
It runs the Intel Core m3 processor with integrated graphics and has 4GB of RAM and 128GB expandable SSD. The 12.5-inch version weighs 1.07 kilograms and has battery life of 11.5 hours on a single charge. It features Type-C USB for charging, and two USB 3.0 ports and a single HDMI interface. It is said to last 9.5 hours on a single charge, charges 50 percent in 30 minutes, and weighs 1.28 kilogram and measures 309.6 x 210.9 x 14.8 millimeters. The key features of the 13.3-inch Mi Notebook Air are a Nvidia GeForce 940MX dedicated graphics card, Intel Core i5 processor, 256GB PCIe SSD with expandable SATA SSD slot, 8GB DDR4 RAM and 802.11ac Wi-Fi.
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The notebook is meant to be part of the Mi Ecosystem and will likely be targeted at the same young professional Xiaomi fans in China that they also target with their rice cooker, TVs and other products, Ma said.


Xiaomi has diversified into a number of products under a new "Mi Ecosystem" sub-brand, in tandem with local manufacturers. The new notebooks alone aren’t meant to offset phone sales, but are more of complementary products to fill out the company’s broader portfolio of electronics around the home, Ma said. Xiaomi badly needs a new flagship phone as it has seen market share decline from 14.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015 to 9 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to data from IDC.

The announcement of the laptops came at an event where Xiaomi also rolled out a new smartphone, the Redmi Pro, a dual rear-camera OLED phone.
