Xiaomi Mi 5c Smartphone Announced With Surge S1,Company’s First In-House SoC

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Most of the smartphone maker attending at MWC 2017 in Barcelona to launch their latest flagship , but Xiaomi has decided to go against the flow , and today Xiaomi has announced Xiaomi Mi 5c at it’s own event at National Convention Center in Beijing (China) . This Xiaomi Mi 5c smartphone is the company’s first smartphone comes with Xiaomi Surge S1 SoC chipset processor . It is the upgraded or successor version of last year released Xiaomi Mi 4c.

Design wise , the Xiaomi Mi 5c smartphone has unibody metal design , and Xiaomi said that the Surge S1 chipset is able to intelligently adjust the Mi 5c screen display between 2048 brightness levels to match ambient light levels . Talking about the screen , it sports 5.15-inch Full HD curved glass display from JDI with 1.6mm ultra narrow bezels of a screen resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels with 550 nits brightness , 1500: 1 contrast ratio and 94.4% of the NTSC color gamut to gives amazing experience with visual brightness.

Under the hood , the Xiaomi Mi 5c is powered by company’s first in-house 2.2 GHz Xiaomi Surge S1 64-bit Octa-Core processor which is coupled with Quad-core Mali-T860 GPU . Moving to the storage , it is packaging with 3 GB RAM , 64 GB internal storage capacity to storing more and more stuffs in it . On the software front , it is running on Android v7.1 Nougat operating system based on MIUI 8 out of the box.

As for the optics section , the Xiaomi Mi 5c smartphone is equipped with 12-megapixel rear camera on the back with f/2.2 aperture , LED Flash , 1.25 μm pixel size , 6P lens 27-mm wide angle lens while 8-megapixel front facing camera with f/2.0 aperture , 27 mm wide-angle lens for taking endless selfies and video chattings with superior Quality. It has a fingerprint sensor embedded in physical home button along with Infrared Sensor as well.

The Xiaomi Mi 5c has Dual nanoSIM card standby with 4G LTE support along with VoLTE . Connectivity options on this Xiaomi Mi 5c smartphone are as WiFi 802.11 ac dual-band , Bluetooth v4.1 , GPS with A-GPS , USB Type-C , 3.5 mm headphone jack , FM Radio , 4G VoLTE support . To juice up your device , it houses a 2,860 mAH battery capacity with 9V/2A fast charging support for full day battery life performance.

The physical measurement of Xiaomi Mi 5c Smartphone be 144.38 x 69.68 x7.09 mm and weighes be 135 Grams . It comes in Gold , Rose Gold and Black Color options and is priced at Yuan 1499 (approx USD$ 218/Rs. 14,560) . The selling of this Xiaomi Mi 5c will go on floor in China starting from March 3rd this year.

Commenting on the launch Surge S1 Company’s first in-house SoC , Xiaomi’s CEO and co-founder Lei Jun said that:

“The ability to create its own chipsets is the pinnacle achievement for any smartphone company. For Xiaomi, the move is an essential next step in our development. In order to deliver on our promise to make innovation available to everyone, we need to master the core technologies of our industry and tightly integrate the development of our hardware with our software, helping us to make even better smartphones that will consistently surprise the industry and delight consumers.”

Xiaomi Mi 5c Smartphone Key Features:

• Dual SIM Standby (nanoSIM+nanoSIM) with 4G VoLTE
• 5.15-inch Full HD curved glass display
• 1920 x 1080 pixels screen resolution
• Android v7.1 Nougat OS with MIUI 8
• 2.2 GHz Xiaomi Surge S1 64-bit Octa-Core processor
• Quad-core Mali-T860 GPU
• 3 GB RAM & 64 GB inbuilt storage space
• 12-megapixel rear camera with f/2.2 aperture,LED flash
• 8-megapixel front-facing sensor with f/2.0 aperture
• Fingerprint scanner & Infrared sensor
• 2,860 mAH built-in battery with fast charging