Xiaomi Mi 8 finally launched with Android Animoji

Mi 8 was finally launched May 31st 2018. On the date, Xiaomi also launched the Xiaomi Mi Band 3 which is now available in Alibaba Express. Aside this, Xiaomi proudly unveiled the Mi TV 4 75 inches screen, Xiaomi Mi standalone VR which was produced in partnership with Oculus.



Xiaomi actually skipped the Mi 7 to launch a Mi 8, the reason not announced but, the Mi 8 also comes in with Xiaomi Mi 8 SE and Mi 8 Explorer Edition. With the Mi 8 Explorer, Xiaomi released an abridged version of the Mi 8. While he Mi 8 SE is a lower version of the Mi 8 family. Though, the smartphone isn’t released to the market yet, Xiaomi is likely to released it in China first before, it will be available in the United States and India. Other countries may have a similar release.

Summary of Specification for the Xiaomi M8

Dimension 154.9 by 74.8 by 7.6 (mm)

Weigh 175 gram

Screen Size 6.2.1 inch

Screen Display AMOLED

Operating System EIUI 10 base on Android 8.1 Oreo

SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. 2.8 GHz speed, Octa core processor

RAM 6GB

Storage 64/128/256 (GB). No external storage

Camera (Front) 20 MP, 1.8 Micron pixels, f/2.0.

Camera (rear) 12 MP main camera including 1.8 Micron pixels, OIS and f/1.8. 12 MP telephoto camera, 1.0 Micron pixels, and f/2.4

Security Infrared Face ID

Battery 3,400 mAh

Then So What

The Xiaomi Mi 8 is quite different from the Mi 8 Explorer Edition. The transparent Explorer Edition battery capacity is smaller than the Mi 8 that is 3,000 mAh. For the SE edition the battery strength is 3,120 mAh. The chipset for the Explorer Edition and the regular Mi 8 is the same. However, Mi 8 SE is a Chipset of Qualcomm Snapdragon 616. And run on 2.2 GHz speed. The RAM for the Mi 8 SE is 4/6 GB. But the Explorer Edition is 8 GB. However, the internal storage is positioned as 128 GB ROM for the Mi 8 Explorer Edition. The Mi 8 SE has 64 GB.

The three variants have no Earpiece port. So, if you enjoy using Earpiece, then, Xiaomi is not giving this option. Then, try the next option. That is, the Bluetooth Earpiece. The Mi 8 Explorer Edition is transparent at the rear view. But the internal features aren’t showing, so, I wonder the extent if transparency! The phone has no IP rating, so be careful with water and dust if you are buying any of the variants.

The Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition will use an in display fingerprint sensor. This made it totally different from the Mi 8 and the SE variant. Another important area for the Mi 8 Explorer Edition is using a 3D Facial Recognition technology. But the Mi 8 SE wouldn’t use these capability. The Xiaomi Mi 8 SE screen size is 5.88”. This is smaller than its counterparts. All three series are near bezel-less in their estates and of course, the notch is very glaring.

For the cameras, the secondary rear camera of the Xiaomi Mi 8 SE is 5MP. Every other aspect of the camera features are similar. The OnePlus 6 is learning besides the Xiaomi Mi 8 for the Animoji ability in it. Though, Xiaomi isn’t the first tech company to use Animoji, Samsung and Apple was. But this is a farewell for Xiaomi and may push their sales up when compared with the other China smartphone maker. The price for the Mi 8 may start from 430 dollars when its available in other market.

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