• Xiaomi Mi 5c

Xiaomi Mi 5c (Photo : Twitter / Mobitabs)

Xiaomi Mi 5c, a stripped down edition of Xiaomi Mi 5, will be available at the affordable price of CNY 999 ($144).

Xiaomi Mi 5c Rumors, Specs, Features

According to the fresh report of Android Pure, Xiaomi Mi 5c, a rumored smart smartphone is expected to get unveiled on Dec. 6 next month in China. The Xiaomi Mi 5c is codenamed as Meri.

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The specifications of the alleged smartphone had first appeared in October this year. The latest leaks suggest that Mi 5c will be available in two variants of screen size such as 5.2-inch and 5.5-inch. The display is rumored to feature narrow bezels display coupled with with 2.5D glass.

It is likely to receive power from in-house chipset made by Xiaomi that includes 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 octa-core processor. Other rumors have stated that it is powered by MediaTek Helio P20 chipset. It may come with 64 GB native storage and 3 GB of RAM.

The Xiaomi Mi 5c will run on Android 6.0 Marshmallow out-of-the-box skinned with MIUI 8.0. It will be equipped with 12-megapixel main camera and 8-megapixel of secondary camera for selfies.

Leaks also suggest that it will come with NFC (Near Field Communication) feature that will help the smartphone to share small payloads of data between an NFC tag and an Android-powered device, or between two Android-powered devices. It is speculated to have a fingerprint scanner integrated embedded under the Home button.

Xiaomi Mi 5c Launch Date, Pricing

Xiaomi Mi 5c is expected to get unveiled on Dec. 6  with the price tag of $144. The Chinese firm has not revealed any official information on the release of Xiaomi Mi 5c, but the smartphone can be expected to be available for purchase before end of this year.

Xiaomi Mi 6 in Works?

The rumor mill has also started talking about the Xiaomi Mi 6. Newly leaked information on Weibo suggest that Xiaomi will be launching its next flagship, the Mi 6 with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 835 chipset featured with Quick Charge 4.0 in March 2017, Ray Arena reported.

Xiaomi Mi 6 is said to be the first Chinese smartphone to have Qualcomm's latest and newest Snapdragon 835 chipset on board. As of this writing, there is no other details available on Xiaomi Mi 6,

Here is a rumor roundup of Xiaomi Mi 5c: