Xiaomi Mi2 Launches in Apple Style, Goes Quad-Core with Android 4.1 [PICS]

So after a long journey to the Beijing 798 Art Zone, I’m finally here, sweaty with tired thighs from all the walking and finding. But it was worth it, thankfully. Now straight to the Xiaomi Mi2 launch event: the specs that we reported earlier were correct. Qualcomm’s new quad-core Snapdragon S4 (APQ8064) chip will be inside the new Xiaomi Mi2 phone. The entire launch event felt sort of like an Apple keynote; and maybe that’s what Xiaomi was going for.

There are fans roaring and cheering whenever co-founder and CEO Lei Jun flashes pictures of the new Xiaomi phone, slowly fleshing out its specs. I have had a lot of conversations with folks here today and they all agree that Xiaomi has real fans. That’s all talk, of course, but now I’m seeing it for real. The atmosphere is warm, heated with an amazing zeal as people grab pictures. See my snaps below:

Specs!