Xiaomi Mi Note Review: Specs, Features, Price Overview - Display Bigger Than iPhone 6 Plus

The Chinese electronics company Xiaomi has quickly emerged as the third largest producer of mobile phones in the world, and it now wants to take on the market leaders Apple and Samsung. In pursuit of this goal, the company recently launched its largest phablet, the Mi Note.

The Mi Note poses as a strong challenge to the iPhone 6 Plus and the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 as it features a  5.7-inch display, the same as the Galaxy Note 4 but bigger than the iPhone 6 Plus 5.5-inch display. The Mi Note display also boasts of a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels and a density of 386 pixels per inch. Its display has a 1400:1 contrast ratio and a reading mode that helps reduces eye strain by lessening the amount of short wave blue light.

As for its design, the Mi Note has a metal frame both front and back. Made from Corning Gorilla Glass 3, its front is a slightly curved 2.5D glass while its back panel has a 3D glass with bigger curvature. As for its thickness, the device measures 6.95mm while it weighs in at 161 grams.

It was also announced that the Mi Note has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset along with a quad-core CPU clocked at 2.5GHz and an Adreno 330 GPU. It also has 3GB of RAM.

The phone it will be sold in two versions -- 16 and 64GB -- but both will support dual 4G SIM cards.

On the rear of the Mi Note is a 13 megapixel Sony IMX214 camera. It has a f/2.0 aperture, optical image stabilization and two-tone flash. As for its front facing camera, it has a 4 megapixel version that many have noted is quite similar to the UltraPixel camera on the HTC One.

The Mi Note comes loaded with Android 5.0 Lollipop and the MIUI launcher. While the release date in the United States has not been revealed yet, the phablet will start shipping in China at the end of the month where its 16 GB version will be priced at approximately $371.