MUMBAI: On 28 January, Xiaomi will launch its first 4G smart-phone Mi 4 following the success of its former flagship smart-phone, Xiaomi Mi 3.

The Xiaomi Mi 4 boasts a 5 inch display, just like the Xiaomi Mi 3, and gas an IPS display with full high definition (1080 x 1920 pixels) resolution, resulting in a pixel density of 441 ppi. The Xiaomi Mi4 runs on Android KitKat 4.4 and has a customised user interface called MIUI 5.0. The smartphone is powered by quad-core 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 801 processor, and has 3 GB of RAM with phones available with 16 GB internal storage capacity and 64 GB internal storage capacity.

The Xiaomi Mi 4 seems to be slightly smaller than Xiaomi's previous device, the Mi 3. The Mi 4 measures 139.2 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm and weighs 149 grams. The rear end primary camera of the Xiaomi Mi 4 is a 13 megapixel shooter, with 1/3 inch sensor size, auto-focus, geo-tagging, smile detection, flash, panorama, and HDR. Xiaomi claims that the device can record videos in 2160p resolution and at 30 fps, and in slow-motion, at 120 fps at 720p. The front side, secondary camera, is an 8 megapixel unit which too can record videos at 1080p resolution and at 30 fps.

The Xiaomi Mi 4 comes with 4G, GPS, GLONASS, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi, MHL (mobile high definition link) for connecting your phone to your TV etc; DLNA, and NFC. The 3080 mAh battery of Mi 4 claims to offer 12 hours of talk time or 320 hours of standby.

According to online sources, Xiaomi India head Manu Jain had hinted the media that the price of the upcoming Mi 4 smart-phone would be Rs 19,999.