Xiaomi Mi-Two benchmarked, shows great performance early on

The Xiaomi Mi-Two was the first phone announced with Qualcomm's monster Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset. The phone is yet to launch officially (production started a week ago), but several Chinese sites have received an engineering sample and the reviews started coming in, featuring benchmarking the quad-Krait cores and Adreno 320 GPU.

Here is how the benchmarks results they got compare to the scores we got from the LG Optimus G, which claims the title of first S4 Pro phone to make it to market, plus two from our quad-core shootout.

Linpack

Higher is better

• LG Optimus G
  608
• Xiaomi Mi-Two
  435.8
• HTC One S
  210
• Meizu MX 4-core
  189.1
• Samsung Galaxy S III
  177.1
• HTC One X (Tegra 3)
  160.9
• LG Optimus 4X HD
  141.5

Quadrant

Higher is better

• LG Optimus G
  7439
• Xiaomi Mi-Two
  7247
• HTC One X (Tegra 3)
  5952
• Sony Xperia T
  5675
• Samsung Galaxy S III
  5365
• Meizu MX 4-core
  5170
• LG Optimus 4X HD
  4814

NenaMark 2

Higher is better

• Xiaomi Mi-Two
  63.9
• HTC One S
  60.5
• LG Optimus G
  60.0
• Sony Xperia T
  60.0
• Samsung Galaxy S III
  58.8
• HTC One X (Tegra 3)
  56.6
• Meizu MX 4-core
  54.1
• LG Optimus 4X HD
  52.3

AnTuTu

Higher is better

• Xiaomi Mi-Two
  14615
• Meizu MX 4-core
  11820
• LG Optimus 4X HD
  11735
• HTC One X (Tegra 3)
  11633
• Samsung Galaxy S III
  10767

Vellamo

Higher is better

• Xiaomi Mi-Two
  2293
• HTC One X (Tegra 3)
  2078
• Samsung Galaxy S III
  1890
• LG Optimus 4X HD
  1568
• Meizu MX 4-core
  1468

Also, here's a taste of what the 8MP camera can do. You can read the source reviews for more samples and more info on the phone (they're in Chinese though).

Xiaomi Mi-Two camera samples

Xiaomi will be selling the Mi-Two in China for now, but they've expressed interest in taking it worldwide. The Chinese price is RMB 1,999 ($315, €225), so if it makes it to the US and Europe on that price, it might pose some real competition to the established makers.

Source 1 • Source 2 • Source 3

Source : http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mitwo_benchmarked_shows_great_performance_early_on_-news-4871.php

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Xiaomi starts Mi-Two production on September 22

Xiaomi beat LG to the punch by announcing the first quad-core Krait-powered phone (though the Optimus G should have the distinction of shipping first). The Xiaomi Mi-Two will go into production on September 22, revealed the company's co-founder.

Also, the Mi-Two will be coming in a 32GB version along with the originally announced 16GB version (there's a microSD card slot too). The rest of the specs include a Qualcomm APQ8064 chipset, 2GB of RAM, 4.3" IPS LCD with 720p resolution (342ppi) and a 2000mAh standard battery (and optional 3000mAh).

The Xiaomi Mi-Two will start shipping in mid to late October at RMB 1,999 ($315, €225) for the 16GB version. It's still unclear how much the 32GB model will cost, though.

Considering the Mi-1S, a slight update of the original Xiaomi phone sold 200,000 units in 30 minutes, we're wondering if Xiaomi shouldn't have started production of the Mi-Two already.

Source (in Chinese)

Source : http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_starts_production_on_mitwo_on_september_22-news-4780.php

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