Xiaomi is quietly but surely taking over the windows ultrabook market space for the mainstream user. 5 years ago, barely anyone had heard of them, but today they are seen as one of the most promising companies that are on their way to becoming the giants of the future. The Xiaomi Air series particularly caught my eye considering how immensely well built the notebooks are and how well specced (for the price) they are.
Featuring premium components and a design philosophy that seems to go toe to toe with Apple itself, its little surprise that its proving to be such a popular product that they recently announced they will be launching a new series of "Notebook Pro" notebooks as well. One of the biggest problem, if you are a potential customer is that their products are incredibly hard to find on the US Mainland and any Amazon seller overcharges for them.
We reached out to Gearbest who have been providing us with review products for a while now and were glad to hear that they are willing to ship the Xiaomi lineup all over the world - at no additional cost. In fact, they have given us a promotional discount window of 5 days during which Wccftech users can buy the Xiaomi series of laptops at insanely low pricing.
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Xiaomi Air 12 (2017) 128 GB with M3-7Y30 and Intel HD 615 for $489
Use code: NEWMIAIR12
Our first deal is probably one of the highest value ones. If you are looking for a compact but powerful netbook that is light as a feather (figuratively) and want to stick with the windows platform, then look no further. Featuring a 7th generation, Kaby Lake processor and Intel's HD 615 graphics, this is the ultimate travel companion. The original price of this laptop has been discounted from $699 to $489 for just a few days.
Model: Xiaomi Air 12
CPU: Intel Core M3 7Y30
Core: 1-2.6 GHz,Dual Core
Caching: 4MB
Graphics Chipset: Intel HD Graphics 615
Graphics Card Frequency: 300MHz - 900MHz
Process Technology: 14nm
Power Consumption: 4.5W
RAM: 4GB DDR3
SSD: 128 GB
Cooling Style: Passive
Average list price: $699
Xiaomi Air 12 (2017) 256 GB with M3-7Y30 and Intel HD 615 for $549
Use code: MIAIR256
The second deal is also for the same variant but has twice the storage capacity.
Model: Xiaomi Air 12
CPU: Intel Core M3 7Y30
Core: 1-2.6 GHz,Dual Core
Caching: 4MB
Graphics Chipset: Intel HD Graphics 615
Graphics Card Frequency: 300MHz - 900MHz
Process Technology: 14nm
Power Consumption: 4.5W
RAM: 4GB DDR3
SSD: 256 GB
Cooling Style: Passive
Average List Price: $939
Xiaomi Air 12 (2017) 256 GB with Core i5-7Y54 and Intel HD 615 for $769
This particular variant of the Xiaomi Air 12 has a slightly beefier processor and up to 8 GB LPDDR3 RAM. The SSD is also of a higher class (Samsung) and features much lower power consumption. This is overall a much better specced product but diminishing returns kick in here.
Model: Xiaomi Air 12
CPU: Intel Core i5 7Y54
Core: 1.2-3.2 GHz,Dual Core
Caching: 4MB
Graphics Chipset: Intel HD Graphics 615
Graphics Card Frequency: 300MHz - 900MHz
Process Technology: 14nm
Power Consumption: 4.5W
RAM: 8GB LPDDR3
SSD: Samsung SM961 256 GB
Cooling Style: Passive
Average List Price: $1039
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Xiaomi Air 13 (2016) 256 GB with Core i5-6200U and Nvidia 940MX (1GB) for $669
Use code: GBAir13
If there was a deal I would recommend out of all these, it would be this one. An actively cooled, fully specced ultrabook with an impressive build quality and killer aesthetics. Did I mention a backlit keyboard? Yup. For $669, you would be hard pressed to find a laptop with this compact a form factor and similar specs. Not only that but it features the Nvidia GTX 940MX (1GB) which means you can actually use this for light-medium gaming! MOBAs like DOTA and LOL should run no problem, as well as RTS like SC2. We have even seen videos of gamers running Crysis 3 on it.
Model: Xiaomi Air 13
CPU: Intel i5 6200u
Core: 2.3-2.8 GHz,Dual Core
Caching: 3MB L3 Cache
Graphics Chipset: GeForce GT 940MX
Graphics Capacity: 1GB
Process Technology: 14nm
Power Consumption: 15W
SSD: Samsung 951 256 GB
RAM: 8GB DDR4
Cooling Style: Active
Average List Price: $999
Xiaomi Air 13 (2017) 256 GB with Core i5-7200u and Nvidia MX150 (2GB) for $824
Use codes: NEWMIAIR13 and NEWMIAIR13W
Finally, we have one of the most powerful offerings of Xiaomi yet. Featuring a Kaby Lake ULV processor as well as the brand new Samsung 961 M2 SSD this is one beast of a netbook. The GeForce MX150 is more than capable of medium gaming loads and features twice the memory of its predecessor. The CPU cab boost up to 3.1 GHz which really should be enough for most usecases you would put this laptop in. Average list price of this product on most retailers is anywhere from $1150 to $1400 but for the next few days, its been slashed to $824.
Model: Xiaomi Air 13
CPU: Intel i5 7200u
Core: 2.5-3.1 GHz,Dual Core
Caching: 3MB L3 Cache
Graphics Chipset: GeForce MX150
Graphics Capacity: 2GB
Process Technology: 14nm
Power Consumption: 7.5W
SSD: Samsung 961 256 GB
RAM: 8GB DDR4
Cooling Style: Active
Average List Price: $1200
You can also check out more products on the Gearbest Harvest Sale.
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