Xiaomi has definitely come into its own as a smartphone manufacturer, where this China-based company has seen explosive growth to end up in the top five phone manufacturers in the world. Having said that, there seems to be plenty of buzz surrounding an upcoming flagship in a week’s time or less – where it has been speculated to be either the Xiaomi Mi 5 or the Xiaomi Mi 4s. Leaked images of the upcoming flagship smartphone points to an extremely thin aluminum body, and the question is, would the upcoming smartphone be the thinnest smartphone in the market when it arrives?
So far, the leaked (presumably) Xiaomi Mi 5 chassis measures all of just 5.1mm thin – which is a whole lot thinner than the iPhone 6 which measures all of 6.9mm. Heck, you would have to look towards the Chinese manufacturers if you want thin – such as Gionee’s Elife S5.1 (5.1mm), Vivo X5 Max (4.75mm) and Oppo R5 (4.85mm). Hence, there are already two smartphones that are thinner than 5.1mm – which means the Xiaomi Mi5 will not gain the mantle of the thinnest smartphone in the market. Chances are it also come with a 5” plus display at 1,440 x 2,560 pixels resolution alongside the very high possibility of a Snapdragon 805 processor.
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