Xiaomi company today formally introduced the smartphone M2S. According to the creators, performance of new device bypass Samsung Galaxy S4, as proof are the following comparative chart benchmark AnTuTu, Quadrant and Vellamo respectively:
Xiaomi M2S with relative performance is much cheaper than Samsung Galaxy S4. Smartphone version with 16 GB is estimated at $ 322, the version with 32 GB flash memory is estimated at $ 370. Price differences are caused not only by the amount of memory, but also cameras : 8 megapixels, and more expensive - sensor Sony Exmor RS 13 megapixel resolution.
The main difference between Xiaomi M2S and predecessor Mi2 - a new hardware platform. M2S is based on a single-chip platform Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, which included - Quad CPU Krait 300 1.7 GHz and GPU Adreno 320. The amount of memory corresponds to Mi2 - 2 GB.
In the configuration of Xiaomi M2S screen there is 4.3-inch IPS 1280 x 720 pixels (pixel density - 342 per inch), communications, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and DC-HSPA (42 Mbit / s), receiver GPS / GLONASS five sensors, a battery capacity of 2000 mAh (optional proposed battery capacity of 3,000 mAh). It support MHL and OTG technology.
Xiaomi M2S is running MIUI 5 (based on Android 4.1), and, as the model M2A, will be offered in a number of color options.