On April 23, 2015, Xiaomi Company released its Xiaomi 4i mobile phone specifically for the international market in India. This is the first Xiaomi mobile phone aimed at overseas, and also the first large-scale overseas press conference of Xiaomi. Since the launch of Xiaomi 4i, it has been sought after by domestic rice noodles, and has always been loved by domestic rice noodles. Similarly, the author is also attracted by this beautiful little prince of thousand yuan Android. Now the author will take you to experience this high face Xiaomi mobile phone.

Xiaomi 4i is equipped with a 5-inch 1080p display screen, a 1.7GHz 64 bit Snapdragon 615 eight core processor, 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM. In terms of cameras, Xiaomi 4i is equipped with a 5 megapixel front camera and a 13 megapixel rear camera, with 3120mAh battery capacity, and runs the MIUI 6 system based on Android 5.0. Next, the author will experience Xiaomi 4i from the aspects of detail design, hardware performance, camera, etc.

1. Xiaomi 4i unpacking

Like the external packaging of Xiaomi mobile phone series sold in China, Xiaomi 4i also uses kraft paper series packaging boxes. The front of the packaging box implements the usual practice of Xiaomi, and only Xiaomi's logo is printed on the upper right corner. It looks very simple overall.

The back of the Xiaomi packing box is similar to the domestic version. The product model, imei information and other information are printed. The only difference is that the front of the Xiaomi 4i is printed in English instead of the Chinese version of the domestic version because it is an international version. Since the trial version is the Hong Kong version, a label paper suitable for Hong Kong use is pasted on the packing box.

The weight that Xiaomi's outer package can bear has been intuitively recognized in the previous evaluation, so we won't repeat it here. Xiaomi 4i is located in the customized groove design, with a semicircular groove that can be easily taken out.

All contents provided by the mobile phone include Xiaomi 4i mobile phone, card taking pin, Xiaomi data cable and switching power supply for British plug charging.

In terms of instructions, Xiaomi 4i provides instructions in English and traditional Chinese, mainly for overseas markets, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

In terms of charging, because the supply market is Hong Kong, the British charging plug is used. In fact, it doesn't matter. You can put this charging switch power supply away and go abroad for business trips or travel in the future. Maybe it will be used. But at present, this kind of plug is not used in China, and charging plug is not a lack of accessories for everyone, I believe you have many similar charging heads or even Xiaomi charging heads on hand. However, there are many reports of damage caused by poor quality charging heads recently. Therefore, it is recommended that you use Xiaomi's original charging head for charging. I believe that mobile phone players will not lack this.

2. Xiaomi 4i Detail Design

The front part of Xiaomi 4i uses an integrated screen. The whole screen is embedded in the frame. The four corners of the body are designed in a smooth way. The overall line is smooth and the hand feel is very good.

Above the front of Xiaomi 4i, on the left is Xiaomi's logo, in the middle is the handset, and on both sides of the handset are distance sensors and front cameras. The front camera pixel of Xiaomi 4i has reached 5 million, which is a great blessing for friends who like to take selfies.

Three touch physical keys are designed at the bottom of the screen. It is difficult to see when the screen is turned off or off. The author wakes up the screen and can clearly see the three touch keys at the bottom. Like other Android phones, including Xiaomi, the return, home page and menu keys are designed. However, compared with Xiaomi 4i, the key icons are more refined.

The Xiaomi 4i I experienced this time is a white version. The back cover of the body of Xiaomi 4i is made of plastic material. The actual experience shows that the back cover is very good in design, and does not stick fingerprints at all. It feels frosty to the touch, but it is more delicate and comfortable to the touch.

Xiaomi's main camera is located on the left side above the back of Xiaomi 4i. The Xiaomi's rear camera uses a 13 megapixel Samsung/Sony camera with a large aperture of F2.0. At the same time, Xiaomi 4i uses LED flash lights with cold and warm dual color temperatures to meet the needs of shooting under various conditions, providing guarantee for achieving the best shooting results.

The bottom center is Xiaomi's LOGO and product certification. At the bottom of the LOGO is Xiaomi's loudspeaker. The dense sound outlet design provides guarantee for Xiaomi's hands-free function and external music.

The body thickness of Xiaomi 4i is only 7.8mm, which is thinner than the 8.9mm of Xiaomi 4 and brings better experience. On the right side of the body are the volume increase/decrease buttons and the power button. Plastic products are used. The buttons bounce back powerfully and are comfortable to use.

The left side of the fuselage is designed with the slot of Xiaomi 4i.

The bottom of the fuselage is the mic hole and charging hole of Xiaomi 4i, and the charging port is designed as a square.

The top of the fuselage is Xiaomi 4i headphone interface, which uses the most commonly used 3.5mm standard headphone interface. Of course, better audio-visual enjoyment can be obtained by adapting Xiaomi headphones, because the system of Xiaomi 4i is also optimized for headphones, and the supporting use effect is better.

In order to facilitate the user to replace the sim card, Xiaomi 4i is also equipped with a card taking pin as standard, which can easily take out the card slot. After the domestic MIUI version is printed, Xiaomi 4i can support the dual 4G network of China Mobile Unicom, providing convenience for many users with two cards. Unfortunately, the Xiaomi 4i has not designed a tf expansion card slot, which makes it impossible for users to expand memory space by themselves. The Xiaomi 4i 16GB space is estimated to be slightly less for most users.

3. Performance evaluation of Xiaomi 4i hardware

Although some experiencers have repeatedly stressed that running points is not important, as a product's hardware design and system evaluation, running points can not only feel the use effect of the ui, but the test of the product's hardware, 3D performance, etc. is still more reliable than intuitive. Here, the author selects three commonly used test software to evaluate Xiaomi 4i.

1) Evaluation of Anthare: As a software specially used for performance evaluation and scoring of mobile phones, tablets and other products, Anthare is quite authoritative. It completes the comprehensive performance test of mobile phones through eight important performance tests, including overall CPU performance, memory performance, 2D and 3D drawing performance, database I/O, SD card reading and writing.

2) Quadrant Standard: Android software that can target the performance of CPU, memory, I/O input and output, 2D and 3D images. Quadrant Standard can provide one click complete test, or select some test items to test separately as required. It also provides the system information viewing function with clear content format, so that you can easily understand the very detailed Android phone processor, memory, system version and other features.

3) NenaMark2: Hardware accelerated benchmark test program for Android devices, which tests the graphics capability of mobile phones by demonstrating a real-time rendered image, including reflection, dynamic shadow, surface parameters, complex light modes, etc.

Xiaomi 4i's test score in Anthare was 39850, higher than Xiaomi 3 and lower than Xiaomi 4, which is equivalent to its positioning. In the test of NenaMark2, the fps reached 60.0, which is also a good result, providing a guarantee for its stable operation of 3D games. The mobile phone performance test software achieved 24997 results, and its comprehensive performance is in the current mainstream mobile phone position.

Since Xiaomi 4i uses a Qualcomm 64 bit eight core Snapdragon 615 processor and 2GB RAM to ensure its stable operation of the game, the author tested it with the best speed car thermal tracking and temple escape 2, and both of them can run in the process. However, after running for a period of time, Xiaomi 4i also has a large heat output, but which Android phones can run 3D games with a small heat output, This should be a direction that all mobile phone manufacturers need to improve.

Xiaomi 4i uses a 1080P sun screen, and the visual effect in the sun is also very good. The author used Xiaomi 4i to play a 1080P test video, which can run smoothly. The author tried to play 4K video, and found that it could not play normally. Of course, this is normal, but Xiaomi 4i is very good at playing 1080P smoothly.

4. MIUI V6 of Xiaomi 4i

Xiaomi 4i is an international version. The author has experienced the development version of Xiaomi 4i domestic version in the first time line. The process of cleaning the machine will not be repeated here. You can check the relevant tutorials of Xiaomi administrator Naomi on your own. The development version of Xiaomi 4i is also a customized MIUI V6 based on Android 5.0. We are very familiar with this system.

The familiar Xiaomi account login and account binding are all reflected in V6, including my favorite Xiaomi Security Center. With it, there is no need to download other software such as traffic control and interception. It is a very important function.

MIUI V6 provides perfect entertainment and application download functions, such as game center, application download center, local life of Xiaomi, news and music, etc. It can be said that with these, there is no need to install other messy application download software, etc. Basically, it can be used normally without too much downloading other software, The download can be completed on the APP provided by MIUI V6 at any time according to personal needs. Another function that the author likes very much is Xiaomi Theme Center, where you can find your favorite theme, change it as you like, make the mobile phone page more beautiful, and provide personalized display of the mobile phone UI page.

The push function of the system is similar to that of other Android mobile phone systems, but the push control of MIUI V6 is simpler and more convenient. You can quickly change the ringing tone, turn on and off Bluetooth, wifi and other functions by pulling up. For process management, the control of MIUI V6 is improved compared with MIUI V5. The MIUI V5 needs to hold down the middle Home key and then pop up. The V6 is simpler to use. Just click the menu key to pop up process management. It is more convenient to use.

The MIUI V6 system of Xiaomi 4i uniformly provides the Shenyin mode, which is a very practical mode to effectively save power and control the operation of background software. Also, in order to facilitate one hand operation, two sizes of one hand operation modes are provided. In the process of using Android phones, this problem is often encountered. The phone mistakenly touches the inside of the phone, causing the wrong answer to the phone or opening the screen. In order to avoid this problem, miui V6 also provides a switch to prevent the wrong touch.

5. Xiaomi 4i camera

The rear camera of Xiaomi 4i uses 13 million pixels of Samsung/Sony, The f/2.0 large aperture lens has fast focusing speed and high color rendition, which can capture the details of the photographed object, making the picture quality more excellent. At the same time, it provides up to 12 types of camera filters, which can easily shoot the effect you want. For those who love taking selfies, it also has the beauty camera function, which can be used according to your needs. At the same time, it provides a manual photographing function, which can set corresponding photographing parameters according to the needs. Here are some photos of Xiaomi 4i.

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6. Xiaomi 4i Summary

After the author's one week experience, Xiaomi 4i still has many advantages:

1) It is not too much to call it the most beautiful little prince with good hand feel and high appearance;

2) Samsung/Sony 13 million pixel camera is used, and the f/2.0 large aperture cold and warm LED flash is used to make the photography better;

3) Support dual card and dual 4G to meet user needs;

4) The MIUI V6 system is adopted, and the user experience is better.

However, the author also found some unsatisfactory aspects of Xiaomi 4i:

1) Unable to expand memory, tf card expansion memory is a common way for people at present. 16GB memory is too small when it cannot be expanded. I hope Xiaomi can launch Xiaomi 4i with larger memory, such as 32G/64GB version;

2) After running 3D games or watching videos for a long time, the mobile phone fever is not ideal. Of course, this is closely related to the processor, and it is also a problem that all large screen Android phones, including Xiaomi mobile phones, are difficult to overcome.

In general, Xiaomi 4i has obvious cost performance advantages in the mobile phone circle where the price is around 1000 yuan. The dual card dual 4G standby mode can meet the use needs of most users. The 13 million rear camera with a f/2.0 aperture and cold/warm dual LED flash can completely replace the camera in daily use. The MIUI V6 system is more in line with the use habits of Chinese people. Finally, I wish this mobile phone could be launched in China as soon as possible.