Before announcing the flagship Mi 5 smartphone, Xiaomi has unveiled the more affordable Mi 4s smartphone. The handset will replace the last year's Xiaomi Mi 4i and is supposed to find its place somewhere between the Mi 4 and the new Mi 5 smartphones.

The 64 GB model will go on sale priced at 1,699, which is around $260 in 60 in black, white, gold, and pink. This is very close to the price of the Mi 5 base model, so it is questionable how the phone will sell. It is also expected to go on sale in China on March 1.

Xiaomi Mi 4S specifications

5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS fully laminated 441 PPI display, 95% NTSC color gamut

Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 64-bit processor with Adreno 418 GPU

3GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD

MIUI 7 on top of Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)

Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + microSD / micro SIM)

13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, PDAF, 5P lenses, f/2.0 aperture, 1080p video, 120fps slow motion video

5MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture, 85-degree wide angle lens

Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor

Dimensions: 139.26×70.76×7.8mm; Weight: 133g

4G LTE with VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac dual-band (MIMO), Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, USB Type-C

3260mAh (typical) / 3210mAh (minimum) built-in battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0