Presentation of Xiaomi the Mi A2 [Tecnología] – 24/07/2018

Xataka | Mexico City.- The Xiaomi Mi A2 is already here. After the success of Xiaomi with its Mi A1, the Chinese manufacturer has just presented his successor today. He did it at an event in Madrid, where they revealed the characteristics of a mobile phone almost paired Mi 6X but with Android One, but that does not stop us from being a mobile phone called one of the most recommended in the coming months.

Android One is an almost stock-free version of Android in which manufacturers are touching the minimum operating system, which in turn allows for upgrades to newer versions faster. Google allows you to have add-ons, such as custom camera apps and so on, but otherwise it's a very similar experience to older Nexus mobiles.

Xiaomi Mi A2 specification sheet
XIAOMI MI A2

SCREEN

5.99 inches with Full HD + resolution and 18: 9 ratio, Gorilla Glass 5

PROCESSOR

Snapdragon 660 [19659008] RAM

4/6 GB

STORAGE

32 / 64/128 E

REAR CAMERA

20 + 12MP, f / 1.75, 1.25μm, PDAF, 4K / 30fps video

FRONT CHAMBER

20 MP, f / 1.75, HDR

BIOMETRY [19659005] Fingerprint Reader, Face Recognition

BATTERY

3.010 mAh with Fast Load 3 [19659006] CONNECTIVITY

Bluetooth 5.0
USB type C
Without headphone jack

DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS

158.7 x 75.4 x 7.3 millimeters
168 grams

SYSTEM D &

Android Oreo 8.1 with Android One

E The device has a design that has been called "Arc Design", with a slightly curved back. It will also be a symmetrical unibody design and a metallic aluminum finish. The curvatures will also be in the upper part with its 2.5D screen, which will be protected by Gorilla Glass 5.

It appears that they decided to cast it in three different colors: black, blue and gold. However, there is also bad news, and it is that the phone will not have a 3.5mm jack for audio, so users will need to delegate to Bluetooth headphones or adapters for their USB type C.

aspect also to note that Xiaomi will not succumb to the fashion of putting a "notch" on the mobile to maximize the percentage of your screen. Instead, it will limit itself to reducing the frames compared to its predecessor by keeping the fingerprint reader on the back of a metal body of 158.7 x 75.4 x 7.3 millimeters and 168 grams.

Inside we will find a Snapdragon 660 processor with eight cores, which being dedicated to the input ranges should allow to run smoothly and without problems most applications. It will come with a maximum of 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage.

And if we talk about maximum specifications this is because the Mi A2 will also have two other versions with slightly lower memory specifications. The most basic version will have 4 gigabytes of RAM and 32 gigabytes of internal storage, while the intermediate version will have 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal memory.

Improvement of the photographic appearance

One of the things that made Mi A1 famous is that, despite its low price, it offered features that were not yet implemented in the mid-range, as it was at the time the portrait mode. Now the panorama has changed, but the manufacturer continues to improve its photographic wager to try to continue to highlight.

This means that its rear camera is evolving in terms of resolution, with a main sensor that ranges from 12 to 20 megapixels while the secondary continues to stay at 12. The main sensor is specifically a Sony IMX376, and also has an opening f / 1.75 and 2 micron pixels, and the secondary aperture f / 1.75 and 1.25 micrometer pixels.

With a larger opening, they promise better colors and lighting, and with larger brushes, clearer, clearer photos. The secondary camera also has pixel binning technology that allows better lighting of photos in low-light photos.

At the presentation, Xiaomi compared the photographic results at any time with Samsung's A8 range, which also targets midrange and entry ranges. However, we will have to thoroughly test it in our analysis to verify the results in the first person and make a better comparison.

Xiaomi also talked a lot about other features such as portrait mode, which we can use even to take pictures of many people this bokeh effect, as they said, is realized by the l 'de effet effet [softwareandmachinelearning

The front camera of the A2 also has a Sony IMX376 20-megapixel probe with aperture f / 1.75 and 2-micron pixels. With this camera, they promise to improve the capture of light, and an artificial intelligence system that also allows a better portrait mode and a correct identification of the foreground and the background to apply the effect bokeh.

Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite: a basic version with notch

Xiaomi also had a surprise for those looking for a device even cheaper by sacrificing some of the power and photographic capabilities of the Mi A2. This is the new Mi A2 Lite, which has design lines similar to its older brother, with an aluminum finish and a fingerprint reader that is also on the back.

Its main aesthetic difference is in the front part, where the Lite version will have a notch to try to maximize the screen ratio. This screen will be 5.84 inches, and will have an aspect ratio of 19: 9.

Inside, we will find a Snapdragon 625 processor, and a huge 4000 mAh battery with which Xiaomi promises up to two days of battery It will have two versions with different memory configurations, one with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage, and the other with 4 GB of RAM and 64 Go of internal memory.

The Mi A2 Lite will also have two 12-megapixel and 5-megapixel sensors with artificial intelligence and portrait mode, counting the main lens with 1.25 micrometer pixels and f / 2.2 . The front camera is five megapixels with HDR. In Engadget Mobile you have all the details of this device.

Versions and prices of the Xiaomi Mi A2

4 GB of RAM / 32 GB of storage
4 GB of RAM / 64 GB of storage
6 GB of RAM / 128 GB storage