Mi Notebook launch LIVE Updates: Xiaomi India’s first laptop event to begin at 12PM (Image: Xiaomi Global)
Xiaomi Mi Notebook Price, Specifications, India Launch Live Updates: Xiaomi is all set to enter the laptop space in India today with the launch of a brand new Mi Notebook. This is the first laptop that the company is all set to launch in the country and with it, Xiaomi will look to compete with other already popular laptop brands and in the country including Lenovo, Asus, HP, among others.
The launch event of the Mi Notebook will begin at 12noon on the company’s YouTube and social media channels. The company is expected to launch more than one Notebook in India today — one of them is said to be the Horizon model while the other one will be the regular Notebook. No details of the pricing of the Mi Notebook yet.
Watch the online-only launch event here
Earlier, it was rumoured that Xiaomi will bring rebranded RedmiBook 14 in India but that’s not going to be the case. Xiaomi has announced to launch a brand new laptop and this will be the global launch of the product, which means this laptop model isn’t available anywhere yet including China. Meanwhile, the company will unveil Mi Band 5 and some more products in China today. Stay tuned for more updates all the new products from Xiaomi.
One of the key features of the Mi Notebook is the compact design -- 1.35kgs to be specific, the metallic design makes the laptop feel premium. Another key highlight of the Mi Notebook is that the laptop is extremely lightweight. The laptop is well balanced and users will be able to open it with just using a single finger, claims Xiaomi. The Notebook 14 Horizon Edition comes with a 14-inch FHD Horizon screen, 91 per cent screen to body ratio, 16:9 display, scissor keyboard, stereo sound, USB 3., HDMI cable, and multi-touch trackpad. The Notebook comes with an anti-glare coating at the top of the Horizon display. The regular Mi Notebook comes with Intel i5 while the Horizon edition comes with Intel i7 processor. Both the Notebooks include 8GB of DDR4 RAM and 512GB storage.
Xiaomi introduces the laptop category in India. 'We started this project in January 2019. The product Mi Notebook is specific for India', said Manu Jain, Xiaomi India Managing Director. With the Mi Notebook, the company is targeting the multi-taskers, gamers and content creators.
Xiaomi is entering the laptop space just at the right time when everyone is staying and working from home due to the pandemic. Given that almost everyone is working from home right now the demand for a good laptop has gone up. Xiaomi claims that the upcoming Mi Notebook is powerful and is an apt choice for consumers looking to buy a laptop to multi-task. There are no details on how much the Mi Notebook will start at in India. In China, the Mi Notebooks are pretty aggressively priced and the same is expected to happen in India. We will need to wait for Xiaomi to reveal the pricing details of the Mi Notebook in a few minutes.
Due to the pandemic, the Mi NoteBook will launch via an online launch event in India today. The launch event will begin at 12PM and you will be able to watch the launch event on Xiaomi's YouTube channel and social media platforms such as Twitter. You can also follow us for all the latest updates.
Xiaomi India Managing Director Manu Jain reveals the Mi Notebook ahead of the global launch via a tweet a few minutes ago. This is how it looks. (Image: Xiaomi)
The launch
Xiaomi is launching two versions of the Mi Notebook, and one of them is a high-end model. Although the internals specifications are still not out yet, many believe the laptop is aimed at Dell's XPS 13. It will be interesting to compare the two machines side-by-side. After all, Dell XPS 13 is the most popular Windows laptop in the premium segment.
Xiaomi hasn't revealed any specific specifications of the upcoming Mi Notebook yet but time and again the company has said that the laptop will be 'ultra thin', 'ultra light' and allow 'Ultra-fast data transfer'. The company in a latest tweet said, 'The #MiNoteBook will feature ultra-fast data transfer, which is 30 times faster that HDD.' We await for Xiaomi to reveal more details of the upcoming Mi Notebook in a few hours from now.
Xiaomi will launch more than one laptop in India today, the company has been teasing for a while now. The company is said to launch a regular Mi Notebook version and then Mi Notebook Horizon version -- which is said to be an expensive model when compared to the base version. Xiaomi will officially reveal more details about the two laptop models at 12 noon -- when the event kicks off.