Last month, Xiaomi launched the Mi CC9 Pro smartphone in its home market China, making it the first commercially available smartphone to feature 108-megapixel primary camera sensor. The smartphone was launched in three variants — 6GB + 128GB, 8GB + 128GB, and 8GB + 256GB Premium Edition, costing 2,799 Yuan (~$399), 3,099 Yuan (~$442), and 3,499 Yuan (~$499) respectively.
Now, Xiaomi has announced a price cut on the Mi CC9 Pro in China, bringing down the cost of the base model with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage to 2,599 Yuan (~$371) while the 8GB RAM and 128GB storage model is now priced at 2,799 Yuan (~$400).
The Mi CC9 Pro Premium Edition smartphone that packs 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage is now available for purchase in China for 3,199 Yuan (~$457). The smartphone comes in three color options — Magic Green, Ice and Snow Aurora, and Phantom Black.
The smartphone features a waterdrop notch enabled edge-to-edge curved AMOLED display of 6.47 inches. It delivers 1080 x 2340 pixels full HD+ resolution, 19.5:9 aspect ratio with 400000:1 contrast ratio, HDR, 600-nits brightness and DCI-P3 wide color gamut.
Under the hood, it is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G processor. The smartphone draws power from a humungous 5,260mAh battery and the company has also added support for 30W fast charging, allowing the phone to completely charge in 65 minutes.
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It comes with 108-megapixel penta-lens camera system. The first lens in the rear-facing camera system of the phone is a 4-axis OIS assisted 5-megapixel super telephoto lens that supports 5x optical zoom, 10x hybrid zoom and 50x hybrid zoom. Next is a 12-megapixel portrait sensor with a pixel size of 1.4micon. The third sensor is the Samsung-made 108-megapixel main sensor with f/1.7 aperture and 4-axis OIS. The regular edition has 7P lens, but the Premium Edition has 8P lens.
Next comes a 20-megapixel ultrawide lens with 117-degree field-of-view. The fifth one is a 2-megapixel macro lens with a focal length of 1.5cm. Assisting the five cameras are the pair of dual LED flash units (one is hard light and the other one fires soft light). On the front side, the device comes with f/2.0 aperture 32-megapixel selfie camera.
Connectivity options on the device include Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, multi-functional NFC, GPS, IR blaster, USB-C and 3.5mm headphone jack. The Android 9 Pie OS flavored with MIUI 11 skin runs the phone and comes with Game Turbo 2.0 technology onboard for accelerated GPU performance while gaming.
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