Xiaomi is finally ready to roll out the Mi Note Pro

Apr 17, 2015 08:05 GMT  ·  By

Back in January, we saw Xiaomi introduce two new high-end phablets, coming in the form of the Mi Note and Mi Note Pro.

While the Mi Note model was put on sale immediately after the big launch, the more impressive Mi Note Pro was saved for a later date.

The phablet takes advantage of a Snapdragon 810 processor and comes bundling 4GB of RAM. It’s actually the second phone after the ZenFone 2 to arrive in the wild with that RAM capacity, so naturally, folks were very excited.

However, Xiaomi didn’t seem to be in a rush to launch the Mi Note Pro model. But if you were eagerly awaiting for it, the good news is that you won’t have to wait for much longer.

The Xiaomi Mi Note Pro is coming next month

Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun has just posted on his Weibo account an announcement according to which the Mi Note Pro will become available for purchase starting May 6.

We’re not being told in the post whether the Mi Note Pro will be immediately available for pickup or not, but at least customers will be able to place an order for the phablet after months of drooling over it.

Compared to the standard Mi Note, the Mi Note Pro comes with premium internals. It sports a 5.7-inch QHD display and Qualcomm’s powerful but controversial platform Snapdragon 810. There’s also 4GB of RAM on board and 64GB of internal storage, plus Cat.9 LTE (with 450Mbps peak downloads).

In the camera department, things are on par with the Mi Note, which bundles a 13MP sensor on the back and a 4MP one up in front. The battery sustaining life onboard the phablet is of the 3,000 variety.

The Xiaomi Mi Note Pro is expected to sell for $532 / €496, which is a tad more than what ASUS is offering its ZenFone 2 for.

The ZenFone 2 with 4GB of RAM has recently made its ways in the US where it is being offered via Amazon with a $395 / €367 price tag.

Naturally, for the time being, the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro won’t be selling in the States, although third-party re-sellers will probably ship the phablet to the US.

Xiaomi Mi Note Pro is going on sale soon (3 Images)

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