The Authorised Mi Store at Suria KLCC officially opens its doors today, although it has been operating for a few weeks. This is the second Authorised Mi Store in Malaysia, after Penang. As part of its launch promo, it is offering customers a MYR113 cash rebate for purchase of any Xiaomi smartphone at the store. Mi Malaysia also announced the availability of the beautiful Mi Mix 2 and Redmi Note 5A Prime.
Xiaomi released the successor to the groundbreaking Mi Mix in Beijing, in September this year. The near bezel-less Mi Mix 2 is more refined, rocking a smaller 18:9 5.99-inch display which pushes out Full HD+ resolution (2160×1080). The new device also has a smaller chin, a 12% reduction from the original Mi Mix.
The big change is the absence of the fancy piezoelectric ceramic driver speaker, now replaced with a conventional speaker at the top.
The Philippe Starck-designed Mi Mix 2 features a similar premium design and build as its predecessor, featuring a 7000 series aluminium frame surrounded by a ceramic body.
Under the hood, it’s all top end stuff, starting with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip, 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.
It comes with a commendable 3,400mAh battery that charges up via USB Type-C.
In the camera departments, Xiaomi has stuck with a conventional single 12MP camera setup, adopted from the Mi 6, that comes with a f/2.0 lens with 4-axis OIS and large 1.25um pixels.
It runs MIUI 9 based on Android Nougat.
Read more about the Mi Mix 2 here.
Pricing and availability
The Mi Mix 2 retails for MYR2,199 with pre-orders starting on 11 November 2017 via online and offline channels including Lazada and authorised Mi Stores. The device officially hits stores on 16 November 2017.
Store launch promos
As mentioned, as part of its official store launch, Xiaomi is offering a MYR113 rebate on any purchase of a Xiaomi smartphone. This is limited to 100 buyers per day, valid from 3-5 November 2017.
Also, the Mi Note 2 is offered at a special promo price of MYR1,599.
