Xiaomi Mi 5X brings the flagship Mi 6's dual rear cameras to the masses

One of the headlining features of Xiaomi's 2017 flagship phone, the Mi 6, is its dual rear camera system. On Wednesday, Xiaomi launched a more affordable or mini version of the Mi 6 - in China - aka the Mi 5X that brings the former's dual rear cameras to the masses. The Mi 5X, just like the Mi 6, (also) comes with a dual camera setup on the rear -- 12-megapixel + 12-megapixel -- where one lens is wide-angle while the other is telephoto.Erstwhile, the Xiaomi Mi 5X comes with a full metal unibody design -- a stark departure from the Mi 5 and Mi 6's glass and metal bodies -- and a rear mounted fingerprint scanner. The phone, with its all metal body and dual rear cameras looks remarkably like the iPhone 7 Plus from every nook and corner. Everything from the 2.5 D curved glass on the front to the antenna lines placement on the back, screams the iPhone. The only visible difference is seen in the fingerprint scanner placement. As opposed to the iPhone 7 Plus that comes with a front-mounted fingerprint scanner, the Xiaomi Mi 5X sports one on the back. It comes with physical capacitive -- soft keys -- keys on the front and will be available in three colours: black, gold and rose gold (pink).

On the hardware side, the Mi 5X comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p display and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor clubbed with 4 gigs of RAM under the hood. It comes with 64GB of internal storage and USB Type-C for charging and data syncing. It is further backed by a 3,080mAh battery.

Alongside the Mi 5X, Xiaomi also announced MIUI 9, the next major iteration of Xiaomi's mobile operating system and is based on Android Nougat. Xiaomi is claiming to offer explosively fast app launch times with new MIUI 9 update and it will be available in beta starting from August 11.

The Mi 5X is exclusive to China for now and will cost RMB 1,499 which roughly translates to Rs 14,285.75.  The Mi 6, on the other hand, starts at RMB 2,499 (roughly Rs 23,463) for the 6GB RAM/64GB memory version, and goes all the way to RMB 2,999 (roughly Rs 28,152) for the limited ceramic edition.