Xiaomi Mi 5 is a flagship smartphone with a really low price

BARCELONA — Two days removed from the other big smartphone announcements at the Mobile World Congress was Xiaomi’s Mi 5, the company’s first truly global flagship smartphone

Presented in in-depth detail by company CEO Hugo Barra, the new phone continues Xiaomi’s tradition of offering flagship features at a ridiculously low price, far cheaper than similar offerings from Samsung and Apple

The 5.15-inch Mi 5 comes in several variants, all of which have a Snapdragon 820 processor, a 16-megapixel camera, a 4-megapixel, “large pixel” selfie cam and a 3,000mAh battery. The Snapdragon 820 is of particular importance here — it’s Qualcomm’s latest and greatest, said to be offering a 100% performance increase at just 50% the power drain (compared to the Snapdragon 810 line). Read more...