Xiaomi Mi Max 2 coming to India next week

Unveiled in China in May, Mi Max 2 is successor to Mi Max phablet that came to India in June last year.

A woman walks past a Xiaomi logo outside a Xiaomi service centre in Beijing. (AFP File Photo)

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is all set to unveil in India next week its new device Mi Max 2 that sports 6.44-inch screen and is powered by a massive 5,300mAh battery.

Unveiled in China in May, Mi Max 2 is successor to Mi Max phablet that came to India in June last year.

The device is built in a metal unibody design and sports a fingerprint sensor on the back.

It is powered by octa-core Snapdragon 625 SoC clocked at 2GHz blended with 4GB RAM and 64GB/128GB internal storage. The device runs on Android Nougat 7.0 operating system.

It comes with a 12MP rear camera with dual-LED flash and a 5MP selfie-shooter.

Xiaomi, that clocked over $1 billion in revenue in India last year, shipped 23.16 million smartphones in the second quarter of 2017, a whopping increase of 70 per cent from the previous quarter.

This comes after a period of continuous investment in technology, integrating sales across the online and offline platforms and increased growth in global markets especially in India.