Xiaomi Mi 8 is officially debuting as the new Mi series flagship next week. Xiaomi
has scheduled the Mi 8 launch event for May 31. With the confirmation
on the upcoming launch, it is also presumed that the Chinese company has no plans to bring the Mi 7 as the successor to its last year's Mi 6
- instead, it appears to be skipping an iteration by launching the Mi 8
to celebrate its eighth anniversary. A box package and a screen
protector tipping the launch of the handset had already surfaced on the
Web. The Beijing-headquartered company is also rumoured to be building its proprietary 3D facial sensing technology to take on Apple's Face ID.
As
confirmed
by a teaser image posted on Weibo, the Xiaomi Mi 8 launch is taking
place in Shenzhen, China. Xiaomi Global spokesperson Donovan Sung, in a
separate tweet on Tuesday, highlighted that the new launch is aimed to
mark the company's eighth anniversary. "To celebrate our 8th year
anniversary, we'll be launching Mi 8 at our annual flagship product
launch in Shenzhen on May 31," Sung tweeted.
As per a previous report, Xiaomi already sold tickets
of the annual launch event that is also likely to be the place for
devices other than the Mi 8, including the Mi Band 3 fitness tracker.
Further, it is expected to have around 5,000 attendees.
Xiaomi Mi 8 rumoured specifications
Considering the past rumours, the Xiaomi Mi 8 is speculated to come with a notch design and have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC along with 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of onboard storage. The handset is also expected to run Android Oreo
on top of a new MIUI version and might have an under display
fingerprint sensor. An image leaked recently suggested that Xiaomi is
also set to include a dedicated camera unit on the front to enable
advanced facial recognition that will be in line with Apple's Face ID
that debuted on the iPhone X last year. Moreover, the Mi 8 is expected to counter the OnePlus 6 with its all-new build and a bunch of custom features.
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