Stefan Mileschin

Xiaomi’s new flagship is late to the party. The Mi4 launched in 2014, and the Chinese brand did not bother launching a successor in 2015. Why? Because it didn’t have a proper processor to build it around. The Mi4 was based on the Snapdragon 801, so with the Mi5, Xiaomi skipped a year, and a CPU generation.

Instead of launching an outright replacement for the Mi4, Xiaomi went about introducing a few new models, including the mid-range Mi4C, a Snapdragon 808 device with an exceptional price tag, followed by a bevvy of budget Redmi models.

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