Xiaomi launched Xiaomi Mi 4i in Delhi on April 23' 2015, in the presence of founders Bin Lin and Lei Jun. The Mi 4i had a global launch in India. Xiaomi made a record for being managed to sell over a million smartphones within 6 months of its debut in India, it goes without saying that India is an important market for the Chinese phone maker.
Xiaomi Mi 4i comes with a polycarbonate rear cover which is non removable and this cover wraps the phone from the rear side giving smooth rounded corners and edges. In terms of design there are more hints of the Redmi 2 rather than the Mi 4. There’s a soft touch matte finish with a non grease coating. The volume rocker and the power/standby button on right hand side are made of steel and have a nice feedback. The dual SIM tray is located on left hand side. On the top you have the 3.5mm audio jack and at the base there is the micro USB charging and data transfer port.
The thing that strikes you when you hold the phone is the fact that it’s light ( 130gm) and slim ( 7.8mm) . I noticed that the bezel is thin on the top and bottom which makes the phone quite comfortable to hold despite the 5inch display. Use of One Glass Solution, which uses glass laminated on the display further helps keep the slim factor under check.
On the rear side, you have the 13MP camera placed on the top left hand corner beside which is the dual LED flash unit. The camera is flush with the surface of the rear side which is quite good. Towards the base you have the silver coloured embossed Mi branding and below it the grilles of the speaker along with a tiny lip to help raise the phone a bit when it is resting on a flat surface, so as to not muffle the sound. Xiaomi also offers multi-coloured phone covers which you can attach on the rear side. These covers have openings around the camera and the speaker section and thereby end up giving the phone a two-tone colour.
Overall, a well built device despite the polycarbonate back. The design inspiration from the Apple iPhone 5c is quite evident, only Xiaomi uses a matte finish rear cover.
While it borrows a lot of elements from its elder sibling – the Mi 4 – the Mi 4i also offers some improvements such as Android 5.0 Lollipop, a larger battery, lighter body, 2GB RAM, 13MP & 5MP cameras, 4G - LTE, and so on.
I do have the same phone { Xiaomi Mi 4i}
This Review has been written by this device only.I bought this phone at the time of its launch. It has been more than 1 year, and there is not a single problem in the phone, it's working smoothly.
