The wait is finally over !!! As said earlier today 23 December the Xiaomi company would present in a special event its new notebook. In fact, this afternoon at 14.00, local time in China, the Xiaomi Notebook Air 4G has been shown in the world in two variants: one from 12,5 inches and one from 13,3 inches. The new Xiaomi home product has been defined "The direct rival of Apple's MacBook Air".
It goes without saying that the presence of the word 4G indicates full support for LTE connectivity. But if you are thinking that the new Xiaomi notebook will have a SIM slot similar to smartphones then you are wrong. Instead of using common SIM cards, the handset uses one Virtual SIM (without physical SIM): in other words a built-in 4G network.
The virtual SIM card is based on the settings and coverage that smartphones have via the network provided by the China Mobile operator, which guarantees a download bandwidth equal to 150Mbps. The new Mi Notebook Air 4G is matched to a 4 GB Monthly Data Plan of China Mobile of the 130 Yuan or 48 GB per Year at 1.560 Yuan.
After all, this kind of bundle-pack was to be expected, given the collaboration of Xiaomi with the China Mobile telephone operator.
Xiaomi Notebook Air 4G - What are the changes?
In addition to the 4G network, which is present on both versions of the new Xiaomi Notebook Air, we can find more hardware-level changes only in the 13,3 inch variant.
The first version comes with a display by 12,5 inches, processor Intel M3, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 128 GB of SSD SATA, built-in AKG speakers from 1W with Dolby Surround sound support, Intel HD Graphics 515 GPU. Unfortunately no hardware changes have been made on the 12,5 inch variant if not the optimization of battery life from 37Wh, as it has been increased by 9 hours a 11,5 hours.
As for the second model, it comes with a display from 13,3 inches, processor Intel Core i7 with 3,0 GHz clock, 8 GB RAM DDR4, 256 GB Hard Drive SSD PCIe, AKG speakers from 1W with Dolby Surround support, GPU Nvidia GeForce GT 940 MX with dedicated 1 GB DDR5 and a battery that provides up to 9,5 hours of life. At the processor level it is considered a remarkable step forward compared to the Intel Core i5 model in qunanto is guaranteed 10% in more performance.
The design incorporates the current model with all-metal construction, the monitor with resolution Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixel with 16 ratio: 9 and 170 wide viewing angle with ultra-thin frames: only 5,71 mm for 12,5 inches and 5,59 mm for 13,3 variants. The display also offers a 600 contrast: 1 and a brightness of 300 Nits. Both models feature a 135 degree opening and closing hinge.
Therefore the only specification not corresponding to the previous rumors seems to be the lack of 4K screen. Finally, both models adopt the Windows 10 Home Edition operating system. The colors available for both versions are gold and silver with sales prices equal to 4699 yuan ($ 676) for the 12.5-inch version while its 13,3-inch sibling is offered a 6999 yuan ($ 1007). Dear? Yup! Worthy? Yup!!!
Finally we show you some of them photo of the first hands-on making, photos of Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 4G so that you can evaluate whether the product deserves or not, but you are aware that among other things the Mi Notebook Air 4G can boast a weight less than the MacBook Pro (ie a weight of 1,07 Kg version 12.5 inches and 1,28 Kg for 13.3 version) as well as the connectivity in 4G faster than the iPad Pro. The only thing that leaves us perplexed is its probable compatibility with China Mobile's 4G network, which therefore limits its possible international purchase. So we hope that Xiaomi will soon decide to unlock this situation and make this wonder available to her fans all over the world.
