Updated : Oct 21, 2019, 9:46 AM

Xiaomi Mi 4

Full Specifications

Released · Jul 29, 2014

5.0-inch · 1920x1080px

Single camera

3080 mAh

3GB · 64GB

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

Android 6.0 Marshmallow Xiaomi MI UI

8.8

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9.6

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Design
Dimensions	5.48 x 2.70 x 0.35 inches 139.2 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm
Weight	5.26 oz (149.0 g)
Features	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors	Black, White

Display
Size	5.0-inch
Resolution	1920x1080px, 441 PPI
Technology	IPS LCD
Screen-to-body	72.20 %
Features	Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

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Bright Max (20 APL)	Untested
Bright Min	2 (Good)
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Hardware
System chip	Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 8974-AC (28 nm)
Processor	Quad-core 2500 MHz Krait 400
GPU	Adreno 330
RAM	3GB (LPDDR3)
Internal storage	64GB
OS	Android (6.0 Marshmallow, 4.4.3), Xiaomi MI UI
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Battery
Capacity	3080 mAh
Type	Li - Polymer
Charging	Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0

Camera
Rear	Single camera
Main camera	13 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/3.06"
Flash	LED
Video recording	3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (60 fps) HDR
Front	8 MP

Connectivity & Features
Bluetooth	4.0
WLAN	802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB	microUSB, USB 2.0
HDMI	Yes
Location	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Sensors	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer
Other	Infrared, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia
Headphones	3.5mm jack
Speakers	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring	Wireless screen share,MHL
Additional microphone(s)	Noise cancellation

Cellular
3G	Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed	LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s

Buyers information
MSRP	$ 400
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Availability
Officially announced	Jul 22, 2014

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Alternative variants

Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage	16GB
MSRP	$ 320

News

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Overall User Rating

(5 reviews)

9.6

Build quality

9.4

Camera quality

Performance

Display

9.6

Battery life and charging

9.4

preetmalhotra

Arena Apprentice

The best, if you can digest a Chinese Maker

Edited: Oct 27, 2015, 1:46 AM

Phone owned for more than a year

There is only one word, BEST!
Why, because there is no benefit of excellent SoCs or features if your smartphone cannot survive for long. This phone has all you need!
The only potent rival is iPhone 6 because other Android skins lag too much and previous iPhones were way too small, and 6S series has force touch.
Rating 10, because the phone itself is so amazing, mentioning cons are not much of an issue.

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Camera quality

Performance

Display

Battery life and charging

What I like

One of the best overall smartphone packages(features, reliability, performance)
Fast Charging. (2% in 1 minute, under some restrictions)
Excellent 13mp 2160p rear camera
Great 8mp 1080p front camera
MIUI is definitely a bridge between Android and iOS
Display boost (Automatic Contrast) can boost brightness of darker areas to some extent in sunlight
Most well-built 'value for money' device

What I don't like

No SD slot forces you to buy 64 GB version if 16 isn't enough
No headphones out of the box, and MI earphones aren't worth
Sunlight reflectivity
Lacks NFC
Lacks fingerprint sensor.

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boleslawwolowik

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Great price, great performance

Posted: May 06, 2015, 8:08 PM

Phone owned for less than a year

After 6 months of using it I have to say that it is so far the best phone I've every had. Bought it for around 330 euro. Sill 6 months after can't find anything better than Xiaomi Mi4. The camera could be a bit better and SD slot would be a great thing to have.

Build quality

Camera quality

Performance

Display

Battery life and charging

What I like

Price (all things considered) !
Big battery
Processor & GPU
Display (top notch)
Built quality (apart from back cover)
Call recording by default!
MIUI (great iOS-like Android mod)

What I don't like

SD cards not supported
Plastic back cover

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Tooluka

Arena Apprentice

Recommended android phone in 140x70 class

Posted: Apr 19, 2015, 4:36 PM

Phone owned for less than a month

Good screen, almost 100% sRGB coverage, sligtly higher red and green. Primitive tuning of gamma (3 fixed values only).
High screen to body ratio.
Good battery and battery life.
Good button ergonomics, small screen mode available.
Very functional and pretty UI. Some non-english services are in the phone firmware.
Easy root - in dev. firmware by default. Dual partition design for easy firmware revert.
Lots of storage in64Gb version. Sightly slower storage than newest Samsung UFS implementation but way faster than any class 10 microsd card.
Average sound pipeline (expecially inferior compared to bigger brothers with Sabre DAC and TI amp).
Some users report bad (quiet) mic or phone dynamic. No such issues on my phone yet.
Lots of models with different radios, hard to discern them. As a short guideline, in "about phone - model name" you should see either Mi 4W (3G WCDMA, no LTE) or Mi 4LTE-CU (3G WCDMA, 4G FDD-LTE - band1, band3).
Do not buy Mi 4LTE-CMCC and any other models, 3G and 4G in it will work only in China.