Mi Max launched in China, here are the announced specs:

Comes in Silver, Grey and Gold

7,5mm thick

6,44″ 1080p Screen

4850 mAh monster battery

Snapdragon 650 or 652, depending on variant

16MP PDAF Camera

5MP Front camera with 85 degrees wide angle

Up to 4GB of RAM

Up to 128 GB of storage

3-choose-2 hybird SIM tray (microSD support)

Dual Sim, dual standby

IR Blaster

Fingerprint sensor on the back

4G+ Support

Prices: 1499 RMB (Snapdragon 650/32GB/3GB RAM), 1699 RMB (Snapdragon 652/64GB/3GB RAM), 1999 RMB (Snapdragon 652/128GB/4GB RAM). That is $300 for the top end model.

MIUI 8 Details and features:

New MIUI Gallery app up to 90% more space efficient +stickers, doodles, and more photo editing options

Wallpaper carousel for daily lock screens

Power Saving mode which suspends all background activity, updates and syncing

Multi-window management

Chain startup prevention which blocks apps from starting up for no reason

Fraud and scam messages filter

Quick share controls for content

Passcode and Fingerprint security for Notes

Templates for notes, and various design choices in app

Barcode scanner integration for easier purchasing

Camera picture search for similar items online

Advanced calculator app with conversions

Enhanced video editing tools

MIUI Fonts redesigned

MIUI Colors redesigned

To roll out on Mi 2/2S/3/4/4C/4S/5/Max and all Redmi and Mi Note devices

Release date: 17 June for China Dev version, no stable/global version release date yet

There are now over 200,000,000 users of MIUI worldwide

Official Mi Max Wallpapers are here as well for download in their full resolution glory:

Bonus teaser: Xiaomi Mi Band 2. Unfortunately, no release date or further details.

Full album of the announcement slides can be found here.