Xiaomi’s Mi Reader is an $83 Feature-Packed Amazon Kindle Clone

Amazon currently dominates the e-reader market. TheAmazon Kindleis the most popular e-book reader, alongside the likes of Nook and Kobo. However, an unexpected entrant has nowstepped foot into the marketand intends to take on the Kindle. It’s the Mi Reader, a feature-packed e-reader from Xiaomi that has launched in China today.

Mi Reader (or MiReader, as it’s stylized on the tablet itself) features a 6-inchHD e-ink displaywith 212ppi display resolution,a built-in LED reading lightwith 24 brightness settings. Xiaomi says that it brightens the display uniformly up to 90% for comfortable reading at night time. Itweighs just 178 gramsand seems to have a soft-touch plastic feel for a better grip and comfortable use for long hours.

This e-reader is powered by a quad-core Allwinner B300 processor, coupled with16GB of storage and 1GB of RAM. This means you shouldn’t notice any stutter in the UI and can store more than 5,000 books on this e-book reader. It supports multiple formats, such as TXT, EPUB, PDF, and many others. It even packs support for Office documents, thanks to its partnership with WPS Office. You can import PDFs to the Mi Reader from your Xiaomi phone and read on a bigger screen on the move.

Xiaomi says that you have access to hundreds of thousands of books on the Mi Reader. It enables you to login with your WeChat or Xiaomi account to sync your library in real-time from the cloud. You candownload your favorite books or documentsfrom the cloudfor reading on the move. It allows you to adjust the font size and contrast to read manga more easily and clearly.

Mi Reader comes equipped with a massive 1,800mAh battery that charges via the USB-C port onboard. Yes, there’s a USB-C port on this e-reader as opposed to microUSB port on most Kindles. This is a genuine leg up from Amazon’s e-readers which need you to carry another charging cable on you.

Xiaomi haspriced the Mi Reader at 579 yuan(around $83, Rs 5900) in China and it is going to become available on its crowdfunding platform from 20th November. It is priced quite aggressively but do you think it can take on the Kindle? I mean, Amazon started off by selling books and has the biggest e-book collection on planet Earth. Will Xiaomi be able to compete with Kindle in that department? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

Anmol

Getting my start with technology journalism back in 2016, I have been working in the industry for over 7 years. Currently, as the Editor of Beebom, I’m leading the coverage on the website. While my expertise lies in Android, Windows, and the apps world, find me reading manga, watching anime, and playing Apex in my free time.

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