Lin Bin, co-founder of Xioami and President of the company’s smartphone department had previously revealed that the company will be among the first brands to launch a smartphone powered by the newly announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC.
Now, Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of the company has confirmed that the company will launch Xiaomi Mi 10 smartphone powered by Snapdragon 865 chipset in the first quarter of this year.
He added that the company will continue the trend of launching its flagship smartphone powered by Qualcomm’s flagship chipset. The Mi MIX 2S was powered by SD845 SoC while the Mi 9 was powered by SD855 SoC.
Further, the Chinese smartphone maker has revealed that the company has sold over 427 million units of smartphones which are powered by Qualcomm‘s Snapdragon chipsets. Lei Jun also emphasised on the 5G trend and said that the company plans to launch at least 10 5G smartphones this year.
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As per the leaks, the Xiaomi Mi 10 is expected to feature a 6.5-inch OLED display with a refresh rate of 90Hz. As already confirmed, it will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 integrated with 5G support.
The device will come packed with 12GB RAM and will be offered in three internal storage options — 128GB, 256GB and 512GB. The smartphone will have 108MP main sensor in a quad-camera arrangement along with 48MP sensor, a 12MP sensor and an 8MP sensor.
Recent reports indicate that the device will come powered by a 4,500mAh battery with support for 48W fast charging technology. However, the Pro variant of the same will have 65W fast charge support. The smartphone will be running Android 10 operating system with the company’s MIUI 11 custom interface on top.
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