It's not the first time we've seen Xiaomi pull off an Apple-inspired design, so the look of the newest Xiaomi Mi 4 shouldn't be too surprising. For one, the recently announced Mi Pad borrowed elements of the iPad Mini and the iPhone 5C, while its Mi WiFi Mini router resembles the Apple Magic Trackpad.

The Mi 4, the company's new Android flagship phone, borrows its style heavily from the iPhone 5S, but the Chinese company has added its own touches to the design with a removable rear cover and a larger 5-inch display.

The 1,999RMB smartphone will be available in China for 1,999RMB (which converts to $320, £190, AU$345) for the 16GB model and 2,499RMB (which converts to $400, £235, AU$430) for the 64GB version at the end of the month, while the 4G version (TD-LTE, for China) will launch in September. There's no word yet on global availability.

Design and display
As mentioned, the Mi 4 takes a lot of design cues from the iPhone 5S. The stainless steel frame around the edges is similar to those on the iPhone, though the button placements are opposite each other. The phone looks completely different from the previous Mi 3 flagship, which looked more like a Nokia handset.

Specs and software
Internally, Xiaomi's Mi 4 comes packing what you'll find in most flagship phones. It's powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, has 3GB of RAM and comes with either 16GB or 64GB.

More importantly, Xiaomi has managed to squeeze a 3,080mAh battery into the phone's 6.7mm-slim frame, which should easily last you a day or more. There doesn't appear to be a microSD card slot, and the phone seems to still cater to the older large SIM cards.

On the rear is a 13-megapixel camera while there's a front 8-megapixel shooter for taking detailed selfie shots. The rear has a six-element lens while the front uses five-elements. Both cameras have a f1.8 aperture. Xiaomi also demoed an image refocusing capability similar to that found on the LG G3 and Samsung Galaxy S5.
The Mi 4 runs MIUI on top of Android KitKat (4.4.3), and is likely to be v5. While Xiaomi has announced a new upcoming v6 that will debut on August 16, the phone likely isn't running it as it will go on sale at the end of July in China. A quick check of the phone's MIUI version shows that it's running MIUI 4.7.20, but the last major release for v5 was 4.6.27 in June

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It's hard not to think of the phone as a clone of the iPhone, but Xiaomi has added its own touches. Instead of going with onscreen keys like some of the recent Android phones, the Mi 4 still keeps the old-school style of the back, home and menu buttons.

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is soon going to launch Oppo N1 mini, the compact variant of its Oppo N1 smartphone, in the Indian market. Just like its bigger sibling, the N1 mini also sports a rotating camera. According to sources, the phone will be launched this month itself. Earlier today, Oppo also posted a teaser of the phone on its Twitter and Facebook pages. Oppo had launched the N1 mini in the Chinese market in June, pricing it at 2699 yuan(Rs 26,600 approximately). The phone sports a 5inch(720x1280p) display. It is powered by a 1.6GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor and 2GB RAM.

It sports a 13MP rotating camera lens with an LED flash. The camera is capable of taking 24MP pictures through the Ultra HD mode. The phone comes with 16GB internal storage but doesn't feature a microSD card slot for expansion. It has a 2140mAh battery. The phone runs Oppo's Color OS 1.4 based on Android Jelly Bean. In terms of connectivity, the phone supports 4G LTE, 3G, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. It's worth pointing out that Gionee also offers Elife E7 Mini, a smartphone that sports a similar rota