Xiaomi releases a tablet named MiPad

Xiaomi- the Chinese smartphone maker that recently surged to the no sixth spot in the smartphone shipments in the first quarter of this year, has announced the release of its first tablet along with the second version of Mi TV, in an event at Beijing today. Both the devices are expected to challenge Apple, Samsung and Sony for being cheap and made with build quality. 

The tablet named as Mi Pad is priced at $240 (1500 Yuan) is powered by a 2.2 Ghz Tegra K1 processor (the first tablet with Tegra processor), 2 GB RAM and has 7.9 inch IPS display. Rear Camera is 8 MP whereas the front one is 5 MP (Good for the people who wanna take good quality selfie). Available in five different Colors (White, blue, yellow, pink, Green), the tablet has got whopping 6700 mAh for the 24 hours reading and 16 hours video playback backup. The 240 $ price tag is for 16 GB version and the 64 GB version will just cost you $30 more, with the expandable memory slot up to 128 GB. Only Wifi 802.11 a, b, n, g, ac and Bluetooth 4.0 are mentioned for the connectivity whereas it is mum for the cellular variant. Beta launches are known to be done in June which is a very hard to grab for the people living outside China, at that time.

Xiaomi has also launched the second version of its HDTV: MI TV 2 which is a 49 inch 4K television running on MIUI over Android, with a price tag of $640 (4000 Yuan). 

Contrary to the rumor, there was no Mi3s release, similarly no word for MIUI v6 (with Android 4.4.2 Kitkat) release. I hope this two are reserved for the another Xiaomi event planned for July/August.

With such cheaper and quality products, the fast selling Chinese company will only be growing big as it did in a very short time. The company awaits global expansion after their success in current Asian market lineup, to replace Samsung and Apple for the top spot in smartphone business.