Xiaomi Mi 5 review: The 2016 Mi flagship — Snapdragon 820 in a light, compact body.
A 2016 value flagship — compact, light, now legacy.
The Mi 5 packed the Snapdragon 820 and OIS into a featherweight body at a low price. Ended support and dated hardware place it in the past.
01Display
60/10060/100 trails the 65-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2016.
02Camera
56/10056/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.
03Performance
44/10044/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2016 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2016 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
66/10066/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2016.
06Value
74/100At 74/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2016 — 7 points above the cohort average.
- Flagship Snapdragon 820 at a remarkable price.
- Very light and compact at 129 g.
- 4-axis OIS camera — rare for the price.
- Glass-and-metal build.
- Mono speaker; no NFC on all variants.
- Small 3,000 mAh battery.
- Software ended at Android 8.
- Discontinued.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 3-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .