Xiaomi Mi 6 launch pegged for mid-March


Xiaomi took their own time in getting the Mi 5 out in the market, a bit like OPPO are doing with the successor to the Find 7. That said, Xiaomi do seem in the mood to launch the successor to the Mi 5 pretty soon.

According to reports coming in from Xiaomi’s home country, the Mi 6 is planned for a mid-March launch. Previous reports have also suggested that the Mi 6 would be shown off at the MWC 2017 in Barcelona next month.

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As you will have read on GizChina before, the Mi 6 is expected to feature a few different spec sets (typical of Xiaomi, usually) — three, to be precise. You can learn more about the variants and the expected specifications here.

The Mi 5 didn’t really turn out to be the stupendous success that Xiaomi would’ve hoped for, which is why word is that the Mi 6 is going to be a very crucial device for Xiaomi if the brand has any expectations from its high-end phones.

In related news, Xiaomi recently launched the Redmi Note 4 in India.

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16 Comments

  1. eliHd
    January 20, 2017

    Xiaomi, you bring out phones every 3 months! No wonder they are not selling anyphones anymore. The article states that mi 5 was not successful as they thought would be… If i was the CEO or the product manager i would bring out a phone that have a really good camera and with a SOC that’s good enough for mediocre games.No need putting the latest and the greatest snapdragon 2017 then sell it at cheaper price and voila! Profit is up again!

    • Lazar Prodanovic
      January 20, 2017

      As a CEO you would be kicked out very, very soon. & we will see what will happen with their real CEO after trying something similar with RN4 SD.

      • Jatinder SK
        January 20, 2017

        RN4 SD variant will not sell as much as RN3 did in india. I was keenly waiting to upgrading from my 2014 Zenfone5 to RN4..But no RN note for me now..Will wait for upcoming smartphones

        • Lazar Prodanovic
          January 20, 2017

          Well they kind of raised expectations with NR3 SD so now they will pay for consequences.
          I bought myself Mi Max recently after Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo, its not a dream phone for me but I am pretty satisfied after getting used to its size.

      • eliHd
        January 21, 2017

        Redmi note 4 have rubbish camera. I personally never own redmi note phones and from the camera reviews online they are not great. When i buy a phone i look for good camera, and have a SOC that’s good enough to play games that are not too demandimg to pass the time when travelling/ commuting. Battery life is debatable as large battery phone takes long time to recharge therefore its down to software optimisation

        • Lazar Prodanovic
          January 21, 2017

          Well if you are looking for a rather good camera look elsewhere from both China & budget phones. Older RN3 & Mi Max have same camera as found on uper partll of last year’s Samsung J & A serieas all do Samsung does the camera software optimisations much better they are still more mid range quality in the best case. That probably says it all. Their is actually little to none smartphones in the budget sector that have a rather good camera. I usually want the phone that rather have a good GPU enough to play most demanding titles without problems & I prefer a rather big battery as I don’t care about longer charging cycle as it’s all about battery life and endurance (especially if you travel a lot). I also pay attention to the; software suport, quality and longevity along with price of course when I shop for one.
          Unfortunately we don’t see much of a advance in the camera department recently as I don’t see dual sensors as a advance a single bettier sensor & lens is better then two mediocre ones.

          • eliHd
            January 21, 2017

            I agree with you with the dual camera however going back to (single) camera story i always find xiaomi have the worse off camera compared to other chinese brand phones lile oppo, huawei or even Gionee at the same or ~ price bracket.

            • Lazar Prodanovic
              January 21, 2017

              Neither of those you mentioned offer same specs for the price. I will say how Huawei with its most recent camera setup find on the Mate 9 did come close to the S7 in many areas but that is completely other category.
              In the budget last year haw ever I would mention TCL Alcatel’s Flash Plus 2 all do performance wise it whosent anything spectacular it came with slightly under clocked P10 MTK SoC and had decent enough battery backup while having good build quality.
              http://m.gsmarena.com/alcatel_flash_plus_2-8105.php
              Still RN3 camera performance with third party software like Open Camera & enabled HAL support for Camera 2 API whose decent & absolute champion regarding price/performance ratio for the last year.

            • eliHd
              January 21, 2017

              In my opinion huawei honor 5c have better camera compare to RN 3/4 no 3rd party camera app bull***e. I buy phone because if i want to take a pic i would use the stock app not trying to find which 3rd party app is the best. Going back to my 1st comment average users want a phone that works with their stock app. This is why company like apple sell their phones. Majority of People buy a product whether is a budget phone or a car they want to use the facilities that that company offers. Not tweak it and trying to find which is the best 3rd party camera app or the best (talking about)

            • Lazar Prodanovic
              January 21, 2017

              Sunny boy don’t insult the Open Community apps on my watch!
              I told you how you can improve camera performance on most newer Xiamis & to do that you will also need to have root privileges as you need to enable HAL for the camera sensor (don’t ask me why it whosent enabled by default as its fully integrated and supported ask Xiaomi, even answer is simple their camera app only suports capabilities of original first camera API).
              Wow! You are so clever! Whel go on then buy an iPhone, shush & send one to me too as you are able to find them so dirty cheap, cheaper than budget Chinese lo cost Android ones.
              & I don’t give shit what dumb “average” user thinks (probably nothing as it’s not able for any critical thinking anyway).
              Well Honor 5 is nothing special regarding anything including camera it has not so good battery life, weak GPU and certainly not on pair regarding performance with both S65x & X2x siblings. P’s as the price is same this day’s I would rather choose the P9 Lite for the better build quality & better tuned same camera (regarding everything else they are pretty much the same).
              Only phone that have a realy good camera and is somewhat in the budget range (for some) is LG Nexus 5x, even performance is still good, battery life is rather not & it’s really limited without SD card support. Next step up with recent price cut would be a Honor 8 but I don’t reconsider it as a real budget one, with medium battery life, rather good performance & good camera (for the price but still not on X5 lv).

            • eliHd
              January 22, 2017

              Dude wtf are you talking about!?! My first comment was about why xiaomi phones are not selling. I know you don’t f’king care about average users knowledge about rooting and installing “the best” 3rd party camera app however if you are a product manager of a company of a smartphone you need to think like your target audience. For the record i hate apple but their business strategies works why?!? Because they think and give their audience what they want!

            • Lazar Prodanovic
              January 22, 2017

              Xiaomi phones are selling. They just aren’t selling good enough how their management wants. Guess what? We aren’t the Xiaomi management! And management is responsible for the firms future in good & worse. Target audience? U mi u mi, mi mi i am a bony rabbit. Check the forum’s. I hate the guts of Apple ever since 84’s first commercial “We Will Set You Free” for Mackintosh.
              https://youtu.be/OYecfV3ubP8
              Guest how ironic that is. Me by that’s why you need to jailbreak their products. I have a news for you! Apple is in a much worser situation than Xiaomi because they missed with all of their latest products. People did like 3.5mm headphone jack that alone with lack of any real innovations lead to the pore sails of their latest phones, situation is pretty much similar on the PC front, watch didn’t sell much either, their are still good as a service provider but that alone isn’t good enough so the old thief & NSA snitcher is in trouble (I am so sorry about him) oooo Thimyyyy. So like every other patent trol they are up against their sister in low patent trol closest collaborator Qualcomm. So you see it doesn’t work, it actually pretty much newer did if you ask me.

  2. balcobomber25
    January 20, 2017

    I think the major reason Xiaomi delayed the Mi5 was because of the disaster of a year that Qualcomm had. Xiaomi didn’t want to deal with the easy bake oven SD810. Especially after the disaster that was the Mi4i.

    As for Oppo and the Find 9, sadly I don’t think we will ever see one.

    • Simon
      January 20, 2017

      Huawei P10 should be very nice. I hope the Xiaomi Mi6 is of premium build quality.

  3. zupatami
    January 22, 2017

    it looks so Apple…
    ——
    powered by MIUI Tweaks

  4. tommyboy7
    January 23, 2017

    while i don’t know how many mi5’s the management hoped to sell, i see them all the time, and the interest of people was really big for this device. And it still is at the moment, since it’s dirty cheap now. It is a great phone for the price. It’s fast, light, takes good pics and the battery is not so bad either. All in all, a successful take on flagships i would say.