Is the thin-bezeled display phone in this picture the long-awaited Xiaomi Mi 5?

Seventeen months ago Chinese tech giant Xiaomi had launched their Flagship Mi4. According to Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun Company takes 12-18 months to develop a brand new flagship phone.

As the launching date of Mi 5 comes closer more leaks and photos of this upcoming device is coming out. Weibo provides the first real look at the model. The image comes directly from Xiaomi’s official Weibo account.

The photo shows a person holding a device that resembles the Mi Note with the metal frame and the Mi logo on the left top corner. But what differentiates the device in the photo from the Mi Note are the ultra-thin bezels. The teaser also subtly hints at a possibility that the smartphone will boast Synaptics’ ClearForce technology, which is similar to Apple’s 3D Touch technology.

As per earlier leaks, the Xiaomi Mi 5 is expected to feature a 5.2-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB internal storage, and a combination of 21-megapixel and 8-megapixel selfie cameras. On the software front, it is expected to run on Android 6.0 Marshmallow based MIUI 7.

It has been nearly a year and half since Xiaomi launched the Mi 4, which is ancient by modern standards. But the company is quite bullish about the Mi 5’s prospects, and CEO Lei Jun recently went on record to say that the smartphone is ‘worth the wait’. The Mi 5 is expected to be unveiled sometime around January or February, which is when Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 chipset will be made available for commercial devices.

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