XIAOMI MI 5 RUMORS AND NEWS LEAKS

Rumors of a follow up to the Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphone have been gathering for a while, and although an early 2015 launch looked likely, the company revealed the Mi Note and the Mi Note Pro instead. Does this mean the Mi 5 will never arrive? According to rumors, it’s still in the works. Here’s everything we think we know about the Mi 5.

What will it look like?

In early December, two leaks gave us a look at what the Xiaomi Mi 5’s final design may be. Possibly, anyway. The first came from GizmoChina and a Weibo source, and showed the front of the phone with a black border. The Mi logo and a home button — that’s expected to house a fingerprint sensor — were the only other points of interest.

A few days later, another image was published on the Weibo social network, this time in the shape of a full render. It shows a curved 2.5D glass front panel, and a similar home button design to the first leaked image, plus there is the hint of a USB Type-C charger mounted underneath. The Mi logo is missing from its usual home in the top left of the body.
Neither images are official, and should be considered speculative until the phone is finally made official.


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