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Xiaomi sponsors QIN, the mobile from the past with a bit of future

And in the frantic rush of trying to impress with the craziest smartphone, Xiaomi takes us back to the past sponsoring a simple, retro device, but with a pinch of today's smart technology. In fact, the company makes its own platform available through crowdfunding, to the product that responds to the name QIN, an old-fashioned mobile phone with integrated virtual assistant Xiao AI, and sold for the price of 199 yuan (about 25 euro) with shipments starting on 15 September 2018.

However, we specify that QIN devices are produced by Duoqin Technology Co. Ltd., based in Shenzhen, and are currently offered on the Xiaomi crowdfunding platform, which is open to many non-Xiaomi third-party brands in China. Qin 1 and Qin 1s are not part of the Xiaomi mobile device range, but they use Xiaomi's voice assistant Xiao Ai for intelligent interactions.

Aesthetically QIN might look like a simple phone with "bar" design, just like the one that went out of fashion before the advent of current smartphones, but in any case manages to offer interesting features such as the presence of a IR transmitter which will then allow for use QIN as a remote control. We find in dowry a 2,8 inch QVGA color display with T9 keyboard, slim design, 3D stereo speakers (via the ear capsule) e hybrid-type SIM slot, i.e. two nano SIMs or 1 SIM and micro SD card.

Xiaomi launches QIN, the mobile phone from the past with a hint of the future

The latter an almost obligatory choice since they complete the hardware equipment 512 MB mass storage, 256 MB RAM memory and processor SC9820E Cortex A53 in 4G LTE variant while the variant with 2G connectivity we find the chipset MT6260A ARM7, 8 MB of RAM and 16 MB of ROM. QIN is offered in 2 color variants including the white and black, while the operating system is MOCOR5 on Android base for the 4G model or Nuclues for the QIN 2G model.

Finally, there is no lack of connectivity at the level WiFi, Bluetooth 4.2 while the 4G variant also offers the feature VoLTE and GPS and if you are already wondering, I tell you right now that nThere is no support for band 20. Finally we find a battery from 1480 mAh which can be charged via the port USB Type-C. But the peculiarity lies precisely in the AI voice capabilities which allow in addition to the real-time search of news, weather and more also the translation into 17 languages. In addition, artificial intelligence will also allow you to answer specific questions or tell a story to your little Mi Fans.

Emanuele Iafulla
Emanuele Iafulla

Nerd, Geek, Netizen, terms that do not belong to me. Simply myself, technology lover and provocative as Xiaomi does with his products. High quality at fair prices, a real provocation for the other most famous brands.

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Azhong
Azhong
4 years ago

Endi nokiani sindirarkande

Stockfish
Stockfish
5 years ago

I will take for my father.

Azhong
Azhong
4 years ago
Reply to  Stockfish

Molodci

Emanuele Iafulla
Emanuele Iafulla
5 years ago
Reply to  Stockfish

Sure, at the moment the software is only in Chinese…

Stockfish
Stockfish
5 years ago

of course you're right if he only has Chinese is not for our market.
I hope that's not the case.

giorgio
giorgio
5 years ago

4g so could there be wifi tethering setting?

Emanuele Iafulla
Emanuele Iafulla
5 years ago
Reply to  giorgio

we do not know, the information on the crowdfunding site does not specify this functionality

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