Xiaomi has many notebooks and each of them deserves our attention separately. This manufacturer has begun making laptops not that long ago, but it already managed to get its place under the sun. Probably, the most powerful products should be considered the Xiaomi Notebook Pro models. But we should also recall Xiaomi has launched the Mi Notebook Air series laptops long ago. Thus, this is the core of its products. Back in January, this company announced the new Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air laptops with the latest 8th-gen Intel Core chips. At this moment, the Core i7-8550U version is offered for a discounted price tag of $899.99 after applying the coupon (code: GB$XMLAPAIR02).
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The manufacturer has changed the bright silver color of the previous-gen model to the dark gray option just like the Apple MacBook Pro. So it killed two birds with one stone. First, Xiaomi showed it doesn’t scare of Apple. Second, the laptop has become more fashionable. The new Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air comes with a uniform frosted metal body. The borders are narrowed down to 5.59mm. The whole body and the touchpad use the same gray color, while the screen frame and the keyboard are black. The keyboard is backlit. Like its predecessor, the ELAN fingerprint reader is placed on the upper right of the touchpad with the shape of a bar.
Though there have been made noticeable changes in hardware, none of them affected the thickness and weight. The laptop has a thickness of 14.8mm and weighs only 1.3kg. As for interfaces, there are two USB Type-A 3.1, one HDMI 1.4, and a full-featured USB Type-C ports as well as one 3.5mm audio jack. The USB-C port provides a fast charge option (charging up to 50% in 30 minutes), a fast data transfer (5 GB/s), and a 4K video output at 60Hz.
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Undoubtedly, one of the biggest key features is the 13.3-inch narrow-frame IPS screen with a Full HD resolution. It accounts for up to 80.1%. Thanks to the third-gen Corning Gorilla Glass with 7H the display is protected from major and minor scratches. It supports a 95% sRGB, 71% NTSC, and 74% AdobeRGB.
The Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13 comes with the latest SoC of Intel, the Intel i7-8550U and i5-8250U. The latter is also paired with an 8GB of DDR4 RAM, 256GB PCle SSD, and an NVIDIA GeForce MX150 graphics card. The Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13 comes with a 4cell Li-ion polymer battery supporting 40W input power. It is capable of providing up to 8 hours of video playback. If using normally it should stay alive for 10-12 hours on a single charge.
At last, the Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13 comes with an advanced customized AKG speaker module. It supports Dolby surround sound allowing users to get an ultimate immersive audio experience.
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