Xiaomi Mi S with 4.6-inch display, Snapdragon 821 SoC spotted

If rumours are to be believed, Xiaomi is reportedly working on a new device called Xiaomi Mi S. A bunch of images of the new smartphone, alongside key specifications has been leaked on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform. The Xiaomi Mi S could be the compact variant of Xiaomi Mi 5S smartphone which was launched back in September this year in China. However, there has been no information about the pricing and availability of the device. Also, will it ever make it to India? We don’t know as well.


As per leaked information, Xiaomi Mi S device said to feature a 4.6-inch full HD 2.5D glass display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. It will come equipped with a 2.35GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 821 processor, along with Adreno 530 GPU. The Mi S will come with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage.

On the camera front, the phone would sport a 12-megapixel rear camera housing a Sony IMX378 sensor with dual-LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF, and HDR. On its front, it will have a 4-megapixel selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture. The phone will get its juice from a 2600mAh battery which is expected to come with Quick Charge 3.0 support. Besides, the smartphone would offer 4G with VoLTE, USB Type-C port, WiFi, WiFi Direct, WiFi Hotspot, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS/AGPS/Glonass and NFC. The handset will measures 128.3 x 64.2 x 8.2 mm and weigh at 138 grams.

As per various reports, the smartphone is expected to house a fingerprint scanner as well, which will be embedded to its Home button. Further, the smartphone is expected to run on Android 7.0 Nougat operating system.