Xiaomi global Vice President Hugo Barra recently confirmed that the company will release the Mi4's successor on Feb. 24 at the Spring Conference in Barcelona, Spain.

The Mi4 earned many praises and its successor, called the Xiaomi Mi5, will be launched at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016. Here is a comparison between the Xiaomi Mi 4 and Xiaomi Mi 5 for the benefit of those who are deciding whether to upgrade now or wait it out.

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The Xiaomi Mi 5 is said to sport an all-metal chassis and a 5.2-inch Quad HD or Full HD display with a 1440 x 2560 pixels resolution, while the Xiaomi Mi 4 comes with a 5.0-inch screen and a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. The Mi 5 is also rumored to feature an all new 2.5D curved glass by Corning Gorilla Glass 4, a physical Home button (which is speculated to be the smallest and fastest in the market) and a fingerprint scanner. It may come in gold, black, white and pink color variants.

Meanwhile, Xiaomi VP and co-founder Liwan Jiang confirmed that the Xiaomi Mi 5 will come with the newest Qualcomm Snap' 820 chipset. It should be noted that the Xiaomi Mi 4 comes with a Snapdragon 801 under the hood. The Mi 5 is expected to come in two models - one with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage and one with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of built-in storage. The Mi 4 only has 3 GB of RAM and 64 GB of built-in storage.

The Xiaomi Mi 5 is rumored to sport a 16 MP rear camera with 13 MP front camera, while the Mi 4 has a 13 megapixel rear camera with an 8 megapixel front snapper.

There was also a leak going around online, showing images that were supposedly taken with the Mi 5. The photos captured a bird mid-flight and these were obviously taken with optical image stabilization, dual-tone LED flash and laser autofocus.

In terms of battery, the Mi 5 is believed to have 3600 mAh battery supported by Quick Charge 3.0 ,whereas its predecessor has a 3-8- mAh one with Quick Charge 2.0. The next-gen Xiaomi handset is also expected to run MIUI 7 on Android 6.0 Marshmallow or Windows while the Mi 4i has been upgraded to run on Android 5.0.2 with MIUI v6.0. The Mi 4 does not have NFC and it is rumored that the company will bring it back on the Mi 5.

The Xiaomi Mi 5 is likely to cost CNY 1,999 for the 32 GB variant and CNY 2,299 for the 64 GB variant.

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