The Chinese company is about to launch the new Xiaomi Mi 8, an iPhone X-inspired smartphone with three front cameras and face recognition
According to an image shared on Weibo, the famous Chinese social media, the new Xiaomi Mi 8 (known until a few weeks ago as Xiaomi Mi 7) will have three cameras hidden in the front notch, so as to ensure a facial recognition system similar to that of the iPhone X.
Of course, the three front-facing cameras won’t all be used for taking selfies. On the contrary. From the rumors that come from China it is conceivable that only the one on the far left will serve this purpose: the other two, however, will serve to improve the facial recognition system, also supported by an infrared scanner, just like on the top of the range of the house of Cupertino. In short, a device designed and built to compete with the top of the range of late 2017 and early 2018 and that will be presented, most likely, by the end of May, in conjunction with the arrival in Italy of Xiaomi.
Features of the Xiaomi Mi 8
The render appeared on Weibo of the new Xiaomi Mi 8 seems quite reliable, especially because the source has cited it as Xiaomi Mi 8 and not as Mi 7, as initially was identified the device of the Chinese company. From the photo we can tell that on the screen the icons of Wi-Fi, phone network and remaining battery will not be changed compared to previous smartphones from the Xiaomi house. While missing on the left the classic clock icon. On board instead we will most likely find 6GB of RAM to support Qualcomm’s new chipset, the Snapdragon 845. The rear camera on Xiaomi Mi 8 should be composed of two 16-megapixel sensors while in front there will be the already mentioned three sensors. The battery should instead be 3170mAh and ensure a range of a day even with intense use. Although it will lack wireless charging.
Xiaomi Mi 8, availability and prices in Italy
As for the price, the cheapest version, the one with 64GB of storage, should cost about 350 euros while the most expensive, with 128GB of internal memory, will be around 450 euros. The launch was initially planned around February in conjunction with the Mobile World Congress and then postponed for May 2018. So we’ll just have to wait a couple of weeks at most to know when we can buy the new Xiaomi Mi 8 in our country.