Looks like a bad news for those looking forward to getting their hands on Xiaomi's much-awaited flagship smartphone, the Xiaomi Mi6, which was slated to hit the store shelves in February next year. The smartphone will now arrive in April, instead.

A report from Caseme suggests the Mi 6 will feature a 5.2-inch screen made with 2.5D curved glass with a metallic back. The phone is expected to come with 4GB RAM and 64GB of on board storage. Contrary to other reports, this was says that the Mi 6 will be sporting a dual-rear camera setup (16MP + 16MP), along with a 4MP front shooter. The phone is rumoured to come with a USB Type-C port, 3000 mAh battery with support for Quick Charge 3.0.

The rumor also reveals that the Xiaomi Mi 6 will arrive in three chipset variants, which is similar to what we heard last week in a different leak. The international variant could be called the Xiaomi Mi 6S featuring the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset, while the Xiaomi Mi 6E will probably come with a MediaTek Helio chipset for select markets. The third variant could be the Mi 6P which will rock the company’s in-house Pinecone chipset.

This delay in Xiaomi Mi6 launch is allegedly because Samsung, which will be making the next flagship Qualcomm mobile chip, will not be able to manufacture sufficient Snapdragon 835 SoC units in time. The South Korean company has further been suggested to ship the Snapdragon 835 SoC in limited numbers with its alleged upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone due to low production.

However, today another Chinese analyst chimed in on Weibo saying that the yield issues aren't as bad as made out to be in the media, and Xiaomi Mobile has already started receiving shipments of the SD835 for the Mi6. As such, the phone will be announced on February 6 and it will go on sale in March, though only limited quantities may be available for the first few weeks.