The Xiaomi Mi5 will be available on March 1 and over 16 million people have signed up for a chance to buy the device, the Chinese manufacturer announced on its blog Monday. Xiaomi is famous for its device flash sales, during which smartphones sell out in a matter of minutes. Pre-registration numbers for the flash sale indicate that consumers in China are excited for the Mi5.
Xiaomi announced the Mi5 smartphone during Mobile World Congress last week. Though the device made its debut in Europe, the manufacturer currently has plans to sell its flagship exclusively in China. There are no plans to sell the device in the U.S.; however, recent reports from Android Community indicate the Mi5 includes the network bands that would allow it to run LTE in America. Previously, people using a U.S. SIM card on a Xiaomi phone would get 3G coverage as its maximum ability.
The Xiaomi Mi5 features the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chip and a 5.15-inch Quad HD display. The devices comes in three models, two feature 3GB of RAM and 32GB and 64GB of internal storage respectively. The Xiaomi Mi5 Pro model features 4GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. All models offer the option of memory expansion through a microSD card.
The device features a 16-megapixel rear camera and 4-megapixel front camera, a 3,000mAh battery with Quick Charging 3.0 and a USB Type-C port. Xiaomi has also introduced a fingerprint scanner on the device.
The Xiaomi 32GB model will sell for 1999 yuan ($306), the 64GB model will sell for 2299 yuan ($356) and the 128GB model will sell for 2699 yuan ($413).
