Performance
Under the hood, the Mi Note 2 is powered by the Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821 chipset, a high-performance processor for its time. The quad-core CPU, consisting of two Kryo cores clocked at 2.35 GHz and two at 1.6 GHz, coupled with the Adreno 530 GPU, ensured smooth multitasking and gaming capabilities. The device came in configurations of either 64 or 128GB of internal storage paired with 4 or 6GB of RAM, though it unfortunately lacks a microSD card slot for expandable storage. Running on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Xiaomi’s custom MIUI 8.2, the phone offered a user-friendly interface enriched with customization features.