Xiaomi is teasing a big event on July 27, and rumor has it that the company will unveil two MacBook Air-like notebooks.
The Chinese OEM has been steadily gaining ground and rapidly evolving to deliver an increasing number of attractive products, from smartphones to tablets, fitness bands, drones and more.
It now seems that Xiaomi has two neat notebooks in the works, and could make the official announcement next week. The company is already teasing the event and even set up a poll to see if people can anticipate what it will unveil, and Mi Notebook is the second most voted option.
According to BenchLife, Xiaomi is gearing up to introduce not one, but two laptops, both in the style of the much-touted MacBook Air from Apple. BenchLife reports that high-end specs are in tow, including an Intel Skylake Core i7 6500U chip running at 2.5 GHz.
Other purported specs include 8 GB of RAM and a USB Type-C port for charging and video output. It remains unclear at this point whether this will be the only type of USB port the device will have.
The Xiaomi Mi Notebook will reportedly come in two options with different screen sizes — 11 and 13 inches — but the rest of the specifications are expected to be the same. The report makes no mention of resolution, but the display will be non-touch.
If it does indeed come with a MacBook Air-like design, the Mi Notebook should sport a sleek build with a light and thin construction. Considering that Xiaomi has been dubbed the "Apple of China" and many said it's copying Apple designs, a MacBook Air-like Mi Notebook sounds plausible.
The Xiaomi Mi Pad 2, for instance, has been seen as an alternative to Apple's iPad Mini 4, as it bears an uncanny resemblance in design and specifications. Of course, the Mi Pad 2 is far more accessible price-wise, and runs Android with Xiaomi's MIUI on top.
As with any Xiaomi product, the Mi Notebook is expected to come at an affordable price point as well, although no specific information in this regards is available at this point. On the software side, the laptop should run Windows 10.
With the July 27 event just around the corner, however, we'll soon get the official scoop straight from the source. As always, take all leaks and reports with a grain of salt until the company makes a formal announcement.
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