Yesterday, Xiaomi shared an image on its official Weibo account saying it’ll make an important announcement related to a smartphone tomorrow which many believed was related to Mi 9. While the poster didn’t reveal much and just indicated 10:00 AM time for the announcement through a digital alarm clock set to 10 o’clock.
Today, the company has revealed that it will be hosting a launch event for a smartphone on 20th February. Xiaomi has also confirmed that it will be launching its next flagship smartphone — Xiaomi Mi 9 — at a launch event on 20th February in China.
Xiaomi executives have suggested that the upcoming flagship smartphone is not only powerful in terms of performance but also the best-looking smartphone from Xiaomi so far. However, we’ll see that when the device gets officially launched.
As for the phone’s specifications, previous reports suggest that the Xiaomi Mi 9 will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 octa-core chipset. Earlier, the phone was also spotted on Geekbench benchmarking portal and it achieved a single-core score of 3158 points and a multi-core score of 11174 points.
It is also speculated to support 27W fast charging feature, based on the 3C certification that the device received. The phone will be running Android 9 Pie operating system out-of-the-box with the company’s own MIUI 10 on top.
Recently, a Xiaomi executive posted an image on Weibo with the upcoming Mi 9. Even though he attempted to mask the sensors, it was visible that the smartphone will feature a triple-camera setup on the back side along with an LED flash, placed vertically in the top-left position.
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While not yet confirmed, the phone could feature a 6.4-inch display and a 48-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 3D ToF lens in its triple camera setup. It could come equipped with a front-facing shooter of 24-megapixel. The phone will also have an in-display fingerprint sensor. It may be powered by a 3,500mAh battery.
