Xiomi's latest mid-range smartphone is an iteration to last year's Mi 5 -- the Xiaomi Mi 5X. The Xiaomi Mi 5X took quite a lot of design inspiration from the flagship Xiaomi Mi 6 although there are a few noticeable differences in the exterior and interior components between the two. Perhaps, that's what Xiaomi was really aiming for. At the back are the fingerprint sensor right in the center, the dual-rear cameras flushed to the upper left corner together with the dual-tone, dual-LED flash and the Xiaomi logo just at the bottom end. Antutu Benchmark: 61,243 Geekbench 4.0: 816 (single core), 3,358 (multi-core) PC Mark: 4,948 (Work 2.0), (Work 1.0) 3D Mark: 455 (Sling Shot Extreme) PCMark Storage: 4,503 While a bulk of Xiaomi’s phones are yet to receive Android Nougat, the Mi 5X ships with Android 7.1.2 with the new MIUI 9. More on this in our full review of the Xiaomi Mi 5X. Xiaomi, a well-known smartphone brand in China, has just unveiled their latest Android smartphone that packs impressive mid-range specs coupled with an equally impressive entry-level price tag, the Redmi. The Xiaomi Redmi is a dual-SIM droid that sports a 4.7-inch HD IPS display with Gorilla Glass 2, a MediaTek quad-core CPU, 1GB RAM, and an 8 megapixel f/2.2 aperture camera. Read more in our articles including "Xiaomi MI 5X hands-on impressions" and "Xiaomi Redmi - 4.7-inch HD, quad-core for Php6,000".
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Dec 26, 2025Xiomi's latest mid-range smartphone is an iteration to last year's Mi 5 -- the Xiaomi Mi 5X. The Xiaomi Mi 5X took quite a lot of design inspiration from the flagship Xiaomi Mi 6 although there are a few noticeable differences in the exterior and interior components between the two.
Perhaps, that's what Xiaomi was really aiming for. At the back are the fingerprint sensor right in the center, the dual-rear cameras flushed to the upper left corner together with the dual-tone, dual-LED flash and the Xiaomi logo just at the bottom end. Antutu Benchmark: 61,243 Geekbench 4.0: 816 (single core), 3,358 (multi-core) PC Mark: 4,948 (Work 2.0), (Work 1.0) 3D Mark: 455 (Sling Shot Extreme) PCMark Storage: 4,503 While a bulk of Xiaomi’s phones are yet to receive Android Nougat, the Mi 5X ships with Android 7.1.2 with the new MIUI 9.
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