Earlier this year, we reported Xiaomi established an African Regional Department to take on Transsion Holdings, the current king of the smartphone market in Africa. Nigeria is one of the major markets in the continent and Xiaomi has announced it has a product launch scheduled for April 24 in Lagos.
The official Facebook account shared a teaser poster for the event. The poster shows a silhouette of a phone and two major landmarks in the city of Lagos. We believe the phone in the image is the Mi 9.
[envira-gallery id=”246781″]The original image is a bit dark but when we brightened it up the triple rear cameras on the back of the phone became visible. Xiaomi currently has three phones with triple rear cameras – the Mi 9, the Mi 9 Transparent Edition, and the Mi 9 SE. Only the Mi 9 and the Mi 9 SE have global variants at the moment which rules out the Mi 9 Transparent Edition, but the next proof confirms it is the Mi 9 and not the Mi 9 SE.
The official Xiaomi Nigeria Twitter account shared photos taken at the manufacturer’s 9th-anniversary celebration. The watermark for two of the pictures shows they were taken with the Mi 9. Since Xiaomi officials in Nigeria already have the phone, it only makes sense it is the one they plan to announce at the event
Happy belated 9th Birthday to Mi!
You guys are truly what keep us going! We are so flattered to have Mi fans around Nigeria celebrate this special occasion with us. Retweet if you spot yourself in these pictures 🙂 #XiaomiNigeria #HappyBirthdayToMi #9thBirthday pic.twitter.com/G7Rz8DtBT9— Xiaomi Nigeria (@XiaomiNigeria) April 11, 2019
It is exciting to see Xiaomi’s first major product launch in Nigeria isn’t an entry-level phone but its latest flagship.
But the launch on April 24 isn’t only for the Mi 9. The other two pictures from the 9th-anniversary celebration were taken with the Redmi Note 7, the first phone from Redmi, a company which was originally a line of Xiaomi smartphones. Redmi is now a standalone business which not only makes phones but even announced a washing machine last month.
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While these are the two products we are pretty sure about, we won’t be surprised if there are more products announced at the event. We expect to see the Mi Power Bank 3 and a couple of other mobile accessories.
