The Chinese company Xiaomi has its X1-phone presented, which standard is included with the custom rom Miui. Inside housing is running a 1.5 GHz dualcoreprocessor, and the unit would be in October to be released.
The processor in the X1 is the Qualcomm MSM8260, reports Engadget, who was at the presentation in the Chinese capital city of Beijing was present. The MSM8260-soc is also found in the HTC Sensation and Evo 3D. In addition, there is a cheaper version that is equipped with an unnamed dualcoreprocessor at 1.2 GHz. It is remarkable that the Chinese phone can also work with Glonass, the Russian counterpart of gps.
The screen has a diagonal of 4″ and a resolution of 854×480 pixels. In addition, Xiaomi, a 1930mAh battery built in, that, according to ceo Lei Jun two days in normal use keeping up. Photos can be taken with an 8-megapixel camera. Earlier, it was already a product page online, that some details of the X1 showed.
The software is based on Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread. The interface is, however, considerably modified: the device runs Miui, a custom Android rom that elements of Apple’s iOS mimics. Miui was already longer available for users who have custom roms on their Android smartphone can install.
The preorder for the Xiaomi X1 will begin at the end of this month. Then the unit would in October be delivered. For that time there is still much to be done: in hands-on from Engadget, it is clear to see that the device is still far from stable. Chinese must be translated, excluding vat 217 euros to pay for the X1. It is not known whether the Android smartphone to Europe, but because mobile support is built in, it is possible that the X1 via the grey import in Europe is sold.
