Xiaomi launched Android One smartphone MI A1 with dual camera in India.

Xiaomi launched their first dual camera flagship smartphone MI A1 in India. It is an Android One smartphone so the smartphone will be sailing on Pure Android UI and it will get regular Android updates up to two years. MI A1 is the same MI 5X which is running on Stock Android instead of MIUI. MI A1 is a flipkart exclusive smartphone. The first sale will be held on September 12 on both Flipkart.com as well as MI.com. The smartphone will be available offline later.

MI A1 is a 5.5" Full HD smartphone powered by octa core Snapdragon 625 chipset, 4 GB LPDDR3 RAM. There are 12MP + 12MP dual rear cameras at the rear side which support optical zoom up to 2X. The dual camera setup will help to get shallow depth of field in portrait mode. Front camera is of 8 MP. MI A1 is fueled by 3080 mAh non-removable battery.

The smartphone will be available in black, gold and rose gold colors. Price for the 4GB + 64GB is INR 14,999.

Key highlights of the MI A1:

• It has dual rear cameras at the back: One 12 MP OmniVision sensor with f/2.2 and another 12 MP OmniVision sensor with f/2.6 as a telephoto lens

• It has 2X Optical Zoom feature for rear camera.

• It is running on Pure Stock Android and will surely get Android P update.

• It has Dirac HD audio enhancement feature.

• It lacks OIS feature.

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In-depth specifications of Xiaomi MI A1 are mentioned below.

Dimensions: 75.8 x 155.4 x 7.3 mm

Weight: 165g, Metal unibody.

Sar Value: Head 1 W/kg and body 0.29 W/kg.

SIM Type: Dual Sim(Hybrid Slot).

Network: 2G, 3G, 4G, VoLTE.

Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.2, IR blaster, FM Radio, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi display, 3.5 mm audio jack, USB 2.0 Type~C, USB OTG, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS.

Display: 5.5" LTPS LCD 1080x1920(Full HD), PPI 401.

Display Features: Covered by 2.5D Curved Glass, Contrast ratio 1000:1, maximum brightness 450 cd/m².

Sensors: Proximity, light, accelerometer, IR blaster, compass, gyroscope, hall & rear mounted fingerprint sensor.

Operating System: Android Nougat 7.1.1 upgradable to Android Oreo 8.0 and above.

CPU: 2.0 GHz Octa Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 chipset based on 14 nm architecture.

GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 506.

GPU Frequency: 650 MHz.

RAM: 4 GB DDR3 Single Channel, 933 MHz.

Storage: 64 GB, expandable up to 128 GB using 2nd SIM slot.

Primary Camera: 12.19 MP PDAF OmniVision OV12A10 Sensor(Pixel Size 1.25 µm) with f/2.2 aperture along with 12 MP OmniVision OV13880 Sensor(Pixel size 1.0 μm) with f/2.6 aperture. Optical Zomm is available up to 2X.

Flash: Dual LED flash for rear cameras only.

Video Recording: 2160p 4K video recording @ 30 fps, slow motion video 720P @ 120 fps.

Secondary Camera: 5.04 MP fixed focus camera with f/2.0 aperture.

Video Recording: 1080p(Full HD) @ 30 fps.

Battery: 3080 mAh, Li-Polymer non-removable.

Fast Charging: 5V~2A.