Hugo Barra Tears Down New Mi 4i, Confirms Non-expandable Storage, Corning Glass Protection

Hugo Barra Tears Down New Mi 4i, Confirms Non-expandable Storage, Corning Glass Protection

Mi 4i teardown

Xiaomi shows us what’s inside the Mi 4i

If you’re a fan of tear downs and Xiaomi, we may have a treat for you: Hugo Barra, VP for Xiaomi Global has gone ahead and teamed up with PhoneRadar to tear down the company’s newest international flagship, the Mi 4i. When the Mi 4i was launched, it wasn’t made clear if the 16GB of storage in the phone was expandable or not, nor the quality of the glass protection on the device. In the video Barra explains why they only went with 16GB of storage, as well as how much of that storage is available for users when the get the phone.

Xiaomi Mi 4i specs

  • Second gen 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 cta-core processor
  • 2GB of RAM
  • 5-inch full HD OGS Sharp/JDI, 1920 x 1080 resolution
  • 16GB of storage
  • 13-megapixel rear camera by Sony/Samsung
  • 5-megapixel front camera
  • Dual-SIM, Dual LTE
  • 3G, LTE
  • WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS
  • Android Lollipop 5.0 with MIUI 6
  • 3120mAh battery

He also explains that the overheating issues of the Snapdragon 615 SoC doesn’t apply to the one used in the Mi 4i, as the company uses the second generation of the chip that’s supposed to be free from those troubles. You can view the entire video below:

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