Xiaomi does not have a long history, but in less than 10 years it has gone through several important events that we have described in the story of the brand. As a smartphone manufacturer, it brings a series of flagships under the name Xiaomi Mi.
Xiaomi is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, so we decided to look back on every major product and model in this series.
Each of them brought fundamental news and meant a step forward for Xiaomi. In today's article, we will recall their first work Xiaomi Mi 1.
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Introduced more than eight years ago
Exactly on August 16/2011, the first model of today's already successful series of flagships was presented Xiaomi Mi 1. The novelty came into distribution only two months later and its selling price was 1999 Chinese yuan, which is approximately 258 € / 6 543 CZK.
The device gained more than 300 pre-orders.
Just for comparison, at that time Samsung offered its first model of the Galaxy S i9000 series with similar specifications in about 500 € / 12 680 CZK.
Small, light and colorful
Xiaomi Mi 1 had dimensions 125 x 63 x 11.9 mm and weight only 149 g. The first model from Xiaomi had only one slot for a mini SIM card. Today's view of this smartphone evokes a smile, but at the time of its introduction it was, of course, a top device.
The front part consisted of a touch screen, which covered 56% of the front area. By comparison, today's smartphones normally cover 80% of the front.
At the top above it is a panel with the "Mi" logo, in which there is a speaker of the handset, a front camera and a proximity sensor (a sensor for bringing the smartphone closer to the ear, which turns off the display during a call). Below the display, there is enough space for three capacity buttons - from the left: Menu, Home and Back.
The back of the Xiaomi Mi 1 consisted of a removable plastic cover, which was supplied in up to eight different color variations. In the upper part of the rear side in the middle there was a module with a rear camera and LED flash, at the bottom right is a hole for the rear speaker.
There were hardware controls on the edges of the smartphone. At the top it was an on / off button and a hole for a 3,5 mm audio jack. On the right side were the volume buttons and a multifunction button, which could also serve as a camera shutter. On the left side in the edge it was again a hole for a micro USB connector.
The entire Xiaomi Mi 1 smartphone looked compact and, thanks to the matte plastic back covers and round shape, it fell into your hand and did not slip.
Xiaomi k Mi 1 also sold the following color covers:
The display was 4 inches and 1 GB of RAM
The capacitive TFT LCD touch screen had a diagonal 4 inches and offered resolution 480 x 854 pixels in a 16: 9 aspect ratio. Pixel Density was 245 ppi.
The smartphone was equipped with a dual-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 with tact 1,5 GHz and a graphics chip Adreno 220. RAM had capacity 1 GB and storage 4 GB. It could be expanded with a microSD memory card up to a capacity of 32 GB.
She created multimedia equipment front 2 MPx camera a rear camera with resolution 8 MPx. She had a screen f / 2,4 and autofocus. Xiaomi Mi 1 was able to shoot video in resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels with frequency 30 frames per second.
In terms of wireless connectivity, the smartphone supported mobile network technology 3G HSPA, in which it was possible to download data at a speed of 14,4 Mbps and send at a speed of 5,76 Mbps. In addition, single-band was represented here WiFi in the 802.11 b / g / n standard also the interface Bluetooth 2.1. Location services were provided by technology GPS also assisted GPS (A-GPS).
Other Xiaomi Mi 1 equipment includes a micro USB 2.0 connector, 3,5 mm audio jack, accelerometer, proximity sensor and compass. The removable Li-ion battery had capacity 1 930 mAh. After delivery to the market in Xiaomi Mi 1, the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system ran with the MIUI 2.3 software extension.
Improved version: Xiaomi Mi 1S
After some time, the successful smartphone was slightly upgraded to the model by the manufacturer Xiaomi Mi 1S. Compared to its predecessor, it brought a more powerful processor Snapdragon S3 Scorpion with a clock speed of 1,7 GHz.
The rear camera, which had a smaller aperture at the same resolution, also improved f / 2.2. The upgraded smartphone came with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich pre-installed.
The Xiaomi Mi 1, often called the Xiaomi Phone, was the first and very successful Xiaomi smartphone. Already at that time, the company brought a vision of low margin, which provided it with record sales. We gradually remember all the smartphones in the Mi series and over time, other successful devices as well.
Xiaomi released the following video for Mi 1:
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