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organization whose mission is to defend intellectual property in China, SIPO (State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China) potentially has unveiled the first images of the next reference smartphone Chinese Xiaomi, the highly anticipated E5 . Unless whether in reality the Half Note 2 … (Tyam Thx!)

Filed September 16 and validated on 23 December, the official document intended to protect the design of the mysterious device is illustrated by a series of schematic plans three dimensions revealing a smartphone whose lines recall those of Mi rating but nevertheless sufficiently distinct so that we can safely say that this is not unquestionably not the model.

Just like the superb PHABLET launched earlier this year, the smartphone in question has clearly been assembled around a metal frame and back covered with a glass layer curved side edges.

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The common points between the two devices stop there because there are many details that differentiate them beginning with the presence of a back button to the physical Home integrated façade positioning centered its port charge and sync or the presence of two speakers embodied by two series of round holes drilled alongside the port to USB Type-C format.

Sure, this smartphone could be the future replacement of the current, aging Mi4 but its similarity to the Mi Note is so striking to me that we should not rule out the possibility that the document may in fact concern the Mi Note 2 .

Especially when you know that it has been validated before yesterday barely less than a year after launching the first of the name Mi Note. Coincidence seems both support this hypothesis and suggest that the launch of a new Mi Note would be scheduled for next month. This is obviously a simple theory and only time will tell which model it was really about. Wait & amp; See …

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