Xiaomi Announces 15.6-inch Mi Gaming Laptop: Mid-Specs with Aggressive Pricing
by Joe Shields on March 29, 2018 10:00 AM ESTChinese brand Xiaomi this week announced its new Mi Gaming Laptop, its first endeavor into the gaming side of laptops. The 15.6-inch Full-HD 1080p gaming laptop will offer up to a GTX 1060 6GB graphics card, 16GB of DDR4 memory, and a Kaby Lake i7 Kaby Lake processor. Starting under $1000 for the i5-7300HQ plus 1050 Ti variant, the Mi Gaming Laptop is searching for the user looking for a decent gaming experience without breaking the bank.
The outside of the black aluminum chassis has a brushed aluminum finish and goes without a logo on the lid giving it a pretty unassuming, almost business-like appearance. The laptop measures in with a 15.6-inch 1920x1080 screen and weighs in around 2.7 kg. In order to add a bit of flare to the gaming oriented device, Xiaomi includes and four-zone RGB backlit keyboard as well as RGB illumination located on the bottom of the chassis. Outside of the lights, the only other things we see are I/O ports as well as four exhaust ports for cooling located on the side and back of the chassis.
Internally, The Mi Gaming Laptop’s base configuration starts off with a 7th generation Intel Core i5-7300HQ, a quad-core with a base frequency of 2.5 GHz and a maximum turbo frequency of 3.5 GHz. The base video card is an NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB GDDR5 which should offer adequate gaming performance. The Mi’s 15.6-inch FHD panel has 72% NTSC color gamut with 300 nits brightness and the only panel choice. The device starts off with 8 GB of DDR4-2400 memory which is upgradeable to 16 GB.
The high-end configuration steps up to an Intel Core i7-7700HQ, a quad core with hyperthreading and base speeds of 2.8 GHz, pushing a maximum turbo of 3.8 GHz. The GPU moves up to the faster GTX 1060 with 6 GB GDDR5. Memory capacity also doubles to 16GB DDR4-2400 as standard. Cooling any configuration is Xiaomi’s own 3+2 ‘large diameter’ heat pipe design and two fans which intake air from the bottom and exhaust out of the side vents.
For storage purposes, the Mi Gaming Laptop is able to house two M.2 PCIe drives and a single 2.5-inch drive. These can be filled with any combination of 128 GB or 256 GB SSD as well as a 1TB HDD option, although Xiaomi does not state if these M.2 ports are SATA or PCIe. I/O connectivity includes four USB 3.0 ports, a USB 3.0 Type-C port, microphone and headphone jacks, an HDMI port, and a Gigabit Ethernet port. The Mi also includes 802.11ac Dual-band Wi-Fi with speeds up to 867 Mbps as well as Bluetooth 4.1.
Mi Gaming Laptop | |||||
Core i5 Model | Core i7 Model | ||||
GTX 1050 Ti | GTX 1060 | 128 GB | 256 GB | ||
Warranty Period | 1 Year Warranty | ||||
Product Page | LINK | ||||
Processors | Intel Core i5-7300HQ 4C / 4T 2.5 GHz Base 3.5 GHz Turbo |
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 4C / 8T 2.5 GHz Base 3.8 GHz Turbo |
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Memory | 8 GB DDR4-2400 |
8 GB DDR4-2400 |
8 GB DDR4-2400 |
16 GB DDR4-2400 |
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Network Connectivity | Gigabit Ethernet 802.11ac Dual Band (2Tx2R) Wi-Fi |
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Storage | SSD | 128GB | 128 GB | 128 GB | 256 GB |
HDD | 1 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB | |
Graphics | GTX 1050 TI 4 GB GDDR5 768 CUDA |
GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5 1280 CUDA |
GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5 1280 CUDA |
GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5 1280 CUDA |
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Expansion Slots | 1 x SD card reader | ||||
Display | 15.6+ FHD 72% NTSC color gamut | ||||
Ports and Connectors | 1 x USB Type-C 4 x USB 3.0 Type-A 1 x HDMI (v2.0) 1 x 3.5mm Headphone 1 x 3.5mm Mic-In 1 x SD Card Reader (SD/SDHC/SDXC) |
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Input Device | RGB Membrane Keyboard | ||||
Camera | HD Camera | ||||
Power | 330W External AC Power adapter, 94.24Wh Battery, Li-Po |
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Audio | 3W x 2 Dolby Panorama Sound | ||||
Dimensions | 14.3" x 10.4" x 0.82" | ||||
Weight | 5.95 lbs+ | ||||
Price ($US) | 5999 CNY ~$815 |
6999 CNY ~$952 |
7999 CNY ~$1087 |
8999 CNY ~$1223 |
The base model with the i5, 8GB DDR4, and 1050 Ti graphics will cost 5999 CNY while the top end i7, 16GB DDR4, and GTX 1060 combo will run at 8999 CNY. After taking out China's tax rate, this comes to a range of $815 to $1223. These are not available now, but will only be released in China with a Chinese version of Windows on April 13th.
Xiaomi's previous foray into laptops include a Mi Notebook Pro with a Core i7-8250U and MX150, and a Mi Notebook Air, each with similarly aggressive pricing.
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Source: Mi.com
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DanNeely - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
Intel has to launch them before anyone can use them. The only 8xxx series laptop chips out are the low power 15W ultrabook models and the ones with AMD GPUs. The 45W parts that are the next generation replacements for the ones in this laptop aren't out yet.dromoxen - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
815 equals about £700 inc vat . now take off the screen and make it nuc-ish, I think they'd have a winner ?PixyMisa - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
There isn't a comparable 8-series part yet.Myrandex - Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - link
I'm pretty sure we don't have HQ variants of those yet?Carmen00 - Friday, March 30, 2018 - link
An unusual number of typos here. "Kaby Lake i7 Kaby Lake processor" is a bit redundant. "Internally, The" should be "Internally, the". "which intake air from the bottom and exhaust out of the side vents" ... "intake" and "exhaust" can't be used as verbs in this context. "Memory capacity also doubles to 16GB DDR4-2400 as standard" ... if it's on the highest-end model only, then it's not "as standard", is it? "has 72% NTSC color gamut" ... the correct verb is "covers", not "has". Then, to be honest, I stopped counting the mistakes. Maybe I'm too old, but I like articles that are well-written, not just articles that contain solid technical information. I can get the latter from anywhere. Anandtech has a deserved reputation for excellent writing and I'm a bit disappointed that it doesn't seem to be upheld in this article.gurok - Monday, April 2, 2018 - link
Agreed. And it should be "a bit of flair" not "a bit of flare".nedooo - Friday, March 30, 2018 - link
Even last year Dell 7577 with gtx1060 was available for 800$This pricing is so aggressive LOL
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vijit jain - Monday, July 30, 2018 - link
what is the refresh rate of the display of all the models?? 60 or 120 hz??