A recent report from XDA Developers had revealed that Xiaomi is working on a new smartphone that is codenamed as “pyxis.” The mysterious phone is expected to arrive in China as the successor of Mi 6X that was made available as Mi A2 Android One smartphone outside of home market. The Xiaomi Pyxis is expected to release in Android One editions such as Mi A3 and Mi A3 Lite. A new leak claims that the Xiaomi Pyxis could be unveiled in China in April with Xiaomi Mi 9X moniker. The leak has also revealed the full specifications of the Xiaomi Mi 9X along with its pricing.

In 2017, the Chinese firm had launched the Xiaomi Mi 5X and it was succeeded by the Mi 6X in the next year. The new leak states that the successor of the Mi 6X won’t be called Mi 7X or Mi 8X, but it will be releasing in the market as Xiaomi Mi 9X.

Xiaomi Mi 9X Specifications and Price

The Xiaomi Mi 9X is expected to house a 6.4-ich AMOLED display with COF packaging technology. The waterdrop notch screen will be embedded with a fingerprint scanner. The Snapdragon 675 that powers the Redmi Note 7 Pro is also speculated to power the Xiaomi Mi 9X along with 6 GB of LPDDR4x RAM.

Xiaomi Mi 9
Xiaomi Mi 9

The Mi 9X may feature the latest MIUI10 based Android 9 Pie OS. It is likely to fueled by 3,300mAh battery that will carry support for 18W Quick Charge 4.0+. The Mi 9X may house a 32-megapixel S5KGD1 sensor with a pixel size of 0.8micron inside the frontal notch. A triple camera setup could be available on the back panel of the smartphone. It may include a 48-megapixel Sony IMX586 main sensor, an 8-megapixel secondary sensor and 13-megapixel super wide-angle lens. The front-facing camera and the main sensor in the triple camera setup are expected to be equipped with support for 4-in-1 pixel binning technology.

The base model of the Xiaomi Mi 9X is expected to come with an internal eMMC 5.1 storage of 64 GB. It may carry a price tag of 1,699 Yuan (~$253). The smartphone may sport a 2.5D glass enabled body with holographic color. It is expected to sport a slim profile of 7.5mm. The very same phone may hit the international markets as Xiaomi Mi A3.

There is no official confirmation on the existence of the Xiaomi Mi 9X yet. Readers are advisable to digest the report with a grain of salt since the leaked details of the Mi 9X could not be verified. It is recommended to wait for further leaks to confirm on its specs.

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