Xiaomi Mi Max Launched at Rs 14,999: Here are 10 Promising Features That Will Lure You

By Vigneshwar

| Updated: Thursday, June 30, 2016, 17:06 [IST]

As promised, the Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has launched its phablet range in India at an event in New Delhi. Dubbed as Mi Max, this device comes with the 6.44-inch display and huge 4850mAh battery.

Xiaomi Mi Max Launched at Rs 14,999: 10 Best Features You Should Know

Ignoring the 5.5-inch trend in the market, Xiaomi has entered into the 6.4-inch arena with Mi Max. This 6.4-inch is more than normal for most of us! Talking about the design, this hulked up device looks similar to Mi Note and if you thought of using this device in one hand, then, please forget it!

However, the Mi Max will fit for those who prefer watch videos or films, reading newspapers or document on their device.

The fingerprint sensor has been placed on the back side of the device just like Redmi Note 3. Anyhow, it is pretty disappointing to see standard USB cable in this device after implementing USB Type-C on Xiaomi Mi5.

In case, if you are planning to buy this device, we have jotted down the top 10 features, that might help you in narrowing down the results. Do swirl through!

Design

As we mentioned earlier, the Mi Max has nothing new in terms of design language. This device measures 7.5mm thick and weighs around 205 grams.

The size of the device makes it impossible for one hand use. Moreover, this device has One-hand mode too. But we don't know, how comfortable it will be for a consumer.

Huge Display

As the name goes, Mi Max sports a 6.44-inch Full HD IPS 2.5D curved glass display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The Mi Max comes with Sunlight readability option too, which adjust the display according to the display. To protect the display from scratches and cracks, the company has included Corning Gorilla Glass 4 in it.

Hardware

The Xiaomi Mi Max comes powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 processor under the hood. Moreover, the company said that the Snapdragon 652 variant with 4GB RAM and 128GB of inbuilt storage will be available in India soon.

Storage

The Xiaomi Mi Max comes equipped with 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM, that can be expanded via MicroSD card slot.

Camera

The Mi Max flaunts a 16MP rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash and PDAF. On the front side, it is backed with 5MP front-facing camera with 85-degree wide-angle lens and f/2.0 aperture.

Operating system

The Xiaomi Mi Max is shipped with Android 6.0 Marshmallow on top of MIUI 8 out of the box.

Connectivity

Talking about the connectivity, the Mi Max supports options like 4G LTE with VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4 / 5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS.

Battery

In this department, the Mi Max hardware is juiced with large 4850mAh non-removable battery. Also, it supports Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 for quick charging.

Freebies

The Chinese phone maker has announced 3 months of free movies & 1 year of unlimited music on Hungama Play app for the first 1 million Mi Max, Redmi Note 3 and Mi 5 users.

Further, the first 10,000 Mi Max users will get Free Batman vs. Superman movie streaming.