XIAOMI MI A1: IS IT A BEST BUDGET ORIENTED SMARTPHONE ?

XIAOMI MI A1

XIAOMI MI A1: IS IT A BEST BUDGET ORIENTED SMARTPHONE ?

OVERVIEW

Xiaomi India has recently launched its one more budget oriented smartphone after its successful mid-range product Xiaomi Redmi Note 4. No doubt that Xiaomi  Redmi Note 4 was one of the best budget oriented smartphone they have ever launched in India.

But after that boom Xiaomi decided to do something extra ordinary in that tight budget oriented segment to offer more. So they finally launched MI A1.

DISPLAY

Xiaomi MI A1 has a 5.5-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen and has a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels with a Corning Gorilla  Glass 3. Xiaomi haven't any extra ordinary job in terms display but they have provided with 2.5D curvature display which is very smooth while sliding your fingers till the sides of the cellphone when you are gaming or for any other puropse and makes look much cooler than the simple one dimension display.

DESIGN

Xiaomi MI A1 has a full metal body beautiful crescent antenna line on the top and the bottom of the cellphone at the back panel. In terms of looks and design it is very much similar to One Plus 5 specially its black variant. The body of MI A1 is as thin as One Plus 5 the MI A1 is 7.3mm thin. We also get to see the traditional circled Fingerprint sensor on the back panel of the device. Speaker of the cellphone is placed beside the charging port which sounds pretty loud.

The dimension of  MI A1 is 155.4x75.8x7.3mm and has a weight of 165gm and supports Hybrid Dual Sim.

ANDROID PLATFORM,PROCESSOR&MEMORY

Xiaomi MI A1 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 Octa-core chipset which has a clock speed of  2.0 GHz Cortex A53. 

The runs on Android Nougat 7.1.2 Operating System and will soon get an update of  Android Oreo 8.0. Xiaomi MI A1 has 4GB RAM and 64GB Internal Memory and it is expandable upto 128GB.

MI A1 is the Xiaomi's first product which is launched on the Google's Android One base which will result will result into quick android updates and will have stock android User Interface instead of famous MIUI of Xiaomi. This collaboration is a plus point for Xiaomi to compete with Motorola G5S  Plus.

CAMERA

The whole popularity of the Xiaomi MI A1 is based on its 12+12MP Dual Camera which was quite highlighted at the launch event. MI A1 is the first Xiaomi product which is launched with dual camera in India, and they played well in terms of camera. In case if you guys are interested in complete review of MI A1's camera then we will provide you the video link where MI A1 is been competed with its rival Moto G5s Plus. The video is been provided by a YouTube channel named as C4ETECH.

Xiaomi MI A1 has Primary Camera of 12+12MP Dual Camera with an aparture of f/2.2 and f/2.6 with phase detection auto focus, 2x optical zoom with dual LED flash. It also has a secondary camera of 5MP.

BATTERY

MI A1  is powered by 3080mAh non-removable battery and has a reversible USB Type C  Charging port. Although, it is 1050mAh less than the Redmi Note 4 but because of the Snapdragon 625 chipset and due to the stock OS there will be less consumption of power in terms of battery consumption.

FEATURES

Xiaomi Mi A1 has some key features which was highlighted during the launch event were as follows:-

1. Android One Collaboration (mentioned above)

2.Dual Rear Camera (mentioned above)

3. High Sound Quality: Here Xiaomi has a seperate amplifier in their Headphone jack which exteremely excellent output which will music lovers go crazy. And seriously if your main focus is on music they just go and buy this device because the experts like GeekyRanjit claims that even they haven't heard this kind of sound quality till date in any cell phone.

4. Customised Camera User Interface: Unlike other Stock Android devices MI A1 has a complete different camera UI setup like we get to see in other Xiaomi's which is a very good thing.

5. Gets all the necessary sensors against its competitors in this segment.

COMPETITORS

Till date, the competitor of Xiaomi MI A1 is Motorola G5S Plus, which gives very close fight but according to us MI A1 is winner over Motorola G5S Plus because of 1000Rs. cheaper than G5S Plus, providing all the necessary sensors, excellent sound quality, providing notification light and giving tough fight in terms of Camera.

COLOURS & PRICING

Xiaomi MI A1 is available in three beautiful colours: Black, Gold and Rose Gold and priced at 14,999INR.

CONCLUSION

Xiaomi MI A1 is pretty awesome device, and with all the plus points against its rival we consider that Xiaomi MI A1 is the best budget oriented smartphone till now