When you think of overclocked gadgets, you might think of graphics cards, processors, and so on. It’s not often that you hear about overclocked smartphones, but as it turns out over in China, one local retailer is apparently selling an overclocked version of the Xiaomi Mi 5 which should prove to be rather interesting.
According to the retailer GOME, this particular version of the Mi 5 comes with an overclocked CPU, RAM, and GPU, which basically means that the whole phone has been souped up. For those unfamiliar, the Mi 5 comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 clocked at 1.8GHz, an Adreno 530 GPU clocked at 510MHz, and 3GB of RAM clocked at 1333MHz.
With this “Extreme” edition of the Mi 5, the retailer has bumped the CPU up to 2.15GHz, GPU to 624MHz, and RAM to 1866MHz. No doubt that the phone should feel a lot faster, although we can only imagine that this comes at the expense of its battery life which should take quite a hit, not to mention the amount of heat generated could be worrying.
With reports of the Galaxy Note 7 exploding, we’re not sure if taking this risk would be a smart idea. That being said, it seems to be only available in China where it is priced at $300. We have to wonder if this will spark a trend of overclocked smartphones in the future, but what do you guys think? Are overclocked phones something you might be interested in?
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