256GB SSD is priced at CNY8,999 (~Php75,072.17) while the GTX 1050 Ti + 8GB RAM + 128GB SSD variant is at CNY5,999 (~Php50,045.33). Local availability and pricing are yet to be announced.
