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XIAOMI MI 8 - price, release date, specifications

Xiaomi Mi 8 Anniversary Edition will present two flagship models in a glass case. They will have thin bezels, improved dual cameras with no loss of 2x optical zoom and AI compatibility. And also a face recognition function will appear.

Xiaomi Mi 8 will be the first Android smartphone with a 3D face ID scanner in the iPhone X and / or an in-display fingerprint scanner and MIUI 10. Among the modules in the smartphone there is a place for Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz), Bluetooth 5.0 LE, NFC, A-GPS, GLONASS and 4G VoLTE. The new flagship will be equipped with a 6.01 ″ AMOLED display with Full HD + resolution and an aspect ratio of 18: 9. Cover the screen with 3D Corning Gorilla Glass 5.

Against the background of the novelty, Mi 6 is like a poor relative. But this is not all the "pluses".

  • There will be a graphics accelerator Adreno 630, an X20 LTE modem with speeds up to 1.2 Gb / s, a USB Type-C connector, as well as 6/8 GB of RAM and 64/128 GB of permanent memory.
  • The smartphone will improve the quality of photos and videos.
    • The rear dual camera is equipped with a 19-megapixel module with an F / 1.7 aperture and a four-fold optical zoom.
    • The front camera will be equipped with a 16 megapixel image sensor.
  • The powerful chipset utilizes artificial intelligence while shooting. It will recognize objects in the frame and select optimized settings.
  • Battery endurance will increase. It will be 3500 mAh, the Plus version has 3950 mAh. Compared to the Mi 6, it has a 3350mAh battery.
  • The charging speed will increase. The device will charge over the air thanks to the Broadcom receiver and NXP transmitter, just like the new iPhones. In the compartment, they provide a stable level of charge.

The future flagship will be powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8-core chip clocked at 2.8 GHz. “It is optimally suited for working with artificial intelligence technologies,” said Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun at a press conference in China.

Xiaomi Mi 8: price and release date

The company will present the Xiaomi Mi 8 Anniversary Edition smartphone on May 31, 2018 in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. Thus, the company will celebrate the eighth anniversary of its active operations.

  • The estimated cost of the Xiaomi Mi 8 Anniversary Edition with 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of permanent memory is UAH 11 445.
  • A more advanced model with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of ROM is slightly more expensive - UAH 13,080.

After the official presentation, you can pre-order your smartphone in our store. It will go on sale in the first half of June.

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