Xiaomi has announced the new flagship Mi series device Xiaomi Mi 9 that comes with a unique design and has a triple rear camera. The company also launched the Lite variant of the device called Xiaomi Mi 9 SE. The Mi9 is powered by the newest Qualcomm processor, the Snapdragon 855 and also comes with an in-display fingerprint scanner. It has a Full HD+ Super AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection and comes with just 90.7% screen-to-body ratio since it has a 3.6mm small chin, making it 40% narrower than the Xiaomi Mi8.
Xiaomi Mi 9 Price
Mi 9 is priced at 2999 yuan (around $446) for the 6GB RAM + 128GB inbuilt storage variant while the top-end 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant is priced at 3299 yuan (around $490). Another Xiaomi Mi 9 Transparent Limited Edition with 12GB RAM and 256GB inbuilt storage is also available priced at 3999 yuan (around $594). The device will go on sale in the homeland of China from February 26th. No details on the global rollout yet.
Xiaomi Mi 9 Specs
The Xiaomi Mi9 features a 6.39-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED display with 103.8% NTSC colour gamut, 600 nits brightness, 60000:1 contrast ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection, and 1080 × 2280 pixels resolution. It is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 855 7nm Mobile Platform (1 x 2.84GHz Kryo 485 + 3 x 2.42GHz Kryo 485 + 4x 1.80GHz Kryo 485) with Adreno 640 GPU. It comes with multiple variants including 6GB / 8GB LPDDR4x of RAM with 128GB (UFS 2.1) inbuilt storage and 12GB RAM with 256GB inbuilt storage that is available with the Transparent Edition variant. It supports Dual SIMs and comes with Android 9.0 (Pie) with MIUI 10 on top.
It carries a triple rear camera with a 48-megapixel camera with a 1/2.0″ Sony IMX586 sensor, 0.8μm pixel size, f/1.75 aperture, LED flash, Laser Autofocus, PDAF, CAF, a 12-megapixel 1/3.6″ Samsung S5K3M5, a telephoto lens with f/2.2 aperture, 1.0μm pixel size, 6P lens, 2x lossless zoom and a 16-megapixel 1/1.3″ Sony IMX481 117-degree ultra-wide angle lens with f/2.2 aperture, 1.0μm pixel size, 6P lens, 4cm macro. It has a 20-megapixel front-facing camera with 0.9μm pixel size, f/2.0 aperture.
It comes with an in-display fingerprint sensor and has a 3300mAh battery with 27W fast charging and 20W wireless fast charging. Connectivity options available are dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac dual-band (2×2 MU-MIMO ), Bluetooth 5, Dual-frequency (L1+L5) GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, NFC, USB Type-C. It measures 157.5×74.67×7.61mm and weighs 173 grams.
Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Price and Specs
The Xiaomi Mi 9 SE is priced at 1,999 yuan (around $297) for the 6GB RAM with 64GB storage and 2,299 yuan (around $341) for the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage. It will go on sale in China from March 1st with Blue, Violet and Dark great colour options. It features a 5.97-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED display with 103.8% NTSC Color gamut, 600 nits brightness, 60000:1 contrast ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, and 1080 × 2280 pixels resolution.
It is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 712 10nm Mobile Platform (Dual 2.3GHz Kryo 360 + Hexa 1.7GHz Kryo 360 CPUs) with Adreno 616 GPU. It comes with 6GB LPDDR4x RAM with 64GB / 128GB (UFS 2.1) storage. It supports Dual SIM and comes with Android 9.0 (Pie) with MIUI 10 on top.
It also has a triple rear camera setup with a 48-megapixel camera with 1/2.0″ Sony IMX586 sensor, 0.8μm pixel size, f/1.75 aperture, LED flash, an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture, 1.12μm pixel size and a 13-megapixel ultra-wide angle lens with f/2.4 aperture, 1.12μm pixel size. It has a 20-megapixel front-facing camera with 0.9μm pixel size, f/2.0 aperture. It also supports an in-display fingerprint sensor and an infrared sensor. It is backed up by a 3070mAh battery with 18W fast charging and supports dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac dual-band (2×2 MU-MIMO ), Bluetooth 5, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, NFC, USB Type-C connectivity options. It measures 147.5×70.5×7.45mm and weighs 155 grams.
