Xiaomi Hongmi smartphone - quad-core CPU for $130

Xiaomi a famous chinese smartphone company recently released the Xiaomi Hongmi smartphone with 720p display and a Quad-core CPU just for $130.

Xiaomi has announced the long rumored Red Rice smartphone. Its official name is Hongmi, which is Chinese for… well, red rice.

Xiaomi Hongmi packs a 4.7-inch 720p IPS display with 312 ppi density, protected by a Gorilla Glass 2. The Hongmi is powered by Mediatek’s MT6589 chipset featuring a quad-core 1.5GHz Cortex-A7 processor, PowerVR SGX544 graphics and 1GB of RAM. Other notable features in Xiaomi Hongmi include the 4GB storage plus a microSD card slot, and a 2000 mAh battery.

Xiaomi could be a serious troublemaker to Pakistani smartphone company Qmobile, if Xiaomi confirms the availability of their smartphones in Pakistan.

The good thing is that as some smartphone retailers are importing Xiaomi phones so they might make this latest Xiaomi Hongmi smartphone available in Pakistan also.

Xiaomi Hongmi specification

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 1900 / 2100
	SIM	Dual SIM
	Announced	2013, July
	Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, August

BODY	Dimensions	–
BODY	Weight	–

DISPLAY	Type	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	720 x 1280 pixels, 4.7 inches (~312 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 2

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 32 GB
MEMORY	Internal	4 GB, 1 GB RAM

DATA	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	Speed	HSDPA, HSUPA
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go

CAMERA	Primary	8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, HDR
	Video	Yes, 1080p@30fps
	Secondary	Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
	Chipset	MTK MT6589T
	CPU	Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A7
	GPU	PowerVR SGX544
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
	Browser	HTML5
	Radio	TBD
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black, Chinese Red, Metallic Gray/ blue, green, yellow panels
		– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic – SNS integration – MP4/H.264/H.263 player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player – Organizer – Image/video editor – Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) – Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa – Voice memo/dial/commands – Predictive text input (Swype)

BATTERY		Li-Po 2000 mAh battery
BATTERY

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 1900 / 2100
	SIM	Dual SIM
	Announced	2013, July
	Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, August

BODY	Dimensions	–
BODY	Weight	–

DISPLAY	Type	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	720 x 1280 pixels, 4.7 inches (~312 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 2

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 32 GB
MEMORY	Internal	4 GB, 1 GB RAM

DATA	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	Speed	HSDPA, HSUPA
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go

CAMERA	Primary	8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, HDR
	Video	Yes, 1080p@30fps
	Secondary	Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
	Chipset	MTK MT6589T
	CPU	Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A7
	GPU	PowerVR SGX544
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
	Browser	HTML5
	Radio	TBD
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black, Chinese Red, Metallic Gray/ blue, green, yellow panels
		– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic – SNS integration – MP4/H.264/H.263 player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player – Organizer – Image/video editor – Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) – Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa – Voice memo/dial/commands – Predictive text input (Swype)

BATTERY		Li-Po 2000 mAh battery
BATTERY

You can choose three Xiaomi Hongmi flavors between – Black, Chinese Red and Metallic Gray. The battery cover is exchangeable and you can opt for additional blue, green and yellow panels.

Unfortunately, the Xiaomi Hongmi is highly unlikely to leave China. We will keep you updated if we hear something about international availability, though.