BEIJING – Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has launched its 8th-anniversary smartphone Mi 8 with a notch on the display.
Xiaomi Mi 8 features a 6.21-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display (manufactured by Samsung) with the resolution of 2248 x 1080 pixels and aspect ratio of 18:9.
The smartphone is powered by a 2.8Ghz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, Adreno 630 GPU, 6GB of RAM and three internal storage options – 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB.
The Mi 8’s rear camera is 12MP+ 12MP. Xiaomi has added OIS on the wide-angle sensor, which has an aperture of f/1.8. The 12MP telephoto lens has a f/2.4 aperture. The highlight of the rear camera is the artificial intelligence (AI) enabled features, which the company claims will assist in recognition of scenes, improving portrait shots.
The selfie snapper is 20 MP with f/2.0 aperture and also jumps the AI hype train with AI portrait selfies and AI Beautify. The face detection sensor separate and is not being used for selfies.
The Xiaomi Mi 8 was announced as the first smartphone with Dual GPS. The phone binds the traditional L1 frequency, used in other phones with the L5 frequency, used mostly by the aeronautical industry. This should make location-based services like navigation more precise than ever.
The smartphone runs MIUI 10, which is based on Android Oreo and to power SoC there’s a 3400 mAh battery.
The phone will be available from June 5 and start from CNY2,699 for the 6/64 GB version. The 6/128 GB is CNY2,999, while the most expensive 6/256 GB version is CNY3,299. These prices translate to between $420 and $515, or between €360 and €440.
The Explorer Edition will have only one variant with 8 GB RAM and 128 GB storage. It will cost CNY3,799 or around $600/€500, but will hit the shelves a month later.
