New flagships have to be truly special to stand out from the crowd when you have high-end smartphones like the Apple iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S8 at the top of the pack. Xiaomi knows this, which is why the new Mi 6 features cutting edge hardware…
New flagships have to be truly special to stand out from the crowd when you have high-end smartphones like the Apple iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S8 at the top of the pack. Xiaomi knows this, which is why the new Mi 6 features cutting edge hardware, a great price, and a pretty cool camera setup on the back.
The Mi 6 features two 12MP cameras on the back, one with a wide-angle lens for casual snaps and the other with a telephoto lens for when you need to zoom in. Xiaomi says that the second camera lets you enjoy 2x zoom without a loss in quality.
There’s also optical image stabilization and 4K video recording. If that sounds familiar that’s because it is. The iPhone 7 Plus has almost the same specs, down to the lossless zoom level, save for the aperture on the second lens which is f/2.8 as opposed to f/2.6 on the Mi 6.
The lower the number, the more light it lets in — so, the Mi 6 has what it takes to fare better in low-light when using the telephoto lens. Both the Mi 6 and iPhone 7 have an f/1.8 lens for the standard camera.
Xiaomi has three versions of the Mi 6. The base model costs CNY2,499 ($363) and comes with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The mid-ranger, which is priced at CNY2,899 ($421), has the same amount of RAM but twice the storage at 128GB. The top of the line Mi 6 adds a ceramic coating, can be had for CNY2,999 ($436).
Regardless of the model, you get a 5.15-inch display with a resolution of 1,080 by 1,920 and 600 nits of brightness, and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor behind that. The battery is a 3,350mAh unit that is said to provide enough power to have the Mi 6 running for a day.
Xiaomi says that the Mi 6 is the first 5.15-inch smartphone with a dual camera, but I doubt that any consumer cares about a smartphone that’s the first in a niche within a niche.
What prospective buyers may find more interesting is that the Mi 6 also adds dual speakers to the mix, a splash-resistant body, rounded edges, Bluetooth 5, and a USB Type-C port on the bottom.
As you can see, Xiaomi didn’t opt for a crazy, novel display this time round. That’s something that most consumers will probably be able to live with, considering that this type of screen allows for the fingerprint sensor to be retained on the front. On the Mi 6, it’s embedded in the home button.
The Mi 6 measures 145.17 x 70.49 x 7.45mm and weighs 168 grams. The ceramic model comes in at 182 grams. It’s offered in three colors, while, blue and black. It runs MIUI 8, which is based on Android 7.1 Nougat.

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Security consultant Gemma Moore looks at the actions organisations should take if they suspect they have suffered a cyber security incident.
At some point, your business may have to deal with a cyber security incident. But when you are under pressure and your team is stressed, people make mistakes.
Delaying too long in making critical response decisions may exacerbate the impact of the incident but, conversely, making knee-jerk decisions can cause further damage to the business or hinder a complete response.
There are many ways you may suspect that a security incident has happened, from detecting unusual activity through proactive monitoring of critical systems or during audits, to outside notification from law enforcement and compromised data located in the wild.
However, indicators such as unusual CPU ( central processing unit ) and network usage on a server may have multiple potential causes, many of which are not information security incidents. So it is vital to investigate further before jumping to conclusions.
Do you have any corroborating evidence? For example, if the IDS ( intrusion detection system ) detects a brute force attack against the website, do web logs support this having occurred? Or, if a user reports a suspected phishing attack, has this email been received by other users and did the user click on links or open documents?
You also need to think about answering questions about the nature of the incident. Is it a generic malware infection, or an active system hack? Is there an intentional denial of service (DoS) attack in progress and is this an incidence of deliberate insider action?
Once you have confirmed an incident has occurred, you need to take time out from initial response activities to prioritise your actions and decide, definitively, what the business objectives are for the response operation. Incident triage generally consists of classifying the incident in terms of impact and urgency and how it should be handled. The incident response team can then use the impact, urgency and priority evaluation to define the objectives for the incident response operation and assign actions or further investigation, as required.
Impact classifications defined by the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) GovCertUK and adopted by Crest , the body that represents the technical security industry, may provide a useful point of reference for initial classification based on the perceived or established impact.
The urgency of an incident should also be assessed along with the impact. Some incidents are unlikely to worsen over time, such as the discovery of a historical compromise by a former employee. But in other cases, such as a ransomware outbreak, it may be absolutely critical to respond rapidly to isolate the infection.
Mobilising full emergency incident response capabilities may not be applicable or appropriate in every situation. You need to understand as much about what you are dealing with as you can. For example, who is the attacker? How was the attack introduced? When did the attack occur? What data or systems have been compromised? Is the attack ongoing? Why were we the target of the attack?

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