You’ll likely have read about the all new Xiaomi Mi 4c already. If you haven’t, you totally should.
Besides the Mi 4c, today’s announcement saw the company turn into a network carrier (kind of) with Mi Mobile besides the launch of the new Xiaomi Bluetooth speakers.
At 199 Yuan (US$31), the new Bluetooth speakers from one of the largest smartphone manufacturers seem like decent value. They come with an all metal body, and promise to fit in your pocket.
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As for the tech specs, these speakers feature a volume of up to volume up to 90dB(A) @0.5m, along with some other goodies such as an Avnera AV3102 chip to clean out the sound, a built-in bass radiator, and more.
Besides Bluetooth, the speakers can read music files off of a microSD card. They’ll come covered in an all-metal body, with a battery life of up to 8 hours.
Again, pricing in China is 199 Yuan (US$31). You can soon expect resellers to start offering this at around US$50 shipped. We recently reviewed the Nationite BQ2 Bluetooth speakers that we found to be pretty impressive as well. Xiaomi speakers are available online through shop.gizchina.com.
Stereo/ mono?
Stereo
http://www.mi.com/pocketaudio/
I was looking at this on the MI site yesterday, looks good. I was impressed by the latest round bluetooth speaker(which sounds OK and has exceptional battery life for what it costs), which I bought for my sister (for about £15 delivered to the UK).
I will be interested to see this reviewed and compared to the other/previous Xiaomi offerings and competitors.
If it’s half-decent, I will buy one, when they come down under the £25 delivered threshold.