In bumpy environments, for example on a train, the display shakes a little bit. Besides that, the Xiaomi hinge is adjusted well and the display cover can be opened with one hand. 130 ° which is a little restrictive in comparison to several other notebooks (e.g. The hinge allows a maximum opening angle of approx. Regarding the hinge, the design is obvious: It has a single hinge that takes over nearly the whole case width, exactly like the Apple MacBook. Even looking at the haptics there is nothing to declare, the device feels like it is high quality.
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The relatively thin display cover can be warped a little by a single twisting motion nevertheless, the stability in this area is overall also on a very high level. Neither the wrist rest, keyboard area nor the bottom can be considerably pushed in.
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In terms of stability the case can definitely convince, it is built in a unibody design. Together with the touchpad it is the only part of the case that is not made out of aluminum because a glass pane is located in front of the display. The entire case is, with exception of the relatively thin display frame, silver-colored. You do not have to be an expert to recognize similarities to Apple's MacBook design Xiaomi does not take any big risks here. Apart from that, the design is quite appropriate but also a little unoriginal. Also, the labeling of interfaces is given up on. Only a small, silver Mi-logo is placed underneath the display. To create a neat design the manufacturer even goes as far as to do without its logo on the display cover. "Plain." This word describes the design of the Mi Notebook Air best. The whole thing can be purchased for 867 Euros (~$942, without customs/ import costs or shipping!). From there we also ordered our test device which is equivalent to the only configuration of the Mi Notebook Air 13.3 available to order with i5, 256 GB SSD, and 8 GB RAM. It is possible to import them though (including all risks involved as the Mi Air does not have a CE-label, see also our article with the topic Import from China), for example via the importer Trading Shenzhen. Neither device is officially available in Germany, as with the smartphones Xiaomi focuses on the Chinese home market. The here tested 13.3-inch model in comparison has the stronger processors of the U-class (TDP 15 W). This one is equipped with Y-class CPUs (TDP 4.5 W). However, the laptop does have a smaller sibling in the form of the Mi Notebook Air 12.5.
#Xiaomi notebook air teclado español Pc
Now that success could be repeated in the PC market with the here reviewed Mi Notebook Air.Īs we proverbially look upon Xiaomi's first work, there is, of course, no previous device to compare the Mi Notebook Air 13.3 with. This strategy showed great success in the smartphone market, at least until 2015, when Xiaomi weakened a bit. Xiaomi's business model consists of offering as good devices as possible at low prices to undercut the competition, therefore low or even no profit from hardware purchases is accepted. Let's focus on the Xiaomi device: Xiaomi is a very successful manufacturer in the smartphone market which is, however, regionally concentrated in China. These market fields can probably offer the best growth opportunities.
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Huawei chose the 2-in-1 branch and Xiaomi chose the sector for slim Ultrabooks. However, one must say that Xiaomi and Huawei chose specific branches of the PC market for their entries. Also, this new participant can get the market moving by increasing the competition. Market entries by Huawei (with the MateBook) and Xiaomi are greatly appreciated even though they are acting contrary to the trend. After all, the PC market is shrinking overall, meaning that low sales are concentrated over fewer and fewer manufacturers - even now an acquisition of Fujitsu's PC operation by market leader Lenovo is under discussion. The fact that a new player appears on the laptop market does have scarcity value.
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For the original German review, see here.