Before this we have been tempted with several mock ups of the Samsung's flagship Iron Man edition, but wonder no more!
Samsung has just released official images and an unboxing video (check down below) of the device. The smartphone is the S6 Edge variant with 64GB of storage.
Sporting the same red and gold colours donned by the self-made hero, the S6 Edge is further customised with the hero's famous mask on the back with the words "Limited Edition" printed below it.
The box wrapping the device is also given the Iron Man treatment as well. Oh and did I forget to mention that with the device comes a wireless charger with the famous 'arc reactor' design. Talk about powering the device huh?
What the use of having this limited edition phone if you can't show it off right? Well Samsung has got your back, they have also included a clear case just for you to show it off and not to protect your device (just kidding).
Sadly the device will only be released in South Korea on 27/05/2015 with China and Hong Kong following suit in June. No details yet if it will be arriving in Malaysia, but if it does manage to find its way through the grey market do expect to pay a hefty premium for it.
As noted by Engadget, there is no J.A.R.V.I.S on board and you'll have to make do with Google Now.
Launched in India as part of Xiaomi’s strategy to expand
beyond China, The Mi 4i is actually quite a surprise. Many would have thought
that the first truly global smartphone by Xiaomi would either be a totally new
flagship on similar level to Mi Note and Mi Note Pro. What Xiaomi offers is
like a 5C option to the iPhone 5S to sort of fill the gap that the Mi 4 set
when it wasn’t able to deliver globally (LTE bands) but still all is set aside
when the pricing and improved specifications were revealed.
Sporting colourful poly-carbonate backs not unlike the 5C
and the Meizu Note, this new phone is an alternative to the Mi 4 (since the
official device released here has only 3G capability not the full 4G) and is a
more global phone as it supports more LTE bands. Surprisingly certain colours
doesn’t make the Mi 4i look cheap. Colours such as black or white actually
looks good when compared to 5C and Meizu Note which can sometimes feel like
toys in the hand. Honestly, the pictures are not doing justice to the phones, you have to see the hands-on video. I personally prefer this back as compared to the 5C, Meizu Note and even the Mi 4.
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It’s also a dual-SIM LTE phone, gets a 5-inch Full HD (441 ppi) display
supplied by Sharp/JDI (strengthened with Corning Concore OGS) with what Xiaomi
is calling the ‘Sunlight Display’ that brightens up individual pixels to make
the screen more visible outdoors. The display now has a wide viewing angle of
178⁰. All of these are packed into something that’s slightly smaller than the
iPhone 6 but with more screen estate (iPhone 6 has a 4.7-inch display, 326ppi).
Meanwhile the Mi 4i gets the 13MP f/2.0 rear shooter by Samsung/Sony with
dual-flash something that is becoming a norm now with smartphones and a 5MP
f/1.8 front shooter. When tested, the Mi 4i seems to provide very good macro
and HDR photos compared to other 13MP shooter from other smartphones. (See the
video review in the link below) Here are a few samples for you to judge
yourself.
It has a mid-range Octa-core Snapdragon 615 (2nd
generation) 64-bit processor (quite rare in a phone at this price range) with
2GB RAM (LPDDR3). The OS on the other hand is the latest Android 5.0 with MIUI
6. Internal storage is offered at 16GB for the moment with no room for
expansion. The battery is also quite big, coming at 3,120 mAh supplied by Sony
or Samsung and is said by Xiaomi to be the most packed battery available and
should last more than a day of usage.
To add icing to the cake, the Xiaomi Mi 4i has Wi-fi 802.11AC
capability and supports dual-band! The latest standard in Wi-fi technology that is supposedly 3x faster than other Wi-fi. Trust me, this is a feature that only
flagship smartphones get. Not what you would expect from a sub RM1000 phone.
All of this is rumoured to be under RM800 which is quite a
steal and normal of Xiaomi making good phones at cheap prices. In Malaysia, this should definitely be a big thing. Price is confirmed to be RM749, even cheaper than expected.
As promised, periodically I will be updating the mid-end segment of the smartphones available in Malaysia. Why the mid-end? Simply because most of us are suckers for 'value for money' products, especially smartphones. With hundreds of devices to choose from, I've decided to compile a few that I think are worth considering when shopping for a new smartphone with a budget.
So here's an updated table for the mid-end segment!
PS: The prices are inclusive of GST as well so that you don't need to be pulling out your calculators. Prices obtained are from online websites and may fluctuate. Do check the current price before making any final decision ;) I've also included the Mi 4i that is not released in Malaysia as of the time of writing.
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Leave a comment if you guys feel that there are any other smartphones worth being in this table as well :)
