Xiaomi today announced the Mi CC9 Pro which is expected to launch globally as Mi Note 10. The device was promoted mainly with the 108MP Penta-camera setup that adorns the rear panel. Although we are yet to get independent reviews or samples of the camera, the camera won’t likely be a disappointment going by the 121 points in garnered on DXOMark review. The score makes the Mi CC9 Pro Premium Edition the joint top-best smartphone camera with the Huawei Mate 30 Pro, and Xiaomi isn’t keeping quiet about it.
The Chinese tech giant held a light show on its Science and Technology Park in Beijing where it used LEDs to spell the words “DXO NO.1.” P.S. We had initially thought it was done using LED but a closer look shows it is just the bright white lights on some of the offices within the massive edifice that were put to use. Quite ingenious!
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Until recently, Xiaomi hasn’t really focused its attention on the camera hardware on its smartphones. But in recent times, we have seen the tech giant released several models with top-of-the-pack camera specs. The Mi CC9 Pro took things to a different level as the premium device emerged as the first non-flagship model to rank among the top 10 highly rated models on the benchmark outfit. It also is the first and only device not using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800-series SoC on the top 10. 
The Mi CC9 Pro features a Snapdragon 730G SoC. The SoC may indeed have contributed to the amazing performance of the device. The chipset features a better ISP and DSP than last year’s Snapdragon 845 chipset. That is not to in anyway whittle down the amazing piece of work Xiaomi did in combining five camera sensors, including Samsung’s 108MP ISOCELL sensor. After all, the OPPO K5 uses the same Snapdragon 730G SOC but doesn’t have a camera setup as good as the Mi CC9 Pro’s.
The Mate 30 Pro has just 2 points higher than the Mi CC9 Pro in terms of still photos (132 to 130points). In the video segment, DXOMark says the ICC9 Pro’s score of 102 is the highest it has recorded so far, edging out both the Google Pixel 4 and the Samsung Note 10+ 5G by 1 point.
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