Chinese Xiaomi today announced the budget-friendly Redmi Pro smartphone along with the $750 Mi Notebook Air laptop, which looks like an Apple MacBook. The Redmi Pro smartphone runs the Android 6.0 OS and is featuring a 5.5-inch 1080p OLED display (with full NTSC gamut) plus a dual-camera setup. It comes in a gold- or silver-colored brushed metallic unibody and packs a fingerprint reader plus a 5-megapixel selfie camera on the front side. On the rear side, a dual camera is featuring a 13-megapixel Sony IMX258 main sensor plus a 5-megapixel Samsung assistive sensor for bokeh effects.

Users can change the focus point on the image even after capturing and also take advantage of a dual-tone LED flash. There's also a 4,050mAh battery inside with fast charging via the USB Type-C port.

The Redmi Pro is powered by a 10-core Helio X20 plus 32GB of storage and 3GB of RAM (1,499 yuan/about $225). Chinese consumers can also choose the option of the faster Helio X25, 64GB of storage plus 3GB of RAM (1,699 yuan/about $255), and capping with the same chipset, 128GB of storage plus 4GB of RAM (1,999 yuan/about $300).

The Redmi Pro is a dual-SIM 4G+ device (VoLTE supported), though you can also use the second SIM slot to add a microSD card instead.

There's no word on when to expect the Redmi Pro to hit the markets outside China.

Also introduced today is Xiaomi's first laptop - the $750 Mi Notebook Air.

Running on Windows 10, it comes in two sizes -- the 13.3-inch and the portable 12.5-inch. Both versions and both feature a slim body, a 1080p display with slim under-glass bezels, a backlit keyboard, a USB Type-C charging port plus a minimalistic metallic design. The top-spec model costs just 4,999 yuan or about $750.

The 13.3-inch model comes in at just 14.8mm thick and 1.28kg heavy. You get an Intel Core i5-6200U "Skylake-U" processor (dual core, base frequency at 2.3GHz, turbo up to 2.7GHz) plus an NVIDIA GeForce 940MX GPU (with 1GB GDDR5 RAM). This is thinner and lighter than the 13-inch MacBook Air. You also get 8GB of DDR4 RAM, 256GB of SSD via PCIe and one free SATA slot for expansion. The 40Wh battery should be good for up to 9.5 hours, and it can go from zero to 50 percent in half an hour using the bundled USB-C charger.

The 12.5-inch model is even slimmer and lighter at 12.9mm and 1.07kg, respectively. It is powered by a slower Intel Core M3 CPU; it has 4GB of RAM and just a 128GB SSD via SATA. You also get one USB 3.0 port and an HDMI port. Its price is $520.

The Mi Notebook Air is launching in China on August 2nd.