even thicker than mi4 .
I guess i need to get black then =/ although i like white version .


The 32gb using 2nd grade s820 , so it will heat up more and has less battery life .

This post has been edited by xyrotix: Mar 15 2016, 11:50 PM

Thats good. Just in time before August.

There is such thing as 2nd grade s820? hmm~

yes there is .
you would also surprise to know there is for snapdragon 800 and 801 also .

i thought they throttle the chipset speed only???

and the reason they throttle the speed ?

Not 2nd grade. is down-clocked speed. Just like the A9 Chip in the iPhone/iPod for example.

to differentiate their products gap and price. Business strategy.

nope . You cant be serious .
Purposely put lower clock speed to sell at lower price ?

Er down clocked speed mean 2nd grade .
no . A9 and A9X has different micro architecture .
I cant blame you . Normal user can only differentiate cpu by clock speed and core numbers .


There is many different grade in silicon industry grade by impurity inside the silicon .
The s820 inside 32gb mi5 has lower grade than others normal s820. It simply cannot run at normal frequency so they has to clock it down to run steady . It will consume more battery and generate more heat when running at same condition . It can be named snapdragon 820 lite/play or snapdragon 818 actually .

This post has been edited by xyrotix: Mar 16 2016, 12:24 PM

I see, will the company even disclose what grade are they using for 820? Every other new HP are using 820 now, so hard to distinguish =/

for now only 2 grade it seem .

I think we shouldnt worry, i trust in qualcomm's products regardless which snapdragon. MTK however i would be worried.

In cpu, gpu, soc, there will be always 2nd and 3 grade, usually ship to tier2 and tier3 customers. Common practise. That's why there are differences prices for final good products. How do I know? Let js say, used to work in this industry.

Certain wafer binning denote to certain grade.
I rest my writing here.
Cheers.

Ah I see.. Learn something new today.. As I'm not into the Chips industry. Even the Snapdragon 800 and 801 got AA AB and AC grade. All of them different Clock Speed. So I can see different price tag if OEM buy from them.

But well, as for the A9 chips in the iPod are down-clocked compare to the iPhone A9 chips, not the A9X chips in the iPad.

anyone has the dual sim version? is multi user supported?

All Mi5 has dual sim

Nice...new knowledge here...no wonder some phone can downclock more then other even if same phone and spec.

http://www.gizchina.com/2016/03/14/xiaomi-mi5-review/
I like this review cause its honest and dosent just praise it blindly. Seems the fingerprint scan and built quality is disappointing.

good and honest review old tech of fingerprint scan

This round camera looks good, cant wait to buy this to test it out.