Since the presentation of the Xiaomi Mi 5 which took place towards the end of February at the MWC 2016, this device was immediately thought of as one that would have gone down in history for the best quality / price ratio. However, as is often the case with all technological devices (in particular, smartphones), over time they tend to be overtaken by other new generation devices, with cutting-edge features, innovative designs and materials. If we consider the smartphone sector, the Xiaomi Mi 5 was one of the first top of the range to be presented this year and, consequently, the flagship competitors that were subsequently presented were able to show off superior technical characteristics, such as for example the fateful 6 GB of RAM.
This has put the Xiaomi Mi 5 at a disadvantage, which has been seen to be sidelined by these devices, despite its technical specifications are still some of the best in circulation, with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 CPU, 32/64/128 GB of internal memory (UFS 2.0) and 3/4 GB of RAM (LPDDR4). And if, instead, it was possible to "update" the hardware base of the Xiaomi Mi 5 by switching it from 3/4 GB of RAM to 6 GB to make it competitive again? The answer to this question will surely give a hard time to all the other flagships of this first half of 2016, as this operation is more than possible! In fact, they are from poco appeared on the web some retailers that provide such an update service, offering all those interested in replacing their RAM memory with a 6 GB LPDDR4 (1866 MHz) from Samsung at a cost of only 285 Yuan, or about 38,50 , € XNUMX.
However, as you have surely understood, this operation is not carried out officially and consequently this entails the immediate loss of the warranty of your device but, if you are worried about this, it will reassure you that the dealer will guarantee you a warranty on the component 180 days (6 months). Of course, it is always not recommended to carry out such advanced modding operations on your device, especially since the price to pay is the loss of the guarantee which, if for some it is irrelevant, for others it is not at all. Furthermore, it is not possible to know what long-term effects such an operation will determine and if it will work correctly, consequently for now it would be better to wait for further elucidation about it from those who have had the opportunity to try it.
We conclude by leaving you with some demonstrative images reported by the authors of this hardware modification on the Xiaomi Mi 5 "high" (3/64 GB) and Pro (4/128 GB) and with a question: would you accept the risks of such an operation to carry out a upgrade to 6 GB of RAM on your Xiaomi Mi 5? According to our point of view, the game is not worth the candle, in the sense that we do not see a concrete usefulness since 3 GB (or 4 GB) are already a lot for normal use (gaming included).
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